Communicating Through Controversy: When Reputation is on the Line

DATE

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31 October 2012

TIME

04:00 PM

PLACE

Miami

When headwinds go against an organization, how does communication make a difference? Is it best to be silent and keep your head down? Or is it business as usual and persevering regardless? Do you emphasize some stakeholders more than usual? Hear from experienced practitioners on the ways they have dealt with difficult situations and lessons learn along the way.

MODERATOR

  • Name:Dan Soulas

    Company:Echo Research

    Position:managing director

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SPEAKERS

  • Name:Ross Gan

    Company:Huawei Technologies

    Position:Worldwide head of corporate communications

  • Ross Gan heads corporate communications for one of the handful of Chinese brands with realistic global ambitions, telecoms giant Huawei. Based at Huawei's headquarters in Shenzhen, China, Gan is responsible for driving media relations strategies and initiatives across key international markets. Prior to joining Huawei, Gan worked as a senior consultant with The Hoffman Agency, after beginning h...more

  • Name:Geraldo Llanes Alvarez

    Company:Mexico Tourism Board

    Position:Executive Director of Marketing

  • Gerardo Llanes Álvarez serves as Executive Director of Marketing for el Concejo de Promoción Turística de México, or Mexico Tourism Board, and oversees the coordination, design and development of both national and international strategies for tourism promotion for Mexico.

     Multi-cultural busines...more

  • Name:Stephen Whitehead

    Company:Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry

    Position:CEO

  • Stephen Whitehead joined the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) as Chief Executive in June 2011. He is the chief advocate for the research-based pharmaceutical industry in the UK and joins at a key period of change and modernisation. Stephen sits on the ABPI Board of Management and is responsible for all aspects of the ABPI's work. He is set to lead the industry's prici...more