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Ehrenberg-Bass Institute and MiniMBA

Five Marketing Truths We Can Actually Agree On

Monday 22 June, 15:30–16:00

Duration: 30 mins
Location: Debussy Theatre, The Palais

Description:

Mark Ritson and Byron Sharp are two of the most outspoken thinkers in marketing today. And normally, they’ll be disagreeing loudly with each other.

So what do they actually agree on? For the first time at Cannes Lions, Ritson and Sharp come together to work out some common ground – five issues where the evidence is clear and marketers can act with confidence.

Join this session to discover the modern marketing ‘baseline’, and build your next ideas on the best evidence the industry has to offer.

(And get a bit of arguing into the bargain.)

Questions this session will answer:

  • What are the core effectiveness principles marketers should be building their strategies around?
  • Do marketing's most prominent thought leaders agree on what works - and when do they disagree?
  • What role do creativity and advertising play in driving commercial outcomes?

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Speaking
  • Mark Ritson

    MiniMBA

    Founder MiniMBA

  • Byron Sharp

    The Ehrenberg-Bass Institute

    Professor of Marketing Science and Director

Tags

Content streams
  • Creative Impact
Type of experience
  • Festival Talks
Accessibility
  • American Sign Language (ASL) provided
  • Live Captioning in 60 languages