Join the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) France next week for:

IABC France Summer Cocktail Dînatoire, AGM + Presentation on: "Public Relations Revisited - The Dawn of a 'New Media' Era"

by Silvia Cambie - Director of London-based Chanda Communications

Celebrate the arrival of summer with communications (marketing, pr, advertisting, media...) professionals working in and around Paris! Mix and mingle over a cocktail dînatoire and expand your international business contacts. This is also your chance to learn more about IABC France - one of the fast-growing, dynamic chapters of IABC - the international association dedicated to communications professionals!

The evening will kick off with a short 30-minute IABC France AGM meeting, followed by a great presentation on 'New' or 'Social' Media and its impact on the industry. We'll honour IABC long-standing members, new members and also welcome questions and ideas from those coming to learn more about IABC France - who we are and what we do!

Who : Open to IABC Members and non-members

When : Next Tuesday evening, 19 June 19:00 - 22:00

Where: Cours St. Nicolas (l'espace da Vinci)

20 rue Saint-Nicolas 75012 Paris

Discover a hidden jewel in Paris, the lovely 'Cours St. Nicolas' - an intimate venue catering to artistic and creative events. The Cours St. Nicolas is tucked away in one of the hottest areas of Paris - the 'Rue St. Nicolas' in the 12th arrondissement (overflowing with galleries, designer stores and fabulous restaurants!).

Métros: Ledru Rollin or Bastille

How : RSVP by this Friday, 15 June (space limited!) to Summer Jauneaud at: summer.jauneaud@gmail.com / tel: + 33 (0) 6 20 67 71 62

Cost : 25 euros IABC members / 35 euros non-members

Payment at the door

About our speaker, Sylvia Cambié

Silvia Cambié has 15 years of experience in journalism and communication. In the 1990s she travelled extensively throughout Eastern Europe and Central Asia, from a base in Prague, writing about post-Soviet economic reforms for leading British and German publications. Silvia also worked for nine years in Brussels managing public affairs and PR for the American Chamber of Commerce and the European Savings Banks Group/World Savings Banks Institute. She is currently based in London where she runs Chanda Communications, a consultancy specialized in reputation management, stakeholder relations and new media.

Silvia served as President of IABC's Europe-Middle East Region and next month in July, she will begin a three-year term as a director on IABC's International Executive Board.

Silvia has a degree in Social Sciences and Business Administration from the University of Innsbruck (Austria), as well as being an accredited journalist and a certified coach. She speaks five languages.

See you next Tuesday evening! RSVP TODAY!

About IABC ( www.iabc.com)

The International Association of Business Communicators is a professional network of more than 13,000 business communication professionals in over 60 countries. The IABC chapter in France comprises senior-level communication and marketing executives from the private sector (national and multi-national companies such as Airbus * Alcatel * Cisco Systems * Fleishman Hillard * General Electric * Microsoft * Suez), the public sector (international organizations like UNESCO & the OECD), associations as well as free-lance communication specialists.