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PRCA National Conference 2016: The Power of Communication


Date

23 Sep 2016

Time

08:45

Location

London

Details

Summary:

The PRCA National Conference 2016: The Power of Communication will focus on the huge value that organisations of all kinds now place on communications.

Event Type: Conference

Address: BAFTA, London, W1J 9LN

Event Overview

Curated and introduced by PRCA Chairman Steffan Williams MPRCA, the event will see presentations from leading speakers from across the worlds of politics, media and communications.

The event will consider the major role that communications plays in modern society, and its ability to create change at every level. 

AGENDA

08:45 REGISTRATION
09:10 Welcome Address: Steffan Williams MPRCA, Group Managing Director, Newgate Communications and PRCA Chairman; and Francis Ingham MPRCA, PRCA Director General
09:30 Sir Martin Sorrell FPRCA, CEO, WPP: Time for PR to Throw Off its Inferiority Complex
10:00 Baroness Nicholson, United Kingdom Trade Envoy to Iraq and Executive Chairman of IBBC (Iraq Britain Business Council): Religious Persecution and Sexual Slavery: Is Full Scale Modern Communication our Unused Weapon?
10:30 Nick Ferrari, radio presenter and newspaper columnist
11:00 COFFEE BREAK
11:20 Alan Edwards MPRCA, Founder & Chairman, The Outside Organisation: Dreamweavers - The Relentless Rise of the PR Industry
11:50 Sian Hansen, public policy expert: The Power of Communicating Good Governance and Shared Values for Companies
12:20 Ken Cronin, Chief Executive, UK Onshore Oil & Gas: The Change Dilemma
12:45 LUNCH
13:35 Rageh Omaar, International Affairs Editor, ITV
14:05

Rod Cartwright FPRCA, Global Corporate Practice Director, Ketchum: From Leadership Crisis to a New Era of Permission (or Seven Practical Leadership Lessons You Can’t Afford to Ignore Post-Brexit and Pre-Trump!)

14:35

PR and Communications Council panel debate 1: PR and Communications' Relationship with Senior Decision Makers

Chairman: David Hamilton CMPRCA, PR and Communications Council Chairman and Director of Communications, the Scout Association

Panel:

  • Richard Fogg CMPRCA, CEO, CCGroup
  • Ed Stearns CMPRCA, Head of Media, Metropolitan Police
  • Fiona Wilkinson MPRCA, Chief Communications Officer, Visa Europe

More panelists wil be announced shortly.

15:15 Danny Rogers FPRCA, Editor-in-Chief, PRWeek: Which Campaigns Shook the World this Year?
15:40 COFFEE BREAK
16:00 Alison Clarke FPRCA, Alison Clarke Communications
16:10

PR and Communications Council panel debate 2: The Future of PR Skills

Chairman: Molly Aldridge CMPRCA, PR and Communications Council Vice-chairman and Global CEO, M&C Saatchi PR

Panel:

  • Ruth Allchurch CMPRCA, Managing Director, Cirkle PR
  • Colin Byrne FPRCA, CEO, UK&EMEA, Weber Shandwick
  • Simon Dornan, Head of Customer PR, Dixons Carphone
  • Molly Morgan, Head of Corporate Affairs, Europe, Alibaba
16:50  Closing speech: Steffan Williams

Special thanks to our sponsors:

 

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