30th Jubilee BledCom on Public Relations and Sustainability

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BledCom will celebrate three decades of its existence next year. It is the oldest conference in the field of public relations in the world that is not affiliated with a professional or academic association. The jubilee, 30th international symposium on public relations research, will be held in-person on June 30 and July 1, 2023 at Hotel Rikli Balance in Bled (Slovenia). The theme of the conference is "Public Relations and Sustainability«.

BledCom 2023 will be a bit different: there will be more keynotes, more formats for presentation and more time to debate. We can announce the first two confirmed keynote speakers: David Haig, Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University and Steve Shepperson-Smith, President-Elect of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR).

 

David Haig is the George Putnam Professor of Biology and Associate of Dudley House at Harvard University (since 2010). After receiving his B.Sc. degree in biology with First Class Honors from Macquarie University in Australia, Haig left academia, working variously as a dishwasher and clerk. He returned to Macquarie University, received his PhD in biology, and moved on to a Royal Society Endeavour postdoctoral Fellowship in plant sciences at St. John's College, Oxford University. As an independent researcher, Haig’s research has focused on evolutionary theory and has included a range of subjects from maternal-fetal conflict in human pregnancy to the evolution of plant life cycles.

 

Steve Shepperson-Smith’s career started with Crystal Public Relations and Image Public Relations before he moved in-house as Head of PR for Sure in the Channel Islands and Isle of Man. Relocating to London in 2010, he become Head of External and Internal Communications for Cable & Wireless Communications. He is now President-Elect of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) and a Senior Corporate Communications Manager for Vodafone Group, where he leads PR for the company's Africa portfolio and global reputation management programme.

 

How to submit your abstract and panel proposals

 

Bledcom invites abstracts that are between 500 and 800 words (including title and keywords) with up to 5 references. Please note that as has been the norm in the past, we welcome ALL papers that are relevant to public relations and communication management and not just papers that discuss the conference theme. We also welcome panel proposals.

 

Please submit paper abstracts and panel proposals via email to bledcom@fdv.uni-lj.si by February 1, 2023 (midnight CET). Decisions will be made by March 4, 2023 after peer review. Full papers not exceeding 6.000 words will be due by September 16, 2023 for inclusion in the conference proceedings.

 

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