Day 1

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7:30 am

REGISTRATION & NETWORKING BREAKFAST: BUILD COMMUNITY CONTACTS

8:40 am

WELCOME FROM STRATEGY INSTITUTE

8:45 am

OPENING REMARKS FROM THE CHAIRPERSON

9:00 am

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: TECHNOLOGY ENABLED CHANGE MANAGEMENT

Building a Business Case and Momentum to Drive Change Within Your Organization

Unlock the potential of technology to spearhead transformative change within your organization. This keynote presentation will equip you with the insights and strategies needed to build a compelling business case and foster the momentum necessary for successful change management. You will walk away with advice on how to:

• Get your organization comfortable with innovation and identify how to prioritize transformation projects.
• Engage stakeholders and garner support around your vision.
• Think about change and risk-taking as a leader.

Amplify your ability to drive change and innovation to ensure your business remains dynamic and adaptable.

9:30 am

PANEL DISCUSSION: AI, GEN AI & BEYOND

Raising the Bar on Marketing Innovation to Optimize Marketing Operations and Creativity

Enhance marketing outcomes and unleash new waves of creativity with AI tools and strategies. This panel will discuss the current real-world use cases of AI in content creation, personalization, and campaign optimization, while addressing the regulatory and other implementation considerations involved. You will walk away with insights on:

  • Integrating AI-driven tools to streamline workflows and amplify marketing impact.
  • Harnessing generative AI for creative content, dynamic storytelling, and personalized customer experiences.
  • Managing risks, governance, and compliance in an increasingly AI-centric marketing landscape.

Discover how cutting-edge AI solutions can empower your team to innovate, adapt, and differentiate in today’s fast-evolving market.

10:15 am

INDUSTRY EXPERT PRESENTATION:AI-POWERED ANALYTICS

Elevating Campaign Performance and Personalization with Advanced Analytics

Harness AI capabilities to drive more impactful marketing campaigns and deliver truly personalized experiences. This session explores how AI-powered analytics and automation can streamline campaign execution, improve ROI, and empower marketers to make data-driven decisions. You will walk away with actionable insights on:

  • Leveraging advanced analytics to optimize audience targeting and boost campaign performance.
  • Automating repetitive tasks and nurturing leads with personalized, real-time content and offers.
  • Integrating AI into your existing marketing stack while maintaining transparency and trust.

Discover how a strategic AI-first approach can help you maximize marketing efficiency, gain a competitive edge, and elevate your customer experience.

10:45 am

SPEED NETWORKING

11:00 am

REFRESHMENTS BREAK & EXHIBITOR LOUNGE: ATTEND VENDOR DEMOS & CONSULT INDUSTRY EXPERTS

11:30 am

INDUSTRY EXPERT PRESENTATION: MARKETING AUTOMATION

TRACK A: LEAN MARKETING STRATEGIES & NIMBLE GROWTH

Scaling Campaign Success with Limited Budgets and Small Teams

Optimize resources, streamline workflows, and maintain a competitive edge with an automation-focused approach. You will walk away with actionable insights on:

  • Automating key marketing processes to stretch limited budgets and staff capacity.
  • Building targeted, high-impact campaigns that generate measurable ROI.
  • Leveraging lightweight tools and data-driven techniques to maximize efficiency.

Learn how to operate like a powerhouse marketer—even with lean resources—and unlock sustainable growth for your organization.

11:30 am

INDUSTRY EXPERT PRESENTATION: GROWTH AT SCALE

TRACK B: ENTERPRISE INNOVATION & GROWTH AT SCALE

Driving Large-Scale Growth with AI, Automation, and Data-Driven Insights

Leverage advanced technology, sophisticated data analytics, and AI-driven personalization to achieve significant growth. You will walk away with practical strategies on:

  • Integrating enterprise-scale martech stacks and AI to unify campaigns across multiple business units.
  • Harnessing predictive analytics to identify high-potential segments, optimize budgets, and measure ROI.
  • Fostering cross-functional collaboration to streamline processes and accelerate go-to-market speed.

Uncover how cutting-edge innovation and strategic alignment can transform large-scale marketing operations into a powerful engine of sustained growth.

12:00 pm

CASE STUDY: AGILE FRAMEWORKS IN A NIMBLE MARKETING DEPARTMENT

TRACK A: LEAN MARKETING STRATEGIES & NIMBLE GROWTH

Building a Shared Language to Drive Business Case, Collaboration, and Measurable Impact

Discover how a small financial services marketing team implemented Jira and agile best practices to increase visibility, justify resource needs, and communicate value to the broader organization. You will walk away with insights on:

  • Using agile frameworks to align marketing goals with business objectives and secure stakeholder buy-in.
  • Creating a shared language around projects and outcomes that resonates with both conservative and data-focused team members.
  • Demonstrating success through “return on objective” for initiatives where traditional ROI metrics are difficult to establish.

Leverage an agile mindset to foster transparency, drive collaboration, and build a compelling case for additional resources—even in a small, results-focused marketing environment.

12:00 pm

CASE STUDY: PERSONALIZAED ENGAGEMENT AT SCALE

TRACK B: ENTERPRISE INNOVATION & GROWTH AT SCALE

Maximizing Customer Experience with Data, AI, and Omnichannel Marketing

Turn personalization at scale into reality through advanced data integration, AI-driven insights, and streamlined omnichannel orchestration. You will walk away with practical strategies on:

  • Combining multiple data sources to build a unified customer view that fuels meaningful personalization.
  • Deploying AI and machine learning to identify the best offers, messages, and channels in real time.
  • Coordinating campaigns seamlessly across digital, mobile, and offline touchpoints to deliver consistent experiences.

Learn how an enterprise-grade approach to personalization can unlock deeper customer loyalty, stronger conversion rates, and measurable growth.

12:30 pm

CASE STUDY: VIDEO STORYTELLING IN AN AGILE MARKETING WORLD

TRACK A: LEAN MARKETING STRATEGIES & NIMBLE GROWTH

Leveraging External Partnerships to Amplify Brand Voice

Elevate your brand awareness and build deeper connections through strategic video storytelling. In this session, learn how one agile marketing team successfully integrated external partners—including PR and video production agencies—to develop impactful video case studies and align them with broader marketing objectives. You will walk away with actionable insights on:

  • Collaborating with external partners to expand creative capacity and streamline production.
  • Developing a cohesive video strategy that strengthens brand voice and thought leadership.
  • Integrating video storytelling into an agile marketing framework to enhance PR efforts and overall organizational impact.

Empower your marketing initiatives with dynamic video storytelling and strategic partnerships that drive meaningful engagement and brand growth.

12:30 pm

CASE STUDY: HUMANIZING AI-DRIVEN COMMUNICATIONS AT SCALE

TRACK B: ENTERPRISE INNOVATION & GROWTH AT SCALE

Reinventing Customer Engagement with Generative AI

Innovate your marketing by leveraging generative AI to craft effective customer communication in a way that strengthens customer trust. You will walk away with actionable insights on:

  • Integrating AI-driven writing tools to streamline and humanize vital customer communications.
  • Balancing automation with brand integrity and regulatory compliance in a traditionally risk-averse sector.
  • Building an internal culture that embraces AI at scale while maintaining personal, empathetic interactions.

Discover how an iconic insurance brand applies GenAI to elevate customer satisfaction and push the boundaries of digital transformation.

1:00 pm

NETWORKING LUNCH: DELVE INTO INDUSTRY CONVERSATIONS

2:00 pm

INDUSTRY EXPERT PRESENTATION: VIDEO CONTENT IN FINANCE

TRACK A: LEAN MARKETING STRATEGIES & NIMBLE GROWTH

Best Ways to Leverage Video in 2025 to Boost Customer Engagement

Integrate top video tips and practices into your content strategy to maximize engagement, conversation, and customer experience.  Source practical tips to:

  • Scale video capabilities through partnerships and video-generating technologies.
  • Identify the most impactful metrics and indicators to assess success.
  • Analyze data to identify patterns, compare channels, and maximize engagement.

Increase data-driven video marketing to capture attention and educate your customers.

2:00 pm

INDUSTRY EXPERT PRESENTATION: THE PIVOT YEAR IN MARTECH AND ADVANCED ANALYTICS

TRACK B: ENTERPRISE INNOVATION & GROWTH AT SCALE

Building Foundations for Growth

Modernize your engagement layer and build new technology roadmaps with data and AI. Achieve a step-by-step action plan to:

  • Leverage predictive, conversational, and generative AI to augment productivity and enhance experiences.
  • Deploy ‘WFT’ tools that help advisors focus their efforts, scale their time, and enhance engagement.
  • Differentiate experiences, services, and solutions to attract new client segments (UHNW, HNW, Affluent, Mass Affluent).

Optimize your MarTech stack and data that flows along the revenue cycle to acquire new clients, expand AUM, and increase organic growth

2:30 pm

CASE STUDY: META & LINKEDIN STRATEGY

TRACK A: LEAN MARKETING STRATEGIES & NIMBLE GROWTH

Optimizing Social Media ROI with Limited Resources

Unlock the potential of Meta and LinkedIn to grow your brand presence and achieve impactful results, even with a limited budget. This session will provide actionable strategies for leveraging free tools, creating engaging content, and streamlining your social media approach. You will walk away with actionable insights on:

  • Effectively utilizing free tools and analytics to optimize your social media strategy.
  • Identifying and prioritizing high-impact activities to maximize ROI on Meta and LinkedIn.
  • Streamlining content planning with a structured calendar, automation tools, and flexible workflows.

Develop a sustainable and efficient approach to social media that drives results without overextending your resources.

2:30 pm

CASE STUDY: TIKTOK TAKEOVER

TRACK B: ENTERPRISE INNOVATION & GROWTH AT SCALE

Reaching Gen Z Audiences Through Cultural Relevance and Digital Innovation

Leverage social media and pop culture to capture massive engagement without massive spend, boosting brand visibility among younger consumers. You will walk away with insights on:

  • Deploying creative social media campaigns that resonate with Gen Z expectations and behaviors.
  • Integrating pop culture partnerships, platform selection, and timing to amplify brand reach.
  • Balancing authenticity, humor, and brand consistency to remain relevant in a fast-moving digital environment.

Learn how a legacy financial institution innovative approach to social media can serve as a blueprint for modern marketing success.

3:00 pm

WORKSHOPS (45 mins)

Break into smaller groups of approximately 25 industry peers to work through practical hands-on exercises that will strengthen your role as a marketing leader within your organization.

WORKSHOP 1: AI TOOLS FOR EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE MARKETING

Leveraging AI to Enhance Marketing Outcomes Without Stretching Your Resources

Explore high impact use cases to amplify results, streamline processes and improve efficiency and creativity. Adopt best practices to:

  • Intelligently automating key marketing tasks, from content creation to campaign optimization.
  • Selecting the most effective AI tools for your organization’s goals and challenges.
  • Using AI to improve personalization, customer engagement, and data-driven decision-making.

Empower your marketing team to achieve more with less by making AI tools work smarter for your business.

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WORKSHOP 2: FINANCIAL ADVISOR MARKETING
Driving Brand Consistency and Sales Impact Through Strategic Enablement

Provide advisors with the support, training, and technology they need to attract new clients, deepen existing relationships, and differentiate themselves in a crowded market. You will walk away with actionable strategies on:

  • Equipping advisors with branded content, digital platforms, and compliant marketing resources to elevate their outreach.
  • Implementing data-driven personalization to help advisors deliver tailored solutions and strengthen client relationships.
  • Building a culture of continuous learning and collaboration, where advisors seamlessly integrate marketing insights into their sales efforts.

Transform your advisor network into a powerful growth engine by uniting brand consistency, marketing innovation, and sales enablement.

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WORKSHOP 3: DIGITAL CHANNEL ATTRIBUTION
Measuring Marketing Impact and Enabling Data-Driven Decisions

Optimize marketing budgets and improve ROI through understanding what channels truly drive conversions and revenue. This interactive workshop will guide you through best practices and advanced techniques in digital attribution—covering multi-touch models, data integration, and actionable analytics. You will walk away with:

  • Frameworks for identifying the most effective attribution models for your organization’s unique needs.
  • Strategies to unify data sources and accurately track user journeys across paid, owned, and earned channels.
  • Practical methods to measure and communicate ROI, ensuring alignment between marketing teams and executive stakeholders.

Empower your marketing team with clear insights into which channels are driving meaningful results, enabling more confident and profitable investments

3:45 pm

REFRESHMENTS BREAK & EXHIBITOR LOUNGE: ATTEND VENDOR DEMOS & CONSULT INDUSTRY EXPERTS

4:15 pm

PANEL DISCUSSION: DEMONSTRATING MARKETING’S ENTERPRISE VALUE

Aligning Data, Analytics, and Storytelling to Drive Business Impact

Develop skills and strategies to showcase tangible contributions to enterprise goals through metrics, strategic alignment and effective communication. This panel will explore how to use data, analytics, and accessible storytelling to prove marketing’s worth as a business driver. You will walk away with actionable strategies on:

  • Building strong alignment between marketing initiatives and overarching business objectives.
  • Transforming complex analytics into insights that executive stakeholders can trust and understand.
  • Showcasing marketing wins with clear, compelling narratives that resonate across the organization.

Empower your marketing team to elevate its role, gain stakeholder buy-in, and deliver measurable impact throughout your enterprise.

5:00 pm

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: BRAND TRUST & ACTIVATION IN THE DIGITAL ERA

Winning Hearts, Minds, and Market Share Through Authentic Engagement

Tackle the biggest obstacles financial marketers face when activating their brand online, from consumer skepticism to regulatory pressures, and offer high-level strategies to foster genuine connections that drive growth. You will walk away with actionable insights on:

  • Addressing privacy, data security, and transparency concerns in ways that reassure modern consumers.
  • Using storytelling and customer-centric content to humanize your brand, reinforce credibility, and stand out in competitive digital channels.
  • Employing consistent brand experiences, measuring brand health, and nurturing ongoing customer loyalty in an increasingly attention-scarce environment.

Learn how to position your brand as a trusted partner in the financial services ecosystem—and create meaningful, lasting customer relationships in the digital age.

5:05 pm

EVENING RECEPTION: ENJOY GREAT CONVERSATION, MUSIC & NETWORKING

5:30 pm

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