Theme: Beyond the Message
Venue: Hyatt Regency Dubai Creek Heights
Date and time: Thursday, 31st July 2025 | 9 am to 4 pm
Join us for an intimate half-day forum bringing together communications leaders from across the region for open dialogue on the forces reshaping our industry. Beyond the Message explores how we demonstrate measurable impact and strategic value in an increasingly complex stakeholder landscape.
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REPRISE is a unique conference focused on reputation management. The purpose of REPRISE is to offer the fraternity of public relations and corporate communications professionals a platform to gather, learn, share and engage.
REPRISE comes from Reputation Rise. The summit is supported by the leading PR firms and participants include senior communications directors, CEOs of PR firms, middle management - both from consulting firms and in-house as well as representatives from support companies.
The conference aims to have Relevant topics, Energised audiences, Powerful speakers, Reputation focused, Intelligent conversations creating a stimulating experience which is Extremely memorable
| Time | Speaker | Topic | Moderator |
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| 09.00 AM | Welcome Remarks – Amith Prabhu, Founder, The Promise Foundation |
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| 09.10 AM | Alka Winter, Vice President, Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Development Authority Anastasiya Golovatenko, Director, Sherpa Communications Neda Shelton, Executive Board member, MEPRA |
The Value of Reputation | Arun Sudhaman, Founding Editor, Earned First |
| 09.45 AM | PR Quiz by Senjam Raj Sekhar | ||
| 10.10 AM | Sunil John, Senior Advisor, Stagwell Inc - MENA |
Beyond the Message | Arun Sudhaman, Founding Editor, Earned First |
| 10.45 AM | PR Quiz 2 | ||
| 11:00 AM | Networking Break | ||
| 11.30 AM | Kirsty O' Connor, Regional Director of Innovation, Burson |
The Magic of Innovation | |
| 12:00 PM | PR Quiz 3 | ||
| 12:15 PM | Kateryna Byelova | Internal Communications and Culture Gulf Landscape 2025: Key Findings from the First Regional Research Study | |
| 12:45 PM | Lunch | ||
| 01:45 PM | Reputation Today 25 Top Corporate Communication Teams - Felicitation | ||
| 02:15 PM | Margaret Flanagan, Co-Founder, Tales & Heads Vineet Handa, Founder & CEO, Kaizzen |
AI’s Role in the Future of Communications | Neda Shelton, Executive Board member, MEPRA |
| 02:55 PM | PR Quiz 4 | ||
| 03:10 PM | Ghaleb Zeidan, Regional Managing Director, Weber Shandwick - UAE Kirsty O'Connor, Regional Director of Innovation, Burson Udit Pathak, Founder & Director, Media Mantra |
Cross-cultural Influence | Nick Thorpe, MENA Director, Roxhill Media |
| 03:50 PM | Closing Remarks Ameeta Vadhera, Associate Director, The Promise Foundation and Roshan Alexander,Chief Operating Officer, The Promise Foundation |
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| 03:55 PM | Conclude with Networking Break | ||
