Adform Empower Café: Respect as a Strategic Growth Driver
Hosted by Adform Empower Café
A side event at Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity 2026, Cannes, France.
Time: 14:30
Venue: Venue Confirmed on RSVP
Adform SVP Marketing Louise Kloster and industry leaders on how a culture of respect drives faster decisions, stronger teams, and long-term growth in change.
Access: application required
Speakers & agenda
Aisling Conlon, International Trade Director for UK Advertising (Advertising Association)
Alexandra Jarry-Bourne, VP Global Client Partnerships (Adform) — Stronger Together: Rethinking Omnichannel And Multichannel For Fragmented Audiences
Ali Hanan, Founder/Executive Director (Creative Equals)
Amira Williams, Alumni Advisory Board Chair (Taylor Bennett Foundation); Account Director (FleishmanHillard) (Taylor Bennett Foundation / FleishmanHillard)
Amy Wood, Commercial Director (Channel Factory)
Andrew Tindall, Chief Growth Officer (System1)
Anna Koicheva, Head of Business Development & Strategic Growth (Tatari) — AI & the Age of Mutual Mentoring
Anne Bouttier, (Spotify executive) (Spotify)
Ashley Rutstein, Founder & Creative Director (Stuff About Advertising.)
Baptiste Graffin, VP Sales APAC (Happydemics)
Barbara Falanga, EMEA Media COE Lead (Lenovo)
Celine Saturnino, CEO (Mediaplus UK)
Charlotte O'Neill, Managing Director (Man City Womens)
Chloe Wix, Global Head of Product and Commercial Growth (Spotify)
Chloë Davies, Growth Marketing Partner (The Unmistakables); Founder & CEO (It Takes A Village Collective) (The Unmistakables / It Takes A Village Collective) — Building on Respect: Why the Best Businesses Put People First
Chris Dunne, CEO (Outvertising)
Cindy Gallop, Founder & CEO (MakeLoveNotPorn) — Beyond Perfection: Reframing Intimacy, Identity and Representation
Claire Hollands, UK CEO (Saatchi & Saatchi) — They're Just Not That Into You: Why Client Relationships Don't Always Last
Claire Sadler, CMO, BHF and WACL President (British Heart Foundation)
Debbie Ellison, CEO, EMEA (Croud)
Dom Hyams, Global Client Director (Purple Goat)
Dr Laura Weis, Human-AI Strategy & Transformation (WPP Media)
Ebinehita Iyere, Founder (Milk Honey Bees)
Emma Hillary, Head of Growth & Marketing (Verity Relationship Intelligence)
Eugene Healey, Brand Expert and Founder (The New Fundamentals of Brand)
Felicia Asiedu, Marketing Director (Cvent)
Felix Starck, Chief Executive Officer (Baller League) — We Didn't Ask For Permission: How Baller League Hijacked The Future Of Sport
Frank Starling, Chief DEI Officer (LIONS) — Who Gets Heard? Representation, Influence & the Future of Communications
Giovanna Bressane Gomes, Global VP Homecare (Unilever)
Hannah Bowler, Editor (The Subthread)
Heather Conneely, Senior Vice President of Agency Partnerships (TelevisaUnivision) — Unapologetically Mainstream… So Why Aren't More Brands Speaking Directly to U.S. Hispanics?!
Helen James, CEO (The Gate (MSQ)) — The Terms & Conditions of Being a Girl
Hilary Gray, Head of Marketing / Associate Director (Bloom & Propeller Group) — Mentorship Under Pressure: The Cost of Cutting Support
JP Escobar, Senior Account Director (Propeller Group)
Jane Wolfson, President, UK & International (Captify) — Are GLP-1s About to Change Consumer Behaviour?
Jason Warner, MEFA Mentor and Mentee / Managing Director (SBS)
Jenny Burke, Director, Global Video Strategy and GTM (Amazon Ads)
Jeremy Cornfeldt, President (Wondery)
Jo Arden, Chief Strategy Officer (AMV BBDO)
Josh Harris, CEO (Neverland)
Josh Krichefski, President EMEA (PMG)
Jules Staveley, Global Brand Experience Director (Cheerful Twentyfirst) — Return on Real Life: Designing Events People Actually Want to Be Part Of
Kamiqua Lake, Founder (Coldr and Black Comms Network)
Karen Martin, CEO (BBH London)
Karen Stacey, CEO at DCM, WACL President (DCM) — Creativity, AI & Radical Accountability
Karin Seymour, Director of Client & Marketing (Sky Media)
Kate Chaundy, Associate Director (Propeller Group) — Beyond Perfection: Reframing Intimacy, Identity and Representation
Kate Mackie, Chief Marketing Strategy & Operations Officer (EY)
Kate McCagg, Head of Brand Innovation Lab (Amazon Ads)
Kateryna Sadurska, World Record Freediver — No Room for Limits: Why Women are Creating a New Generation of Role Models
Katie Lee, CEO (Starcom UK) — Rethinking How We Recognise and Back Future Leaders
Katie Mitchell, Managing Director (Seen Studios) — From Stigma To Visibility: Rewriting The Rules Of Women's Sport
Katie Street, Founder (Street Agency)
Katy Loria, Chief Revenue Officer (GumGum) — Betting on Women: Why Women's Sports Became a Business Strategy
Kelly Gordon, CEO (With Not For)
Kerel Cooper, CMO (Marketcast) — When the Game Ends, What Lasts?
Kieran Darwin, Head of Yahoo Ads UK (Yahoo)
Koray Camgöz, CEO (Taylor Bennett Foundation) — Who Gets Heard? Representation, Influence & the Future of Communications
Laura Nestler, Executive VP of Community (Reddit)
Laura Pinnell, Vice President, Consumer Group, Europe & Middle East (NBA)
Lauren Milne, Chief Strategy & Growth Officer (Apply) — Rivalry Rewired at Cannes: The Fandom Advantage
Lea Karam, Founder and Chief Executive Officer (Founder Labs)
Lela Coffey, Multi-Cultural Business Acceleration (P&G)
Lianre Robinson, CEO (The Marketing Academy Foundation) — The Language of Leadership: Navigating Equality and Innovation
Liz Wilson, Global Chief Integration Officer (Landor) — The Flexibility Imperative: Unlocking the Future of UK Advertising
Lola Bakare, Chief Marketing Officer Advisor and Inclusive Marketing Strategist (Author)
Lori Goode, CMO (Index Exchange)
Louisa O'Connor, Managing Director & Founder (Seen Presents) — Leading From Both Sides of the Table
Louise Kloster, SVP Marketing (Adform)
Louise Watson, VP Global Technology (Propeller) — The Future of Fandom: Why Flag Football Is Changing the Game
Luis Miguel Messianu, Founder-President-Chief Creative Officer (Messianu/Edelman/Lerma)
Mary Sue Masson, Director (Plan International) — The Terms & Conditions of Being a Girl
Massimo Marioni, Moderator, Interviewer & Journalist (Ex-Fortune & CNN)
Matt Cull, CEO (Vannda) — The End of the Mad Men Era. Who Leads When the Chatbots Takeover?
Michael McIntyre, Comedian & Co-Founder (Fanalysis)
Michael Pratt, Founder (Digital Fight Club) — Digital Fight Club
Michelle Vincent, CEO (Magnet Media) — The Talent Advantage: Why the Companies Winning Tomorrow Are Rethinking Leadership Today
Nafissa Norris, President (Bloom UK & Conscious Advertising Network)
Nat Moores, Brand Futures Director (Smarts) — No Room for Limits: Why Women are Creating a New Generation of Role Models
Nicholas Spiro, Chief Commercial Officer (Viral Nation) — The Emotion Economy of Social Media
Nick Bennett, VP Business Development – Strategy (Broadsign)
Nick Tong, Managing Partner - Media (Mediaplus UK)
Olivia Blairman, Managing Director UK (Coolr)
Patrick O'Keefe, Chief Integrated Marketing Officer (Netflix)
Patti Boyle, Chief Marketing Officer (Dstillery)
Rich Hewes, Co-founder & Head of Partnerships (The Subthread)
Ronan Harris, President (Snap Inc.) — The Great Brand Reset: From Attention to Connection
Rory Sutherland, President Emeritus (Ogilvy Consulting) — Mail Unleashed Live with Rory Sutherland
Sachini Imbuldeniya, CEO (House of Oddities)
Sally Holt, Senior Director of Events, EMEA (Netflix) — Leading From Both Sides of the Table
Samuel Monnie, Co-Founder & Co-CEO (Purpose Hive) — Why Creativity Matters – Get Results and Beyond
Sara Holt, CMO (Center Parcs)
Stephanie Dittmer Rogers, Chief Marketing Officer (San Francisco 49ers) — The Future of Fandom: Why Flag Football Is Changing the Game
Susan C. Allen Augustin, Co-Founder & Chief Brand Officer (Here We Flo)
Tameka Kee, Advertising Futurist
Tanja Grubner, Global Innovation, Brand & Communications Director (Essity)
Tessa Tysome, Fractional CMO (Here We Flo and Cowshed) — From Stigma To Visibility: Rewriting The Rules Of Women's Sport
Tom Ghiden, Managing Director (adam&eveTBWA)
Vicky Handley, Head of Brand, Marketing & Advertising (Lloyds Banking Group)
Virginia Marsh, Head of Data, Agency & Platforms (Fluent, Inc.) — Are GLP-1s About to Change Consumer Behaviour?
Virginie Chesnais, CMO (Happydemics) — Beyond the Algorithm: Keeping Humanity at the Centre of Media Investment
Xavier Rees, Group CEO (AMV BBDO)
Yolande Battell, MEFA Mentor and Agency Leader