Conference News: AI Summit Keeps it in the Family; PRDecoded, Relocated

Family trip to NYC! Informa recently announced an inaugural partnership between its Game Developers Conference (GDC), BlackHat and The AI Summit New York. When the event returns to the Javits Center on 11 & 12 December, they will have a stage devoted to GDC Content and another for the Black Hat Financial Services Summit. According to the announcements, GDC at AI Summit will gather “the brightest minds in game development and artificial intelligence (AI) to drive the next evolution in technology.” And the Black Hat Financial Services Summit gives “CISOs and other InfoSec executives leading-edge insight into the latest security trends, technologies, and enterprise best practices to safeguard critical assets, ensure regulatory compliance, and mitigate operational risk in an increasingly complex threat landscape.”

PRDecoded, Reloaded – PRDecoded brings together PR pros from all parts of the industry to provide a master class on the best tools, tactics, and guidelines to ensure communicators thrive in an ever-evolving digital world. The last conference was held in Chicago in October of 2023. This year, PRWeek added a new fall conference –  AI Deciphered: Discovering the Potential for Marketers and Communicators  – which was held in partnership with Campaign and MM+M. As a result, PRDecoded will happen in 2025 and is slated to take place on 4 February. It will also move from the Windy City back to New York.

Submission Opportunity: Launched a decade ago, the IEEE Women in Engineering International Leadership Conference (WIE ILC) returns after a short hiatus, scheduled for 15-16 May in San Jose. WIE ILC exists to support and sustain women leaders and technologists, especially those in mid to senior career. Now through Monday 4 November, IEEE is accepting proposals that offer the “information or skills that our attendees need to improve their lives, whether that improvement is a new technical, management, or organizational skill.” Topics should fall under one of five conference tracks: Leadership, Career Development, Personal Growth/Well-Being, Emerging Technologies, and Workplace Ecosystem. An IEEE account must be created in order to submit an abstract.

Lunchtime Learning: Although Climate Week New York wrapped a few weeks ago, NYT’s Climate Forward is offering its talks – delivered by world leaders, activists, innovators, and scientists – to view for free online. To listen in on frank discussions about the political, policy, and human effects of our rapidly warming world, check out the Climate Forward 2024 video collection here. It can be difficult to choose a favorite, between Dr. Jane Goodall sharing lessons from a lifetime defending nature, or Al Roker talking climate on the weather report, or a prescient NC Governor Roy Cooper revealing what states can do to fight climate change. Luckily, you can watch them all.

Coming Up Next Week: Started in 2018, HLTH (20-23 October; Las Vegas) has grown to become one of the largest and most influential conferences on the calendar of healthcare ecosystem events. In addition to its main agenda, HLTH offers partner programs for a deeper dive into trends. WSJ TechLive kicks off 21 October in Laguna Beach, covering topics like GenAI, the outlook for startups, the next generation of tech talent, and how the U.S. election will impact the tech industry. Axios BFD New York is held as a half-day event 22 October featuring conversations with top dealmakers and executives. As Semafor World Economy Summit Fall runs 24-25 October in DC, attendees can expect to hear from CXOs from companies like Airbnb, Intel, United Airlines, and UBS. Opening 21 October, MIPCOM Cannes attracts 11,000 producers, studio execs, and other entertainment content leaders. Global financial services conference Sibos runs 21-24 October in Beijing under the theme “Connecting the future of finance.” And this year’s edition of Valencia Digital Summit/VDS (23-24 October) – which gives a voice to the brightest leaders within the global innovation and tech ecosystem – is co-produced by TNW, a Financial Times Company.