Sponsors

Digital Nirvana

Digital Nirvana has been providing business process management solutions for an increasingly media-centric world for the last two decades. Our solutions enable large volumes of data to be automatically acquired, compiled, and organized for analysis, troubleshooting and decision-making for Media Monitoring and Intelligence companies globally.

Our services portfolio includes Media Analysis & Coding, Monitoring, Clipping & Indexing, Report Generation, Broadcast Logging or Summary Alerts, Transcription, and Media Content Management.

Our broadcast media content acquisition and monitoring product portfolio includes MonitorIQ, CAR/TS, and Repeat Audio Detection Systems (RADS) for news, copyrighted content, songs, and advertisement tracking. Other services include market intelligence and analytics, learning management, and professional services.

Our solution offers OPEX optimization for our customers and helps them focus on their core competencies.

For more information, please visit www.digital-nirvana.com.

NLA media access

NLA licenses and supplies UK and international newspaper, magazine and wire content to the MME and user communities in UK and worldwide. In addition to our UK MME partners the NLA international licence – IMMO – is used by 22 leading service suppliers including Kantar, Cision, Auschnitt, Newton, Burrelles Luce. NLA recently added Spanish content to IMMO, and IMMO includes leading international titles. NLA also licenses MMEs through partnerships with agencies in France, Spain, Germany, Portugal, Greece and other countries.
NLA data services include digital delivery or print, web and – uniquely – website usage data through its eClips, eClips web and AIM data services. NLA is a founder member of PDLN (www.pdln.info) and works with PDLN partners to create better licences and access to media for MMEs.
For details of NLA international offerings http://www.nlamediaaccess.com/default.aspx?tabid=153

TAGFACT

TAGFACT provides coding, tagging and sorting services for print, broadcast and social media content across 12+ European and Asian Languages. We help unlock the true potential of media content by scaling qualitative data across multiple industries.

With a proven business process framework, dedicated quality team, and flexible data deliver formats and timelines, TAGFACT works closely with clients to manually tag and code their content enabling them to draw insights, measure media effectiveness, manage their data repositories.
Clients work with us over and above their automated solutions for close to 100% accuracy. We are source and content agnostic and can work across providers and tools.

Talkwalker

Talkwalker (www.talkwalker.com) is one of the world’s leading social data intelligence companies. Its cutting-edge technology provides actionable social media insights through real-time social listening and advanced social media analytics. Talkwalker helps marketers to prove the value of their social efforts and enhances the speed and accuracy of business decision-making.

Talkwalker’s state of the art social media analytics platform monitors and analyzes online conversations on social networks, news websites, blogs, forums and more, in over 187 languages. Its 1500 servers process 500 million posts from 150 million websites every day. Talkwalker’s unique social intelligence software was selected to become a Twitter Official Partner in 2014.

The Talkwalker platform is used by over 600 clients around the world, including Microsoft, HPE, Benetton, and communications specialists such as Peppercomm, Publicis, Ogilvy, and Weber Shandwick.

LexisNexis

Drive communication and business strategy through deep media insights. With LexisNexis Media Intelligence solutions, cut through the noise to uncover the information that really matters. Learn what’s being said about your brand, benchmark against others, and gain powerful insight about where to shape the direction of your company.

LexisNexis Newsdesk®, our flagship media intelligence solution, is the robust, all-in-one media monitoring and analytics solution that allows you to search, analyze, and share critical information for making data-driven decisions in your business.

LexisNexis Newsdesk® offers the highest quality of data from a comprehensive range of licensed and public sources including print media, online news, social media, blogs, television, radio, podcasts, video, forums/reviews and comments.

Want to dig even deeper? Our team of expert analysts can work closely with you to provide custom reports and tailored media evaluations for your needs.

To learn more about LexisNexis Media Intelligence solutions, visit http://internationalsales.lexisnexis.com/ or contact information@lexisnexis.com

Corporate Excellence

We are a leading think tank in the management of intangible assets. A business foundation created by great companies to reinforce integrated and integral management of intangible assets and help develop strong well-reputed brands able to compete in global markets.

BBVA, CaixaBank, Iberdrola, Repsol, Santander and Telefonica are our founding partners.  Current Trustees of the Foundation include companies such as Abertis, Bankinter, Coca-Cola, Correos, Danone, DKV Seguros Médicos, El Corte Inglés, Ibercaja, MAPFRE, Popular, Renfe, Suez Water Spain (Agbar) and Grupo Volkswagen.

Mission: Being the driving force to lead and strengthen professional management of intangible assets and resources. We believe in intangible as strategic resources that guide and create value for companies all over the world. Our aim is to encourage a new way to do business that focuses on reputation and follows our values: innovation (we promote new models of business management); rigour (we generate knowledge through a robust conceptual framework);  professionalisation (we support the strategic role of intangible assets and the necessary professional training); and networking (we believe in the value of collaboration between companies, scholars, networks and partnerships to create new areas that allow professionals to connect and learn from each other improving the quality of business fabric).

Vision: Our dream is that organisations help enhance our society through an excellent management of their intangible assets.

Services: We offer knowledge, intelligence and innovation in seven action areas: Reputation, Brand, Communication, Metrics, Sustainability, CSR and Good Governance, Public Affairs and Training.

IABC Asia-Pacific

The IABC Asia-Pacific region comprises 13 chapters in eight countries and is part of a vibrant global community of over 10,000 communication professionals.

Setting a standard of excellence since 1970, the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) serves professionals in the field of business communication, bringing together the profession’s collective disciplines. We deliver on the Global Standard in communication through our educational offerings, certification, awards program, resource library, online magazine and annual World Conference.

We support our community of business communication professionals with innovative thinking, shared best practices, in-depth learning and career guidance. Our Global Standard and career purpose define the communication profession.

Our members develop their communication knowledge by connecting with like-minded individuals, empowering professional development. Our members become industry leaders who are recognized for their outstanding communication work and contribution.

ICCO

The International Communications Consultancy Organisation (ICCO) is the voice of public relations consultancies around the world. The ICCO membership comprises national trade associations in 32 countries across the globe: from Europe, Africa, Asia, the Americas and Australasia. Collectively, these associations represent over 2,500 PR firms. ICCO provides a forum for senior management of the world’s best PR consultancies to meet and address issues of mutual interest and concern. Members work together to raise standards of quality, address ethical issues, harmonise professional PR consultancy practice, and share knowledge.

PERHUMAS (The Public Relations Association of Indonesia)

Perhimpunan Hubungan Masyarakat Indonesia – PERHUMAS (The Public Relations Association of Indonesia) is the pioneer professional organization for Public Relations and Communications practitioners in Indonesia established on the 15th December, 1972. PERHUMAS is officially registered with DEPDAGRI (the Department of Domestic Affairs) as a national organization for public relations in Indonesia and the International Public Relations Association, IPRA based in London. The objectives of PERHUMAS are at improving the professional skills, broaden and deepen the knowledge, promote contacts and exchanges of experience between members and to correspond with allied organizations at home and abroad. To achieve these goals, various activities beneficial to members, such as newsletters publishing, books and journals have been created.

Institute for Public Relations (IPR)

The Institute for Public Relations is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit foundation dedicated to fostering greater use of research and research-based knowledge in corporate communication and the public relations profession. IPR focuses on research that matters to the profession, providing timely insights and applied intelligence that professionals can put to immediate use. Dedicated to the science beneath the art of public relations,TM IPR serves as a research aggregator, grantor, partner, interpreter, and convener. IPR does this through independent projects as well as through some of our commissions and programs, including our Behavioral Insights Research Center, Social Media Research Center, Organizational Communication Research Center, and Measurement Commission. All research and publications are available for free to the profession at www.instituteforpr.org.

PRCA

Founded in 1969, the PRCA is the largest PR association in Europe, representing 18,000 people in agencies, in-house communications teams, and individuals. The PRCA promotes all aspects of public relations and internal communications work, helping teams and individuals maximise the value they deliver to clients and organisations.

The Association exists to raise standards in PR and communications, providing members with industry data, facilitating the sharing of communications best practice and creating networking opportunities.

The PRCA represents many of the major consultancies in the UK, and currently has more than 350 agency members from around the world, including the majority of the top 150 UK consultancies. We also represent over 250 in-house communications teams from multinationals, UK charities and leading UK public sector organisations.

PRCA Malaysia

Founded in 1999, the Public Relations Consultants’ Association of Malaysia (PRCA Malaysia) is an independent, non-profit organization representing public relations practitioners either working in-house or in consultancies.

PRCA Malaysia is dedicated to fostering public relations excellence. The association serves as a platform for the exchange of information and views, while striving to set the standards for the PR industry.

PRCA Malaysia makes a difference by continuing to undertake activities that would further promote the profession and the industry, including training and talent development initiatives whilst offering networking opportunities for its members. It is also committed to develop young consultants and provide a unified voice for practitioners.

PRCA Malaysia abides by a code of conduct including professional standards, ethics, qualification and the conduct of business.

Public Relations Consultants Association of India (PRCAI)

Public Relations Consultants Association of India is a trade association set up in 2001 that represents India’s public relations consultancy sector while providing a forum for Government, public bodies, industry associations, trade and others to confer with public relations consultants as a body. It seeks to establish benchmarks in Standards, Knowledge, Ethics and Expertise and encourages and promotes the progression of Public Relations Industry in India. To widen representation and participation from our members, 4 Regional Chapters have been created. 35 leading PR consultancies are our members.

In addition, PRCAI offers its members services in the areas of:
Professional Codes, Consultancy Management Standards, Regional Networks, International Information and knowledge sharing with links, Referrals, Industry placements, Guidance papers, business support, Seminars and Conferences, Education & training and Research and surveys.

The Association now is helping educational institutes to include Public Relations in their curriculum. PRCAI has entered into an MOU with Times School of Journalism where the members of PRCAI are in the faculty to teach PR. IIMC, SCoRe, MDI are other institutes where members teach.

Public Relations Institute of New Zealand (PRINZ)

The Public Relations Institute of New Zealand (PRINZ) was established in 1954 to represent the public relations and communication management profession in New Zealand.

With more than 1350 members, PRINZ is a dynamic and growing membership organisation dedicated to best practice, professional communications. Members are drawn from in-house and agency practice across all industry sectors, from corporate to government to community.

Members are required to agree to the PRINZ Code of Ethics. PRINZ offers members access to resources, tools and professional support including professional development programmes, networking opportunities and events, industry awards, and international alliances.

PRIA

The Public Relations Institute of Australia (PRIA) is the national industry body for public relations and communication professionals in Australia. PRIA represents and provides professional support and recognition to over 4,000 practitioners and more than 100 consultancies nationwide. Since 1949, it’s been PRIA’s role to promote and enhance the profession and its status to the broader community. PRIA enforces the highest standards of ethical practice and represent public relations practitioners in the best interests of the profession.

PROI Worldwide

PROI Worldwide, the world’s largest partnership of integrated independent communications agencies, was founded in Europe in1970 and has offices in more than 110 cities in 50+ countries.

With 75 agencies across five continents, including most of the largest independent agencies in Asia-Pacific, PROI Worldwide is the 6th largest communications partnership in the world with more than 5,000 staff servicing 6,300+ clients worldwide and 2016 net fee income of US$ 721+ million.

Public Relations Society of the Philippines (PRSP)

The Public Relations Society of the Philippines (PRSP) is the country’s premier organization for communication and PR professionals. In its roster are practitioners who represent business and industry, the academe, government, non-profit organizations, and professional services among others.

The Society’s mission is to advance the practice of public relations by uniting those engaged in the profession, encouraging continuing education of practitioners, generating public confidence in the profession by promoting high ethical practice and encouraging high standards of public service, playing the active role in all matters affecting the practice of public relations, and strengthening the relationships of public relations professionals with employees and clients, government at all levels, educators, media and the general public.

PRSP launches events and activities that help the advancement and growth of PR and communication practitioners in the industry nationwide. Aside from aforementioned objectives, the organization also helps members who are in need of assistance financially or professionally.

Thailand Public Relations Association (PR Thailand)

Thailand Public Relations Association “PR Thailand” is an organizational body of knowledgeable and esteemed scholars, PR and communication executives, marketing and advertising gurus, integrated marketing communicators and media executives, ranging from broadcasting, radio and television, to digital media and other media-related networks, from both the public and private sector.

PR Thailand is born out of the importance to public relations of creating networks of communication which extend to cover the country’s key institutions to give information about and fortify Thailand’s reputation, image and identity.

PR Thailand promotes academic work and development, be it in the form of documentation, research papers and articles, from the early stage of production to distribution across media forms.

PR Thailand’s objectives are (1) to provide support for career development in the aforementioned fields at all levels by channeling professional practice in line with social and technological evolution and (2) to create an integration in communication network that will contribute to Thailand’s communication development, image, social and economic advancement.

PR Thailand also aims to raise awareness of public relations as a profession and stress the value of this profession in the hope of contributing to the country’s wellbeing both nationally and internationally.

The Council of Public Relations Firms of Hong Kong (CPRFHK)

As Asia’s hub for commerce and technology, Hong Kong continues to achieve dramatic expansion and the public relations industry grows concurrently. CPRFHK brings PR and communications consultancies together to establish standards, discuss issues affecting the industry, and identify strategies for enhancing the profession’s reputation.

The Council supports public relations practitioners and profession by providing a range of member services including accreditation, events and education programs. Its members meet regularly to examine issues including industry ethics, business and public relations trends, and to liaise with other professional and business bodies, and with Government.

The CPRFHK now has over 35 members that work together to ensure high standards of professional competence and ethical practice, and to promote the vital role of effective public relations in the management of organizations.
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