Katy, Texas – September 11, 2026 -- Academy Sports + Outdoors (Nasdaq: ASO) will send Chief Executive Officer Steve Lawrence and Chief Financial Officer Carl Ford to the Goldman Sachs 33rd Annual Global Retailing Conference, running September 14 to September 15, 2026.

Executives will hold a fireside chat webcast on September 15

The session is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. Eastern Time on September 15 and will be webcast live for investors and analysts. A replay will remain available on the company's investor relations site for 30 days following the event.

Beachwood, Ohio – September 11, 2026 -- Referna, a referral network for independent professionals, has been accepted into the Google for Startups Cloud Program, gaining Google Cloud credits and technical resources to scale its AI-driven matching and live-meeting infrastructure.

Santa Clara, Calif. – September 11, 2026 -- Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ: PANW) confirmed its management team will present at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Technology Conference on September 10, 2026, at 3:45 p.m. PT.

Executives to address investors at flagship Goldman Sachs tech event

The cybersecurity company disclosed the scheduled appearance as part of its ongoing investor relations calendar. A live audio webcast of the presentation will be made available through the "Investors" section of the company's corporate website.

New York – September 11, 2026 -- Mancini, a 110-year-old national architecture and design firm, has landed at No. 69 on Fast Company's 2026 list of the 100 Best Workplaces for Innovators, joining honorees such as Google, Chipotle, Morgan Stanley and GE.

Sunnyvale, Calif. – September 11, 2026 -- Anitoa Systems, LLC. has integrated cloud connectivity and enterprise-grade security into its portable qPCR molecular testing instruments, enabling remote operation and centralized data aggregation for disease surveillance.

St. Petersburg, Fla. – September 11, 2026 -- The Poynter Institute and Public Media Company have launched the Future of Public Media Initiative, a national effort to rebuild the U.S. public media system a year after Congress rescinded more than $1 billion in future funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

Washington, D.C. – September 11, 2026 -- NovoTech Patent Firm Founding Director Babak Akhlaghi has secured recognition from three separate intellectual property industry rankings within a single cycle, including a listing in the IAM Strategy 300 guide.

Marina del Rey, Calif. – September 11, 2026 -- Enginerds has launched Compass, a measurement service tracking how the technology press covers companies, products and technologies against each topic's own 15-month coverage history across more than 140 publications.

Houston – September 11, 2026 -- Cloverleaf Infrastructure LLC has signed the Michigan Affordability and Responsible Growth Pledge, joining Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and Oracle as signatories to the state's data center development framework.

Charlotte, N.C. – September 11, 2026 -- Kate Burke, chief executive officer of Allspring Global Investments, has been named to Pensions & Investments' 2026 Influential Women in Institutional Investing list, while portfolio specialist Hannah Rosencrantz was recognized as a 2026 P&I Rising Star. Allspring manages more than $642 billion in assets under advisement as of June 30, 2026, across 18 global offices with over 360 investment professionals.