MEMBER COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT FORUM CRITERIA
Podium Time Presentation Criteria
Presenter: The presenter must be a senior executive of a registered DCAT Member Company in corporate management or operations related to the announcement. The presentation may not be made by marketing, sales, business development, or communication professionals.
Presentation: The news must be recent (from 2024*) in the following areas:
- Mergers and acquisitions (M&A), including post-M&A integration
- Significant manufacturing expansions, including updated timelines for completion and launch
- Other key corporate strategic developments occurring in 2024 and beyond.
*Note: News announcements must be from January 2024 forward. If an announcement was first made prior to January 2024, updated information occurring in 2024 or beyond must be included. In the case of M&A, this can include deal closing or post-M&A integration occurring in 2024 or beyond, and for manufacturing expansions, updated timelines for completion and launch occurring in 2024 or beyond.
Presentations must:
- Be informative and factual, akin to an investor presentation, not a marketing or client presentation. Marketing-based presentations will not be accepted. Do not include promotional language, such as “leading company,” “state-of-the art facility,” or other language that is not factual, objective, and germane to the news development.
- Be specific as to the news development; for example, manufacturing investments should provide amount of the investment (dollar amount and/or amount of capacity addition).
- Lead with the news development. The audience is well-informed and knowledgeable about companies, so it is interested in the news development not a listing of company capabilities.
- Explain the strategic rationale for the news development to provide context.
- Be no longer than 7 minutes.
Examples of presentations that will not be considered:
- New product announcement
- Progression of a drug candidate or a drug-development program
- Overview and/or trends of a specific market
- Partnering or supply pacts between companies if no further news, such as co-investment or acquisition of a manufacturing facility, is part of the announcement
- Mergers and acquisitions/expansions prior to January 2024 that do not include updated timelines
- Internal company reorganization
Application process: Companies interested in applying for podium time must submit an online application by Monday, February 5, 2024. Further details, including the online applications, may be found here.
Application notification process: The DCAT Member Company Announcement Forum Oversight Committee will review applications to evaluate whether a given news announcement will receive podium time. Applicants will be notified Tuesday February 20 to Friday February 23, 2024 by the DCAT staff liaison for the Forum, Jacob White, Editorial Coordinator +1.856.388.2796, or jwhite@dcat.org.
Presentation deadlines: Those companies selected for podium time at the Member Company Announcement Forum must submit their presentations no later than Monday March 4, 2024. The slide presentation will be reviewed for adherence to the Forum’s criteria and approved by DCAT.
Questions? Contact Jacob White, Editorial Coordinator, 1-856-388-2796, or jwhite@dcat.org.