01
Understand
the machine
Markets, compounding, tax drag, and risk — explained without jargon, in the order they actually matter.
The CAP in CAPitalize, live on stage
CAPCON
Two days in Tacoma to stop guessing about money — and start running the framework.
A financial conference built for real people, not the industry. Keynotes, guest speakers, and the plain-English playbook Chris Panagiotu has spent a decade refining.
- Date
- May 15 & 16, 2027
- Venue
- Silver Cloud Hotel
at Point Ruston - City
- Tacoma, WA
01About the event
A conference for the people the industry forgot
Most financial events are built for advisors talking to advisors. CAPCon is the opposite. It is two full days, one room, and one goal: you leave understanding exactly how your money works and what to do on Monday morning.
Chris Panagiotu — CFP®, author, and host of the CAPitalize Your Finances podcast — brings the same framework to the stage that he uses with clients, alongside keynote and guest speakers from investing, real estate, and behavioral research.
Understand
02
Build your
framework
Live working sessions where you map your own numbers onto the CAPitalize framework — not a generic template.
03
Leave with
a plan
You walk out with a written next-90-days plan and the room of people who are doing the same thing.
02Speakers
Who you'll spend two days with
Host & Keynote
Christopher A.
Panagiotu
CFP®, CRPS® · Founder, CAPitalize Your Finances
The CAP in CAPitalize. Author and host of the weekly podcast, walking through the framework end to end.
Keynote speaker
Shaquem
Griffin
Shaquem Griffin is a former NFL linebacker, motivational speaker, and disability advocate who made history as the first one-handed player drafted into the NFL.
Keynote speaker
Josh
Kosnick
Josh Kosnick is a leadership coach, EOS Implementer®, and USA Today Featured Bestselling author of The Kairos Code. He works with founders, executives, and leadership teams who have already built something meaningful and are ready for what's next.
Guest speaker
Shawn
O'Malley
Shawn O'Malley is President of The Investor's Podcast Network (theinvestorspodcast.com) — the world's largest stock-investing podcast company, with over 200 million downloads. He also co-hosts The Intrinsic Value Podcast, dedicated to fundamentals-based investing, while authoring a leading publication on business analysis known as The Intrinsic Value Newsletter.
Panelist
MJ
Gordon
MJ Gordon is a peak-performance strategist and founder of Level Up, a private advisory program helping successful entrepreneurs and founders optimize their brain, body, and business performance.
Combining neuroscience-informed practices, human performance optimization, and strategic business systems, MJ helps leaders eliminate unnecessary friction, reclaim time and energy, and expand their capacity to operate at a higher level.
Her work challenges the traditional model of success built on pushing harder, replacing it with a more sustainable approach to performance, leadership, and growth.
Speakers to be
announced soon
Keynote and guest speakers are being confirmed now.
03Sponsors & partners
Backed by the people who build Tacoma
Want your brand in the room? Sponsorship packages are open.
Become a sponsor04The location
Tacoma,
Washington
Chris built CAPitalize Your Finances out of a Tacoma apartment in 2015, so there was never a question of hosting this anywhere else. Rainier across Commencement Bay, the Ruston Way waterfront out front, and a room full of people who came to work on their money.
- Venue
- Silver Cloud Hotel Tacoma at Point Ruston Waterfront 5125 Grand Loop, Ruston, WA 98407
- Stay on site
- Rooms are in the same building as the stage Room block rate to be announced soon
- Parking
- Free covered parking at Point Ruston Parking Garage A two-minute walk away. The hotel also offers secure valet parking with unlimited in-and-out privileges.
- From Sea-Tac
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- Take I-5 South to Exit #133 (I-705 / City Center)
- Follow I-705 North to the Schuster Parkway exit
- Continue on Schuster Parkway and Ruston Way to Grand Loop
- The hotel is on the right-hand side
The Silver Cloud at Point Ruston, on the Ruston Way waterfront
05Tickets
Pick your seat
General admission
The Room
$500per seat
- Both days, general seating
- Every keynote and breakout
- Printed framework workbook
- Lunch and coffee service
Most popular
VIP
Meet & Greet
$1,000per seat
- Everything in The Room
- Reserved front-section seating
- Exclusive dinner with Chris
- Evening reception with speakers
- Signed copy of the book
Tacoma · May 15 & 16, 2027
Your money is compounding either way. Point it somewhere.
Two days, one room, one framework you will actually use. Seats are limited.
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