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PBN Annual Events

PBN showcases 16+ events per year from award programs to summits to networking events. More than 4,000 area senior level, decision making executives attend PBN events annually. Make our audience your audience by sponsoring a PBN event.

All dates are subject to change.

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Award Events

Book of Lists Premier Event

Event Date: January 16, 2025

The best business networking event of the year is back! A compilation of all the Business leaders and executives join PBN in honoring the many companies featured in the Book of Lists. PBN publishes lists every week and this is the publication that brings all the information together in one place and is unveiled at the Premier Event.

Health Care Heroes Awards

Event Date:                  April 2, 2025
Applications Online:       January 3, 2025
Application Deadline:     February 12, 2025

PBN’s Health Care Heroes Awards will honor individuals and organizations that are making an impact on the quality of health care and embody the word “hero”. Those recognized will have proven their excellence in helping others, promoting innovation or improving access to care.

Honorees will be recognized at the Spring Health Care Summit.

C-Suite Awards

Event Date:                  April 16,2025
Applications Online:       January 17, 2025
Application Deadline:     February 26, 2025

PBN’s C-Suite Awards program recognizes top C-level executives for public, private and nonprofit companies who are innovators, trailblazers, role models and leaders in the community. An Overall Career Achiever and Rising Star will also be recognized.

Business Women Awards

Event Date:                May 22, 2025
Applications Online:     February 7, 2025
Application Deadline:   March 19, 2025

PBN honors the success of women in a variety of industries and recognizes younger, professional women to watch as well as industry leaders. A career achiever and outstanding mentor are also honored.

Best Places to Work in Rhode Island

Event Date:                June 12, 2025
Enrollment Opens:      November 1, 2024
Enrollment Deadline:   February 14, 2025

Celebrate the state’s best employers, who are selected based on extensive employee surveys and feedback reports from Best Companies Group.

40 Under Forty Awards

Event Date:                   July 17, 2025
Application Online:         February 28, 2025
Application Deadline:     May 7, 2025

Recognizes forty individuals, under the age of 40, who are successful in their careers and involved in their communities.

 Healthiest Employers

Event Date:                August 7, 2025
Enrollment Opens:      April 4, 2025
Enrollment Deadline:   June 13, 2025

Healthiest Employers in Rhode Island recognizes employers who have implemented worksite Health & Wellness programs and have shown a commitment to employee health and safety.

Leaders & Achievers

Event Date:                August 21, 2025
Applications Online:     April 25, 2025
Application Deadline:   June 18, 2025

PBN recognizes leaders and achievers over the age of 50 for their notable success and strong leadership both in their fields and to the region.  Honorees will be chosen based on their long-standing commitment to the business community as well as a sustained demonstration of leading others,  community service and mentoring.

Fastest Growing / Innovative Companies

Event Date:               September 18, 2025
Applications Online:    May 30, 2025
Application Deadline:  July 14, 2025

This program highlights the region’s Fastest Growing Companies and those that are especially innovative in developing new processes, products and services that improve competitiveness and spur growth.

Manufacturing Awards

Event Date:               November 13, 2024
Applications Online:    August 9, 2024 
Application Deadline:  September 25, 2024

The PBN Manufacturing Awards recognizes manufacturers in multiple award categories including Lean Manufacturing, Exporting, Workforce Development, Product Innovation and Design and Supply Chain Management. Two individuals will receive the Leadership & Strategy & Manufacturing Champion Award.

Diversity Equity and Inclusion Summit & Awards

Event Date:               December 4, 2025
Applications Online:    August 30,2025
Application Deadline:  October 8, 2025

A panel of experts share best practices in leveraging Diversity Equity & Inclusion in the workplace. The awards program recognizes organizations and individuals who promote DEI in their organizations and in the community. An Overall Diversity Champion is also recognized.

Economic Trends Summit

Summit Date: January 30, 2025

A summit focused on the R.I. economy with a panel of experts from various industry sectors who will provide thoughts on the Ocean State’s economic trends and forecasts for the upcoming year.

Workforce Development Summit

Summit Dates:  February 13, 2025

PBN’s 2025 Workforce Development Summit will feature a panel discussion with top area business leaders, employers and educators from a variety of industries who will provide information and advice for Rhode Island employers faced with challenges to employee recruitment, retention and workforce development

Cannabis Summit

Summit Date: March 6, 2025  

The state of recreational cannabis in Rhode Island has been in a grey area for months with regulations that will govern the multimillion-dollar sector finally expected to be unveiled by the end of 2024.

PBN’s 2025 Business of Cannabis Summit will feature a panel discussion with various industry experts, business executives, educators and community leaders to discuss these proposed regulations as well as key obstacles the industry continues to face and whether the potential revenue impact to the state, local businesses and economy will finally be realized.

Cybersecurity, AI & Tech Summit

Summit Date: October 9, 2025

The annual PBN Cybersecurity, AI & Tech Summit is an informative, though- provoking discussion with experts in cybersecurity and AI from the technology, education, legal, insurance and accounting industries about current trends & issues and what you need to be aware of to run your business and keep it safe

Health Care Summit

Summit Dates: Spring: April 2, 2025
Fall: October 30, 2025

PBN’s bi-annual health care summits include health care experts and business leaders who will bring attendees up to date on the latest news and expectations in this vital and ever-changing piece of the region’s economy and arm the region’s business community with the best insights available to handle the future of health care.