Hedge Fund Alpha is on the ground in Omaha for the 2026 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting and the value investing events happening around it. Notes from the BRK Annual Meeting 2026 itself can be found live on a dedicated page below. Coverage of the surrounding conferences, dinners, and panels will go up here as each one wraps, so if something you’re looking for isn’t posted yet, check back in a day or two.
Berkshire weekend is when most of the value investing world ends up in the same city. The events range widely: reader meet-ups in hotel lobbies, invite-only stock-pitch afternoons, governance panels, multi-hour dinners with a dozen speakers.
Thursday Events
Value Investing Dinner with Meb Faber as Keynote Speaker
The CFA Society of Nebraska hosted its 15th Annual Value Investing Dinner on Thursday, April 30, 2026, the evening before the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting in Omaha. The event runs from 5:30 PM to 9:00 PM CT at the Omaha Marriott Downtown at the Capitol District.
This year’s keynote speaker is Meb Faber, founder and CEO of Cambria Investment Management. Known for his research-driven approach to asset allocation, trend following, and shareholder yield, Faber brings a distinctive perspective to one of the most anticipated gatherings on the value investing calendar — a tradition that draws investors from across the country to Omaha each spring.
Friday Events
Gabelli 17th Annual Value Investor Conference
The Gabelli team returns to Omaha, NE on Friday, May 1, 2026 for the 17th Annual Value Investor Conference, held in conjunction with the weekend’s Berkshire Hathaway festivities. The day’s program features panelists and speakers from across the Berkshire Hathaway ecosystem, a dedicated Value Investing panel, and a slate of company presentations.
A long-running fixture of Berkshire weekend, the Gabelli conference brings together value-oriented managers, analysts, and operators for a focused day of ideas and discussion. Full agenda details will be released by the organizers in the lead-up to the event.
Agenda:
- 7:45 am CDT – Registration
- 8:15 am – Berkshire Hathaway Panel
- 9:15 am – Markel Group
- 9:45 am – Lindsay Corporation
- 10:15 am – Break
- 10:30 am – Valmont Industries, Inc.
- 11:00 am – Value Investing Panel
See Gabelli 17th Annual Value Investor Conference 2026 – Bloomstran on Abel, Gayner on Adapt or Die
ValueX BRK 2026
ValueX BRK 2026 brought together a remarkable group of investors, fund managers, authors, and thinkers in Omaha for a day of conversations on investing, Berkshire Hathaway, AI, capital allocation, and the habits that compound over decades. Hosted by Guy Spier on May 1, 2026, the program ranged from Charlie Munger stories and 60 years of Berkshire data to AI agents running on Mac minis, the world’s oldest businesses, and the case for Fairfax as the next Berkshire.
Speakers
- Steven Myhill-Jones
- Adam Mead
- Bryan Lawrence
- Bill Ackman
- Tom Gayner
- Eric Markowitz
- Gisela Baur
- Luca Dellanna
- Thomas Russo
- Chris Bloomstran
- Lauren Templeton
- Brandon van der Kolk
- Mohnish Pabrai
The Intrinsic Value Conference
The Intrinsic Value Conference is back in Omaha for Berkshire weekend on Friday, May 1, 2026, from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM CT at the Hotel Indigo Omaha Downtown. Shawn O’Malley and Daniel Mahncke are running it.
They’ll open with a live stock pitch: a full walkthrough of one business, including how they value it and why they think the thesis holds up over time. After that is an open Q&A on their investing framework and how the portfolio gets built. The day ends with a social hour, so there’s room to stick around and talk with other investors who take the long view seriously.
Creighton University’s 2026 Value Investing Panel
The 2026 Value Investing Panel (VIP) is on Friday, May 1, 2026, from 3:00 to 4:45 PM at Creighton University’s Heider College of Business, with a reception afterward. The students in Creighton’s Portfolio Practicum course put it on every year, and they always schedule it for the Friday of the Berkshire meeting so out-of-town investors can drop in.
The panelists this year are Jack Holmes, CFA (CIO, Bridges Trust), Vitaliy N. Katsenelson, CFA (CEO and CIO, Investment Management Associates), Robert Robotti (President and CIO, Robotti & Company), and Mark Wynegar, CFA (President and Portfolio Manager, Tributary Capital Management). Sarah F. Murray, CFA, CIPM (VP of Investments at Bridges Trust) and Tirimba Obonyo, PhD, CFA (Associate Professor at Heider) moderate.
Where Value Investing Meets Governance
Where Value Investing Meets Governance is on Friday, May 1, 2026, at the Omaha Press Club. Lawrence Cunningham of the Weinberg Center opens with a talk on Warren Buffett’s views on board service, then moderates the discussion with Robert Miles, the author and keynote speaker.
The panelists:
- Tom Gayner, Markel Group
- Paul Johnson, Gabelli Center
- Simon Lorne, Millennium Management
- Mark Miller, Constellation Software
- Ronald Olson, Munger, Tolles & Olson
- Robert Robotti, Robotti & Co. Advisors
- Lauren Templeton, Templeton & Phillips Capital Management
- Lois Zabrocky, International Seaways
See When Value Investing Meets Corporate Governance 2026 – Bob Robotti: 50%+ of Boards Are Dysfunctional
Saturday Events
Berkshire Hathaway 2026 Shareholders Meeting
The Berkshire Hathaway 2026 Annual Shareholder Meeting will take place on Saturday, May 2, from 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the CHI Health Center.
Agenda:
- 7am – Doors Open CHI Health Center
- 7am – Exhibit Booths Open
- 8:30am – Welcome & Business Update
- 9:30am – Q & A Session
- 10:45am – Q&A Break
- 11am – 6pm – Brooks 5K Packet Pick-up
- 11:45am – Q&A Session
- 1pm – Q&A Session Ends
- 2pm – Annual Shareholders Meeting
- 4pm – Exhibit Booths Close
See BRK Annual Meeting 2026 – Greg Abel Lays Out His Vision for Berkshire Hathaway’s Next Chapter
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Warren Buffett Interview From BRK Annual Meeting 2026
At the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting 2026 in Omaha, Nebraska, Warren Buffett sat down with CNBC’s Becky Quick for an interview broadcast on the main screen in the Omaha venue during the lunch break. Buffett, 95, stepped down as CEO at the end of 2025 after six decades running the company, and at last year’s meeting he surprised shareholders by announcing he would hand the role to Greg Abel. His message was consistent with what he has said recently: prices are too high, the environment for deploying capital is poor, and the best opportunities arrive rarely and at moments of maximum discomfort.
See BRK Annual Meeting 2026 – Warren Buffett Warns of Record Gambling Mood and Says Prices Are Too High
Robotti/Fordham Gabelli School of Business Omaha Gathering
The Robotti / Fordham Gabelli School of Business Omaha Gathering takes place on Saturday, May 2, 2026, from 1:00 to 4:00 PM at the Hilton Omaha during Berkshire Hathaway weekend. The event brings together alumni, students, and investors for a discussion on the Berkshire Annual Meeting and the broader market outlook.
The panel features:
- Curtis Jensen
- Chris Bloomstran
- Rob Robotti
Co-hosted by Robotti & Company and Fordham’s Gabelli School of Business, the gathering is a chance to hear three long-tenured value investors react to the weekend’s meeting in real time and share how they’re thinking about positioning in the current market.
2026 Q&A with Kanbrick in Omaha
2026 Q&A with Kanbrick in Omaha returns during Berkshire Hathaway weekend on Saturday, May 2, 2026, from 2:30 to 3:30 PM CT at a hotel space in downtown Omaha. The session is a live Q&A with Tracy Britt Cool and Brian Humphrey, the co-founders of Kanbrick.
Kanbrick is a long-term holding company Tracy and Brian launched after Tracy spent more than a decade working closely with Warren Buffett at Berkshire Hathaway. The Q&A is an opportunity to hear directly from both founders on how they’re building the firm, how they think about acquiring and operating businesses, and what they’ve taken from the Berkshire model into their own work.
Sunday Events
Let’s Get Together in Omaha!
Vitaliy Katsenelson’s annual Omaha get-together is on Sunday, May 3, 2026, at the Omaha Marriott Downtown at the Capitol District.
Agenda:
- 8:45 AM – Breakfast
- 9:30 – 11:00 AM – Q&A with Vitaliy
- 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM – Meet and greet + book signing
Vitaliy has been doing this since 2008. The first one was fewer than a dozen people in a hotel lobby at his first Berkshire meeting. Last year it had grown enough that he ran three separate sessions to fit everyone, which is why he booked a bigger room this time. He’s said straight out that it isn’t a marketing event in disguise. He just wants to sit down with readers, eat breakfast, and answer whatever they want to ask.
IdeaHouse Value Investing Best Stock Ideas Conference
The 2nd Annual IdeaHouse Value Investing Best Stock Ideas Conference is on Sunday, May 3, 2026, from 1:00 to 6:30 PM in Omaha, during Berkshire Hathaway weekend. People take turns pitching their best stock ideas, five minutes each.
There were over 42 pitches across all market caps and exchanges.
See our extensive coverage of the best ideas conference below.
