Essential Communications Conference

Commissioning Excellence

The Fourth Annual IVCA Essential Communications Conference hosted by the London Stock Exchange

Essential Communications is an annual event that focuses on the latest developments in the communication of CSR, Sustainable Development and Social Inclusion.
 
Date:          Wednesday 27th February 2008
Time:          9:30 am to 4:30 pm
Venue:       London Stock Exchange
Address:   10 Paternoster Square, London, EC4M 7LS
Price:         Members: £125 plus VAT (£146.88)
                    Non-members: £250 plus VAT (£293.75)
 

Now in its fourth year, the Essential Communications Conference will examine the latest trends in communicating Corporate Responsibility, Social Inclusion and Sustainable Development. All speakers are leaders in the field who have produced award-winning campaigns and programmes that have proven to be both commercially successful and creatively outstanding.

The key themes of this year’s event will be:

  • The role of communications in promoting issues from Climate Change Awareness to Implementing Sustainable Development: How can communications be harnessed to achieve greater sustainability at all levels of an organisation?
  • Promoting a fair society - new approaches to diversity and social inclusion: How can communications achieve a more inclusive society?
  • Future trends in the communication of Corporate Responsibility: Now that CSR is top of almost every boardroom agenda, how can communications maximise the reach and impact of such work?

Delegates

The conference is intended for:
  • Directors of Communication
  • Directors of CSR, Sustainable Development and Human Resources
  • Producers of business and public sector communications

Why Attend?

Directors of Communication, Sustainable Development and HR
  • See the latest award-winning best practice communications across the industry
  • Benchmark your work against leading companies
  • Discover new ways to maximise the reach and impact of your work

 

Producers of business and public sector communications
  • Discover industry’s communications needs directly from Businesses
  • Understand the changing communications landscape
  • Benchmark yourself against award-winning communications
  • Develop cross-industry contacts with colleagues and clients

The Running Order

Morning Session 10.00    Essential Communications: How Communicators can Promote a Better World

James Humphreys, IVCA Chairman

 

10:10    Chair's Introduction

Brendan May, Head of CSR, Weber Shandwick


  10:15    Keynote Address: Sustainability - the responsibility of the communicator

Fiona Reynolds, Chief Executive The National Trust


 
 10:30    Climate Change - the role of the communicator

Chair: Joanna Yarrow, Co-founder of Beyond Green

Contributors to include senior figures from: One Planet Living: Icon Films, Ariel: Proctor & Gamble, Green Designs: Toyota, The National Trust

 

11:15    Break

 

11:35    The future of our children - the responsibility of the communicator

Chair: Dawn Boyfield, Managing Director, dbda

Contributions from: Traffic Tales: dbda & BMW, Child Exploitation: Straker Films, Louder than Words: Purple Flame, Old Vic, New Voices: The Old Vic

 

12:15    Clarion Winners 2007

Examples of award winning entries from this important awards programme. Hosted by Cate Fowler

 

1.00    Lunch Break Afternoon Session 2:00     Ensuring an equal and fair society - The Responsibility of the Communicator

Chair: Rita Shamia, Head of Film, Redhouse Lane Communications

Contributions from: Marc Galmoud, BBC Manchester, Smoking Dogs Films

 

2:45    Communicating Corporate Responsibility Today?

Chair: Katy Eyre, Managing Director, Jacaranda

Contributions from: Friends Provident, BP, Dr Peter Davis

 

3.30    Reception and Launch of IVCA Business Media Handbook 2008

 

Map to the venue on www.streetmap.co.uk