Committee - Emerging Issues

Mission
The mission of the Emerging Issues Committee is to promote professional growth for our members through the discussion of topical global industry issues as well as next wave issues that are likely to have a significant impact.

Contact Co-chairs
  Suzanne DiSabato
  Diane Wallace

Key Objectives
Bring clarity and build understanding in today’s hot topics and highlight tomorrow’s financial market challenges
Serve as a “think tank” gathering ideas from a broad cross-section of industry professionals and sharing them with others
Move beyond traditional financial topics and explore areas such as: global economics, technology, financial systems landscape.


Upcoming Events

To be announced.

Meeting Schedule
Participating in a FWA committee gives you the best return on your membership investment. If you have some good ideas and the desire to share them with our committee, please join us at our next meeting:

Meeting schedule to be announced.


Accomplishments/Highlights
Energy and the New Global Balance of Power with Dr. Daniel Yergin (Oct 2007)
In October, we were privileged to hear Dr. Daniel Yergin, the Chairman of Cambridge Energy Associates, a Pulitzer-prize winning author, and a leading expert on energy, share his perspectives on the geopolitics of energy, technological change, and economic, demographic, and environmental trends evolving through 2030. Fresh from recent trips to Russia and China, Dr. Yergin conveyed his insights on the current situation and noted that there was a potential for a great bubbling of innovation in this area.

Richard Edelman: Corporate Challenges in New Media Era (Feb 2008)
In February, recently named “The Most Powerful PR Professional” by PR Week, Richard Edelman - CEO of his own PR firm - spoke to FWA members and guests on the topic of trust in institutions, media sources and spokespeople. Fresh from his trip to Davos at the World Economic Forum where he unveiled the ninth edition of the Edelman Trust Barometer, Mr. Edelman shared key themes, findings, and implications of the study with the FWA.


Special Thanks

The committee would like to extend special thanks to Special Projects Chair, Patti Domm, for assisting the committee to obtain Dr. Yergin, and to President Lily Klebanoff Blake for assisting the committee to enlist Mr. Richard Edelman for outstanding programs.

We are also pleased to have had our programs hosted by Presidents’ Circle members KPMG and UBS.

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  Last updated:
  July 8, 2008