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Tuesday, April 1st, 2025

George W. Bush Presidential Center, Dallas

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The 2019 Dallas Family Office & High Net Worth Annual Conference

 
08:00 – 09:00 AMRegistration & Refreshments
  
 09:00 – 09:10 AMOpening Remarks: Mr. Denny Chared, Founder & CEO, DC Finance
 Conference Moderator: Mr. Josh O. Ungerman, Partner, Meadows, Collier LLP
  
The Innovation & Technology Session
09:10 – 09:30 AmWhy Texas, Why Now – The Texas Startup Manifesto  –  Mr. Bryan Chambers, Vice President, Accelerator, Investment Fund at Capital Factory
09:30 – 10:00 AMThe Technology & Innovation Panel
 Moderator: Mr. Bryan Chambers, Vice President, Accelerator, Investment Fund at Capital Factory
 With: Mr. Adil Adi, Founder & CEO, WorldLinkMr. Dave Copps, CEO, Hypergiant Sensory Sciences; Mr. Bruce Parker, Founder & CEO, ModoPayments
10:00 – 10:20 AMKeynote Presentation – What Makes an Early Stage VC Great   Mr. Dov Moran, Serial Entrepreneur & Inventor of the USB portable flash drive; Founder, M-Systems and Managing Partner, Grove Ventures
  
10:20 – 10:40 AMDeductibility of Expenses in the Family Office Space After the Tax Court Decision in the Lender Bagel Case & The Golden Age of Estate Planning
 Mr. Josh O. Ungerman, Partner, Meadows, Collier LLP and Mr. Alan Davis, Partner, Meadows Collier LLP
 This presentation will address Lender Management, LLC v. Commissioner which addressed the deductibility of family office expenses under Section 162.  Understand the roadmap set forth in the opinion for structuring a family office that is consistent with a Section 162 deduction.  The presentation will conclude with the factors that make the current environment a golden age for estate planning.
10:40 – 10:50 AMFine Art & Alternative Asset Financing/Monetization – Mr. Jonathan Gibbs, Founder, Chief Executive Officer, Truss Point Partners 
10:50 – 11:20 AMCoffee Break
  
11:20 – 11:40 AMInvestment Incentives in America’s Business Paradise – U.S. Virgin Islands
Mr. Kamal l. Latham, CEOU.S. Virgin Islands Economic Development Authority
11:40 – 12:20 PMDeveloping Leadership in the Family Enterprise: The Magical Convergence of Tradition & Innovation Panel
 Moderators: Ms. Tal Yahav, Partner, Dorot Family Business Consulting
With: Ms. Galia Hazan, Co-Manager, Tiroche Auction House;  Adv. Michal Alshech Ben Dan, CEO, Ben Eli Alshech Import & Marketing; Ms. Leetal S. Ilan, Esq, Principal in Charge, Rolan Group; Dr. Tamar Milo, Founding Partner, Dorot Family Business Consulting
Description: A peer group of next-gen champions from various family-owned businesses, will discuss developing the leadership in the family enterprise.The forums evolved into a way of life for the participants: a place for developing personal strengths and resilience, for learning ways to cope with complexities and plan strategies for combining legacy and innovation within one’s own family enterprise.Three participants from existing peer forums, each representing a different family enterprise, will share some of the life-changing insights, gained from the experience.  They will tell about the power of the peer group, its impact on their personal development, and the contribution of the practical tools they have acquired to their every-day challenges in the business and in the family.
12:20 – 12:50 PMFireside Chat: Keynote SpeakerMr. Craig Hall, Chairman and Founder of Dallas-based HALL Group, Entrepreneur, Civic Leader, New York Times Bestselling Author, Philanthropist With Mr. Richard Delgado,Managing Partner, ERA Capital Partners 
  
12:50 – 02:00 PMLunch 
  
The Next Generation Session
  
02:00 – 02:20 PMKeynote Speaker: How to Make Your Family Business Thrive across the Generations Ms. Mitzi Perdue, 2nd Gen, The Sheraton Family and Perdue Chicken, Business Woman, Author, Professional Public Speaker
  
02:20 – 03:00 PMThe Real Estate Panel – Logistics Capital Markets Trends and Investment Discussio
Moderator: Mr. Josh McArtor, Managing Director, Eastdil Secured
With: Mr. Edward Griffin, President & CEO, Griffin Partners Inc; Mr. Joe B. (Jody) Thornton, Jr. President, JLL Capital Markets, Americas; Mr. Sean Dalfen, President & Chief Investment Officer, Dalfen Industrial; Mr.Tom Fishman, Executive Vice President, Acquisitions and Dispositions; Mr. Nick Cassavechia, Founder, Old House Capital; Mr. Jeffory Blackard, CEO & President, Blackard Global Chairman, Global Council, NeoRetroism; Ms. Desirée Patno, CEO & President, Women in the Housing & Real Estate Ecosystem
Description: A formal discussion of the capital market trends and pricing for the Logistics industry across the United States.
03:00 – 03:20 PMFireside Chat: Ms. Amy Korenvaes, President, Harlan & Amy Korenvaes Family Foundation with  Mr. Bradley Laye, Ex President, CEO, Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas
  
 03:20 – 04:00 PMThe Family Office Panel
 Moderator: Mr. Matthew Kibble, Managing Partner, Kibble Holdings 
 With: Mr. Rob Raymond, Raymond Family Office & Founder, RCH Energy; Mr. Clark Copelin, Founder & Managing Partner, 2088 Advisory, LP