See below what 8 innovative international business leaders have told us ahead of the 7th Digital Innovators' Summit in Berlin on 24 and 25 March – a recap of Q&As with 8 of the 35+ speakers who will be on stage in Berlin.
Companies and brands including Amazon, BILD, Buzzfeed, BMW, Conde Nast, Egmont, Esquire, Facebook, FT, Immediate Media, Improve Digital, IPC Media, Nestlé, NowThisNews, Sanoma, The Economist, The Onion, VINT and Zumobi will be presented on stage.
See the list of all DIS speakers here, and the full programme here. If you are not among the near 500 delegates who have already registered for the DIS, a reminder to do so ASAP before space runs out - register here.
March 2014:
Tom Bureau, CEO of Immediate Media
Having spent more than 15 years running cross-media, digital content and technology platform companies, and co-founding Immediate Media, Tom has had a front-row seat in the changing world of media...
Audra Martin, VP of Digital Advertising at The Economist Group
Audra talks to us about digital advertising, the impact of social data and programmatic advertising, and explains how The Economist Group turns challenge into opportunity.
February 2014:
Daniel Knapp, Director of Advertising Research at IHS Technology
Daniel talks to us about social media, data and advertising (including the logic behind Facebook’s acquisition of WhatsApp) and more...
Joe Wade, the BAFTA-winning filmmaker and director of creative agency Don't Panic
Joe identifies some of the key ingredients to making success branded video content that people really want to share…
January 2014:
Herman Kienhuis, Investment Director at SanomaVentures
Herman shares his thoughts on startup investment, what makes a good investment and what in the digital arena excites him...
December 2013:
Scott Lamb, VP International for Buzzfeed
Scott explains how Buzzfeed is evolving, and why so many businesses still get social wrong…
November 2013:
Frank Anton, Vice-Chairman of Hanley Wood
Businesses are now firmly focused on innovation – but the real winners will be those who think beyond their core, advises Frank...
John Wilpers, editor of FIPP's Innovations in Magazine Media World Report
Without exaggeration, says, John, innovation is the only way media companies will survive and thrive in the extraordinarily competitive, fast-changing publishing environment of the 21st century...
* If you are not among the near 500 delegates who have already registered for the DIS on 24 and 25 March, a reminder to do so ASAP before space runs out - register here. We'd love to see you there.