

CMOs are facing a barrage of new challenges around acquisition and loyalty due to evolving customer behaviours and the accelerating shift towards e-commerce due to the pandemic.
Sense check your approach with likeminded industry experts, sharing insight on business-critical challenges and disruptive technology and drive your industry forward collaboratively.
Connect with 90+ senior Marketing leaders for a curated agenda focused on tackling your current business critical challenges and driving industry forward. Our summits are designed to help you:
Build new connections with likeminded senior leaders
Stay current with emerging business trends
Understand the impact new technology can make
De-risk new projects by gaining a broad range of insights
Accelerate key projects through meaningful new partnerships
Downloadable and actionable takeaways
This award will recognise outstanding C-Suite (or equivalent) marketing executives who can demonstrate exemplary leadership through real-world achievements in their field. Judges are particularly interested in seeing evidence of the applied creativity alongside innovative technologies and strategies over the last 12 months, which have led to improved business performance and reputational benefits.
09:00 - 09:20
Intro & Challenger Panel - 3 Roundtable moderators
09:20 - 09:50
Bring life to your brand - making participation part of your strategy - How can CMO’s lean into this and differentiate themselves from the competition?
09:55 - 10:35
Redefining ‘Business as Usual’ - At the end of the day what still matters for CMO’s is driving the business forward even in an uncertain future, so what does this look like in 2021?
10:35 - 10:45
10:45 - 11:45
Track 1: Agility: creating the ‘new normal’ playbook for a digital world - What does the ‘new normal’ look like when it comes to making agile marketing a reality for an increasingly digital world
Track 2: Leadership Innovation: is talent the competitive differentiator for 2021? - What does leadership innovation involve?
Track 3: Data & Analytics – How do you anticipate the conversation? - What are the main challenges you face in embracing a data-driven marketing approach?
12:20 - 12:40
What Makes a True Partner - In this session our Diamond Solution Provider partner will address the entire delegation with an end user of theirs to highlight and showcase what a true partnership means.
09:00 - 09:10
09:10 - 09:40
The Age of Personal Commerce: Informed Buyers Want to Buy from Informed Brands - Informed buyers want to buy from informed brands.
09:45 - 10:25
Video 2021: is less more? - How can brands utilise platforms such as TikTok, Snapchat and Instagram?
10:25 - 10:35
10:35 - 11:35
Track 1: Agility: creating the ‘new normal’ playbook for a digital world - What does the ‘new normal’ look like when it comes to making agile marketing a reality for an increasingly digital world
Track 2: Leadership Innovation: is talent the competitive differentiator for 2021? - What does leadership innovation involve?
Track 3: Data & Analytics – How do you anticipate the conversation? - What are the main challenges you face in embracing a data-driven marketing approach?
11:40 - 12:10
A new era for Omni-commerce - The historic surge in e-commerce demand has disrupted every industry and geography.
09:00 - 09:10
09:10 - 09:40
Technology Enabling the Future – Solution Provider Vision
- In this session our featured Solution Provider partner will address the entire delegation to discuss how technology is enabling and will continue to enable the future of the industry or sector.
09:45 - 10:25
The Future of Talent – Agile, Diverse, Innovative
- How can brands foster internal culture to create talented diverse teams that reflect the business, consumers, and society?
10:25 - 10:35
10:35 - 11:35
Track 1: Agility: creating the ‘new normal’ playbook for a digital world - What does the ‘new normal’ look like when it comes to making agile marketing a reality for an increasingly digital world
Track 2: Leadership Innovation: is talent the competitive differentiator for 2021? - What does leadership innovation involve?
Track 3: Data & Analytics – How do you anticipate the conversation? - What are the main challenges you face in embracing a data-driven marketing approach?
11:40 - 12:10
We're in this together - fusion and the new ecosystem
- In this session we will explore a recent case study of collaboration between brands and how this fusion trend supports a new ecosystem, overcoming defensive mindsets with entirely new solutions.
Engage with a virtual live audience just as you would at a physical event and create meaningful conversations.
The ultimate live polling and gamification tools, keeping your audience engaged.
Enabling our team to help you control your session experience.
Interactive quizzes to gamify your session
Recognising outstanding Executives who have demonstrated exemplary leadership
Content and insight from industry experts when it matters most
There is no cost associated with attending a GDS Summit. In return, we ask that all senior executives in participation attend for the full duration to ensure that all attendees get maximum value and insight from the interactive roundtables, live Q&As and breakout networking sessions.
Our digital summit portfolio is designed to bring together senior decision makers from large global businesses and innovative disruptor brands to drive industry forward through addressing business critical challenges collaboratively.
If you’re keen to build new connections with likeminded leaders, de-risk your projects through new insight and establish new partnerships that can accelerate your projects then apply to attend today.
Complete our ‘apply to attend’ form on the event page if you’re interested in attending the summit and you meet our application criteria. A member of the GDS team will then reach out to run you through the programme and event format and discuss your participation.
On stage: co-host a panel discussion with a group of likeminded senior executives or host a solo keynote presentation. Both slots include elements of interactive audience Q&A
Off stage: become a roundtable moderator, leading the discussion with the same cohort of executives for the duration of the summit around a specific topic you’ve agreed to focus on during the roundtable session.
We can tailor a partnership package to help meet your business objectives. This might include brand awareness, driving traffic to your site or quality editorial content via exclusive interviews and Q&As with our executive audience. Enquire today for more information.
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You will leave the summit with best practices to immediately apply back to your organisation and new connections from meaningful conversations.
If you haven’t been to a GDS Digital Summit, you will be incredibly impressed. It’s far more engaging than most digital event experiences. It’s a very interactive environment.
I connected with peers that I know I’ll stay in touch with, including suppliers which have presented a fantastic opportunity for 7-Eleven Global in the future. It may well be the most valuable summit I’ve attended in many years