Conference News: BizClik In Person & In Chicago; SHRM CFP
B&C in NYC: After a successful event in London this fall, the Brands & Culture Summit is coming to NYC in the spring. On 2 April 2025 Brands & Culture New York will debut, bringing together Chief Marketers who are “building meaningful brands which make, Shape and define culture to drive business growth.” The conference team has already lined up several big names including top marketers from P&G, Starface, ServiceNow, and Vacation, Inc.
Getting Bizzy in Chicago: Media company BizClik is hosting its first live mega event in Chicago in spring of 2025. The conference runs from 28 – 29 May and will include 4 stages: Manufacturing, Sustainability, Supply Chain, and Procurement. While they have hosted a few live events that cover those functional areas previously, the Manufacturing stage will be held live for the first time in the Windy City. Also, they have not previously joined four of their conferences together under one roof. Stay tuned as they continue to reveal their plans for the conferences over the coming months.
Submission Opportunity: Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Annual Conference will be held from 29 June – 2 July 2025 in San Diego. The conference helps HR professionals “stay up to date on the current workplace issues, compliance requirements and the latest HR technologies in order to prepare their workforce and workplace for the challenges that lie ahead.” If you are a practitioner/potential speaker with a topic idea which aligns with one of these tracks, then submit through SHRM’s Call for Speakers process before the 27 December deadline.
Lunchtime Learning: DPW Amsterdam is an annual conference focused on procurement and supply chain. It was created in Amsterdam in 2019 and has grown to more than 1300 attendees. DPW recently concluded and again covered both procurement/supply chain specific topics, as well as some that could be relevant to any industry. A few examples include: Unlocking Efficiency Through Market-Led Strategies; Build or Buy: Choosing the Right Generative AI Solution for Your Organization; and Spend Management is Dead: Why “Spend Orchestration” is the Future. Watch speakers from Maersk, Accenture, Walmart and Swarovski take on these timely business issues here.
Coming Up Next Week: Each new conference year kicks off with a bang at CES, the Consumer Electronics Show produced annually by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA). Taking place 7-10 January across venues in Las Vegas, CES 2025 self-describes as “where brands get business done, meet new partners and where the industry’s sharpest minds take the stage to unveil their latest releases and boldest breakthroughs.” In addition to the main stage – including featured keynotes from CEOs of NVIDIA, SiriusXM, and Panasonic – there is a lot of additional programming happening in Las Vegas at and around CES. Digital Hollywood (6 January at Aria), will explore the intersection of AI and Hollywood, while the Connections Summit (7 January at the Venetian) covers innovations and trends in home security, energy, and smart home standards. Landmark Ventures is hosting a series of CES events, including a workforce of the future dinner, marketing & brand lunch, and a dinner exploring the nexus of media, tech, sports & entertainment. On 9 January, the Startup World Cup pitch competition will be held at the Paris Hotel and include a seminar, pitch competition, and networking reception. And the C Space® studio offers a gathering for the advertising, entertainment, and content communities worldwide.