Pime 2009

15 - 17 February 2009, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

PIME 2008: Meeting communications challenges, old and new

This annual event, which was organised by ENS with the collaboration of FORATOM, is a flagship ENS conference. It is the only conference of its kind designed especially for communicators in the nuclear industry and research communities. A total of around 190 people from 30 countries across the five continents participated in PIME 2008, emphasising its increasingly global reach and relevance.

The programme revolved around a series of plenary sessions and interactive workshops. Among the key topics on the PIME debating table were communicating science, the perception and communication of risk, internal communications, education and training, new tools, crisis communications and a look at how other industries have communicated successfully where perhaps our industry has failed.

The nuclear revival, which has gathered steam in a number of countries has energised the nuclear community and the opportunities it brings for has put the onus on results-oriented impact communications. This increased sense of enthusiasm and purpose was evident in the participative nature of the debate and the interplay between the speakers and the delegates.