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Technology Disruptors and the Internet of Things
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How will the Internet of Things (IoT) change the family office industry and how we serve our clients? This session will identify key triggers for change in terms of client engagement, delivery of services and advice, communications, integration, and access to a variety of products. The goal is a thought provoking discussion of how the world is changing, and how family offices must prepare to change over the next decade.

Breakout Session 1A: Securing Client Communications: Trends and New Technology
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Family offices are looking for a secure way to interact with their families with increased flexibility, improved levels of communication and tight process integration across their business. What developments should you be aware of? Steven Draper will update us on the state of play in this area and focus on solutions and strategies that provide increased security and functionality.

Breakout Session 1C: Family Office Portal
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A family office portal is a secure electronic gateway to the information that you want to share with your family—files, photos, services, and information—accessible over the Internet through a web browser. It can be a powerful means of connection for the family. Come to this session to learn about one family's experience creating their family office portal.

Ten Most Common Mistakes of Family Office Investors
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Families are often overwhelmed by the complexity and sense of burden that comes with managing all the component parts of wealth across generations. More concerning, though, is the lost opportunities and the loss of capital that results from not getting it right. But owning and managing significant wealth does not have to be difficult, and learning from the ten most common mistakes that a family office investor makes can help the process become easier.

Internal Controls: Assessing Risks and Implementing Solutions
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Family office activities are complex, and families can unintentionally put themselves at risk if they don’t proactively identify and address the potential impact of external factors. One solution: conduct a full diagnostic risk assessment and review of your internal controls to ensure that potential problems have been identified and proper mitigation strategies have been implemented.

Top 10 Security Risks to Family Offices and Family Business and Best Practices for Mitigation
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Family offices and family-operated companies face a variety of security risks, including: cyber, physical, reputational, and financial. In many cases, their interconnectedness to family residences complicates matters further. David London of The Chertoff Group and FOX senior technology consultant Steven Draper will explain how to improve a family’s risk profile by identifying specific risks and implementing proven best practices for mitigating them.

Innovations in Financial Services: A Look at the Future
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Consistent with the World Economic Forum’s mission of applying a multi-stakeholder approach to address issues of global impact, The Future of Financial Services Report completed in June 2015 provides insight into how disruptive innovations are reshaping the way financial services are structured, provisioned and consumed. Michael Drexler and Jesse McWaters will share insight into the transformative potential of new entrants and innovations on business models in financial services.

Technological Innovation in the Family Office: Where are the Opportunities?
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Researchers have determined a link between technology innovation and economic prosperity as well as a unique relationship between the usage of internet-based technologies, different types of innovation, and performance at the firm level. As internet-based technologies continue to be an enabler of innovation, it is critical that families, family offices, and the advisory firms serving them stay abreast of the types and caliber of technological innovation that is available.

Aligning Culture: Making Culture Personal
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As research continues to validate the need for cultural alignment within families as well as between families and the advisors who serve them, there is continued need for effective assessments that measure culture and clear approaches to manage sustainable change.