EXPERT BRIEFINGS

Members of The Conference Board gain access to our global experts who provide insights and perspectives informed by our nonpartisan, data-driven research and international network of executives. Briefings are exclusive to members and provide senior executives and their team with a deep dive into a topic area with our experts, providing a forum for questions and in-depth discussion. Explore our ever-growing portfolio of briefings below.

Consumer Attitudes About Data Practices
Customer data can be a gold mine for marketers—but how can both marketers and consumers best benefit?


The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on US Consumption in the Short and Long Terms
As we continue to wrestle the pandemic for longer than expected, how will consumer spending evolve in the near term, and what will be the long-term effects?


Looking at Data Privacy as an Asset: C-Suite Challenge 2020 Results
This year’s survey, beside the hot button issues looking inside the organization and at the external environment, includes questions on a specific topic: data privacy.


Consumer Dynamics Report
This quarterly report leverages data from The Conference Board Global Consumer Confidence Survey, an online survey of 32,000 consumers in 64 countries, conducted in collaboration with Nielsen.


Consumers Attitudes about Sustainability, Part 2: How Sustainability Features Influence Consumers Choices
Which sustainability features attract consumers to sustainable brands, reasons for them to not buy brands with sustainable features, and where they rank sustainability features among their buying criteria.


Consumers Attitudes about Sustainability, Part 1: How Consumers Define Sustainability and View Organizations Sustainability Efforts
What consumers around the world mean by “sustainability” and how they view business sectors’ and policy makers’ sustainability efforts.


C-Suite Challenge 2020: A Marketing Perspective
The 20th edition of our annual CEO and C-Suite survey identified not only top executives’ Hot Button Issues, but also their views on external partnerships and data privacy.


1H 2020 China Macroeconomic Environment Update and Outlook
What are the key economic trends and policy issues for MNC business in 2020?

Our Experts

Dana Peterson
Executive Vice President & Chief Economist
The Conference Board
Center Leader, Economy, Strategy & Finance

Abdul Erumban
Senior Research Fellow
The Conference Board
Assistant Professor, Economics
University of Groningen

David Hoffman
Senior Vice President Asia and Managing Director of the China Center for Economics & Business
The Conference Board

Jason D. Schloetzer
William and Karen Sonneborn Term Associate Professor of Business Administration
Georgetown University McDonough School of Business
