South Africa to host 2015 IPRA Public Relations World Congress in September

Johannesburg, South Africa will play host to the 2015 IPRA Public Relations World Congress which will be held on 27-29 September, the International Public Relations Association (IPRA), world's most influential professional association for senior international public relations executives, has confirmed.

The 2-day Summit & Exhibition coming up in SA is the first ever to be held in Africa. It is expected to attract around 600 – 800 participants from all corners of the globe, with a large number coming from Africa. It will run from Sunday 27 September to Tuesday 29 September 2015 at the Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, under the theme: “Leadership in Communication – the Way to Trust”.

The IPRA Public Relations World Congress is a major event in the PR calendar, bringing together PR agencies, in-house PR managers, public affairs directors, marketers from the corporate sector, government officials, NGOs and academics.

Dr. Amybel Sánchez de Walther,
President of the International Public Relations Association (IPRA)

Speakers at the event include John D. Graham - Chairman Fleishman Hillard, Robert Holdheim - CEO of Edelman South Asia, Middle East & Africa, Colin Byrne - CEO UK & EMEA Weber Shandwick, Jeremy Galbraith - CEO, Europe, Middle-East and Africa, Global Chief Strategy Officer, Burson Marsteller, Rod Cartwright, Global Partner and Director of the Global Public Affairs Practice, Ketchum, and Nigerian Wole Soyinka - the first African to win the Nobel Prize for Literature - and more.

"We are pleased to partner with APO in this important year for IPRA with the World Congress in South Africa. We believe that this event will be important for the PR community in Africa as well as in the rest of the world", said Dr. Amybel Sánchez de Walther, President of the International Public Relations Association (IPRA).

A unique addition to the 2015 Congress will be the hosting on the Monday evening of the IPRA Golden World Awards for Excellence awards ceremony. This event is the annual Oscars of the PR world, honouring the very best PR campaigns from around the globe.

"APO is equally pleased about this partnership as there are still many firms that come across enormous challenges when dealing with several countries for their clients' PR activities in Africa. APO has built a reputation over the past 10 years and we continue to improve and go above the expectations of our clients. I encourage everyone who has not used APO Africa Wire® to try it once for free*", said Nicolas Pompigne-Mognard, APO Founder and CEO.