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The PRCA National Conference took place on Thursday 4 November at Manchester's Bridgewater Hall and offered thought leadership, explored innovation and discussed the current challenges facing practitioners. The conference offered exceptional educational and networking opportunities and featured a number of high profile keynote speakers, interactive Ideas Lab panel discussions and case study sessions and an optional industry masterclass with Neil Backwith.

 

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Keynote speakers included:

• Sally Costerton, PRCA chairman and CEO EMEA, Hill & Knowlton
• Tom Kelly, Director of Communi /jscripts/tiny_mce/themes/advanced/langs/en.js" type="text/javascript"> cations, Financial Services Authority, FSA
• Andrew Griffin, Managing Director, Regester Larkin
• Donald Steel, Chief Communications Adviser, BBC

 

Ideas Lab speakers included:

• Sue Beck, Senior Brand Manager, Halewood International
• Tim Bevington, Head of Corporate Communications, Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service
• Alison Clarke, Group Business Develo pment Director, Huntsworth
• Steve Downes, Managing Director, Juice Digital
• Steve E arl, MD, Speed Communications

• Mark Fagan, Digital Media Director, Golley Slater

• Richard Gregory, Chief Operations Officer, Latitude

• Mark Hanson, Deputy MD, Wolfstar

• Sarah Hartley, Guardian Local Launch Editor 

• Steve Howell, Founder and Chief Executive, Freshwater

• Denise Kaufmann, Partner and Global Account Director, Ketchum

• John Kinder, Managing Director of Digital, Golley Slater

• Simon K leine, Vice President, Corporate Communications, Visa Europe
• Eddie May, Co-founder, Threepipe
• Ian Ratcliffe, Head of Marketing and Communications, Stockport Council
• John Straw, Founder, CEO, Linkdex
• Martin Thomas, Snapper Communications & Co-Author of Crowd Surfing
• Charlotte Thompson, Director, BJL
• Nina Webb, Owner, Brazen PR
• Tom Wells, Managing Director, Gyroscope
• Simon Wharton, Managing Director, PushON
• Lee Whitehead, Director of Communications, NHS East of England 

Closing Panel Session speakers included:

• Alex Aiken, Director of Communications and Strategy, Westminster City Council
• Matthew Eltringham, Assistant Editor, Interactivity and Social Media Development, BBC
• Chris Hulme, PR Director, Paver Smith & Co
• Caroline Kinsey, Founder / CEO, Cirkle
• Robert Phillips, UK CEO, Edelman