The Circulus Family Office Fall Summit is on November 20th in downtown NY.
Mitch Julis, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of the legendary Canyon Partners will be joining us for a fireside chat. Mitch has an amazing story, with deep insights into the complexity of business and the secrets of Canyon’s success.
We will be hosting a special conversation with entrepreneur Divya Narendra, founder and CEO of SumZero, the world’s largest online community for professional investors.
We are also very pleased to have Jennifer Prosek, Founder and Managing Partner of Prosek Partners (a former podcast guest), lead a conversation with Jose Minaya, Global Head of BNY Investments and Wealth, and Ken Kencel, CEO and President of Churchill Asset Management (also a former Private Capital Podcast guest).
Circulus Group is committed to building the largest family office network globally. We bring together industry leaders, subject matter experts, professionals and family members from the family office world to create an engaging and dynamic event that offers valuable insights, fosters enduring relationships, and inspires attendees.
This will be a full-day event with over 65 single family offices and panels covering the global macro picture, private credit, operational excellence in the family office as well as our stellar speakers!
Single family offices can apply to attend below.
Special thanks to our friends at BNY for hosting the event and to all of our valued partners.
Agenda
8:00 a.m. | Registration and Breakfast
8:45 a.m. | Welcome: Joe Reilly, head of Circulus Group, and Girish Massand, Institutional Solutions Strategist at BNY Advisors.
Welcome to the Circulus Summit, a gathering designed to inspire, connect, and strengthen the family office community. This event features a carefully curated lineup of speakers, offering exclusive insights into private markets, alternatives, and family office operations. You should leave equipped to make informed decisions that preserve and grow wealth across generations.
9:00 a.m. | Special Conversation: José Minaya, BNY Global Head of Investments and Wealth, and Ken Kencel, CEO of Churchill Asset Management, moderated by Jennifer Prosek, Founder of Prosek Partners.
Jennifer Prosek, one of the top financial communicators in the world, leads a conversation with two of the industry’s most respected leaders, José Minaya and Ken Kencel, to discuss the next phase of private market evolution.
Together, they will explore how leading firms are deploying capital amid macroeconomic uncertainty and the growing influence of private credit. The discussion will also delve into leadership in times of transformation and how culture, innovation, and partnership can sustain performance across market cycles.
10:00 a.m. | Global Macro at a Crossroads: Strategies for a Shifting Economic Order with Aaron Kless, CEO and CIO at Andalusian Credit Partners, and Michael McGowan, Managing Director at Pathstone, moderated by Frazer Rice, host of the Wealth Actually Podcast.
Global markets are transforming due to deglobalization, decoupling, fiscal realignment, energy transition, and demographic shifts. With central banks on divergent paths, evolving trade dynamics, and election-driven uncertainty, leading macro strategists unpack the forces reshaping interest rates, currencies, commodities, and global growth. This high-impact panel offers actionable insights for investors seeking to navigate today’s complex landscape and position portfolios for resilience and opportunity in a new macro regime.
11:00 a.m. | Break
11:15 a.m. Fireside Chat with Mitch Julis, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Canyon Partners. Interviewed by Joe Reilly, head of Circulus Group.
In this intimate conversation, Mitch Julis shares insights on today’s key macro and market dynamics such as distressed and special situations to the growing role of private credit and structured opportunities. Drawing on decades leading Canyon Partners, he discusses risk, capital preservation, and innovation amid challenge and change, while reflecting on the leadership principles and long-term values that have guided him through multiple market cycles.
12:15 p.m. | Networking Lunch - Take a break, recharge, and meet the Circulus community.
1:15 p.m. | Navigating the New Market Regime: Strategies and Insights from Investors. Sophia Park Mullen, President of EnTrust Global, Brian Gillott, CEO of Glades Peak Capital (SFO), Gary Stern, CEO of Eagle Health Partners moderated by Michael Oliver Weinberg, Adjunct Professor of Finance, Columbia Business School, host of the Improving Alpha podcast.
As markets evolve beyond traditional beta, generating sustainable alpha demands a more dynamic approach. This panel brings together leading fund managers with unique perspectives across sports, health care, AI, and classic long/short strategies. They’ll share how they identify idiosyncratic opportunities, manage risk amid volatility and liquidity constraints, and position portfolios for the next cycle of performance as active management regains its edge.
2:15 p.m. | High Performing Family Offices, special presentation by Erik Christoffersen, Managing Director at AlTi Tiedemann Global.
Erik has intensely studied family offices globally and has written two well-respected reports on family office operational excellence. He shares with us his model for a high-performing family office and looks at talent, technology, outsourcing, and spending. Most importantly, he locates the family and the purpose of the wealth in the center of the organization.
3:15 p.m. | Break
3:30 p.m. | Conversation with Entrepreneur Divya Narendra: The Battle for the Best Ideas. Interviewed by Joe Reilly, head of Circulus Group.
As founder and CEO of SumZero, the world’s largest online community for professional investors, Divya Narendra has spent his career at the intersection of finance and innovation. Before launching SumZero, Divya co-founded Harvard Connection with Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss and later joined the board of their company, Gemini. Having seen the investing world from both inside high-performing hedge funds like Sowood Capital and as a builder of platforms that connect top investors, Divya offers rare insights into how investors and entrepreneurs think and how great ideas find capital.
4:30 p.m. | Outlook for 2026: Chuck Long, Head of Family Office Services, BNY Wealth; Sinead Colton Grant CIO, BNY Wealth; John Flahive, CFA, Head of Wealth Investment Solutions & Co-Head of Municipal Bonds, BNY Insight Investment; Joanna Berg, Head of Alternative Investment Strategy, BNY Advisors.
In this exclusive session, BNY’s leading investment voices share insights on the global economy, market performance, and the long-term forces shaping investor behavior. Panelists will discuss how institutions and private investors can build resilient portfolios, manage liquidity, and seize opportunities across public and private markets. Spanning macroeconomics, strategy, and innovation, this session offers a forward-looking outlook on global markets and the next phase of the cycle.
5:30 p.m. | Networking and Cocktail Reception
Wrap up the day with a drink and a great conversation.
Biographies in Order of Appearance.
Conference Introduction
Joe Reilly is the founder of Circulus Group, a network for family offices. He also hosts the Private Capital Podcast and The Inheritance Podcast. He was the co-founder and founding president of the Family Office Association, a global forum for single-family offices based in Greenwich, Connecticut. Previously Mr. Reilly helped to start a single-family office and foundation in New York where he was an investment manager for five years. He was an energy specialist focused on options and futures trading at Crédit Agricole Indosuez in New York before that and started his career at Salomon Smith Barney.
Girish Massand is an Institutional Sales Specialist at BNY Mellon Investor Solutions, the firm’s institutional multi-asset solutions provider, serving retirement plans, foundations and endowments, family offices, and financial intermediaries. He joined the firm in 2015 and has held roles of increasing responsibility, including Vice President in Financial Planning and Analysis and earlier positions within BNY Mellon’s investment and advisory businesses.
Before rejoining BNY Mellon in 2019, he served as Senior Manager at Warner Music Group. His earlier career includes roles as Vice President and Senior Associate at BNY Mellon, Senior Associate at PwC, Business Analyst at GE Capital, and Stock Broker at E1 Asset Management.
He is a CFA Charterholder and holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Bryant University, where he concentrated in Finance and Economics and minored in International Business.
9:00 a.m. | Special Conversation: Jose Minaya, BNY Global Head of Investments and Wealth, and Ken Kencel, CEO of Churchill Asset Management, moderated by Jennifer Prosek, Founder of Prosek Partners.
José Minaya joined BNY in 2024 from Nuveen, where he was CEO of the asset manager of TIAA, and responsible for the firm’s strategy and operations to deliver clients with diverse investment capabilities and solutions. Jose previously served as Nuveen’s President and CIO, with oversight of Nuveen’s global investment business including equities, fixed income, real estate, private markets, natural resources, other alternatives and responsible investments. Prior to that, he led TIAA’s global real assets division where he set strategy and developed investment capabilities across real estate, agriculture, timber, infrastructure, energy and alternative credit strategies. He joined TIAA in 2004, with more than 25 years of investment experience at firms including AIG, Merrill Lynch and JP Morgan.
He is on the Board of Trustees of Manhattan College, where he earned a bachelor’s in finance, and the Board of Advisors of the Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, where he earned an MBA. In addition, he serves on the boards of multiple companies and charitable organizations, including Moody’s, the National Forest Foundation, the Investment Company Institute, the Investment Committee of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, and as chair of the Governing Board of Directors of the Robert Toigo Foundation.
Ken is the President and CEO of Churchill Asset Management, an affiliate of Nuveen, the asset manager of TIAA, a Fortune 500 financial services company. He also serves as Chairman of the Board, President and CEO of Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending Corp. (NYSE: NCDL) and Nuveen Churchill Private Capital Income Fund (PCAP), Churchill’s publicly registered business development companies. Additionally, Ken is Chairman of Churchill’s Executive Committee and a member of the Senior Lending Investment Committee.
Throughout his over 35-year career in the investment industry, he has accrued a broad range of experience in leading private credit investment businesses. Previously, Ken served as a Managing Director of The Carlyle Group, where he also served as President and a Director of Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc. (Carlyle’s publicly traded business development company). Prior to that he founded and was President and CEO of Churchill Financial Group, served as Head of Leveraged Finance for Royal Bank of Canada and was Head of Indosuez Capital, a leading middle market merchant banking and asset management business in partnership with Credit Agricole Group. Ken was also a founder of the high yield finance business at Chase Securities (now JP Morgan Chase). He began his career in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group at Drexel Burnham Lambert. He regularly appears as a guest commentator on private credit markets on Bloomberg, CNBC, The Wall Street Journal and The Financial Times. In 2023, Ken was named by Private Debt Investor as “One of the 30 ChangeMakers” who helped shape the private debt industry over the past decade.
Ken graduated with a B.S. in Business Administration, magna cum laude, from Georgetown University and a J.D. from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law. He serves on the Pension Investment Advisory Committee for the Archdiocese of New York, the Board of Trustees and Chairman of the Investment Committee of Canisius High School (a private Jesuit Preparatory school in Buffalo, NY), the Advisory Board of Teach for America (Connecticut), and the Milken Institute’s Inclusive Capitalism Executive Council. Ken is a former member of the Board of Advisors and Adjunct Professor at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University.
Jennifer Prosek is the Founder and Managing Partner of Prosek Partners, a leading integrated marketing and communications firm with offices in New York, London, Boston, Los Angeles, Washington D.C., Palm Beach, Fairfield, Abu Dhabi and Cape Town. The firm was named the best financial communications and marketing firm by PRovoke Media in 2023. Jennifer was also listed personally on The Wall Street Journal’s “Most Influential Decision Makers” list in 2023 and 2024.
She is a published author and frequent speaker. “Army of Entrepreneurs,” her first book, received praise from Columbia Business School, Wharton and INSEAD. Her second book “Raising Can-Do Kids,” co-authored with Richard Rende, Ph.D., was published by Penguin Random House in 2015.
Jennifer is on the board of the Mount Sinai Health System and the Museum of the City of New York. She is the co-President of the Columbia Business School Women’s Circle, and also sits on the advisory board of Columbia Business School’s Private Equity Program, Signal AI, and iConnections. She is a venture investor in a number of communications technology platforms, including Qwoted.
Jennifer received her MBA from Columbia University and a B.A. in English Literature from Miami University.
10:00 a.m. | Global Macro at a Crossroads: Strategies for a Shifting Economic Order with Aaron Kless, CEO and CIO at Andalusian Credit Partners, and Michael McGowan, Managing Director at Pathstone, moderated by Frazer Rice, host of the Wealth Actually Podcast.
Aaron Kless is the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of Andalusian Credit Partners. He also serves as Chief Executive Officer of Andalusian Credit Company (“ACC”).
Prior to joining Andalusian, Mr. Kless was Head of Non-Sponsor Direct Lending at Apollo Global Management. He has also held tenures as Managing Director in the U.S. Private Capital Group at BlackRock and Senior Principal in the Global Private Equity Group at Merrill Lynch & Co. Previously, he was an Associate at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett.
Mr. Kless graduated with Honors from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with B.A. degrees in Political Science and U.S. History and received his JD with Highest Honors from the George Washington University School of Law.
Michael McGowan is a Managing Director and shareholder at Pathstone. With over 19 years of investment management experience, Michael leads investment strategy, providing market and economic analysis, strategic and tactical asset allocation guidance, and multi-asset portfolio management.
Michael joins Pathstone from Crestone Capital, where he was Managing Director of Investment Research and Strategy. He led overall investment strategy, strategic and tactical asset allocation, and multi-asset portfolio management. He was also a co-portfolio manager on several equity, hedge fund, and fixed income strategies where he focused on sourcing, diligence, and monitoring of active and passive strategies globally. Prior to Crestone, Michael was Vice President within BlackRock’s Investments and Portfolio Solutions group in New York City. With a focus on alternative investments, he was responsible for developing the alternative investments platform across product management, investment strategy, and portfolio construction. Prior to BlackRock, he was a Trader at James Capital Alliance (dba James Investment Research), working directly with senior portfolio managers on equity and fixed income trading, research, asset allocation, and portfolio management.
Frazer Rice is the Director of Family Office Services for Next Capital Management, LLC. He is responsible for developing the firm’s Family Office Services offering and implementing it for select clients. Frazer has spent a more than twenty-year career advising high net worth clients and families around wealth management, estate planning and fiduciary issues. Most recently, he was the Regional Director for Pendleton Square Trust, building their presence in the Northeast and advising clients and advisers around fiduciary issues. He spent 16 years at Wilmington Trust advising high net worth clients and family offices, rising to the level of Managing Director in the firm’s New York office. Frazer has written the book Wealth, Actually: Intelligent Decision-Making for the 1% and produces the successful “Wealth Actually” Podcast. He appears on a variety of media and industry panels to discuss wealth management practice, trusts and estates, family dynamics issues, and tax policy. He is the President of the New York City Estate Planning Council and is Co-Head of its Programming Committee. He received his B.A. in Political Science and History from Duke University and his J.D. from Emory University School of Law. Frazer lives in Manhattan and enjoys golf, travel, horror movies, media production and writing.
Fireside Chat with Mitch Julis, Co-Founder of Canyon Partners.
Mitch Julis is Co-Founder, Co-Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer of Canyon Partners, LLC. Mr. Julis is a graduate of the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs (B.A., magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa), Harvard Law School (J.D., magna cum laude) and Harvard Business School (M.B.A., honors). He received an honorary doctorate from Yeshiva University of New York in 2011. Prior to forming Canyon, Mr. Julis directed a group of professionals responsible for a portfolio of distressed and special situation securities at Drexel Burnham Lambert. Prior to working at Drexel, he was a bankruptcy and creditors’ rights attorney at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz in New York. Mr. Julis has authored a number of articles published in law journals and other periodicals on the subject of bankruptcy, distressed credits and special situation investing.
In 2014, Mr. Julis, along with Co-Founder Josh Friedman, received Institutional Investor’s “Lifetime Achievement” Award. Mr. Julis serves as a Trustee of the Brown University Corporation, on the Board of Governors at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University, on the Board of Trustees at Yeshiva University and as Trustee Emeritus at the Asia Society. He previously served on the Board of Trustees at Princeton University. He is currently a member of the Advisory Council for the Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy and Finance at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and a member of Princeton’s School of Engineering and Applied Science Leadership Council. Furthermore, he sits on the Lincoln Center Theater Board of Directors. Also noteworthy is his active role in establishing the Harvard Law School Program on Jewish and Israeli Law. In 2019, Mr. Julis received an Honorary Fellowship from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.
1:15 p.m. | Navigating the New Market Regime: Strategies and Insights from Investors. Sophia Park Mullen, President of EnTrust Global, Brian Gillott, CEO of Glades Peak Capital (SFO), Gary Stern, Founder of Eagle Health Partners, moderated by Michael Oliver Weinberg, Adjunct Professor of Finance, Columbia Business School, host of Improving Alpha podcast.
Sophia Mullen is the President of EnTrust Global and a member of the firm’s Board of Directors and Management Committee. Sophia works closely with firm executives, key external relationships, and investors to shape EnTrust’s overall corporate strategy and growth, including by creating strategic partnerships and launching investment opportunities across a range of asset classes and industries. She is also responsible for the firm’s business operations and team development. Prior to serving as President, a role she has held since 2022, Sophia headed the firm’s Opportunistic Investments, where she led a team exclusively dedicated to such strategy to target opportunities across the capital structure in both private and public markets, ranging from thematic investments to individual targets. Prior to joining the firm in 2013, Sophia was an attorney in the Corporate Reorganization practice at Sidley Austin LLP. Sophia holds a BS from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and a Juris Doctor cum laude from the University of Notre Dame Law School. She is a frequent guest speaker at events and conferences regarding alternative investments.
Brian Gillott is the Chief Investment Officer of Glades Peak Capital, his single-family office. Previously, he served as Senior Equity Portfolio Manager at SPX Capital, a $12B global macro hedge fund, where he managed the US Long/Short strategy and built the firm’s NY equity platform. Before joining SPX, Brian co-led the Opportunistic Equity team at Jennison Associates for nearly two decades, overseeing $4B in assets. He began his hedge fund career as an Equity Analyst at Soros Fund Management, after starting in equities at Goldman Sachs. Brian holds a B.S. with Honors in Business Economics from Penn State University.
Brian Gillott is CIO of Glades Peak Capital, his single-family office. He previously managed the US Long/Short strategy at SPX Capital, a $12 billion global macro fund. Before SPX, he co-led Jennison Associates Opportunistic Equity team overseeing $4B. He began at Soros Fund Management after Goldman Sachs and holds a B.S. with honors in Business Economics from Penn State University in United States.
Gary Stern founded Eagle Health Investments LP, a healthcare-focused hedge fund in October 2019. The fund strategy employs a process-driven approach that seeks to capitalize on innovation and disruption in the healthcare sector. Prior to starting EHI, Mr. Stern worked at Ziff Brothers Investments from 2002 to 2014, covering healthcare, and most recently, served as Partner and Chief Investment Officer at Ziff Capital Partners from 2014 to 2019. From 2000 to 2002, he was a Financial Analyst at Goldman Sachs on the equity research team covering healthcare IT, pharmacy benefit managers, pharma outsourcing, and drug distributors. Mr. Stern graduated magna cum laude, Rufus Choate Scholar from Dartmouth College, and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He also served as co-chair of the Star Mentor Program for children coping with serious illnesses and authored a book, titled Voices of Hope to help teenagers deal with the diagnosis of ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease.
Gary Stern founded Eagle Health Investments in 2019, applying a process-driven strategy focused on healthcare innovation. He previously spent 12 years at Ziff Brothers and later served as Partner and CIO at Ziff Capital Partners. Earlier, he was a healthcare analyst at Goldman Sachs. A Dartmouth Rufus Choate Scholar, Gary has alsoauthored a book, titled Voices of Hope to help teenagers deal with the diagnosis of ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease.
Michael Weinberg invests directly and as an asset allocator across traditional and alternative assets for institutions and family offices. He has led and built investment businesses, including distribution and client teams. His past roles include senior positions at First Republic, APG, Protege Partners, FRM, Credit Suisse, and Soros. He began at Morgan Stanley and teaches Institutional Investing at Columbia Business School. He is also the host of the Improving Alpha podcast.
2:15 p.m. | High Performing Family Offices, special presentation by Erik Christoffersen, Managing Director at AlTi Tiedemann Global.
Erik Christoffersen is a managing director at AlTi Tiedemann Global. He direct responsibility for managing client relationships and overseeing the strategy for all wealth and investment-related matters. Erik has over 25 years of experience in strategy, fund raising, sales and business development with several technology companies including IBM and numerous Silicon Valley start-ups. Erik was also a management consultant at IBM and Symmetrix and served as the Executive Director for the non-profit, San Francisco Museum and Historical Society.
Erik is an active investor in real estate, cyber security, wearables, clean tech, medical devices and other technology start-ups. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Virginia and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School.
3:30 p.m. | Conversation with entrepreneur Divya Narendra: The Battle for the Best Ideas.
Divya K. Narendra is the Chief Executive Officer and Founder of SumZero, Inc., an online community for professional investors which he founded in 2008. Mr. Narendra is also a Managing Partner of SumZero Capital, a private fund that uses AI to invest in public equities recommended by the SumZero investment community, since 2024. He has been a member of the Board of Directors of Gemini Trust Company, a digital asset exchange owned by Gemini Space Station which IPO’d in September 2025. He was also the original founder of ConnectU (predecessor to Facebook), and was portrayed by actor Max Minghella in the Oscar winning Hollywood movie, The Social Network. Mr. Narendra received a Bachelor’s degree in Applied Mathematics from Harvard College and a JD/MBA from Northwestern University.
4:30 p.m. | Outlook for 2026: Chuck Long, Head of Family Office Services, BNY Wealth; Sinead Colton Grant CIO, BNY Wealth; John Flahive, CFA, Head of Wealth Investment Solutions & Co-Head of Municipal Bonds, BNY Insight Investment; Joanna Berg, Head of Alternative Investment Strategy, BNY Advisors
Sinead Colton Grant is Chief Investment Officer of BNY Wealth. She is responsible for the investment process including strategic and tactical asset allocation across public and private markets, manager selection, and is Chair of the Investment Policy Committee. Prior to this role, she led the Investor Solutions institutional OCIO franchise that develops customized investment portfolios for pension plans, foundations and endowments and family offices. Sinead joined BNY Wealth in 2020 as Deputy Chief Investment Officer and Head of Equities, with responsibility for the Large Cap Equity investment group, the Equity Trading team and the Capital Markets Group. She chaired the Equity Strategy Committee and was Vice Chair of the Investment Policy Committee. Previously, she was Head of Global Investment Strategy for Mellon Capital and Mellon Investments, BNY Investment’s multi-asset investment firms, and served on the Senior Leadership team, the Investment Risk Committee, and the Environmental, Social & Governance Investing Committee.
Prior to her role at Mellon, Sinead served as Managing Director of Investment Strategy for the Multi-Asset Client Solutions group at BlackRock and Barclays Global Investors in London, where she designed tailored investment solutions for institutional and wealth management clients in the U.K. and Europe. Earlier in her career, Sinead held portfolio management roles at JP Morgan Asset Management and was a founding partner and Head of Portfolio Management at Lee Overlay Partners, a global macro investment boutique.
Sinead earned an MSc in Finance from London Business School and a BBS in Finance from Dublin City University in Ireland. She was recognized by Family Wealth Report as the 2025 Women in Wealth (Investment) award recipient, by Worth magazine in 2021 as one of their 50 Groundbreaking Women, and by Irish America magazine over multiple years as one of the Wall Street 50, which celebrates the contributions of Irish American and Irish born leaders in the financial industry.
Chuck Long is the Head of Family Office Services at BNY Wealth, where he manages the investment, wealth management, fiduciary, master custody, and business development activities for BNY Wealth’s Global Family Office business. Chuck has 40 plus years of experience leading global teams that develop and implement long-term, practical plans to help families, family offices and foundations achieve their wealth planning and investment goals. Chuck works directly with families facing the complexities of multi-jurisdictional wealth planning, asset management and inter-generational wealth transitioning.
John Flahive is Head of Wealth Investment Solutions & Co-Head of Municipal Bonds, BNY Insight Investment, where he directs all fixed income strategy, policy, and management for over $30 billion in assets. John has over 30 years’ of investment experience, including senior roles at Neuberger Berman and T. Rowe Price. John is a frequent and deeply informed commentator on markets and rates.
Joanna Berg is the Head of Alternative Investment Strategy for BNY Advisors, advising high net worth and institutional clients on liquid and private alternatives, portfolio construction, and asset allocation. With over 20 years in alternative investments, she has held senior roles at Morgan Stanley and Citigroup, focusing on hedge funds, private equity, and real estate across wealth management and advisory functions.
What’s one takeaway or theme you’re most excited to explore at this year’s summit?
This looks like a serious calendar highlight - not just for the line-up, but for the cross-section of expertise it brings into one room.