2026: The U.S. Private Credit Industry Conference on Direct Lending
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Nashville, TN
Why we're going
This is the largest conference focused exclusively on direct lending - BDCs, credit funds, and allocators. Our second year joining and co-hosted with the LSTA, the agenda covers everything from fundraising strategies and NAV/warehouse financing to credit performance and regulatory shifts. For us, it's a chance to connect with the funds and allocators who are rethinking how they monitor portfolios, report to LPs, and track covenants at scale.
Who should attend
Direct lending funds, BDCs, and their portfolio/operations teams
Allocators and investment consultants evaluating private credit managers
Fund finance providers, law firms, and service providers
Agenda & venue
25
sessions
103
speakers
3 days
apr 15-17
Wed1
Thu22
Fri2
7:15 AMDelegate breakfast and registration
8:00 AMKeynote
Opening remarks
8:10 AMPanel
Global Private Credit: scale, cycles, and systemic significance
9:00 AMKeynote
Keynote: navigating private credit for retail portfolios
9:30 AMPanel
The US direct lending market: competition, concentration, and evolution
10:40 AMRefreshment break
10:50 AMPanel
Private Credit crossroads: discipline, deployment, and market maturity
11:40 AMPanel
LP decision making in Private Credit: allocation, governance, and scale
12:30 PMDelegate luncheon
12:30 PMFireside
Women in Credit fireside chat
1:30 PMKeynote
Keynote: inside the LP mindset - how allocation decisions are made
2:00 PMTrack
Track A: GP-led secondaries and continuation vehicles
2:00 PMTrack
Track B: Private Credit CLOs - state of the market
2:00 PMTrack
Track C: tech in Private Credit - origination to portfolio monitoring
2:25 PMTech Talk
Lumonic tech talk: real-time portfolio intelligence for Private Credit investors
2:45 PMTrack
Track A: NAV lending, CFOs, and rated structures
2:45 PMTrack
Track B: Latin American family office and HNW landscape
2:45 PMTrack
Track C: fund operations - infrastructure and reporting
3:30 PMRefreshment break
3:30 PMPCC
PCC networking reception
4:00 PMTrack
Track A: BDC performance in a shifting rate environment
4:00 PMTrack
Track B: the rise of asset-based finance beyond traditional direct lending
4:00 PMTrack
Track C: the new restructuring playbook - LMEs, FILOs and legal risk
4:45 PMTrack
Track A: leveraged deal structures and terms
4:45 PMTrack
Track B: beyond M&A - funding the technology and energy buildout
4:45 PMTrack
Track C: the rigor around valuation
5:30 PMDay one concludes - delegate reception
Panel
Keynote
Track
Tech Talk
Fireside
PCC
Special
Break