Prepared Exclusively for FFI Members
Call for Proposals for the 2022 Global Conference
December 03, 2021
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he 2022 FFI conference in Boston/Cambridge will explore the theme Family Enterprise and the Fourth Economy: Internal and External Pressures to Change and Adapt. Together with our academic host, MIT Sloan School of Management, we are calling for session proposals that will address this theme. Please read on for details and submit your proposal by January 28.
ABOUT THE CONFERENCE THEME
FFI Global Conference
Family Enterprise and the Fourth Economy:
Internal and External Pressures to Change and Adapt
Family Enterprise and the Fourth Economy:
Internal and External Pressures to Change and Adapt
October 26–29, 2022
Boston Marriott Cambridge in Kendall Square
Academic Host: MIT Sloan School of Management
Boston Marriott Cambridge in Kendall Square
Academic Host: MIT Sloan School of Management
MIT Sloan School of Management is located in Cambridge’s Kendall Square—often dubbed the “most innovative square mile on planet Earth.” Together we have chosen the overarching theme of Family Enterprise and the Fourth Economy: Internal and External Pressures to Change and Adapt to guide our thinking. Under this broad umbrella, we have identified four topics to explore when we meet in October. They are briefly described below.
- Changing Family Demographics: As life expectancy pushes past old records, people are living longer, birth rates are decreasing worldwide, and baby boomers are entering their senior years, just to name a few. The aging of the world’s populations and other demographic trends have profound implications for multi-generational family enterprises, advisors, and researchers. What demographic changes and changes in family dynamics and culture are your clients experiencing? How can you help them build family unity in this new era?
- Environmental Sustainability: Societies, industries (and their supply chains), companies, and families are suffering from the destabilizing effects of climate change that include flooding and water shortages, violent weather patterns, air and water pollution, and physical risks that individuals endure from environmental degradation. Governments and others are ramping up efforts to create a sustainable economy and to limit pollution from businesses and households. Researchers are producing promising new technologies. Entrepreneurs are building significant wealth through new approaches to doing business. Can these combined efforts save us from life-altering changes? In any case, we need to understand how to guide family enterprises in this new era.
- Future of Work: As digitization, AI, automation, and robotics are transforming the workplace, how will work get done over the coming years? How will work be influenced by core family enterprise concerns and considerations, such as generational and social shifts? What new skills and understandings do families and family firms need to build in this new era?
- Societal Trends: For the past several decades, global prosperity, living standards, and longevity have increased, and the number of people living in severe poverty has fallen dramatically. On the other hand, income, wealth, and education inequality have risen, and societies are reeling from internal pressures to find a new equilibrium in which more can benefit from capitalism. During the next decade, researchers are anticipating increasing dissatisfaction in society, even in advanced economies. As relevant economic actors in all countries, family enterprises will need to find ways to navigate the challenges, opportunities, and dilemmas that will be posed by key societal trends.
Call for Education Session Proposals
Submission dates: December 3, 2021, to January 28, 2022
Submission dates: December 3, 2021, to January 28, 2022
Click to submit a proposal before January 28, 2022.
Please note that late submissions will not be accepted or considered by the Program Committee.
Meet the 2022 Conference Program Committee
John Davis, chair
MIT Sloan School of Management
Cambridge Family Enterprise Group
Cambridge, MA, USA
Cambridge Family Enterprise Group
Cambridge, MA, USA
Patricia Annino
Rimôn Law
Boston, MA, USA
Boston, MA, USA
Alexis du Roy de Blicquy
Family Business Network
Lausanne, Switzerland
Lausanne, Switzerland
Mary K. Duke
Independent advisor to families
Greenwich, CT, USA
Greenwich, CT, USA
Neus Feliu
Lansberg, Gersick & Advisors
Barcelona, Spain
Barcelona, Spain
Jason Jay
MIT Sloan School of Management,
Cambridge, MA, USA
Cambridge, MA, USA
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