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Watch recordings from the New Year's Conference 2021
Meet best-selling author of the Big Short, Michael Lewis, Black Swan author Nassim Taleb as well as other world-renowned experts on the economy, globalisation, risk analysis and sustainability. The theme of this year's conference is Investment risks and opportunities – what lies ahead?
Same thought-provoking content, new digital format
Nobel laureates, innovators, academics, philosophers and entrepreneurs. SKAGEN Funds' New Year's Conference has featured many well-known - and not yet so well-known - names since 2004.
The New Year's Conference usually takes place over three consecutive days in Oslo, Copenhagen and Stockholm. In 2021, we will for the first time be conducting a live digital event with speakers and participants joining us from all over the globe.
Listen to this year's prestigious line-up of speakers live on 12 January 2021
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Speakers 2021
You will find an overview of this year's speakers below.
A Rate Hawk Offers Insight into the Financial Machinery. After 10 years as one of the twelve Federal Reserve chiefs and head of the Cleveland Fed, Loretta Mester has unique insight into the US economy and the heart of the financial system.
The Art of Playing Your Cards Right. Value investor, author, and poker player. The co-founder and ...
When Value and Responsibility Go Hand in Hand. Professor of finance, speaker, and author. If you ...
"You have to dare to be contrarian and look for the really good bargains. That is where the great ...
Having dined with Vladimir Putin, been adviser to a former US President and taken the witness stand ...
It is typically measures such as wind, water and renewable energy that are at the core of the ...
New Year's Conference in numbers
17 years of New Year's Conference
We have been holding an annual New Year's Conference since 2006. This year we will be host a digital version for the first time.
Two Nobel Prize winners
Robert Shiller spoke at our New Year's Conference in 2012 and received a Nobel Prize the following year. Paul Krugman received a Nobel Prize in 2008 and was the keynote speaker at our 2014 New Year's Conference.
Five countries
The New Year's Conference has been held in several European capitals: Oslo, Stockholm, Copenhagen, London and Amsterdam.
Over 90 Speakers
Over the past 17 years, SKAGEN has welcomed over 90 speakers on stage at our New Year's Conferences.
A leading Scandinavian finance conference
The SKAGEN New Year's Conference is a leading Scandinavian finance conference held in January each year, and is primarily targeted at institutional investors. Do you want to find out more about the conference? Contact customer services by sending an email to contact@skagenfunds.com