by Johanna McDowell (@jomcdowell) NEW YORK: The 2014 AdForum Worldwide Summit in New York City is done and dusted, and the highlights from Day 5, Friday 10 October, 2014, include the news that R/GA is to open in Cape Town!
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AdForum Worldwide Summit NYC: Lowe rebuilding SA offering
by Johanna McDowell (@jomcdowell) NEW YORK: Breakfast with Lowe and Partners was how we began Day 4 of the 2014 AdForum WorldWide Summit in New York City. CEO Michael Wall, informed us of the renaissance that Lowe is going through, as well as the various structural changes in the work.
AdForum Worldwide Summit NYC: Africa is DDB’s next major growth area
by Johanna McDowell (@jomcdowell) NEW YORK: Day 3 of the 2014 AdForum Worldwide Summit in New York City was a spectacular day where we, as consultants, were exposed to work of a world-leading quality in our industry. It is extraordinary how talented the advertising community is and how adaptable.
AdForum Worldwide Summit NYC: Search, competition for best talent continue
by Johanna McDowell (@jomcdowell) NEW YORK: Day 2 of 2014 AdForum Worldwide Summit in New York City was a big day for us, as we saw three industry leaders during its course: Maurice Levy, CEO of Publicis Groupe, Arthur Sadoun, CEO of Publicis Worldwide and Gustavo Martinez, global CEO of J Walter Thompson.
AdForum Worldwide Summit NYC: Feeling positive
Johanna McDowell (@jomcdowell) is busy attending the 2014 AdForum Worldwide Summit in New York City, 5–10 October — a “by-invitation-only” programme for agency search and management consultants, and global agency CEOs. Here’s her report of Day 1.
AdForum Worldwide Summit: An agency called Africa in Brazil
by Johanna McDowell (@jomcdowell) Sao Paulo: Day 3 of the 2014 AdForum Worldwide Summit.
AdForum Worldwide Summit: Emerging advertising for emerging markets
by Johanna McDowell (@jomcdowell) Sao Paulo: Day 2 of the 2014 AdForum Worldwide Summit started at R/GA – one of the leading “pure play” digital agencies in the world and, as always, ahead of the curve. R/GA never disappoints us – and their presence in Brazil and Argentina is already formidable with more than 83 people in the Sao Paulo office and 102 in Buenos Aires.
AdForum Worldwide Summit: The agency that doesn’t pitch or do govt work
Johanna McDowell attends the 2014 AdForum Worldwide Summit, a “by-invitation-only” programme for agency search and management consultants and global agency CEOs.
AdForum Worldwide Summit: A surprise visit from John Wren, Omnicom CEO
by Johanna McDowell (@jomcdowell) NEW YORK CITY: Day 5 was quite spectacular as our first meeting was a surprise — John Wren, CEO of Omnicom. The AdForum Worldwide Summit Forum has not seen him for a few years but he accepted the invitation to join and give us an update on the Publicis Omnicom merger.
AdForum Worldwide Summit: IPG agencies in Africa doing great — Michael Roth
by Johanna McDowell (@jomcdowell) NEW YORK CITY: Well, by now, the consultants are all becoming slightly weary — after three days of non-stop agency visits and 15 hours of working including late-evening presentations. But we were all up and ready once again early on Thursday morning, 10 October 2013, for another full day of AdForum Worldwide Summit.