While facing unique challenges, family businesses are vital to the economic and social fabric of Mississippi. The UM CIE Family Business Symposium aspires to be an open forum where leaders, family members, and employees from family businesses from a variety of industries can share their concerns and questions in order to learn best practices from knowledge leaders, enabling them to grow and to continue their businesses across generations.

We cordially invite you to the second annual It’s All Relative Family Business Symposium that will take place at the Sheraton Flowood The Refuge Hotel & Conference Center September 14-15, 2023.

Hu Meena, Chairman and CEO of C Spire, will kick off the symposium with his insights on running his successful family business. We are also thrilled to have Dr. Justin Craig from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management who will provide closing comments on the continuity of the family’s business success. We will also be joined by other leaders telling us lessons learned from their family business, along with experts to discuss essentials for moving your family business to the next level! Tickets are available at olemisscie.com/family-business-23.