Out East Summit by The TIE

# Out East Summit by The TIE — ConfBase Rating

**Rating Date**: 2026-05-13
**Analyst**: ConfBase Rating Auditor Agent
**ConfBase Score**: 4.0 / 5.0
**Tier**: Strong
**Framework**: ConfBase Rating Framework v0.2-alpha
**Format**: boutique
**Series**: —

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## Conference

- **Organizer**: The TIE Inc. (Co-Founder & CEO Joshua Frank; Chief Strategy Officer Sacha Ghebali). Headquartered at 555 Madison Ave, New York.
- **Series**: — (standalone — distinct format from The TIE's Bridge / Innovate brands)
- **Website**: https://www.outeastsummit.com/
- **Venue**: RG|NY Vineyard, 6025 Sound Avenue, Riverhead (North Fork), Long Island, NY, USA — a ~200-acre working vineyard
- **Region**: North America
- **Sector**: Digital Assets (Institutional Crypto)
- **First Edition**: 2025 (inaugural July 21–23, 2025)
- **Most Recent Edition Observed**: 2025 (inaugural); upcoming July 20–22, 2026
- **Sibling Editions** (other variants in this series): — (standalone, but the organizer The TIE runs three related institutional events: The Bridge (NYC flagship, 1,000+ executives, October), InnovateDenver (ETHDenver-week satellite), and InnovateMiami (Consensus-week debut May 2026); each is separately slugged in `data/conferences-seed.json`)

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## Executive Summary

Out East Summit by The TIE is the purest expression of the boutique institutional-crypto format on the platform: a 300-cap, invitation-only, three-day full-board vineyard retreat at RG|NY on the North Fork of Long Island, hosted in mid-July when the rest of the institutional-crypto calendar goes dark. The 2025 inaugural edition (July 21–23) opened with a fireside chat with sitting CFTC Acting Chairman Caroline D. Pham — confirmed via official CFTC press release and published on YouTube — and ran a single-track agenda of fireside chats, roundtables, and expert panels covering stablecoins, privacy chains, tokenization, market structure, and macro. The 2026 second edition (July 20–22) is currently open for applications with confirmed speakers including Don Wilson (DRW), Anthony Scaramucci (SkyBridge), John Wu (Ava Labs), Amy Oldenburg (Morgan Stanley), Sandy Kaul (Franklin Templeton), Johann Kerbrat (Robinhood), Blue Macelleri (T. Rowe Price), and Spencer Applebaum (Multicoin Capital), and a published 12-sponsor / 25+ blockchain-partner roster.

For an institutional buyer the value proposition is unambiguous and structurally Tier-1: a vendor-free, application-only retreat where The TIE's CEO Joshua Frank states "nearly all of our registered attendees are CEOs, CIOs, or partners at funds, Heads of Digital Assets at banks and asset managers, or founders and C-Suite executives from exchanges and protocols," held at a 200+ acre vineyard with three full days of bundled meals, dinners, and wine-country networking. The Tier-1 signals are real: a sitting US regulator (CFTC Acting Chairman) on the 2025 stage, Franklin Templeton/Fidelity/Morgan Stanley/T. Rowe Price/Robinhood/JPMorgan-Kinexys/Coinbase/Kraken/Strategy headline speakers, and a sponsor pool that includes federally-chartered crypto bank Anchorage Digital, institutional trading venue LMAX Group, qualified custodian Gk8, AmLaw-100 firm Troutman Pepper Locke, and Goldman/JPMorgan/BNY-backed Canton Network as well as Centrifuge, Polkadot, Sui, Hedera, NEAR, Tezos and Avalanche Foundation among 25+ blockchain partners.

The structural gaps are narrow and well-understood for a debut-into-second-edition boutique: only **2 editions of track record** (the calibrating debit relative to CFC St. Moritz's 9-year run and iConnections Miami's 6-year run), no FT/Bloomberg/Reuters/WSJ direct coverage of the event itself (regulator participation has CFTC-press-release-level institutional reach but trade-press pickup is limited to The TIE's own owned-media and aggregator listings), no published rejection rate, no published hosted/comped percentage, no public ticket pricing, no published BlackRock/JPMorgan/Goldman direct sponsorship (the BlackRock/JPMorgan presence is principal-on-stage, not logo-on-deck), and no observed structured 1:1 meeting platform with reservable rooms. Under v0.2-alpha boutique weights — which lift Audience/Curation/Networking and discount Side Programming/Media/Content — Out East Summit lands at **4.0, low-"Strong" tier (boundary with mid-Strong)**, just below the established CFC St. Moritz baseline (4.1) and below the iConnections Miami benchmark (4.4). The track-record debit and the absence of a structured 1:1 platform are the only categories materially behind CFC and iConnections; on Audience, Speakers, and Sponsor pattern, Out East is already at parity with the established boutique flagships.

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## Rating Overview

| Category | Weight | Score | Max |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audience Quality | 3.5× | 4.5 | 5.0 |
| Curation | 3× | 4.0 | 5.0 |
| Sponsor Quality | 2× | 4.0 | 5.0 |
| Speaker Caliber | 2× | 4.3 | 5.0 |
| Networking Density | 2.5× | 4.0 | 5.0 |
| Content Depth | 0.5× | 3.3 | 5.0 |
| Track Record | 1× | 2.7 | 5.0 |
| Media & Influence | 0.5× | 3.3 | 5.0 |
| Side Programming | 0.25× | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| Price-to-Value | 0.25× | 3.5 | 5.0 |
| **ConfBase Score** | | **4.0** | **5.0** |

| Pillar | Score |
|---|---|
| Institutional Signal | 4.2 |
| Content & Speakers | 4.0 |
| Networking ROI | 3.4 |

**Tier**: Strong (4.0 — low edge of band) — a verifiably invite-only, vendor-free, regulator-attended, founder/CEO-dense vineyard retreat with Tier-1 institutional crypto speaker density already at sibling-flagship parity in its second edition. The only material drag versus CFC St. Moritz (4.1) and iConnections Miami (4.4) is the 2-edition track record and the absence of a structured 1:1 meeting platform; everything else is at peer parity or better.

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## Detailed Analysis

### AUDIENCE QUALITY (Weight: 3.5×) — Score: 4.5 / 5.0

| Code | Question | Answer Summary | Score | Confidence | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUD-01 | What is the institutional vs retail mix? | The TIE's published conferences-philosophy positioning is "quality over quantity" with "exclusive, vendor-free attendance" where the room "includes hedge funds, asset managers, banks, allocators, prop trading firms, VCs, and protocols—deliberately excluding service providers." Out East Summit's target audience per the official site is "founders and partners from traditional and crypto-native funds; digital asset heads at major banks and asset managers; C-suite executives from exchanges and trading venues; regulators; protocol founders" — i.e. institutional-only by design. Joshua Frank's LinkedIn confirms "nearly all of our registered attendees are CEOs, CIOs, or partners at funds, Heads of Digital Assets at banks and asset managers, or founders and C-Suite executives from exchanges and protocols." This is a near-100% institutional-grade attendee filter by construction; no retail registration channel exists. | 5 | high | [Out East Summit — Home (target audience definition)](https://www.outeastsummit.com/) · [The TIE Conferences page — vendor-free, deliberately excluding service providers](https://www.thetie.io/conferences) · [Joshua Frank LinkedIn — "nearly all attendees are CEOs/CIOs/partners at funds, Heads of Digital Assets at banks/asset managers, founders/C-Suite from exchanges/protocols"](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/joshua-frank-56950950_out-east-summit-activity-7317947754679328768-nw79) |
| AUD-02 | What is the seniority mix? | Joshua Frank's pre-event statement is unambiguous: "Nearly all of our registered attendees are CEOs, CIOs, or partners at funds, Heads of Digital Assets at banks and asset managers, or founders and C-Suite executives from exchanges and protocols." The verified 2025 speaker roster reads as a near-100% Founder/CEO/Partner/Head-of cohort (Arjun Sethi Co-CEO Kraken, Phong Le CEO Strategy, Anthony Scaramucci Founder SkyBridge, Caroline Pham Acting Chairman CFTC, Sandy Kaul Head of Innovation Franklin Templeton, Cynthia Lo Bessette Head of Digital Asset Management Fidelity, John D'Agostino Head of Strategy Institutional Coinbase, Yuval Rooz Co-Founder & CEO Digital Asset/Canton, Teddy Fusaro President Bitwise, Howard Wu Co-Founder & CEO Aleo, John Wu President Ava Labs). The 300-cap invite-only construction and the speaker-pool seniority strongly imply ≥50% C-suite/MD/Partner/GP attendee seniority. Held one band below maximum because seniority composition is claimed by the organizer rather than independently surveyed (no published post-event seniority breakdown analogous to CFC's 30/30/25/15 Report). | 4 | high | [Joshua Frank LinkedIn (seniority statement)](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/joshua-frank-56950950_out-east-summit-activity-7317947754679328768-nw79) · [Out East 2025 Speakers — Founder/CEO/Partner/Head-of titles dominate](https://www.outeastsummit.com/speakers) · [Out East Summit — Home (target audience: founders/partners, digital-asset heads, C-suite executives, regulators)](https://www.outeastsummit.com/) |
| AUD-03 | What is the buy-side ratio? | The target-audience definition explicitly includes "founders and partners from traditional and crypto-native funds" (buy-side GPs) and "digital asset heads at major banks and asset managers" (institutional buy-side allocators of digital-asset balance-sheet capital). The vendor-free filter excludes service providers and pure sell-side BD. Speaker examples confirm: Sandy Kaul (Franklin Templeton — $1.5T+ AUM asset manager), Cynthia Lo Bessette (Fidelity Digital Asset Management — major asset manager), Amy Oldenburg (Morgan Stanley — confirmed 2026), Blue Macelleri (T. Rowe Price — confirmed 2026), Justin Chuh (Polychain), Anatoly Crachilov (Nickel Digital), Melvin Deng (QCP), Sam Gaer (Monarq), Adam Benayoun (Collider Ventures), Diana Biggs (1KX), David Gan (Inception Capital), Spencer Applebaum (Multicoin) — i.e. heavy fund-GP and asset-manager density. Buy-side share by attendee roll-call should comfortably clear the ≥25% band and likely the ≥40% top band. Conservative score 4 given that no published buy-side ratio statistic exists (vs. iConnections's published 1,200-LPs-out-of-5,000 number). | 4 | high | [Out East Summit — Home (target audience: founders/partners of funds, digital-asset heads at banks/asset managers)](https://www.outeastsummit.com/) · [The TIE Conferences page — hedge funds, asset managers, banks, allocators, prop trading, VCs included; service providers excluded](https://www.thetie.io/conferences) · [Out East 2025 Speakers list — heavy buy-side fund/AM density](https://www.outeastsummit.com/speakers) |
| AUD-04 | How rigorous is attendee verification? | The event is structurally invite-only: per The TIE Events Terms of Use, "All requests for tickets must be approved by The Tie in its sole discretion, and The Tie reserves the right to deny tickets for any reason without liability." Tickets are "non-transferable" and must be physically presented at entrance. The vendor-free / service-provider-exclusion policy is an explicit reject-criterion. The 300-cap with The TIE's CEO publicly characterizing the attendee mix as "nearly all CEOs/CIOs/partners…" implies an active board-style approval workflow with verifiable institutional-role criteria. The Universe ticketing page exists (suggesting a registration funnel) but no open-paid-registration path is publicly visible. This is the canonical "hard credentialing (invitation + approval at organizer's sole discretion)" pattern of the top band — substantively equivalent to invite-only by reputation. | 5 | high | [The TIE Events Terms of Use — "All requests for tickets must be approved by The Tie in its sole discretion"](https://www.thetie.io/events-terms-of-use) · [Out East Summit — Home (private, invitation-only)](https://www.outeastsummit.com/) · [The TIE Conferences page — vendor-free, deliberately excluding service providers](https://www.thetie.io/conferences) |

**Audience Quality Calculation:**
- Scores: AUD-01(5) + AUD-02(4) + AUD-03(4) + AUD-04(5) = 18
- Equal weight: 18 / 4 = **4.5**

### CURATION (Weight: 3×) — Score: 4.0 / 5.0

| Code | Question | Answer Summary | Score | Confidence | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CUR-01 | What is the rejection / invite rate? | The event is explicitly "private, invitation-only" per the official site, with The TIE Events Terms of Use specifying that "all requests for tickets must be approved by The Tie in its sole discretion." The TIE positions the model as "quality over quantity" with deliberate service-provider exclusion. No published rejection rate or admission rate is disclosed (unlike CFC's published 12% 2025 admission rate). However, the invite-only-by-construction framing — explicit on the homepage and in the Universe ticketing flow — places this in the top band per the framework rubric ("Invite-only or ≥70% rejection rate"). | 5 | high | [Out East Summit — Home ("private, invitation-only gathering of 300")](https://www.outeastsummit.com/) · [The TIE Events Terms of Use (sole-discretion approval)](https://www.thetie.io/events-terms-of-use) · [The TIE Conferences (quality over quantity, vendor-free)](https://www.thetie.io/conferences) |
| CUR-02 | What % of attendees are hosted/comped vs paid? | No published hosted-buyer percentage. The model is application-based with organizer-sole-discretion approval; there is no explicit "complimentary capital-allocator pass" disclosed analogous to iConnections's 10–15-meeting-commitment LP comp track or Yield Summit's Capital Allocator Pass. The 3-day full-board vineyard model (bundled welcome reception, breakfasts, lunches, dinners, closing reception) does imply meaningful host-side spend on hospitality per attendee, which often correlates with a meaningful comp-share at this format scale — but no number is published. Score conservatively at 3 given the absence of a disclosed hosted-buyer percentage. | 3 | low | [Out East Summit — Home (no public comp tier)](https://www.outeastsummit.com/) · [Out East Summit — 2026 agenda (bundled receptions and meals)](https://www.outeastsummit.com/) · [The TIE Conferences (no published comp/hosted percentage)](https://www.thetie.io/conferences) |
| CUR-03 | Is there a published Code of Conduct + enforcement? | The TIE Events Terms of Use page publicly publishes the Code of Conduct: "Attendees must conduct themselves professionally and respectfully during the Conference, including all Conference-related events and activities. Harassment, discrimination, and disruptive behavior will not be tolerated." Enforcement is explicit: "Violations of the Code of Conduct may result in expulsion from the Conference without a refund." A complaints/contact route is provided (events@thetie.io / legal@thetie.io). New York jurisdiction governs disputes. This satisfies the "Public CoC and stated enforcement" criterion; the page does not publish a complaints-process workflow or an enforcement-record register, so it does not clear the top-band "complaints process visible / enforcement record visible" bar. Score 4. | 4 | high | [The TIE Events Terms of Use — published Code of Conduct + stated expulsion enforcement](https://www.thetie.io/events-terms-of-use) · [The TIE — contact via events@thetie.io / legal@thetie.io](https://www.thetie.io/events-terms-of-use) · [Out East Summit — Home (terms accessible via The TIE's events-terms-of-use page)](https://www.outeastsummit.com/) |

**Curation Calculation:**
- Scores: CUR-01(5) + CUR-02(3) + CUR-03(4) = 12
- Equal weight: 12 / 3 = **4.0**

### SPONSOR QUALITY (Weight: 2×) — Score: 4.0 / 5.0

| Code | Question | Answer Summary | Score | Confidence | Evidence |
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| SPO-01 | Tier-1 sponsor count (BlackRock-class) | Confirmed 2026 sponsors (12): Anchorage Digital, Bitsafe, Caladan, Cantina, Canton, Centrifuge, Fairmint, Gk8, LMAX Group, STS Digital, Temple Digital, Troutman Pepper Locke. The 2025 edition also confirmed Copper HQ and Cumberland as sponsors (per The TIE's X post). Of these, **Anchorage Digital** is a federally-chartered crypto bank (qualified custodian, Tier-1 within institutional digital-asset infrastructure); **LMAX Group** is a major institutional trading venue; **Canton Network** is the Digital Asset Holdings interbank ledger backed by Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, BNY, BNP Paribas, MAS, Citi (Tier-1 institutional anchor by construction); **Troutman Pepper Locke** is an AmLaw-100 firm; **Gk8** is a Galaxy-acquired institutional custodian; **Copper HQ** and **Cumberland** are Tier-1 institutional infrastructure (digital-asset custody / DRW's market-making arm). That gives **5–6 Tier-1-within-digital-assets sponsors**, comfortably clearing the "≥5 Tier-1 institutions" top band when measured by institutional-digital-asset standards. However, BlackRock/JPMorgan/Goldman/Apollo/KKR-class TradFi anchors do NOT appear in the public sponsor list (the JPMorgan/Goldman presence at Canton Network is upstream investor, not direct sponsor; Morgan Stanley/Franklin Templeton/T. Rowe Price/Fidelity appear as speakers, not headline sponsors). Lands between "3–4 Tier-1 sponsors" and "≥5 Tier-1 institutions" — score 4 conservatively given the dominance of crypto-native rather than BlackRock-class TradFi anchors at headline tier. | 4 | high | [Out East Summit — Home (12 confirmed sponsors: Anchorage, Bitsafe, Caladan, Cantina, Canton, Centrifuge, Fairmint, Gk8, LMAX Group, STS Digital, Temple Digital, Troutman Pepper Locke)](https://www.outeastsummit.com/) · [The TIE on X — sponsors thank-you naming Cantina, Copper HQ, Cumberland](https://x.com/TheTieIO/status/1945514372245201001) · [Canton Network — Digital Asset Holdings backed by Goldman/JPMorgan/BNY/BNP Paribas/MAS/Citi](https://www.outeastsummit.com/) |
| SPO-02 | Sponsor strategic vs cosmetic | Sponsors visibly send senior speakers on-stage at the 2026 confirmed roster: **Canton** (Yuval Rooz Co-Founder & CEO Digital Asset spoke 2025); **Fairmint** (Joris Delanoue CEO & Co-Founder spoke 2025; Fairmint hosts the July 20 Welcome Reception 2026); **Cantina** (sponsor + Cantina-branded session); also several 2025 sponsor partners surfaced senior decision-makers. The 25+ Blockchain Partner pool (Avalanche Foundation — John Wu President speaking 2026; Hedera Foundation — Gregg Bell CBO; NEAR Foundation — David Norris CFO/CSO; Mantle — Tim Chen Global Head of Strategy; Tezos Foundation; VeChain Foundation — Johnny Garcia Head of Institutional Growth; Mysten Labs/Sui — Ryan Servatius Sr. Director & Head of Partnerships; Aleo — Howard Wu Co-Founder & CEO; Ava Labs — John Wu President) demonstrates the strategic-speaking-sponsor pattern is universal across the partner pool. The Fairmint Welcome Reception is a directly-sponsored programming slot, not a logo-only placement. Lands at the top band. | 5 | high | [Out East Summit — Home (Fairmint hosts Welcome Reception July 20)](https://www.outeastsummit.com/) · [Out East 2025 Speakers — Yuval Rooz Digital Asset, Joris Delanoue Fairmint, Howard Wu Aleo, John Wu Ava Labs, David Norris Near Foundation, Gregg Bell Hedera, Tim Chen Mantle, Ryan Servatius Mysten Labs](https://www.outeastsummit.com/speakers) · [The TIE on X — sponsor naming (Cantina, Copper HQ, Cumberland)](https://x.com/TheTieIO/status/1945514372245201001) |
| SPO-03 | Sponsor retention year-over-year | Inaugural edition was 2025; 2026 is only the second edition. The 12 confirmed 2026 sponsors are the same pool that participated in 2025 (the sponsor list on the homepage is shared 2025/2026 with The TIE's "Past Institutional/Innovator Speakers" carrying the 2025 cohort). Where YoY retention can be checked: Cantina, Copper HQ, and Cumberland appeared in The TIE's July 2025 sponsor thank-you X post; for 2026 Cantina remains confirmed (Copper HQ and Cumberland not on the current 2026 homepage list — possible churn). With only two editions to measure, the framework caps debut-into-second-edition retention at "new edition, partial retention with some churn." Score 3 conservatively given the framework rubric's emphasis on multi-year retention; could rise to 4 once a third edition publishes retained-vs-new partner breakdown. | 3 | med | [Out East Summit — Home (current 2026 sponsor list)](https://www.outeastsummit.com/) · [The TIE on X — July 2025 sponsor naming (Cantina retained 2026; Copper HQ / Cumberland not visible on 2026 homepage)](https://x.com/TheTieIO/status/1945514372245201001) · [The TIE Conferences page — series philosophy](https://www.thetie.io/conferences) |

**Sponsor Quality Calculation:**
- Scores: SPO-01(4) + SPO-02(5) + SPO-03(3) = 12
- Equal weight: 12 / 3 = **4.0**

### SPEAKER CALIBER (Weight: 2×) — Score: 4.3 / 5.0

| Code | Question | Answer Summary | Score | Confidence | Evidence |
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| SPK-01 | Founder/CEO/MD ratio of speakers | The 2025 + 2026 published speaker rosters are dominated by Founder/CEO/Co-CEO/President/Co-Founder/General Partner/MD/Head-of titles. From the verified 47+ speaker list: Co-CEO (Kraken), CEO (Strategy/MicroStrategy, Flowdesk, Nickel Digital, QCP, Bitwise President, 0G Labs, Function, Digital Asset, Aleo, Shielded, Fairmint, Horizen Labs/ZKVerify, Ava Labs President, Hedera CBO, Marinade CCO, Reserve Head of BD, XSY COO, Multicoin Capital Partner); Founder/Managing Partner (SkyBridge, Neoclassic, Inception, RockawayX, Signum); Partner/GP (Collider, 1KX, Silver 8, Radhan Road, Polychain Head of Trading); MD (Barclays); Heads of Innovation/Digital Assets/Digital Asset Mgmt (Franklin Templeton, Fidelity, T. Rowe Price, Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan-Kinexys, Robinhood Crypto, Coinbase Strategy: Institutional, VanEck Director of DA Product). Government regulator: Acting Chairman CFTC. The Founder/CEO/MD-and-equivalent share comfortably exceeds 60%, likely 80%+. Top band. | 5 | high | [Out East 2025 Speakers (full list with titles)](https://www.outeastsummit.com/speakers) · [Out East Summit Home — 2026 confirmed speakers (Don Wilson DRW, Anthony Scaramucci SkyBridge, John Wu Ava Labs, Amy Oldenburg Morgan Stanley, Sandy Kaul Franklin Templeton, Johann Kerbrat Robinhood, Blue Macelleri T. Rowe Price, Spencer Applebaum Multicoin)](https://www.outeastsummit.com/) · [Joshua Frank LinkedIn — confirms "Don Wilson and Anthony Scaramucci" 2026 first-wave speakers](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/joshua-frank-56950950_out-east-summit-activity-7317947754679328768-nw79) |
| SPK-02 | Tier-1 keynote presence (named industry figures) | Multiple globally-recognized industry figures confirmed across the 2025 and 2026 rosters: **Caroline D. Pham** (sitting CFTC Acting Chairman — top US derivatives regulator at time of 2025 keynote, confirmed via official CFTC press release); **Don Wilson** (founder/CEO DRW — Tier-1 prop trading institution); **Anthony Scaramucci** (founder SkyBridge Capital, former White House Communications Director — globally recognized media figure); **Phong Le** (CEO MicroStrategy/Strategy — the original Bitcoin-treasury corporate, $50B+ market-cap balance-sheet thesis); **Arjun Sethi** (Co-CEO Kraken — world's largest US-regulated crypto exchange); **Sandy Kaul** (Franklin Templeton Head of Innovation — Pensions & Investments 2025 Influential Women in Institutional Investing); **Yuval Rooz** (Co-Founder & CEO Digital Asset / Canton Network — interbank-ledger pioneer). Three-plus globally-recognized figures confirmed per edition. Top band. | 5 | high | [CFTC press release — Acting Chairman Pham fireside chat at Out East Summit July 22, 2025](https://mondovisione.com/media-and-resources/news/acting-cftc-chairman-pham-to-speak-at-out-east-summit-2025721/) · [YouTube — Fireside Chat with CFTC Acting Chairman Caroline D. Pham at Out East Summit 2025](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NR3ZZO1ByW4) · [Out East Summit — 2026 first-wave speakers: Don Wilson, Anthony Scaramucci, Sandy Kaul, etc.](https://www.outeastsummit.com/) |
| SPK-03 | News-making moments | Verifiable news-making moments: (1) Sitting CFTC Acting Chairman Caroline Pham's July 22, 2025 fireside chat was announced via official CFTC press release and the full session was published on YouTube — substantive regulator engagement that constitutes a deliberate news beat from the conference itself; (2) The TIE published a substantive event recap covering the inaugural 2025 edition, with detailed analysis of stablecoin/privacy-chain/tokenization themes (now 404 on the public URL but referenced in search results). However, no Bloomberg / FT / Reuters / WSJ / CoinDesk / The Block / Blockworks dedicated coverage of Out East Summit 2025 was located in research. The CFTC Chairman fireside is the announcement-class beat; trade-press pickup of substance is currently limited to The TIE's owned-media and aggregator listings. Score 3 (occasional newsworthy moments — the CFTC fireside is the dominant news beat; no consistent multi-outlet "where X was announced" pattern yet across only 2 editions). | 3 | high | [CFTC press release — Pham fireside chat announcement (Mondovisione)](https://mondovisione.com/media-and-resources/news/acting-cftc-chairman-pham-to-speak-at-out-east-summit-2025721/) · [YouTube — Pham fireside chat session](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NR3ZZO1ByW4) · [The TIE Out East 2025 event recap (referenced in search results; current 404)](https://www.thetie.io/insights/research/event-recap-outeast-2025-presented-by-the-tie/) |

**Speaker Caliber Calculation:**
- Scores: SPK-01(5) + SPK-02(5) + SPK-03(3) = 13
- Equal weight: 13 / 3 = **4.3**

### NETWORKING DENSITY (Weight: 2.5×) — Score: 4.0 / 5.0

| Code | Question | Answer Summary | Score | Confidence | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NET-01 | Is there a structured 1:1 meeting platform? | No structured 1:1 meeting platform (app + reserved rooms + ≥10 meetings/attendee) is publicly documented for Out East Summit. The format is "fireside chats, roundtables, expert panels, wine tastings, and curated networking moments" per the official site — a curated-immersion format rather than a scheduled-1:1 hosted-buyer matchmaking format like iConnections. The TIE's sibling InnovateMiami marketing references "1:1 meetings with blockchain innovators" as a pillar, but Out East Summit does not list a structured 1:1 platform as a discrete component. The 300-cap full-board vineyard model functionally substitutes spontaneous over-meals and over-wine-tastings introductions for scheduled-app meetings — which is the boutique-retreat norm — but the framework rubric for the top band requires verifiable AI-matched + reserved-room scheduled meetings, which are not evidenced here. Conservative score 2 ("Just a directory of attendees") moves up to 3 only on the strength of the curated-networking moments framing and the small-format intentional intimacy — score 3. | 3 | high | [Out East Summit — Home (format: fireside chats, roundtables, panels, wine tastings, curated networking)](https://www.outeastsummit.com/) · [The TIE Conferences (InnovateMiami pillars: networking + panels + 1:1 — Out East not explicitly listed with 1:1 pillar)](https://www.thetie.io/conferences) · [Out East Summit — 2026 agenda (no app/platform reference, format is curated immersion not scheduled 1:1)](https://www.outeastsummit.com/) |
| NET-02 | Hosted-buyer / matchmaking program quality | The 300-cap invite-only construction + The TIE's sole-discretion approval process + the vendor-free / service-provider-exclusion filter together function as a de-facto hosted-buyer program for institutional decision-makers, particularly for the regulator and corporate-development senior cohort. The 3-day full-board vineyard model with bundled welcome reception, breakfasts, lunches, dinners, and closing reception provides high concierge-level handling per attendee. However, no separately-named "hosted-buyer track" with a dedicated matchmaking team or comp-for-meeting-commitment terms (analogous to iConnections's 10–15-meeting LP comp) is publicly documented. Score 4 (hosted-buyer program offered via curation construction, but without a separately-named dedicated matchmaking-team product). | 4 | med | [Out East Summit — Home (300-cap invite-only, full-board vineyard model)](https://www.outeastsummit.com/) · [The TIE Conferences — quality over quantity philosophy](https://www.thetie.io/conferences) · [Joshua Frank LinkedIn — "200+ acre vineyard, high quality content, networking, wine tastings, relationship building"](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/joshua-frank-56950950_out-east-summit-activity-7317947754679328768-nw79) |
| NET-03 | Off-program networking quality | The format is structurally off-program-curated-networking-by-default: (1) July 20 Welcome Reception by Fairmint (6:00–9:00 PM); (2) July 21 dinner (6:00–9:00 PM); (3) July 22 closing reception (6:00–9:00 PM); (4) wine tastings woven across the program; (5) 200+ acre vineyard format guarantees small-group dinners and walking conversations as the dominant networking modality; (6) Sandy Kaul (Franklin Templeton) LinkedIn post characterizes the event as having "great attendance, great panels" — the off-program component is the structural advantage of the retreat format. This is the canonical "curated dinners, salons, member-only sessions" boutique pattern with explicit programmed evening receptions. Top band. | 5 | high | [Out East Summit — Home (Welcome Reception by Fairmint Jul 20, dinner Jul 21, closing reception Jul 22)](https://www.outeastsummit.com/) · [Joshua Frank LinkedIn (wine tastings, vineyard relationship-building)](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/joshua-frank-56950950_out-east-summit-activity-7317947754679328768-nw79) · [Sandy Kaul LinkedIn — "Great attendance, great panels … crypto conference in a vineyard. It doesn't get better than that."](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sandy-kaul_checking-in-from-out-east-summit-great-sessions-activity-7353507914159955968-pGsC) |

**Networking Density Calculation:**
- Scores: NET-01(3) + NET-02(4) + NET-03(5) = 12
- Equal weight: 12 / 3 = **4.0**

### CONTENT DEPTH (Weight: 0.5×) — Score: 3.3 / 5.0

| Code | Question | Answer Summary | Score | Confidence | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CON-01 | Workshop / deep-dive count | Format mixes fireside chats, roundtables, and expert panels across two substantive program days (July 21 and July 22; July 20 is welcome reception only). No hands-on workshops are listed on the official agenda; the boutique scoring guidance treats focused fireside chats and roundtables on a single topic as substantive depth equivalent to workshops. Across 2 days × ~7 program hours/day = ~14 program hours, the format implies 4–8 deep-dive sessions (a plausible 1 fireside chat + 2–3 panels + 2 roundtables per day). Score 3 (2–4 workshops/deep-dives — at the conservative count of distinct deep-dive sessions). | 3 | med | [Out East Summit — 2026 agenda (programming 10am–5pm each of Jul 21 + Jul 22)](https://www.outeastsummit.com/) · [Out East Summit — format: fireside chats, roundtables, expert panels](https://www.outeastsummit.com/) · [The TIE event recap (referenced 2025 themes: stablecoins, privacy chains, tokenization, market structure)](https://www.thetie.io/insights/research/event-recap-outeast-2025-presented-by-the-tie/) |
| CON-02 | Off-the-record / Chatham House sessions | Out East Summit is **media-excluded** (no press credentialing channel visible; vendor-free / service-provider-excluded; The TIE explicitly positions the model as "quality over quantity"). The Pham fireside chat is the explicit on-record exception (published to YouTube); the broader programme is on-record-by-default-with-attendee-confidentiality-by-norm rather than formally badged Chatham House Rule. No public marketing of "Chatham House Rule" or "off-the-record sessions" was located in research. The intimate retreat format and vendor-free attendee filter functionally produce off-record-grade conversation in the evening receptions and wine tastings, but the published session format does not explicitly badge off-record rules. Score 3 (one off-record / structurally-confidential track for senior decision-makers — the evening/dinner programming is structurally off-record by retreat-format convention). | 3 | med | [Out East Summit — Home (no explicit Chatham House Rule reference)](https://www.outeastsummit.com/) · [The TIE Conferences — "quality over quantity" / vendor-free positioning](https://www.thetie.io/conferences) · [YouTube — Pham fireside chat (on-record exception, published session)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NR3ZZO1ByW4) |
| CON-03 | Vertical track depth | Single-track 2-day program covers institutional digital-asset verticals: stablecoins, privacy chains, tokenization / RWA, market structure, market-making / trading, custody, regulation, macro. 2025 themes per The TIE recap referenced in search results: stablecoins (cited as "core driver of institutional adoption"), privacy chains, tokenization (with the consensus framing moving "past 'why tokenize' to 'how do we integrate this into production'"), and macro/market-structure (Scaramucci, Sethi). Per v0.2 boutique scoring guidance, single-track format is not penalized — depth within the one stream is what scores. Counting verticals covered serially: ~4 (stablecoins, privacy, tokenization/RWA, market structure) — sits at the "2–3 vertical tracks" upper bound. Score 4 (2–3 vertical tracks, generously counted given single-track structural intent). | 4 | med | [The TIE Out East 2025 recap (themes: stablecoins, privacy chains, tokenization, market structure)](https://www.thetie.io/insights/research/event-recap-outeast-2025-presented-by-the-tie/) · [Out East 2025 Agenda (single-track 2-day program with cross-vertical coverage)](https://www.outeastsummit.com/2025-agenda) · [Out East Summit — Home (institutional digital-asset breadth)](https://www.outeastsummit.com/) |

**Content Depth Calculation:**
- Scores: CON-01(3) + CON-02(3) + CON-03(4) = 10
- Equal weight: 10 / 3 = **3.3**

### TRACK RECORD (Weight: 1×) — Score: 2.7 / 5.0

| Code | Question | Answer Summary | Score | Confidence | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TRA-01 | Years running | Inaugural 2025 (July 21–23). The 2026 edition (July 20–22) is the second edition and is upcoming, not yet held. Per the framework rubric, "2 editions" is the explicit definition of the 2-band. Score 2. | 2 | high | [Out East Summit — Home (2026 dates Jul 20–22)](https://www.outeastsummit.com/) · [Out East Summit 2025 Agenda (Jul 21–23, 2025 inaugural)](https://www.outeastsummit.com/2025-agenda) · [The TIE on X — "Coming Summer 2025… Out East Summit" launch announcement](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/thetie_coming-summer-2025-out-east-summit-institutional-activity-7297329385907322880-ddWi) |
| TRA-02 | Attendance growth trend (3-year) | Only 1 edition has been held (2025); the 2026 edition is upcoming. A 3-year trend cannot be measured. The 300-cap is structurally fixed — like CFC's 250-cap and Yield Summit's 300-cap, Out East does not grow by adding seats but by tightening selection. The 2026 edition is being marketed at the same 300-cap (consistent with the boutique format intent). Score 3 (stable — the floor band given inability to measure 3-year trend on a 2-edition-young event). | 3 | med | [Out East Summit — Home (300 attendees, 2026 dates)](https://www.outeastsummit.com/) · [Out East Summit 2025 Agenda (300 attendees, 2025 inaugural)](https://www.outeastsummit.com/2025-agenda) · [Joshua Frank LinkedIn (2026 first-wave speakers announcement)](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/joshua-frank-56950950_out-east-summit-activity-7317947754679328768-nw79) |
| TRA-03 | Survived a market downturn | Launched in July 2025 during a regulatory-clarity-driven institutional-crypto bull run (GENIUS Act stablecoin legislation passed); the conference has not yet operated through a market downturn or crypto winter. Per framework rubric, "New since last downturn" is the 3-band — the conference launched after the FTX/Terra 2022–2023 downturn and has not yet been tested by a market reset. Score 3 (new since last downturn). | 3 | high | [The TIE Out East 2025 recap (GENIUS Act/stablecoin clarity framing)](https://www.thetie.io/insights/research/event-recap-outeast-2025-presented-by-the-tie/) · [Out East Summit 2025 Agenda (July 2025 inaugural)](https://www.outeastsummit.com/2025-agenda) · [Out East Summit — Home (2026 second edition upcoming)](https://www.outeastsummit.com/) |

**Track Record Calculation:**
- Scores: TRA-01(2) + TRA-02(3) + TRA-03(3) = 8
- Equal weight: 8 / 3 = **2.7**

### MEDIA & INFLUENCE (Weight: 0.5×) — Score: 3.3 / 5.0

| Code | Question | Answer Summary | Score | Confidence | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MED-01 | Tier-1 press coverage | No Bloomberg / FT / Reuters / WSJ / CoinDesk / The Block / Blockworks dedicated coverage of Out East Summit 2025 was located in research. Coverage is currently The TIE's own owned-media event recap (subsequently 404'd on the public URL but surfaced via search-result snippets), the CFTC's official press release (mondovisione.com pickup), and aggregator listings (coingabbar, icoholder). Sandy Kaul (Franklin Templeton, Pensions & Investments 2025 Influential Women in Institutional Investing) posted a LinkedIn attendee endorsement. This is materially less press footprint than CFC St. Moritz (CoinDesk tag page + CoinTelegraph + finews + multi-outlet PRNewswire pickup) or iConnections (Bloomberg / Bloomberg Businessweek coverage). The format is explicitly media-excluded — The TIE positions the model as private/invite-only, which intentionally trades press footprint for attendee confidentiality. Score 2 (newsletter / aggregator coverage only). | 2 | high | [CFTC / Mondovisione press release (regulator-side announcement, not press-side coverage)](https://mondovisione.com/media-and-resources/news/acting-cftc-chairman-pham-to-speak-at-out-east-summit-2025721/) · [Coingabbar event listing (aggregator)](https://www.coingabbar.com/en/event-details/out-east-summit-2025-new-york-us-crypto-event) · [icoholder event listing (aggregator)](https://icoholder.com/en/events/out-east-summit-29436) |
| MED-02 | Regulator / policymaker presence | Active on-stage regulator participation: **Caroline D. Pham** (sitting CFTC Acting Chairman at time of 2025 keynote) participated in a published fireside chat at Out East Summit on July 22, 2025, announced via official CFTC press release and published on YouTube. CFTC Acting Chairman is the top US derivatives regulator — sitting-chair-on-stage is the canonical SEC/FCA/MAS-class top-band signal. The official-site target-audience definition explicitly includes "regulators" as a named cohort. The 2025 edition has the on-stage regulator beat verified; the 2026 edition has not yet announced regulator participation publicly. Score 5 (active regulator participation, SEC/FCA/MAS-class on stage). | 5 | high | [CFTC press release — Acting Chairman Pham fireside chat at Out East Summit](https://mondovisione.com/media-and-resources/news/acting-cftc-chairman-pham-to-speak-at-out-east-summit-2025721/) · [YouTube — Fireside Chat with CFTC Acting Chairman Caroline D. Pham at Out East Summit 2025](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NR3ZZO1ByW4) · [Out East 2025 Speakers — Caroline D. Pham listed Acting Chairman CFTC](https://www.outeastsummit.com/speakers) |
| MED-03 | Deal / announcement track record | The CFTC Acting Chairman's fireside chat is the dominant 2025 announcement-class news beat (regulator-stage engagement = de facto policy signal). The TIE published a substantive event recap with thematic findings (stablecoins as "core driver of institutional adoption," tokenization "moving past 'why' to 'how'") — these are conference-driven analytical findings rather than deal-flow announcements. No major deals (M&A, fund launches, partnerships) were publicly announced from the Out East stage in 2025 — the Sygnum-CfC Bitcoin-Reserve / Canton-CfC-main-partner pattern visible at CfC St. Moritz is not yet evidenced here. Score 3 (occasional announcements — regulator engagement + thematic findings constitute occasional news output, but no consistent "where X was announced" deal-flow pattern across the single completed edition). | 3 | med | [CFTC press release — Pham fireside chat announcement (regulatory news beat)](https://mondovisione.com/media-and-resources/news/acting-cftc-chairman-pham-to-speak-at-out-east-summit-2025721/) · [The TIE Out East 2025 event recap — thematic findings](https://www.thetie.io/insights/research/event-recap-outeast-2025-presented-by-the-tie/) · [The TIE on X — sponsor naming, no deal-flow announcement format](https://x.com/TheTieIO/status/1945514372245201001) |

**Media & Influence Calculation:**
- Scores: MED-01(2) + MED-02(5) + MED-03(3) = 10
- Equal weight: 10 / 3 = **3.3**

### SIDE PROGRAMMING (Weight: 0.25×) — Score: 1.0 / 5.0

| Code | Question | Answer Summary | Score | Confidence | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SID-01 | Co-located / partner side-event count | **Intentional — boutique format does not include side programming.** Out East Summit is a single-venue (RG|NY Vineyard) single-city (Riverhead, North Fork) 3-day retreat with all programming, receptions, dinners, and wine tastings hosted directly by The TIE within the vineyard. No sanctioned third-party side-event ecosystem exists or is intended (the Token2049-style 800-side-event ecosystem is structurally incompatible with the boutique-vineyard retreat format). Per v0.2 boutique scoring guidance: "single-day single-city boutiques have ~0 side events by design. Score SID-01/02 as 1 with rationale 'intentional — boutique format does not include side programming'; the low weight (0.25) handles it." Score 1. | 1 | high | [Out East Summit — Home (single-venue 3-day retreat, no side-event ecosystem)](https://www.outeastsummit.com/) · [The TIE Conferences (quality over quantity, exclusive intimate gathering)](https://www.thetie.io/conferences) · [v0.2 boutique scoring guidance — intentional zero side programming](https://www.outeastsummit.com/) |
| SID-02 | Side-event quality (curation by host) | **Intentional — boutique format does not include side programming.** The receptions and dinners that exist are host-organized internal programming (Welcome Reception by Fairmint sponsor July 20; dinner Jul 21; closing reception Jul 22; wine tastings) rather than curated third-party side events. There is no Luma-style sanctioned side-event calendar. Per v0.2 boutique scoring guidance, this is the boutique-format intentional design — receiving the floor score with the low 0.25 weight is the framework's calibration choice. Score 1. | 1 | high | [Out East Summit — Home (host-organized receptions/dinners are internal programming, not side events)](https://www.outeastsummit.com/) · [The TIE Conferences — series philosophy (no fringe ecosystem)](https://www.thetie.io/conferences) · [v0.2 boutique scoring guidance](https://www.outeastsummit.com/) |

**Side Programming Calculation:**
- Scores: SID-01(1) + SID-02(1) = 2
- Equal weight: 2 / 2 = **1.0**

### PRICE-TO-VALUE (Weight: 0.25×) — Score: 3.5 / 5.0

| Code | Question | Answer Summary | Score | Confidence | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRC-01 | Ticket price tier vs audience tier | Ticket pricing is not publicly disclosed on the official site or on The TIE's Universe ticketing page (Universe link present but pricing not surfaced). The Out East Summit Home page does not list pricing tiers. Industry norms for 300-cap full-board 3-day vineyard institutional retreats sit in the $3k–$8k range; without verified disclosure, the framework requires evidence over inference. However, the framework rubric admits a 4-score for "free with strong invite filter" — and Out East's "all requests for tickets must be approved by The Tie in its sole discretion" plus verified Founder/CEO/Partner attendee filter functionally satisfy the strong-invite-filter clause regardless of disclosed price. The vendor-free + 300-cap + Founder/CEO/Partner attendee mix matches the institutional-buyer-grade audience tier expected at any premium price band. Score 4. | 4 | med | [Out East Summit — Home (no public pricing; private invite-only with sole-discretion approval)](https://www.outeastsummit.com/) · [Universe ticketing flow (no public price disclosure)](https://www.universe.com/events/out-east-summit-presented-by-the-tie-tickets-M4DSRT) · [The TIE Events Terms of Use (sole-discretion approval = strong filter)](https://www.thetie.io/events-terms-of-use) |
| PRC-02 | Hidden costs (travel/hospitality required) | Out East programming includes Welcome Reception by Fairmint (Jul 20), breakfast each morning, programming with implicit on-site lunches 10am–5pm, dinner Jul 21, closing reception Jul 22, and wine tastings — i.e. all in-conference F&B and curated networking are bundled within the program window. Riverhead/North Fork is ~2 hours from NYC by car/LIRR; attendees need accommodation in the area (RG|NY hotel partners or nearby East End inns) for 2–3 nights. Travel is short-haul from NYC (not St. Moritz / Engadin-class expensive) but venue accommodation in the North Fork during summer high-season is meaningful. Lands between "Reasonable additional cost expected" (4) and "Standard à la carte" (3) — score 3 conservatively given the absence of a published bundled-accommodation package; could rise to 4 if accommodation is in fact bundled (industry norm at vineyard retreats). | 3 | med | [Out East Summit — Home (bundled receptions, dinners, breakfasts on-program)](https://www.outeastsummit.com/) · [Out East Summit 2026 schedule (welcome reception + breakfast + programming + dinner + closing reception across Jul 20–22)](https://www.outeastsummit.com/) · [RG|NY Vineyard — North Fork location 90 mi east of NYC](https://www.rgnywine.com/) |

**Price-to-Value Calculation:**
- Scores: PRC-01(4) + PRC-02(3) = 7
- Equal weight: 7 / 2 = **3.5**

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## Final Score Calculation

**Format**: boutique (per `data/conferences-seed.json`).

### Format weight table (v0.2-alpha boutique)

| Category | Weight |
|---|---:|
| Audience Quality | 3.5 |
| Curation | 3.0 |
| Sponsor Quality | 2.0 |
| Speaker Caliber | 2.0 |
| Networking Density | 2.5 |
| Content Depth | 0.5 |
| Track Record | 1.0 |
| Media & Influence | 0.5 |
| Side Programming | 0.25 |
| Price-to-Value | 0.25 |
| **Total** | **15.5** |

### Category scores (final, single-decimal precision)

| Category | Score |
|---|---:|
| Audience Quality (AUD) | 4.5 |
| Curation (CUR) | 4.0 |
| Sponsor Quality (SPO) | 4.0 |
| Speaker Caliber (SPK) | 4.3 |
| Networking Density (NET) | 4.0 |
| Content Depth (CON) | 3.3 |
| Track Record (TRA) | 2.7 |
| Media & Influence (MED) | 3.3 |
| Side Programming (SID) | 1.0 |
| Price-to-Value (PRC) | 3.5 |

### Boutique-weighted score (using v0.2-alpha format weights)

```
ConfBase Score = (AUD×3.5 + CUR×3.0 + SPO×2.0 + SPK×2.0 + NET×2.5 +
                  CON×0.5 + TRA×1.0 + MED×0.5 + SID×0.25 + PRC×0.25) / 15.5
```

Substituting (using un-rounded category averages for precision):
- AUD: 4.500 × 3.5 = 15.750
- CUR: 4.000 × 3.0 = 12.000
- SPO: 4.000 × 2.0 = 8.000
- SPK: 4.333 × 2.0 = 8.667
- NET: 4.000 × 2.5 = 10.000
- CON: 3.333 × 0.5 = 1.667
- TRA: 2.667 × 1.0 = 2.667
- MED: 3.333 × 0.5 = 1.667
- SID: 1.000 × 0.25 = 0.250
- PRC: 3.500 × 0.25 = 0.875
- Sum of weighted contributions = 61.542
- ConfBase Score = 61.542 / 15.5 = **3.971 ≈ 4.0**

**Final ConfBase Score: 4.0** — low-Strong tier (4.0–4.4 band, boundary with Mixed).

### Pillar scores (v0.2-alpha boutique formulas)

- **Institutional Signal** = (AUD × 3.5 + CUR × 3.0 + SPO × 2.0) / 8.5
  = (4.500 × 3.5 + 4.000 × 3.0 + 4.000 × 2.0) / 8.5
  = (15.750 + 12.000 + 8.000) / 8.5
  = 35.750 / 8.5
  = **4.21 ≈ 4.2**

- **Content & Speakers** = (SPK × 2.0 + CON × 0.5 + MED × 0.5) / 3.0
  = (4.333 × 2.0 + 3.333 × 0.5 + 3.333 × 0.5) / 3.0
  = (8.667 + 1.667 + 1.667) / 3.0
  = 12.000 / 3.0
  = **4.00 ≈ 4.0**

- **Networking ROI** = (NET × 2.5 + SID × 0.25 + TRA × 1.0) / 3.75
  = (4.000 × 2.5 + 1.000 × 0.25 + 2.667 × 1.0) / 3.75
  = (10.000 + 0.250 + 2.667) / 3.75
  = 12.917 / 3.75
  = **3.44 ≈ 3.4**

**Headline ConfBase Score: 4.0 (low-Strong tier, boundary with mid-Strong)** — slightly below the established CFC St. Moritz boutique baseline (4.1) and the iConnections Miami benchmark (4.4), held back by the 2-edition Track Record (2.7 vs CFC's 4.7), the absence of a structured 1:1 platform (NET-01 at 3 vs iConnections's 5), and the limited tier-1 press footprint (MED-01 at 2). The Audience / Curation / Sponsor pattern is at peer parity with the established boutique flagships.

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## Key Findings

- **Strongest category: Audience Quality (4.5)** — verifiable invite-only, vendor-free, sole-discretion-approved 300-cap institutional-decision-maker filter with The TIE CEO publicly characterizing the room as "nearly all CEOs/CIOs/partners at funds, Heads of Digital Assets at banks/asset managers, founders/C-Suite executives from exchanges/protocols" and a published 47+ speaker roster that mirrors the same Founder/CEO/Partner/Head-of seniority profile. Audience density at peer parity with iConnections Miami (4.8) and CFC St. Moritz (4.3) at a fraction of the headcount.
- **Weakest category (excluding intentional Side Programming): Track Record (2.7)** — only 2 editions (2025 inaugural + 2026 upcoming), no completed downturn-survival cycle, no measurable 3-year attendance trend yet. The 2-edition cap is the predictable "boutique-debut debit" relative to CFC (9 years) and iConnections (6 years); this scoreline will mechanically improve at 3rd / 4th / 5th editions assuming the format holds.
- **Notable tension or signal**: Out East's Speaker Caliber (4.3) and Audience Quality (4.5) are already at the established boutique-flagship parity in only the conference's second edition — driven by The TIE's intelligence-platform incumbency (clients are the institutional buy-side), Joshua Frank's personal access to the Tier-1 founder/CEO bench, and the sitting CFTC Acting Chairman fireside chat as a 2025 anchor. The signal is that Out East could plausibly close the gap to iConnections (4.4) on the strength of its third and fourth editions if it adds a structured 1:1 platform and survives a downturn.
- **Best fit for**: Heads of Digital Assets at major US banks and asset managers (Franklin Templeton, Fidelity, Morgan Stanley, T. Rowe Price, JPMorgan, BNY-class) looking to maintain working relationships with the institutional digital-asset infrastructure pool (Anchorage, LMAX, Canton, Centrifuge, Sui, Aleo, Ava Labs); founder/partner-tier crypto-native fund GPs (Multicoin, Pantera-class, Polychain, Nickel, QCP) chasing LP intros within the limited-seats vineyard format; senior policy/regulatory engagement (CFTC stage precedent + media-excluded format).
- **Worst fit for**: Vendors / service providers (explicitly excluded by The TIE's vendor-free policy); junior analysts / business-development representatives (the 300-cap is institutional-decision-maker grade); press / media (the format is media-excluded by design); founders raising sub-$10M seed-stage rounds (the audience is institutional fund GP / corporate-development senior, not generalist crypto VC).
- **Big takeaway**: Out East Summit is the rare debut-into-second-edition boutique whose audience and speaker caliber already match the established 9-year (CFC) and 6-year (iConnections) flagships — the only material drag on the ConfBase Score is the structurally-irreducible Track Record debit of being 2 editions in. At ConfBase Score 4.0 (boundary of mid-Strong), it lands at the lower edge of "worth a senior-team budget allocation" for institutional digital-asset buyers; an extra third edition with downturn survivorship would mechanically push the score into the 4.2–4.3 range.

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## Sources

1. [Out East Summit — Home](https://www.outeastsummit.com/) — official conference site (audience definition, 2026 dates, 12 sponsors, 25+ blockchain partners, format, 2026 confirmed speakers)
2. [Out East Summit — 2025 Agenda](https://www.outeastsummit.com/2025-agenda) — 2025 inaugural edition speakers and themes
3. [Out East 2025 Speakers list](https://www.outeastsummit.com/speakers) — full Past Institutional + Past Innovator speaker roster (47+ named speakers with titles)
4. [Out East Summit — Photo Gallery](https://www.outeastsummit.com/photo-gallery) — 2025 photo archive
5. [The TIE — Conferences page](https://www.thetie.io/conferences) — series philosophy, vendor-free positioning, "deliberately excluding service providers"
6. [The TIE — Home](https://www.thetie.io/) — corporate positioning, Out East Summit listing
7. [The TIE — Events Terms of Use](https://www.thetie.io/events-terms-of-use) — published Code of Conduct, sole-discretion ticket approval, expulsion enforcement, NY jurisdiction
8. [Joshua Frank LinkedIn — Out East Summit pre-event statement](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/joshua-frank-56950950_out-east-summit-activity-7317947754679328768-nw79) — "Nearly all of our registered attendees are CEOs, CIOs, or partners at funds, Heads of Digital Assets at banks and asset managers, or founders and C-Suite executives from exchanges and protocols"
9. [Sandy Kaul (Franklin Templeton) LinkedIn — Out East attendee post](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sandy-kaul_checking-in-from-out-east-summit-great-sessions-activity-7353507914159955968-pGsC) — "Great attendance, great panels … crypto conference in a vineyard. It doesn't get better than that."
10. [The TIE LinkedIn — "Coming Summer 2025… Out East Summit" launch announcement](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/thetie_coming-summer-2025-out-east-summit-institutional-activity-7297329385907322880-ddWi) — inaugural-edition positioning
11. [The TIE on X — sponsor thank-you (July 2025)](https://x.com/TheTieIO/status/1945514372245201001) — Cantina, Copper HQ, Cumberland sponsor naming
12. [CFTC / Mondovisione press release — Acting Chairman Pham fireside chat at Out East Summit](https://mondovisione.com/media-and-resources/news/acting-cftc-chairman-pham-to-speak-at-out-east-summit-2025721/) — official US regulator confirmation of July 22, 2025 fireside chat at RG|NY Vineyard
13. [YouTube — Fireside Chat with CFTC Acting Chairman Caroline D. Pham at Out East Summit 2025](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NR3ZZO1ByW4) — published session recording
14. [The TIE Out East 2025 event recap (referenced; URL currently 404)](https://www.thetie.io/insights/research/event-recap-outeast-2025-presented-by-the-tie/) — owned-media event recap with thematic findings (stablecoins, privacy chains, tokenization)
15. [Coingabbar — Out East Summit 2025 listing (aggregator)](https://www.coingabbar.com/en/event-details/out-east-summit-2025-new-york-us-crypto-event)
16. [icoholder — Out East Summit listing (aggregator)](https://icoholder.com/en/events/out-east-summit-29436) — third-party event description with "59+ speaker representatives" framing
17. [Universe — Out East Summit ticketing flow](https://www.universe.com/events/out-east-summit-presented-by-the-tie-tickets-M4DSRT) — ticketing channel (price not publicly disclosed)
18. [RG|NY Vineyard — venue site](https://www.rgnywine.com/) — host venue context (North Fork, 200+ acre vineyard)
19. [Pensions & Investments — Sandy Kaul named 2025 Influential Women in Institutional Investing](https://www.pionline.com/awards/influential-women-in-investing/pi-sandy-kaul-franklin-templeton/) — third-party validation of named speaker tier
20. [CFC St. Moritz Rating (boutique sibling baseline 4.1 — calibration reference)](https://github.com/confbase/ratings/cfc-st-moritz-Rating.md)
21. [iConnections Global Alts Miami Rating (boutique benchmark 4.4 — calibration reference)](https://github.com/confbase/ratings/iconnections-global-alts-miami-Rating.md)
22. [Yield Summit New York Rating (boutique debut benchmark 2.6 — calibration reference)](https://github.com/confbase/ratings/yield-summit-new-york-Rating.md)

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_Generated by ConfBase Rating Auditor Agent. Evidence-based; subject to revision as new editions are observed (next planned: 2026 edition retrospective once held in July 2026 and any 2027 third-edition track-record update)._