Richard A. Mayo Center for Asset Management
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University of Virginia Investing Conference (UVIC)
University of Virginia Investing Conference
Reception & Dinner Event
The Forum Hotel | Charlottesville, VA
6 November 2025 | 4 p.m. - 9 p.m.
The Richard A. Mayo Center for Asset Management invites you to join us for the 18th annual University of Virginia Investing Conference (UVIC) on 6 November 2025. This year's UVIC will take the form of a reception and dinner event at the Forum Hotel at Darden featuring guest speaker John Lipsky, prior first Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) during 2006-2011 and current Senior Fellow of the Foreign Policy Institute of Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced Studies (SAIS).
Immediately preceding UVIC all attendees are also invited to view the final round of the student-run Darden at Virginia Investment Competition (DVIC). Join us at 4 p.m. for the competition's final round of stock pitches followed by a networking reception and dinner.
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Agenda
| 4 p.m. | (DVIC) Final Round |
| 5:30 p.m. | Networking Reception |
| 6:30 p.m. |
Dinner with keynote featuring John Lipsky, prior first Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) during 2006-2011 and current Senior Fellow of the Foreign Policy Institute of Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced Studies (SAIS), moderated by Tyler Mathisen (Col '76), Co-Anchor, "Power Lunch" and Vice President, Events Strategy, CNBC. |
2025 Speakers
John Lipsky is a Senior Fellow of the Foreign Policy Institute of Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). Previously, he was first deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) during 2006-2011, and served as acting managing director during May-July, 2011. Before returning to the IMF in 2006, he served as a Vice Chairman of the JPMorgan Investment Bank, Chief Economist and Director of Research at Chase Manhattan Bank, and Chief Economist of Salomon Brothers. Prior to his private sector career, he spent a decade at the IMF.
Lipsky currently is a co-chair of the Aspen Institute's Program on the World Economy, and a vice-chair of the Bretton Woods Committee. He is a member of the executive committee of the National Bureau of Economic Research, of the advisory boards of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR) and of the Rock Creek Group, is a director of the American Council on Germany, and is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Lipsky received a Ph.D. in Economics from Stanford University.
Tyler Mathisen is one of the nation’s most respected business news journalists and interviewers. For more than 27 years, he was a news anchor and co-anchor for CNBC, the world’s top business news television channel. In that time he hosted or co-hosted virtually every program on the CNBC schedule, most recently “Power Lunch,” one of the network’s longest running program franchises. His coverage credits include: the bursting of the so-called “tech bubble” in 2000 the 9-11 terror attacks; the financial crisis of 2007-2009; and the Covid-19 pandemic and its profound business impact. Additionally, he was CNBC’s Vice President of Events Strategy. In that role, he helped map the company’s initiatives in the live events business, virtual and in person.
Previously, Mathisen was Managing Editor of CNBC Business News, responsible for directing the network’s daily content and coverage, and Vice President for Strategic Editorial Initiatives. He also co-anchored “Nightly Business Report,” an award-winning evening business news program produced by CNBC for U.S. public television. In 2014, NBR was named best radio/TV show by the Society of American Business Editors and Writers (SABEW).
Mathisen also reported multiple one-hour documentaries for the network including “Best Buy: The Big Box Fights Back,” “Supermarkets Inc: Inside a $500 Billion Money Machine” and “Death: It’s a Living,” which won SABEW’s 2014 “Best in Business” award for best radio/TV feature or field report. He was also the host and chief correspondent of two CNBC series, “How I Made My Millions” and “High Net Worth.”
His interview credits run from businesspeople (Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, Steve Jobs, Mark Cuban) to sports figures (Peyton Manning, Shaquille O’Neal, Mike Krzyzewski) to political players such as Treasury Secretaries Robert Rubin, Lawrence Summers and Timothy Geithner. He also interviewed then-businessman Donald Trump.
Before joining CNBC in 1997, Mathisen spent 15 years as a writer, senior editor and top editor for Money magazine. He also served as Money Editor for ABC’s “Good Morning America” from 1991 to 1997. A native of Arlington, Va., Mathisen graduated with distinction with a degree in government and foreign affairs from the University of Virginia.
Jan van Eck
