Oxford Family Office Summit 2026

While competitors flood the calendar with dozens of generic conferences, Private Markets Group takes a different approach: one meticulously curated annual gathering where quality, intimacy, and genuine relationship-building take precedence over volume.

According to our research across 25,000+ subscribers, 84% prefer fewer, higher-caliber events over the exhausting conference circuit. The Oxford Family Office Summit is our answer—three days in one of the world's most prestigious historic cities, designed exclusively for decision-makers who value substance over spectacle.

Urban Innovation: Real Estate, Research, Sustainability & Investment

The world's cities are being reimagined. From sustainable building technologies and science campus developments to AI-driven urban planning and climate-resilient infrastructure, family offices and institutional investors face unprecedented opportunities—and complexities—in urban innovation.

Over three intensive days, explore how leading families and institutions are positioning portfolios to capitalize on the £7+ trillion global urban transformation while navigating ESG imperatives, regulatory shifts, and generational wealth transfer considerations.

The Anti-Conference: Substance Over Sales Pitches

Traditional family office conferences pack 500+ attendees into hotel ballrooms, creating an environment where meaningful conversation is impossible and service providers outnumber investors 3:1. The Oxford Summit limits attendance to 200 carefully vetted participants—ensuring genuine peer-to-peer dialogue without the noise.

You won't find exhibition halls full of vendors competing for attention. You will find intimate roundtables with fellow family offices managing similar challenges, direct access to institutional allocators, and uninterrupted time with innovators actually reshaping urban landscapes.

Historic Oxford Setting: Where Legacy Meets Innovation

Hosting in Oxford isn't about prestige theater—it's strategic. For three days, you'll convene in one of the world's most distinguished historic settings, a city that has shaped global thought leadership for centuries while now actively pioneering urban sustainability, AI innovation, and climate science.

Gain unique access to exclusive Oxford venues, engage directly with researchers commercializing breakthrough urban technologies, and explore co-investment opportunities in innovations reshaping real estate and sustainability sectors.

One Event, One Week Per Year: Protecting Your Calendar

While other platforms demand you attend 6-12 conferences annually to stay connected, PMG concentrates our in-person gathering into one exceptional week. This respects your time while ensuring when you do commit to travel, it's worth the investment.

The other 51 weeks? Connect through our convenient digital events platform—attending from your office without disrupting your portfolio management responsibilities.

Curated Conversations, Not Keynote Theater

Forget passive auditorium sessions where you're lectured at for hours. The Oxford Summit emphasizes interactive formats:

• Private Roundtables: Confidential discussions on direct deal sourcing, co-investment structures, and governance challenges
• Sector Deep Dives: Urban PropTech, sustainable infrastructure, science real estate, climate adaptation investments
• Innovation Labs: Hands-on sessions with urban technology innovators and researchers
• Intimate Dinners: Formal dinners in historic Oxford venues facilitating relationship-building
• Site Visits: Active development projects, research facilities, and sustainable building showcases

This is not a "spray and pray" networking event. Attendance is deliberately limited and carefully curated to ensure every participant adds value to peer conversations:

UK Family Offices & Global UHNWIs Decision-makers and principals managing £100M+ in investable assets, with particular interest in European real estate and sustainability sectors

Private Asset Owners & Institutional Investors
Endowments, foundations, pension funds, and sovereign wealth representatives actively allocating to urban innovation and real estate

Private Market Firms & Fund Managers
GPs with proven track records in urban development, PropTech, infrastructure, and sustainable real estate (strictly limited allocation)

Sustainable Building Innovators
Technology companies, developers, and architects pioneering net-zero construction, circular economy materials, and climate-resilient design

Science Campus Development Leaders
Universities, research institutions, and specialized developers creating innovation districts and life sciences real estate

Business Owners & C-Suite Executives
Operating company leaders exploring urban innovation partnerships and direct investment opportunities

Alternative Investment Professionals
Family office executives, investment advisors, and wealth managers serving UHNW clients (subject to ratio limitations)

What's Included:

• Three full days of programming in historic Oxford
• Access to all roundtables, deep dives, and innovation labs
• Formal dinners in distinguished Oxford settings
• Exclusive research facility and development site tours
• Post-event recordings and presentation materials
• Connection to our 25,000+ global member network
• Year-round digital event access

Investment vs. Expense

Attending the Oxford Summit isn't an expense—it's a strategic investment.  One co-investment relationship, one innovative portfolio addition, one key strategic relationship—any of these easily justifies the investment.

Why We Cap Attendance 

The Oxford Summit intentionally limits attendance to 200 participants. This isn't artificial scarcity—it's fundamental to our model:

Quality conversations require intimacy. 

Research shows meaningful relationship-building breaks down beyond 200 participants. We prioritize depth over scale.

Historic venue capacity. 

The distinguished Oxford settings and research facilities we access physically cannot accommodate mass events without compromising the experience.

Investor-to-provider ratio protection.

We maintain minimum 50% capital allocator policy across all in-person events —ensuring family offices & investors are primarily networking with peers, not being sold to.

Application review process. 

Every application is individually reviewed to ensure attendance diversity, relevant expertise, and contribution to peer dialogue.

 How To Secure Your Place

Secure tickets now and assign names to each ticket at a later date if you do not know the full details of your attending delegation. 

Available Options:

Main Summit Pass (1-Day) : Limited to 15 places

This is a day-only pass designed for local professionals or those commuting for the core summit hours

General Admission (2-Days):  Limited to 30 places 

This is the preferred choice for attendees with existing local housing or existing preferred hotel accounts. 

Includes Welcome Reception & Wednesday Dinner. Accommodation not included.

All-Inclusive (3-Days) :  Limited to 30 places 

Recommended for attendees requiring deep immersion into the local research & urban innovation ecosystem.   

Includes all networking events and full accommodation. Turnkey experience

*Applications Close When Capacity Reached*

To secure your place, simply email the following details for each attendee to Aleisha Marie at: accounts@privatemarkets-group.com

• Number of Tickets Required (Including Ticket Type For Each)
• Full Name, Job Title, Email Address, Phone Number
• Preferred payment method

Limited Availability To Ensure Family Offices & Investors Are The Majority Throughout The Event 

 Beyond Logo Placement: Strategic Thought Leadership

Oxford Summit sponsorship isn't about banner ads and exhibition booths. Our partnerships position institutional-quality firms as thought leaders through:

• Pre-Summit Networking Drinks Reception Sponsor
• Private Dinner (Co-Sponsor)
• Private Dinner (Exclusive Sponsor)
• Post Summit Networking Breakfast Sponsor
• Innovation Lab Facilitation: Demonstrate capabilities through interactive sessions
• Research Partnerships: Research, innovation & UK inward investment initiatives
• Digital Integration: Extend thought leadership through year-round digital events platform

Partnership opportunities are strictly limited to firms that enhance the participant experience rather than detract from it.