Final and detailed agenda of the IAOC Conference in Brussels

What a line up ! Below the final and detailed agenda of the International Association of Online Communicators first European Conference. We'll discuss wikis, online education, blogging, the new PR, online monitoring, crisis communications and more...

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June 15 - Thursday

12:30-14:00 Buffet lunch upon arrival

14:15-15:30 Roundtable Paper Presentations

• An analysis of the Usability of Corporate Online Media Rooms by Mr. Dustin W. Supa, Doctoral Student, School of Communication, University of Miami

• An Assessment of Factors Affecting Dropout of Students Enrolled in the Online New College Bachelor's Degree Program by Dr. Jeff Hoyer, Associate Professor, Department of Communications, The University of Tennessee

• Opportunities and Limitations of Web Logs: Views of PR and Journalism by Dr. Serra Gorpe, Ebru Ulusoy, Istanbul University, School of Communication

• The Changing Role of the Press Release by Rod Nicholson, VP of Online Services, PR Newswire

15:45-17:00 Roundtable Paper Presentations

• International Distance Courses with Videoconferencing: Designs, Benefits and Challenges by Dr. Kevin C. Lee, Western Carolina University

• World-Class PR Measurement That Will Make Your CFO smile by Andrew Muir, Managing Director, Vocus Europe Ltd

• Video on the Web: From A to Z, How newsmakers can benefit from the explosion of online video by Romina Rosada, Vice President of Client and Media Relations, The NewsMarket

5:30-7:30 Reception

June 16 - Friday

8:00-9:00 Continental Breakfast

9:15-10:30 Roundtable Paper Presentations

• Managing the Online Crisis: How Public Relations Practitioners Target Web Logs and Wikis by Mr. Marcus Messner, Ph.D. Student, School of Communication, University of Miami

• Online Buzz Monitoring and analysis: Simon McDermott, CEO, Attentio.

• EUROBLOG Study, Blogging in Europe - major findings by Philip Young, Senior Lecturer in Journalism and Public Relations at the University of Sunderland

11:00-12:00 Panel Presentation

IBM PR manager and IAOC founding member Philippe Borremans (that's me ;-) moderates a wide ranging discussion of "Public Relations, Bloggers and the Media" with Guillaume Du Gardier, Director Online Communications Europe from Edelman PR and a representative from Reporters Sans Frontieres.

12:15-1:30 Lunch

1:30-2:30 Keynote Speakers

Neville Hobson and Shel Holtz, co-hosts of For Immediate Release (http://forimmediaterelease.biz/index.php), the ground breaking PR and technology podcast, are the featured speakers at IAOC's conference in Brussels. As they do in their podcasts, our speakers will be connected remotely. Hobson will be present with us in Brussels, while Holtz will join the discussion via the web.

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