Programme

5:30pm 

Welcome Session at Lisbon's Polytechnic Institute (IPL).

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António Belo - Vice-Presidente Lisbon’s Polythecnic Institute (IPL)

Sonia Tita Puopolo – Wellness World USA, INC., Founder

Dominic J. Puopolo, Sr. - Wellness World USA, INC., Founder

Volker Stoltz - Global Communication Institute e.V., Chairman

Enric Ordeix - Global Communication Institute e.V., President

André Sendin -  Escola Superior de Comunicação Social, Dean

Ana Raposo - Public Relations and Corporate Communication Coordinator (ESCS)

6:30pm 

The President of IPL will welcome you for a cocktail at the headquarters. 

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10:00am - 1:00pm 

Individual team pitching workshops with our communication experts.

Team 1 - Room 2P7  - Wisdom Consulting

Team 2 - Room 2P8 - Young Network

Team 3 - Room 1P3 - LPM

Team 4 - Room LCO - Hill and Knowlton 

Team 5 - Room LCO - BloomCast

Team 6 - Room 1P1 - Llorent e Cuenca 

Team 7 - Room 2P9 - Hill and Knowlton 

Team 8 - Room LCO - Addagieto
Team 9 - Room 2P9 - BUS

1:00pm - 2:30pm 

Buffet lunch offered by our communication experts and catered by "Casa de Santo António" an NGO with the mission to protect single mothers and their children. 

2:30pm - 4:30pm 

Presentations.

4:30pm - 5:30pm 

Jury Deliberations (for lecturers and experts).

Students get together at College of Communication and Media Studies offered by Sumol+Compal. 

5:30pm - 6:00pm 

Finalists Announcement. 

7:30pm - 21:30pm 

Students Dinner at "Sai Prego" Restaurant.

Professors Dinner at "Coreto das Gravatas". 

10:00am - 1:00pm 

Conference - Communication as Understanding (Auditorium, floor -1)

In a moment when we tend to oppose facts to communication it might be important to return to the realm of communication; understanding, and reflect upon our responsibility as communication professionals to a better world.

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Chairperson - Ana Raposo - (ESCS / IPL) 

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• Introductory speech by Global Communication Project Representative

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Speakers:

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• "Wellness" - Sonia Tita Puopolo (Wellness World USA, INC., United States of America)​

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• “Communication as understanding: beyond a classical PR perspective” - Mariana Pereira (Fundação Fé e Cooperação, Portugal) and Mafalda Eiró-Gomes (ESCS / IPL, Portugal)

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• “Save the planet! Sustainable change through digital communication: A new era of PR” - Daniel Silberhorn (FleishmanHillard Germany and Erfurt University, Germany)

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Coffee-break

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• “The secrets of storytelling of change” - Renata Matkeviciene (Faculty of Communication, Vilnius university, Lithuania)

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• “How leaders can improve global communication and meaning in a virtual team” - Averill Gordon (Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand)

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• “Taste Portugal” - José Guerreiro (Lojas Francas de Portugal, S.A. and ESCS / IPL, Portugal)

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1:00pm - 2:30pm 

Buffet lunch offered by our communication experts and catered by "Casa de Santo António" an NGO with the mission to protect single mothers and their children. 

2:30pm - 5:00pm

Final Session (Auditorium, floor -1)

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Chairperson - Nuno da Silva Jorge - (ESCS / IPL) 

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• Introductory speech by Volker Stoltz, Global Communication Institute e.V., Chairman 

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• Client's briefing by Sonia Tita Puopolo and Dominic J. Puopolo, Sr., Wellness World USA, INC., Founders

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• Presentations by the 3 finalist teams 

International Sponsor of GlobCom Project

5:00pm - 7:30pm 

Getting Ready for the Farewell Dinner. 

8:00pm - 11:30pm 

Farewell Dinner at "Casa do Alentejo". 

Winner Announcement. 

11:00am - 1:30pm 

Tour through Lisbon offered by Yellow Bus Carristur. 

1:30pm  

Lunch at "Portugália"