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FORTUNE CONFERENCES
Where the Best Minds in Business Meet
FORTUNE, long the quality leader among American business publications, is also the top producer of conferences for senior executives. FORTUNE's unique ability to bring together leading people across all industries, to synthesize trends in a big picture context and to design formats that encourage idea generation leads to a high value learning experience at every conference. The 2003 Conference Calendar will feature programs led by FORTUNE editors guaranteed to spark ideas and shape strategies. Click below for details on the following events:
PROGRAM CONTENT
Conference programs are developed with the guidance of FORTUNE editors, whose journalistic perspective provides unique insights into the key trends and dynamic people that are driving business. Each program is tailored to the immediate needs of its audience, with themes and speakers carefully selected to deliver maximum value. To suggest a speaker for a FORTUNE conference, please direct background information to Program Director by e-mail at conferences@fortune.com, or by fax at U.S.A. (212) 522-1383. Speaker ideas are much appreciated, but we regret that high volumes do not allow us to accept suggestions by telephone.
SPONSORSHIPS
A limited number of corporate sponsorships are available at most FORTUNE conferences. If you would like sponsorship information, please contact the Director of Special Projects by e-mail at conferences@fortune.com, or by fax on your company letterhead at U.S.A. (212) 522-1383. Please indicate which conference you are interested in and what company you are inquiring on behalf of in your e-mail. Thank you.
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Beyond the Rules: The New Realities of Corporate Governance
January 13, 2003
New York City
The changing regulatory and legislative landscape has forced a monumental shift in business practices for those responsible for financial management and disclosure. This program will start with an assessment of the Sarbanes-Oxley requirements and then move into the strategic implications of these changes for the senior leaders and directors of leading companies. Our speakers will include Skadden Arps Partner Robert S. Bennett, Colgate-Palmolive CFO Stephen Patrick, and others to be announced. FORTUNE's Editorial Director and Wall $treet Week co-anchor Geoff Colvin will moderate. Sessions are off-the-record.
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Brainstorm 2003: The FORTUNE Editors' Invitational
July 28-30, 2003
Aspen, Colorado
Jack Kemp called the 2002 Brainstorm "a remarkable conference by FORTUNE, which I believe very well may come to supersede Davos as the most important world forum on globalization." For two days each July, the editors of FORTUNE bring together an eclectic group of supersmart leaders from business, government, science, academia, the arts, and the non-profit sector to explore the long-term trends shaping the future of business. Previous participants have included King Abdullah of Jordan, Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres, former President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, along with CEOs, renowned scientists, entertainers, and economists. The group is selected and invited by FORTUNE's editors, who moderate the event and have drawn extensively on its content to produce articles for the magazine.
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FORTUNE Boardroom Forum
New York, March 2003
Chicago, June 2003
The fundamental responsibilities of the board have not changed--but the job of being a corporate board chairman or director has never been more demanding. This working session will bring together some of the world's most respected board members and experts on governance to explore the key issues facing boards, with an emphasis on the practical realities: defensive and offensive moves that can avert crisis and make the board into a source of competitive advantage. Geoff Colvin, FORTUNE's Editorial Director and the co-anchor of PBS's Wall Street Week, will be joined by renowned CEO advisor, Ram Charan, as moderators of the sessions. Building on the success of the 2002 FORTUNE Boardroom Forums, FORTUNE will hold a new two-city series. The audience will be composed of between fifty to hundred CEOs and members of boards of directors in each city, by invitation only.
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FORTUNE Most Powerful
Women in Business Summit
September 29-October 1, 2003
Scottsdale, Arizona
They're the most fearless, productive and visionary business people making history today. And they just happen to be women. For two inspiring days FORTUNE will salute these women. Approximately 200 high-powered, successful professionals will come together to share, explore and define where business is going. This unique, "insider" brainstorming and networking event coincides with the annual release of FORTUNE's groundbreaking issue, "The 50 Most Powerful Women in American Business," the fifth annual look at the female powerhouses who are changing the standards and raising the bar on how we do business.
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FORTUNE Global Forum
November 2003
Location to be announced
The FORTUNE Global Forum brings together the heads of the world's largest multi-national corporations to build relationships and to explore the key issues facing global companies. Launched in 1995, each year the Global Forum has convened in a location that is a focal point of international economic interest. Previous sites have included Singapore, Barcelona, Bangkok, Budapest, Shanghai, Paris, Hong Kong and most recently Washington D.C. To ensure the highest level of discussion, participation in the FORTUNE Global Forum is by invitation only and limited to chairmen, presidents and CEOs of major multinational companies.
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FORTUNE Boardroom Forum
December 2-3, 2002
San Francisco, California
Issues affecting CEOs and their boards have become increasingly critical in today's challenging environment. FORTUNE Editorial Director Geoffrey Colvin will be joined by renowned CEO advisor Ram Charan to moderate the sessions. Both Colvin and Charan cover corporate governance and all its implications for CEOs and boards of directors. This two-city series will focus on major themes and issues concerning the successful leadership of the corporate board. Participation is by invitation only, limited to CEOs, chairmen, and board members.
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FORTUNE Global Forum
November 11-13, 2002
Washington, D.C. (USA)
Washington, D.C. will be the site of the eighth annual FORTUNE Global Forum. A who's who of multinational CEOs, government leaders, and innovative business thinkers will attend this flagship event, led by FORTUNE editors. The Forum explores the issues, challenges, and opportunities facing mulitnational company CEOs.
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FORTUNE Boardroom Forum
October 7-8, 2002
New York, New York
Issues affecting CEOs and their boards have become increasingly critical in today's challenging environment. FORTUNE Editorial Director Geoffrey Colvin will be joined by renowned CEO advisor Ram Charan to moderate the sessions. Both Colvin and Charan cover corporate governance and all its implications for CEOs and boards of directors. This two-city series will focus on major themes and issues concerning the successful leadership of the corporate board. Participation is by invitation only, limited to CEOs, chairmen, and board members.
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FORTUNE Most Powerful Women in Business Forum
September 30-October 1, 2002
New York, New York
This event brings together top-level women by invitation only. The program, developed by FORTUNE editors, begins with a gala dinner on September 30, to celebrate the release of FORTUNE's 2002 "Most Powerful Women in Business" list. It continues with a full day of interactive sessions, including panel discussions and dialogues, on October 1.
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Brainstorm 2002
July 29-31, 2002
Aspen, Colorado
For two days in July, FORTUNE will gather an eclectic group of thought leaders to exchange ideas on a wide range of topics. The program will include panels, short vignettes, and interviews by FORTUNE editors. The first BRAINSTORM was held in Aspen in August, 2001 and resulted in articles that appeared in the November 26 issue of FORTUNE featuring participants Madeleine Albright, Marc Andreessen, Bill Clinton, John Doerr, Michael Eisner, Juan Hernandez, Bill Joy, Shelly Lazarus, Gerald Levin, Dawn Meyerriecks, and N. Scott Momaday. Participation is by invitation only. The audience will be composed of leaders from a variety of fields, including top corporate executives, economists, technologists, entertainers, scientists, government officials, and others.
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FORTUNE Leadership Forum
In association with Gary Hamel and STRATEGOS
April 9-10, 2002
Chicago, Illinois
Last November, FORTUNE presented the highly acclaimed conference, "Leadership in Turbulent Times," in New York City. This timely event brought together a remarkable group of leaders to discuss how to keep companies and their people moving forward in the face of crisis. Because of the outpouring of interest, and because new realities are ratcheting up the importance of leadership, we have decided to continue—in Chicago this coming April—the dynamic discussion begun last fall.
The Leadership Forum will bring together giants from the FORTUNE 500 as well as agile newcomers to explore what it takes to turn challenge into opportunity and drive business renewal and growth in "The New Age of Business." Confirmed speakers include Phil Condit of Boeing, Michael Dell of Dell Computer, Christopher Galvin of Motorola, Robert Pittman of AOL Time Warner, and legendary former GE chairman and CEO Jack Welch, as well as other top leaders.
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FORTUNE Most Powerful
Women in Business Summit
March 6-8, 2002
Palm Springs, California
The people who fill the top echelon of the business world are anything but conventional. They're bold, innovative and they're redesigning the economic landscape as we know it. Many of them also happen to be women. Introducing FORTUNE's Most Powerful Women in Business Summit—an extension of our highly regarded "50 Most Powerful Women in Business" issue (October 15, 2001).
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Leadership in Turbulent Times
A Benefit Conference
November 7-8, 2001
New York City
Join leading CEOs and Mayor Rudolph Giuliani for a benefit conference that will address the extraordinary new challenges faced by American companies in the aftermath of September 11. The program will speak to the needs of senior executives whose inspired leadership is essential to the continued success of their companies and our economy. Other confirmed speakers include: Gordon Bethune, Steve Case, Michael Dell, Jeff Immelt, Andrea Jung, and many more. FORTUNE columnist, author, and consultant, Gary Hamel, will chair the event. All registration fees will be donated to the American Red Cross.
The FORTUNE 500 CIO Roundtable
November 6, 2001
New York City
The 2001 FORTUNE 500 CIO Roundtable will explore the topic of "CIOs at the Center of Change: Technology as Catalyst for Growth." While there was no shortage of business issues prior to September 11—relentless margin pressure, the increasingly empowered customer, anemic growth—the Roundtable will also address the added need to forge ahead in the face of heightened security concerns, plummeting consumer confidence, weakened forecasts, and restricted mobility.
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Brainstorm 2001: The FORTUNE Editors' Invitational
August 1-3, 2001
Aspen, Colorado
FORTUNE's top editors and writers have invited the smartest people they know to join a series of discussions in Aspen that will tackle the key issues—human, social, national, global, environmental— we face in the near future. The group consists of experts in an enormous variety of fields, ranging from biotech, energy, finance, health care, law, manufacturing, technology and transportation to demographics, environment, filmmaking, international relations, literature, and sports.
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