2019

• Adi, A. (2019) A life in transition: reflections on how the past shapes our future (Keynote address). Thirty Years After – Post Communism, Democracy and Illiberalism in Central and Eastern Europe. Bucharest, Romania.

2018

• Adi, A. (November 2018) Digital Stories of corporate volunteering and their role for internal communication and employer branding. Paper presented at the 7th European Communication Conference. Lugano, Switzerland.
• Adi, A. (July 2018) PR measurement & evaluation: the compass to navigate a VUCA (volatile / uncertain / complex / ambiguous) world – and providing users with the skills to use it. Panel moderator. BledCom: A World in Crisis: The Role of Public Relations. Lake Bled, Slovenia, July 5-7.
• Adi, A. (July 2018) PR Memes and communicators’ perceptions and reflections of PR. Paper presented at BledCom: A World in Crisis: The Role of Public Relations. Lake Bled, Slovenia, July 5-7.
• Adi, A. (May 2018) Public Relations Practitioners’ Self-Perceptions: Activism as an Inexistent Concept. Paper presented at the ICA 2018 Conference. Prague, Czech Republic, May 28.
• Lwin, M. O., Adi, A., Macnamara, J., Tench, R., Moreno, A., & Zerfass, A. (May 2018). Missed Opportunities? The Rise of Social Media and the Lack of Dialogic Competencies Across Three Continents. Paper presented at the ICA 2018 Preconference Diverse Voices: Authentic Communication, Dialogue, Trust, and Society. Prague, Czech Republic, May 24.
• Adi, A. & Ioan, A. (January 2018) Rezist – (Anti-)Corruption in Romania 2017. Rumanische Kulturtagen. Friedrich-Schiller Universitat Jena, January 31.

2017

• Adi, A (September 2017 – keynote) Re-imagining CSR. 6th International Conference on Social Responsibility, Ethics and Sustainable Business. HTW, Berlin, Germany.
• Adi, A., Gerodimos, R., and Lilleker, D. (November 2016) ‘Yes We Vote’. Civic Mobilisation and Impulsive Engagement on Instagram During the 2014 Romanian Election. ECREA 2016. Prague, Czech Republic.

2015

• Adi, A., Crisan, C., and Dinca, R. (October 2015) And then a hero comes along – Empowerment storytelling and its powerful brand impact. Strategica International Academic Conference. Faculty of Management, National University of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania.
• Adi, A. (September 2015) #publicrelations on Twitter: pushers, talkers, influencers on spamming PR and job hunting. Qualitative Research in Communication 2015. National University of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania.
• Adi, A., Gerodimos, R. and Lilleker, D. (June 2015) Visualising Discourse: Civic mobilisation on Instagram during the 2014 Romanian Presidential elections. Political Discourse: Multidisciplinary Approaches, 26-27 June 2015, University College London, UK.
• Cheregi, B. & Adi, A. ( July 2015) The Visual Framing of Romanian migrants in the national press. A social semiotic approach. Understanding Transition III, Technique and technology in social and intercultural practices.1-3 July 2015, Bucharest, Romania.

2013

• Adi, A. & Hobby, N. (November 2013) Social media in higher education. Social Media in Higher Education. 1^st Corporate and Marketing Communications in Asia Conference. Bangkok, Thailand.
• Adi, A. & Grigore, G. (November 2013) Digital reflections of pharmaceutical companies and their CSR communication strategies. 2nd International Conference on Social Responsibility, Ethics, and Sustainable Business 2013. Bournemouth, UK.
• Lilleker, D. G., A. Adi, and K. Erickson (June 2013) Lords-a-tweeting, Lords-a-networking: analysing the behavior and impact of Labour Party Peers in the UK House of Lords, Political Communication Research Section session: PANEL: The public sphere in the networked media ecology: Intermedia agenda setting between traditional media and social media.
• Adi, A., Erickson, K. & Lilleker, D. (April, 2013) Elite Tweets: Analysing the Twitter communication patterns of Labour Party Peers in the House of Lords. Twitter and Microblogging: Political, Professional and Personal Practices. Lancaster, UK.

2012

• Adi, A. & Grigore, G. (November 2012) Pfizer’s social media uses in Europe. MediAsia 2012. Osaka, Japan.
• Adi, A. (September 2012) Bringing Practice into the Classroom: the evolution of a social media audit exercise. Media Education Summit 2012. Bournemouth, UK.
• Adi, A. and Moloney, K. (September 2012) Communicating the Occupation. A comparison of social media and public relations in a national and local setting. Social media, Journalism and Communication Symposium. Canterbury, UK.
• Adi, A. (June 2012) Media @ the Olympics: a history of visible changes. I Congress on History and Sport. Lisbon, Portugal.
• Adi, A. (March 2012) Social Media Tools for Internal Communication. Internal Social Media. Bucharest, Romania.

2011

• Adi, A. (October 2011) Keynote Speech: Social Media Communication Strategy for Interfaith Dialogue, 9th Doha Conference of Interfaith Dialogue. Doha, Qatar.
• Adi, A. (October 2011) Research (with/of New Media) at the confluence of business and academia, 1st Bahrain Tripartite Business Research Conference, Salmabad, Bahrain.

2010

• Adi, A. (October 2010) Framing the Beijing 2008 Olympics: Human Rights, Advocacy Groups, International Media and the Online public, ECREA 2010, Hamburg, Germany.
• Jones, J. & Adi, A. (October 2010) The Twitter Olympics – Stories from the Closing Ceremony told by Athletes, Media and Activists, ECREA 2010, Hamburg, Germany.
• Adi, A. (June 2010) The Fundamental Principles of Olympism – a mechanism for human rights promotion, Power Of Sport Summit, International Sport For Development And Peace Association (ISDPA), Boston, Massachusets,USA.
• Adi, A. (June 2010) Framing of the Beijing Olympics – sources, UK media and the public –, MeCCSA, Glasgow, UK.
• Adi, A. & Miah, A. (February 2010) The Olympic Games and the legacy of Olympic protests. Third International Sport Business Symposium. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
• Miah, A., Jones, J. & Adi, A. (February 2010) The Olympic Games and Web 3.0: Monetizing the Olympic Movement’s Digital Assets. Third International Sport Business Symposium. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

2009

• Adi, A. (June 2009) A Framing Battle: Human Rights and the Beijing Olympics. Presented at Play the Game 2009. Coventry, UK.
• Miah, A., & Adi, A. (2009) Centre of the Online Universe ‘Liverpool08′ European Capital of Culture, an Impacts 08 project, Presented at What do you get if you cross social technology systems with a) arts engagement & b) health?, Liverpool, UK.

2008

• Adi, A. (November 2008) 3D Online Reputation. Social, personal and corporate reputation on Netlog, Presented at ICT Lyon 2008, Lyon, France.
• Miah, A., Adi, A., Garcia, B., Krug, K., Scales, R., Whannel, G., and Zhuihui, T. (August 2008) Panel Debate: New Media at the Beijing Olympic Games. Panel Debate presented at the Pathways: Critiques and Discourse in Olympic Research – Ninth International Symposium for Olympic Research, Beijing, China.
• Adi, A. (July 2008) (New!) Media and the Olympic Movement, International Olympic Academy, Olympia, Greece.
• Adi, A. and Miah, A.(June 2008) Framing Beijing’s Olympic Bid: Human Rights Advocacy Groups and International Media. Changes and Challenges. China Media Today, London, UK.
• Adi, A. (March 2008) Framing China’s Olympic Games. National Olympic Academy. London, UK.