"The post-pandemic world: a bad picture or a good opportunity?" is the topic and question of the fourth edition of the international academic conference Communication Management Forum 2021, to which scientists and researchers in the field of communications, tourism and sociology will provide an answer on 19 and 20 March 2021 with live lectures in the virtual surrounding.

In addition to the health situation, the coronavirus pandemic has affected all segments of society, so this year, Bernays is organising the conference with interdisciplinary partners, the Institute for Social Research and the Institute for Tourism. Peer-reviewed conference papers will be published in special editions of the journals Tourism and Sociology and Space, as well as the academic journal Communication Management Review.

Submission of abstracts: what awaits us after the end of the pandemic?

Aiming to bring together a wide interdisciplinary circle of researchers, the fourth edition of Communication Management Forum 2021 aims to answer an important question – - what awaits us after the end of the pandemic? All researchers and experts can participate in finding a common answer by submitting abstracts. 

Papers proposed for the conference must be based on authors’ current and original research , and the abstract must be written in Croatian or English, ranging from 300 to 500 words, with a clear goal and purpose of the paper, methodology, key results, as well as practical application and social significance of the paper itself. The deadline for submitting abstracts is 17 January 2021 to the e-mail address commforum@bernays.hr, and more information can be found in the Call for Papers.

The past conferences held in 2015, 2017, and 2019, organised by Edward Bernays University College in collaboration with partners, were attended by more than 500 researchers and experts in the field of management, public relations and communications, tourism, and many related academic disciplines. Read more about this year’s and past editions of the conference at commforum.hr.