New Perspectives: The Changing Dynamic Between Corporates and Citizens

The pandemic has affected the nation’s social fabric. Our trust in government and the media is faltering, while corporations continue to gain broad credibility in the eyes of employees and community stakeholders. What are the implications for communication professionals exerting influence in this environment? How are profound shifts in the balance of trust influencing how business advocate with consumers, communities, employees, and governments? In this Session, we will explore how consumer sentiment is evolving, revealing the latest shared perspectives on government, media, and industry more broadly, so that attendees will be better equipped to craft a compelling communications strategy.

Countering Separation: New Benchmarks in Culture and Connection

When the traditional structures around work collapsed under the weight of the pandemic, communication professionals were called upon to cut through the uncertainty with transparent, consistent, and responsive communications. Now, as we emerge through the pandemic, communication professionals must apply learnings from the crisis and establish new benchmarks in communication. This Session explores how communication professionals are building business resilience by entrenching positive cultural and connective changes spurred by the pandemic. We will explore changing perspectives on employee wellbeing and the role of communications in creating a culture of authenticity.

Control Over Crisis: Staying Ahead in a Changing Media Landscape

We operate in a polarised and fragmented media landscape, where information and disinformation can spread with furore. How can communication professionals think strategically in the midst of such a media maelstrom? How can we distil clarity from chaos, acting rapidly and judiciously during a crisis to minimise damage and shield affected stakeholders? In this Session, we discuss the biggest changes and challenges unfolding in our media environment. How are businesses planning communications and responding to issues       in a time-starved media landscape? How can businesses better control the narrative and keep media and consumers engaged? And what lessons can we take from the pandemic to inform our communication strategies moving forward?

Shifting Gears: Advancing Government Advocacy 

The rules underwriting government advocacy are bending. At a time where political focus is fixated on the nation’s economic recovery and pandemic response, businesses must adopt a disciplined, data-driven approach to advocacy to continue to capture the immense value at stake from government and regulatory intervention. In this Session, we will hear how Corporate Affairs leaders are leveraging data, shifting media levers, and deepening relationships to effectively influence policy directions and business outcomes.

Above the Noise: Reaching Consumers with Clarity and Consistency

We are all, as consumers, creatures of habit. The war for consumer attention has, in turn, become habitual – a trial of attrition, of algorithms, and of impressions. But what if businesses started thinking differently about engagement and impact? What would happen if businesses embraced the anomalous and extraordinary nature of the past two years, and in the pursuit of authentic connection, sought to create a meaningful legacy? In this Session, we will explore how businesses are creating impact through communications and leaving a lasting, tangible impression on consumers.

Unnatural Advantage: Evolving Communications with Technology

The pandemic has underscored the importance of delivering timely, relevant, and reliable internal  communications. As we move towards hybrid environments that prize flexibility and responsiveness, technology will play an increasingly central role in the ways decentralised businesses coordinate,         communicate, and control access to information. In this Session, we will hear how businesses are thinking creatively about getting ahead of the technology curve, reconfiguring communications to keep their employees connected, no matter the distance.

Contingencies, not Clairvoyance: Building a Responsive Communications Function

Businesses are practising their foresight in an attempt to see beyond the pandemic, envisaging a ‘new normal’ and the return to stability it represents. But what can we really say with certainty? Can we say that our environment will be defined by cycles of disruption and adaption, driven both by the pandemic and new business imperatives? Or that clear and inspiring communication will be central to navigating this next phase? In this Session, we consider how communication professionals are preparing for a future they cannot see by improving the adaptability, readiness, and resilience of their businesses.

Meltwater helps PR, social and marketing teams go beyond media monitoring. Our local experts help clients build influence, connect with their audience and measure success on-the-go.

More than 30,000 companies use the Meltwater media intelligence platform to stay on top of billions of online conversations, extract relevant insights, and use them to strategically manage their brand and stay ahead of their competition. With 60 offices on six continents, Meltwater is dedicated to personal, global service built on local expertise.

For business leaders who aspire to better decision-making in reputation, corporate communications and corporate policy development, the Ipsos Corporate Reputation team provides the insight industry’s most trusted source of specialist research and guidance.

GovConnex builds cloud software solutions for public affairs teams at leading companies, consulting firms and associations. We enable public affairs professionals to better navigate government and regulatory environments, by delivering real-time data, analytics, tools and services through purpose built technology.

Temple Executive Search are the corporate affairs experts.  We offer executive search, training and consulting in communications, public affairs and investor relations.

With more than 100 years’ combined corporate affairs, government relations, communications and investor relations experience in the Temple team, every search lead understands communications from having lived the roles we fill.  Nobody knows corporate affairs, and corporate affairs people, like Temple.  Our national and global networks and experience will bring you the hidden talent.

Public policy development is a crowded space. Influencing issues that support business goals, requires successful navigation of complex stakeholder relationships.

Advoc8 is a full-suite technology platform for corporate public affairs teams, giving them the cutting edge in stakeholder engagement, and providing the tools and data needed to amplify their influence.

Salt Shein recruits executives in the fields of marketing, corporate affairs and communication. Please get in touch whether you are looking to make a hire, or thinking about the next step in your career.

International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) is a global association that serves professionals in the field of business communication, bringing together the profession’s collective disciplines. We deliver on the Global Standard in communication through our educational offerings, certification, Gold Quill awards program, resources, and annual World Conference. We support our community of business communication professionals with innovative thinking, shared best practices, in-depth learning, and career guidance.

Celebrating its 12th year, the Corporate Affairs Summit is unparalleled in the level of delegates and speakers it attracts.

The Summit is driven by an ambitious business agenda, and our audience is screened for seniority to ensure you are networking with the minds shaping business. Our limited keynote and moderated panel speaking opportunities will effectively embed you in this top-end business community. Digital and physical brand activations, as well as consultations in dedicated activation spaces further enable you to engage with this decision-making audience.

As a marketing platform to demonstrate expertise, credibility and grow your business with the Corporate Affairs and Communication profession, the Corporate Affairs Summit offers unrivalled cut-through.

This event was sold out in 2021

ICC SYDNEY

14 Darling Drive, Sydney
New South Wales 2000, Australia

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If you are a Vendor or Service Provider to Corporate Affairs professionals, please email [emailprotected] to register.

COVID 19 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

What’s included in my delegate pass?

A Delegate Pass includes access to all sessions, refreshment breaks, networking lunches, and access to provided speaker presentations.

What’s included in my digital pass (only applicable for digital events)?

A digital pass is valid for the use of 1 user and provides access to live content, inclusive of all keynotes, and sessions. The pass also includes access to post event content and select speaker presentations, this will be available to you via email in the week following the event. Please note: Sharing of speaker presentation’s is subject to approval from the guest speaker. Access must not be shared by multiple user’s or redistributed in any way. Organiser’s reserve the right to deny access to anyone who is found violating the above terms.

Is there a group booking discount?

Yes – groups of 3 people or more are entitled to a discount. Full discount information is available on our registration page. If you have any questions about how group bookings work, please contact [emailprotected]

Can I transfer my pass?

A delegate pass is entry for one person only, passes cannot be shared. A substitute delegate is welcome at any time prior to the event, provided the request is made in writing to [emailprotected]

How do I receive my delegate pass?

Following the completion of your registration and payment, you will receive an email confirmation. We will contact you via email one week before the event to provide final information regarding your participation. Delegate badges and all event material will be provided upon arrival at the event – nothing will be sent in the post.

Is media registration available?

No, this is a closed and confidential event. Media registrations are not available.

Cancellation Policy:

A full refund less a $250 (GST Inclusive) processing fee is applicable on cancellation requests made in writing within 10 days of registration. No refunds are available for cancellations made more than 10 days after registration. Where Connect Media is required to reschedule the event in the interest of the event partner’s and guests, your pass will be automatically transferred to the rescheduled dates. Should Connect Media be unable to offer, deliver or fulfil any engagement within 12 months, you will be entitled to a full refund.

What is a Service Provider?

A service provider refers to an individual or organisation who supplies products and/or services to the primary audience of retail industry.

Service providers may only have one representative at the event. A delegate pass is entry for one person only, passes cannot be shared. All service providers who apply for a pass will be reviewed internally before a registration is completed.

Will there be a delegate list available?

No, Connect Media does not provide delegate lists to attendees

Delegate Pass:

Delegate Pass includes access to all sessions, refreshment breaks, networking lunches, networking drinks reception, and access to approved speaker presentations/on demand content. Please note: Sharing of speaker presentation’s is subject to approval from the guest speaker. One delegate ticket is entry for one person only, passes cannot be shared. Organisers reserve the right to deny entry to anyone not registered.

Digital Pass (only applicable for digital events):

A digital pass is valid for the use of 1 user and provides access to live content, inclusive of all keynotes, and sessions. The pass also includes access to approved speaker presentations/on demand content; this will be available to you via email in the week following the event. Please note: Sharing of speaker presentation’s is subject to approval from the guest speaker. Access must not be shared by multiple user’s or redistributed in any way. Organiser’s reserve the right to deny access to anyone who is found violating the above terms.

Payment Discounts:

Only one promotional discount code can be applied per registrant. All prices and promotions are valid at the time of purchase only and may not be redeemed after the point of purchase.

Organisers Rights:

Connect Media and Communications Group Pty Ltd endeavours to ensure the conference programme and speaker line-up is correct at the time of the event. All advertised details are correct at time of publishing. Due to unforeseen circumstances Connect Media and Communications Group Pty Ltd reserves the right to alter the programme prior to the event without notice. We also reserve the right to cancel or postpone the event. Where Connect Media is unable to run the event in the next 12 months (from the date of the event), you will be entitled to a full refund. In the unlikely event that it is cancelled or postponed, no compensation will be provided for cancelled/amended travel arrangements.

Connect Media and Communications Group Pty Ltd reserves the right to deny access to any individual that engages in or is alleged to engage in practices that are considered unprofessional and inappropriate for a business conference. We reserve the right to deny access to delegates that may affect the client / vendor ratio of attendance in favour of the interests of sponsors and commercial partners of the event.

In registering for this event, delegates grant permission to Connect Media and Communications Group Pty Ltd to take and to have full and free use of video/photographs containing their image/likeness for promotional use. Should a delegate not agree to the above image release, they must advise [emailprotected].

Cancellation Policy:

A substitute delegate is welcome at any time provided the request is made in writing. A full refund less a $250 (GST Inclusive) processing fee is applicable on cancellation requests made in writing within 10 days of registration. No refunds are available for cancellations made more than 10 days after registration. Where Connect Media is required to reschedule the event in the interest of the event partner’s and guests, your pass will be automatically transferred to the rescheduled dates. Should you be provided with a credit note at the discretion of the event organisers, this credit is valid for the specified amount of passes, and not the monetary value. Should Connect Media be unable to offer, deliver or fulfil any engagement within 12 months, you will be entitled to a full refund.

Covid Safety:

Connect Media and Communications Group Pty Ltd requests all participants present an official vaccination certificate in order to gain entry to event.

Event Delivery:

In case of a change in government restrictions and advice, Connect Media reserves the right to make the decision to deliver the event completely digital, or completely in person. Should you hold a different pass, you are entitled to move your registration to digital/in person, or receive a credit for the following edition of the event.

Privacy Disclosure:

We take your privacy seriously. Information collected on this registration will be held in the strictest of confidence on a secure database. This information may be used in order to contact you regarding future events, product development and services offered. If you do not wish to be contacted please email [emailprotected]. To view our full privacy policy please visit: http://connectmedia.com/privacy-policy/.