Public relations professionals, educators, and graduate students are invited to submit competitive abstracts for paper presentations at the premier public relations research conference, the Twenty-First International Public Relations Research Conference, to be held March 8-10, 2018, in Orlando, Florida. This year’s theme focuses on “Theory and Research that Drives Forward Management, Strategy, and Business Acumen in Public Relations.”

Upon abstract acceptance, authors of research papers will be invited to compete for top paper awards. One of the awards is the International Aberje Award. This $1,000 award celebrates research conducted on South American public relations and corporate communications focusing on employee relations, media relations, branding and public relations, historical responsibility, supplier relationships, community public relations, sustainability, or crisis communications.

For more information on the paper award competition areas and criteria, please visit: http://iprrc.org/.

Please send abstracts and full papers to Bora Yook, Conference Coordinator, School of Communication, University of Miami, e-mail: iprrc21@gmail.com.