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Conferences are one of the best places to network.

If you attend a conference, you're sending a strong signal to other attendees that you're open to meeting people and networking in your industry. There’s no song or dance, no having to “meet for a drink,” and no need to come up with a reason to email. Instead, you can simply cut to the chase and just talk to people. That saves so much time and energy. You can get a year’s worth of networking done with just a few conferences under your belt.

Here are several conferences for finance and business analytics students that I highly recommend.

Conferences for finance students

The Market Counsel Summit

The Market Counsel Summit serves as the finance industry’s capstone event each year, bringing together the leadership of the country’s preeminent independent investment advisors and their service providers. It is a forum like no other industry conference — a neutral zone of sorts allowing the attendants to convene and join in the conversation, with the objective of learning from each other and expanding their professional network. The Market Counsel Summit is usually held in December, which is the perfect time to grow your network for the new year!

Website:  https://summit.marketcounsel.com/

Nexus USA Summit

The Nexus USA Summit is an exclusive gathering of more than 450 leading next generation impact investors and social innovators that convene to discuss key issues facing the United States, including impact investing, blockchain, climate solutions, the future of work and financial education, among many others. Participants have the opportunity to engage in forward-thinking discussions focused on investing related to environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG).

Website:  https://summit2021.nexusipe.org/

Women’s Private Equity Summit

Attendees of the Women's Private Equity Summit can expect to gain perspective on how leading institutional investors view alternatives, learn from industry experts about the regions and investment sectors to watch in the upcoming year, and gain insights on successful strategies for fundraising, deal sourcing, portfolio management, firm management, exits and more. In short, summit participants are successful women from across the business spectrum who want to see other women succeed, have profound industry experience and can share unique stories and knowledge.

Website: https://www.womensprivateequitysummit.com/

Conferences for business analytics students

True Influence Summit

With artificial intelligence (AI) already revolutionizing aspects of our daily lives, there is no doubt that machine learning is redefining B2B marketing, sales and data. That’s why True Influence is bringing together some of the best minds in AI to share case studies and explore the future of AI in the B2B realm. Experts from Google, Microsoft, SAP and Forrester discuss the true learnings and insights that enable machine learning to turn B2B data, marketing and sales into a revenue machine. This is your opportunity to gain insights from and expand your network with experts from large technology companies.

Website: https://influenceb2bintent.com/

Gartner Data and Analytics Summit

Join hundreds of leading analytics professionals and industry experts at the Gartner Data and Analytics Summit. You'll be able to advance your career through networking, discover new mathematical solutions to problems and recognize individual and team efforts within the fields of analytics and operations research. At this conference you can also gain insights into groundbreaking applications in health care, robotics and AI, data ethics and the role of data science in the media and workplace.

Website: https://www.gartner.com/en/conferences/na/data-analytics-us

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