8.30am |
Registration, coffee, croissants, fruit and informal networking
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9.15am |
Chairpersons introduction
Ben Smith, Founder PRmoment.com
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9.20am |
Understanding your B2B markets
Kai Gait, Senior Global Digital Director, GSK
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How to understand your markets and ensure you address the communication needs of those markets
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Understanding the links and complexities of your different markets – by product, by geography, by customer
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Understanding the right channels to reach your customers and stakeholders
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The need to utilise the appropriate professional social networks
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The tools of engagement – striking a balance between push and pull
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9.50am |
The talent required for integrated marketing
Alice Weightman, Founder, Hanson Search
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The talent required for integrated marketing
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Companies now want more skills for their money
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Why you must constantly renew your skillset
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Why organisations are taking a “Dept of Skills” approach
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Marketers must be able to be experts on a specific part (or parts) of the digital spectrum
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10.30am |
Going global with the ‘Integrated promise’?
Chris Talago, VP PR & Communications APAC & EMEA, Oracle
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Disruptive channels and global integrated comms
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Culture, scale and complexity – what hinders going global?
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Practical learnings from multinational campaign integration
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11.00am |
Informal networking, coffee and fruit |
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11.20am |
Understanding the buying behaviour of millennials in a B2B context
Ashish Babu, Director of Communications Europe & UK, Tata Consultancy Services
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Why millennials = generation direct
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How millennials work and play together and what that means for your communications
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Why most B2B purchasing decision-making processes have changed
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Understanding how millennials are bypassing traditional boundaries of accessing ideas and information
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11.50am |
Preparing for the black swan
Nick Masters, Head of Online, PwC
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Communications challenges are changing and tending to happening with unexpected speed and ferocity
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There is an expectation on companies to react and deal with these unforeseen issues
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How do you create a culture of flexibility and fast response within a firm?
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What capabilities are required to deal crises in a complex media landscape?
Case study 1: Responding to the Brexit result
Case Study 2: Dealing with a social media storm in “high heels”
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12.20pm |
Panel Session on Integrated B2B Marketing
Alex MacLaverty, Group MD, Europe, Hotwire
Parker Ward, Global head of digital & content, Capgemini
Marcus Sorour, General Manager & Vice President, UK, WE Worldwide
Kristina Eriksson, Head of Media Relations, The FT
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1.05pm |
Chairperson closing remarks |
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1.10pm |
Buffet lunch and informal networking |
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