Agenda

Wednesday, November 4

1:00 – 4:00 PM

Getting Things Done – The Grendel Way

1:00 – 4:00 PM

Fun activities for early arrivals

2:00 – 8:00 PM

Registration

7:00 – 10:00 PM

Welcome Reception

 

 

Thursday, November 5 

7:00 AM – 5:30 PM

Registration

7:30 – 8:30 AM

Breakfast

8:30 – 9:00 AM

Welcome

9:00 – 10:00 AM

Featured Speaker – Portfolio Construction Explained,
Rick Ferri, Portfolio Solutions

10:00 – 10:30 AM

Break with Sponsors

10:45 – 11:45 AM

Featured Speaker – Cybersecurity,
Dan Skiles, Shareholders Service Group 

10:45 – 11:45 AM

Platinum Sponsor - Investment Strategies that Complement Social Security Optimization
Brent Burns & Steve Huxley, Asset Dedication

11:45 AM – 12:45 PM

Lunch

1:00 – 2:00 PM

Cybersecurity Obligations,
Lori Neidel, Law Office of Lori J. Neidel 

1:00 – 2:00 PM

Marketing Yourself Online as a Financial Planner,
Cliff Goldstein, NerdWallet

2:15 – 2:45 PM

Solution Session - TAMP vs. Robo: An Outsourced Investment Smackdown
Brent Burns, Asset Dedication

2:15 – 2:45 PM

Solution Session - Beyond the What & How: Knowing the WHY of Fee-Only Financial and Insurance Advisors
Jill MacNeil & Jerry Skapyak, Low Load Insurance Services

2:15 – 2:45 PM

Solution Session - Creating Tailored, Mobile-Responsive Websites for Financial Advisors - Your vision. Our creation.
Ryan Russell, Twenty Over Ten

3:00 – 3:30 PM

Solution Session - Evolution of an Advisory Practice
Mark Boothe, Scottrade Advisor Services

3:00 – 3:30 PM

Solution Session - Building Your Business Through Humanizing Technology
Jeff Quigley, MoneyGuidePro

3:00 – 3:30 PM

Solution Session - Using AIER’s Business Cycle Model in Portfolio Management
Robert Hughes, American Institute for Economic Research

3:30 – 4:00 PM

Break with Sponsors

4:00 – 5:30 PM

Annual Meeting

5:30 – 7:00 PM

Under the Trees

 

 

Friday, November 6 

7:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Registration

7:30 – 8:30 AM

Breakfast

8:00 – 8:07 AM

Braintrust Steering Committee Report

8:08 – 8:15 AM

ACP Technology Committee Report

8:16 – 8:23 AM

Suggested Funds Committee Report

8:24 – 8:30 AM

Finance Committee Report

8:30 – 9:30 AM

General Session – Telling Your Investment Story with the Matrix Book,
Joel Hefner, Dimensional Fund Advisors

9:30 – 10:00 AM

Break with Sponsors

10:00 – 11:00 AM

Featured Speaker – Case Studies in Estate Planning for Retirement Benefits: Practical Ideas for Real-Life Situations
Natalie Choate, Nutter McClennen & Fish 

11:15 AM – 12:15 PM

Featured Speaker – Lifetime Distribution Strategies for Your Client’s Retirement Benefits
Natalie Choate, Nutter McClennen & Fish

12:15 – 1:15 PM

Lunch with the Board & Annual Meeting Feedback

1:30 – 2:30 PM

Platinum Sponsor - Fear Is a Beast That Feeds on Attention: Allaying Retirement Fears with Annuities
Jill MacNeil & Jerry Skapyak, Low Load Insurance Services

1:30 – 2:30 PM

Platinum Sponsor - Using Economic Indicators in Portfolio Management
Robert Hughes
, American Institute for Economic Research

1:30 – 2:30 PM

Platinum Sponsor - Design for Action: Putting Your Online Presence to Work
Ryan Russell, Twenty Over Ten

2:45 – 3:45 PM

Selling in an Anti-Selling Culture
Ross Schmidt, Aspen Wealth Planners

2:45 – 3:45 PM

Understanding and Working with High-Risk Investors
Jim Lear, Guideway Financial Sciences

2:45 – 3:45 PM

ACP Bond Ladder Panel 
Moderator: Frankie Corrado, Blue Blaze Financial Advisors
Panelists: Doug DeGain, Douglas W. DeGain, CFP®, Chip Simon, Taconic Advisors, and Kathleen Dollard, Nashoba Financial Planning

3:45 – 6:30 PM

Fun Activities with ACP Members

3:45 – 5:00 PM

Under the Trees

7:00 – 10:00 PM

Special Event

 

 

Saturday, November 7 

7:00 AM – 3:00 PM

Registration

7:30 – 8:30 AM

Breakfast

8:00 – 8:07 AM

ACP Systems Committee Report

8:08 – 8:15 AM

New Member Recruitment Committee Report

8:16 – 8:23 AM

Student Membership Committee Report

8:30 – 9:30 AM

General Session – Serving Retiring Baby Boomers: The Gray Pig Moving Through the Python, 
Linda Leitz, It's Not Just Money

9:45 – 10:45 AM

Efficient & Tax-Efficient Investment Management,
Bill Cuthbertson, Fiscalis Advisory
Co-presenter: Sheryl Rowling, Total Rebalance Expert

9:45 – 10:45 AM

Featured Speaker – Dealing with Cognitive Decline in Clients,
Bert Whitehead, Cambridge Connection
Co-presenter: Dr. Mary Ann Hamlin

10:45 – 11:15 AM

Break with the Sponsors

11: 30 AM – 12:30 PM

General Session – Growing Your Firm with a Leadership Pipeline,
Jacob Kuebler, Bluestem Financial Advisors
Co-presenter: Karen Folk, Bluestem Financial Advisors

12:30 – 1:45 PM

Lunch & Learn: Best Ideas 

2:00 – 3:00 PM

Featured Speaker - Picking Bert's Brain
Bert Whitehead, Cambridge Connection
Moderator: Ken Robinson, Practical Financial Planning

 

Schedule and sessions subject to change.

Continuing Education Credits Available:  11 NAPFA CE; 10 CFP CE; 11 NASBA CPE; 1 IRS CE

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