The Indie Summit is held over two days (Tuesday 16th and Wednesday 17th April 2024), with generous networking and socialising opportunities in and around the main event.
The initial agenda is as follows with more details to be announced soon.
MONDAY 15TH APRIL
14.30 – 16.30: Workshop – “The Blueprint for a High Value Agency” with Craig Rodney, Founder, The Agency Coach, South Africa. Held at Moore Kingston Smith, Charlotte Building 17 Gresse Street London W1T 1QL. Pre-registration is required – find out more here.
18.00: “Welcome Cocktail” hosted by Moore Kingston Smith, Charlotte Building 17 Gresse Street London W1T 1QL. More info here. Pre-registration is required – email stephanie.fox@thenetworkone.com.
TUESDAY 16TH APRIL: ‘A Day of learning and Sharing’
with MC Kathryn Williams, Owner, KMint Profit Academy, Australia
From 08:00: Registration & coffee, The Royal College of Physicians, 11 St Andrews Pl, London NW1 4LE. Map.
08.45: Welcome and introduction with Julian Boulding, President of thenetworkone and Kathryn Williams, Owner, KMint Profit Academy, Australia
SESSION 1: “Open for Business”
09.00: “Keep creative and carry on – agency financial performance in 2024 ” with Francesca Robe, Media Specialist Director, and Paul Winterflood, Corporate Finance Partner at Moore Kingston Smith
09.30: “Sell Your Ideas™” with Kathryn Williams, Owner, KMint, Australia
10.00: “Connect to Prosper” with The Lord Mayor of London, Alderman Professor Michael Mainelli, UK
10.15: “I no longer call my business an agency: a radical challenge to all of us” with Hernán Braña, Co-Founder of Market Logic, Miami, USA & Latin America
10.40: “Introducing Media Cogent” with Kim Weissensee, CEO, Media Cogent, South Africa
10.45: Coffee break
SESSION 2: “What clients need from their agencies today”
11.15: “Gen Z is here” with Tom Morris, Trends Manager, GWI., UK
11.30: “The village behind the underdog : 7 keys that unlocked our momentum” with Nontokozo Madonsela, Group Chief Marketing Officer, Momentum Metropolitan Holdings, South Africa
11.55: “How to Build a Major Agency” with Jon Bond, Founder, Weightless, USA
12.20: “Going to Market” with Marisa Toro and Joaquin Fernandez Nunez, Founders, Marlow Insight, Spain
12.45: “Maximising impact: how to demonstrate value to your customers” with Raina Lazarova, Co-Founder & COO, Ruepoint, UK
13.00: Lunch & networking
session 3: “Marketing, Technology and humanity”
14.00: “A Muse you can Use” with Charles Cantu, Founder, Reset Digital, New York
14.25: “Marketing Technology: where does humanity fit in?” with Andy Houstoun, Chief Commercial Officer at Crimtan, UK: Intelligent Lifecycle Marketing
14.40: “Beating a pathway to the front door of the A.I. black box” with Ian Chapman-Banks, CEO of Sqreem Technologies, Singapore
15.05: “Artificial Intelligence and International Law” with Brinsley Dresden, Head of Advertising Law, Lewis Silkin, UK and Secretary of the Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance, JJ Shaw, Managing Associate, Lewis Silkin, UK & Joanna de Fonseka, Legal Director, Lewis Silkin, UK
15:30: Tea break
session 4: “Aren’t people amazing?”
15.45: “Project Management for Profit” with Kathryn Williams, Owner, KMint, Australia, in collaboration with Nick Tomlinson, President of Paprika Software, UK
16.00: “Slow the **** down” with Emma Harris, CEO, Glow London, UK
16.20: “Too embarrassing to talk about?” with John Sealey, Founder, Thriving Men Organization, Germany
16.45: “The world’s largest performing arts festival” with Lyndsey Jackson, Deputy Chief Executive, The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society, Scotland
17.20: Julian Boulding and Kathryn Williams – Closing Remarks
17.30: Day 1 programme ends
19.30: Optional “Curated Dinners” a chance to relax and unwind with new contacts and friends in London restaurants (click here for tickets). More info here.
WEDNESDAY 17TH APRIL: ‘A Day of Inspiration’
with MC Katie Killip, Founder, Art Director & Creative, Mantra Brand House, UK
session 1:“You Can!”
08.45: “Welcome and introduction” with Julian Boulding and Katie Killip, Founder, Art Director & Creative, Mantra Brand House, UK
09.00: “Is there anything you can’t do with technology?” with Alexander Morad, Founder / CEO / Marketing Nerd at Bright Mind, Sweden
09.30: “Unstuckable: Never Be Stuck in Business Again with Tools from Tech Innovators”, with Heather Kernahan, Global CEO, Hotwire and Author of Unstuckable, San Francisco USA
10.15: Panel discussion: “What does success look like?”
- Marcus Schnarr, Chief Operations Officer International, Serviceplan, Germany
- Josh Rosenberg, Co-Founder & CEO, Day One Agency, USA
- Clare Hutchinson, Chief Strategy Officer, VCCP, UK
10.45: Coffee break
SESSION 2: “the growth mindset”
11.15: “Don’t be like Alice: Dream with a plan & purpose” with Dan Egerton, Founder, Actus Consulting, London, UK
11.30: “Where is growth coming from?” with Julian Boulding, Founder and President, thenetworkone
11.45: Panel discussion: “Unveiling the New Saudi Narrative: Beyond Buzzwords, Beyond Stereotypes”
- Faris Aljameel, Vice Chairman of the One Group, Riyadh and special guests
- Taha Alsafi, CEO/Founder, Red Impact, Saudi Arabia
- Mike Sergeant, Journalist and PR Consultant, UK
- Tom Sharpe OBE, Columnist, the Daily Telegraph, UK
- Jan Rijkenberg, CEO / Founder, BSUR Group (creative lead for Diriyah), Netherlands
12.25: Round table discussions: all Summit participants
13.00: Lunch & networking
SESSION 3: “The secrets of success”
14.00: “Unashamedly, utterly, upbeat” with Katie Killip, Founder, Mantra Brand House, UK
14.25: “Steering a course through seas of change – making space for curiosity and innovation” with Cornelia Kunze, Founder of I-Sekai, Germany and Lisa Collin, Founder of Proscenium Strategies, UK
14.50: “How to win a Nobel Prize” with Tobias Degsell, Founder of Combiner, Sweden
15.15: Tea break
session 4: “You set the agenda”
15.30: “The Unbreakable Laws of Profitable Growth” with Craig Rodney, Founder, The Agency Coach, South Africa
15.55: “The Unmanaged Agency of the Future” with Jack Skeels, CEO, Agency Agile and Author, ‘Unmanaged’, USA
16.20: “Utilizing Entrepreneurship and E-Commerce to Boost the Business Landscape for Youth During Wars and Conflicts in the MENA Region” with Falah Mousa, Former Advisor to the President of Iraq, Founder of MENA Forum for Climate Media, Iraq
16.45: “Closing remarks” with Julian Boulding and Katie Killip, Founder, Art Director & Creative, Mantra Brand House, UK
17.00: Conference closes (Optional farewell drinks in RCP Council Chamber, until 18.00)
Please note: The agenda and speakers are subject to change.
