Ireland’s premier sponsorship event, The Irish Sponsorship Summit, has announced further details of its seventh annual event scheduled for February 16th in Croke Park.
The Irish Sponsorship Summit is a senior marketing event with 75% of all attendees holding senior marketing and sponsorship positions and 50% boasting over 10 year’s industry experience.
International key note speakers will be supported by chaired panel discussions debating the hottest topics and trends with insight and learnings from the 2016 Olympics, EURO16, The NBA, The Premier League, Universal Music and much more.
Coca Cola’s Olympic Marketing and Sponsorship Director, James Williams, is the latest international key note speaker to be announced and will be sharing experience from London 2012 and Rio 2016.
The full list of speakers will include:
• Olympic Partnerships presented by James Williams, Olympic Marketing and Sponsorship Director, Coca Cola, Rio de Janerio
• Global Sponsorship Trends presented by Lesa Ukman– Founder Les Ukman Partnerships & Former Founder & President of IEG, Chicago
• Music Partnerships for the Next Generation presented by Marc Robinson – President, Globe – Universal Music’s UK Creative & Commercial division, London
• The Intersection of Fan Engagement, Data and Sponsorship presented by Phil Stephan – Director, Global Consulting at Two Circles, London & Stuart Ramsey – Head of Sponsorship, Southampton FC, London
• How Great Brands do Great Activations presented by John Clarke – SVP, Fenway Sports Management, Boston
• Digital Value: Creating, Measuring, and Protecting It, Charlie Beall, Digital Media Consultant, Seven League, London & Elly Cockcroft, Head of Marketing, Brand and Digital, Marylebone Cricket Club, London
• Further event details including workshop sessions will be released to the public over the coming weeks.
Co-Founder of the Irish Sponsorship Summit, Bruce Mansour says, "We’ve identified the most critical issues and opportunities facing the sponsorship industry and assembled the leading minds from across Europe and North America to share learnings, tips and experience designed to make an immediate impact to the businesses and careers of attendees. With the industry expected to grow significantly in 2017 this is the must attend event for this looking to get ahead in sponsorship."
Source: www.businessworld.ie
