Conference News: Coming to a Consensus in China; PRWeek Deciphers AI
Leaving the US: When Coinbase Consensus wrapped up a couple of weeks ago in Austin, its leadership announced that the 2025 event would be relocating to Canada after three years in Texas. Consensus 2025 will take place from 14 – 16 May at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. The conference chair also announced that there will be a Consensus Asia in 2025, happening in Hong Kong from 18 to 20 February. Since its start in 2015 Consensus (produced by crypto publication CoinDesk) has grown to more than 15,000 attendees. It is one of the longest-running crypto and Web3 events in the world.
Getting Creative with AI: Haymarket Media hosting a new conference in the fall which will be held under the umbrella of its three communications and marketing brands: PRWeek, Campaign and MM+M. The event, called AI Deciphered: Discovering the Potential for Marketers and Communicators takes place on 19 September 2024 at the Convene space on Park Avenue in New York. The event will inform marketing and communications professionals about how to move from experimentation to action in their use of AI. To be most efficient, AI Deciphered will have a unique structure. Opening and closing sessions will be relevant to all attendees, regardless of their discipline, but most of the content will be divided into three specific tracks — one for each of the three hosting brands —public relations (PRWeek), advertising (Campaign) and medical marketing (MM+M) sectors.
Speaking Opportunity: The 2024 Consumer Goods Sales & Marketing Summit will be in Princeton, NJ from 23 – 25 September 2024 to offer a cross-functional representation of sales, marketing, technology, and analytics leaders in consumer goods and retail new case studies about relevant methods and metrics they can use in their roles. If you are a director-level-or-above leader within the consumer goods and retail industry who has an “innovative and captivating case study to share about the use of technology in consumer goods marketing,” then apply to speak here ASAP. While they don’t have a hard call for presenters deadline, they already filling the agenda.
Lunchtime Learning: The Wrap Power Women Summit brings together the leading women of entertainment and media for a day of inspiration, insight and discussion. The 2023 event lived up to its Resilience theme with an all-start line up of speakers. Watch the inspiring stories of Diana Nyad, World Champion Athlete, World Renowned Inspirational Speaker & Author; Cassidy Hutchinson, Former White House Aide & Author, “Enough”; Danielle Brooks, Actress, “The Color Purple”; Lilly Singh, Award-Winning Entertainer, Author & Gender Equality Advocate and more!
Coming Up Next Week: “Creativity drives progress” at Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity (17-21 June), one of several flagship conferences held across Europe this month before the continent transitions to summer work mode. Marketing leaders and creative executives head to Cannes for the seaside festival, networking, and awards. The Next Web (TNW) Europe Conference runs 20-21 June in Amsterdam, bringing industry, policy makers, startups, and investors together to build towards a more sustainable, equitable, and inclusive future in tech. In Toronto, Web Summit’s sister conference Collision kicks off 17 June at Enercare Centre, expecting nearly 40k attendees and 1k journalists. MIT Technology Review holds its EmTech Energy Brasil in Rio on 17 June, designed for technology executives working to use energy efficiently and sustainably. And finally, the world’s largest spatial computing event runs 18-20 June, when Augmented World Expo (AWE) USA is held in Long Beach.