You are invited to
National Advice Conference
Practitioner-led insights for the modern advice firm
In Person
14 – 15 October 2026
RACV City Club, Melbourne
Networking Drinks & Dinner
Dinner at Chin Chin
6.5+ Hours CPD
Accommodation Available
About the Conference
The National Advice Conference brings financial advisers and advice professionals together for a day and a half of practitioner-led content at the RACV City Club in Melbourne. The program pairs a full day of plenary and breakout sessions with evening networking drinks and dinner, followed by a focused half-day on day two.
Sessions cover what advisers are dealing with now: building capacity through technology, structuring growth and joint ventures, supporting wholesale and high-net-worth clients, insurance, protection, and the regulatory and licensing changes ahead. Content runs in two parallel streams throughout, one for employed advisers and one for self-employed advisers, so you can follow the track that fits how you practise.
Delegates can earn 6.5+ CPD hours across the program.
Why attend?
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Hear from practitioners who run advice businesses, on strategies they actually use: growing your book inside a larger firm, setting up joint ventures, hiring decisions, and delivering advice efficiently at scale.
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Earn 6.5+ CPD hours
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Two streams built for you: employed or self-employed, across both days.
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Meet peers over drinks and dinner at Chin Chin, away from the day-to-day.
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Get ahead of the legislative, licensing and market changes coming for advice in Australia.
6.5+
Hours
CPD
CPD
Premier Partners
Sponsors
Professional Development Program
Conference Agenda
Day 1
Strategy, Growth & Structural Efficiency
8:00am – 9:00am
Networking and coffee cart
9:00am – 9:30am
Welcome & Industry Context
9:30am – 10:30am
Plenary: creating capacity through technology (Netwealth)
10:30am
Break
11:00am – 11:45am
Breakout Streams – Growth & Structure
Stream 1:
Employed advisers: driving growth within a larger business
Stream 2:
Self-employed advisers: new business and setting up JVs
11:45am – 12:30pm
Plenary: technology and AI update (Hub24)
12:30pm – 1:15pm
Lunch
1:15pm – 2:00pm
Breakout Streams – Capacity & Resourcing
Stream 1:
Employed advisers: strategic update.
Stream 2:
Self-employed advisers: when do you hire?
2:00pm – 2:45pm
Panel: Investment partners
2:45pm – 3:15pm
Break
3:15pm – 4:15pm
Wholesale and complex portfolios (Mason Stevens)
4:15pm – 5:00pm
Guest speaker
Day 2
Implementation & Execution Excellence
8:45am – 9:45am
Breakout Streams
Stream 1:
Employed advisers: delivering advice efficiently at scale
Stream 2:
Self-employed advisers: licensing and process
9:45am – 10:30am
Plenary: insurance (MBS)
10:30am – 10:45am
Break
10:45am – 11:30am
Breakout streams: Adviser choice
Stream 1:
Education bonds (Futurity)
Stream 2:
Protection (Resolution Life)
11:30am – 12:15pm
Budget and legislation update: adviser and accountant working group
12:15pm – 12:45pm
12-month roadmap: technology and regulation
12:45pm – 1:00pm
Closing remarks
Registration
Registration Price
Conference Registration
National Advice Conference 2026
$225
per person
Full conference registration, including all sessions, networking drinks and the conference dinner.
Included
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Full Conference Access All sessions across 1.5 days at the RACV Club
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6.5+ Hours CPD Across technical, client care & ethical practice
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Networking Drinks Evening of Day 1 — Wednesday 14 October
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Conference Dinner Chin Chin, Wednesday 14 October
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Accommodation (self-employed advisers) Available for self-employed advisers
Sponsors
Conference Sponsors
Premier Partners
Sponsors
Contact
Get in Touch
Event Enquiries
For questions about the program, registration, or logistics:
contact@akambofg.com
03 9602 3233
Partnership & Sponsorship
To discuss sponsorship or exhibition opportunities:
contact@akambofg.com
Akambo
Level 10, 90 Collins Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
PO Box 24014, Melbourne VIC 3001
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National Advice Conference 2026
Dates
14 – 15 October 2026
Wednesday & Thursday
Venue
RACV City Club
501 Bourke Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
Conference Dinner
Chin Chin
Wednesday 14 October
Accommodation
RACV City Club (on request)
Available for self-employed advisers
Format
In person, 1.5 days
Day 1: Conference 9am–5pm + networking drinks + dinner
Day 2: Conference 8:45am–1pm
6.5+
Hours CPD Available