Today is the Ira Sohn Foundation Best Ideas conference. The cause is great. The Foundation honors the memory of Ira Sohn, a talented Wall Street professional whose life was cut short when he passed away from cancer at the age of 29. In 1995, Ira’s colleagues and friends Douglas Hirsch, Lance Laifer and Daniel Nir, along with Ira’s mother Judith Sohn and brother Evan, created the Ira Sohn Research Conference, now called The Sohn Investment Conference, and is a leading funder in pediatric cancer research and care, having raised more than $50 million.
The Sohn Conference Foundation ensures that the greatest needs in the fight against pediatric cancer are met by identifying innovative research, equipping and encouraging the best scientists to actively research pediatric cancer, and providing children currently living with cancer with the care and quality of life programs that they deserve.
The conference lines up some of the most well-known hedge fund speakers in one room. The ideas are interesting. As they say in the pharma world, “results may vary.”
This year’s speakers are:
Michael Novogratz
Chris Shumway
Jeffrey Gundlach
Dan Ariely
Philippe Laffont
Larry Robbins
Zach Schreiber
James Grant
Bill Ackman
Paul Tudor Jones
Joel Greenblatt
Mariko Gordon
David Einhorn
H/T Zero Hedge