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The World of Awards 2017                   

14-16 June 2017--Philadelphia, PA    

Sponsored by The International Congress of Distinguished Awards   

Hosted by The Franklin Institute

The Landscape for Awards in a Changing World

The world's political landscape is in the process of undergoing a fundamental change in 2017--perhaps the most seismic shift since the world wars of the 20th century and the onset of a  revolution in atomic, cosmological, and genetics research and communications technology.     The world of awards has mirrored and celebrated the scientific, technological, literary, and artistic achievements with its own geometric explosion in the number, range, and size of awards.

How will changes in the world's political landscape affect awards?  

 How can awards maintain standards of quality and objectivity in a new political environment? 

How can awards operate in a world of new communications technologies?

How can awards streamline their management procedures in the face of growing demands?      

How can awards expand and improve their marketing capabilities?

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The World of Awards 2017, Philadelphia--14-16 June                        

 a three day conference organized by and held for those executives and professionals who are responsible for managing the world's most important awards programs.

Program

Note:  All activities, unless otherwise specified, will be in conference facilities of  The Franklin Institute, 222 North 20th Street, Philadelphia, PA  


14 June, Wednesday:  Awards Professionals Look at a Changing World

            2 pm                Registration  

            3 pm                Roundtable:  What's on our minds in managing, presenting Awards?

                                Brainstorming explorations on the conference theme--"The Landscape for Awards in a changing World"

            5-6 pm             Social hour

15 June, Thursday:       Awards Professionals Look at Their Primary Challenges and How                                                                          They Are Confronting Them

            8:30                 Registration and coffee

            9 am                Session 1:  Established Awards--How do you make the great established award programs conceived in other eras (25 years plus) relevant in the current world?

           10:30               Session 2:  Professional Association Awards--How do you manage award programs for membership organizations with dozens of awards, fellows programs, and other ever growing responsibilities

            12 noon           Lunch and group discussions

            2 pm                Session 3:  New Awards--How do you go about establishing  new award programs in a world where so many awards already exist? 

            3:30                 Session 4:  Award Environments--How do award programs survive and thrive in a variety of challenging environments--in a university setting, a governmental realm, a foundation,  a corporation, and perhaps others?

            5-6 pm             Social hour

16 June, Friday:  Awards Professionals Share Technologies, Winning Methodologies, and                                                               Victories

            8:30                 Registration and Coffee

            9 am                Session 5:  Awards Technologies and Methodologies--What  technologies and   techniques are proving to be most beneficial in the management of diverse and complex awards programs

           10:30               Session 6:  Awards Victories--What are the greatest challenges you have faced as awards director when strategies you devised brought a joyous victory?

                                   Open mike for all conference participants

            12 noon          Concluding lunch and remarks

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Registration

Note:  Conference registration includes entry to all conference sessions and discussions, morning and afternoon breaks, lunches, social hours, and materials distributed at the conference.  Membership includes discounts to ICDA conferences and complimentary consultations on awards issues with ICDA

General Registration for Conference (ICDA members)        $450

General Registration for  Conference (non-members)           $650 ($250 applied to membership)

General Registration for Invited Speaker/Participants           $350

Register Now:  https://internationalcongressofdisting.regfox.com/the-world-of-awards-2017

Conference Accommodations: Union League of Philadelphia (established 1865)                Email:  frontdesk@unionleague.org   Phone:  215.587.5570   Guaranteed rates for 14 & 15 June 2017 @ $189                                                  Reference "World of Awards Conference"

 Go to ICDA.org  World of Awards 2017 for current program 

Direct other inquiries to ICDA@icda.org.  Program and sponsorship proposals are welcome.

Sponsored by ICDA (chartered 1994), the 2017 conference will commemorate the 25th anniversary of the world's first gathering of awards administrators at the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation in Chicago in 1992.  The Franklin Institute (chartered 1824) is one of the oldest and most comprehensive awards presenting organizations in the world.