The pace of AI innovation is relentless, leaving many wealth management leaders struggling to separate the hype from what truly delivers value today—and what could fundamentally transform the industry tomorrow. In this session, industry expert Amy Young will share insights from her unique vantage point at the intersection of cutting-edge LLMs, agent-building tools, and real-world applications across financial services. You’ll gain a practical framework to evaluate emerging technologies, identify where AI is already reshaping advisor workflows and client engagement, and anticipate where the next wave of disruption is headed. Walk away with the clarity and confidence to make smarter AI investments that position your firm to get—and stay—ahead.

Zocks Communications | Slant | Catchlight | ARQA | FINNY | Conquest Planning

Discover how financial advisors can harness the power of AI to automate content creation, amplify reach, and stand out in a crowded marketplace. This session reveals how even small firms can build a scalable, automated content engine that rivals the output of major financial brands—without the massive budget.

This high-impact session will showcase how wealth managers can leverage today’s leading AI tools to enhance every step of their business process. John’s session will feature live demonstrations of tools like Claude, ChatGPT, CoPilot, Perplexity, Gamma, and more to show how you can leverage off the shelf AI tools today to enhance your practice. Attendees will walk away with a handout of actionable use cases they can implement immediately upon returning to their offices. By the end of this session, attendees will be able to:

– Understand how generative AI fits into the daily workflows of wealth management.

– Identify at least five practical, low-lift AI use cases across the client lifecycle.

– Evaluate and experiment with leading AI tools suited for advisors and support staff.

– Design a basic AI pilot plan for their practice or firm.

From search engines to answer engines, the way prospects discover and evaluate advisors is changing fast. This session will dive into how AI tools are reshaping the client journey—and how advisors and firms can harness them for smarter marketing. Learn how to integrate AI-powered tools to enhance personalization, streamline lead nurturing, and optimize both SEO and AEO (Answer Engine Optimization) strategies. You’ll leave with practical ideas to engage prospects and grow more efficiently—without losing the human touch that clients still crave.

AI’s potential in wealth management is only as strong as the data that fuels it. Many firms are eager to implement AI tools for planning, prospecting, and operational efficiencies—but without clean, structured, accessible data, these initiatives can stall before they start.  

In this session, we’ll explore how to assess whether your firm’s data is AI ready, identify the steps necessary to prepare your data infrastructure, and outline best practices for ongoing data management to support AI-driven growth. We’ll discuss common challenges wealth management firms face, including data silos across CRMs, custodians, and planning systems, and how to resolve them to enable AI tools to deliver meaningful insights and automation.

Whether you’re just beginning to explore AI or seeking to maximize your existing AI solutions, this session will help you build a strong data foundation to fuel innovation and scalable growth in your firm.

As AI reshapes the financial landscape, LPL is proving that technology can strengthen the human connection between advisors and clients. In this session, Stephen Chien, Head of AI Solutions at LPL, shares how the firm leverages Jump to free advisors from routine tasks, enhance compliance, and deliver more personalized client experiences. Learn how LPL’s thoughtful approach to AI adoption is helping advisors spend more time where it matters most: with their clients.

Two competing visions for AI are emerging in wealth advisory. The first emphasizes digitization and automation—scaling through higher client-to-advisor ratios and replacing advisors with processes. The second vision reflects our industry’s actual trajectory: each technological advance has enabled advisors to serve fewer clients more comprehensively. This approach prioritizes effectiveness over efficiency, recognizing that guiding clients toward financial wellbeing is deeply human work—helping people understand their needs, navigate emotional barriers, and achieve their goals. Here, AI enhances our ability to serve as empathic guides with practical behavioral expertise, not just technical planners. Embracing this vision offers a constructive path forward for an industry defining its evolution.

Discover how Helium Advisors partnered with Invent and Finmate to modernize its operations and deliver greater value to clients. In this session, the leaders of Invent, Helium Advisors, and Finmate share lessons on how thoughtful adoption of AI can help RIAs scale, improve productivity, and stay competitive in a rapidly evolving market.

Join us for an engaging session with two industry leaders as they discuss top technology and business priorities shaping today’s wealth firm. Discover how AI technology is evolving to address advisor experience from client onboarding to personalize engagement – throughout the investor lifecycle from the very first conversation and empower advisors to deliver exceptional value.

Learn from real-world examples how AI helps drive growth, build efficiency, and ensure measurable outcomes while creating delightful engagement experiences across every touchpoint.

Don’t miss this opportunity to witness the future of wealth management in action.

If someone asks ChatGPT or other AI tools for the best advisor in your city, would it mention you?

In this opening keynote, industry marketing expert Samantha Russell reveals how AI is reshaping the way consumers discover financial professionals, and what you must do to stay visible. You’ll walk away understanding the three main factors that determine how AI systems like ChatGPT and Google’s SGE choose which advisors to recommend, and how to position your practice to be at the top of their list. Plus, Sam will offer a practical, hands-on checklist of the three things you must do to get your firm where it needs to be.

Top 3 Take-aways:

– How to Get Your Name Into AI Results: Understand how AI systems like ChatGPT and Google’s SGE choose which advisors to recommend—and how to position your practice to be at the top of their list.

– The Power of Reviews and Authority: Learn exactly what kinds of reviews boost your visibility, and how media mentions, podcasts, and expert quotes signal trust and expertise to AI engines.

 – Exactly how to Create and Structure Content for AI Search: Discover how to structure your website and blog content using natural language, Q&As, and schema markup so AI can understand who you help and match you to specific client questions.

AI can transform how your firm operates, engages clients, and delivers advice—but all of that progress can unravel if you aren’t compliant. This session will demystify what’s allowed (and what isn’t) when it comes to using AI in a regulated wealth management environment. 

Our expert panel will share what they know on how to implement and adopt AI tools all while maintaining a compliant, client-first culture.

AI is redefining what’s possible in financial planning and wealth management, empowering advisors to deliver advanced planning services—like tax, estate, and specialized strategies—to a broader range of clients efficiently and profitably. In this session, discover how leading firms are leveraging AI to scale personalized planning, deepen client relationships, and expand their service offerings without overextending their teams. You’ll walk away with practical insights on how to incorporate AI tools into your workflow to enhance your client experience, differentiate your firm, and drive growth in a competitive market.

Client documents—wills, tax returns, insurance policies, trusts—are packed with valuable information, but extracting and acting on that data has traditionally been a manual, time-consuming process. Enter AI.

This session will explore how financial advisors and wealth management firms are using AI-powered tools to radically streamline document workflows, improve accuracy, and uncover planning opportunities hidden in complex client files.

Join us to learn:

– The current landscape of AI tools for document ingestion, extraction, and analysis—and what’s coming next.

– How firms are using AI to auto-fill CRMs, generate financial plans, and trigger alerts based on document insights.

– Real-world examples of AI-assisted estate, tax, and insurance planning powered by document intelligence.

– The compliance and quality control considerations every firm should keep in mind when implementing these tools.

If your firm is still spending hours reading documents manually, this session will show you how AI can turn documents into actionable advice—at scale.

Content is still king—but now, AI can help you create it faster, better, and more consistently. In this session, we’ll show you how to use AI to generate blogs, social media posts, emails, and videos that reflect your brand’s voice and values. Learn how to prompt AI tools effectively so that you achieve a personalized feel, fine-tune content for compliance, and maintain authenticity in every message. Whether you’re a solo advisor or part of a larger team, this session will empower you to scale your marketing while staying true to what makes you different.

From prep to follow-up, AI is redefining the way advisors engage with clients—and streamline operations. In this dynamic session, we’ll explore how AI-powered tools are being integrated into every stage of the client meeting lifecycle, including pre-meeting preparation, real-time meeting assistants and note-takers, post-meeting summaries, CRM and financial planning system updates, and even action item tracking.

Learn how leading firms are leveraging AI to increase consistency, save time, ensure compliance, and improve client satisfaction—without sacrificing the human element. Whether you’re a financial advisor looking to optimize your process or a leader shaping your firm’s AI strategy, this session will provide real time use cases that are already transforming advisor workflows, leading to better efficiencies and more time spent on advice.

As AI becomes more deeply embedded in wealth management, many firms are deploying both internal chatbots and AI agents—but how to use each effectively can be confusing. In this session, we’ll demystify these two powerful tools, breaking down their core functions, ideal use cases, and how they can complement (not compete with) one another across the client service lifecycle.

You’ll walk away with a clear framework for:

– Understanding the differences in intelligence, autonomy, and functionality between internal chatbots and AI agents.

– Identifying which tasks are best suited for each—from simple information retrieval to complex multi-step client actions.

– Mapping AI tools to specific advisor workflows, from onboarding and CRM updates to meeting prep and follow-up.

– Avoiding common mistakes that lead to inefficiencies or missed opportunities in AI strategy.

Whether you’re an advisor looking to boost productivity or a firm leader building an AI roadmap, this session will help you deploy the right tool, in the right place, at the right time.

Invent | FPAlpha | AdvisorCRM | Communify Fincentric | Archive Intel | Orion Advisor Solutions

If your business had an extra 8,000 hours, what would you do with it? This session explores how Vantage Financial is transforming its operations with Subatomic’s AI Co-Worker Agents—unlocking 8,000 hours of capacity in 2026 and redirecting that time into client-facing, growth-generating activities.

Your clients increasingly expect customized solutions across all their products. Building customized portfolios can help you satisfy those demands by tailoring strategies to each client’s specific scenario, constraints, and investment thesis — but they’re difficult and costly to build with traditional tools. Syntax Direct is a direct indexing platform that solves this problem by combining AI with three fundamental pillars: high-quality granular data, a well-defined and repeatable process that can be automated, and trusted sources of truth that eliminate guesswork. The platform brings institutional-grade index creation tools directly to you, making it easy to build customized, rules-based indices tailored to your clients’ specific needs — capabilities typically reserved for institutional research teams and custom indexing shops.

You’ve heard the possibilities and seen the power of AI in action—but real transformation depends on more than great technology. Success comes down to execution. In this closing panel, industry leaders will share best practices for implementing AI solutions across financial planning and wealth management firms. From aligning leadership and building internal champions, to training teams and integrating AI into daily workflows, this session will provide a roadmap for turning inspiration into adoption. Walk away with practical strategies to ensure your firm doesn’t just talk about AI innovation—it lives it.