MILLENNIAL 20/20 ANNOUNCES WORLD CLASS
SPEAKERS, SPONSORS AND SHOWCASE PARTNERS
· Leaders, Game-changers and Innovators from Intercontinental Hotels, DKNY, Formula E, NBA, Farfetch, Uber, Wimbledon, Under Armour, Pepsico, Alan Yau and Rio Ferdinand to take the stage
· Accenture confirmed as headline sponsor
· Expedia confirmed as travel & hospitality industry track sponsor
· World’s First Millennial Business Summit Launches in London in April 2016
LONDON 3rd December 2015: The Millennial 20/20 Summit today announces that over 50 CEOs and Executives from some of the world’s most millennial consumer companies and brands are confirmed to speak at the debut event on 13th-14th April, 2016, taking place at Victoria House in London. The speakers join leading technology consultancy Accenture, which has partnered with the summit as a headline sponsor, and Expedia as the travel & hospitality industry track sponsor.
Supported by the government, Millennial 20/20 will be the world’s first millennial business event, gathering over 3,000 brands, companies, founders and start-ups to delve deep and understand currently the most powerful yet controversial millennial generation and consumers who have founded the social media revolution, have technology embedded in their DNA and who are at the core of creating a game-changing future marketplace, like never before. Sizeable yet focused, Millennial 20/20 will be an opportunity for experiential learning whilst focusing on four industry sectors; fashion and beauty, food and beverage, sport and fitness and travel and hospitality. With macro focus on innovation, technology and creativity the summit will delve deep into 10 key pillars of a millennial driven marketplace: Retail, Marketing, Advertising, Mobile, Payments, Video, Social, E-Commerce, CRM and Big Data.
The two-day summit will feature highly curated and challenging discussions addressing the reality and future of each of the industry tracks - from the ‘Hotel Industry’s Future Reality’ and ‘Disruptive Business Models of the Future’ to ‘Chasing and Keeping at Speed with the Next Generation Consumer’, ‘Growing a Millennial Beauty Brand’ and ‘Digital Trends & Innovative Campaigns’. Key speakers include James Balfour, co-founder of 1Rebel, Renée Elliott, founder of Planet Organic, Nicolas Brusson, co-founder and COO of Blablacar, Stephanie Horton, CMO of Farfetch and BT Sport pundit and footballer, Rio Ferdinand.
Rupa Ganatra, Co-Founder of Millennial 20/20 said: “We are in an evolution like never before, where the consumer is changing the way everything is done; from the way they want to interact with brands, how they want to shop and communicate with brands to how they want to access consume content and when. For businesses to be relevant in the future they need to be ready for this millennial evolution, this is exactly what we are addressing at the Summit like no other event has ever done before.”
Commenting on the role of headline sponsor, Matthew Prebble, Retail Managing Director, Accenture, said: “The Millennial 20/20 Summit is the perfect opportunity for Accenture to showcase all aspects of its current and future innovation plans. We are delighted to be working with this unique event and look forward to sharing the platform with all participants ensuring that disruption, innovation, inspiration and aspiration is top of the agenda.’’
Millennial 20/20 will feature 40 exhibitors and showcase partners including Social Chain, Kiosked, GoInStore, StoryStream, Augment, goo.ey, Qumin, Taboola, Social Bakers and Chippd, unveiling the latest consumer strategies, products and services to help businesses evolve with the savvy, tech-obsessed millennial generation.
The first wave of speakers confirmed include:
FOOD & BEVERAGE
· Restauranteur Alan Yau, Wagamama, Hakkasan and Yauatcha
· Renée Elliott, entrepreneur and founder of Planet Organic
· Franco Denari, Co-Founder and CEO of Eataly Net
· Cassandra Stavrou, founder of Propercorn
TRAVEL & HOSPITALITY
· Angela Brav, European CEO Intercontinental Hotels
· Jo Bertram, UK & Ireland operations at taxi company Uber
· Tom Hall, Editorial Director at Lonely Planet
· Nicolas Brusson, Co-Founder & COO of BlaBlaCar
SPORT & FITNESS
· Rio Ferdinand, BT Sport Pundit and footballer
· Juanita Draude, Director, Marketing EMEA at NBA
· Alejandro Agag, CEO of Formula E
· James Balfour, co-founder of 1Rebel
FASHION & BEAUTY
· Gavin Abery is Director of Merchandising & Design EMEA at Original Penguin
· Hector Muelas, Chief image officer of DKNY
· Stephanie Horton, CMO of Farfetch
For more information please visit www.millennial20-20.com
Notes to editors
Contacts
For further information, tickets, images or interviews please contact:
Seema Parmar / / 07944 305 750
Olamide Ajani / / 07903 834 757
About Millennial 20/20
The Millennial 20/20 Summit is the world’s first gathering of brands, businesses and industry leaders who target the Millennial generation. The inaugural event will take place in London on the 13th-14th April, 2016, at B1, Victoria House, Bloomsbury in London.
Over the two-day period, Millennial 20/20 will host over 150 speakers, 40 interactive and experiential showcases, 50 panel discussions, 24 keynote presentations and interviews.
Millennial 20/20 is produced byentrepreneurs Rupa Ganatra, Viktoria de Chevron Villette and Simon Berger, founder of the IM2 Group - whose past events include Internet Retailing, Motor Sport Business Forum, Formula 100, Designjunction, eLearn Expo Series, Screen Expo, Brand Us Social conferences and a multitude of trade shows & conferences over the past 30+ years.