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The Annual Meeting is The Philanthropy Roundtable's flagship event. The meeting provides donors with extensive opportunities to network among fellow philanthropists and to explore new ideas, strategies, and best practices with leading experts. A broad range of topics are presented in small, intimate breakout sessions, discussion groups, and plenary sessions, providing attendees with the opportunity to create a unique experience tailored to their specific interests.

The Philanthropy Roundtable's 2008 Annual Meeting, Strengthening Our Free Society, was held at The Ritz-Carlton, Naples in Naples, Florida from November 6-8.

At the 2008 Annual Meeting, The Philanthropy Roundtable highlighted organizations that are achieving excellence in philanthropy, address philanthropic freedom and donor intent, and help donors advance liberty, opportunity, and personal responsibility, in America and abroad. 

To view the agenda for the Annual Meeting, please click here.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

• Cory A. Booker, Mayor, Newark, New Jersey
• Arthur C. Brooks, Author, Gross National Happiness: Why Happiness Matters for America--and How We Can Get More of It
• S. Truett Cathy, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Chick-fil-A, Inc.
• Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., Director, National Human Genome Research Institute
• Kurt Hoffman, Director, Shell Foundation
• Thomas Luce, Chief Executive Officer, National Math and Science Initiative
• Robert C. McFarlane, Principal, Energy & Communications Solutions LLC
• Maria Otero, President and Chief Executive Officer, ACCION International
• Catherine Rohr, Founder and Executive Director, Prison Entrepreneurship Program

ATTENDEE QUALIFICATIONS

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Qualified attendees* include:

• Individual Philanthropists
• Private Foundations
• Corporate Foundations and Corporate Giving Programs
• Community Foundations
• Venture Philanthropy Partnerships
• Eligible Donor Advised Funds 
• Public Charities that devote more than half of their operating budget to grants for external activities

* In order to provide our attendees with an absolutely solicitation-free environment, individuals who have paid positions as executives of non-qualified, grant-seeking nonprofits may not attend except as speakers. Fundraisers (development officers) from qualified organizations are likewise ineligible to attend. Please call us at 202.822.8333 if you wish to verify your eligibility.