Big Data vs. Big Idea

Every year is the same: it is never the same.
Our lives are changing at the speed of light. The web is ‘pinterested’, Facebook crossed the billion users line without impressing Wall Street, Twitter has become a major force in elections, everyday new apps are part of our daily life.
Advertising is changing at the same speed. The digital revolution has created the bed for new kind of agencies competing head to head with advertising giants. Thousands of new shops are burgeoning, competing with established networks. Small start-ups born in the early 2000 have mushroomed around the world winning over giant networks before being purchased by holding companies. With the motto: Small is beautiful! And, suddenly, like a lightning in the sky, without warning, 2 advertising giants decide to merge, as if Big was no big enough. The reason? Big Data.
Big Data is the new grail. And even these giants are dwarfs in front of the Googles and Facebooks… Does this merger change the competitive situation? Split points of view from the CEOs of 4 holding companies.
All agencies, creative, media, direct, promotion, have – often painfully – joined the Digital age where data and creativity converge. All now have to compete with PR firms and Production companies as the frontier between advertising and content is blurring. All may have to compete tomorrow with the data-rich Google, Accenture or American Express.
Selecting an agency has never been so difficult – making Marketer’s job even more complex. And the need to adapt more urgent.

Since 12 years, leading consultants from the 4 continents gather in New York for a week of active meetings, unsderstanding how networks adapt, how new skills blossom, exchanging best practices, cooking good food for thought through workshops, exchanges and learning. They will hear vision from the top CEOs of global agencies, be inspired by insights on new trends by industry gurus. And this year, of course, they will hear form the Giants: Maurice Levy, Martin Sorrell, Michael Roth , David Jones and Miles Nadal. I bet you wish to be a fly in the room!