Family Office Summit Dubai agenda

Why governance works better when Sunday lunch doesn’t double as an investment committee.

A practical discussion on why separating operating businesses from family wealth has become a priority for modern families. The panel explores governance structures, holding companies, trusts, investment committees, and how families reduce emotional overlap while preserving alignment.

From blind pools to selective exposure and fewer surprises.

An examination of how family offices are changing the way they deploy capital into private markets. Topics include co-investments, secondaries, evergreen funds, club deals, direct lending, and why control, transparency, and liquidity options now matter more than ever.

Risk is back—this time with better homework.

What’s driving renewed appetite for venture capital? A look at valuation resets, sector focus, manager selection, indexing and why many families are once again allocating to innovation—carefully, selectively, and with longer-term conviction, looking beyond traditional markets like US, Europe.

The markets you can’t keep pretending are “emerging”

A strategic look at Asia’s renewed role as a global gateway for capital, talent, and structure. The panel explores Hong Kong’s positioning, regional diversification, regulatory evolution, and how family offices are re‑engaging with Asia after a period of hesitation.

High-yield, with footnotes

A candid discussion on why family offices are increasingly drawn to the convergence of iGaming and FinTech, and how they assess risk in sectors defined by rapid growth, heavy regulation, and technological leverage.

Speculation fades. Infrastructure remains.

A clear‑eyed discussion on cryptocurrencies, tokenised assets, custody, regulation, and infrastructure. Separating long‑term allocation candidates from speculative noise—and explaining what actually belongs in a diversified family portfolio.

Because Excel can’t do everything

A practical exploration of how AI and advanced technology are improving efficiency, speed, and decision support across investment decision-making, operations, and due diligence. Focusing on how technology augments human judgment rather than replaces it—freeing teams to spend more time on insight, oversight, and high-value thinking, while maintaining governance, accountability, and trust.

Long-term thinking, updated methods

A sharp, self-aware discussion on how the next generation approaches wealth—embracing technology, sustainability, venture, and global thinking, while still respecting the fundamentals that built the family balance sheet in the first place.

Still dominant — but on points, not knockouts

A debate on whether property continues to dominate family allocations, or whether diversification is finally gaining ground. Covering yield, risk concentration, global exposure, and the evolving role of real estate in multi‑asset portfolios.

Less concrete. More cables.

As AI, cloud computing, and data sovereignty reshape the global economy, data centres are rapidly becoming critical infrastructure. This panel explores how family offices are approaching data centre investments — from hyperscale campuses to edge facilities — and how to assess risk, returns, regulation, and sustainability in a power-hungry digital future.

Buying what we love, convincing the investment committee later.

A candid look at passion assets—how families acquire, value, insure, govern, and eventually exit art, classic cars, watches, and collectables, while balancing enjoyment with disciplined stewardship.

Public Equities, Fixed Income, Bonds, Listed Securities, Currencies & Hedge Funds

Markets in 2026 are shaped less by fundamentals alone and more by volatility, policy intervention, and the speed at which information — and misinformation — moves capital. This panel explores how money actually flows across public markets in an environment defined by central bank activism, geopolitical tension, macroeconomic resets, and sudden sentiment shifts (sometimes triggered by a single headline or tweet).

After several years of reduced exposure, family offices are re-engaging with public markets. This roundtable explores what has changed, where conviction is returning across equities, fixed income, hedge funds, and listed credit, how risk is being priced in a volatility-driven environment, and how families are positioning portfolios for 2026 and beyond.

Art, classic cars, watches and collectables increasingly feature in family portfolios—often driven by passion first and strategy second. This roundtable explores how family offices professionalise these assets: from acquisition and valuation to governance, risk management and exit planning, while balancing enjoyment with disciplined stewardship.

With valuations reset and selectivity returning, venture capital is once again on family office agendas. This roundtable explores how families structure VC exposure, balance direct and fund strategies, manage pacing and vintage risk, and align innovation capital with long-term wealth objectives.

Real estate remains central to many Middle Eastern family portfolios, yet assumptions around yield, diversification, leverage, and liquidity are increasingly under pressure. This roundtable examines where real estate still works, where risks are being underestimated, and how families are repositioning property within multi-asset portfolios.

How advanced market-intelligence platforms are changing the way family offices source deals, monitor risk, and make conviction-level decisions—without losing human judgment.

Digital assets are evolving from speculative exposure to institutional infrastructure. This roundtable explores where crypto and tokenisation belong in family portfolios, how families manage custody and regulation, and how early mistakes can be avoided.

Durable industrial technology businesses offer defensible cash flows and resilience, but access is increasingly competitive. This roundtable examines sourcing, underwriting, value creation, and exit risk in the U.S. lower middle market.

Asia remains a vital but complex region for global family capital. This roundtable explores how families assess geopolitical risk, regulatory change, structural shifts, and long-term opportunity across China and the wider region.

As private credit attracts increasing capital, risk is becoming harder to identify. This roundtable explores where yield is real, how structures behave under stress, and how families assess downside protection.

The next generation faces a different mandate: steward capital in a more complex, transparent, and volatile world. This roundtable explores risk, governance, succession, and responsibility from a next-gen perspective.