- One-day, high-impact event will focus on issues facing
public companies applicable to investor relations, finance, and
communications teams at all levels.
- Join Nasdaq with NIRI chapters of Los Angeles, Orange County,
and San Diego on May 16th, 2024, in Irvine, CA.
Insert the following at end of "ESG at Crossroads" panel
discussion section of release issued April 29, 2024:
Megan Bloomer, PhD, Vice President of Sustainability & CSR,
Cheesecake Factory Michael Miller, Senior Manager at Deloitte,
Sustainability & ESG Services Chad Spitler, Founder and CEO,
Third Economy
The updated release reads:
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA NIRI CHAPTERS AND NASDAQ
HOST THE 2ND ANNUAL NIRI SOCAL CONFERENCE
- One-day, high-impact event will focus on issues facing public
companies applicable to investor relations, finance, and
communications teams at all levels.
- Join Nasdaq with NIRI chapters of Los Angeles, Orange County,
and San Diego on May 16th, 2024, in Irvine, CA.
The Southern California chapters of the NIRI (the association
for investor relations) and Nasdaq will co-host the second annual
NIRI SoCal Regional Conference titled, “Seizing the Evolving
Dynamics in Investor Relations.” Corporate executives in investor
relations, finance, and corporate affairs will gather for this
one-day event to learn from experts and share experiences on the
latest issues and trends in financial, investor, and corporate
communications.
EVENT DETAILS:
Date: Thursday, May 16, 2024 Time: 8:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. PT
Location: UCI Beall Applied Innovation Center, Irvine, CA Register
Here: https://www.nirioc.org/socal-conference-2024/
Early Bird pricing is available through May 3, 2024!
PANEL DISCUSSIONS:
Market Mosaic: Perspectives on Capital Markets Moderated
by Jane Wells, Special Correspondent, CNBC, Editor Wells Street,
with: Edward Knight, Executive Vice Chairman, Nasdaq Steven
Litchfield, CFO, Chief Strategy Officer, MaxLinear
US Equity Outlook and Tools to Help Navigate Key Macro
Shifts Moderated by Christopher Cain, Head of Quantitative,
Equity Strategy, Bloomberg
Unlocking the Value of AI & Special Demonstration of AI
Tool Moderated by April Scee, Managing Director,
Riveron, with: Christopher Blake, Executive Director of Innovation,
S&P Global Tim Crawford, CIO Strategic Advisor, AVOA Christina
Gagnier, Partner, Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Mitchell LLP
Winning Strategies for Small /Microcap Companies
Moderated by John Moten, IRC, SVP Investor Relations, Aventiv
Technologies & Chair of NIRI, with: Mike Feher, Chief Financial
Officer, CathWorks Jon Merriman, Chief Business Officer, B. Riley
Financial Carl Wiese, Founder & Portfolio Manager, GROW Funds
LLC
Data-Driven Storytelling Presented by Steven Franconeri,
Professor of Psychology at Northwestern University and the Kellogg
School of Management
Be Active with Your Activists Moderated by Geoffrey
Weinberg, Managing Director, Morrow Sodali, with: Cynthia Hiponia,
Vice President, Investor Relations, Box Dan Moore, Founding
Partner, Collected Strategies Reuben Zaramian, Partner, Sidley
Austin LLP
ESG at Crossroads Moderated by Andrea Altman, ESG Product
Evangelist, Nasdaq Megan Bloomer, PhD, Vice President of
Sustainability & CSR, Cheesecake Factory Michael Miller, Senior
Manager at Deloitte, Sustainability & ESG Services Chad
Spitler, Founder and CEO, Third Economy
Advancing your Career Moderated by Stanley Martinez, CFA,
Portfolio Manager, City of San Diego, with: Sanya Badr, Principal
& IR Search Practice Leader, Crist|Kolder Associates Robert
Barich, Executive Vice President, CNR Executive Search Adam
Townsend, CFO and Head of IR, Vizio
Networking Reception Hosted by Stakeholder Labs
Thanks to Our Sponsors:
Along with Nasdaq as the co-host and headline sponsor,
additional sponsors include Broadridge, Morrow Sodali, Riveron,
Irwin, S&P Global, Computershare, Rivel, Stakeholder Labs,
Business Wire, Pondel Wilkinson, Virtua, and the Buddy Group.
About NIRI: The Association for Investor Relations
Founded in 1969, NIRI is the professional association of
corporate officers and investor relations consultants responsible
for communication among corporate management, shareholders,
securities analysts, and other financial community constituents.
NIRI is the largest professional investor relations association in
the world, with members representing over 1,500 publicly held
companies and $12 trillion in stock market capitalization. Learn
more at niri.org.
About Nasdaq
Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) is a leading global technology company
serving corporate clients, investment managers, banks, brokers, and
exchange operators as they navigate and interact with the global
capital markets and the broader financial system. We aspire to
deliver world-leading platforms that improve the liquidity,
transparency, and integrity of the global economy. Our diverse
offering of data, analytics, software, exchange capabilities, and
client-centric services enables clients to optimize and execute
their business vision with confidence. To learn more about the
company, technology solutions, and career opportunities, visit us
on LinkedIn, on X @Nasdaq, or at www.nasdaq.com.
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NIRI SoCal contact: Cynthia Skoglund
cgskoglund2@gmail.com