The Member Connect sessions are designed to create space for meaningful peer-to-peer conversations among PWN Members. Hosted by Members, PWN Peer Group Chairs and industry leaders, these small-group discussions provide an opportunity to share ideas, experiences and perspectives across a broad range of topics relevant to families, wealth and leadership.

Please see below the full list of Member Connect sessions and hosts participating in Family Office Congress XVII.

Registrations for Member Connect sessions will take place onsite at the Congress Registration Desk in the Ballroom Foyer. Please note that Member Connect sessions are available exclusively to PWN Members and places may be limited.

Member Connect Sessions Details:
Thursday 14 May 2026
11:50 am – 1:00 pm

 

 
Host
Topic
1. Will Scully-Power The SpaceX IPO: The Largest Liquidity Event in History and What It Means for Family Offices
2. Brent Ogilvie How To Drive Liquidity From Your ‘Returns’ in Private Fund Investments
3. Thomas Peter Baron Buy Hated Stocks and Sell Loved Stocks and Make Sure You Are Not Losing Money on the Way
4. Joanna Sun The Family Conversation We Keep Postponing and What It’s Costing Us
5. John Shin How Private Equity Looks To Invest in Businesses With AI Transformation Upside
6. Casey Harris Clarity and Connection: Setting Expectations for Those Who Marry In
7. Max Kausman Liquidity in Venture Capital (and Why It Matters More Than Ever)
8. Rachel Cook Kin-Keeper: The Power of Family Ties
9. Mark Dombkins The Stories That Outlast the Money: A Next-Gen Lens on the Narratives Shaping Wealth, Giving, and Family Identity
10. Tim Collin How Young Is Too Young? Taking Charge of the Family Wealth as a Teenager
11. Arun Abey AM Harnessing the Potential of Wealth To Enrich the Lives of Our Family and the Community Across Generations
12. Clyde McConaghy The Impact of Geopolitical Risk on Your Current FO Reporting
13. Kris Vogelsong Pitfalls & Potholes in the Property Sector
14. Alan Burrell Legacies, Family and Giving
15. Peter Evans Vision and Values in the Family
16. Nim De Swardt Women in Wealth: Sharing the Lived Experience of Wealth Leadership – Exploring the Human and Relational Side of Women’s Wealth Leadership
17. Jason Fielding Maintaining Trust in the Age of AI’
18. Georgia Barkell Starting Your Investment Journey and All the Questions You Want To Ask
19. Sean O'Sullivan AI in the Physical World – From Human Health to Robotics and Industry
20. Scott Whitla Succession Planning for 2050 – Asset Protection, Transitioning Control, Diminishing Capacity”
21. Michael Masterson Intangibles: Identifying the 1% of Assets That Account for 90% of the Value and Risk
22. Rachel English The Family & Philanthropy
23. Andrew Milroy AI and Your Business
24. Lizzy Goldfinch & Susanne Bransgrove Working With the Rising Generation
25. Clay Cook & Tzu-Wen Chen Bitcoin & Digital Assets – What % Should I Allocate?
26. Alan Duncan Established Family Office (5 Years+) Principals
27. Stuart Wesley Beyond the Code of Conduct: What Governs Family Behaviour When the Rulebook Runs Out?
28. Kylie Lamprecht The Evolving Family Office Blueprint: From Complexity to Clarity
29. Jason Ellenport Assesing Deal Flow in Private Markets: Separating Singal from Noise