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  • The second edition of the Public Relations and Corporate Communications Summit – Praxis – will be held at Lavasa near Pune between September 27 and 29, 2013

    PR and corp comm frat all set for Praxis 2013

    By A Correspondent

     

    The second edition of the Public Relations and Corporate Communications Summit – PRAXIS will be held at Lavasa near Pune between September 27 and 29, 2013. The success of the first edition in Pondicherry in November last year has buoyed organizers PRomise Foundation to make it bigger and better. (*See Disclaimer)

     

    Five international PR leaders, an additional night and double the segments are the highlights of this years’ edition. The forthcoming summit will have two keynote addresses, three small BIG talks,  four panel discussions and three break-out Master Classes, notes a communiqué, adding: “The event will assemble an array of over 35 speakers including at least one each from the US and UK – pioneering markets for public relations. The uniqueness of the event is that not a single speaker is repeated from the first edition barring one Editor and no organisation gets more than one speaking slot.” What makes Praxis unique is that it is organized entirely 20 professionals with a full-time day job.

     

    The inaugural keynote will be delivered by Lord Chadlington, the CEO of the Huntsworth Group in the UK. The second keynote is by Dr Mukund Rajan who wears multiple hats at the Tata Group. He is the Tata brand custodian and chief ethics officer of Tata Sons. He is also the spokesperson of the group and the chairman of the Tata Council for Community Initiatives (TCCI). The keynotes will focus on Communicating in Changing Times with an impetus on Ethics. David Rockland, Chairman of AMEC – the International Association for Measurement and Evaluation of Communication is leading a masterclass and delivering a special address. He leads a division of Ketchum Public Relations and is travelling from New York on his debut India visit.

     

    There will be five panel discussions with specific themes with leaders in the respective fields discussing a topic. These will each be moderated by an editor, a senior communicator and three PR firm leaders. The inaugural panel consists of four Editors – R. Sukumar of Mint, Sachin Kalbag of Mid-Day, Shaili Chopra of Tehelka and Indrajit Gupta who is the Founding Editor of Forbes India. This panel will be moderated by Nandita Lakshmanan of The PRactice. The second day starts off with a panel on Asia where three PR firm leaders who are based in different parts of the Asia-Pacific region will discuss the Asia story and how India fits in. The three include Glenn Osaki, President – MSL Group Asia; Anne Costello, Regional Director – Asia Pacific at Text 100 Global Communications and Sconaid McGeachin, President & CEO India, Middle East, Africa & Turkey. This panel will be moderated by Shivnath Thukral, Group President – Corporate Branding & Strategic Initiatives, Essar. The third panel comprises Chief Marketing Officers of leading Indian companies in diverse sectors of technology, finance, retail and real estate. The panelists are Ajay Kakar, Chief Marketing Officer, Aditya Birla Group Financial Services; Suvodeep Das, Marketing Director, Reliance Brands; Anuradha Paraskar, Senior Vice President – Marketing, Lavasa Corp Ltd and Ashok Lalla, Global Head, Digital Marketing, Infosys. This session will be moderated by Max Hegerman, Managing Director – Edelman Digital. The fourth panel discussion has communications leaders from four Indian multinational companies discussing a wide variety of topics. The four communicators are Roma Balwani, Chief Group Communications Officer, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd; Chhavi Leekha, Group President – Brand & Corporate Communications at Spice Global, Seema Ahuja, Head-Corporate Communications, Biocon and Sujit Patil, Head – Corporate Communications, Godrej Industries.This session will be moderated by Nikhil Dey, President (Public Relations), Genesis Burson Marsteller. The final panel consists of younger consulting firm leaders which will be moderated by Ben Smith of PRMoment. The panel that will discuss the Future of Public Relations and will have  Rishi Seth of Six Degrees, Atul Takle of Adfactors PR, Sonali Madbhavi of Gutenberg Communications and Dilip Yadav of Weber Shandwick.

     

    Another highlight of this year’s edition is a break out session where participants will attend one of three masterclasses including one on Measurement. The Public Affairs master class will have presentations by Ashwani Singla, Chief Executive Officer, Asia, Penn Schoen Berland and Varsha Chainani, Director, Public Affairs at Abbott Laboratories. The Internal Communications Workshop will have presentations from Aniisu K Verghese, Internal Communications Lead, Sapient and Ranjana Sabu, Internal Communications Lead, ABB. The Measurement workshop will be presented by David Rockland. The main performance at this year’s gala is by singer Ambili Menon on the first evening and the BayBeat Collective will provide entertainment on the second evening.

     

    A breakfast discussion on the future of Public Relations Education is planned with leaders from PR firms discussing the relevancy of academia in preparing professionals for the future. Symbiosis Institute of Media & Communication is the academic partner of the summit and will curate this discussion along with Pradyuman Maheshwari, Editor-in-Chief of MxMIndia.com This is a by-invitation event.

     

    The Media Partners are The Holmes Report, PR Moment, MxMIndia and Avignyata. The other event partners are – Platinum sponsor: Edelman India; Gold sponsors: MSL Group India and SIMC, Pune; Silver Sponsors: Text 100 India, Adfactors PR, IPAN H+K Strategies, Impact Research and Measurement, CARMA India, Eikona PR Measurement, Esha News Monitoring, Avian Media, Simulations India and The PRactice. Brand partners include amazon.in, Sab Miller, Pernod Ricard and Red Bull.

     

    The event is being held at the Mercure Hotel at Lavasa. More information is available at www.praxis2013.in or on email by contacting promisefoundationforpr at gmail or by following the organisation on Twitter at @PromiseFdn

     

    *Disclaimer: MxMIndia is a Trade Partner of the event

     

  • Second edition of Praxis summit for PR and corporate communications professionals to be held at Lavasa near Pune from September 27to 29

    Praxis 2013 announced,to be held in Lavasa fm Sept 27-29

    By A Correspondent

     

    The PRomise Foundation for Public Relations, a non-profit organization with a goal of doing PR for Public Relations, has announced the second edition of its flagship event PRAXIS 2013. Billed as India’s foremost weekend summit for Public Relations and Corporate Communications professionals, PRAXIS 2013 will be held at the International Convention Centre at Lavasa between September 27 and 29, 2013. The summit will bring together students, professionals: young and mid-level and veterans of the Public Relations business under one roof to discuss various aspects that impact the profession (*See Disclosure)

     

    The inaugural summit was held in November 2012 at Pondicherry and was a resounding success. The summit in 2013 will see over 300 professionals in attendance. The keynote address is to be delivered by Lord Peter Chadlington, Chief Executive Officer at Huntsworth PLC and the founder of Shandwick.

     

    There will be two other keynote speeches, three power panels and three workshops in break-out groups. There will be two gala evenings including a live concert. The event sponsors will be some of the leading public relations firms, a media measurement company and an academic institute among others. The Holmes Report will be the international media partner. MxMIndia will be the online media partner. Participants may register by accessing the microsite at www.praxis2013.in

     

    The pricing will be uniform for all age groups with reduced rates for early birds. Participants have more than seven months to plan and prepare for the event to be held in the picturesque hill city of Lavasa which is an hour away from Pune and three hours away from Mumbai.

     

    The PRomise Foundation was created in 2012 for the purpose of organizing events for the professional community among other things. The Foundation has a Board of Advisors consisting of senior professionals from academics, media, corporate communications, marketing and business. A Board of Mentors comprises country heads of the leading Public Relations firms. The younger professionals consist of Supporters and Friends who contribute time and ideas to the smooth running of the various initiatives.

     

    Another initiative that is the outcome of the first summit is PRonto Рinformal and quick evening gatherings in the key metros once a quarter with the third Thursday dedicated to this get-together with no specific agenda. The first one will be held at The Media Caf̩ in Gurgaon on the evening of February 21 followed by one in Mumbai in March and in Bengaluru in April.

     

    Liza Saha and Umesh Nair – both of whom work full-time with leading Public Relations firms are summit co-chairs and are putting together PRAXIS 2013 in their spare time with the help of like-minded professionals from 15 other organisations who are all trying to create a platform for the profession on a voluntary basis.

     

    According to the summit co-chairs, “PRAXIS 2013 promises to be a weekend where the best in the business come together to learn and bond. After a very positive response to the inaugural summit we are convinced that events such as this are the need of the hour.. This is a humble effort by few of us volunteers to give back to the profession and pay it forward. We are looking forward to the months ahead in planning what we believe will become the ‘Go To’ event year-on-year”

     

    * Disclosure: MxMIndia is a media partner of PRAXIS 2013 and Pronto.