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ICR has announced the dates and initial sponsors for the 21st annual ICR Conference. The conference, which brings together public and private company management teams, institutional investors, sell-side research analysts, investment bankers, private equity professionals and select media, will be held Jan. 14-16, 2019 at the Grand Lakes Resort in Orlando, FL. Initial sponsors for the conference include Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays, Citigroup Markets & Banking, Credit Suisse, J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo. The event is set to feature presentations by more than 150 companies, with over 2,300 attendees expected. The event is by invitation only and registration opens today, Oct. 3. To request an invitation, go to http://www.icrconference.com or email [email protected].
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As part of Communications Week (Oct. 15-19), the PRSA Tri-State Conference will be returning to New York. The conference, which runs from 8 am to 5 pm on Oct. 17, is directed toward PR, marketing and communications professionals in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. This year's theme will be “Automation & Media Relations: Technology to Evolve the PR World” and will feature keynote speakers from such companies as CBS, Etsy, Reuters, Amtrak, Goldman Sachs, Ben & Jerry’s and Pfizer. The event will take place at NYU's Kimmel Center. For more information, or to register for the conference, go to https://2018prsatristateconference.splashthat.com/. To find out more about Communications Week, go to http://www.commsweek.com/.
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Reed Public Relations founder & president Lauren Reed is teaming up with Nice Branding creative director Amy Dennis to present Nashville: The Music City Marketing Conference. The conference, which will be held Nov. 8-9 at the Nashville City Club, will cover such topics as content planning, brand voice development and cause marketing. Billed as a working conference, the event aims to help attendees develop integrated communications plans and marketing roadmaps that they can apply directly to the issues facing their businesses. Speakers will be drawn from such companies as CMT, Tractor Supply Company and Paramore Digital. The cost to attend the conference is $2,975. Scholarships will be given away to two non-profit organizations that qualify. For more information or to register to attend, go to www.nashvillemarketingconference.com.
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