Are adviser conferences still relevant in 2013?

Network and national adviser firm conferences are often viewed as relics of the past. From an outsider's perspective, that perception is understandable: to the uninitiated, conferences can, at times, sound more like sales rallies than genuinely beneficial gatherings of advisers. But now, more than ever, there is a robust and compelling case for the continuation of these events. In an environment of almost unprecedented change, conferences have become less a luxury than a necessity. For a fragmented industry in which there are large numbers of advisers working alone or in very sm...