**Indy Agency Conference Speaker Line-up Announced – Champions of Independents**
The UK Independent Agencies' Conference has today unveiled its highly anticipated line-up of speakers for this year's event, taking place on Thursday, September 21st, at the Curzon Soho in London. From 08:30 to 13:30, attendees will be immersed in a half-day event filled with insightful discussions and networking opportunities, all centred around the conference's theme of "Champions of Independents."
This year's Conference will build upon the foundation laid by its successful inaugural edition. With a renewed focus on the three core pillars of people, purpose and agency performance.
The conference key note will be delivered by Shevaun Haviland, Director General of the British Chamber of Commerce. A champion of the creative community and former marekeeter, Shevaun will share her insights into how to drive better performance and capture more value both here and overseas.
Leading independent agencies owners Gareth Mercer, Founding Partner at Pablo London, Jenny Biggam, Owner of the7stars, and Nathan Lomax, Co-Founder & Director of Quickfire Digital, will be interviewed on a panel – the Champions of Independents.
Pablo have been the fastest growing independent agency in the UK for the last 6 years and number one agency overall for the last 2 years (according to the Campaign Magazine). It was named Independent Agency of the Year in the UK and Global Independent Agency of the Year this year.
the7stars has been named Agency of the Year by Campaign Magazine (2015 and 2017), Media Week (2015), The Drum (2018) and Mediatel (2018), and most recently, Campaign’s Independent Media Agency of the Year (2022). They have won numerous awards including golds at Media Week and an IPA Effectiveness Award.
Nathan from Quickfire has won numerous awards and most recently picked up the Rising Star Award in the European Agency Awards 2020. He has also been awarded in the Rising Star category in the UK Agency Awards, and has been recognised as a BIMA 100 Rising Star. Quickfire Digital were recognised in 2022 as the European E-commerce Agency of the Year.
After the break, one of the world’s best known photographers and creative directors, Rankin, will be in discussion with Kenyatte Nelson, Chief Membership & Customer Officer at Co-op, on the importance of creativity and its role within business today.
Whilst Chris Hirst, Best-Selling & Award-Winning Author of No Bullsh*t Leadership and No Bullsh*t Change, with Vonnie Alexander, Practice Lead at the AAR, will be laying down the foundations for great agency leadership.
Finally, Mike Lander, Chief Executive Officer at Piscari and David Meikle, Founder of The HTBAG Company, will be giving agency owners insights into how to win the war with procurement.
The whole event will be hosted by Jo Rzymowska, Vice President & Managing Director, EMEA for Celebrity Cruises, who has had a remarkable international career holding senior commercial, sales and marketing roles at Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, Universal Studios, Thomas Cook and Royal Caribbean Cruises.
Agency and consultancy owners and senior managers can expect to leave with some great insights and ideas that they implement in their own agencies and consultancies to drive better performance.
For the latest updates and information regarding the conference, please visit the official website at https://pimento.co.uk/ukindieagencyconf/. Early bird tickets are available for purchase, but limited in number, so act swiftly to secure your place at this highly anticipated event. Early bird tickets are available until June 30th at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/uk-independent-agencies-conference-2023-tickets-585649000927?aff=Pimento