May 2021
April 2021
SWRC REGIONAL CONFERENCE 2021.
IMPORTANT UPDATE REGARDING THE NIRI SOUTHWEST REGIONAL CONFERENCE: The NIRI Southwest Regional Conference (SWRC) was moved to August 18-20, 2021, making our highest priority the health, well-being and safety of exhibitors, attendees, stakeholders and their respective families and colleagues, as well as our event partners in Austin. COVID-19 made holding SWRC in August 2020, and now August 2021, impracticable under the circumstances. After additional discussions with members, sponsors, the conference venue, NIRI SWRC will not be held 2021 in Austin, Texas, due to the…
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December 2020
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Find out more »November 2020
The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on IR
This Webinar was sponsored by: NIRI’s recent Think Tank on Artificial Intelligence (AI) revealed that the “language of financial communications” is rapidly evolving due to algorithms and machine learning. NIRI CEO Gary LaBranche will summarize the Think Tank’s report and provide an overview of how IR practitioners can prepare for a demanding new environment driven by AI. NIRI DFW Chapter – November 23 Program – AI in IR Date: Monday, November 23, 2020 at 01:00…
Find out more »October 2020
Shareholder Activism – Tales from the Trenches
Shareholder Activism continues to be a topic on the mind of IROs and management teams across the country. No industry seems to be immune to a potential activist campaign and companies of all market caps can find themselves in the cross-hairs. Please join us as two seasoned activism experts, Lawrence Elbaum, co-head of the Shareholder Activism practice at Vinson & Elkins, and Jason Alexander, Managing Director of Okapi Partners, have a candid discussion of shareholder activism from both sides of…
Find out more »July 2020
Next earnings cycle – same pandemic – Continuing to Manage Street Expectations in a Prolonged Pandemic and Economic Uncertainty
New Earnings Cycle – Same Pandemic Continuing to Manage Street Expectations New Date: July 13, 2020 Guidance practices are all over the map. Company forecasts are shrouded in uncertainty. Sell-side estimates are changing with the wind. Inconsistencies by estimates aggregators are creating a monumental task for IROs trying to manage the data manually. As we enter the next earnings cycle, still under the dark cloud of a pandemic, managing Street expectations and navigating investor communications within the legal confines of…
Find out more »March 2020
2020 Market Update and Outlook with Nasdaq’s Tamar Essner
Market Got You Flummoxed? NIRI DFW, Along with Nasdaq, Can Help! Meet your fellow IR and corporate finance professionals to get a very timely capital markets update from Tamar Essner, Senior Director of Energy Capital Markets with Nasdaq. Usually, you’d have to tune into CNBC TV or Bloomberg to hear Tamar’s outlook on the market, but she’s agreed to spend an hour with NIRI DFW sharing her insights on the market so far in 2020 and an outlook on the…
Find out more »November 2019
Shareholder Proposals & Engagements – A Strategy for Responding: A joint meeting of NIRI DFW and the Society for Corporate Governance
Every public company, regardless of size, industry, or location, must be prepared to respond to challenging shareholder proposals and this panel is well equipped to help get your preparations started. Society of Corporate Governance and NIRI DFW have engineered a panel comprising corporate attorneys, outside legal counsel, IR professionals, and even proxy advisor/solicitors to provide guidance on almost every angle related to your next proxy, with a special focus on managing Activist Initiatives. This esteemed and experienced panel of experts…
Find out more »October 2019
SASB Standard Setting Board Member Shares Critical ESG Insights
ESG is one of the top hot-button topics in IR, so we are bringing SASB board member Bob Hirth to Dallas to share his insights and outlook Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues are now front and center for investors. This means, as IR leaders, we need to know more than most about the factors contributing to or damaging our ESG scores with groups like Bloomberg, ISS, Corporate Knights, MSCI ESG Research, Dow Jones and more. NIRI DFW is here to…
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