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Thursday 21 March Confex Knowledge Seminar Programme Day 3


Keynote & Agency Theatre 10:15 - 11:00 Top 20 - cool party venues


• Emma Boardman inspires out of the box thinking • Learn how to create unique live experiences that are


quirky, memorable & emotive


• Emma will reveal what she considers to be the top 20 coolest party venues in London


Speaker: Emma Boardman, Chief Conceptualiser, The Lovely Party Company


11:15 - 12:00 Futurist: from muscle to magic - how successful organisations create the future


• How innovators are adapting to a fast-changing and uncertain environment


• How successful fi rms are creating and competing for new opportunities


• How business models are changing


• How to create a future oriented mindset and management culture in the organisation Speaker: Rohit Talwar, CEO, Fast Future Research


Specialist Programmes Theatre


10:15 - 11:00 PA Day: Defi ning the role of the Executive PA as a business critical role


• Defi ning essential skills that bring a greater depth, infl uence and responsibility to the role


• Understanding and making the connection between personal and business success


• Connecting the role of the Executive PA to the ongoing success of the leadership team and the business


Speaker: Susie Barron-Stubley, Managing Director, Castalia Coaching & Training


11:15 - 12:00 PA Day: Understanding emotional intelligence and the dynamics of ‘Offi ce Politics’


• Understand key concepts of Emotional Intelligence • Develop your own personal leadership approach


• Recognise the different ‘power’ games at play and how to effectively manoeuvre around different political agendas


Speaker: Susie Barron-Stubley, Managing Director, Castalia Coaching & Training


13:00 - 13:45 Keynote: Jaguar Academy of Sport: Developing brands through events and sponsorship... Geoff Cousins


• Geoff Cousins was Jaguar Land Rover`s highly successful Global Director for Sponsorship and Brand Partners


• Explore the Jaguar brand and how it reclaimed its position in the market


• Find out how his strategies can be applied to businesses across the board


14:00-14:45 Becoming Indispensable: Sir Richard Branson’s Executive Assistant for 31 Years


Q&A with Penni Pike Interviewed by: Mike Caridia, Managing Director, pa-assist.com


15:00 - 15:45 PA Day: Developing and managing successful PA teams to underpin the operations of the management team


• Learn how to bring PAs together as a professional structured team


• Discuss how to create a strong ‘professional identity’ for PAs in the organisation


• Understand how sharing knowledge, systems and process can benefi t PAs and the management team


14:00 - 14:45 Inspirational stories of how to thrive on change


• Discover how to harness the power of change


• Change has been called the new normal, but there is nothing normal about inspiring stories like Apple


• Explore the amazing stories of some of the world’s most remarkable people and brands.


Speaker: Tom Griffi n, MD and Master Storyteller, The Mark of a Leader


15:00 - 15:45 Review of the Global Sustainable Events Summit with a live case study by United Events, Manchester United


• Find out why the event was held and a general overview of the day


• A detailed explanation of the The Positive Impact Vision


• Information and tools to help you start on your sustainability journey


Speaker: Charlie Banks, Business Development Manager, Positive Impact


Live Lounge


10:15 - 11:00 Musion Systems showcase • See stunning holographic showcases • Understand how Musion Systems are leading the way in event technology


• How holograms were applied to events such as Max Mara’s Hong Kong store opening and Christian Louboutin at the Design Museum, London Speaker: Musion Systems


11:15 - 12:00 Conference suite of the future


• Get an insight into what the conference suite of the future will look like


• Learn how the latest mobile data and broadband technology are being employed with existing technology


Brand Activation Arena


10:15 - 11:00 Converting inspiration into ideas of value


• There is no such thing as original ideas – only the original application of ideas


• Getting Inspiration is easier than ever • Who is doing it best and how are they doing it Speakers: Rory Sloan, Head of Production and


Artwork and Tim Jones, Strategist, RPM


11:15 - 12:00 Lucozade: Cutting through the festival clutter


• The importance of knowing your place • Adding (really relevant) value • Earning your fan club


Speaker: Nicky Morgan, Senior Account Director, TRO 14:00 - 14:45 Panel debate: Evaluating events and


experiential: using research to understand your activity and optimise response


• How do you make your activity work as hard as possible?


• Research in action


• How and why you should build your activity from your target upwards


Speaker: Sam Elphinstone, Research Director, 2CV 26 g e


• Discover how, in the future we will be able to ‘beam’ into another offi ce without ever stepping on a plane Speakers: James Rock, Musion Systems and Chris Elmitt, Crystal Interactive


Sponsored by:


12:00 - 13:00 The Next Big Thing Final


• An X-factor style, corporate entertainment talent competition


• Help us decide who wins The Next Big Thing 2013 • Showcases from the hottest acts in corporate entertainment


14:00 - 14:45 The Eventice - fi nal presentations


• An ‘Apprentice’ style competition now in its third year • Final year event management students from all over the UK will be vying to win a job at either, George P Johnson or Blitz Communications


• See the fi nal presentations from the contestants


Hosted by: EPS Recruitment Facilitated by: Bluehat Group


15:00 - 15:45 How to Become an Event Planner • What experience employers are looking for and how to get it • What employers want to see and hear in an interview • How to make yourself stand out Speaker: Matt James, Managing Director, DNA Productions


16:00 - 16:45 Corporate vision to fi rst day reality & The Eventice – The Result


• The difference between the external and the internal • Where should your focus be on day one • How to build your career


• Find out who will win The Eventice 2013


Speaker: Kevin Jackson, Vice President, Sales & Marketing and Peter Hunt, Event Coordinator, George P Johnson


Speaker: Susie Barron-Stubley, Managing Director, Castalia Coaching & Training


How To & Corporate Theatre


10:15 - 11:00 How to...prepare for when things go wrong


• Everything goes wrong


• Steps you can take to minimise that • And ensure success


Speaker: Ben Hawkins, Executive Producer, George P Johnson


11:15 - 12:00 How to...brief technical requirements Speaker: Stuart Roberts, SRD Group


PCMA SESSION 14:00 - 14:45 PCMA Idea Exchange


Sponsored by Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre, Glasgow


• Participate in a lively idea swap with other industry colleagues


Facilitator: Sherrif Karamat, CAE, Chief Operating Offi cer, PCMA


PCMA SESSION


15:00 - 15:45 Global approaches to strategic meeting management programmes


Sponsored by Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre, Glasgow


• Learn how other corporate planners have implemented SMMP into their teams


• Assess your Strategic Meetings Management programme and understand how to maximise its effectiveness


• Predict future challenges and formulate a plan to address them. Speakers: Carolyn Pund, Sr. Manager, Global Strategic Meetings Management, Cisco Systems, Lisa Schelle, CMM, Director, Global Meetings & Events, Nike and Klaus Span, Senior Manager of Marketing, Demand Programmes & Alliances, IBM


• Gain clear takeaways to put into action when you return to your offi ce


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