Congratulations to Robert O’Donnell, Chapter Head of CAIA New York, for organizing the highly successful CAIA Green Investing Symposium, hosted by Bloomberg at the Bloomberg building on October 14th. Co-sponsors were the New York Society of Securities Analysts (NYSSA), the Connecticut Hedge Fund Association, and the Yale Center for Business and the Environment. The event featured 15 expert panelists and attracted an estimated 400 attendees.

Since the the ½ day panel event took place, many event attendees have requested a way to connect with each other and to discuss green investing themes that came up during the day, and we’ve set aside this space in the Public Forum for you to share your impressions of the event. We hope you will take advantage of this space, as well as the public CAIA Directory and contact forms, to connect with other event participants and to continue the conversations that were generated at the event.

For an overview of the CAIA Green Investing Symposium and speakers list: http://guest.cvent.com/i.aspx?6X,M3,86ee1b97-a832-45b8-81cb-ee193a87baf5

Below is an excerpt from “Environmental Alpha,” AllAboutAlpha.com’s recap of the event. Were you in attendance? Let us know what you thought!

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“Like Bo Jackson and others, Angelo Calvello is a “multi-sport athlete”. The early and outspoken advocate of portable alpha and originator of the term “alpha-centric” has now established his thought leadership credentials in the emerging field of green investing. He is the author of the forthcoming book “Environmental Alpha” (Wiley: 2009).

Calvello was one of several speakers addressing a standing room only crowd of nearly 400 people at Bloomberg’s New York headquarters at the inaugural CAIA Green Investing Symposium (organized by the New York chapter of the CAIA Association, and co-sponsored by the New York Society of Securities Analysts, the Connecticut Hedge Fund Association, and the Yale Center for Business and the Environment).

More than just a social issue, he describes climate change as the “mother of all investment themes.” In a refreshing departure from the usual (albeit important) socially-grounded view of climate change...” (Read more at http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/10/14/environmental-alpha/)