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  1.    Policy Forum Meeting Overview (Global Marketer Week Brussels 2025)

    Policy Forum Meeting Overview (Global Marketer Week Brussels 2025)

    An overview of the Policy Forum held in Brussels on 19 March 2025

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  2.    Marketing leaders highlight key trends at Global Marketer Week 2025
    CreativityAI

    Marketing leaders highlight key trends at Global Marketer Week 2025

    Marketing leaders and global CMOs identified their main messages and key trends for the industry at the WFA Global Marketer Week in…

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  3.    RAC Programme Meeting Overview (February 2025)
    Marketing to children

    RAC Programme Meeting Overview (February 2025)

    An overview of the Responsible Advertising and Children (RAC) programme meeting held online on 26 February…

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  4.    Getting Media Agency Contracts Right
    Agency evaluation & performanceAgency managementAgency remuneration & contractsAgency review & pitchingAgency rostersMedia transformation

    Getting Media Agency Contracts Right
    Open to WFA members only

    WFA has launched a new guide to global media agency contracts, designed to help brands manage these critical relationships better.…

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  5.    WFA Better Marketing Pod Ep 39: On Cathay Pacific's marketing secret plus lessons from Asia with Ed Bell

    WFA Better Marketing Pod Ep 39: On Cathay Pacific's marketing secret plus lessons from Asia with Ed Bell

    What does it take to rebuild an airline brand after the devastating impact of a global pandemic? Ed Bell, General Manager Brand,…

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  6.    Benchmark: Innovation in production
    Agency management

    Benchmark: Innovation in production

    WFA member survey on the topic of suggested content production companies in Asia Pacific (or with global reach)

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  7.    Benchmark: Marketing Mix Modelling (MMM) partners in EMEA

    Benchmark: Marketing Mix Modelling (MMM) partners in EMEA

    Which vendors are WFA members using for Marketing Mix Modelling (MMM), and what drives their choice? This latest benchmark…

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  8.    Benchmark: Industry insights and intelligence

    Benchmark: Industry insights and intelligence

    The latest WFA benchmark on Industry Insights is now available to members. 

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  9.    Spotlight: Evaluating Better Ideas
    Agency managementCreativity

    Spotlight: Evaluating Better Ideas
    Open to WFA members only

    Discover an in-depth exploration of the findings from The BetterIdeas Project, a groundbreaking global study that WFA partnered on…

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  10.    More than half of multinational brands plan to boost influencer market spend
    Self-regulationInfluencersInfluencers

    More than half of multinational brands plan to boost influencer market spend
    Open to WFA members only

    New WFA research indicates 60% of marketers say influencer marketing is becoming more…

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  11.    WFA Better Marketing Pod Ep 38: On navigating culture, meaning and purpose with marketing professor Marcus Collins

    WFA Better Marketing Pod Ep 38: On navigating culture, meaning and purpose with marketing professor Marcus Collins

    What makes a brand truly meaningful in people's lives? In this captivating conversation with Dr Marcus Collins - professor, agency…

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  12.    Benchmark: Insights investments & budgets 2025

    Benchmark: Insights investments & budgets 2025

    How are leading brands investing in consumer insights and market research? The latest WFA Insights Forum…

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  13.    Highlights from Global Marketer Week 2025

    Highlights from Global Marketer Week 2025

    Global Marketer Week, the event for international marketers, went to Brussels in March 2025. See the highlights below from…

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  14.    WFA research reveals new trends showing how brands are responding to changes in content production
    Marketing procurement

    WFA research reveals new trends showing how brands are responding to changes in content production
    Open to WFA members only

    Outsourced on-site model on the rise, GenAI is slowly gaining traction, centralisation is back and social and short-form video are a…

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  15.    Evaluating Better Ideas
    Agency management

    Evaluating Better Ideas

    The BetterIdeas Project, a pioneering global study in collaboration with WFA, addressing one of the most complex challenges facing…

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  16.    Knowledge Spotlight: AI and the Future of Search
    Value of advertisingMarketing technologyMarketing capabilitiesMarketing operationsMarketing technologyMarketing technology

    Knowledge Spotlight: AI and the Future of Search
    Open to WFA members only

    This live session is part of WFA’s practical webinar series, Knowledge Spotlights. In partnership with handpicked experts,…

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  17.    WFA research identifies drivers of successful marketing organisations

    WFA research identifies drivers of successful marketing organisations

    New WFA research, Marketer of the Future 2025, highlights key factors separating brand leaders and those who are under-performing.…

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  18.    Knowledge Spotlight: Marketing Mix Modelling 101
    Audience measurementMarketing technologyMarketing technologyData & analyticsData-driven marketingMarketing effectivenessMarketing technology

    Knowledge Spotlight: Marketing Mix Modelling 101
    Open to WFA members only

    This live session is part of WFA’s practical webinar series, Knowledge Spotlights. In partnership with handpicked experts,…

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  19.    Sourcing Forum Overview (February 2025)
    Marketing procurement

    Sourcing Forum Overview (February 2025)

    Overview of the WFA Sourcing Forum meeting, held remotely on 26th February 2025. 

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  20.    CMO Forum meeting overview (March 2025)

    CMO Forum meeting overview (March 2025)
    Open to WFA members only

    Overview of the WFA CMO Forum meeting held in person in Singapore on the 4th of March.

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  21.    The AI-fluent CMOs: Transformative Force in Today’s Business

    The AI-fluent CMOs: Transformative Force in Today’s Business

    Are you a marketing leader looking to stay ahead of the curve in an AI-driven world? The Infosys CMO Radar 2024 infographic…

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