Announcing the 2024 FFI Global Conference, October 23

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Announcing the 2024 FFI Global Conference, October 23–25

March 29, 2024

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oday we are pleased to announce the 2024 Global Conference, “Mean Time: Time, Timing, and Timeless in the Field of Family Enterprise.” The 2024 conference will be held at the London School of Business (LBS) in Regent Square, London, on Thursday, October 24, and Friday, October 25. LBS is the 2024 academic host.

The program has been designed and created by the 2024 Conference Program Committee, chaired by FFI Fellow Miles Evans from Clairmont Trust.

Pre-conference sessions and the opening reception will be held off-site on Wednesday, October 23. The pre-cons and opening reception are open to all main conference registrants at no charge, but pre-registration is required. The Speakers & Sponsors Reception, by invitation only, will be held off site on Thursday evening, October 24.

Please join this global community of thought leaders to learn, reflect, and engage as together we explore the concepts of time, timing, and timelessness as they impact the future of the family enterprise field. Joining the conference will be members of the Nomadic School of Business, this year’s recipient of the FFI 2086 Society grant for applied research.

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Presenters and program subject to change.

Highlights of the Program

See below are some highlights of the program and sessions related to the conference theme of “Mean Time”:

Change and Governance
Legacy
Values and Diversity
Wealth and Family Office

Wednesday, October 23

Pre-conference: “Personal, Family and Enterprise Values: From Aspirational Words to Meaningful Action”
Presenters: Dennis Jaffe, Nick DiLoreto, and Michelle Shafer, BanyanGlobal
1:30PM to 4:30PM at the Danubius Hotel Regents Park

Pre-conference: “Timing and Timelessness: The Evolving Nature of Leadership in the Family Enterprise”
Presenters: Maya Prabhu, JP Morgan Private Bank, and Rhian-Anwen Hamill, RAH Partners Ltd
3:00PM to 5:00PM at Farrer & Co, 66 Lincoln’s Inn Field

5:30PM-7:30PM Opening Reception at Farrer & Co

Thursday, October 24, at London School of Business

Opening Keynote TBA

Session 1: Four Presentations
Highlighted session on Wealth and Family Office
“Decision Time: When a Single-Family Office Must Choose How to Evolve, Dissolve, or Kick the Can Down the Road”
Presenters: Debbie Bing, CFAR; Maurizio Borletti, Borletti Group; James Houghton, Market Street Trust Company; Leslie Voth; Caleb White, CFAR

General lunch

Session 2: Four presentations
Highlighted session on Values and Diversity
“Entrepreneurs’ Daughters: How Experiences from the Past Influence the Future”
Presenters: Astrid Kramer, Tilburg University; Heidi Los, Design Your Own Future
Session 3: Four presentations
Highlighted session on Change and Governance
“So What Do I Do Now? Better Judgments in the Family Firm”
Presenter: Sir Andrew Likierman, London Business School

Thursday Evening: Speakers & Sponsors Reception (off-site, by invitation)

Sponsored by Alliance Private Wealth Management

Dinner on your own.

Friday, October 25, at London Business School

Friday Morning:

Session 4: Four presentations
Highlighted session on Legacy
“Building and Maintaining an Entrepreneurial Legacy across Generations”
Presenter: Matthew Allen, John L. Ward Center for Family Enterprises, Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University
Session 5: Four presentations
Highlighted session on Change and Governance
“How Owner Roles Can Stop Time — or Advance It”
Presenters: Nicholas Di Loreto and Michelle Shafer, BanyanGlobal

General lunch
Fellows Lunch (by invitation only)

Session 6: Four Presentations
Highlighted session focus on Legacy
“The 100-Year-Old Founder CEO”
Presenters: Hayden Bailey and Clare Stirzaker, Boodle Hatfield LLP

Closing Keynote TBA
Kickoff to Boston and Reception

MANYTHANKS TO THE 2024 FFI CONFERENCE PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Miles Evans (chair), Clairmont Trust
Deema Dajani, Dubai Chamber of Commerce
Heinz-Peter Elstrodt, London Business School
James Hoar, Clairmont Trust
Katelyn Husereau, CFAR
Matthew Knight, University of Alberta
Esther Kong, Singapore Management University
Narayan Naik, London Business School

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Best Doctoral Dissertation Award

Best Unpublished Research Award

Previous Edition

The FFI is pleased to announce a year-long series of webinars entitled “Reimagining Wisdom, Wealth, and Legacy.” These interactive virtual sessions are provided by the Nomadic School of Business, 2024 grant recipient from the FFI 2086 Society. Learn more and register for one or more of the upcoming sessions below.