Events and Endorsed Conferences
Listed below are our events or those organised by our partners and "Endorsed by IPRA". This special status is given to certain events around the globe each year. At these events the IPRA President or another representative will be taking part. IPRA Pro members are typically offered a discount. See the separate page for IPRA Thought Leadership webinars.
2024
All Africa strategic PR and digital communication, 26 – 28 November 2024, Ghana
ECREA 10th European Communication Conference 23 - 27 September, Ljubjana, Slovenia
18th International PR congress, 13 –15 August 2024, Nigeria
Institute of Public Relations Ghana 50th-anniversary celebration, 16 July 2024, Ghana
International PR Research Symposium BledCom, 5 – 6 July 2024, Slovenia
Export promotion and marketing communication 25 – 27 June 2024, Nigeria
Effective PR and digital communication management, 26 – 28 May 2024, Nigeria
Media relations and strategic PR, 28 – 30 May 2024, Nigeria
Commonwealth customs and immigration PR programme, 28 – 30 May 2024, Nigeria
Security PR and communication management, 26 – 28 May 2024, Nigeria
PROACTIVE, 23 - 24 May 2024, Bosnia & Herzegovina
APRA , One Africa, One Voice: Bridging Africa's Communication Divide, 13 – 17 May 2024, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire,
Government information management programme, 23 – 25 April 2024, Nigeria
21st PROPR, 14 - 17 March 2024, Serbia
2023
Media.com IPRA Golden World Awards Gala Dinner, 20 October, Barcelona, Spain
PR Festival, 25 - 27 November, New Delhi, India
Second forum of Turkish States PR specialists, September, Azerbaijan
17th International public relations congress, 15 - 17 August, Nigeria
All Africa Strategic PR & digital communication master class, 25 - 28 July, Ghana
Commonwealth customs & immigration PR programme, 11 - 13 July, Nigeria
Commonwealth of nations cyber security, 3 – 5 July, Nigeria
Media & marketing communication, 20 - 22 June, Nigeria
GlobComm, 1-3 June, Boston, USA
Effective PR & digital communication management, 23 - 25 May, Nigeria
Security PR & communication management, 23 - 25 May, Nigeria
Government information management, 23 – 25 May, Nigeria
20th ProPR conference, 4 May 2023, Croatia
APRA Creative Africa: Exploring the PR potentials of Africa’s emerging economic powerhouse, 15 - 19 May, Zambia
IPRA Philippines Sonic Banding: The Power of Sound in Communication, 22 February, Online
2022
Shaping Value Creation in the Digital Economy : the Challenge of Corporate Communication, Bali, 23 – 25 November
19th PROPR Conference, Sarajevo, 5 November
IPRA Philippines Traditional or New Media : Rivals or Allies, Online, 26 August
18th PROPR Conference, Croatia, 1 - 4 June
1st Symposium on Clutural Diplomacy, Morocco, 21 May
PRAU Uganda Symposium, Online, 28 April
African Universities Public Relations Conference, Nigeria, 22 - 24 February 2022
Defence, Armed Forces and Police Public Relations and Information Managers Programme, Nigeria, 15 - 17 February 2022
IPRA Philippines PR in the New Endemic : Prospects and challenges, Online, 28 January
2021
15th Corporate Communications Conference, Athens, Greece, 9 December 2021
Public Relations and Digital Communication Programme, Nigeria, 15 - 19 November 2021
9th European Communication Conference, Aarhus Denmark, 19 - 22 October 2021
EACD summit Future Now , Online, 14 October 2021
Blanquerna-Emerson 7th global summit, Barcelona, Spain, 7 - 9 October 2021
17th Kazakhstan PR Forum, Online, 24 September 2021
Open Conference on Communication Leadership, Online, 23 September 2021
15th International public relations congress, Nigeria, 17 - 20 August 2021
BledCom 2021, Online, 2 - 3 July 2021
WHO: effective communication during a pandemic, Online, 25 June 2021
FTLive The Future of News, Online, 10 June 2021
XIXth Symposium in Global Communication: Well-being, the new corporate narrative, Barcelona, 3-4 June 2021
AMEC Summit 2021 Communication Accountability, Online, 26 - 27 May 2021
Africa Communications Week, Online, 25 - 28 May 2021
APRA 2021 One Africa! March to economic integration & PR, Online, 24 - 28 May 2021
FTLive The Global Boardroom: strategies for a world transformed by crisis, Online, 4 - 6 May 2021
Public Relations Institute of Australia Fireside Chat with the IPRA President, Online, 28 April 2021
UNESCO media literacy curriculum, Online, 23,27,29 April 2021
IPRA Philippines Chapter Vax populi: driving covid-19 vacine acceptance, Philipppines / Online, 20 April 2021
Inbound communication Middle East, Sudan / Online (in Arabic), 20 - 23 March 2021
PRIA Facebook news ban in Australia, Australia / Online, 22 February 2021
Public Relations Society of India PRSI awards 2020, India / Online, 21 February 2021
Promoting SDG’s and disruption in the new post covid Era, Barcelona, Spain / Online, 17 February 2021
CRISIS2021: covid-19 learning and consequences, Online, 5 February 2021 
IPRA Philippines Chapter CommuniTalks, Philippines / Online, 28 January 2021
16th International PR Conference, Iran / Online, 9 January 2021
2020
14th Corporate communications conference, Greece / Online , 8 December 2020
Focus conference, Croatia / Online, 25 – 26 November 2020
16th International PR symposium, Tehran, Iran, 11 November 2020
Building Bridges through civic engagement, Boston, USA / Global, 22 - 23 October 2020
Strategic PR programme, London, United Kingdom, 12 - 16 October 2020
European digital week, Online, 21 - 26 September 2020
PRO PR conference Slovenia, 9 - 12 September 2020
Strategic PR programme, London, United Kingdom, 6 - 11 July 2020
The virtual public relations summit, Global, 25 - 29 May 2020
APRA Tanzania 2020, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Postponed until May 2021
PR impact 2020: value of reputation, Vilnius, Lithuania, Postponed from May 2020
2019
REMAP creative communications festival, Dubai, UAE, 19 November 2019
PR master class, Johannesburg, South Africa, 18 - 22 November 2019
Blanquerna-Emerson global summit, Barcelona, Spain, 13 - 16 November 2019
MEPRA leadership majlis, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 21 October 2019
Strategic PR programme, London, United Kingdom, 14 - 18 October 2019
IPRA Golden World Awards gala awards ceremony, Yerevan, Armenia, 27 September 2019
International PR congress, Accra, Ghana, 26 - 29 August 2019
68th United Nations civil society conference, Salt Lake City, USA, 26 - 28 August
6th Annual strategic internal communications conference, Boston, USA, 23 - 25 July 2019
Strategic PR programme, London, United Kingdom, 15 - 19 July 2019
APRA Rwanda 2019, Kigali, Rwanda, 13 – 17 May 2019
PRO PR conference Selce, Croatia, 10 - 13 April 2019
First forum of PR specialists, Baku, Azerbaijan, 26 January 2019
2018
Global PR summit Seoul, South Korea, 23 November 2018
14th International public relations symposium, Tehran, Iran, 22 October 2018
IPRA Golden World Awards for Excellence gala awards ceremony, Barcelona, Spain, 19 October 2018
Strategic PR programme, London, United Kingdom, 15 - 18 October 2018
International PR conference, Lagos, Nigeria, 24 - 26 September 2018
PR planning bootcamp, Fes, Morocco, 11 - 15 September 2018
Defence and military PR programme, Lagos, Nigeria, 24 - 28 June 2018
APRA Botswana 2018, Gaborone, Botswana, 9 – 11 May 2018
International forum of PR creativity, Baku, Azerbaijan, 16 - 18 Feb 2018
Cross-cultural communication (CCCC), Barcelona, Spain, 24 – 25 January 2018
2017
Global PR summit Canada 2, Toronto, Canada, 20 - 21 November 2017
IPRA Golden World Awards for Excellence gala awards ceremony, Sofia, Bulgaria, 13 October 2017
9th International PR congress, Lagos, Nigeria, 18 - 21 September 2017
Growth in the UK creative industries and priorities for the industrial strategy, London, UK, 7 September 2017
Global PR summit, New York, USA, 8 - 9 June 2017
Digital communication and online PR congress, Lagos, Nigeria, 5 - 8 June 2017
APRA Morocco 2017, Casablanca, Morocco, 10 - 12 May 2017
West African conference on security communication, Abuja, Nigeria, 23 - 27 January 2017 (Letter of thanks)
13th Iranian PR conference, Tehran, Iran, 8 January 2017
2016
Global PR summit, Montreal, Canada, 1 - 2 December 2016
4th Commmonwealth PR conference, Lagos, Nigeria, 21 - 24 November 2016
IPRA Golden World Awards for Excellence gala awards ceremony, Doha, Qatar, 5 November 2016
Leadership dialog forum, Moscow, Russia, 10 - 11 November 2016
IPRA Gulf Chapter 2016 conference, Dubai, UAE, 25 - 27 October 2016
Global PR summit Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland, 9 - 10 June 2016
APRA Calabar 2016, Calabar, Nigeria, 24 - 27 May 2016 (Letter of thanks)
PRO PR conference, Montenegro, 7 - 10 April 2016
PRForce Moscow, Russia, 18 - 19 February 2016
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