Programme

SUNDAY 6 MAY
  WORKSHOP
Extended semiotics (day 1)
The technology of cultural insight


Extended Semiotics is a two day workshop.  Delegates can choose to attend Day 1, Sunday 6th May, Day 2, Monday 7th May or day 1 and 2. 
Day 1 covers Semiotics, while day 2 is for delegates who want to go into both theory and practice of integrating semiotics techniques into the research process.   
Virginia Valentine, Partner, Semiotic Solutions, UK
Malcolm Evans, Founding Partner, Space Doctors, UK

MONDAY 7 MAY
  WORKSHOPS
Extended semiotics (day 2)
The technology of cultural insight


On day 2 we will go into both theory and practice of integrating semiotics techniques into the research process. 
Virginia Valentine, Partner, Semiotic Solutions, UK
Malcolm Evans, Founding Partner, Space Doctors, UK

The hidden art of interviewing
The use of Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) and more in market research interviewing

Improve your skills in interviewing situations and in day to day meetings in order to access deeper communication with respondents and colleagues. These are the learnings from this workshop.
Neil McPhee, Managing Director, Nuance Research, UK
Roger Terry, Director of Training and Research, Evolution Training Ltd, UK
  CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
  WELCOMING DRINKS
TUESDAY 8 MAY
  OPENING SPEAKER
Peter Laybourne, Chairman of Fathom International Ltd, UK
  DEMYSTIFYING INSIGHTS
  Insights vs findings
Lessons learned from the trenches
Marsha E.Williams, Nickelodeon, USA
  Why do we keep insights so well hidden:
The components and processes to deliver insights

Mike Sherman, Synovate, Hong Kong SAR
  Misconceptions of insights
It ain’t what you do, it’s how you think
Wendy Gordon, Acacia Avenue, UK
Caroline Hayter Whitehill, Acacia Avenue, UK
Nitasha Kapoor, Acacia Avenue, UK
  The case of the elusive insight
Lessons from the greatest researcher of them all

Achala Srivatsa, ACNielsen International, USA
Anjali Puri, ACNielsen ORG MARG, India
Shashikala Raj, United Spirits, India

  PANEL DISCUSSION
The future of insights
Consumer Insights as a discipline, have we just re-branded market research or have we really evolved? Where to from here?

Panellists:
  INSIGHT GENERATION
  Warm vodka and sweaty women
Changing consumer behaviour in Russia

Greg Rowland, Greg Rowland Semiotics, UK
Jaroslav Cir, Unilever, UK

  The push for holistic perspectives
From consumers to people

Ick-Sang Roh, Hankook Research, Korea
Jay W. Shim, Hankook Research, Korea

  Beyond the obvious
Freud and the wreckage of verbatims
Luigi Toiati, Focus, Italy
  Consumer attitudes and behaviours
Marketing to the inner child

Jonathan Fletcher, Illuminas Business Strategy Division, UK
Julian Kenway, Illuminas Child and Youth Division, UK
  COMPANY PRESENTATION
Engaging the organisation - FocusVision
David Chandler, Client Services Director, FocusVision, Europe
  NETWORKING DRINKS
WEDNESDAY 9 MAY
  PANEL DISCUSSION
Ethics in insight generation
This session looks at the role of corporate social responsibility and ethics in generating consumer insights.

Moderated by:
Anumita Sharma, the third eye Marketing Intelligence.Research, UK
  INSIGHT INTO ACTION
  No insight, no idea
Dave Cobban, Wieden + Kennedy, Netherlands
  From consumer connection to consumer insight
A Nestlé case study

Malgorzata Blachowska, Nestlé, Poland

  How to generate global insights to create global brands
Johannes Hartmann, Unilever, Netherlands
  Actionable consumer insights
Turning environmental concerns into competitive advantage
Richard Atkinson, 2CV Research, UK
  INTERACTIVE SESSION
The key challenges of Consumer Insights
  KEYNOTE
Marketing 2010: What consumers need and what clients need to hear
Paul Birkett, Global Director, PepsiCo, USA
  FAREWELL DRINKS







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