A one-day specialist conference co-hosted with LPGP Connect Private Debt London, gathering senior women professionals active in private debt, LPs, and GPs in London for panels, fireside chats, and structured networking, with complimentary access for qualified LP participants.
The Women in Private Debt Forum London is an annual one-day conference dedicated to professionals working in private debt, organised by LPGP Connect and co-hosted alongside LPGP Connect Private Debt London. The event centres on senior LPs and GPs active in the private debt market, with a deliberate focus on the Women in Private Debt community. It takes place each autumn in London, functioning as both a specialist content forum and a structured networking occasion for a selective, application-reviewed audience.
The 2026 edition runs on 25 September, a single day. The specific venue in London has not been publicly disclosed as of verification. The programme for 2026 is not publicly available. The event is co-hosted in partnership with LPGP Connect Private Debt London, which runs on the same occasion, extending the networking pool for attendees of both events.
London's September calendar is one of the densest slots in the EMEA private capital circuit, positioned at the opening of the autumn fundraising and conference season before the October and November concentration in Paris and Amsterdam. The Women in Private Debt Forum occupies a niche within that cluster: a single-day, community-specific event rather than a broad-market conference. Its co-hosting arrangement with LPGP Connect Private Debt London places it inside a broader private debt gathering while preserving its own distinct identity and access conditions.
The organiser describes the audience as senior LPs and GPs on the private debt side, oriented exclusively around the Women in Private Debt community. The LP and GP breakdown by headcount is not publicly disclosed.
The specific session titles, stage count, and speaker names for the 2026 edition are not publicly available as of verification. The advance scheduling mechanism is confirmed (LP applications are reviewed by the organiser), but no dedicated networking app has been disclosed.
The event operates on an application-required access model. LP and senior buy-side participants submit applications that are reviewed by the organiser before attendance is confirmed. This pre-screening step shapes the quality of interactions on the day by filtering the audience to verified professionals within the Women in Private Debt community. Advance meeting scheduling is available, though the specific platform or app used for that function is not publicly disclosed. The networking lunch and closing reception extend the structured meeting capacity beyond the formal conference sessions.
The programme content for 2026 has not been made publicly available. Based on the event's stated focus, the thematic scope encompasses private debt financing, investment strategy in the current rate environment, the role and advancement of women in private markets, and peer networking among senior practitioners. These themes align the event with the broader private credit agenda active across the EMEA circuit in 2025 and 2026, where questions around direct lending structures, fund terms, and LP liquidity management are central to most private debt-focused gatherings.
Private credit, also called private debt, refers to loan and debt financing provided by non-bank institutional lenders directly to companies or assets, outside of public bond or syndicated loan markets. The asset class includes direct lending to mid-market businesses, specialty finance, infrastructure debt, and real asset lending. It has expanded significantly since the post-2008 bank regulatory tightening and accelerated further as rates rose from 2022 onward, drawing increased LP allocations as floating-rate instruments delivered higher yields alongside private equity portfolios under pressure.
The Women in Private Debt Forum London is a one-day specialist conference organised by LPGP Connect, designed for senior women professionals active in private debt as LPs, GPs, placement agents, or service providers. It is not a general private markets conference: the audience is filtered through an application process and is oriented specifically around the Women in Private Debt community. The co-hosting arrangement with LPGP Connect Private Debt London on the same day means attendees can also access the broader private debt audience present for that parallel event.
The primary distinction is community specificity. While a general private debt conference aggregates the full market of buyers and sellers across strategies and geographies, the Women in Private Debt Forum is structured around a named community with an explicit diversity and inclusion orientation. Access requires an application rather than open ticket purchase, and the LP participation model (complimentary access for qualified participants) is designed to attract senior allocators who might not attend a commercially open event. The content programme reflects both the technical agenda of private debt and the professional development concerns of women working in the asset class.
The event is a poor fit in at least five specific cases. First, GPs who are not active in private debt: the strategy specificity is narrow enough that infrastructure equity managers, buyout funds, or venture capital firms have no natural audience here. Second, allocators whose private debt exposure is nascent or exploratory and who need a broader market orientation before engaging at the peer level this event assumes. Third, men attending primarily for LP access: the community focus means the structured networking and peer exchange is centred on the Women in Private Debt cohort, and the dynamic is different from a neutral LP-GP matching event. Fourth, delegates seeking a large-scale conference with multiple stages, an exhibition floor, and high volume meeting throughput: with around 200 participants and a single-day format, this is a selective gathering, not a market-wide expo. Fifth, professionals based outside London or the United Kingdom who are not already embedded in the Women in Private Debt network: the event is not documented as drawing significant international attendance, and travel cost would need to be weighed against a one-day, community-specific programme.
The organiser reports 800-plus participants for the broader event context and cites 200 participants in relation to this event specifically. The precise perimeter of the 200-participant figure, whether it covers only the Women in Private Debt Forum or a sub-segment of the co-hosted day, is not clarified in publicly available materials. Both figures are self-reported by the organiser.
London is the primary hub for private debt fund management in Europe, concentrating the LP decision-making offices, GP headquarters, law firms, and placement agents that constitute the Women in Private Debt community's institutional base. The event does not disclose its specific venue as of verification. Running on 25 September places it at the very opening of the London autumn calendar, before UK-based professionals shift focus to the October Paris cluster. The practical implication for side events is positive: September in London allows evening receptions without the diary compression of the Invest Europe or SuperReturn autumn weeks.
LPGP Connect is a UK-based commercial publisher and event organiser active in the private capital market. It produces the LPGP Connect event series, which covers strategy-specific LP and GP gatherings including the private debt strand that provides the co-hosting context for the Women in Private Debt Forum. The organisation's founding year, city of registration, and total portfolio size are not publicly disclosed as of verification. The LPGP Connect brand sits within the PEI Group family of events platforms, as indicated by the event URL hosted on peievents.com, which is the event infrastructure of Private Equity International, a commercial publisher covering private markets globally.
The Women in Private Debt Forum London occupies a specific and deliberate gap in the circuit: it converts a professional community defined by both strategy (private debt) and identity (women practitioners) into a structured, application-gated gathering, at a scale where senior LP attendance and genuine peer exchange are feasible within a single London day.
Registration is handled through the organiser's event page at the URL listed in the resources below. The event operates on an application-required basis: prospective attendees submit applications that are reviewed before confirmation. Senior LPs and qualified buy-side participants from the Women in Private Debt community attend on a complimentary basis, according to the organiser. GP and sponsor rates are linked to the LPGP Connect Private Debt London co-hosting arrangement and are not publicly disclosed. Delegate pricing beyond the LP complimentary tier is not available as of verification.
| Official website | https://www.peievents.com/en/event/women-private-debt-forum/ |
| Register | https://www.peievents.com/en/event/women-private-debt-forum/ |
| Programme | not disclosed |
Applications are submitted through the organiser's event page at peievents.com. The organiser reviews LP applications before confirming attendance. Senior buy-side participants from the Women in Private Debt community attend on a complimentary basis according to the event's access model, though the specific eligibility criteria and review timeline are not publicly detailed as of verification.
The event is described as focused on the Women in Private Debt community, and the attendee composition and community framing are oriented accordingly. The organiser does not publish a formal exclusion policy in publicly available materials, but the access model (application review) and community focus mean that the event is not designed as an open-access conference. Prospective attendees outside the target community should contact the organiser directly to confirm eligibility before applying.
GP participation terms are tied to the LPGP Connect Private Debt London co-hosting structure. Specific GP delegate pricing and the conditions under which a GP can attend without a sponsorship package are not publicly disclosed. The organiser's event page is the appropriate contact point for GP access enquiries.
The 2026 edition runs on 25 September 2026, a single full day in London. The specific venue has not been publicly disclosed. The programme includes conference sessions, panels, fireside chats, a networking lunch, and a closing reception, meaning the structured day runs from morning through to early evening.