The Arthur W. Page Society will address the question, "What Keeps CEOs AWake at Night?" from the standpoint of reputation management, corporate governance, shareowner communications and other business and financial concerns stimulated by today's unsteady global economy, at its annual Spring Seminar, April 3-4, at New York's St. Regis Hotel. The program includes a gala dinner on Thurs., April 3, which kicks off the Page Society's 20th anniversary celebration.

The Page Society, a select membership organization for senior corporate communications and public relations executives, will host a group of thought leaders and business executives, including Michael Dell, CEO, Dell Computer Corporation, who will discuss how business leaders and their communications executives can approach the task of rebuilding corporate trust and credibility. The program also features Mary Matalin, assistant to President Bush and counselor to the Vice President and the first White House official to hold this double title. She will discuss "Politics, the Presidency and the Press" at the gala on Thurs., April 3rd, beginning at 6 pm.

Other presenters at the two-day conference will include Leon Panetta, former White House Chief-of-Staff, Fortune's Bethany McLean, who broke the Enron story, Leslie Gaines Ross, author of CEO Capital: A Guide to Building CEO Reputation and Success, former SEC chairman Richard Breeden and Marilyn Nelson Carlson, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Carlson Companies. The program will also include a media panel featuring John Byrne, Business Week, David Greising, Chicago Tribune and Carol Hymowitz, Wall Street Journal and a presentation by Alison Davis, CEO of Davis and Co., a leading company in employee engagement.

"There are numerous, complex issues keeping the CEOs of national and global companies awake at night, especially in this era of economic and geo-political uncertainty," said David Drobis, senior partner and chairman, Ketchum, and president of the Page Society. "Because the Page Society looks at the world and world events through the lens of the corporation, we believe there is no better time than now to uncover the concerns of CEOs and discuss how the work of chief communications officers and senior public relations executives can address them."

Judith Muhlberg, senior vice president of communications, The Boeing Company and chair of the 2003 Spring Seminar, added, "Spring Seminar participants will take away a full spectrum of business concepts, ideas and intelligence that they can bring to their partners in the executive suite and apply to business and corporate communications strategies."

More details:
2003 Spring Seminar Schedule

About the Arthur W. Page Society

The Arthur W. Page Society is a professional association composed primarily of the chief communications officers (CCOs) of the world's top multinational corporations, and the CEOs of the world's largest public relations agencies. The organization's members also include academics from the leading business and communications schools.

The Page Society is dedicated to strengthening the management policy role of chief communications officers. The Page Society is upheld by management concepts, known as the Page Principles, which have been tested for more than half a century and have earned the support and respect of chief executive officers throughout the country. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Arthur W. Page Society.