Date & Time
Tuesday, September 15, 2026, 4:40 PM - 5:10 PM
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The Business of Being Relevant: Reinventing a 100-Year-Old Institution
Featuring Richelieu Dennis, Executive Chairman, Sundial Group of Companies and Kirk McDonald, CEO, Sundial Media & Technology Group
Moderated by Kc Ifeanyi, Executive Director of Editorial Programming, Fast Company

Feature
Mainstage
Description

Everyone is racing to build with AI. Sundial Media & Technology Group is building something harder to replicate: trust. With a portfolio spanning media, beauty, technology, and live experiences including household names such as Essence, Refinery29, Afropunk, and Beautycon, Sundial has turned cultural relevance and community into a business model—and is now rethinking what that model looks like for the next generation. Join this conversation to find out what it takes to reinvent a 100-year-old institution for the next 100 years while keeping authentic culture at the core.

Room
Main Stage
Session Type
Talks
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Leadership
Richelieu Dennis Kirk McDonald Kc Ifeanyi
Address
225 Liberty St., New York, NY 10281