Certainty Events

2026 CERTAINTY CONFERENCE

02 July – 03 July 2026

2 SEATS FOR THE PRICE OF 1 UNTIL 30 APRIL 2026

VISIT THE CONFERENCE PAGE FOR MORE DETAILS

All times are in Sydney time:

MONDAY 13 April
11:30am – 12:30pm

GAME PLAN  (GP05)
CLIENT-ONLY EVENT

Master Class

GAME PLAN SESSION: Building Valuable Advice Careers Six Weeks at a time

You can’t deliver valuable advice to clients if you don’t have a valuable plan for your own career development. These six-week game-planning sessions are designed for every team member implementing Certainty Advice.

In these sessions, you’ll:

  • Share your real implementation experiences with other team members from other firms
  • Set practical short and long-term objectives that align with your role and circumstances
  • Understand your best next steps and outcomes with others on similar skill paths.

Like the plans teams produce for clients, team members need their own clear and valuable development plans.

Thursday 16 April
11:30am – 12:30pm

FAST-TRACK  (FT53)
CLIENT-ONLY EVENT

Master Class

Role Play Thursday: Learning fast, leveraging experiences, being successful on purpose…

These weekly events are Certainty’s “Lab” events. They provide every attendee with a like-minded forum to test their own implementation steps and the learnings of specific live Certainty client cases (anonymously), ensuring that everyone’s efforts are not wasted, that progress is assured, and that outdated advice paradigms can be confidently dumped.

Certainty Advice is all about skills – not knowledge.

Monday 20 April
11:30am – 12:30pm

CERTAINTY SKILLING  (CS132)
CLIENT-ONLY EVENT

CERTAINTY SKILLING SESSION – CERTAINTY ADVICE

These intensive Zoom training sessions bring together members of the Certainty Advice Community to accelerate capability and confidence when engaging comprehensive advice clients. Highly interactive by design, each session uses case studies, role-plays, and breakout discussions to turn learning into practical skill development. The focus is on providing the support needed for advisers to build unique competencies, recognising that learning styles, pace of progress, and development paths differ for every participant.

These events may credit towards the attendees’ annual professional development hours.

Thursday 23 April
11:30am – 12:30pm

FAST-TRACK  (FT54)
CLIENT-ONLY EVENT

Master Class

Role Play Thursday: Learning fast, leveraging experiences, being successful on purpose…

These weekly events are Certainty’s “Lab” events. They provide every attendee with a like-minded forum to test their own implementation steps and the learnings of specific live Certainty client cases (anonymously), ensuring that everyone’s efforts are not wasted, that progress is assured, and that outdated advice paradigms can be confidently dumped.

Certainty Advice is all about skills – not knowledge.

Monday 4 May
11:30am – 12:30pm

CERTAINTY SKILLING  (CS133)
CLIENT-ONLY EVENT

CERTAINTY SKILLING SESSION – CERTAINTY ADVICE

These intensive Zoom training sessions bring together members of the Certainty Advice Community to accelerate capability and confidence when engaging comprehensive advice clients. Highly interactive by design, each session uses case studies, role-plays, and breakout discussions to turn learning into practical skill development. The focus is on providing the support needed for advisers to build unique competencies, recognising that learning styles, pace of progress, and development paths differ for every participant.

These events may credit towards the attendees’ annual professional development hours.

Thursday 7 May
11:30am – 12:30pm

FAST-TRACK  (FT55)
CLIENT-ONLY EVENT

Master Class

Role Play Thursday: Learning fast, leveraging experiences, being successful on purpose…

These weekly events are Certainty’s “Lab” events. They provide every attendee with a like-minded forum to test their own implementation steps and the learnings of specific live Certainty client cases (anonymously), ensuring that everyone’s efforts are not wasted, that progress is assured, and that outdated advice paradigms can be confidently dumped.

Certainty Advice is all about skills – not knowledge.

Monday 11 May
11:30am – 12:30pm

CERTAINTY SKILLING  (CS134)
CLIENT-ONLY EVENT

CERTAINTY SKILLING SESSION – CERTAINTY ADVICE

These intensive Zoom training sessions bring together members of the Certainty Advice Community to accelerate capability and confidence when engaging comprehensive advice clients. Highly interactive by design, each session uses case studies, role-plays, and breakout discussions to turn learning into practical skill development. The focus is on providing the support needed for advisers to build unique competencies, recognising that learning styles, pace of progress, and development paths differ for every participant.

These events may credit towards the attendees’ annual professional development hours.

Thursday 14 May
11:30am – 12:30pm

FAST-TRACK  (FT56)
CLIENT-ONLY EVENT

Master Class

Role Play Thursday: Learning fast, leveraging experiences, being successful on purpose…

These weekly events are Certainty’s “Lab” events. They provide every attendee with a like-minded forum to test their own implementation steps and the learnings of specific live Certainty client cases (anonymously), ensuring that everyone’s efforts are not wasted, that progress is assured, and that outdated advice paradigms can be confidently dumped.

Certainty Advice is all about skills – not knowledge.

MONDAY 18 May
11:30am – 12:30pm

GAME PLAN  (GP06)
CLIENT-ONLY EVENT

Master Class

GAME PLAN SESSION: Building Valuable Advice Careers Six Weeks at a time

You can’t deliver valuable advice to clients if you don’t have a valuable plan for your own career development. These six-week game-planning sessions are designed for every team member implementing Certainty Advice.

In these sessions, you’ll:

  • Share your real implementation experiences with other team members from other firms
  • Set practical short and long-term objectives that align with your role and circumstances
  • Understand your best next steps and outcomes with others on similar skill paths.

Like the plans teams produce for clients, team members need their own clear and valuable development plans.

Thursday 21 May
11:30am – 12:30pm

FAST-TRACK  (FT57)
CLIENT-ONLY EVENT

Master Class

Role Play Thursday: Learning fast, leveraging experiences, being successful on purpose…

These weekly events are Certainty’s “Lab” events. They provide every attendee with a like-minded forum to test their own implementation steps and the learnings of specific live Certainty client cases (anonymously), ensuring that everyone’s efforts are not wasted, that progress is assured, and that outdated advice paradigms can be confidently dumped.

Certainty Advice is all about skills – not knowledge.

Tuesday 26 May
11:30am – 12:30pm

CERTAINTY TEAMS (CT_DT_29)
CLIENT-ONLY EVENT

“MAKING YOUR PLANS #1 PRIORITY” – CERTAINTY DIRECTORS ROUNDTABLE

This session is a focused roundtable for founders and directors to step back and assess their own progress—not their clients’, their own.

It’s a chance to pressure-test your plan, your financials, your lifestyle outcomes, and whether the returns match the effort and risk you’re carrying. Surrounded by like-minded peers, you’ll compare paths, share challenges in a confidential setting, and reset your next moves with clarity.

Simple goal: ensure you’re on track to build what you set out to build.

This session is intended for FOUNDERS & DIRECTORS only.

Monday 1 June
11:30am – 12:30pm

CERTAINTY SKILLING  (CS135)
CLIENT-ONLY EVENT

CERTAINTY SKILLING SESSION – CERTAINTY ADVICE

These intensive Zoom training sessions bring together members of the Certainty Advice Community to accelerate capability and confidence when engaging comprehensive advice clients. Highly interactive by design, each session uses case studies, role-plays, and breakout discussions to turn learning into practical skill development. The focus is on providing the support needed for advisers to build unique competencies, recognising that learning styles, pace of progress, and development paths differ for every participant.

These events may credit towards the attendees’ annual professional development hours.

Thursday 4 June
11:30am – 12:30pm

FAST-TRACK  (FT58)
CLIENT-ONLY EVENT

Master Class

Role Play Thursday: Learning fast, leveraging experiences, being successful on purpose…

These weekly events are Certainty’s “Lab” events. They provide every attendee with a like-minded forum to test their own implementation steps and the learnings of specific live Certainty client cases (anonymously), ensuring that everyone’s efforts are not wasted, that progress is assured, and that outdated advice paradigms can be confidently dumped.

Certainty Advice is all about skills – not knowledge.

Monday 8 June
11:30am – 12:30pm

CERTAINTY SKILLING  (CS136)
CLIENT-ONLY EVENT

CERTAINTY SKILLING SESSION – CERTAINTY ADVICE

These intensive Zoom training sessions bring together members of the Certainty Advice Community to accelerate capability and confidence when engaging comprehensive advice clients. Highly interactive by design, each session uses case studies, role-plays, and breakout discussions to turn learning into practical skill development. The focus is on providing the support needed for advisers to build unique competencies, recognising that learning styles, pace of progress, and development paths differ for every participant.

These events may credit towards the attendees’ annual professional development hours.

Thursday 11 June
11:30am – 12:30pm

FAST-TRACK  (FT59)
CLIENT-ONLY EVENT

Master Class

Role Play Thursday: Learning fast, leveraging experiences, being successful on purpose…

These weekly events are Certainty’s “Lab” events. They provide every attendee with a like-minded forum to test their own implementation steps and the learnings of specific live Certainty client cases (anonymously), ensuring that everyone’s efforts are not wasted, that progress is assured, and that outdated advice paradigms can be confidently dumped.

Certainty Advice is all about skills – not knowledge.

Monday 15 June
11:30am – 12:30pm

CERTAINTY SKILLING  (CS137)
CLIENT-ONLY EVENT

CERTAINTY SKILLING SESSION – CERTAINTY ADVICE

These intensive Zoom training sessions bring together members of the Certainty Advice Community to accelerate capability and confidence when engaging comprehensive advice clients. Highly interactive by design, each session uses case studies, role-plays, and breakout discussions to turn learning into practical skill development. The focus is on providing the support needed for advisers to build unique competencies, recognising that learning styles, pace of progress, and development paths differ for every participant.

These events may credit towards the attendees’ annual professional development hours.

Thursday 18 June
11:30am – 12:30pm

FAST-TRACK  (FT60)
CLIENT-ONLY EVENT

Master Class

Role Play Thursday: Learning fast, leveraging experiences, being successful on purpose…

These weekly events are Certainty’s “Lab” events. They provide every attendee with a like-minded forum to test their own implementation steps and the learnings of specific live Certainty client cases (anonymously), ensuring that everyone’s efforts are not wasted, that progress is assured, and that outdated advice paradigms can be confidently dumped.

Certainty Advice is all about skills – not knowledge.

Monday 22 June
11:30am – 12:30pm

CERTAINTY SKILLING  (CS138)
CLIENT-ONLY EVENT

CERTAINTY SKILLING SESSION – CERTAINTY ADVICE

These intensive Zoom training sessions bring together members of the Certainty Advice Community to accelerate capability and confidence when engaging comprehensive advice clients. Highly interactive by design, each session uses case studies, role-plays, and breakout discussions to turn learning into practical skill development. The focus is on providing the support needed for advisers to build unique competencies, recognising that learning styles, pace of progress, and development paths differ for every participant.

These events may credit towards the attendees’ annual professional development hours.

MONDAY 6 July
11:30am – 12:30pm

GAME PLAN  (GP07)
CLIENT-ONLY EVENT

Master Class

GAME PLAN SESSION: Building Valuable Advice Careers Six Weeks at a time

You can’t deliver valuable advice to clients if you don’t have a valuable plan for your own career development. These six-week game-planning sessions are designed for every team member implementing Certainty Advice.

In these sessions, you’ll:

  • Share your real implementation experiences with other team members from other firms
  • Set practical short and long-term objectives that align with your role and circumstances
  • Understand your best next steps and outcomes with others on similar skill paths.

Like the plans teams produce for clients, team members need their own clear and valuable development plans.

Tuesday 28 July
11:30am – 12:30pm

CERTAINTY TEAMS (CT_DT_30)
CLIENT-ONLY EVENT

“MAKING YOUR PLANS #1 PRIORITY” – CERTAINTY DIRECTORS ROUNDTABLE

This session is a focused roundtable for founders and directors to step back and assess their own progress—not their clients’, their own.

It’s a chance to pressure-test your plan, your financials, your lifestyle outcomes, and whether the returns match the effort and risk you’re carrying. Surrounded by like-minded peers, you’ll compare paths, share challenges in a confidential setting, and reset your next moves with clarity.

Simple goal: ensure you’re on track to build what you set out to build.

This session is intended for FOUNDERS & DIRECTORS only.

Meet The Convenor

Jim Stackpool

Jim Stackpool

Founder - Certainty Advice Group

For nearly 30 years Jim has influenced, coached, and consulted to advisory firms across Australia. As founder of Certainty Advice Group, he leads a like-minded team of professional advisory firms seeking to create greater certainty for their clients. As an author, blogger, columnist, and keynote speaker, Jim is regularly called upon for his professional insights into the advice industry.

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