Dr. Michael J. Oliver, co-founder of GPFO opens the day with a recap of the year, and perspectives on the changing landscape.

Learn the lean family office playbook: right-size staff, outsource strategically, and automate workflows while guarding confidentiality. Hear benchmarks, tech-stack ideas, and governance hacks that cut costs and keep your office agile.

AI revolutions and a defense-tech boom are today’s hottest investment themes. Experts unpack procurement cycles, dual-use rules, and AI moats, giving family offices a roadmap to deploy capital where national-security budgets and data-driven innovation converge.

See how proactive principals turn capital into companies. This session reveals playbooks for incubating ventures, backing founder-operators, and empowering next-gen talent—spotlighting governance tweaks, risk buffers, and culture shifts that transform a family office into an entrepreneurial powerhouse.

From Delaware to Dubai, location drives tax exposure, privacy, and succession law. Advisors dissect top jurisdictions - Channel Islands., Cayman, Singapore, UAE - covering regulatory clarity, setup costs, and political risk so you can anchor operations where capital sleeps safely.

From tariff skirmishes to kinetic conflicts, geopolitical shocks are redrawing trade routes, currencies, and energy flows. Macro strategists share scenario maps, policy watchpoints, and allocation pivots to help family offices navigate volatility and safeguard multi-generational wealth.