Global PR Summit 3 to focus on Reputation Management

Manama : Regional and international PR gurus from Google, Ericsson, MEPRA, GE, MasterCard and Socialyze will take the stage at the Global PR Summit 3, to be held on June 1 and 2 at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Manama, to address the latest trends and challenges in today’s fast changing PR world.

The two day PR extravaganza will kick off on Wednesday, with a keynote presentation on the Art of Apology by Mary Jo Jacobi, Former Chief Communications Officer at BP America, Royal Dutch Shell, HSBC and Lehman Brothers and Patrick Jephson, Former Chief of Staff to the late Princess Diana.

Regional PR experts attending the event will also be able to hear presentations on social media and visual communications by Joyce Baz from Google, Simon Jenkins from Socialyze, Jumanah Anter from MasterCard, Hussein Dajani from Hug Digital and Fida Kibbi from Ericsson. The Global PR Summit 3 will also include a special interactive panel on working with connected celebrities with Sarah Walker from the Ritz Carlton and social media influencers Talal Al Rashed from Kuwait and Sheikha Dana Al Khalifa from Bahrain.

“The event brings to the table top notch speakers and insightful interactive discussions, offering attendees the opportunity to get a deeper understanding of today’s ever changing PR trends and provides a natural support structure that will help stretch the PR knowledge beyond limits”, stated Kosta Petrov, Event Director for the Global PR Summit

With annual editions in 18 different countries, the Global PR Summit is considered the world’s fastest growing business event in PR and corporate communications. In 2015, the event was organized in Jordan, Morocco, Turkey, Egypt, Oman and Lebanon and the 2016 calendar includes Bahrain, Turkey, Iceland, Norway, India, and Myanmar.

The third edition of the Global PR Summit is organized by P World with TRACCS as the event’s exclusive partner and Ritz Carlton as a Gold Sponsor. The event is also supported by MEPRA, the Bahraini PR Association, Bahraini Social Media Club and Eye of Riyadh.

Registrations will close this Thursday 26th May.