[ecrea] call for papers: communication management forum 2017

*CALL FOR PAPERS: COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT FORUM 2017*

The 2^nd Communication Management Forum 2017 international conference 
will take place on 12 and 13 May in Zagreb, Croatia on the „Living in 
crisis mode: Time to reconsider definition, meaning and practice?“

/*About the conference:*/

Communication Management Forum is the first international academic 
conference on integrated communications in Croatia. The conference is 
organised by the Edward Bernays College of Communication Management, the 
first higher education institution in the region specialised for 
communication management and public relations.

The first edition of the conference took place in May 2015, and it 
stirred significant interest  in the professional public, gathering 
numerous renowned scholars and experts in communication management and 
related academic disciplines. Nearly 200 participants attended the 
conference, with over a hundred scholars and practitioners from 10 
different countries presenting their papers. The goal of the conference 
is to become a traditional biennial gathering of professionals and 
researchers from the communications industry, a place where they will 
exchange ideas, knowledge and insights, as well as present the results 
of diverse research in the previously defined areas.

/*Keynote speakers: */

The keynote speakers on the conference will be two renowned European 
public relations and corporate communication experts – professor *Piet 
Verhoeven*, Ph.D. (Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR) 
and the College and Graduate School of Communication Science, University 
of Amsterdam) and professor *Ana Tkalac Verčič*, Ph.D. (The Faculty of 
Economics and Business, University of Zagreb).

/*Conference topic:*/

Modern society is characterized by numerous crises that require of 
individuals, as well as national and international entities, the ability 
to identify and control potential dangers in order to reduce the 
possibility of jeopardizing the existence and functioning of the 
business and social community. The crisis concept does not have a unique 
meaning, nor is it reserved for a particular academic discipline. While 
there are many definitions of crisis, common to all of them is that a 
crisis generates unpredictability, insecurity, uncertainty, time 
pressure, stress, tangible and intangible losses, and requires the 
timely adoption and implementation of decisions. In order to understand 
the nature and context of crisis situations and the procedures 
undertaken by individual actors, it is logical to question the 
definitions and meanings of crisis that provide a framework for the 
understanding of events in practice that indicate to us certain progress 
in understanding the crisis concept itself.

The programme’s focus is on the last two years, on 2015 and 2016, which 
were marked by major political, economic and social crises at all 
levels, and whose aspects can be explored from the aspect of public 
relations, media, management, marketing, political science, psychology, 
sociology and other related disciplines. Obvious crises at the 
international level, such as Great Britain’s withdrawal from the EU, the 
debt crisis, Eurozone crisis, refugee crises, terrorist attacks, major 
natural disasters, political, as well as many other crises at the level 
of nation states and lower levels within the local or business 
community, have shown that the established and available instruments and 
mechanisms are not functional and do not provide timely and long-term 
solutions. This is why it is important to analyse and question whether 
we are permanently living in crisis mode and whether it is time to 
consider definition, meaning and practice.

*Please note that Communication Management Forum 2017 welcomes all 
papers that are relevant to public relations and communication 
management beyond papers that discuss the conference theme.*

/*Call for abstracts and papers:*/

The Communication Management Forum Programme Committee invites 250 – 300 
word abstracts related to the above mentioned topics and the main topic 
by no later than *31 January 2017*. The registration form is available 
on the offcial website of the conference - www.commforum.hr 
<http://www.commforum.hr>.

The applicants will be notified of the acceptance of their abstracts by 
the Programme Committee by 28 February 2017 at the latest.

Full papers will need to be submitted by 11 June 2017 and will be 
published in the conference proceedings, subject to author registrations 
and double blind peer review. Please note that the best papers from 
Communication Management Forum 2017 will be invited for the special 
issue of Communication Management Review (www.commreview.hr 
<http://www.commreview.hr>).

/*Conference fees:*/

Early Registration (by March 15, 2017): 250 Eur / per paper

Standard Registration: 300 Eur / per paper

Attending without paper: 100 Eur

/*Official language:*/

The official language of Communication Management Forum 2017 is English.

*Conference website:*

The registration form, information about the conference and other useful 
information are available on the official website of the conference 
http://www.commforum.hr

*Contact: ***

Lana Ciboci

E-mail: (lana.ciboci /at/ bernays.hr) <mailto:(lana.ciboci /at/ bernays.hr)>



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