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Join Us at Alta Ascent

Four days for 150 accomplished women exploring wealth and legacy, health and longevity, and life design.

Dates
March 4 to 6, 2027
Setting
Fairmont Scottsdale Princess, Arizona
Access
Invitation only
Guests
150 women

Alta Ascent · The flagship

Alta Ascent

A curated experience.

Desert courtyard with palm trees and a fountain at the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess

World-class conversation

Accomplished women and leading experts explore the ideas shaping the years ahead;  wealth, longevity, leadership, philanthropy, family enterprise, and wellbeing.

Designed with intention

Every element balances intellectual engagement with personal renewal through programming, wellness, dining, and unhurried conversation.

A curated community

Attendance is deliberately limited, so every voice is heard and trust develops naturally across disciplines.

Beyond the event

Conversations continue long after the gathering, creating an enduring network of accomplished women.

Program

The Three Foundations

Keynotes, panels, and moderated roundtables explore the questions that increasingly shape women's lives.

Friday

Wealth & Legacy

  • The Architecture of Legacy
  • Philanthropy as Power
  • Family governance, inheritance, and financial protection
  • Investing in alternatives
  • Women-led innovation
  • Capital with Conviction — women as power investors
Saturday

Health & Longevity

  • Menopause, hormones, and the midlife reset
  • Brain health, memory, and cognitive longevity
  • Women's cardiology and GI health
  • Skin, hair, and aesthetic medicine
  • Sexual vitality and intimacy after 50
  • Longevity as a wealth strategy
Both days

Life Design

  • Reclaiming identity in the second half
  • Purpose, freedom, and reinvention
  • Dating, partnership, and wealth after 50
  • The sandwich generation
  • Stress, burnout, and the invisible load

Friday & Saturday, March 5–6

FRIDAY · MARCH 5

Wealth and Perspective

  • 6–7AM
    Sunrise Movement Classes
  • 7:30–8:30AM
    Breakfast
  • 7:30–9AM
    Registration and Exhibitor Lounge
  • 9–9:05AM
    A Note from the Founders
  • 9:05–9:15AM
    Welcome and What to Expect
  • 9:15–9:35AM
    Opening Keynote Address
  • 9:35–10:25AM
    Global Economic Outlook: Navigating growth, risk, and opportunity
  • 10:35–11:25AM
    The Where and How of Investing in a Dynamic Landscape
  • 11:25–11:50AM
    Roundtable Discussion
  • 12–1PM
    Lunch
  • 1–1:30PM
    Personal Time, Networking, and Exhibitor Lounge
  • 1:30–2:15PM
    Breakout Sessions
    • Alternative Investments: Private Equity, Venture Capital, and Cryptocurrency
    • Philanthropy and Multigenerational Giving: Donor advised funds, family foundations, and planned gifts
  • 2:30–3:15PM
    Breakout Sessions
    • Trust and Estate Planning: Trust and estate planning for yourself, your partner, and your children
    • Money and Marriage: How to protect yourself, your heirs, and your assets in a domestic partnership
  • 3:30–4:15PM
    Breakout Sessions
    • Maximizing Your Productivity in the Age of AI: How to leverage the latest tools to manage your wealth, health, and family
    • Entrepreneurship as Wealth Creation: Buying or starting a business and growing it for future wealth creation or passive income
  • 4:15–6:30PM
    Personal Time, Networking, and Exhibitor Lounge
  • 6:30–9PM
    Copper Canyon · Cocktails, Dinner, and Comedy Act
SATURDAY · MARCH 6

Health and Community

Health Day · Dress Comfortable · Athleisure

  • 7–8AM
    Sunrise Movement Classes
  • 8–8:45AM
    Breakfast
  • 9–9:05AM
    Intention Setting and Group Exercise
  • 9:05–9:30AM
    Women’s Health Keynote
  • 9:30–10AM
    Navigating Midlife: Menopause
  • 10–10:30AM
    Next Frontiers in Women’s Health
  • 10:45–11:15AM
    Brain Health: Alzheimer’s and dementia
  • 11:15–11:45AM
    Heart and Gut Health
  • 12–12:45PM
    Lunch
  • 12:45–1:30PM
    15 Roundtable Discussions on Health Topics
    • Concierge Medicine: Is it worth the investment?
    • GLP 1 Medications: Benefits, risks, and life after weight loss
    • Plastic Surgery in Midlife: What delivers natural, lasting results?
    • Sleep in Midlife: What to do when the usual advice does not work
    • Strength Training After 40: Building muscle safely and effectively
    • Midlife Metabolism: What actually changes and what still works
    • Preventive Testing: Which screenings and advanced diagnostics are worth it?
    • Longevity Medicine: What is proven, promising, or simply expensive?
    • Supplements in Midlife: What is useful and what is a waste of money?
    • Medical Self Advocacy: How to get better answers from your doctor
    • Bone Density: Prevention and treatment before a fracture happens
    • Midlife Nutrition: Protein, fiber, and sustainable eating
    • Health Wearables: Which numbers matter and which create noise?
    • Recovery and Stress: When your body stops bouncing back
    • Caring for Aging Parents Without Neglecting Your Own Health
  • 1:30–2PM
    Personal Time, Networking, and Exhibitor Lounge
  • 2–2:30PM
    Hair and Skin Health
  • 2:30–3PM
    Hormonal Health
  • 3–3:30PM
    Sexual Health
  • 3:30–4PM
    Mental Health and Longevity: Joy, optimism, and attitude
  • 4–4:15PM
    Closing

The setting

Fairmont Scottsdale Princess

  • Iconic AAA Five Diamond resort
  • 65 acres of the Sonoran Desert
  • Award-winning dining
  • Six pools
  • Championship golf course
  • 20,000 sq. ft. Sisley spa
Spa treatment room open to the desertYoga on floating mats in a resort poolResort guest room with outdoor viewsTable spread with small plates and drinksWomen talking in a lounge with mountain views
Women socializing on a patio by a pool in a desert setting

Join us

Join us for Alta Ascent.

Alta Ascent Scottsdale gathers 150 women, March 4–6, 2027, at the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess. Attendance is by invitation.

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