If you didn't make it last year, this is your opportunity to mix with corporates, agencies, NGOs, governments and other international organisations from around the world.

Taking place at the Honourable Artillery Company in London, there are a wide range of subjects on the conference programme and the full list of sessions with the names of the confirmed speakers so far is below:


Monday 9th June:

* Communications during a conflict
* The greening of PR: Paul Charles, Director of Communications, Virgin Atlantic
* Cross-cultural communication and understanding
* PR's global talent war: Stephen Welch, Associate Director and Head of Communications and Media Consulting, Hay Group, Chris Bones, Principal Henley Business School
* Roundtable discussions on global trends and challenges in PR

Tuesday 10th June:

* The C-Suite view of public relations
* New and social media in 2008 and beyond: Christophe Ginisty, MD, Rumeur Publique
* Impact of pressure groups and activism on communications campaigns: Dr Francesca Polini, Global Communications Director Greenpeace; Boyd Neil, CEO Hill and Knowlton Canada, and Guy Cote, VP Media Relations JT International S.A.
* Future global trends: Sir Robert Worcester KBE DL, Founder MORI, Harjiv Singh, Co Founder and CEO International Operations, Gutenberg Communications
* Best practice: global campaigns: Lucian Hudson, Director of Communications Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Andy Muncer, Global Head of Corporate Communications ING Wholesale Banking
* IPRA World Congress 2008: The road to China: Robert Grupp, IPRA President and President of Grupp Global Partners LLC

The Summit is followed by IPRA's annual Golden World Awards for Excellence Ceremony on 10th June which aims to highlight the very best from the global public relations industry and tables are available now.

There are a number of sponsorship opportunities available for both the Summit and the Awards - Rolls Royce, Saudi Aramco and PR Newswire are already signed up - so if you or one of your contacts would be interested in playing a major role at the Summit please contact Philippa Taylor


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