Strategic Growth Forum US 2019

In this special session, family business leaders discuss what’s next for the entrepreneurial family enterprise and how they create lasting legacies.

12:30 p.m.   Lunch with Lindsey Vonn, Three-time Olympic Medalist and Entrepreneur, Sinatra Ballroom

1:45 p.m.   Welcome: Family enterprise leadership summit

2:00 p.m.   Optimizing your family’s ambitions and succession alternatives 

3:20 p.m.   Family enterprise breakout sessions

• Breakout 1 – Next gen engagement and the family enterprise
• Breakout 2 – Strategic planning and the role of the board
• Breakout 3 – Family office fundamentals
• Breakout 4 – Best practices in parallel governance for the family enterprise 

4:25 p.m.   CEO interview:  Crystal Maggelet, CEO & Chairman of the Board, FJ Management Inc.

5:00 p.m.   Free time

6:30 p.m.   Dinner and entertainment – a taste of California, Tennis Lawn 

7:00 a.m.   Yoga wake-up: unleashing your ambition requires mental energy and effort, The Pointe  

8:00 a.m.   Breakfast, Springs Terrace

9:15 a.m.   Welcome, Sinatra Ballroom 

9:30 a.m.   CEO interview: Shantanu Narayen, President & CEO, Adobe Inc., Sinatra Ballroom

10:10 a.m.   Market leaders meet market upstarts, Sinatra Ballroom

10:40 a.m.   Unbounded ambition in action: Stéphanie Gicquel, Elite Athlete, Polar Explorer, Entrepreneur and Author, Sinatra Ballroom

11:00 a.m.   Introduction of EY Entrepreneurial Winning Women™ Class of 2019, Sinatra Ballroom

11:30 a.m.   Unleashing ambition in sport: US Women’s Soccer champs –  Alex Morgan and Carli Lloyd

12:10 p.m.   Lunch and networking, Springs Terrace/The Grove 

1:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.   Unleashing potential across your enterprise: choose two sessions to deep-dive with peer CEOs and savvy advisors on topics that matter most to you

1:30 p.m.   Session options

• Safeguarding your wealth as your company prospers
• Tapping the power of private equity
• Preparing and fueling your growth ambitions through an IPO
• Protecting your company and assets from a cyber attack
•  Increasing innovation via buy or build
• Tapping a new source of growth capital: family offices
• Building alliances with major corporates to drive growth
• EY Innovation Center: making advanced technologies work for your business 

2:30 p.m.   Break

3:00 p.m.   Session options

• Safeguarding your wealth as your company prospers
• Tapping the power of private equity
• Preparing and fueling your growth ambitions through an IPO
• Protecting your company and assets from a cyber attack
•  Increasing innovation via buy or build
• Tapping a new source of growth capital: family offices
• Building alliances with major corporates to drive growth
• EY Innovation Center: making advanced technologies work for your business 

4:15 p.m.   CEO interview: Arianna Huffington, Founder, The Huffington Post, and Founder and CEO, Thrive Global, Sinatra Ballroom

5:00 p.m.   Free time

6:30 p.m.   Dinner and entertainment - I ♥ the ’80s, Driving Range 

8:00 a.m.   Breakfast, Dining Pavilion

9:15 a.m.   Welcome back, Sinatra Ballroom

9:30 a.m.   CEO interview: Brad Keywell, Founder & CEO, Uptake Technologies, and EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year™ 2019, Sinatra Ballroom

10:15 a.m.  Unleashing ambition in the next generation: NFTE student

10:25 a.m.   Entrepreneur Of The Year^® Award winners with unstoppable ambition, Sinatra Ballroom 

11:05 a.m.   Celebrity interview, Sinatra Ballroom 

12:00 p.m.   Lunch and networking, The Grove 

12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.   Free time

12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.   Tuxedo rental

1:00 p.m.   Tennis Tournament

5:00 p.m.   Champagne cocktail reception

6:00 p.m.   Entrepreneur Of The Year^® National Awards dinner, Springs Ballroom

7:30 p.m.   Entrepreneur Of The Year® National Awards gala, hosted by Seth Meyers, Host, Late Night with Seth Meyers (black-tie), Sinatra Ballroom

10:00 p.m.   Celebration under the stars, immediately following the gala, Springs Terrace and Springs Ballroom