Agenda for 361Firm’s 8th Florida Conferences in Naples & Miami Jan. 24-27, 2025

The agenda below is evolving, subject to change.

Naples (AC 5th Ave.)

Jan. 24: Informal gatherings

Jan. 25: 9-12pm Pickleball, 1-7pm Conference, panels* & Breakouts**, traditional karaoke

9:00 AM Pickleball Instruction and Practice

1:00 PM  Conference Opens 

1:30 PM  Welcome by Mark Sanor (361 Founder) and Teresa Heitmann, Mayor, City of Naples

2:00 PM Naples Zeitgeist Panels

  • Kristen Coury, Executive Director, Gulfshore Playhouse.

  • Michael Wynn, Chairman Wynn Family Companies, President, Sunshine Ace Hardware

  • Moderator: Fred Sasser, Family Business Network 

  • Eileen Connolly Keesler, Collier County Community Foundation

  • Barb Quasius, SFO, Naples

  • Veljko Pavicevic, Founder, Butcher Private Club and Sails Restaurant 

3:00 PM  Panel on Global Regions & Assets

  • Stephen Burke, ARS 

  • Josette Sheeran, ex-Vice Chair WEF

  • Roberta Brzezinski, Control Risks

  • Barbara Doran, Penn St. Endowment Cee

  • Tim McCarthy, Halcyon

3:30 PM  Breakouts Round 1**

4:15 PM  Panel on AI & Emerging Industries

  • Peter Rafelson, ElectraCast Media

  • Serinda Swan, Blueprint Kids

  • Professor De Kai, UC Berkeley

4:45 PM  Panel on Philanthropy & NextGens

  • Moderator: Oscar Paez, Family Business Consulting Group 

  • Noemi Y. Perez, President & CEO, Immokalee Foundation

  • Maria Jimenez-Lara, CEO, Naples Children & Education Foundation, founders of the Naples Winter Wine Festival (Awaiting Response) – 25th Anniversary

  • Mitzi Perdue, Philanthropist

5:15 PM   Breakouts**   

6:00 PM   Debrief & Reception

8:00 PM   Karaoke at Soluna Restaurant (403 Bayfront Place)

**Round 1 Breakouts: VC, PE, Credit/RE, Pub. Markets, Emerging Mgrs, Tax Alts, Asia, LatAm, Europe, GCC

**Round 2 Breakouts: AI, Health, Digital Assets, Energy, Philanthropies


Jan. 26: 9am panels including on Sports, 12pm 4th Annual Pickleball Mixer

8:00 AM Breakfast

9:00 AM Opening Keynotes and Speakers

  • Reinhard Schmieding, Founder and CEO, Arthrex.

  • Paul Hiltz, CEO, Naples Community Hospital

  • Jay Newman, Athens Group, Four Seasons Hotel - Naples

  • Barron Collier IV, Member, Collier Family, Board Member, Barron Collier Cos

10:00 AM Panel on Business of Sports

  • Jack Wyant, Part-Owner, Cincinnati Reds, Part-Owner, FC Cincinnati, Co-Founder, Cincinnati Squash Academy, Managing Director, Blue Chip Partners/Queen City Angels, Vintage Executive, Procter & Gamble.

  • Mike Dee, CEO, US Open, Naples Pickleball Center

  • Daniel Mildenberg, COO, Co-Founder, USL FC Naples

  • Bob Moreno, CEO + Co-Founder - USL FC Naples

12:00 PM  Pickleball Mixer & Lunch, East Naples Community Park

3:00 PM  Awards Ceremony, Travel to Miami

7:00 PM  Informal Gatherings at and near the Fontainebleau Hotel


Miami at Greenberg Traurig (333 SE 2nd Ave.)

Jan. 26: Evening Gatherings - details TBA

Jan. 27: 9am Allocator Session for QPs, 1-7pm Conference

9:00 AM Allocator Breakfast*

10:00 AM Allocator Session* with Investor Survey 18 results and Peer Presentations

11:00 AM   Peer & Deal Presentations 

12:00 PM   Lunch, 1:1s

1:00 PM  Conference Opens, Welcome Keynote 

1:30 PM  Panel on Investing Globally - Spotlight on LatAm

  • John Price, on Top 10 LatAm Growth Sectors / Factors

  • Alec Christensen, Blackrock MD for LatAm & Iberia

  • Eduardo Garrera, FIU - on Geopolitics and Bolivia 

  • Adam A Blanco, Publisher, on Russia/China LatAm Footprint

  • Others

2:15 PM Panel on Public and Private Markets - Investing by Asset Classes

  • Peter Borish, Commentator, Advisor at CIBC

  • Jon Najarian, Rebellion, ex-CNBC

  • Marc LoPresti

  • Richard Sobel, SFO Altai Capital

2:45 PM Breakouts - Round 1**

3:30 PM  Panel on AI & Emerging Industries

  • Professor De Kai, UC Berkeley

  • Vanessa Grellet, Arche Capital

  • Joshua Larson, Hamilton Bank

4:00 PM  Panel on Philanthropy & NextGens

  • Kay Makishi, Lupoff SFO

  • Bleu Blakslee, Save the Children

  • Mary D’Souza, SFO

  • Shubhankar Sharan, Impact Labs

4:30 PM   Breakouts - Round 2 by Topics**   

5:30 PM   Debrief & Reception

*Limited to Qualified Purchasers approved via 361’s Diagnostic (361.pub/shortdiag)

**Round 1 Breakouts: VC, PE, Credit/RE, Pub. Markets, Emerging Mgrs, Tax Alts, Asia, LatAm, Europe, GCC

**Round 2 Breakouts: AI, Health, Digital Assets, Energy, Philanthropies

Jan. 28: 10:30am Town Hall, 11am Briefing Informal gatherings 

Breakouts