One of the key functions at my job is management meetings. These are meeting with company management such as CEO or CFO, but more often than not, investor relations people. Investor relations personnel is unique to public companies, who are dedicated to communicate company information to institutional investors (portfolio managers, fund analyst, etc) and research analysts (sell-side analysts).
One wonderful thing about management meetings is that you get to know a very human side of the company. You sit face to face with the CEO, monitoring his posture, speech, and responses to your questions. You get a real sense of the person, instead of the vague image you form through earnings calls or industry conferences, where the delivered speeches are previously crafted.
The other benefit of such meetings, for analysts with no prior knowledge of the industry and technology, is the in-depth view of these technical aspects. Management meetings provide a narrowed-down version of industry jargon and terms, helping one to focus on what are really affecting the business (as opposed to numbers on the financial statements). Also, the comments on the competitors are always the highlights - the management is generally more open with talking about the competitors than about themselves.
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