Cannes Lions unveils 2024 programme
Speakers will prove how award-winning creativity achieves business growth and explore the innovation set to transform the industry, as part of the Festival’s five core streams
Programme includes names from across the spectrum of creativity: Deepak Chopra; e.l.f. Beauty; Google; Guinness; Jay Shetty; Novo Nordisk with Queen Latifah; and P&G’s Marc Pritchard
18 April 2024 - The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity’s 2024 extensive content programme will showcase more than 150 hours of content, with around 500 speakers from across the spectrum of creativity. The Festival runs from 17 to 21 June, in Cannes, France.
About this year’s line-up, Natasha Woodwal, Director of Content, LIONS, said: “Our open call for content gives us unparalleled insight into what matters most to the industry right now, and we’ve used this to design a programme filled with a diversity of voices offering different perspectives of global challenges. Speakers include creatives, monks, comedians, artists, filmmakers, scientists, economists, trend forecasters and Paralympians – it’s reflective of the multifaceted world of creativity.”
Simon Cook, CEO, LIONS, said: “We’ve identified the key areas that are top of mind for our industry and community and used these to create five core content streams that will run throughout the Festival. This line-up of world-class talent will share the thinking, processes and techniques that led to the most successful and most awarded work and provide our community with the ultimate tools, insights and knowledge they need to drive personal and business growth.”
The content programme’s five streams are:
Insights and Trends:
The strategic challenges, consumer behaviours, cultural shifts and creative thinking driving the industry forward.
Speakers include:
Boaz Paldi, Chief Creative Officer, United Nations Development Programme, with Randi Stipes, Chief Marketing Officer, The Weather Company
Marc Pritchard, Chief Brand Officer, P&G
Drew Panayiotou, Global Chief Marketing Officer, Pfizer, with Lora Lukin, Chief Creative Officer, Publicis x Pfizer
Tejal Vishalpura, SVP, Commercial Strategy and Marketing, Novo Nordisk, with Queen Latifah, Artist, Actor, Producer and Entrepreneur
Innovation Unwrapped:
Your guide to the pioneers, technologies and transformations set to revolutionise tomorrow.
Speakers include:
Clare Hutchinson, Chief Strategy Officer, VCCP and Oriol Tarragó, Sound Designer, Coser y Cantar Estudio
Pranav Yadav, Founder and CEO, Neuro-Insight, with Deepak Chopra, NYT Bestselling Author and Alternative Medicine Advocate, The Chopra Foundation, The Chopra Well
Tiffany Rolfe, Global Chief Creative Officer and Chair, R/GA, and Jeriad Zoghby, Chief Commerce Strategy Officer, IPG
Vidhya Srinivasan, Vice-President and General Manager, Advertising, Google, and Alexander Chen, Director, Creative Lab, Google
The Creativity Toolbox:
The ultimate portfolio of craft, processes and techniques to help you achieve creative excellence – explained by award-winning creatives and brands.
Speakers include:
Benjamin Crook, SVP, Dressing and Condiments North America, Unilever, Debbi Vandeven, Global Chief Creative Officer, VML, and Kenan Thompson, Actor, Producer, Comedian and Cast Member, Saturday Night Live
Koji Yanai, Group Senior Executive Officer, Director of the Board, Fast Retailing Co., Ltd., with Takuma Takasaki, Growth Officer, Executive Creative Director of Dentsu Group Inc.
Trevor Robinson OBE, Founder and Executive Creative Director, Quiet Storm
Including Laura Jordan Bambach, Founder and Chief Creative Officer, Uncharted, Resh Sidhu, Global Director Arcadia Creative Studio, Snap Inc., and Jo Shoesmith, Global Chief Creative Officer, Amazon, on our Creatives on the Terrace series.
Talent and Cultures:
The people and practices behind creative organisations that thrive. Speakers include:
Ali Rez, Chief Creative Officer, Impact BBDO, and Nayla Tueni, Editor-in-Chief, AnNahar Newspaper
Jay Shetty, Global Best-Selling Author, Award-Winning Storyteller, Former Monk and Host of On Purpose with Jay Shetty
Jen Speirs, Chief Creative Officer, Droga5 Dublin, with Nic Taylor, SVP and Head of Agency, The LEGO Group
Kimberly Doebereiner, Head of P&G Studios, Group Vice-President Future of Advertising, P&G, Greg Nugent, Founder, HARDER THAN YOU THINK, Sheridan O’Donnell, Filmmaker and Director, and Ezra Frech, U.S. Paralympian and Co-Founder, Angel City Sports
Lynne Biggar, BCG Senior Advisor at Boston Consulting Group and Former Global Chief Marketing Officer, Visa
Tim Ellis, Chief Marketing Officer and EVP, National Football League, DeAndre Hopkins, NFL Wide Receiver, NFL, and Joe Burrow, Quarterback, Cincinnati Bengals
Creative Impact:
Proving the value and effectiveness of creativity.
Speakers include:
Callum McCahon, Chief Strategy Officer, Born Social, and Gráinne Wafer, Global Director Beer, Baileys, and Smirnoff, Diageo
Diana Frost, Chief Growth Officer, Kraft Heinz
Marcus Collins, Professor and Author, University of Michigan, and Kory Marchisotto, Chief Marketing Officer, e.l.f. Beauty and Keys Soulcare
Mark Ritson, Founder, Mini MBA
Mike Cessario, Founder and CEO, Liquid Death
The Creative Impact stream is co-curated with WARC, the authority on marketing effectiveness.
As previously announced, Cannes Lions has launched LIONS Creators. This new experience includes a curated mix of exclusive learning and networking opportunities for creators and those in the wider creator economy. The programme will include a full day of creator-centric content on the Terrace Stage, recognising the creator economy as a rapidly growing and increasingly important part of the marketing mix.
The Festival programme is now available to view on the website here. Further names will be added in the coming weeks. For more information on pass options to attend Cannes Lions, which include the new Start-Up and LIONS Creators passes, visit www.canneslions.com.
ENDS
Contacts:
Camilla Lambert
PR Director
Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity
Camillal@canneslions.com
Tash Naidoo
Senior PR Manager
Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity
Tashn@canneslions.com
Press Portal:
press.canneslions.com
Notes to editors:
The programme is available to view online here.
For a more detailed overview of speaker topics, see the press release here.
About LIONS
As The Home of Creativity, LIONS powers the marketing segment of Ascential and is a destination for those in the business of creativity. As the definitive benchmark of creative excellence and with unparalleled access to insight on how it works, LIONS provides those on the journey to creative excellence all they need, at whatever stage they are at and wherever they are. Our annual five-day Festival, Cannes Lions, is the meeting place for the global creative marketing community and a celebration of the world’s most excellent and effective work.
LIONS is part of Ascential
Ascential takes the world’s leading brands to the heart of what’s next for their industries.
We do this through our events, intelligence products and advisory services. Our 700 people serve a global customer base from more than 100 countries in the large and growing Marketing and Financial Technology sectors.
Ascential plc is listed on London Stock Exchange (LON: ASCL).
www.lionscreativity.com | www.canneslions.com | www.ascential.com
About this year’s line-up, Natasha Woodwal, Director of Content, LIONS, said: “Our open call for content gives us unparalleled insight into what matters most to the industry right now, and we’ve used this to design a programme filled with a diversity of voices offering different perspectives of global challenges. Speakers include creatives, monks, comedians, artists, filmmakers, scientists, economists, trend forecasters and Paralympians – it’s reflective of the multifaceted world of creativity.”
Simon Cook, CEO, LIONS, said: “We’ve identified the key areas that are top of mind for our industry and community and used these to create five core content streams that will run throughout the Festival. This line-up of world-class talent will share the thinking, processes and techniques that led to the most successful and most awarded work and provide our community with the ultimate tools, insights and knowledge they need to drive personal and business growth.”
The content programme’s five streams are:
Insights and Trends:
The strategic challenges, consumer behaviours, cultural shifts and creative thinking driving the industry forward.
Speakers include:
Boaz Paldi, Chief Creative Officer, United Nations Development Programme, with Randi Stipes, Chief Marketing Officer, The Weather Company
Marc Pritchard, Chief Brand Officer, P&G
Drew Panayiotou, Global Chief Marketing Officer, Pfizer, with Lora Lukin, Chief Creative Officer, Publicis x Pfizer
Tejal Vishalpura, SVP, Commercial Strategy and Marketing, Novo Nordisk, with Queen Latifah, Artist, Actor, Producer and Entrepreneur
Innovation Unwrapped:
Your guide to the pioneers, technologies and transformations set to revolutionise tomorrow.
Speakers include:
Clare Hutchinson, Chief Strategy Officer, VCCP and Oriol Tarragó, Sound Designer, Coser y Cantar Estudio
Pranav Yadav, Founder and CEO, Neuro-Insight, with Deepak Chopra, NYT Bestselling Author and Alternative Medicine Advocate, The Chopra Foundation, The Chopra Well
Tiffany Rolfe, Global Chief Creative Officer and Chair, R/GA, and Jeriad Zoghby, Chief Commerce Strategy Officer, IPG
Vidhya Srinivasan, Vice-President and General Manager, Advertising, Google, and Alexander Chen, Director, Creative Lab, Google
The Creativity Toolbox:
The ultimate portfolio of craft, processes and techniques to help you achieve creative excellence – explained by award-winning creatives and brands.
Speakers include:
Benjamin Crook, SVP, Dressing and Condiments North America, Unilever, Debbi Vandeven, Global Chief Creative Officer, VML, and Kenan Thompson, Actor, Producer, Comedian and Cast Member, Saturday Night Live
Koji Yanai, Group Senior Executive Officer, Director of the Board, Fast Retailing Co., Ltd., with Takuma Takasaki, Growth Officer, Executive Creative Director of Dentsu Group Inc.
Trevor Robinson OBE, Founder and Executive Creative Director, Quiet Storm
Including Laura Jordan Bambach, Founder and Chief Creative Officer, Uncharted, Resh Sidhu, Global Director Arcadia Creative Studio, Snap Inc., and Jo Shoesmith, Global Chief Creative Officer, Amazon, on our Creatives on the Terrace series.
Talent and Cultures:
The people and practices behind creative organisations that thrive. Speakers include:
Ali Rez, Chief Creative Officer, Impact BBDO, and Nayla Tueni, Editor-in-Chief, AnNahar Newspaper
Jay Shetty, Global Best-Selling Author, Award-Winning Storyteller, Former Monk and Host of On Purpose with Jay Shetty
Jen Speirs, Chief Creative Officer, Droga5 Dublin, with Nic Taylor, SVP and Head of Agency, The LEGO Group
Kimberly Doebereiner, Head of P&G Studios, Group Vice-President Future of Advertising, P&G, Greg Nugent, Founder, HARDER THAN YOU THINK, Sheridan O’Donnell, Filmmaker and Director, and Ezra Frech, U.S. Paralympian and Co-Founder, Angel City Sports
Lynne Biggar, BCG Senior Advisor at Boston Consulting Group and Former Global Chief Marketing Officer, Visa
Tim Ellis, Chief Marketing Officer and EVP, National Football League, DeAndre Hopkins, NFL Wide Receiver, NFL, and Joe Burrow, Quarterback, Cincinnati Bengals
Creative Impact:
Proving the value and effectiveness of creativity.
Speakers include:
Callum McCahon, Chief Strategy Officer, Born Social, and Gráinne Wafer, Global Director Beer, Baileys, and Smirnoff, Diageo
Diana Frost, Chief Growth Officer, Kraft Heinz
Marcus Collins, Professor and Author, University of Michigan, and Kory Marchisotto, Chief Marketing Officer, e.l.f. Beauty and Keys Soulcare
Mark Ritson, Founder, Mini MBA
Mike Cessario, Founder and CEO, Liquid Death
The Creative Impact stream is co-curated with WARC, the authority on marketing effectiveness.
As previously announced, Cannes Lions has launched LIONS Creators. This new experience includes a curated mix of exclusive learning and networking opportunities for creators and those in the wider creator economy. The programme will include a full day of creator-centric content on the Terrace Stage, recognising the creator economy as a rapidly growing and increasingly important part of the marketing mix.
The Festival programme is now available to view on the website here. Further names will be added in the coming weeks. For more information on pass options to attend Cannes Lions, which include the new Start-Up and LIONS Creators passes, visit www.canneslions.com.
ENDS
Contacts:
Camilla Lambert
PR Director
Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity
Camillal@canneslions.com
Tash Naidoo
Senior PR Manager
Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity
Tashn@canneslions.com
Press Portal:
press.canneslions.com
Notes to editors:
The programme is available to view online here.
For a more detailed overview of speaker topics, see the press release here.
About LIONS
As The Home of Creativity, LIONS powers the marketing segment of Ascential and is a destination for those in the business of creativity. As the definitive benchmark of creative excellence and with unparalleled access to insight on how it works, LIONS provides those on the journey to creative excellence all they need, at whatever stage they are at and wherever they are. Our annual five-day Festival, Cannes Lions, is the meeting place for the global creative marketing community and a celebration of the world’s most excellent and effective work.
LIONS is part of Ascential
Ascential takes the world’s leading brands to the heart of what’s next for their industries.
We do this through our events, intelligence products and advisory services. Our 700 people serve a global customer base from more than 100 countries in the large and growing Marketing and Financial Technology sectors.
Ascential plc is listed on London Stock Exchange (LON: ASCL).
www.lionscreativity.com | www.canneslions.com | www.ascential.com
