SINGAPORE, Nov. 22 --Xinhua-PRNewswire-AsiaNet/InfoQuest Representatives from various government bodies in Singapore and Australia as well as media professionals from both local and international news organisations will gather here to speak at a conference on Managing Media Relations for Public Sector in February 2005. This is the fourth media relations event organised by Pacific Conferences in Singapore. Setting the conference theme to focus on the public sector this time, the speaker panel will feature representatives from the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry, SMRT, Singapore Police Force and Temasek Polytechnic, as well as media professionals from Bloomberg News, Singapore's Streats and Malaysia's Business Times and The Star. The conference is set to attract over 100 delegates from the public sector across the Asia Pacific region. The programme is packed with case studies and interactive panel discussions on critical issues including International Media Relations, Braving the Media Onslaught & Public Wrath, Effective Crisis Communications and Winning the Public Opinion War. Past media relations conferences by Pacific Conferences have showcased high-profile speakers from recognised PR agencies, as well as both local and international media and corporations. Speaking organisations have included Dow Jones Newswires, Forbes Global, Standard & Poor's Investment Services, Menlo Worldwide, Ruder Finn Asia, Flextronics, SMRT, Avaya and Michelin Asia Pacific. "The speakers were very good and experts in their areas. I believe the participants, who were mainly PR practitioners from different industries and who were an enthusiastic group of people, gained much from the sessions and interaction," said Mr Goh Chee Kong, VP, Corporate Communications of SMRT, in his second year of participation as speaker for Pacific Conferences' media relations conference. The conference is now available in http://www.conferences.com.sg for registration. About Pacific Conferences Pacific Conferences is a company specialises in organising business conferences aimed at providing interactive, insightful information and analysis about issues facing businesses in Asia-Pacific. The company strives to make a long lasting impact on its attendees through the provision of insight information, practical case studies, in-depth discussion and intimate networking opportunities. Over the past three years, it has a growing portfolio of business events including branding, human resources, finance, public relations, interactive marketing, media relations and I.T. Contact: Ms Jaisey Yip Marketing Manager Pacific Conferences Pte Ltd Tel: +65-6372-2309 Fax: +65-6227-1601 Email: [email protected] SOURCE: Pacific Conferences --Distributed by AsiaNet (www.asianetnews.net)--