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The ClientWise Ensemble Leaders' Summit - Meeting Agenda

CHECK-IN • CLINICS • SALONS • OPENING NIGHT
1:00 PM
Check-In & Registration Opens
Grand Ballroom Foyer
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Group Consulting Clinics

Expert-led. Six concurrent sessions. Bring your case — pre-registration required.

2:30 PM - 3:15 PM
Salon Session I

Expert-facilitated. Ten concurrent sessions. Choose one — pre-registration required.

Topics and coaching questions guide the conversation. All ten Monday facilitators run in this block: DeVoe, Gill, Hamburger, Watkins, Hurley, Knull, Canter, Kawal, McCormick, Konopa. 
3:15 PM - 3:25 PM
Transition
3:25 PM - 4:25 PM
Main Stage Session with Jeff Brown, Independent Solutions Platform Growth Director at Wells Fargo Advisors
4:25 PM - 4:35 PM
Transition
4:35 PM - 5:20 PM
Salon Session II

Expert-facilitated. Ten concurrent sessions. Choose one — pre-registration required.

Same facilitators, same topics as Salon Session I.
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Welcome Reception
Grand Ballroom
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Opening Dinner
Grand Ballroom
7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Opening Keynote with Roger Carstens, Former U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs

Building a Powerful Team: Leadership When the Stakes Are Real

  • How you assemble, trust, and lead a team when the outcome is not negotiable.
  • Inside the negotiations that brought Americans home — and the people who made them work.
  • What advisory firm leaders can borrow from the highest-stakes rooms on Earth. 
MAIN STAGE • FEATURED PANEL • NETWORKING
7:15 AM
Breakfast
 Salon and Terrace 
8:00 AM - 8:05 AM
Frame the Day with Ray Sclafani, Founder & CEO of ClientWise
8:05 AM - 8:40 AM
Main Stage Session with David DeVoe, Founder & CEO of DeVoe & Company
8:45 AM - 9:40 AM
Main Stage Session with Parker Ence, Founder & CEO, Jump.ai

AI for the Ensemble Firm — with a live demonstration of Jump

9:40 AM - 10:10 AM
Refreshment Break
 Curated conversation topics in the foyer — sit with peers facing the same problem. 
10:10 AM - 11:05 AM
Featured Panel: The Blueprint For The Future

Bonnie Tomczak, CPA

Head of Wealth, Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company

Ben Harrison

BNY Pershing

Gregg Kobelski
Head of Clearing Sales, Fidelity Investments, Institutional Wealth Management Services

Three of the most consequential platforms in wealth management, on one stage. 55 minutes with extended audience Q&A.

11:10 AM - 12:00 PM
Main Stage with John Roberts, EVP and Chief Field Officer at Northwestern Mutual
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Lunch at Kita
 Open seating. No program. 
1:15 PM - 1:45 PM
Main Stage Session with Brandon Kawal, Partner at Advisor Growth Strategies

The State of the Ensemble

1:50 PM - 2:20 PM
Main Stage Session with John Diehl, CFP®, Senior Vice President at Hartford Funds
Will AI Replace Financial Advisors? The Better Question Is: What Will You Do With the Time It Gives Back?
2:25 PM - 3:25 PM
Presentation of the Envestnet Platform from Dana D'Auria & On-Stage Interview with Colin Motley, Partner at Bain Capital
 
3:25 PM - 3:55 PM
Refreshment Break
3:55 PM - 4:35 PM
Main Stage Session with Rich Gill, Founding Partner of Wealth Partners Capital Group
4:40 PM - 5:15 PM
Main Stage Session with Meg Carpenter, CEO at FiComm Partners
The New Growth Equation: How Today's Investors Really Hire Advisors
5:15 PM - 5:25 PM
Closing Remarks with Ray Sclafani, Founder & CEO of ClientWise
Pull the day's threads together and set up Wednesday morning. 
5:25 PM Onward
Networking Time & Dinner On Your Own

No program, no assigned seating, no reservations to keep. Find the people you want more time with and go get a casual dinner. The best conversations at this Summit have always happened here.

MAIN STAGE • SALONS • SEND-OFF
7:15 AM
Breakfast
 Salon and Terrace 
8:00 AM - 8:40 AM
Main Stage Session with Kevin Knull, CFP®, President of TaxStatus

Organic Growth and the Value Proposition You Can Prove

8:40 AM - 8:50 AM
Transition
8:50 AM - 9:35 AM
Salon Session III

Expert-facilitated. Ten concurrent sessions. Choose one — pre-registration required.

Wednesday facilitators: Gill, Hamburger, Hurley, Knull, Kawal, McCormick, Konopa, Carpenter. 
9:35 AM - 10:05 AM
Refreshment Break
10:05 AM - 10:50 AM
Salon Session IV

Expert-facilitated. Ten concurrent sessions. Choose one — pre-registration required.

Same facilitators, same topics as Salon Session III.  
10:55 AM - 11:30 AM
Closing Session with David Canter, Founder & CEO of Finley Point Strategy LLC

Institutionalizing Growth — and From Summit to Monday Morning

11:30 AM
Adjourn
Grab-and-go refreshments available in the foyer.