20th East Coast Family Office Conference
About the Event
The 20th East Coast Family Office Conference is a premier annual family-office investment conference held in New York City for ultra-high-net-worth principals and single-family-office decision-makers. The 2026 edition takes place on October 28th at Sky Loft, the private event space on the upper floors of 50 Hudson Yards, with sweeping views of the Manhattan skyline.
Now in its 20th edition, the conference convenes principals, CIOs, family-office executives, and a curated set of investment partners for a one-day program focused on long-term capital preservation, direct investing, and generational wealth strategy. The peer-driven format prioritizes substantive discussion over performance: closed sessions, working-group breakouts, and a tightly screened attendee list create the conditions for candid exchange between allocators and operators.
The agenda spans the topics that shape private wealth at scale — global financial-market outlooks, direct private-equity and venture-capital allocations, real estate, alternatives, emerging technologies including AI, multi-generational estate planning, governance, and the unique dynamics of family-owned businesses. Sessions are led by senior practitioners drawn from family offices, leading investment firms, and the operating side of family enterprises, with a deliberate balance between principals and the professionals who serve them.
The conference is organized by DC Finance, the international platform for family-office investment events, which has run wealth-focused conferences in New York, London, Tel Aviv, Zurich, Singapore, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and other cities for two decades. Attendance is by application and curated to maintain the principal-heavy composition that defines the event.
Single Family Office principals, family members, CIOs, and senior family-office staff make up the core audience. The format is built around facilitated peer exchange — keynote interviews, roundtable discussions, and structured one-to-one introductions — with the goal of building durable relationships in a discreet, private setting at one of Manhattan's most distinctive venues.