7:30 am Registration & Networking Breakfast
8:30 am Welcome and Introductions
Robert W. Grupp
Conference Director,
EXL EVENTS
President, GRUPP GLOBAL
PARTNERS LLC
OPENING KEYNOTE
8:45 am Leadership, Strategy and Communication: The Ingredients for Success in a Complex World

Admiral Thad Allen, U.S. Coast Guard (ret.), Senior Vice President,
BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON

9:45 am Networking & Refreshment Break
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
10:00 am Time, Tide and the Net Wait for No One: Leadership in the New Media Environment

Admiral Gary Roughead
Chief of Naval Operations,
United States Navy

11:00 am Stretch Break
CORPORATE DIPLOMACY
11:30 am Managing 21st Century
Public Diplomacy
New Perils, New Promise for Global Organizations Operating in a Volatile World

Dr. Kristin M. Lord
Vice President, Center for New American SecurityPreviously, Fellow in Foreign Policy Studies,
The Brookings Institution

12:30 pm Luncheon for Participants
COMMUNICATIONS CHALLENGES
2:00 pm Transparency as a Competitive Advantage: Winning the hearts and minds of your audience

Rear Admiral "T" McCreary
US Navy (ret)
President, Military AdvantagePreviously, Director of Strategic Communications for the National Counterterrorism Center and the US Special Operations Command

3:00 pm Stretch Break
TAKING A GLOBAL VIEW
3:15 pm Communications Strategies that Work: Adding Value by Building Global Brands

Mike Fernandez
Corporate Vice President,
Corporate Affairs

Cargill

FORTUNE 500 CASE STUDY
4:15 pm Taking a Fresh Look at Innovative Stakeholder Engagement Strategies

Tracy Faulkner
Vice President, External Affairs,

Shell Oil Company

5:15 pm Chairperson's Closing Remarks & Group Discussion
5:30 pm Day One Session Concludes

Networking Reception for Conference Participants & Speakers
Westin Arlington Gateway

 

 
7:30 am Networking Breakfast
8:30 am Chairperson's Introduction to
Day Two
OPENING KEYNOTE
8:45 am "Communicating in an Era of
Radical Transparency"

Letitia A. Long
Director

National Geospatial
Intelligence Agency

9:45 am Stretch Break
COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES
10:00 am Driving Conversation: Next-Generation Techniques to Reach Target Audiences

Bob Pearson
Chief Technology & Media Officer

Weiss Communications Group (WCG) Previously, Vice President of Communities and Conversations,
Dell Inc.

10:45 am Networking & Refreshment Break
INTERACTIVE PANEL
11:15 am Using Communications Technologies to Drive Stakeholder Behavior

Moderator:
Bob Pearson
Chief Technology & Media Officer,
Weiss Communications Group (WCG)

Participants:
Christophe Ginisty
Deputy Managing Director & European Technology/Digital Evangelist,
EDELMAN EMEA

H. Wesley Metheny
Senior Vice President,
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America

Raymond F. Kerins Jr.
Vice President External Affairs & Communications,
Pfizer Inc.

12:15 pm Luncheon for Participants
REORGANIZING & RETOOLING PR/PA TEAMS
1:15 pm Using Strategic Communications to Align Organization Culture, Values and Actions

James Savage
Vice President, Public Affairs and Corporate Communications

Federal Reserve Bank
of Cleveland

FORTUNE 500 CASE STUDY
2:15 pm How Transparency Translates Across Cultures and Countries: Reaching Marriott's Global Guests

Gordon Lambourne
Sr. Vice President,
Global Public Relations

Marriott International, Inc.

3:15 pm Chairperson's Closing Remarks
& Takeaways
3:30 pm Conference Concludes

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