The Conference on
Corporate Communication 2008

You are cordially invited to join us for CCI's 2008 conference to be held at Wroxton College in Wroxton, near Banbury, Oxfordshire, England, with its global focus on the theory, practice, roles, processes, and issues of concern to corporate communication scholars and practitioners.

The conference is scheduled for Friday, June 6 to Monday, June 9, 2008 beginning with a reception at 7:30 PM on Friday, June 6. The morning break at 11:00 AM will mark the close of the program on Monday, June 9.

The three-day conference features speakers from industry and universities. Past representation has been from Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Japan, Malaysia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Russia, Switzerland, South Africa, Turkey, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, and the United States

A Call for Papers and Format Guidelines for Published Proceedings have been issued. (See gray box on right.) We encourage interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary proposals for: original research, complete session devoted to an issue, panel discussion, case studies, workshops or demonstrations.

Areas of interest are:

• Best practices in corporate communication
  
• Communicating through crisis and change management
  
• Corporate communication policy and strategy
  
• Corporate governance, policy, and practice
  
• Corporate social responsibility and ethics
  
• Cross cultural communication and stakeholder relations
  
• Government relations
  
• Image, identity, and reputation management
  
• Integrated advertising and marketing
  
• Internal corporate communication
  
• Internet/intranet practices
  
• Investor relations
  
• Issues in corporate communication management
  
• Issues management
  
• Old and new media relations
  
• Performance measures for corporate communication
  
• Public diplomacy and business
  
• Qualitative and quantitative research methodologies
  
• Research: theory and practice
  
• Strategic public relations
  
• Sustainability and corporate communication
  
• Transparency and corporate reporting
  

Accommodations are no longer available at Wroxton College for the 2008 conference.

The following fees include all meals and a copy of the conference Proceedings (except guests).

US $425 for CCI members
US $350 for full-time graduate students
US $575 for academic / non-profit non-members
US $575 for sole practitioner non-members
US $675 for corporate non-members
US $275 for guests of attendees

Room reservations can be made with the Best Western Wroxton House Hotel (walking distance to the college) at the courtesy rate of £55 single room/no breakfast or £65 twin or double room/no breakfast. Call +44-1295-730777, ask for Margaret during normal business hours, and say you are with the conference at Wroxton College to receive these rates. Banbury Cross Bed & Breakfast is in Banbury (a short cab ride away). Rates may be less. Contact them at enquiries@banburycrossbandb.co.uk.

Registration fees are non-refundable after April 30, 2008.

2008 conference registration form is available on this page. (See tan box on right.)

Best paper award
Refereed papers will be published in the conference Proceedings. Best and Highly Commended Paper awards, sponsored by Emerald Group Publishing, Ltd., publisher of Corporate Communications: An International Journal, will be presented at the conference to the authors of the best papers overall. Papers will also be considered for publication in Corporate Communications: An International Journal.

Conference venue
Conference attendees are accommodated either in Wroxton Abbey, a seventh-century Jacobean mansion, parts of which date back to 1217, or in the college's renovated Carriage House. Enjoy glorious views of surrounding 56 acres of lawns, ponds, and woodlands. Easy transport links to London, Oxford, Stratford-upon-Avon, and Warwick Castle.

For more information, please contact CCI at cci@corporatecomm.org or call (001) 646-312-3749.