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PIME 2008: Meeting communications
challenges, old and new
Beautiful Prague, the Czech
Republic’s capital city, played host to PIME
2008. This annual event, which was organised by ENS
with the collaboration of FORATOM, is a flagship ENS
conference. It is the only conference of its kind designed
especially for communicators in the nuclear industry
and research communities. A total of around 190 people
from 30 countries across the five continents participated
in PIME 2008, emphasising its increasingly global reach
and relevance.
The programme revolved
around a series of plenary sessions and interactive
workshops. Among the key topics on the PIME debating
table were communicating science, the perception and
communication of risk, internal communications, education
and training, new tools, crisis communications and
a look at how other industries have communicated successfully
where perhaps our industry has failed.
The nuclear revival, which
has gathered steam in a number of countries has energised
the nuclear community and the opportunities it brings
for has put the onus on results-oriented impact communications.
This increased sense of enthusiasm and purpose was
evident in the participative nature of the debate and
the interplay between the speakers and the delegates.
Here is a summary of some
of the feedback that participants in PIME 2008 gave
on this year’s conference:
The plenary session on Communicating
Science was very much appreciated, with “good
speakers” and a “good format”. It “fitted
in well with the Plenary Session on Risk Communication.”
“The workshop on Internal
Communications did a very good job of involving the
participants.”
“The session on Risk
Communications was very good. The professional trainer
that presented it was a very good communicator and
he used a very practical approach.”
“This year’s
new PIME Award used a good approach. The voting by
Pimers was much appreciated.”
“There should be even
more time for group discussions and less for presentations.”
The social events, conference venue and online registration
also received very favourable mentions.
Click on the following
links for
more details on the programme,
for copies
of the presentations (only
available to participants) and information regarding
the winner of the PIME
2008 Award for Communications Excellence.
PIME 2008 was organised in
cooperation with
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