World Communications Forum Association is presenting Davos Online Communications Summit on Thursday, February 25 from 3-7.30 pm Central European Time on Zoom.

Everybody can join it for free on Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/6252668357
*No pre-registration is needed.

 

PROGRAM

Davos Online Communications Summit
Organized by World Communications Forum Association on Zoom

February 25, 2021
3-7.30 pm CET

Leadership During Turbulent Times
Opening: Maxim Behar - President, World Communications Forum Association

15.03
Welcome Speech - Philipp Wilhelm, Mayor of Davos

Keynote Speeches:

15.07
Leadership in Modern Communications
Barbara Bates, Global CEO, Hotwire, USA

15.20
Leadership and learning – a continuous journey
Karen van Bergen – Global Dean, Omnicom University, USA

15.35
Edelman Trust Barometer 2021 - What Direction Communications World Will Take
Jordan Rittenberry - CEO, Edelman Africa

15.50 - Q&A   

Panel Discussions:

16.00
Power and Influence of the Stakeholders In the New Environment
Moderator: Victor Sibeko , CEO and Past President: Public Relations Institute of Southern Africa (PRISA)

Yanina Dubeykovskaya - WCFA Co-founder and ex President, Russia/ Zambia
Saurabh Uboweja - Founder & Managing Partner, BOD, India
Solly Moeng - Managing Director, DonValley Reputation Managers, South Africa
Lesley Schroeder Mclean - Managing Partner, Fuller Consulting, Chile

16.30 - Q&A

16.40
Education: Its Present, its Future
Moderator: Jacqueline Strayer , WCFA Board Member

Hesham Mesbah - Chair Communications Department, Rollins College, FL, USA
Nurul Ashiqin Shamsuri - Founder, Clue to the Zoo, International speaker & Educator, Malaysia  
Tatevik Simonyan - Co-founder, Director Communications and International Relations, SPRING PR, Armenia

17.10 - Q&A

17.20
Ethics in Post Pandemic Communications
Moderator: Jon-Hans Coetzer , WCFA Vice President

Christina Forsgard - ICCO Ethics Chair, Founder, Netprofile, Finland
Zsofia Lakatos - CEO, Emerald Public Relations, Hungary
Sjaak Koole - Global Training and Delivery Manager, HAL24K, Netherlands

17.50 - Q&A

18.00
Merge Between PR, Advertising & Digital - does it create a new business?
Moderator: Clāra Ly-Le , WCFA Board Member

Michael Schroeder - CEO ORCA Affairs SECNewgate/Germany, ex IPREX Global President
Justin Green – President, Global Alliance for Public Relations and Communication Management, Ireland
Peter Mutie - CEO, Peterson Integrated Communications, Kenya
Mai Anh Le - Country Manager, PR Newswire, Vietnam

18.30 - Q&A

18.40
Wrap Up: Cesare Valli , WCFA Board Member