Last week more than 2,000 FAs, fundsters, and others converged on the McCormick Place convention center in Chicago for Morningstar's 27th annual Investment Conference. Here's a visual look at the conference, which was also a celebration of the 75th anniversary of the modern mutual fund industry.

Wednesday, June 24

Welcome to the 2015 Morningstar Investment Conference!

It's time to register

Entering the exhibit hall

Who's sponsoring this time?

Where to in the exhibit hall?

CNBC is on the scene

Kunal Kapoor, Morningstar's head of global information products and client solutions, welcomes FAs to the conference and introduces Jeremy Grantham

GMO co-founder Jeremy Grantham shares his outlook. photo credit: Jim Tweedie, Tweedie-Wyckoff Photography

Thursday, June 25

The conference bar, at the Hyatt that many attendees stayed at next to the convention center, is quiet in the morning.

David Kelly, chief market strategist at J.P. Morgan Asset Management, speaks. photo credit: Jim Tweedie, Wyckoff-Tweedie Photography

Sallie Krawcheck takes the stage. photo credit: Jim Tweedie, Wyckoff-Tweedie Photography

Friday, June 26

Pimco's Dan Ivascyn and Doug Hodge talk to FAs photo credit: Jim Tweedie, Tweedie-Wyckoff Photography

At the Booths

FAs and reporters alike are intrigued by MainStay's virtual booth attendant

Heartland Funds folk offer to power up FAs' gadgets

The stock pickers at FAM Funds tempt FAs with apples. (FAM is based in upstate New York, which home to many apple trees.)

American Beacon raffles off a zebra

The 2016 Morningstar Investment Conference will be held June 14-16, again at McCormick Place

 

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