Upcoming/Recent Events
Alcohol advertising - the right measure?
Hosted by the Advertising Standards Authority’s Chairman, Lord (Chris) Smith, this event gave stakeholders in the alcohol debate the chance to discuss the effectiveness of the current regulation of alcohol advertising.
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ASA Graduate Training Seminars
The Advertising Standards Authority and the Committee of Advertising Practice will be running another annual training session for new staff from IPA agencies from 20 - 23 October 2008. The seminars will take place at the ASA's offices in Holborn.
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Environmental claims in advertising. Is green a grey area?
Carbon Neutral, Zero Carbon, Environmentally Friendly and Sustainable are all claims that feature regularly in advertising and marketing material. But what do they really mean? Are consumers being misled? Are companies really making a concerted effort to go green or is it just marketing hype?
The ASA held a stakeholder consultation on Thursday 12 June to discuss these issues.
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International Advertising Law Symposium
The International Advertising Law Symposium 2008. Was organised by the Instanbul University Faculty of Law.
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International Direct Marketing Fair 2008
The Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) and the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) attended this year's International Direct Marketing Fair 2008.
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ASA violence in advertising seminar
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) Chairman, Lord (Chris) Smith hosted a seminar in Nottingham on Wednesday 21 November that focussed on the issue of violent imagery in advertising. The timely event followed a significant increase in complaints to the ASA in this area during the past year.
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ASA Graduate Training Seminars
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) and the Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) held their annual training sessions for new staff, from marketing communications agencies, on 23, 24 & 26 October 2007. The seminars took place at the ASA's offices in Holborn.
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Insider's Guide to the ASA
ASA coming to Scotland: Get the inside story on how the Advertising Standards Authority works.
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Mobile Marketing Summit
The Mobile Marketing Summit brings together brand owners and solution providers to deliver case studies on the implementation of mobile marketing campaigns. Claire Forbes from the Advertising Standards Authority will be presenting.
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ASA Graduate Training Seminars
The Advertising Standards Authority and the Committee of Advertising Practice will hold their annual training session for new staff from IPA agencies from 23 – 26 October 2006. The seminars will take place at the ASA's offices in Holborn.
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ASA Annual Consumer Conference 2006
The ASA’s 2006 Annual Consumer Conference will be held in Bristol on Thursday 30 November 2006. The event is free to attend.
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Advertising Law Conference
Ryan Taylor from the Advertising Standards Authority participated in this Advertising Law event organised by LexisNexis Butterworths. In addition to advertising regulation the event covered issues such as sponsors' rights, trademark infringement and retention of intellectual property.
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The 2006 Advertising Law Conference
Claire Forbes, Director of Communications at the Advertising Standards Authority, spoke at the 2006 Advertising Law Conference organised by CLT Conferences.
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Interactive Kids 2005
Guy Parker, Director of Complaints and Investigations at the Advertising Standards Authority, took part in a panel discussion about how to market responsibly to children using interactive media.
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Advertising Regulation Update
The Committee of Advertising Practice held a free afternoon seminar for advertising and marketing practitioners based in and around West Yorkshire.
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Advice:am An essential guide to the rules and regulations concerning sales promotions
Due to demand, CAP repeated it's Advice:am seminar on sales promotions on 13 July.
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ASA Graduate Seminars for IPA Agencies
The Advertising Standards Authority and the Committee of Advertising Practice held their annual training session for new staff from IPA agencies. The seminars took place at the ASA's offices in Holborn.
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11th Annual Consumer Conference
The 11th ASA Annual Consumer Conference saw over 60 members of the public take the opportunity to meet with representatives from the ASA and to have their say on what they think about advertising standards. The event, which was held at the Park Plaza Hotel in Leeds, was attended by students, community group workers, teachers, religious leaders and people of different ages and backgrounds. All were keen to air their views.
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Advice:am - an essential guide to the rules and regulations surrounding sales promotions
On 19 May CAP ran the first of its free Advice:am master classes. The event held in conjunction with the ISP focussed on the rules surrounding sales promotions.
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TV 2005: Paris - Capitalising On The Expanding Potential of TV: Thinking Outside The 30-Second Box
ASA Director General, Christopher Graham, spoke at this industry event in Paris on Thursday 5 May. The event looked at the changing face of TV advertising in the 21st century.
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Targeting your marketing: International Direct Marketing Fair
Experts from both the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) and the Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) were on hand at the International Direct Marketing Fair to offer advice and guidance to direct marketers on how to ensure their campaigns, both electronic and paper-based, comply with the CAP Code.
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