Cincinnati to host 2009 Next Leaders Summit

Young professionals dig Cincinnati.

This is confirmed by Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory's recent announcement that Cincinnati will host the 2009 Next Leaders Summit from September 17 to 19.

Auspicious timing for attending YPs – the 2009 Oktoberfest falls in the same weekend.

Mayor Mallory's Young Professional Kitchen Cabinet (YPKC) will host this event, the only one of its kind in the world.

Essentially, the Next Leader's Summit aims to help YPs plug into their communities and play an active role in building them.

"This convention will bring hundreds of young professionals from around the country to Cincinnati to see all that we have to offer," Mayor Mallory says. 

This win for the Queen City came as a result of the city's bid, entitled "The Summit that Rocks."
This proposal was the result of a joint effort between Chamber’s HYPE, CincyUpdate, LEGACY, MidPoint Music Festival/City BeatDowntown Cincinnati, Inc., the United Way Emerging Leaders Society, and the Cincinnati USA Convention and Visitors Bureau.

And competition was stiff.

Cincinnati trumped several other cities in this bid, which raised more than $57,000 in pledges and support in-kind.

Organized by Next Generation Consulting, the summit will feature dialogue, experimentation and best practice sharing.

These are all things Mayor Mallory's YPKC can handle with ease, given their performance of the 2008 Next Leaders Summit, in which they were named a best practice organization.

"Cincinnati’s reputation as a great place for YPs is spreading," Mayor Mallory says.  "Our strong corporate community brings in diverse young talent from around the world, and those YPs are choosing to stay in Cincinnati and establish their roots."

To learn more about the Next Leaders Summit or to register, visit here.  And to learn more about Mayor Mallory's YPKC, visit here. 

Writer:  Jonathan DeHart

Source:  Jason Barron, City of Cincinnati