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2025 Spring Conference

  • Thursday, March 27, 2025
  • 6:00 PM
  • Friday, March 28, 2025
  • 5:00 PM
  • The Harpeth Hotel, Franklin, TN

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AFHE is pleased to announce that our 2025 Spring Conference will be held in Franklin, TN - just outside of Nashville!  Our conference will kick off on Thursday, March 27th with a group dinner at 5:30 p.m. A full day of legal education will be offered on Friday, March 28th featuring stimulating and enlightening sessions presented by some of the most knowledgeable speakers in their fields.  CLE credit will be offered.  Following the full day of programming, we will finish the conference with cocktail reception.

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AGENDA

Thursday, March 27, 2025

4:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Opening Reception & Conference Kick-Off at Kingdom Story Company

Friday, March 28, 2025

8:00 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.
Registration & Breakfast

8:45 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Welcome & Opening Remarks

9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
“Bitcoin for Families: Strategic Reserve or Magic Internet Money?”
Presented by Jonathan Barnes, Stephen Barnes, Chad Blackburn and Trey Sellers

10:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
“My Missional Renaissance”
Presented by Tony Young, Founder of The Kingdom Story Company, Diversified Automation and Aegis Sortation and Moderated by Michael Hawthorne and Peter Dougherty

11:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Break

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
“Family Wealth Advising Using AI: Risks, Challenges, and the Need for Change”
Presented by Doug Gray, PhD, CEO, Action Learning Associates

12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Luncheon

1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
“Proverbs, Statistics, Success, and Failure: Do Families Tend to Go Down the Drain in Three Generations?”
Panel Discussion with John Dadakis and David Dankmyer and Moderated by David W. Burleigh, Buechner Haffer Meyers & Koenig Co., L.P.A.

2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
“Resolving Family Business Disputes – Learning to Move Past Impasse”
Presented by Marc Sheridan, Chris Farish, Cheryl Panther and Julia McAninch

3:30 p.m. – 4:00p.m.
Closing Remarks

4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Closing Reception


HOTEL INFORMATION:

A block of hotel rooms has been reserved at The Harpeth Franklin Downtown.  The room rate is $299 per night.  Deadline for reservations is February 28. Click here to reserve a room online.  If you are looking to extend your reservation outside of the dates for our room block, please contact Kimberly Elder at 615-786-0829 to make reservations, as the online booking link is only for the dates in our room block. Reservations before/after the dates in our room block will be subject to availability.



THANK YOU TO OUR ANNUAL SPONSORS




SPONSORSHIP INFORMATION:

Sponsorships are available for this meeting, including our popular wine co-sponsorship!  Please click here for additional information and to confirm a sponsorship.

Conference Booklet



Attorneys for Family-Held Enterprises

AFHE Headquarters

P.O. Box 518
Mount Laurel, NJ, 08054
Phone: 201-591-AFHE (2343)
Fax: 856-727-9504

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