London, the melting a pot of creatives, creative enterprises and the home to our inaugural festival, CONNECT 2017.
Join us at Juju Bar and Stage at the iconic Old Truman Brewery on Thursday 14th September 2017 from 11:30-23:00 to inspire, engage and stimulate creative excellence in an environment that pulls in the different spheres of the creative world.
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Brands vs Agency - In house creative teams are the future.
Creative Debate: 12:00- 12:45
There is no doubt that brands are shifting their focus from the traditional routes with Unilever getting behind in-house content creation and U-studio and Verizon building a creative marketing hub. From that shift, we’ve seen superhuman success as well as some quite global misshapes. We ask our experts to debate the pros and cons of the traditional, whether this experimentation should continue, and how are agencies fighting for their place at the table?
Panelists:
Damian Totman, Global Creative Director, Bloomberg
Growing the Future - Create positive progress from the diversity conversation
Engage & Discuss: 13:00 - 13:45
Diversity is the hot topic of 2017. We’ve heard it all from the shocking percentages (just 11.6% of the industry is BAME), through to revelations of thinly veiled bigotry from key figures. As we shed light on an important global issue, we invite experts to share how this has impacted the industry and how we can unite to continue the cultivation of diverse organisations.
Panelists:
Ali Hanan, Founder, Creative Equals
Matt Davis, Founder, Red Brick Road
Sophisticated Machines - Creativity is dead, long live AI.
Creative Debate: 14:00 - 14:45
We’re getting smarter, the machines are getting smarter but are our organisations keeping up? As automation, machine learning and AI begins to impact the creative sector, is creativity itself at risk or will the industry's inherent need for human creativity mean that the sector will survive? The future is here, but are we ready?
Panelists:
Pablo Marques, Executive Creative Director, POSSIBLE
Grace Francis, Head of Experience, Grey London
Simon Gill, CCO, Isobar
Omaid Hiwaizi, Global Head of Experience, Blippar
Luba Elliot, Creative AI Consultant
The Next Generation - How to ignite your team, foster talent, and build a learning organisation.
Engage & Discuss: 15:00 - 15:45
One of the biggest problems shared with us this year has been, where do you find the next best creative talent? We’re speaking to experts in the field about what they are looking for, how they are finding it, and how we can help the next generation of creatives achieve their goals.
Panelists:
Ian Wharton, Group Executive Creative Director, AKQA
Lara Groves, Lead Creative, Impero
Jason Gonsalves, Chief Executive Officer, McGarryBowen
Tim Clegg, Executive Creative Director, DigitasLBi
Clearing the Path - How Icons & Celebrities can move brand stories forward Presented by Greenlight
Panel: 16:00 - 16:45
It may be surprising to learn that currently only 15% of all advertisements feature a celebrity or icon especially when the right endorsements have provided amazing results for brands. Perhaps it is because the thought of finding the right celebrity to align with your brand is a daunting task in our always-on world. So why aren’t creatives looking to celebrities & icons more?
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