At Focus we strive to deliver dynamic days of learning, networking, and thriving for financial professionals at all levels in practices and institutions of all types and sizes. Renowned throughout the financial industry and positioned as LPL Financial’s flagship conference, this annual event is a prime opportunity to learn from experts, influencers, and peers while also gaining insights, expanding connections, and being energized by acclaimed keynote speakers and headlining entertainment.
Focus offers diverse and specialized programming so attendees can revitalize and shape their time in ways that are most relevant to their personal and professional goals. A vast expo offers access to LPL Financial Home Office teams, sponsor partners, and hands-on experience of technology innovations and resources. Don’t miss this supreme experience filled with thought leadership, interactive learning, and creativity meant to elevate you so you can delight your clients and end investors.
The Focus mainstage is a hub of motivation, heartfelt leadership, and creativity radiating from our keynote speakers. Their lifelong lessons and insights gained throughout many industries and personal experiences are designed to charge your spirit and provide guidance for a high-performing mentality.
We hope you will take away insights and experiences from our speakers, and infuse them into the work you do daily with your clients and end investors.
While the summer Olympics play on the world stage this year, a champion from another season kicks off our opening general session. Apolo Anton Ohno is an eight-time Olympic medalist earning the title of most decorated U.S. Winter Olympian in history. His journey of reinvention and mission-driven approach to life is sure to inspire your business goals and individual endeavors.
Prepare for a masterful and entertaining finale with closing keynote Jon Dorenbos. This former NFL Super Bowl champion and two-time Pro Bowler openly shares his story of adversity and the importance of discipline, teamwork, and perseverance—while also demonstrating skills as a world-class magician.
All work and no play make for a boring Focus. Our final night celebration is a once-in-a-lifetime concert experience featuring four-time Grammy award-winning musician Lionel Richie at The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park along San Diego Bay. Be ready to rock to the music of this living legend while taking in panoramic views of the city’s skyline, bay, and marina.
International superstar Lionel Richie boasts a discography of albums and singles that is second to none. With more than 125 million albums sold worldwide, an Oscar®, Golden Globe®, and four Grammy Awards®*, Richie has been honored with distinctions including 2016 MusicCares Person of the Year, and the 2017 Kennedy Center Honors. In March 2018, Richie cemented his iconic legacy as he imprinted his hand and footprints at Hollywood’s storied TCL Chinese Theatre. In 2022, he was both inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and received the 2022 American Music Awards Icon Award, his 18th AMA award. He also received the 2022 Gershwin Prize for Popular Song by the Library of Congress. September 2023, Richie concluded the first run of his acclaimed 20-city “Sing a Song All Night Long” arena tour featuring special guests—one of the best-selling bands of all time—Earth, Wind & Fire. The tour will continue in 2024 with 13 new dates added across the US. Also in 2024, Richie continues his longtime residency, now at the Wynn Encore Theater, in “Lionel Richie: King of Hearts.” Richie has served as a judge on ABC’s “American Idol,” for the past six seasons and has returned for its 7th season, which debuted on February 18, 2024. Most recently, Richie debuted and served as producer on the documentary The Greatest Night in Pop, which premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival to critical acclaim.
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After graduating from the University of Texas, El Paso, Jon played 14 years in the NFL. He played 2 years for the Buffalo Bills and Tennessee Titans. He then played 12 years for the 2018 Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles, where he was twice recognized as a Pro Bowler and earned a Super Bowl Ring
During his 14 years in the NFL, and since the age of 12, Jon was also honing his skills as a world-class magician.
He officially unveiled his talent and passion on Season 11 of America’s Got Talent and as a result he became a regular on the Ellen DeGeneres Show and many others.
Jon’s book, LIFE IS MAGIC, is being made in to a movie by acclaimed producer, Mike Tollin, with the script written by an Academy Award nominated screen writer.
Reinvention is at the core of Apolo Anton Ohno. He acquired and honed this skill over a decade of Olympic speed skating competition, during which he became the most decorated US Winter Olympian of all time. Apolo continually adapts that performance mindset to support ongoing personal and professional growth. He has drawn on this acumen to become a global cross- industry entrepreneur, a successful sports broadcaster and television personality, a New York Times best- selling author, and a lifelong scholar inside and outside the university setting. Apolo harnesses these experiences to educate and inspire organizations on how to foster a sustained leadership mindset needed to overcome current business challenges.
Apolo Anton Ohno claimed his first major speed skating title at the US Championships at the age of 14—after just six months of training. Over the next decade and a half, he went from kid prodigy to the most decorated US Winter Olympian in history — a title he still holds — earning eight Olympic medals in short- track speed skating across the 2002, 2006, and 2010 Winter Games.
Following the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games, Apolo took his understanding of sport psychology and his personal experience with success and setbacks to develop a resilient and mission-driven approach to life. He wrote a book on this subject, Zero Regrets, which was released in 2011 and went on to become a New York Times best-seller.