Guide to Financial Advisor Conferences for 2023 and 2024 (2024)

Attending wealth management and investment conferences can be a great opportunity to network and get up to speed on the latest industry trends and news. If you have limited time in your schedule, you may need to pick and choose which ones you attend. Knowing which financial advisor conferences are on the horizon can help you decide where to spend your time.

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Upcoming Investment Conferences 2023

Even though 2023 is more than halfway over, there are still a number of conferences scheduled for the remainder of the year. Here are some of the most notable events if you’re looking for conferences to attend.

FPA NexGen Gathering 2023

Dates: August 22-24, 2023

Location: Denver, Colorado

Cost: $550 to $750

The FPA NexGen Gathering is designed for financial planners who are entering the field or have less than eight years of experience in the industry. Attendees can earn CFP continuing education credits while connecting with other members of the next generation of planners.

ECHELON Deals & Dealmakers Summit

Dates: August 29-30, 2023

Location: Laguna Niguel, California

Cost: TBD

The ECHELON Deals & Dealmakers Summit is set to feature talks around success planning, as well as mergers and acquisitions. You might consider this conference if you’re interested in learning how to shape your exit strategy or acquiring another advisory firm.

Future Proof

Dates: September 10-13, 2023

Location: Huntington Beach, California

Cost: $745

Future Proof is an outdoor festival featuring live music, food trucks and exhibitors from different financial service industry backgrounds. While it’s not your typical investment conference, Future Proof brings together thousands of advisors, asset managers and other experts in sharing ideas about the future of wealth.

Finovate Fall

Dates: September 11-12, 2023

Location: New York, New York

Cost: $2,998

If you’re specifically interested in exploring the possibilities of tech in your advisory business, you might consider heading to Finovate Fall. With more than 70 cutting-edge technologies on display, it offers more live fintech demos than any other conference.

Carson Excell

Dates: September 12-14, 2023

Location: Nashville, Tennessee

Cost: $999 to $1,999

Carson Excell features noteworthy speakers and workshop sessions for advisors who are interested in how to scale from practice to business. Attendees can learn strategies for growing and marketing their firms.

FPA Annual Conference

Dates: September 27-29, 2023

Location: Phoenix, Arizona

Cost: $1,149 to $1,349

The FPA Annual Conference is one of the largest financial advisor conferences in the world and it attracts a wide variety of industry leaders and financial professionals. This event is geared toward advisors of all different backgrounds and experience levels who are interested in networking and learning.

Women In Insurance & Financial Services (WIFS) National Conference

Dates: October 4-6, 2023

Location: San Diego, California

Cost: $780 to $1,050

The Women In Insurance & Financial Services National Conference brings together women in the insurance industry, as well as those who specialize in financial planning and financial advisory services. Each day features numerous breakout sessions that target specific areas of interest along with guest speakers and evening meetups.

NAPFA Fall National Conference

Dates: October 18-21, 2023,

Location: Louisville, Kentucky

Cost: TBD

NAPFA’s Fall National Conference is designed for fee-only financial advisors who are interested in growing their knowledge base. Areas of focus include estate planning, practice management and tax planning, among others.

60th Annual NAEPC Advanced Estate Planning Strategies Conference

Dates: November 12-16, 2023

Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Cost: TBD

The NAEPC Advanced Estate Planning Strategies Conference welcomes estate planning professionals and estate planning council members. This year’s list of topics includes cross-border wealth planning, estate planning for high-net-worth clients and ESG investing.

Barron’s Women Summit

Dates: November 29-December 1

Location: Palm Beach, Florida

Cost: TBD

The Barron’s Women Summit hosts women in the wealth management industry and is one of the final conferences scheduled for 2023. Some of the topics to be covered this year include challenges in the wealth management industry, ideas for growth and strategies for improving outcomes.

Note: Investment conferences typically pause for the month of December to allow for the holidays, resuming in January.

Upcoming Investment Conferences 2024

While the 2024 conference schedule is still in the making, there are some notable events in the works for the first half of the year. Here are some of the conferences you may want to bookmark for the spring and early summer.

Note that information about fees, daily events and guest speakers may still be forthcoming for some of these conferences.

Is Attending a Financial Advisor Conference Worth It?

Conferences can bring together financial professionals from different backgrounds, which can be a great chance to make new connections. Networking can be time well-spent if the connections that you’re making are able to contribute to your business growth in some way, such as generating new leads through referrals.

Aside from networking, conferences can help you to expand your knowledge as an advisor if you’re attending workshops, seminars or lectures. You can then take what you’ve learned and implement it in your business, which can help fuel new growth.

When deciding which conferences to attend, it helps to consider its purpose. A simple way to whittle down the list of conferences you might attend is to look at who they’re for. If you’re a fee-based financial advisor, for instance, it probably wouldn’t make sense to go to a conference that’s marketed specifically to fee-only advisors.

Second to that, you may want to think about the cost of attending and what you hope to glean from the experience. If there’s no obvious potential for a return on your investment of time and money associated with a particular conference, then you may want to skip it in favor of a different one.

Bottom Line

Attending investment conferences can yield some significant benefits, regardless of where you are in your financial advisor career. If you’re new to the conference scene, talking to other advisors who have some experience in that area can give you a better idea of what to expect and how to make the most of your time while you’re there.

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