STRATSTOCK TO ROCK AD-LAND

I seem to have got involved with another IPA event. Should be fun, I reckon. Thought that I would give it a plug as (with the exception of me), there are some cracking speakers. More detail here and the blurb from the IPA is below ...

In the current financial climate, it's vital that planners and strategists are on top of their game. For one night only, the IPA Strategy Group, in association with News International, are gathering eight top planning/strategy types and giving them a soapbox to bring alive what strategy and planning means from their very different perspectives.

Expect it to be a bit spicy, to challenge some stereotypes and industry clichés… and to satisfy a planner’s natural curiosity about what planners do in other agencies.

Each session will be short, with plenty of time for questions. They'll also run twice across the evening from different stages so you can dip into those that are of most interest.

Curious? You should be. With a thrifty mood spreading across the industry, tickets are only £25 (£35 for non members) and we'll even be throwing in some drinks and nibbly things.

The line-up includes:
- Guy Murphy from JWT on global network agencies
- Martin Bailie from Glue London on digital
- James Gordon-MacIntosh from 77PR on, well, PR
- Paul Gage from Proximity London on direct marketing
- Max Wright from Rapier on integration
- Simon Myers from Figtree on design and branding
- Sam Noble from Iris on sales promotion 
- TBC exciting person on life in an advertising start-up

Everything starts at 6pm on Monday 10th November under the roof of Mary Ward House (5-7 Tavistock Place, London WC1H 9SN).

Hope to see you there!

Comments

[Rob Mortimer]

Sounds good. Will try and get down.

[Tim]

This looks like a belter. So reasonably priced too appealing to my north of the Watford gap roots. Shame there isn't a CSR/public affairs agency rep there to really put the cat amongst the pigeons highlighting just how much of each other's lunch we're all after due to that little old invention called t'interweb

[Rob Mortimer]

Have ticket. Will see you there...

[James Gordon-MacIntosh]

Nice one Rob ... look forward to seeing you there ... J.