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Sunday, April 19

2:00 PM

7th Floor

All Attendees

6:00 PM – 8:30 PM

Group Therapy Restaurant

The conference doesn't officially start until Monday, but the fun starts Sunday night. Join us at Group Therapy—Hotel ZaZa's rooftop restaurant—for dinner, drinks, live music, and sweeping views of downtown Austin. Come ready to meet your fellow attendees and put faces to names.

All Audiences

Monday, April 20

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM

Group Therapy Restaurant

Breakfast

9:00 AM – 9:45 AM

Gold Standard Ballroom

Welcome Remarks from Dave Dutch

All Attendees

9:45 AM – 10:30 AM

Gold Standard Ballroom

Susie Rinehart's keynote offers surprising, hard-won wisdom about managing uncertainty. It is built for people navigating high-stakes environments where good enough isn't the goal, but perfect isn't either. Her talk is energizing, practical, and deeply relevant to the work you do everyday. 

All Attendees

10:30 AM – 11:00 AM

Networking Break

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Gold Standard Ballroom

The fastest path to growth isn't a bigger marketing budget; it's a better partnership. In this session, marketing and compliance leaders from leading asset management firms share how they've moved beyond a review-and-approve dynamic to build relationships that get the right content to the right people as quickly, efficiently, and compliantly as possible. Because when that machine works, revenue follows.

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Moderator:

All Attendees

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

Group Therapy Restaurant

Lunch

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM

Gold Standard Ballroom

Wealth management is entering a generational risk cycle. Advisors are aging, investor expectations are shifting, and younger clients are turning to social media and AI for financial guidance at unprecedented rates. Yet in an uncertain economy, many still seek live professional guidance — and the firms positioned to capture that demand are those that modernize talent pipelines, empower next-generation advisors, and govern AI and social engagement with discipline. This fireside chat with J.D. Power explores how leading firms are managing generational, technological, and reputational risk while building for the next wave of AUM growth.

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All Attendees

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM

Gold Standard Ballroom

Financial services firms operate across a sprawling content lifecycle — but for many, the connection between their content enablement platform and their compliance review workflow remains a friction point: manual handoffs, duplicate work, and missed metadata that slow down both marketing and compliance teams. This session offers an honest look at the Red Oak–Seismic integration: why firms pursued it, what the current connector does in practice, and what's ahead. Red Oak SVP of Strategy Mike Lubansky moderates a conversation with Seismic's Nate Isaacson and a practitioner who has implemented the integration firsthand — covering the workflow, the wins, the gaps, and the Connector 2.0 roadmap coming in 2026.

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All Attendees

Breakout Room: The Rainmaker

This session provides a comprehensive overview of Registration Management’s existing functionality, with a focused demonstration on filing and managing Form U-4s directly within the Red Oak system. Attendees will gain practical insight into how these capabilities enhance efficiency, strengthen compliance oversight, and streamline regulatory workflows. The session includes interactive discussion and Q&A, equipping participants with the knowledge needed to effectively navigate registration processes while remaining aligned with regulatory requirements and organizational standards.

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Compliance

3:00 PM – 3:30 PM

Networking Break

3:30 PM – 4:30 PM

Gold Standard Ballroom

The Compliance Connectivity Platform started as a thesis: that the legacy model of compliance — siloed, linear, disconnected from the rest of the business — was built for a world that no longer exists, and that the firms who recognized it first would build a meaningful competitive advantage. This session is about what happens when that thesis becomes operational. It walks through the capabilities Red Oak has shipped since last year, and the measurable impact they're delivering for clients today. It covers what's coming in 2026 — not as a feature list, but as the next set of answers to the questions clients and design partners are asking right now about how marketing, compliance, distribution, and supervision work together as one connected system. And it looks further ahead to where Red Oak is taking the platform as AI, regulatory complexity, and market pressure continue to accelerate. Whether attendees have been on this journey from the beginning or are seeing the Compliance Connectivity Platform for the first time, this session delivers a clear picture of where the industry is heading — and why the firms that get there first won't be the ones that moved fastest, but the ones that moved smartest.

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All Attendees

6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Antone's

With Day 1 in the books, it's time to celebrate. We're taking over Antone's—one of Austin's most iconic blues venues—for a night of live music from The Peterson Brothers, legendary BBQ from Terry Black's, and great drinks. It's a proper Austin night out, and you've earned it.

All Attendees

Tuesday, April 21

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM

Group Therapy Restaurant

Breakfast

9:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Gold Standard Ballroom

AI adoption in financial services is accelerating — but the people closest to compliance risk are rarely the ones driving the decisions. Boards want AI on the balance sheet. Vendors are selling transformation. And compliance teams are left bearing the accountability for systems they didn't choose and can't fully explain. So what does it actually mean for AI to meet the standard that compliance demands — and who gets to define that standard? The panel features a wide-ranging discussion about where AI genuinely belongs in compliance, where it's being forced, what “Compliance-Grade” actually requires, and what firms across marketing, distribution, and the C-suite need to understand about the AI decisions being made on their behalf. This isn't a product demo. It's the conversation the industry needs to have before the regulators have it for them.

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Moderator:

All Attendees

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM

Networking Break

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Gold Standard Ballroom

This session explores Red Oak's reporting capabilities through the lens of a real client story — covering how one firm designed their reporting framework, the use cases it supports, and the lessons learned along the way. Attendees will leave with practical ideas for building and refining reporting programs that deliver measurable value to their organizations.

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Compliance

Breakout Room: The Rainmaker

This session explores how Internet Supervision helped Rockefeller close critical compliance gaps and strengthen web oversight, and how partnering with Red Oak reduced risk and removed manual effort across the supervision workflow. The session includes a detailed look at how tailored implementation surfaced undisclosed outside business activities and other potential policy violations — delivering greater precision and control.

Speakers:

  • Surajit K. Ghosh (Rockefeller Capital Management)
  • James Cella (Red Oak)
Supervision

Breakout Room: Don't Mess With Texas

This closed-door roundtable brings together supervision, National Accounts, sales, and marketing professionals for candid, peer-to-peer exchange. Participants will explore how leading wealth management firms are leveraging technology to streamline review workflows, activating advisors with timely and relevant content, and aligning distribution efforts with sales goals to drive measurable AUM growth. Attendees will leave with actionable strategies to enhance operational efficiency and deepen advisor engagement.

Discussion led by Anita Heisl (Red Oak) and Sam Young (Red Oak)

Marketing & Sales

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

Group Therapy Restaurant

Lunch

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM

Gold Standard Ballroom

This session dives into powerful, often overlooked Ad Review features that enhance productivity and streamline compliance workflows. Through practical best practices and real examples, both new and experienced users gain tools to work more efficiently, optimize daily tasks, and get more out of the platform.

Compliance

Breakout Room: The Rainmaker

This session explores how Compliance-Grade AI™ transforms oversight across social media, email, and business communications — demonstrating how structured prompting and intelligent workflows can replace static lexicons and random sampling to precisely detect risk, reduce false positives, and significantly lower review queue volumes while strengthening regulatory compliance.

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Supervision

Breakout Room: Don't Mess With Texas

This closed-door roundtable brings together National Accounts Managers, marketing professionals, and compliance teams to share strategies for maximizing the 4U platform. Through candid peer discussion, attendees will explore best practices for streamlining content submissions, strengthening cross-functional collaboration, and connecting content engagement to AUM growth. Participants will leave with actionable insights and a clearer roadmap for driving deeper advisor engagement and business results through 4U.

Discussion led by Anita Heisl (Red Oak) and Sam Young (Red Oak)

Marketing & Sales

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM

Gold Standard Ballroom

The future of financial services compliance isn't three separate workflows — it's one connected platform. Red Oak's Compliance Connectivity Platform unifies the journey from investment company marketing teams submitting content for approval in Red Oak Compliance, to compliance professionals governing what reaches the market, to advisors at wealth management firms and broker-dealers accessing and sharing approved content through 4U Distribution — with Supervision ensuring every interaction stays within bounds. This session celebrates what the Red Oak community has built together, previews what's ahead on the roadmap, and shares the vision for an ecosystem where compliance, distribution, and supervision work as one.

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All Attendees

3:00 PM – 3:30 PM

Networking Break

3:30 PM – 5:00 PM

Gold Standard Ballroom

Many Red Oak product enhancements started as an idea on a sticky note. In this interactive session, Red Oak leaders take the stage to respond — live and unscripted — to the product enhancement ideas submitted by attendees throughout the conference. It's a candid look at how client feedback shapes the Red Oak roadmap, and a direct opportunity for attendee voices to influence what gets built next.

With Red Oak's Product Team

All Attendees

6:00 PM – 8:30 PM

Lady Bird Lake

Every evening at dusk, nearly 1.5 million Mexican free-tailed bats — the largest urban bat colony in the world — emerge from beneath the Congress Avenue Bridge. We'll enjoy a sunset cruise along Lady Bird Lake with fajitas, drinks, and front-row seats to one of Austin's most unforgettable natural spectacles. Hosted by our partners at MirrorWeb.

All Attendees

Wednesday, April 22

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM

Group Therapy Restaurant

Breakfast

8:00 AM – 12:00 PM

7th Floor Foyer

Check-Out and Luggage Hold

9:00 AM – 9:30 AM

Gold Standard Ballroom

Led by Red Oak's Client Success team, this session equips attendees with a data-driven framework for measuring what matters in compliance. It covers benchmarking across advertising review, content distribution, and digital surveillance — equipping professionals to quantify efficiency, reduce regulatory risk, and surface metrics that demonstrate real impact.

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All Attendees

9:30 AM – 10:30 AM

Gold Standard Ballroom

Getting the most out of Red Oak's AI module starts with configuration. This session demonstrates how to create effective prompts and classifications, walks through real examples of what works and what doesn't, and equips teams with best practices to optimize AI-powered compliance reviews.

Speakers:

Compliance
Supervision

Breakout Room: The Rainmaker

This session goes beyond standard configurations to explore the “secret menu” of Internet Supervision, Social Media Compliance, and WebMo. Expert implementers share creative, compliance-grade solutions developed to solve complex client challenges and deliver flexible, high-impact results powered by Red Oak.

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Moderator:

Supervision

Breakout Room: Don't Mess With Texas

This demo offers an introductory look at the 4U platform, walking through the full content distribution lifecycle — from how investment companies submit content to their wealth manager partners, to the collaborative approval workflow that keeps compliance teams in control. The session covers 4U Engage, the advisor-facing storefront where approved content becomes discoverable and actionable, along with key engagement tools, the partner portal, and platform reporting. Attendees will leave with a clear picture of what's possible across the full 4U suite. No prior experience with the platform required.

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All Attendees

10:30 AM – 11:00 AM

Networking Break

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Gold Standard Ballroom

This session moves beyond the basics of rule writing to explore advanced strategies and scenarios. It covers different rule types, when to use warnings versus errors, and how to prevent rule conflicts. Through real-world examples and guided discussion, attendees gain practical techniques to build smarter and more effective workflow solutions.

Speakers:

Compliance

Breakout Room: Toasts & Tributes

In this hands-on session, Red Oak experts walk through the fundamentals — how rules are constructed, what makes them effective, and how to avoid the most common mistakes. Through guided activities and real examples, attendees will build the foundational skills needed to write clear, functional rules that improve their team's review experience.

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Compliance

Breakout Room: Don't Mess With Texas

This session demonstrates how Red Oak's Compliance Connectivity Platform comes to life through Social Media Compliance integration within the advertising review workflow — showing how unifying marketing and compliance reviews, combined with automated publishing, eliminates manual processes and delivers seamless visibility so supervision teams operate with complete alignment and control.

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Supervision

12:00 PM – 12:15 PM

Gold Standard Ballroom

Closing Remarks from Kirsten Newbold-Knipp

All Attendees

12:15 PM

Grab-and-Go Snack Bar

1:00 PM

Departures