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The WomenCorporateDirectors Foundation is sponsoring a two-day institute geared toward helping executives reevaluate their goals and strategies in light of today’s accelerated pace of technological change and rising stakeholder complexity. “Focus: How Culture, ESG, and Technology Are Radically Changing Board Agendas.” The institute will take place in Miami on Feb. 10-11, and is expected to bring together 100 directors and C-suite executives from around the world, with a special emphasis on Latin and South America, Canada, and the United States. Those set to appear include Celebrity Cruises CEO Lisa Lutoff-Perlo; David Crane, leader at The B Team and former CEO of NRG Energy, and Martha Finn Brooks, director at Jabil Circuit Inc., Bombardier and Constellium. KPMG will be lead sponsor of the event. For more information, please contact Suzanne Oaks Brownstein or Trang Mar of Temin and Company at 212/588-8788 or [email protected].
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LaVoieHealthScience is hosting an event on Dec. 19 aimed at helping health science executives get the most out of attending January’s J.P. Morgan 38th Annual Healthcare Conference in San Francisco. At the JPM Week 2020 Breakfast Panel, which will run from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the Royal Sonesta Boston, LHS president and CEO Donna LaVoie will moderate a panel of health industry pros to examine the value of attending JPM Week for health science companies. The panelists set to appear include Chris Garabedian, chairman and CEO of Xontogeny and portfolio manager at Venture for Perceptive Advisors; PureTech Health founder and CEO Daphne Zohar; VP, global head of external innovation and partnering at IPSEN Milenko Cicmil; and Jon Civitarese, managing director, investment banking at SVA Leerink LLC. For more information on the event and to register, click here.
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Osborn Barr Paramore honored the winners of its second annual Rural Spirit Awards in a ceremony at the firm’s St. Louis office on Dec. 5. The award, which recognizes individuals who have made a difference in rural communities across the U.S., comes with a $2,000 donation to a non-profit organization of each winner’s choice. Bryan Kasten, who at age 11 founded a youth organization called Kids that K.A.R.E. (Kindness Always, Respect Everyone) took home the Next Generation Rural Spirit Award. Matt Schaller, president of Michigan-based non-profit Ag Community Relief, was presented with the Rural Advocacy Rural Spirit Award. Martina Leforce, founder of the summer feeding program Berea Kids Eat was recognized with the Community Service Rural Spirit Award.
The New York Women in Communications are honoring an accomplished group of female communications professionals at the 54th Annual Matrix Awards on May 21... The USC Annenberg Center for Public Relations is placing the spotlight on purpose-driven communications at “The Balancing Act, Purpose, Politics and Polarization,” its 34th Kenneth Owler Smith Symposium on April 4... The Knight Center for Journalism in America is sponsoring The 25th International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ
The National Press Club is holding a March 20 screening of a film that depicts the dangers journalists face in Vladimir Putin’s Russia... News platform Semafor, in partnership with Gallup, will present an exclusive first look at its 2024 World Happiness Report on March 20 from 9 to 11:30 a.m... The Museum of Public Relations is sponsoring a March 14 event that looks at the role communicators played in gaining equal rights for women.
ICR is hosting a Nov. 14 The IPO Summit: Navigating the 2023 IPO Landscape,online event that will bring together CFOs, investors and other key players to share their insights and outlook on the process of going public... The Mid-Atlantic Marketing Summit, PR Summit DC and ADWKDC are being held on Thursday, Nov. 3, at Capital One Hall in Tysons, VA... The Institute for Public Relations is sponsoring a free Nov. 15 webinar on how virtual reality is reshaping the ways in which communicators do their jobs.
The Museum of Public Relations is putting a spotlight on the contributions made to the PR industry by Native Americans and Indigenous People at a virtual event on Nov. 3... The Institute for Public Relations is sponsoring an Oct. 18 webinar on that will look at the issues facing communications pros who address ESG matters... The American Marketing Association San Diego Chapter is presenting an Oct. 21 conference that will feature speakers from Walt Disney Parks, Snap Inc. and Qualcomm.
Richard Edelman presented the inaugural Daniel J. Edelman Award to NBC-TV weatherman Al Roker to honor his effort to make the world a better place during PRSA/NY's Big Apple Awards gala on Sept. 22.
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