Program
May 7th – Arrival in Reykjavík
Visit to the Blue Lagoon
May 8th – Visit Reykjavík
Introduction to Reykjavik's main attractions:
- Strokkur Geyser
- Gullfoss Waterfalls
- Icelandic horse back riding through the lava fields
- Fly fishing
- Pingvellar
May 9th
10 am-10:30 am: Visit to Althingi, Icelandic Parliament
Skuli Helgason, Member of Parliament for the Social Democratic Alliance
1:30 pm: Visit to Íslandsstofa (Promote Iceland)
Branding for Iceland. Jón Ásbergsson, Director Promote Iceland and Inga Hlin, Director of Marketing & Visit Iceland
4:00 pm: Reykajvík University welcomes Emerson College Students and Faculty
Meeting with students
May 10th
9:30 am: Meeting with Pétur Þ. Óskarsson
Former director of Iceland Naturally talks about
"The media landscape in Iceland-changes in communication strategies following the collapse of the Icelandic Economy in 2008."
11:00 am: Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Professor Gregory Payne holds a Public Diplomacy and Crisis Communication Interactive Workshop
7pm: Dinner with faculty from Reykjavík University
May 11th
9:30 am: Visit to RUV Channel
Reporter Björn Malmquist and Anchor Bogi Ágústsson talk about media interaction.
Tour around the studio and newsroom.
12 pm: Visit to the Ocean
4pm: Visit to the Social Democrat Party
May 12th
10 am: Cohn & Wolfe
A WPP Company - Young & Rubicam / Grey
Meeting with Head of Public Relations, Ingvar Örn Ingvarsson.