The announcement
Official citations, evidence and contributor profiles released together when selections are approved.
AN ANNUAL TRADITION · A SHARED AMBITIONGreat futures begin
Great futures begin
in good company.
A gathering of families, ideas and exceptional work—connected by the conviction that capital can help humanity move forward.
THE ANNUAL GATHERINGA moment of recognition.
A moment of recognition.
A year of meaningful work.
Opal Group is the proposed annual host. Hosting arrangements, dates and venue remain to be confirmed. The gathering is intended to bring families together around research, stewardship and human progress. Journal Opal carries the learning throughout the year. Recognition follows the prize’s published funding, eligibility and independent selection requirements.
An annual moment with lasting meaning.
The honor & lecture
The proposed medallion presentation and a public lecture make the contribution understandable and memorable.
Explore the honor →The continuing conversation
Accessible recordings, transcripts and follow-up carry the learning through the year.
Follow-through model →No ceremony date, venue, speaker or award presentation is confirmed by this proposed program.
PROGRAM IN DEVELOPMENTConversations
Conversations
worth carrying forward.
These proposed themes guide the inaugural program. Confirmed sessions, speakers, dates and attendance arrangements will appear here as they are established.
The purpose of capital
Family mandates, philanthropic conviction and the responsibilities that travel with wealth.
The evidence behind progress
Challenge design, independent assessment and the milestones that make an ambitious claim credible.
The long view
Patient ownership, intergenerational learning and the institutions a family helps leave behind.
From dialogue to practice
Research, practical companions and decisions that continue after the gathering ends.
Before we gather
Read the research. Prepare a family mandate. Bring a question that matters.
Build your reading brief →When we meet
Connect with families and contributors around substantive questions and carefully developed work.
Introduce your office →What follows
Continue through Journal Opal, practical companions and the family office workspace.
Open your workspace →YOUR PLACE IN THE CONVERSATIONBegin with
Begin with
an introduction.
Register interest in the planned gathering, propose a research contribution, or introduce your family office.
Dates, venue, confirmed speakers and invitation arrangements will be announced separately. This is a nonbinding expression of interest.
Independent judgment.
Event participation and sponsorship do not confer nomination priority, influence over reviews, or entitlement to an award.
Understand the prize process →The 2026 Opal Group Family Office & Private Wealth Management Forum West in Napa provides context for Journal Opal’s founding volume. The future Moonshot gathering has its own program and schedule.
View the 2026 Napa forum