Experience CAAFP 2026

Here’s what you can expect from CAAFP 2026.

Professional Growth and Networking

Enhance your ability to serve your organization, clients, and community through specialized workshops, breakout sessions, and coaching opportunities. With other practitioners, professionals, and thought leaders coming together for a shared purpose, the possibilities are endless. CE credit sessions are available!

Insightful and Inspiring Speakers

Hear from nationally recognized voices — including noted thought leaders, industry figures, and motivational presenters — who will deliver applied knowledge to enhance your business outcomes and benefit society.

Unparalleled Business Impact

Your attendance reflects both your personal and your company’s dedication to professional growth. Attending CAAFP offers more than just a typical conference experience. It provides unique opportunities to engage in programming that can build connections across generations for businesses, their representatives, and their communities.

Unbeatable Value

We strive to make our conference accessible to everyone, regardless of whether you’re from a major firm or working as an independent advisor. For a competitive price point, you’ll gain unmatched value from the knowledge and opportunities presented at CAAFP.

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What Your Peers Say

“I have attended this conference for several years and it has been pivotal in my development. I look forward to this conference each year to refuel my passion and to make meaningful, long-term business connections."

—JOSHUA BYRD

“Amazing opportunity to learn, be inspired, and meet potential friends, colleagues, business partners and mentors in the Black community and in the financial services industry.”

—PAST ATTENDEE

“It's some of the best industry conference content across the board; not one session attended was a dud.”

—HEATHER ROSALES

CAAFP FAQs

CAAFP stands for the Conference of African American Financial Professionals. The annual conference is the largest gathering of its kind within the profession, convening financial professionals who are Black or African American, who support greater representation within the industry, and who want to better reach and serve Black and African American clients.

The conference is built for everyone, regardless of their professional experience or identity, to engage and learn best practices that cultivate connections across generations for the future of financial services.

See our Lineup page for the evolving schedule and key highlights.

If you are interested in sponsoring our event, visit our sponsorship page for a listing of opportunities or contact Dan Bischak at Daniel.Bischak@TheAmericanCollege.edu (267-473-8051) or Emily Krall Groome at Emily.Krall@TheAmericanCollege.edu (717-813-1445).

Registrants may cancel their admission and receive a full refund through June 22, 2026. Starting June 23, refunds will not be provided. Attendees may transfer their registration to another individual.

The attire for CAAFP is business casual. Be sure to pack a casual chic white outfit for our annual White Party.

You can support the American College Center for Economic Empowerment and Equality and our CAAFP community as we work to engage and inspire the next generation of financial professionals, strive for greater retention and success among advisors in the profession, and conduct research and outreach to help all financial professionals better serve all communities, ultimately benefiting society.

Additionally, every donor who gives via the event app registration path will be eligible to receive a t-shirt as a gift for their generosity.

Learn more about The College's professional designation, degree, and certification programs at our website.

Sustainable, Economic Change for All

In 2020, The American College of Financial Services launched the American College Center for Economic Empowerment and Equality, with a mission to narrow the wealth gap and promote economic justice with collective, community-focused solutions that last.

The Center for Economic Empowerment and Equality is the flagship center for research, thought leadership, curriculum and course development, programming, and scholarships aimed at cultivating lasting relationships between financial services and all communities.

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