Wednesday, October 5, 2016
Registration & Networking Breakfast
Opening & Welcoming Remarks
Opening Keynote: Crafting Brands for Life in a Connected World
Mobile Creativity Insights - Smarties Analysis: learning from the best
In this presentation, Bhomik will:
- Identify the major mobile creativity trends which have differentiated Smarties award winners in the EMEA region
- Illustrate these trends with regional examples
- Provide practical evidence-based tips about how to elevate your mobile creativity from good to great
Networking & Coffee Break
Panel: Creativity and Innovation in mobile Been there, done that, got the T-shirt: Industry Experts discuss the Art of the Possible
This session will cover:
- What is the industry doing to ensure that it offers the best in class creative to brands?
- What has worked well globally that has been and can be adapted for the MENA region?
- The explosion of mobile video in the region, along with one of the highest mobile penetrations globally - how can the industry help brands communicate with audience through video?
- Native - the mobile page is busy, users are getting used to ads. Native is seamless, non intrusive and effective - Why should brands use Native?
Breakout Session
Trending Mobile-First Executions
Learn about the hottest mobile-first creative executions, with case studies from MENA
- What it is:
- Demonstrating the latest advertising executions designed primarily for mobile, including vertical videos, fully native ads, and 360 videos. What they will learn:
- Maximising the impact of your mobile advertising campaigns by adopting mobile-first creatives Key Take-aways:
- The power of mobile-first creative executions, backed by case studies.
Unifying Chat, Social, Commerce and Ads - The Next Frontier for Brands and Advertisers
How much should I be spending in mobile? - MMA SMoX Results

Networking Lunch
Post Lunch Keynote - The 3rd Era of Digital
Panel : Programmatic - the explosion of automated buying. Riding the wave- Industry Experts discuss the opportunities, what's available and what's next.
This session will cover:
- Programmatic buying has seen huge growth in ME, why is that? Why are some brands shifting budget, why are some not? When should programmatic be used.
- What is the benefit to a brand buying automated versus managed?
- The language of programmatic and why is that a challenge – let’s unravel.
- Getting the best out of programmatic - picking the right exchanges and suppliers. What are the considerations?
Networking & Tea break
Exploring and explaining the opportunities in mobile
This session will cover:
- Why mobile is important?
- Engaging with consumers through mobile
- Building mobile marketing strategies
- Adapting creative processes with mobile in the mix
- Taking advantage of mobiles strengths – for example location, data, video, messaging