AdForum's Worldwide Summits are held through out the year to provide Agency Management Consultants the opportunity to assess and forecast global advertising industry trends. Summits have been held in New York, London, Paris, Amsterdam and Beijing, and attract the CEO's of the most successful and innovative agencies from around the world.
The goal is to provide the participants with up-to-date information on the current situations, objectives and strategies of some of the global advertising companies, along with the opportunity to network with most of the agency search consultants from around the world.
The AdForum Worldwide Summit takes place in London on April 17th and 18th, 2008. Meeting notes and photos will be published after the events outlined below:
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| Thursday, April 17th |
| 10:30 |
Welcome and Introduction of Participants |
| 11:30 |
Lord Maurice Saatchi, Chairman M&C Saatchi, Moray McLennan, Chairman Europe |
| 14:00 |
Speed Dating Sessions
Ian Millner, Joint CEO, Iris
Bill Brock, Founding Partner, Analogfolk
Kate Howe, Managing Director, Nitro
James Murphy, Founding Partner, Adam & Eve
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| 15:30 |
Why client/agency relationships break down
(by Kerry Glazer, Chief Executive, AAR Ltd.) |
| 16:15 |
David Eastman, CEO, Republic Family for
The Agency Republic |
| 19:00 |
Cocktails & Dinner
Hosted by Chuck Brymer, world CEO
DDB |
| Friday, April 18th |
| 8:45 |
Bob Isherwood, Chief Creative Officer Worldwide,
Saatchi & Saatchi
& Simon Francis, CEO EMMA |
| 10:45 |
Highlights of South Africa,
By Johanna McDowell, Managing Director, IAS |
| 11:15 |
Highlights of Sweden, By Nils Welinder, Founder NWM |
| 11.45 |
In pursuit of the Holy Grail (By Bernard Petit, VT Scan) |
| 12:45 |
Kate Robertson, UK Group Chairman
Euro RSCG Group UK: The other face of Euro RSCG
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| 15:00 |
Latest Agency Research in China (by Cesar Vachiano, Grupo Consultores) |
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