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2026 Event Dates Are Here!

Book of Lists Premier Event

Event Date: January 15, 2026

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, 2026
Applications Online:       January 5, 2026
Application Deadline:     February 11, 2026

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 16,2026
Applications Online:       January 16, 2026
Application Deadline:     February 25, 2026

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 21, 2026
Applications Online:     February 6, 2026
Application Deadline:   March 25, 2026

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 11, 2026
Enrollment Opens:      November 5, 2025
Enrollment Deadline:   February 13, 2026

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 16, 2026
Application Online:         March 13, 2026
Application Deadline:     May 6, 2026

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

PBN’s 40th Anniversary Celebration

Event Date:             August 6, 2026

PBN’s 40th Anniversary Celebration spotlights four decades of Rhode Island’s most influential business stories—moments of bold leadership, market-shaping innovation, and the companies that transformed the region’s economy. The event brings together the executives, entrepreneurs, and visionaries who defined these narratives and continue to write the next chapter of Rhode Island’s business landscape. It’s a rare opportunity to celebrate the news stories that built the state’s business community and the ones still unfolding.

 Healthiest Employers

Event Date:                TBD
Enrollment Opens:      April 6, 2026
Enrollment Deadline:   June 5, 2026

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 20, 2026
Applications Online:     April 24, 2026
Application Deadline:   June 19, 2026

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 17, 2026
Applications Online:    May 29, 2026
Application Deadline:  July 15, 2026

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 18, 2025
Applications Online:    August 14, 2026
Application Deadline:  September 23, 2026

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 10, 2026
Applications Online:    August 28,2026
Application Deadline:  October 7, 2026

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 22, 2026

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 19, 2026

PBN’s 2026 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

Emerging Industries Summit

Summit Date: March 11, 2026  

PBN’s 2026 Emerging Industries Summit will feature a panel discussion with top area business leaders, employers and educators who will look at regional opportunities in the Blue Economy, Biotechnology and Life Sciences and Renewable Energy.

Cybersecurity, AI & Tech Summit

Summit Date: October 8, 2026

Health Care Summit

Summit Dates: Spring: April 2, 2026
Fall: October 28, 2026

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.