FPA GATHER (formerly NexGen Gathering)
Early-career financial planners finding their place in the profession, with CFP CE credit (2 hours minimum).
- Dates
- Usually August (next dates not announced)
- Where
- Dallas, TX
- Cost
- Paid ticket. 2026 edition Aug 18-20 at the Fairmont Dallas, early-bird ended May 22; 2027 not announced.
- Type
- Conference · Paid ticket
- Organizer
- Financial Planning Association
- Audience level
- Early career
- Suits
- Student or new grad, Growing in role
- Last checked
- October 23, 2026 against the event’s own site
Official site and registration
Cheaper ways in: Early-bird pricing; local FPA NexGen mini-gatherings by chapter.
Speaking opportunities
Has sessions, ask how speakers are chosen
Who goes
Roles and segments the organizer or our research tag this event for.
Segments: Wealth and asset management
Roles: financial planner, paraplanner
Levels: Early career
The field it serves: Financial Services & Banking
- Verified open jobs
- about 42,954
- Typical posted salary
- $149,000 a year (middle half $106,000 to $205,000)
- Entry or early-career level
- 30% of openings
- Employment, year over year
- −1.2% in financial activities, the closest BLS sector
Source: NextChapter job data, jobs verified live in the last 7 days.
Source: NextChapter job data: salary ranges employers posted, midpoint of each range, 1,420 of the newest 5,000 verified open jobs.
Source: NextChapter job data: level read from the full posting, newest 5,000 verified open jobs.
Source: BLS Current Employment Statistics, seasonally adjusted payroll employment, September 2026.
Full Financial Services & Banking snapshot: jobs, pay, layoffs and conferences
Financial Services & Banking employers hiring now
We have not yet published an exhibitor or attendee list for this event. These employers in its industry have open verified jobs, so they are the ones worth meeting.
Industries and functions
Where it is and who it is for
Held in Dallas, TX. Local jobs, employers, layoffs and other conferences nearby are on the place pages.
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