Piper Jaffray Heartland Summit Convenes Top Healthcare CEOs and Investors

08/05/2014 | 10:35:00 AM

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 5, 2014-- Piper Jaffray (NYSE: PJC), a leading investment bank with one of Wall Street’s most active and awarded healthcare practices, will host its Heartland Summit on August 6-7, 2014 in Minneapolis.

The Piper Jaffray Heartland Summit is an annual gathering of business leaders, academics, policy-makers and investors from across healthcare, discussing the most significant areas of growth, opportunity, challenge and controversy that they face today.

“We will again be welcoming a group of world-class CEOs, the largest institutional investors and key public policy leaders to share their perspectives on the most important topics transforming healthcare today,” said Andrew Duff, chairman and CEO of Piper Jaffray Companies. “With the continuing debate around the public and private role in the delivery of healthcare, escalating medical costs and recent discussions around corporate inversions and tax reform, it’s a poignant time to bring together leaders to address these important issues.”

This year’s Heartland Summit welcomes an impressive group of industry leaders, including:

“Building on last year’s momentum and the unique format for the event, the Piper Jaffray Heartland Summit has become the premier gathering of healthcare leaders,” said Jeff Klinefelter, global head of equities at Piper Jaffray. “We expect that the insights gained from these discussions will have a profound impact on the way investors and corporate leaders approach their future strategies.”

Follow the conversation using the event hashtag #pjcheartland.

Company and investor participation in the conference is by invitation only. Clients interested in attending should contact their Piper Jaffray representative. General and research-related media inquiries should be directed to analystmediarelations@pjc.com. All other media inquiries should be directed to Pamela Steensland at pamela.k.steensland@pjc.com.

Information as of August 5, 2014. Subject to change.

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