RISE - 2019 Recap

RISE 2019 was a blast! Thank you to our sponsors, our speakers + our audience. You were all phenomenal!
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Press/Takeaway Write Ups

• Campaign's Munroe Bergdorf: Brands should 'embrace the radicals'

• Bite Trends breaking taboos at Creative Equal's RISE conference

• Zone with Medium 9 things I learnt at RISE

• Raconteur's Will with I’m a 33 year old, white, male, Managing Director in the media industry. And I previously looked at D&I from the wrong angle.

• Creative Brief's To break taboos, you have to be prepared to lose something

• Podcast on Greater than 11%

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The power of all our stories - Meera Syal CBE

I am NOT your token - Samantha Renke

Disruption: winning in the workplace and on the high street
- Mary Portas + Nicola Kemp

Giving diversity context - Rosa Rolo, Commercial Director, Major Players

Why ‘Diversify’ Matters - June Sarpong, MBE

Whats Keeping CMO's up at night?
Hosted by Richard Robinson, (Econsultancy) with:
Phil Smith, Director General (ISBA), Catrina Funk, (TJX Europe), Abi Cromer (former British Airways + Oyster Yachts), Radha Davies (Virgin)

Why and how inclusivity benefits everyone - Munroe Bergdorf

Embracing difference: strength, power and dollars! - Karin Osinger-Birch, Chief Creative Officer, FCB West

Why we need creativity more than ever - Claire Beale

Natalie Graham, Founder of Uncommon

The Role of Brands in Society - Rak Patel, Head of Sales, Spotify

AMVBBDO + Bodyform, Viva La Vulva
- Brittaney Keiffer (Creative Editor, Campaign Magazine), Sarah Douglas, CEO of AMV BBDO, Margaux Revol, Toby Allen and Nadja Lossgott, AMV BBDO

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INCLUSIVE CREATIVITY

Our flagship conference! Yes. It's time to RISE. Only 13% of creative director contracts are currently given to women (and they are paid 7% less than their male peers). This is why RISE exists to change that across the creative and tech industries. And, we're INCLUSIVE. For change to happen, we need everyone to be involved in the narrative. It's at the London Symphony Orchestra's home in Shoreditch, one of the most beautiful locations in town. 

Walk away knowing: 
- how to design for 'inclusive creativity' and shape ideas for all
- what's keeping CMOs up at night 
- how to create high-performing teams 
- understand the operating landscape 
- discover the art of negotiation
- find out about the new emerging tech playgrounds 
- understand authentic leadership 
- learn from some of the industry's best creative minds
- and so much more. 

And we have a phenomenal line up. 

THEME: INCLUSIVE CREATIVITY Your host and MC: Pip Jamieson, founder, The Dots 

• Why we need creativity more than ever 
  Claire Beale, Global Editor-in-Chief, Campaign 

• What you need to know in 2019: Building back trust
  Keith Weed, CMO, Unilever, Chair, Advertising Association 

• Why and how inclusivity benefits everyone’
  Munroe Bergdorf, model, trans activist

• I am NOT your token
  Samantha Renke, actor, disability activist 
  
  

THEME:  FUTURE-GAZING KNOW-HOW

• Disruption: winning in the workplace and on the high street 
  Mary Portas, founder, Portas Agency, author, 'Work Like A Woman' in conversation with Nicola Kemp, trends editor, Campaign 

• The role of brands in society
  Rak Patel, Head of Sales, Spotify

• Understanding ROI of creativity
  Sophie Lewis (CSO, YMLY&R)
  Sarah Jenkins (CMO, Grey London)
  Charlie Hurrell (Managing Director, McGarryBowen)
  Lindsay Pattison (Chief Transformation Office, WPP)
  and Chair: Candace Kuss (Director of Social, H+K Strategies)

• What's on the mind of brand CMOs?
  Phil Smith, Director General, ISBA
  Catrina Funk, VP, European Brand and Marketing Director, TJX Europe
  Abi Cromer, former CMO, British Airways and Oyster Yachts
  Radha Davies, Senior Brand and Communications Director, King
  Chair: Richard Robinson, Managing Partner, Econsultancy

• Visual diet: what are we consuming?
  Adelaide Damoah, artist 
  Mimi Gray, Head of Visual Content, M&CSaatchi  
  Marine Tanguy, CEO, MTArt Agency 
  Chaka Sobhani, Chief Creative Officer, Leo Burnett

THEME: LEAD, YOUR WAY

• IMPOSTER SYNDROME: a fishbowl
  Host: Gemma Greaves, CEO, The Marketing Society

• Life begins at the edge of your comfort zone
  Liz Nottingham, Human Resources Director, R/GA

• Giving diversity context
  Rosa Rolo, Commercial Director, Major Players 

THEME: EXTRAORDINARY STORIES 

• How we made it: the untold story of work 
  AMVBBDO + Libresse 

• Embracing difference: strength, power and dollars!
  Karin Onsanger-Birch, Chief Creative Officer, FCB West

• Why 'diversify' matters 
  June Sarpong, broadcaster, TV presenter, author 'Diversify' 

• The power of all our stories 
  Meera Syal CBE, actress, author 'Goodness Gracious Me', 'Anita and Me' 

  To end: Queer Caravan
  
  

What's included: 

- Breakfast, Lunch, Canapés and Prosecco
- A day of learning, with a focus on inclusive creativity 
- Mentoring with some of the biggest names in the industry

Thank you to our sponsors!

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