Programme

THURSDAY 10 JUNE 

9:00 - 9:15

Welcome & Opening Remarks

Sir James Wates, Wates Group / IFB Chair and Elizabeth Bagger, IFB Director-General

9:15 - 10:00

Keynote Opening Speech

Mark Stevenson, Futurist, entrepreneur and writer

This opening speech will set the scene for the conference, address key themes, challenges and opportunities for the future of family business. 

*Please note this session will not be recorded, and therefore will not be available on-demand*

 10.00 - 10.45 (VOD)

How Do Family Businesses Respond to the Changing World?  

As family businesses cope with unprecedented levels of disruption, the qualities of long-term sustainability and resilience are in high demand. In this session, we will explore the conditions for long-term success, as well as the responses and strategies family business leaders whose businesses have survived through multiple generations, have implemented during cycles of slow growth and change.

Speakers include Cól Campbell - Bewleys, Rennie Hoare - C. Hoare & Co

10:45- 11:15

Coffee Break

11:15- 12:30

Parallel Workshops

The Power of Identity in Family Business: who we are, how we relate to each other, and who we are becoming

1) This workshop will explore how the different identities family business members have in relation to each other form a sub-conscious system that can be powerfully motivating or cause deep conflict. Participants will be provided with the tools and methods required to transform these identities into an incredible strength by learning how to relate to them in a constructive and meaningful way. The workshop will be facilitated by Nick Mayhew and Roseanna Farish, ALembic Strategy

2) Next Generation Workshop

Redefining Family Success

3) There comes a point in many business-owning families, when despite the ongoing growth and success of the business, the family starts to question its purpose and their role and abilities as future owners and leaders. This interactive workshop will dive into ownership purpose and the question of ‘why’, helping families to question what collectively really matters and what they truly define as real family success. This workshop will be facilitated by Juliette Johnson

*Please note workshops will not be recorded, and therefore will not be available on-demand*

12.30 - 13:30

Lunch

13:30 - 14:15 (VOD)

Sustainability: Go Green or Go Home? 

Facilitated by Mary Johnstone-Louis, Oxford Said Business School. Speakers include: Ingrid Faber, CEO of Faber Halbertsma Group and James Wright, Managing Director at Jude's

Environmental risks are seen by business as three of the top five risks by likelihood and four by the impact. These have the potential to undermine existing business models or create new, exciting opportunities. In this session, you will hear how family businesses are responding to these challenges.

14:15 - 15:00 (VOD)

Policy Session: The Role of Family Business in the Future Economy

Facilitated by Fiona Graham, IFB Director of External Affairs and Policy. Guest speakers TBC 

This session will explore the following key questions: What will the future economy will look like? How will we get there? What are the opportunities and challenges for family businesses along the way? 

15:00- 15:30

Coffee Break

15:30 - 16:15

In conversation with H.S.H. Prince Hubertus von und zu Liechtenstein

Facilitated by Ben Snee, LGT Vestra

*Please note this session will not be recorded, and therefore will not be available on-demand*

16:15 - 17:00

Closing Keynote Speech: TBC

17:00 - 17:15

Closing Remarks

Video On-Demand Sessions

Beyond Formalisation: The Future of Family Governance

Effective family governance adds value by helping business families with a multigenerational vision foster cohesion and unity, facilitate alignment, and effectively manage the family-business interface. However, we still have a limited understanding of what constitutes effective family governance and how business families can leverage different governance practices to their goal attainment. In this presentation, we will discuss the results of the Family Governance project commission by the IFB Research Foundation. This project explored the most effective ways in which business families organize themselves, and the intersection with the business, to remain actionable and unified for the long term.

Speakers: Isabel Botero, Director of the Family Business Center and Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship at the University of Louisville | Claudia Binz Astrachan, Researcher and Lecturer at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HSLU)

How Do Family Businesses Respond to the Changing World

As family businesses cope with unprecedented levels of disruption, the qualities of long-term sustainability and resilience are in high demand. In this session, we will explore the conditions for long-term success, as well as the responses and strategies family business leaders whose businesses have survived through multiple generations, have implemented during cycles of slow growth and change. 

Speakers: TBC  

Sustainability: Go Green or Go Home? 

Environmental risks are seen by business as three of the top five risks by likelihood and four by the impact. These have the potential to undermine existing business models or create new, exciting opportunities. In this session, you will hear how family businesses are responding to these challenges.

Facilitated by Mary Johnstone-Louis, Oxford Said Business School. 

Speakers include: Ingrid Faber, CEO of Faber Halbertsma Group and James Wright, Managing Director, Jude's

Policy Session: The Role of Family Business in the Future Economy

This session will explore the following key questions: What will the future economy will look like? How will we get there? What are the opportunities and challenges for family businesses along the way? 

Facilitated by Fiona Graham, IFB Director of External Affairs and Policy.

Speakers include: TBC