Michael Conrad, President of the Berlin School of Creative Leadership, and the Art Director's Club Germany cordially invite you to attend the next President's Lecture featuring: Sir Martin Sorrell, CEO of WPP Group

"Do Creative Businesses Require Creative Leadership?"

About the Lecture

"Without order, planning, predictability, central control, accountancy, instructions to the underlings, obedience, discipline - without these, nothing fruitful can happen, because everything disintegrates.  And yet - without the magnanimity of disorder, the happy abandon, the entrepreneurship venturing into the unknown and incalculable, without the risk and the gamble, the creative imagination rushing in where bureaucratic angels fear to tread - without this, life is a mockery and a disgrace." - E.F Schumacher, Small is Beautiful, 1973

About Sir Martin Sorrell

Sir Martin Sorrell founded WPP, the world's largest advertising and marketing services group, in 1985 and has been its chief executive throughout. WPP companies, which include some of the most eminent agencies in the business, provide clients with advertising, media investment management, consumer insight, public relations and public affairs, branding and identity, healthcare communications, direct, interactive and internet marketing, and specialist communications services.

Sir Martin actively supports the advancement of international business schools – advising Harvard, IESE, the London Business School and the Indian School of Business.  He has been an Ambassador for British Business, and has been publicly recognised with a number of awards including the Harvard Business School Alumni Achievement Award.  He received a knighthood in January 2000.

Think you can you sing? Do you know someone in your team who can sing?

The M&M team and E! Entertainment Television are once again scouting for talent to join the house band and help us celebrate the best in international advertising at the 2010 M&M Awards on Thursday 9 September at the Grosvenor House Hotel.

You can sing solo, or as a duo or small group. The best singers will receive a free ticket to the Gala Dinner and get their moment in the spotlight at the post-Awards party.

Send in your demo, shot on your mobile or digital camera, or simply an audio file and a photo, to sing@mandmawards.com or call Clare on +44 (0) 207 367 6993. 

Can't sing or too shy to flaunt your talent? Then make sure to book your place to celebrate the very best in international media with your clients and your team at the Gala Dinner.

Contacts:
For enquiries on booking tables, contact emily@csquared.cc, +44 (0) 207 367 6983

For sponsorship enquiries at the M&M Awards, please contact caroline@csquared.cc, +44 (0) 207 367 6980

The EACA Euro Effies are the Gold Standard in Commercial Communications Effectiveness. They reward commercial communications campaigns from any discipline which have achieved success through proven, effective commercial communications in two or more European markets.

For more information, please contact Yulia Fokina under yulia.fokina@eaca.be or Tel. +32 2 740 07 12

The Future of Advertising Research is Warc's must-attend conference on measuring the value of brand communications in a changing media landscape. This dynamic and timely one day event will examine in depth the best research tools and methodologies, so that delegates will leave with a better grasp of how to evaluate effectiveness across every brand touch point.

By attending you will:

- Learn what brand owners really want from advertising research in a changing world

- Hear the latest updates on measuring emotional, neurological and biological responses

- Find out how to integrate social media and other digital media measurements into your research toolkit

- Hear from leading brands like Facebook, Diageo, Kimberly-Clark and Vodafone

- Network with senior marketing decision makers

Book your ticket by Thursday 12th August and take advantage of the early bird discount.

For more information and to book your place visit www.warc.com/adresearch2010eaca, call +44 (0) 20 7467 8122 or email clare.beveridge@warc.com.

DEADLINES for entries in competition:
Groups: Interactive, Media, PR, Advertising Campaigns: 1 September 2010
Groups: Film, Press, Outdoor, Radio, Design & Art Direction: 6 September 2010

SOME HOTTEST NEWS OF GOLDEN DRUM 2010 IN COMPETITIONS

The world's first advertising pentathlon. With one single entry it is possible to compete in 5 competitions - 5 possibilities to get an award. Every entry in Golden Drum 2010 New European competition will compete 5 times.

10 NEW Brand Grand Prix Awards in 10 product and services categories regardless of media - without additional fee!

Award for the best agency of the Adriatic region - competing countries are: Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Monte Negro, Slovenia and Serbia.

Award for the best agency of the Baltic region - competing countries are: Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.

Find out more about the Festival and take a look at the Festival programme:
http://www.goldendrum.com/advertising-festival-program/

Now in its third year, this conference will explore the importance of Next Generation Networks and the promotion and deployment of broadband across Europe in view of the EU Digital Agenda, including digital inclusion strategies. This event will provide a platform for interactive debate on the challenges ahead, and will explore innovation for future services and real-life applications and case studies.

THE FUTURE OF MEDIA INNOVATION
AB InBev, Reckitt Benckiser, Unilever and VISA are just some of the clients lining up to speak at the first annual Festival of Media LatAm. Joining the clients on stage will be the regional CEOs of all the major media agency networks, preparing to debate the latest issues, and a host of heavyweight media owners ready to show how Latin America is at the forefront of media innovation.

The Festival of Media LatAm will take place between 24-26 October 2010 in Miami and will provide the forum for discussion of regional issues and global themes impacting upon the development of advertising and communications in Latin America.

As interactions with consumers grow more complex and long-term customer engagement proves increasingly daunting, more and more marketers are looking to experiential marketing to pursue their customers. As such, Pacific Conferences has specially designed a 2-day conference on Experiential Marketing this October to be held on 25 – 26 and 28 – 29 October in Singapore and Hong Kong respectively.

Join us at this exciting and insightful conference to explore how marketers build a brand by connecting with their customers on multiple levels through personal and relevant experiences. Understand experiential development in Asia as well as glean insights from industry-specific case studies. Moreover, expect to learn from best practices in brand experience maximization, measurement of ROI and experiential design!

For more information, please visit www.conferences.com.sg or email feon@conferences.com.sg.

Alternatively, please feel free to call (65) 6372 2201 for any enquiries.

As interactions with consumers grow more complex and long-term customer engagement proves increasingly daunting, more and more marketers are looking to experiential marketing to pursue their customers. As such, Pacific Conferences has specially designed a 2-day conference on Experiential Marketing this October to be held on 25 – 26 and 28 – 29 October in Singapore and Hong Kong respectively.  

Join us at this exciting and insightful conference to explore how marketers build a brand by connecting with their customers on multiple levels through personal and relevant experiences. Understand experiential development in Asia as well as glean insights from industry-specific case studies. Moreover, expect to learn from best practices in brand experience maximization, measurement of ROI and experiential design!

For more information, please visit www.conferences.com.sg or email feon@conferences.com.sg.

Alternatively, please feel free to call (65) 6372 2201 for any enquiries.

TV 2010 - A digital agenda for creative content

CEOs leading media executives, politicians and policy-makers will discuss about the future of the media. "TV 2020 - A Digital Agenda for Creative Content" will be the topic of the ACT Film of this year.

Now in its 5th year, the GREEN AWARDSâ„¢ are going Global, for the first time ever all the categories are open for entry from all over the world. The awards were established to reward any organisation or individual communicating sustainability issues in a creative,
engaging and original way. And of course entrants must also be able to demonstrate the positive impact of their campaigns.

The 2010 GLOBAL GREEN AWARDS recognises excellence in 16 categories: from Best Green New Product Innovation to Best Green use of Mobile Apps & Technology and Best Green Educational Project.

The entry deadline for the Global GREEN AWARDS 2010 is the 30th September 2010. For further details on categories and submission guidelines visit www.greenawards.co.uk - The winners will be announced at a glittering "green" gala dinner in London on 2nd December featuring co-host Jo Wood (other speakers t.b.c. soon).

For details of available sponsorship opportunities
contact us at: sponsorship@greenawards.co.uk.
For entry enquiries contact: entry@greenawards.co.uk
or call + 44 (0) 20 7939 3959.

This year Europe’s biggest advertising Festival and Awards Show is taking place in Hamburg on 7 and 8 December. Ranked number four in the 2009 Cannes Report's listing of the world’s most creative cities, Hamburg is the perfect setting for this year’s Festival!

With speakers including Bob Greenberg, Jonathan Harries, James Hilton, Linus Karlson, Filip Nilsson, Marcello Serpa, and Fernando Vega Olmos, and new prices for everyone including students and young creatives, Eurobest is the place to be this December for the whole creative community.

We’ve even introduced an Awards and After Party package for those wishing to attend just the Eurobest Awards.

So come to Eurobest to learn from the industry's thought leaders, network with key players, be inspired by the shortlist exhibitions and celebrate the best in the continent's creativity! Save the date and some money, register now under: http://www.eurobest.com/