Melissa Agnes, President and co-founder of Agnes + Day, has been asked by NATO to organize, moderate and sit on a panel for their upcoming conference titled “Social Media: Impact for [NATO] Partners”. The conference is being held in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on April 23rd and 24th, 2014.
NATO panel discussion topic and panelists
The topic of the panel discussion is “Innovating Communications in a Crisis” and fellow panelists include:
- Milos Maricic, who sits on the International Committee of the Red Cross. Twitter: @Montefeltro
- Yaryna Klyuchkovska, an advisor to the Minister at the Ministry of Revenue and Duties of Ukraine. Twitter: @Yarynka
- Stephanie Lamy, Secretary General of Internet Without Borders and a member of the working group of the Chair of Cyberconflict at the Military Academy Saint Cyr Coëtquidan. Twitter : @WCM_JustSocial
- Ian Robin, Director of sales, EMEA at Hootsuite. Twitter: @IanShadRobin
Attendees will include
The audience will consist of representatives of Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Ministries of Defense of NATO member nations and partners. In addition there will be representatives of a number of other international organizations and NGO’s from the region. There is an expectation of between 100 and 150 attendees.
A few words from Melissa Agnes
“I’m both honored and excited to have been selected by NATO to take part in such an important event – and to sit on a panel with such accomplished and admirable professionals, what a privilege!” – Melissa Agnes.
Click here to learn more about the NATO conference.
Author of Crisis Ready: Building an Invincible Brand in an Uncertain World, Melissa Agnes is a leading authority on crisis preparedness, reputation management, and brand protection. Agnes is a coveted keynote speaker, commentator, and advisor to some of today’s leading organizations faced with the greatest risks. Learn more about Melissa and her work here.
Outstanding! I hope you have the opportunity to share some lessons from the experience.
I'm positive that this conference will inspire some interesting concepts to write about. I'm really looking forward to it. Stay tuned!
As a student of fourth year of Political Science and International Relations at Sarajevo School of Science and Technology I was honored that I had chance to attend amazing conference organized by NATO. I found all panel discussions very interesting and informative, esepcially “Innovating Communications in a Crisis". It was great experinece to listen experts in this field as well as to hear some experinece from Ukraine, as we know what is ongoing there. Thank you
Thank you for your feedback, Amra! I'm so pleased to hear that you enjoyed our panel discussion. It was a pleasure to speak before you and the rest of the audience – and yes, Yaryna's insights were so interesting and valuable for attendees to learn from.
Sincerely,
Melissa
That is freaking awesome. Good for you. Is there a recording online anywhere?
Thank you! Nope, unfortunately, it was one of those "you had to be there to experience it" kind of (awesome) experiences. NATO in general doesn't publish recordings of their seminars, though we were featured in Bosnian news 😉 Thanks for your encouragement though!