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English is the official language of the 2025 MDRT Annual Meeting, MDRT will provide simultaneous interpretation for Main Platform presentations, select Focus Sessions, and Special Sessions in a language other than English when at least 50 registered members request a common language, with a maximum of 12 languages available. Requests for simultaneous interpretation must be made at the time of registration. The deadline to request interpretation is April 27, 2025. 

MDRT Center Speaks: Developing new advisors

Jocelyn Kau
Session Type:
MDRT Center for Field Leadership
Presentation Language:
English
Date of Session:
Monday, June 8, 2026
Start Time:
3:00 pm
Kau
Language:
English
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Content Track:

Three agency leaders share techniques for building a team that evolves with you and stays long term as well as a 90-day onboarding plan that sets new advisors up for success. You'll also learn how to adapt your leadership style to young advisors and create a values-based culture.

Using Excel to automate 80% of my financial planning work

Jocelyn Kau
Session Type:
ConneXion Zone
Presentation Language:
English
Date of Session:
Sunday, June 7, 2026
Start Time:
1:00 pm
Kau
Language:
English
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Content Track:

Kau explains how simple Excel formulas can turn a basic spreadsheet into the backbone of every client meeting, helping to keep discussions structured, capturing all necessary data and logging past records for seamless servicing. Live examples will ensure that you leave with the ability to create your own version of these formulas for immediate impact.

MDRT Center Speaks: Developing new advisors

Jocelyn Kau; Diana Ng, B Bus, ChFC; Agnieszka Surowik
Session Type:
MDRT Center for Field Leadership
Presentation Language:
English
Date of Session:
Monday, June 8, 2026
Start Time:
3:00 pm
Kau; Ng; Surowik
Language:
English
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Content Track:

Three agency leaders share techniques for building a team that evolves with you and stays long term as well as a 90-day onboarding plan that sets new advisors up for success. You'll also learn how to adapt your leadership style to young advisors and create a values-based culture.

Focus Session Power Hour

R. J. Kelly, AEP, MSFS
Session Type:
Focus Session
Presentation Language:
English
Date of Session:
Wednesday, June 10, 2026
Start Time:
9:30 am
Kelly
Language:
English
Japanese
Mandarin
Thai
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Content Track:
Advising Clients

In just 60 minutes, eight speakers deliver sharp, practical ideas you can implement immediately. Don’t miss this high-impact mix of strategies, examples and actionable takeaways that will benefit all attendees.

Recognition of Immediate Past President Carol Kheng, ChFC

Carol Kheng, ChFC
Session Type:
Main Platform
Presentation Language:
English
Date of Session:
Wednesday, June 10, 2026
Start Time:
1:00 pm
Kheng
Language:
English
Japanese
Korean
Mandarin
Spanish
Thai
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Content Track:

Beyond risk management: Becoming a lifelong partner

DaiHui Kim
Session Type:
ConneXion Zone
Presentation Language:
Korean
Date of Session:
Tuesday, June 9, 2026
Start Time:
12:00 pm
Kim
Language:
Korean
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Content Track:

Kim explores the journey of transitioning from general to life insurance and growing into a financial expert. Discover how to evolve from a risk-centered approach to a partnership that designs a client’s entire life while effectively communicating the essential value of life insurance.

Beyond sales: What we need to change

Jung Hwan Kim
Session Type:
ConneXion Zone
Presentation Language:
Korean
Date of Session:
Tuesday, June 9, 2026
Start Time:
11:30 am
Kim
Language:
Korean
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Content Track:

Kim discusses asset transfer and collaboration strategies derived from the Republic of Korea’s unique environment of high inheritance taxes and exchange rate volatility. He explains leveraging insurance value in high-tax markets and the importance of retirement planning with dollar assets while building trust and achievinge growth through collaboration with tax and legal professionals.

Growth strategy: Overcoming 2 career plateaus

Sunhoo Kim
Session Type:
Focus Session
Presentation Language:
Korean
Date of Session:
Wednesday, June 10, 2026
Start Time:
11:00 am
Kim
Language:
Korean
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Content Track:
Marketing

Kim shares the journey of overcoming two career plateaus after transitioning from a focus on personal network sales to managing transferred clients and selling variable products, then moving through a doctor-specialist team and a managerial role. Learn the specific strategies used to turn challenges at each stage into growth opportunities.

Panel discussion: Top of the Table partnership built on listening, empathy and togetherness

Jun Young Kim
Session Type:
Focus Session
Presentation Language:
Korean
Date of Session:
Tuesday, June 9, 2026
Start Time:
1:30 pm
Kim
Language:
Korean
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Content Track:
Marketing

Evolving technologies, new opportunities and constant distractions continue to reshape our perspectives and practices. MDRT members explore the enduring principles that define the profession and the standards advisors must uphold to preserve its true foundation.

Multigenerational legacy — building an MDRT family

Chi-Chin Kuan
Session Type:
ConneXion Zone
Presentation Language:
Mandarin
Date of Session:
Sunday, June 7, 2026
Start Time:
11:00 am
Kuan
Language:
Mandarin
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Content Track:

Kuan shares how his mother, a 28-year industry veteran and MDRT Life member, guided both him and his father to become trusted financial advisors for clients. He demonstrates proven strategies for supporting clients throughout their financial journeys while embracing Whole Person principles.

Panel discussion: Study group your way to success

Priti Ajit Kucheria, LUTCF, CFP
Session Type:
Focus Session
Presentation Language:
English
Date of Session:
Wednesday, June 10, 2026
Start Time:
11:00 am
Kucheria
Language:
English
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Content Track:
Practice management

Why is it important to create or join study groups among MDRT members? Several members with study group experience share how they have gained knowledge and experience from their MDRT colleagues, as well as the experience of their international peer group and how they collaborated to write and publish a book.

Panel discussion: Study group your way to success

S Indresh Kumar Jain
Session Type:
Focus Session
Presentation Language:
English
Date of Session:
Wednesday, June 10, 2026
Start Time:
11:00 am
Kumar Jain
Language:
English
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Content Track:
Practice management

Why is it important to create or join study groups among MDRT members? Several members with study group experience share how they have gained knowledge and experience from their MDRT colleagues, as well as the experience of their international peer group and how they collaborated to write and publish a book.

Transforming sales power: Creating high-value life insurance sales through financial and tax expertise

Tzu Hao Kuo
Session Type:
Focus Session
Presentation Language:
Mandarin
Date of Session:
Wednesday, June 10, 2026
Start Time:
9:30 am
Kuo
Language:
Mandarin
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Content Track:
Advising Clients

Kuo shares how to identify client pain points through needs analysis and combine financial and tax knowledge with product portfolio design to transform abstract protection into tangible value. He also teaches tactics to shift from insurance sales to wealth protection and solve problems through expertise rather than sales scripts.

A vow in darkness forged my vision for Top of the Table

Ming Hung Lai, RFC
Session Type:
Main Platform
Presentation Language:
Mandarin
Date of Session:
Tuesday, June 9, 2026
Start Time:
8:00 am
Lai
Language:
Mandarin
English
Japanese
Korean
Spanish
Thai
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Content Track:
Whole Person

In 2018, Lai’s life-altering motorcycle accident resulted in a near-fatal brain injury and permanent blindness in his left eye. Hear how a rediscovered photo from the 2013 MDRT Annual Meeting sparked a powerful reminder of a long-forgotten goal and drove him to overcome despair and embrace challenges anew.

Focus Session Power Hour

Panos Leledakis, LUTCF
Session Type:
Focus Session
Presentation Language:
English
Date of Session:
Wednesday, June 10, 2026
Start Time:
11:00 am
Leledakis
Language:
English
Korean
Spanish
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Content Track:
Practice management

In just 60 minutes, eight speakers deliver sharp, practical ideas you can implement immediately. Don’t miss this high-impact mix of strategies, examples and actionable takeaways that will benefit all attendees.

Focus Session Power Hour

Jane Lim
Session Type:
Focus Session
Presentation Language:
English
Date of Session:
Wednesday, June 10, 2026
Start Time:
11:00 am
Lim
Language:
English
Korean
Spanish
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Content Track:
Whole Person

In just 60 minutes, eight speakers deliver sharp, practical ideas you can implement immediately. Don’t miss this high-impact mix of strategies, examples and actionable takeaways that will benefit all attendees.

3 stages of the sales process

Natchanath Limpichai, BA
Session Type:
ConneXion Zone
Presentation Language:
Thai
Date of Session:
Monday, June 8, 2026
Start Time:
12:30 pm
Limpichai
Language:
Thai
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Content Track:

Limpichai discusses a practical framework that helps sales professionals transition from product presenters to trusted advisors. The focus shifts from sales targets to client goals, emphasizing listening-led conversations, effective questioning and the “feel, felt, found” technique to address concerns. Learn how to turn financial solutions into long-term action plans, strengthen trust after policy delivery and build sustainable referrals through ongoing client engagement.

Baby boomer asset allocation essentials

Mei Hung Lin, CFP
Session Type:
ConneXion Zone
Presentation Language:
Mandarin
Date of Session:
Sunday, June 7, 2026
Start Time:
2:30 pm
Lin
Language:
Mandarin
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Content Track:

Lin examines five critical pillars of retirement asset management — strategic cash flow planning, health care and long-term care protection, wealth transfer architecture, investment diversification strategies and fraud prevention protocols — that are designed to help baby boomers secure confident retirements and smooth generational transitions.

The power of 1

Heather Lindsley, LUTCF, RICP
Session Type:
ConneXion Zone
Presentation Language:
English
Date of Session:
Sunday, June 7, 2026
Start Time:
12:00 pm
Lindsley
Language:
English
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Content Track:

It is possible to have a thriving business as a solo practitioner, Lindsley says. Learn how she maintains organization and a willingness to change so that her clients feel taken care of and motivated to send referrals that grow her business.

Referral power: Building a COI network that delivers

Nick Longo, MFP, APFP
Session Type:
Focus Session
Presentation Language:
English
Date of Session:
Tuesday, June 9, 2026
Start Time:
3:00 pm
Longo
Language:
English
Mandarin
Thai
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Content Track:
Marketing

How can you leverage COI partnerships that deliver real business results? Longo offers five proven COI marketing techniques designed to create a consistent pipeline of ideal clients and provides immediately actionable strategies to enhance your referral networks and drive sustained practice growth.

Panel discussion: Top strategies to attract future MDRT advisors

Angela Daniela Malagón Beaven, FSCP, CLI
Session Type:
MDRT Center for Field Leadership
Presentation Language:
English
Date of Session:
Monday, June 8, 2026
Start Time:
1:30 pm
Malagon Beaven
Language:
English
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Content Track:

Every great agency is built on people, but how do you attract them by creating an environment they want to be part of? Financial services leaders share their strategies for enticing and recruiting MDRT-quality advisors.

No, I can't do that

Guy Mankey
Session Type:
Main Platform
Presentation Language:
English
Date of Session:
Tuesday, June 9, 2026
Start Time:
8:00 am
Mankey
Language:
English
Japanese
Korean
Mandarin
Spanish
Thai
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Content Track:
Advising Clients

When a client decides to cancel insurance, Mankey says, your answer should always start with, “No, I can't do that.” He explains the importance of those words, the business retained, the claims paid and the lives saved because he said, “No.”

Multigenerational selling: Keeping money in the family

Travis D. Manning, CFP, CLU
Session Type:
Focus Session
Presentation Language:
English
Date of Session:
Wednesday, June 10, 2026
Start Time:
11:00 am
Manning
Language:
English
Japanese
Thai
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Content Track:
Advising Clients

Do you know how to sell to multiple generations of a family, including the keys to understanding each generation and how to convert them all into clients? Manning explains how to do all of that while creating a never-ending list of referrals and a stable income stream for your business.

Mindset: Motivation and resilience

Alejandro Marquez Espinosa, LCIC
Session Type:
Focus Session
Presentation Language:
Spanish
Date of Session:
Wednesday, June 10, 2026
Start Time:
11:00 am
Marquez Espinosa
Language:
Spanish
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Content Track:
Whole Person

Discover the true value of a success-oriented mindset as well as the importance of resilience in leadership. Márquez Espinosa also shares how these qualities are the most powerful invisible assets behind the world's top financial advisors.

Focus Session Power Hour

Edward Franklin Marshall, APFS
Session Type:
Focus Session
Presentation Language:
English
Date of Session:
Wednesday, June 10, 2026
Start Time:
11:00 am
Marshall
Language:
English
Korean
Spanish
No items found.
Content Track:
Marketing

In just 60 minutes, eight speakers deliver sharp, practical ideas you can implement immediately. Don’t miss this high-impact mix of strategies, examples and actionable takeaways that will benefit all attendees.

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