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.
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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.
AdForum Worldwide Summit: Lots planned for Africa
by Johanna McDowell (@jomcdowell) NEW YORK CITY: So by Day 3 of the AdForum Worldwide Summit, normally there have been one or two agency presentations that have not lived up to our expectations as consultants but, this year, the standard has been extremely high and very competitive.
AdForum Worldwide Summit: Publicis Omnicom merger “fatally flawed” — Sorrel
by Johanna McDowell. NEW YORK CITY: Day 2 of the 2013 AdForum Worldwide Summit started off with a taped message from Sir Martin Sorrell of WPP in response to key questions we were asking regarding the WPP group, as well as the potential impact of the Publicis Omnicom Group merger.
AdForum Worldwide Summit: Grey back in SA soon, Maxus could follow
by Johanna McDowell (@jomcdowell) NEW YORK CITY: Day 1 of the AdForum Worldwide Summit is always a big day, for a number of reasons. Firstly, it is often the only time the consultants have seen each other in a 12-month period and there is always a lot to catch up on. Secondly, on Day 1, we have a lot of energy and spirits are high.