Events

A Virtual Experience
Save the Date: February 10, 2022

We explore the status of these commitments—and more—as part of our all-new BLACK ENTERPRISE Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Summit 2022. We have brought together a group of high-powered executives and top thought leaders to discuss African American representation and participation at all levels of corporate America.

Black Wealth generation is more paramount than ever! These past two years have shown us that planning for the future—and for the unexpected—can position you and your family for a successful financial future! The time is now to create a financial legacy that will support future generations to come. Here’s an opportunity to hear from experts on how they built their generational foundation by leveraging commercial real estate, general investing, traditional and non-traditional assets, as well as the bedrock of investing, homeownership as avenues to boost Black wealth.

Now is your time to focus on closing the Black wealth gap! Join black enterprise for the Real Estate Investing to Build Wealth Summit (A Virtual Experience) on Jan. 27, 2022.

Save the Date: March 24-26, 2022
Bellagio Resort & Casino
Las Vegas, NV

Save the Date: May 18- May 20, 2022
Pennsylvania Convention Center
Philadelphia, PA

This two-day, immersive, content-rich experience convenes the nation’s largest gathering of emerging and established AA businesses. Top-flight speakers deliver the resources, connections and inspiration entrepreneurs need to launch, grow and innovate while the interactive environment facilitates partnerships with brands seeking to recruit and/or support minority-owned vendors and customers.

Save the Date: October 12-15, 2022
Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center
National Harbor, MD

The Black Men XCEL Summit is the groundbreaking leadership excellence conference for Black men, a valuable and necessary pool of talent for the success of companies, industries, communities and the nation. Connect and engage directly with men of color who share a passion for professional and personal leadership development in every field of endeavor, and who comprise a source of human capital invaluable to America’s competitiveness in the global economy.

A Virtual Experience
January 13, 2022

The pandemic has intensified long-standing inequities that continue to make it challenging for Black-owned businesses to endure this ongoing crisis and gain pathways for recovery. Despite the wave of announced corporate commitments and government initiatives designed to bolster Black business over the past year, African American-owned companies, large and small,  still grapple with a lack of capital access, business-building relationships, and growth opportunities. As such, financing and procurement opportunities must be expanded and accelerated to launch, scale, and sustain their enterprises.

A Virtual Experience
December 15, 2021

Join BLACK ENTERPRISE for a must-needed conversation with high-powered corporate leaders who will share their career journeys and how they’ve positioned themselves to advance to the C-suite!

Be a part of this powerful conversation and add Wednesday, Dec. 15^th at 7 p.m. EST to your calendar!

A Virtual Experience
December 7, 2021

Black Enterprise has brought the SistersInc. podcast to life!  Join us for this visceral virtual experience featuring some of the most powerful and profitable women small business owners. Tune-in as they share their stories, learn and gain insights on new business innovations and take advantage of the opportunity to expand your network!

A Virtual Experience
November 17-18, 2021

The Black Men XCEL Summit is the groundbreaking leadership excellence conference for Black men, a valuable and necessary pool of talent for the success of companies, industries, communities and the nation. Connect and engage directly with men of color who share a passion for professional and personal leadership development in every field of endeavor, and who comprise a source of human capital invaluable to America’s competitiveness in the global economy.

A Virtual Experience
October 27-28, 2021

This two-day, immersive, content-rich experience convenes the nation’s largest gathering of emerging and established AA businesses. Top-flight speakers deliver the resources, connections and inspiration entrepreneurs need to launch, grow and innovate while the interactive environment facilitates partnerships with brands seeking to recruit and/or support minority-owned vendors and customers.

In the wake of more than 70 Black business leaders publicly challenging corporate America to take a stand against the campaign to pass voter suppression legislation across the country, we bring together top executives and voting rights activists who are engaged in the latest battle to protect our franchise. The session will focus on what corporations must do to demonstrate clear and continuing allyship with those fighting for the voting rights of Black people, consistent with their public pledges in support of economic equity and racial justice. It will also address what we can do to hold those corporations accountable for their actions—or lack thereof—on this fundamental issue of diversity, equity, and inclusion.

We continue the conversion from conversation to action. Part two of our summit will explore best DE&I practices and proven initiatives that will help you recruit qualified candidates, create a culture of inclusion, retain diverse employees, and build a pipeline to senior management and the C-suite.

CORPORATE BOARD/C-SUITE SUMMIT

Our annual Power in the Boardroom package has made us the authority on Black representation on the boards of the largest corporations in America. These directors and other corporate governance experts will share the best ways to assure inclusive leadership from the top of the org chart to the bottom line.

C-SUITE SUMMIT

The C-Suite Summit brings together Black CEOs, CMOs, CFOs and founders for inspirational interviews and peer-group discussions, designed to put attendees at the center of the event. The summit addresses opportunities and challenges with actionable insights that help scale your company, inspire your teams, and incorporate innovative thinking into your business strategy

Black Enterprise will kick off our groundbreaking Town Hall series on June 10 with the session: “One Year After George Floyd: Has Corporate America Made Good On Its Economic Equity Pledges?”

In response to the brutal killing of George Floyd and the global unrest in its aftermath, corporate America has been challenged to confront systemic racism in the workplace as well as society as a whole. This session will focus on measures for Black advancement based on the series of corporate pledges to deal with past racial inequities. The initiatives include providing more opportunities for Black professionals in the workplace; increasing capital and procurement opportunities for Black-owned businesses; and ensuring corporate accountability to this renewed focus on diversity, equity and inclusion.

Small businesses power the U.S. economy. The Small Business Virtual Summit will bring together the most trusted and inspirational black voices in business to provide critical advice and vital resources to help owners overcome extraordinary obstacles, and create a path forward. This program is geared toward small business owners and leaders.

Looking to reach the Millennials who are driving the economy and determining the future of business? Connect with this influential audience, which now makes up the largest segment of the workforce and wields $1.4 trillion in spending power, at our summit spotlighting the under 40 movers making a big impact.

More to come

Homeownership has long been the foundation of economic stability in the Black community. Our summit will help attendees secure generational wealth through the strategic use of property, whether they’re first-time home buyers, homeowners looking to leverage their equity, or aspiring real estate investors.

Never have the realities of racial healthcare disparities been more apparent. This urgently needed summit, an extension of our proven Women of Power brand, will address the physical and mental health needs of Black communities, from managing stress, obesity, and chronic conditions to physical fitness and self-care—because health is wealth!

Let’s move past talk of diversity to implementing measurable change. Our summit will explore best practices and proven initiatives that will help you recruit qualified candidates, create a culture of inclusion, retain diverse employees, and build a pipeline to senior management and the C-suite.