IMPACT number 25 has come and gone. Last week more than 1,800 RIAs and recordkeepers, more than 1,500 fundsters and other sponsors, and hundreds of
Schwabbies and event staff
gathered last week at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center for
Charles Schwab's 2015 IMPACT conference.
Here's a visual look at the giant, RIA-focused event.
| A sign on the road to the convention center ... | |
| ... and another projected onto a building across the street | |
| The convention center welcomes IMPACTers | |
| Welcome to The Exchange, which in Impactese means "exhibit hall" | |
| Janus brought a "campfire" | |
| Schwab greens up the conference | |
| This was Tuesday. Word is that this guy, cardstacker and trained architect Bryan Berg, had been at it since Sunday. | |
| Revving up RIAs first thing in the morning | |
| Bernie Clark, EVP and of advisor services at Schwab, welcomes RIAs to IMPACT | |
| Clark interviews Schwab CEO Walt Bettinger | |
| Abby Wambach, member of the gold medal winning us soccer team, tells IMPACTers about leadership | |
| RIAs and Schwabbies meet Wambach | |
| The financial services executives and RIAs of the future are here, too | |
| Realty Capital Securities, Loomis Sayles, Schroders, and Hancock each brought FAs to Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox, for off-season, behind-the-scenes tours of the baseball stadium | |
| Famed cellist Yo-Yo Ma speaks | |
| Kathryn Stott (piano) and Yo-Yo ma perform Cristal, by Cesar Camarho Mariano | |
| Yo yo ma and six friends from around the world | |
| RIAs and fundsters artyparty at Impact at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston | |
| IMPACTers join Kelley James onstage at MFA for his closing number, "Sweet Caroline" | |
| David Brooks (center, back) brunches with IMPACTers | |
| Brooks (seated) signs his book for an IMPACTer | |
| The live music schedule at Impact | |
The 26th IMPACT conference is scheduled for October 24-27, 2016 in San Diego.
Will Uhl also contributed to this article. 
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