Brussels Events

Mike Klein: One hundred communication leaders. Five breakout areas. A stack of extra-large sticky notes, and one question: “The world is in crisis - what are communication leaders going to do about it?” What happened?  One of the best sets…

The Strategic Global Awards exist to name what the profession rarely names directly. Not effort. Not longevity. Not credentials collected over a career. Impact. The specific, demonstrable, evidence-based kind that changes organizations, shifts perceptions, builds something the profession didn't have…

Some awards are designed to celebrate. The Strategic 26 is designed to make a statement. The argument is this: strategic communication has leaders worth naming and they operate at every level, in every discipline, and across the world’s full range…

By Orla Clancy  This afternoon, we hosted the “Building the Return on Talent Playbook: A Strategic Executive Roundtable on HR + Communication in the AI era” at Steigenberger Icon Wiltcher's in Brussels. We believe that communication and business leaders, and…

Ruxandra-Laura Bosilca: With the Communication Leadership Summit in Brussels taking place on Friday 17 April, Ruxandra-Laura Bosilca introduces the event's "Unconference" format, and identifies some ways participants can get the most from their participation. You’ve signed up for your first…

Mike Klein, Editor-in-Chief: In two weeks, communication leaders from across Europe and beyond will gather in Brussels for the second edition of the Communication Leadership Summit. And I want to be direct about why that matters - and what we…

Today, Strategic has announced its judging panel for Strategic Global Awards 2026, which recognizes outstanding achievements of communication leaders who are shaping the future of the profession globally. The awards honor communication leaders, and individuals, teams and campaigns that demonstrate…

Ed Davis: I have a bit of a reputation for taking contrarian positions. Give me any sacred cow in. communications (including advertising and marketing) and I’ll happily poke holes in things. Awards schemes are no different. Honestly, if you’re an…

By Mike Klein and Orla Clancy  Why has Strategic launched an awards program? Awards programs have a lot of benefits: they provide valued recognition, they challenge communication teams to reflect on and revisit the logic behind what they consider their…

Mike Klein, Editor-in-Chief: This month's Communication Leadership Summit in Brussels delivered something I've been working toward for years: an event that focused on making communication leaders own the potential impact our roles can create, and raising our confidence to seize…