Highlights from the 2026 PRWeek Conference in Chicago

Ex-United Minds CEO Kate Bullinger joins Pearl Meyer

Angry Birds, Duolingo ‘chirp in’ on Kelly Clarkson’s bird saga

‘The successful challenger model isn’t a smaller version of a large firm’: Kate Meissner on launching and building Velocity

Katie Zacharia out as White House press secretary after less than a week

How Genesis Motor North America’s PR manager became a fount of knowledge about Korean culture

Stopping the scroll: How John Deere and Chili’s master unscripted creator marketing

Grayling global and UK CEOs depart amid Accordience shake-up

Playing Jenga at the table: Why comms pros must trade execution for strategy

How Carnival, Anthropologie and Ford measure and drive PR impact

Automation vs. authenticity: Where PR draws the line

McDonald’s brand comms director on building a ‘trust bank’ before crisis hits

The Illinois blueprint for how complex tech can be communicated

The best years of our lives

Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett on the power of hope, trust and ‘just showing up’