Bledcom Special Prizes

All authors of papers accepted for their presentation at BledCom can compete for two BledCom Special Prizes:

Institute for Public Relations BledCom Special Prize

The Institute for Public Relations presented their first Institute for Public Relations BledCom Special Prize for the best new research at BledCom 2009. Winners:

• 2009: Dr. Holger Sievert and Stefan Porter, associates at komm.passion GmbH were awarded for their paper “An Expanded View From the Corner Office – Further Discussions and Research on the Global Navigation of International Corporate Communications”
• 2010: Bo Laursen and Chiara Valentini from University of Aarhus, Denmark were awarded for their paper “Communicating the EU to the media: the delicate role of press officers at the EU council of ministers”

Pristop BledCom Special Prize

BledCom's organizer Pristop decided to award authors of best papers beginning 2010 for the first time for BledCom 2010. Winners:

• 2009: John Carroll, Donald Alexander, Peter Simmons and David Cameron from Charles Sturt University, Australia were awarded for their paper “Future-proofing a strategic communication team for a major Australian government entity”

Both prizes will be awarded to authors of top papers for BledCom 2011.