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Cannes Lions
WFA at Cannes
Read more about "WFA at Cannes"Each year at Cannes, WFA brings together a programme of events available to WFA members, including WFA co-hosted events and WFA speaker sessions (indicated in red) and 3rd party sessions (indicated in blue) taking place across the week. We hope these will help you connect, learn and make the most of your time in Cannes.
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Media & analyticsMarketing effectivenessMarketing procurementMarketing technologyDigital media transformationMarketing capabilitiesMarketing procurementMarketing technologyKnowledge Spotlight: Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) 101
Read more about "Knowledge Spotlight: Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) 101"This live session is part of WFA’s practical webinar series, Knowledge Spotlights. In partnership with handpicked experts, this series offers 101 sessions on modern marketing foundations relevant to Asia Pacific. Designed for emerging leaders, from junior to mid-level professionals, looking to enhance their marketing skills and knowledge.
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Cross-media measurementHaloCross-media measurement is an advertisers’ North Star
Read more about "Cross-media measurement is an advertisers’ North Star"Campaigns now typically feature nine different touchpoints, making the challenge of measuring impact more acute, but more vital than ever. Matt Green and Rishi Saxena unveil new WFA research and point to the progress made with WFA’s North Star Halo programme – an enabler for Origin in the UK and Aquila in the US.
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Marketing technologyAIMarketing technologyMajor multinationals identify six key IP risks of GenAI in marketing
Read more about "Major multinationals identify six key IP risks of GenAI in marketing"Marketers fears about IP and copyright are stopping brands taking advantage of the benefits. This new WFA report highlights options open to advertisers to create safe spaces for GenAI use.
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Responsible Food Marketing Policy: WFA key messages
Read more about "Responsible Food Marketing Policy: WFA key messages"WFA’s key messages advocating for proportionate, evidence-based and robust policies on food marketing and children.
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SustainabilitySpotlight: Sustainable Marketing 2030 - Creativity into Action
Read more about "Spotlight: Sustainable Marketing 2030 - Creativity into Action"Learn more about the role of creativity in sustainable transformation from WFA and Kantar.
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SustainabilitySustainability into Action
Read more about "Sustainability into Action"New series of WFA playbooks on sustainable marketing from WFA and Kantar offers marketers guidance on how to put theory into practice, starting with the power of storytelling.
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The World Ahead 2025 with Tom Standage (The Economist)
Read more about "The World Ahead 2025 with Tom Standage (The Economist)"The Economist’s predictive look to the year ahead. Tom Standage, Deputy Editor of The Economist and Editor of The World Ahead, provides an exclusive, first insight into the top 10 topics of the upcoming The World Ahead 2025 report.
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Marketing procurementMarketing procurementMajor multinationals look to supplier diversity as they seek to appeal to a broader consumer base
Read more about "Major multinationals look to supplier diversity as they seek to appeal to a broader consumer base"Close to 1 in 4 multinationals have been working on this area for more than a decade, yet challenges around tracking and availability persist. A new WFA playbook offers voluntary guidance and case studies for marketing leaders looking to develop or strengthen their supplier diversity programmes.
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Media transformationAd spend growth to slow in 2025
Read more about "Ad spend growth to slow in 2025"The latest WFA and Ebiquity study indicates a further rise in media budgets next year, but positive movement is likely to be more targeted than in previous years says Tom Ashby, Global Lead Media Services at WFA.
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Agency managementMarketing technologyMarketing structureAIMarketing technologyThree-quarters of brands want to change their agency remuneration model
Read more about "Three-quarters of brands want to change their agency remuneration model"According to new research from WFA and global media advisors MediaSense, three out of four multinational brands are seeking to change their agency renumeration model in the next three years.
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Marketing procurementMarketing procurementSkills underpin the power of procurement
Read more about "Skills underpin the power of procurement"Marketing procurement needs to get its skills future-fit to add maximum value to the business. Laura Forcetti, Director Marketing Services Asia Pacific and Global Sourcing at WFA, reveals the latest research.
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WFA Outlook report: Media inflation set to rise in 2025 and 2026
Read more about "WFA Outlook report: Media inflation set to rise in 2025 and 2026"9 out of 10 top global markets expected to see prices rise more than in 2024.
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Advertising & policyWFA Regulatory Tracker: Gen AI Transparency Obligations
Read more about "WFA Regulatory Tracker: Gen AI Transparency Obligations"An overview of AI transparency obligations key markets globally
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Digital policyAIConsumer perspectives on AI in advertising & marketing
Read more about "Consumer perspectives on AI in advertising & marketing"Keep track of consumers expectations and perspectives on the use of generative AI in advertising and marketing.
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Media & analyticsAIHow AI could augment human insights
Read more about "How AI could augment human insights"New technology is changing the way the insights function works across the globe. Ioana Danila, Senior Manager, Global Insights at the WFA, explains how it is enabling a more strategic approach.
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Agency managementMarketing technologyAIMarketing technologyEighty percent of brands have concerns about agency use of GenAI
Read more about "Eighty percent of brands have concerns about agency use of GenAI"More than half of companies plan to review contracts with media and creative agencies. WFA releases practical guidance for GenAI contracts.
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Are you retail media ready?
Read more about "Are you retail media ready?"Retail media is the biggest ad spend story in 2024, creating new challenges for advertisers as Tom Ashby, Global Lead, Media Services at WFA, explains.
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Sustainability
GARM & Ad Net Zero announce global framework to measure media's carbon emissions
Read more about "GARM & Ad Net Zero announce global framework to measure media's carbon emissions"Please note that GARM was discontinued on August 8. See more here.
The Global Media Sustainability Framework is a cross-industry collaboration between WFA’s Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM) and the Ad Net Zero community. It allows advertisers, media owners and agencies to measure across six major media types.
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Marketing procurementMarketing procurementMarketing procurement seeks better, smarter metrics in 2024
Read more about "Marketing procurement seeks better, smarter metrics in 2024"WFA research shows that teams are looking at creative and production as well as media in their bid to identify savings for 2024. Many company target setters fail to understand marketing, increasing barriers between procurement, marketing and the rest of the organisation.
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WFA response to Adalytics report on Google Search advertising
Read more about "WFA response to Adalytics report on Google Search advertising"Please note that GARM was discontinued on August 8. See more here.
21 December 2023, an update on the article published below on 29 November 2023: since we shared our initial thoughts, Google has responded to Adalytics findings questioning the output and the methodology employed. In its response, Google claims that over 90% of Search Partner Network impressions are from Top 100 sites and apps (including YouTube). Google goes on to say that ‘Programmable Search Engine’ (ProSE) sites, the focus of Adalytics’ report, are less than 1% of search partner network impressions. And the sites which violated Google’s policies represent 0.002% of impressions across GSP Network.
