CMO Digital Summit

25 - 27th June 2024, North America 09:00 - 11:50 BST

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Disruptive marketing for a disrupted era

CMOs are facing a barrage of new challenges around acquisition and loyalty due to evolving customer behaviours and the accelerating shift towards e-commerce due to the pandemic.

Sense check your approach with likeminded industry experts, sharing insight on business-critical challenges and disruptive technology and drive your industry forward collaboratively.

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Bart Sichel

Former CMO, Bed Bath & Beyond

Seraj Bharwani

Chief Strategy Officer

Brandon Rowe

Associate Vice President - Performance Marketing

Oliver Critchard

VP New Business Sales

Steven Soares

VP Communications & Marketing

Scott Fillian

Senior Director, Marketing Automation & CX

Marta Sułkiewicz

VP Global Research Solution

Rob Dawson

Chief Strategy Officer

Maggie Walsh

Head of Strategy

Ajit Kara

CEO, Americas

Michael Wunsch

President

Dr. Mark Grether

VP & GM Advertising

Isaac Munoz

VP Marketing, strategy and Insights

Aron Kressner

Executive Director, Marketing

Susan Sanderson-Briggs

Senior Vice President, PCHI Enterprise Marketing

Karen Stanton

CMO & VP Global Marketing & Insights

Dan Baptiste

SVP Strategy & Brand Partnerships

Emily Pachuta

Former Invesco Chief Marketing & Analytics Officer, Americas

Vinod Varma

Co-Founder & CEO

Why Attend

Connect with 70+ senior leaders for a curated agenda focused on tackling your current business critical challenges and driving industry forward. Our summits are designed to help you.

New connections

Build new connections with likeminded senior leaders

Business trends

Stay current with emerging business trends

Key takeaways

Downloadable and actionable takeaways

New partnerships

Accelerate key projects through meaningful new partnerships

Insights

De-risk new projects by gaining a broad range of insights

New technologies

Understand the impact new technology can make

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Alex Boehme, CTO, H&M Group

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Jeffrey Johnson, Vice President, Chief Information Security Officer and Chief Security Officer, Siemens Health Affairs for North America

"I was blown away by the great logistics, diversity of attendees and incredible networking opportunities. I can honestly say I’ve never had so many new relationships and key opportunities from a single meeting."

Bill Sheahan, Vice President

"Congratulations to you all for pulling off a Hybrid Summit with Augmented Reality features that are truly unparalleled in the Industry! Collaborative, Interactive & showcasing leading edge technology ... GDS Summits really set the bar so high that a return to physical conferences might be re-evaluated in the Industry."

Christina Alexander Alexandropoulou, Director Of Security, Four Seasons

"I connected with peers that I know I’ll stay in touch with, including suppliers which have presented a fantastic opportunity for 7-Eleven Global in the future. It may well be the most valuable summit I’ve attended in many years."

Cynthia Richardson, Senior Director, Global Logistics & Merchandising

"The meetings and presentations added value, and needless to say, but that the venue for the Summit was exceptional."

Edward M Shubert, CPA Senior Director, McKesson Corporation

"I made quite a few contacts that will be beneficial to me."

Margaret Bond, Director of Cyber Security, Numotion

"It was one of the best events I have been to, particularly because of the format and topics. Really well done and to all of the team."

Lauren Goodwin, CIO

Event Agenda

Day one

Day two

Day three

09:00 - 09:10

Opening Remarks

Intro & diamond commentary

09:10 - 09:40

Keynote

Unlocking the marketing singularity

09:45 - 10:20

Panel Discussion

Enhancing digital transformation through customer experience (CX)

10:20 - 10:30

Insight Break

3 ways your brand can tap into the creator economy

10:30 - 11:30

Roundtables

Track 1: Uniting brand strategy & value proposition

Track 2: Data & personalization

Track 3: Social, content & mobile

11:30 - 12:00

Headline Keynote

Navigating oceans of content with audience-first production

12:00 - 12:30

Closing Keynote

Beyond the ride: Uber's advertising adventures

09:00 - 09:10

Opening Remarks

09:10 - 09:50

Panel 2

Leading marketing in 2024 and beyond: Embracing innovation

09:55 - 10:05

Insight Break

Navigating change as a constant

10:05 - 11:05

Roundtables

Track 1: Uniting brand strategy & value proposition

Track 2: Data & personalization

Track 3: Social, content & mobile

11:05 - 11:30

Innovation Exchange Keynote

Myth busting: The CMO series

11:35 - 12:05

Closing Prime Keynote

Content marketing was the silver bullet - Did we lose our way

09:00 - 09:10

Opening Remarks

09:10 - 09:35

Keynote

Bringing together value proposition, business strategy and brand strategy: A recipe for growth

09:40 - 09:45

Trivia Quiz

09:45 - 09:55

Insight Break

Brand relevance: Planning for culture

09:55 - 10:00

Trivia Results

10:00 - 10:30

Masterclass

What it means to create a commercially integrated brand experience with immersive technology

10:30 - 11:15

Roundtable Leaders Panel

11:20 - 11:45

Closing Keynote

11:45 - 11:50

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Audience Interaction

Engage with a virtual live audience just as you would at a physical event and create meaningful conversations.

Interactive Live Polling

Keep engaged through interactive live polling and gamification tools.

Direct connections

Ask your questions face-to-face with the speakers via our leading stage technology.

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Build stronger connections with leading executives that you will take with you through your career

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Content and insight from industry experts when it matters most

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Interactive quizzes gamify your experience

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What is a Digital Summit?

A Digital Summit from GDS Group is a 3-day event experience bringing multiple partners and senior decision makers together. Within this immersive enviroment they discover new technical solutions, share learning opportunities and discuss trending industry topics which boosts insight, conversation and connections.

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Global senior decision makers from leading industry brands attend our event experiences. Between 2020 to May 2023, 34,473 senior executives attended our event experiences. If you are interested in attending a GDS event experience, please check out our upcoming events.

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