The Institute of Financial Planning conference is a sell-out event for the second year running.

The conference will be running from the 3-5 October at the Celtic Manor Resort Hotel in Newport, South Wales.

All registrations for the conference have now closed including all accommodation at the Celtic Manor and Manor House hotels

Over 600 people are expected to attend the event including delegates, speakers, sponsors, exhibitors and journalists.

As a result of the dedicated track sessions offered for Paraplanners, a new feature for the conference, more Paraplanners are attending this year’s conference.

The event, sponsored by Vanguard, also celebrates the 25 year anniversary of the IFP.

To coincide with this the IFP will announce the first 25 firms to be recognised as an Accredited Financial Planning Firm.

Nick Cann, chief executive of the IFP, said: “With the event being a sell out, we really hope that delegates and sponsors get the most from the varied programme we’ve put together for this, our biggest event of the year.”

Speakers over the three days include well-known names such as Dan Sullivan, Mike Harris, Nick Murray and Jack Brennan.

In the evenings there will be welcome evening drinks sponsored by Succession and a gala dinner sponsored by Bluefin. There will also be an IFP’s Got Talent show to showcase the talents of Financial Planners.