CIPR joins Innovation Sprint London as Industry Leadership Partner

Strategic has announced that the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) has joined Innovation Sprint London as an Industry Leadership Partner, taking place on 17 September at The Trampery, Shoreditch.

The partnership brings together Strategic’s global communication leadership community and the CIPR’s expertise as a professional body for public relations practitioners to support collaboration around some of the most significant challenges facing communication leaders and organisations today.

Innovation Sprint London is an executive working session that will bring together a curated group of senior communication leaders, agency leaders, business leaders, organisational change professionals, AI specialists and industry partners.

Rather than following a traditional conference format, participants will collaborate in multidisciplinary working groups to develop practical recommendations across three executive challenge areas:

• Demonstrating communication value and business impact.
• Building organisational trust and addressing the say-do gap.
• Leading AI implementation with confidence and consistency.

As an Industry Leadership Partner, the CIPR will support the Sprint by bringing perspectives from across the public relations profession and contributing to the wider dialogue around the evolving role of communication leadership.

The partnership reflects a shared commitment to strengthening the strategic contribution of communication professionals and creating opportunities for practitioners to collaborate, learn from one another and develop practical responses to emerging organisational challenges.

Orla Clancy, Founder and Managing Director at Strategic, said:

“We’re delighted to welcome the Chartered Institute of Public Relations as an Industry Leadership Partner for Innovation Sprint London. The CIPR plays an important role in supporting and advancing the public relations profession, and its involvement brings another valuable perspective to the room.

“Innovation Sprint London is built around collaboration. We want to bring together leaders from across communication, business, organisational change and technology to move beyond identifying challenges and work collectively on practical solutions. Partnerships with organisations such as the CIPR are central to creating that cross-disciplinary environment.”

Jon Gerlis, Head of Public Relations and Policy at the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR), said:

“The public relations profession is navigating significant change, from the rapid development of AI to increasing expectations around demonstrating value, strengthening trust and contributing strategically to organisational decision-making.

“We’re pleased to be partnering with Strategic as an industry partner for Innovation Sprint London to create an opportunity for practitioners and leaders from different disciplines to come together and share expertise and focus on practical responses to these challenges.”

Innovation Sprint London will follow a Discover – Design – Deliver methodology, taking participants from understanding the challenges through to developing and refining practical recommendations.

The insights and recommendations developed throughout the day will contribute to Strategic’s Executive Insights Report, extending the impact of the discussions beyond the room and sharing practical learning from the Sprint.

The CIPR joins a growing ecosystem of commercial, technology and industry leadership partners supporting Innovation Sprint London and committed to advancing communication leadership through collaboration, innovation and shared learning.

As part of the partnership, CIPR members will receive an exclusive preferential rate of £295 per delegate or £1,395 for teams of up to five participants. To register at the preferential rate, CIPR members can contact events@strategic.global.

Innovation Sprint London takes place on 17 September 2026 at The Trampery, Shoreditch, London.

For more information, visit: https://strategic.global/innovation-sprint-london-2026/