The first Asia Communications Summit, launched by WCFA, was held on Zoom, featuring PR experts, business leaders, professors with high academic ranks and influential figures from media and NGOs. Coming together virtually, the Summit revolved around digital and social media, public relations and cross-cultural communication in Asia.

You can watch the full video recording of the Summit here.

"The Summit turned into a great networking space between top qualified and experienced Asian communications experts who are eager to make a change in our industry. Only conversation and reflection will allow us to clearly connect the dots between each PR community in Asia and make a significant difference towards the development of the profession in this age of constant changes," said Mina Nazari, Coordinator of the Asia Communications Summit.

Among the speakers were Prof Dr. Yahya R. Kamalipour, Founding President of Global Communication Association, Nguyen Khoa My, Chairman of the Vietnam Public Relations Network (VNPR), Dr. Hanzade Uralman, Head of PR and Advertising Department at Okan University, Prof. Dr. Zulhamri Abdullah, Assoc. Professor in Corporate Communication and Entrepreneurship at University Putra Malaysia, Prof. Dr. Syed Abdul Siraj, Senior Professor of Media Studies at Bahria University, Mani Lamba, PR Expert and PR & Communications Director at Ashoka University, Dr. Monisa Qadiri, Media Advisor to VC and Head PR at Islamic University of Science and Technology (IUST), Tatevik Simonyan, Co-Founder of SPRING PR- Company, Nurul A. Shamsuri, Founder of Clue To The Zoo, Paroma Roy Chowdhury, Senior Communications Leader and Senior Vice President of Corporate Communications & Public Affairs at BYJU's.