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Sunday 18 November
The Research Colloquium at this year’s World PR Forum was a great success with 100 people turning out to hear the newest ideas and research in public relations in the beautiful surrounds of the Melbourne Convention &...
World PR Forum delegates found out that with the rapid development of the PR industry over the last few decades, an assumption that most practitioners have ‘done their time’ in a newsroom is far from safe.
The public relations industry tou...
How do you top the first day of a World PR Forum that ends with dinner for 500 people? Particularly when dinner is at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Grounds with a spectacular sunset.
The answer is a program bursting with content and i...
Wadah Khanfar
Wadah Khanfar
Former Director General
Al-Jazeera Network
Wadah Khanfar Co-founder the Sharq Forum and is the former Director General of the Al-Jazeera Network. He began his career with the network in 1997, covering some of the world's key political zones, including South Africa, Afghanistan and Iraq. During his eight-year tenure, Al-Jazeera was transformed from a single channel into a leading global media network. This period witnessed historic transformation in the Arab World including Arab Awakening. He was ranked first in Foreign Policy magazine's top 100 global thinkers, and was one of Fast Company's most creative people in business in 2011.