APCO Forum is a free membership group dedicated to sharing the latest thinking and tactics in communication, issues and legislation with APCO Worldwide's clients and the community. The Forum includes insightful commentary from APCO's experts in addition to APCO-hosted events with government, corporate and other leaders around the world.

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Upcoming Events

• April 10, 2012
  The Rise of Anticipatory Issue Management as a Reputation Management and Business Discipline
  Speaker: Vada O. Manager, former senior director of global issues management for Nike, Inc.
  Seattle, WA
  Contact tlissandrello@apcoworldwide.com to attend.

• Executive Roundtable Luncheon on the Turkish renewables sector
  Speaker: Professor Alan Riley, solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales and director at The City Law School
  Turkish Embassy, London
  

Previous Events

• Briefing Call on EU Financial Crisis
  Speakers: Maurice Fraser, David Hall, Michael Oxley and Georges Ugeux
  
• A Conversation with Jeff Zelkowitz
  Aligning strategy, sustainability and financial communication
  Seattle, WA
• Managing Your Brand Online
  London, England
  Panelists: Paul Jackson and Carla Buzasi
• Making Sense of the Indian Labyrinth
  London, England
  Speakers: Patricia Hewitt, chair of UK IBC
  Lalit Mansingh, former Indian Foreign Minister, former High Commissioner in London and Indian Ambassador in Washington, D.C.
  Lord Desai, the eminent academic and India commentator
  Click here for a summary of the event.
• Briefing Call on Global Financial Landscape
  Speakers: Eduardo Aguirre, David Hall, Michael Oxley and Georges Ugeux
  
• How cuts, technology, localism and the Big Society are going to change the way we operate
  London, England
  Speaker: Matt Leach
• Building a meaningful corporate brand
  London, England
  Speaker: Stephen Pain, Unilever head of communications
• National Health Service Reforms
  London, England
  Speaker: Colin Douglas, NHS director of communications
• Effective Use of Integrated Communications to Influence
  London, England
  Speaker: Mike Hobday, Macmillan cancer support charity head of communication and public affairs
• Briefing Call on Events in the Middle East
  Speakers: Ambassador Marc Ginsberg, Ambassador Said T. Jawad, James P. Moore, Jr. and Ambassador Itamar Rabinovich
• A Conversation with James McGregor
  Seattle, Washington
  Speaker: James McGregor, author of the bestselling book One Billion Customers: Lessons from the Front Lines of Doing Business in China
• La Revue Parlementaire breakfast meetings
  First Edition: Key success factors for the French G8/G20 Presidency
  Paris, France
• Lunch Debate with Commissioner Cecilia Malmstr m, European Commissioner for Home Affairs
  Brussels, Belgium
• CMS and Health Care Reform with Leslie Norwalk and Ken Thorpe
  Washington, D.C.
• Lunch Debate with Janez Potočnik, European Commissioner for the Environment
  Brussels, Belgium
• How Will the U.K. National Elections Impact Business and Policy? - with Rt. Hon. John Hutton and Rhian Chilcott, director, Washington Office and Global Strategy at CBI
  Washington, D.C.
• Financial Regulation and Legislation - State of Play - panel debate
  Brussels, Belgium
• A European Single Market for Online Services: Threats and Opportunities for Business, Consumers and Regulators - with Jean Bergevin, head of Unit E2, DG Internal Market & Services
  Brussels, Belgium
• The 2010 Belgian EU Presidency - with Didier Seeuws, deputy permanent representative for Belgium to the EU
  Brussels, Belgium
• The Changing World Economy from a U.S. Perspective - with Carlos Gutierrez, GPS Chairman, former U.S. secretary of commerce and former CEO of Kellogg
  Brussels, Belgium

Featured Commentary

APCO is committed to contributing thoughtful commentary and analysis to global discussions on matters our clients care about. We also conduct industry-leading research on timely subjects. We've highlighted some of the highlights here. Click here to view our complete library.

Measuring Your Return on Reputation
As appears in PR News' Guide to Best Practices in PR Measurement (2009)
by Bryan Dumont

Consumer Trends in Prevention & Wellness Are Impacting Your Bottom Line: How to Get Ahead of the Curve
by Robert Schooling and Kenneth Thorpe

Working With Washington
Medical, Marketing & Media
by Robert Schooling

Earn a Return on Your Reputation
Chief Executive Officer
by Margery Kraus

2010 Republican Victory Brings New Message of Change
by APCO's Government Relations Team