The Financial Times—U.S. managing editor Gillian Tett in particular—presents best-in-class sustainable business practices and considers how they contribute to corporate profits. Contact: Chrissy McNasby, chrissy.mcnasby@ft.com, 212.641.6369, ftconferences.com/sustainableinvesting

This year's event features two different tracks: fund strategy and asset allocation. Investors focused on long/short strategies in Brazil should attend the former, while those looking to balance risk and profits in Brazilian alternatives should go to the latter—or personalize your schedule to include a mix of both. Through April 18. Contact: Felipe Lima, felipe.lima@terrapinn.com, 212.379.6320, terrapinn.com/2013/brasil-investment-summit

The captains and crews of Classic (aka J-Class) yachts—majestic long-keel vessels built between 1930 and 1937 or those made using designs from that period—set sail for the Caribbean's largest and longest-running regatta, now in its 25th year. Visitors not competing in the event's four races are welcome to dine at the Antigua Yacht Club, a superb spectators' perch. Through April 23. Contact: yachtclub@candw.ag, 268.460.1799, antiguaclassics.com

There's been a lot of talk about investing in BRICs and other emerging-market countries, but what about doing business in them? This Harvard Business School Executive Education program, designed for C-suite executives, helps detail the lay of the land. Through April 26. Contact: executive_education@hbs.edu, 800.427.5577, exed.hbs.edu/programs/bbem

Basel's new 1 million-square-foot exhibition complex, designed by noted Herzog & de Meuron, will house for the first time the annual gathering of the world's most prestigious watch and jewelry companies. This is where they reveal their newest creations to high-end buyers, enthusiasts, the media and trend scouts. Through May 2. Contact: Nicole Ritter, nicole.ritter@baselworld.com, 41.58.206.2525, baselworld.com

The 4th Annual Institutional Investor/Gleneagles Group Family Office Wealth Management Forum will equip attendees with the information they need to decide upon practical solutions to the issues they are confronting. Expert speakers and panels of your peers will help define the issues of paramount important to wealthy families and suggest viable solutions to them.

Our program will generate thought-provoking discussion and attending family office members and executives will share lessons learned on a number of matters from investment options to family structure and inter-generational issues, each one addressed from the perspective of each attendee’s personal standards, principles, beliefs, goals, and family circumstances. Relying upon the participation of skilled specialists as well as experienced family office executives and family members, this year’s Institutional Investor/Gleneagles Family Office Wealth Forum will once again provide a forum to converse with other affluent families in a comfortable environment.

Contact: Usha Bhate, ubhate@iiforums.com, 212.224.3429

Hosted by Institutional Investor and Atlanta-based MFO Gleneagles Group, this year's event—themed "Order in Chaos"—helps wealthy families and their family offices make sense of the current economic and political climate. Through May 2. Contact: Usha Bhate, ubhate@iiforums.com, 212.224.3429, iifamilyofficeforum.com