Tuesday 16th November 2021
19:00 – 21:00 GMT
Welcome Drinks
(Included in ticket price)
Meet fellow conference delegates and catch up with familiar faces at an iconic London location.
Wednesday 17th November
09:00 – 17:00 GMT
Summit Day 1
8:00 – 9:00 Arrival
9:00 – 9:30 Welcome (ICCO President and Chief Executive)
9:30 – 10:00 Ministerial Adress (UK Government Minister)
10:00 – 10:30 World PR Report Launch (Francis Ingham, Chief Executive, ICCO)
10:30 – 11:15 A New Way of Working (Rachel Friend, CE, W Communications)
11:15 – 11:45 Break
11:45 – 12:45 Balancing free speech, dangerous speech, free media, and misinformation (Ayeni Adekunle, CEO, BHM, Patrick Pennickx, Head of Information Society, Council of Europe, Jodie Ginsberg, CEO, Internews)
12:45 – 13:45 Lunch
13:45 – 14:30 Communicating tech: fine margins that make winners and losers (Heather Kernahan, CEO, Hotwire, Samsung, Lockheed Martin, Nitin Mantri, CEO, AvianWE)
14:30 – 15:15 Health campaigns: winning the narrative (Avril Lee, Head of Healthcare, Zeno Group, European Medicines Agency, Vaccine Confidence Project, WHO)
15:15 – 16:00 Africa Challenges and Opportunities
16:00 – 16:30 The Great Brand Battle (Giles Peddy, CEO, Missive)
16:30 – 17:15 Fireside chat (Publicis, Moderator: Maja Pawinska Sims)
18:30 – late
Gala Dinner
(Included in premium ticket price, or available separately)
Three course meal, drinks, entertainment and great company!
Thursday 18th November
09:00 – 17:00 GMT
Summit Day 2
8:00 – 8:55 Arrival
8:55 – 9:00 Welcome (Grzegorz Szpanski)
9:00 – 9:30 Asia Pacific Insights Panel (live from Singapore event)
9:30 – 10:00 Global Women in PR Singapore Launch (Live from Singapore)
10:00 – 10:40 GWPR Annual Index 2021 Launch and Panel Debate (Angela Oaks and Sue Hardwick, Co-Founders, Global Women in PR)
10:40 – 11:15 Alex Aiken, Executive Director, UK Government Communications Service
11:15 – 11:45 Break
11:45 – 12:15 In an era of championing diversity and inclusion, should PR firms engage nations that hold differing values? (Farzana Baduel, Founder, Curzon PR)
12:15 – 12:45 Middle East Challenges and Opportunities
12:45 – 13:45 Lunch
13:45 – 14:15 New strategies for leading, retaining talent and nurturing skills (panel)
14:15 – 15:00 Independent agency panel
15:00 – 15:30 Break
15:30 – 16:00 Latin America Challenges and Opportunities
16:00 – 16:30 Kathy Bloomgarden, CEO, Ruder Finn
16:30 – 17:15 Fireside chat: special guest TBA