Past Summits

Explore more than a decade of insights from FCLTGlobal's annual summits (2015-2026), where leading voices in business and investing have gathered to address critical challenges and develop actionable strategies for focusing capital on the long term.

At FCLT Summit 2026, participants explored whether capital markets are structurally equipped to fund breakthrough innovation, how the boundaries between public and private markets are blurring in ways that undermine patient capital, and how economic nationalism is forcing investors to treat policy volatility as a core investment risk. Learn more >>

At FCLT Summit 2025, sessions examined the governance challenges of "ownerless" companies, the timing dilemma between immediate climate investments and future costs, transforming proxy voting from a compliance exercise into strategic value creation, and understanding how geopolitical tensions, energy transitions, and artificial intelligence are reshaping capital flows across public and private markets. Learn more >>

FCLT Summit 2024 addressed how companies and investors can navigate major global disruptions—including deglobalization, demographic shifts, decarbonization, and digitization—while maintaining a long-term value creation focus. Three core sessions examined building effective boards to guide organizations through prolonged disruptions, balancing innovation funding amid rising capital costs with emphasis on "leap-of-faith" breakthrough investments over incremental advances, and adapting investment strategies to a new trade landscape where national security considerations increasingly influence portfolio decisions. Learn more >>

FCLT Summit 2022 convened amid the backdrop of Russia's invasion of Ukraine to address how investors and companies can maintain long-term focus during periods of intense geopolitical uncertainty and stakeholder pressure. Five working sessions tackled building "future fit" organizations with long-term strategic roadmaps, developing governance structures to navigate geopolitical fragmentation while balancing efficiency with resilience, distinguishing between constructive engaged ownership and traditional short-term activism, scaling capital investment for climate transition through innovative financing structures, and setting a leadership agenda for sustainable capitalism that prioritizes stakeholder value creation alongside shareholder returns. Learn more >>

FCLT Summit 2020 gathered leaders just days before the onset of the COVD-19 pandemic to examine levers driving long-term value creation across eight working sessions. Topics included building boards equipped for long-term disruption, evolving investor responsibilities as both fiduciaries and stewards, strengthening shareholder dialogue amid rising activism, designing executive compensation for long-term behavior, integrating climate change considerations into investment decisions, and managing long-term growth opportunities in China's evolving market dynamics. Learn more >>

FCLT Summit  2018 brought together over 150 business leaders to address short-term pressures in capital markets through eight working sessions. Key topics included designing long-term investment mandates between asset owners and managers, rethinking corporate capital allocation away from short-term shareholder returns, managing activist investor pressure while maintaining long-term focus, moving beyond quarterly guidance to strategic dialogue, integrating long-term risks into investment processes, creating tools to support long-term companies in public markets, strengthening corporate board oversight for long-term value creation, and discussing regulatory perspectives with SEC Chairman Jay Clayton. Learn more >>

Prior to the foundation of FCLTGlobal, the 2015 Long-Term Value Summit brought together over 120 executives, investors, and board members to identify causes of short-term thinking in capital markets and develop actionable solutions. The discussions were organized around four key stakeholder groups: CEOs, institutional investors, corporate boards, and regulators. Learn more >>