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Day 1 - Main Agenda

Tuesday, January 29, 2013
7:45 am -
8:45 am
Invitation Only: Private Family Office Breakfast

This is a closed-door meeting strictly for the attendees from family offices. These sessions will be off-the-record and will allow participants to share candidly their challenges, proven strategies and success stories.

To be considered for an invitation, please contact Rachelle Young at [email protected]

7:45 am -
8:45 am
Breakfast and Registration
8:45 am -
9:00 am
Welcome by Chairperson
Speaker Photo Unavailable Linda C. Mack
Founder and President
Mack International
9:00 am -
10:00 am
The First 100 Days – A Strategic Look Forward for 2013
A candid discussion on the market conditions and macroeconomic environment that are keeping family office executives up at night.
  • What are the top 5 concerns for family offices in 2013: Trends that family offices should be aware of and prepare for
  • The Next Big Thing: What’s on the investment horizon
  • The Fiscal Cliff, tax and regulatory changes and other mission critical items that should be on your radar and the strategies to prevent a detrimental impact on family office operations
Leaders:
Speaker Photo Unavailable Steve Braverman
Co-founder & Managing Director
Pathstone Family Office
Speaker Photo Unavailable Rhona Vogel
Founder and President
Vogel Consulting Group
10:00 am -
10:45 am
Alternatives Go Mainstream: Still the Road to Alpha?
  • Avoiding the Oversized, Overshopped, and Overcrowded
  • Beyond the Borders: International Opportunities, Emerging Markets and the Frontiers
  • Capital Allocation: What’s Hot? What’s Not? and Why?
Moderator:
Christina L. Conners
Family Office Executive
Greenway Family Office
Panelists:
Lorraine M. Corlet
Investment Professional
Franklin Park
Jay L. Rogers
Executive Director
Bergendahl Holdings
Raffaele (“RJ”) Senese Raffaele (“RJ”) Senese, CFA
Senior Portfolio Manager, Alternatives/Distressed
Artio Global Management LLC
10:45 am -
11:15 am
Networking Break
11:15 am -
11:45 am
Tax Update
Brett Rubinson
Partner
Veritable Investment Consultants, LP
11:45 am -
12:15 pm
Data Presentation: International Investments / Emerging Markets
Speaker Photo Unavailable Mark W. Castelin
Director, Sr. Investment Advisor
Harris myCFO, LLC
Richard Seewald
Alpha Associates
12:15 pm -
1:00 pm
The Family Meeting: A Road Map to Success
Richard Orlando Dr. Richard Orlando
Founder & CEO
Legacy Capitals LLC
1:00 pm -
2:15 pm
Networking Luncheon
2:15 pm -
3:15 pm
Roundtables
Roundtable A:
The Essentials: The Tools Every Family Office Should Invest In
This highly interactive format will identify the tools that every family office should consider implementing to maximize efficiency and productivity. Learn directly from your peers to understand how other family offices have selected and applied specific tools, including details on implementation and adoption challenges.

  • Budgeting Tools
  • Investment Reporting
  • Communications / Family Networking
  • Family Websites
  • Expense Tracking
  • Tips / Tricks
Session Leader:
Speaker Photo Unavailable Natasha Pearl
CEO
Aston Pearl
Roundtable B:
Thinking About Risk In Your Investment Portfolio
  • What it means to allocate to risk
  • The need for a "risk identification" aspect to portfolio construction (including the risks that are missed during a manager due diligence process).
  • Group discussion on identifying risks and mitigating the unintended ones.
Session Leader:
Speaker Photo Unavailable Venk Reddy
Zeo Capital Advisors
Founder / Lead Portfolio Manager
3:15 pm -
3:45 pm
Networking Break
3:45 pm -
4:15 pm
Case Study: Managing Risk in the Oil & Gas Business - Upstream & Midstream
Paul A. Thomas
Principal
Oil States Trading, LLC
4:15 pm -
4:45 pm
Harnessing the Entrepreneurial Spirit: Philanthropy and Investing for Impact
  • Empowering and Engaging the Entrepreneur: Understanding the motivation and tapping into the drivers
  • Competencies of an effective entrepreneur
  • The role of entrepreneurship in economic growth and capital generation
  • Leveraging entrepreneurship in philanthropic activities
Speaker Photo Unavailable William Villafranco
President
Villafranco Wealth
4:45 pm -
5:15 pm
Emerging Markets Real Estate
Speaker Photo Unavailable Dani Evanson
Managing Director
RMA
Melissa Reagen
Head of Research – Americas
Aberdeen Asset Management
5:15 pm -
5:45 pm
The Family Office Team: The Talent Required to Achieve Your Mission
Speaker Photo Unavailable Linda C. Mack
Founder and President
Mack International
Speaker Photo Unavailable Tavan Pechet
President
Pechet Advisors
5:45 pm -
Networking Cocktail Reception