BledCom history
BledCom was created in response to the need for a global forum for both academics and practitioners to explore the rapidly growing body of international public relations and related applied communication disciplines, including corporate and marketing communication, public affairs and public relations, relationship and reputation management.
BledCom was started in 1994 at the initiative of dr. Dejan Verčič (University of Ljubljana, Pristop, Slovenia), Danny Moss (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK) and Toby MacManus (Bornemout University, UK).The latter was replaced by Jon White (University of Birmingham, UK) and the three form an organising committee of BledCom and choose interesting themes to make every symposium an interesting and useful experience.
In the previous years BledCom Symposia dealt with the following themes and provided the following insights:
- 1st BledCom:
International public relations research; 8 - 11 July 1994 - 2nd BledCom:
Public relations: History, contemporary concept and future; 6 - 9 July 1995 - 3rd BledCom:
Taking public relations into the electronic age; 11 - 14 July 1996 - 4th BledCom:
Managing environmental issues; 11 - 13 July 1997 - 5th BledCom:
Government relations and public affairs; 10 - 12 July 1998 - 6th BledCom:
Innovation in public relations, public affairs and corporate communications practice; 2 - 3 July 1999 - 7th BledCom:
Public relations, public affairs and corporate communications in the new millennium: The future; 7 - 8 July 2000 - 8th BledCom:
Politics of communication and communication of politics: Cross-cultural theory building in the practice of public relations and political marketing; 6 - 7 July 2001 - 9th BledCom:
The status of public relations knowledge in Europe and around the world; 4 - 7 July 2002 - 10th BledCom:
Communication management, public affairs and public relations: building trust and equity; 3 - 6 July 2003 - 11th BledCom:
New concepts and technologies for public relations, public affairs and corporate communication; 2 - 4 July 2004 - 12th BledCom:
Public relations metrics: Evaluation and measurement; 1 - 3 July 2005 - 13th BledCom:
Communicating Europe: Diversity, social cohesion and social integration in Europe and elsewhere: the contribution of public relations and social communication; 7 - 9 July 2006 - 14th BledCom:
Global public relations: The impact of globalization on public relations; 6 - 8 July 2007 - 15th BledCom:
Public Relations and Marketing: A Relationship for Re-examination? Public Relations Among the Functions of Management; 4 – 5 July 2008
