The International Crisis and Risk Communication Association (ICRCA) grew from the annual International Crisis and Risk Communication Conference (ICRCC), which affords attendees the rare opportunity to network with prominent crisis communication practitioners, leaders and researchers in a relaxed setting. You can expect to initiate and develop strong, inspiring professional relationships that may benefit you and your organization. Open participation and feedback are encouraged, within interactive sessions with like-minded peers, professionals and researchers in attendance.
Each year the International Crisis and Risk Communication Conference brings together an exciting agenda of anticipated sessions and speakers, and attendees receive high value for their education and travel dollars. Our general and breakout sessions bring you a firsthand look at the most current topics in the field. We continue to bring in leading professionals and researchers to share their expertise in interactive case studies, in-depth panel discussions and useful, new and noteworthy sessions.
The ICRC Conference was designed to facilitate interaction and discussion about crisis and risk communication among members of both the professional and academic research communities in interrelated fields.
The concept for an international crisis and risk communication conference was created when it was observed that research scholars tended to “talk with” and interact predominately with other research scholars at academic conferences and meetings. Likewise, professionals seemed to be sharing with other professionals in a variety of conventions, expos and trade shows driven by vendor sales. It was identified that there was a need for expanded idea sharing and conversations to create a new synergy that engaged the perspectives of both practitioners and academics.
Further recognizing that issues surrounding crisis and risk communication are not limited by national boundaries, it seemed that connecting international professionals and research scholars was key to enriching the conversation. The goal to create a “place and space” where a global audience of professionals and academics could comfortably gather was the motivation to convene the annual International Crisis and Risk Communication Conference.
The vision for the annual ICRC Conference remains consistent with its origin. The priorities remain to keep the conference as a conversational forum, to sustain a climate for personal interaction, to feature leading professionals and top scholars, and to provide information and new ideas that are useful and meaningful to conference participants.
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