CEO Diversity Summit: A half-day, “top-to-top” Summit that focuses on issues of diversity in corporate America. Chief Executive Officers of Fortune 500 companies and members of The Executive Leadership Council come from a wide variety of industries to share and discuss issues, insights, concerns, and best practices for making the business case for diversity a force of strength and productivity globally.
Now in its eighth year, over 200 current and former CEO's and senior African American executives have taken part in the summit including (full listing of CEO's available):
- Ken Chenault – American Express
- Jeff Immelt – GE
- Indra Nooyi – PepsiCo
- John Hofmeister – Shell Oil
- Martin Sullivan – AIG
- Clarence Otis – Darden Restaurants
Most enlightened CEOs have come to view Diversity as a business imperative and competitive advantage. The difficulty, however, often lies in determining how best to capitalize on Diversity as an opportunity for the business.
This important event offers CEOs of America’s top companies a rare opportunity to share with each other insights, strategies, best practices, and “watchouts” in the area of Diversity. Through a series of small and large group discussions and interactions, CEOs determine how best to continue to achieve their Diversity goals a nd strategies. |
What: |
8th Annual CEO Diversity Summit
A confidential, invitation-only forum for CEOs to discuss the critical issues they face in the area of Diversity
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Sponsors: |
The Executive Leadership Council |
When: |
Thursday, October 16th, 2008
9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. |
Where: |
Hilton New York Hotel
1335 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10019 |
The CEO Diversity Summit provides an opportunity to:
- Interact with CEOs and ELC members who are top-level executives from a wide range of Fortune 500 companies or global equivalents.
- Share and gain information about drivers and best practices for advancing and institutionalizing diversity at the CEO level
- Join a leadership network of CEOs and diverse executives who act as diversity resources and partners to one another.
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