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When agencies worry about their pipelines, the desire to become everything to everyone is almost impossible to resist. In this provocative keynote, Jacq will break down the “panic pivot” trap – addressing how to fully reclaim your agency’s true authenticity, illuminate your strengths, simplify your value proposition, and differentiate by leaning in on what you do best.

A new class of creators is emerging – not just making content, but building and operating businesses. In this keynote, Chaucer Barnes breaks down what this shift means for brands and agencies, and how to move from managing creators to enabling a new generation of growth partners.

From zero-gravity music videos to treadmill choreography that broke the internet, Grammy Award-winning OK Go has redefined what it means to fuse art, technology, and sheer imagination. Like the agency business, lead singer and guitarist Damian Kulash is obsessed with creativity, despite the challenges of budgets, resources, and an unforgiving industry.  

In this opening keynote, Damian shares how he thinks about creativity and why constraints fuel originality, how technology expands what’s possible, and what leaders can learn about a relentless desire to reinvent.

Check out a couple of OK Go’s incredibly creative music videos here:

Here It Goes Again (Treadmill) >>

Upside Down & Inside Out >>

Tom founded The Ability Machine with a clear mission: unlock the creative potential of individuals too often overlooked by the industry, and prove that ability has been hiding in plain sight all along.

In this inspiring keynote, Tom will challenge how you think about talent, creativity, and opportunity. He’ll share how building teams that embrace disabilities and untapped ability doesn’t just create impact, it drives stronger ideas, more original thinking, and a resilient culture.

For those joining us in New York, grab this opportunity to meet and connect with one of the top search consultants. This special “meet and greet” will provide an opportunity to spend time with a key matchmaker who can open the door to some of the largest new business opportunities.

Session Format:

In a more casual setting at the event, this will be an opportunity to meet face-to-face, introduce your agency, and spend time engaging a major search consultant on how best to work with them.

Agency Limit Note:

Only 1 person per agency may join each Mastermind session.

Sign-Up Required:

Limited seating, advance sign-up required via registration email.

For those joining us in New York, grab this opportunity to meet and connect with one of the top search consultants. This special “meet and greet” will provide an opportunity to spend time with a key matchmaker who can open the door to some of the largest new business opportunities.

Session Format:
In a more casual setting at the event, this will be an opportunity to meet face-to-face, introduce your agency, and spend time engaging a major search consultant on how best to work with them.

Agency Limit Note:
Only 1 person per agency may join each Mastermind session.

Sign-Up Required:
Limited seating, advance sign-up required via registration email.

Manual processes and disconnected systems throttle agency growth – a challenge particularly acute for many right now. Ultimately, this is leading to inefficiencies, talent churn, and shrinking margins.

This Mastermind session will bring together a group of senior agency leaders to explore transformative technologies, examples, and frameworks to help you identify operational bottlenecks and streamline key work streams.

Session Format:
These special one-hour interactive sessions provide the rare opportunity to connect with a group of 15 – 20 industry peers. Focused on a critical industry topic, you’ll be able to share your thoughts, ask questions, and learn from others. All are moderated by a subject matter expert and open to in-person and virtual attendees.

Agency Limit Note:
Only 1 person per agency may join each Mastermind session.

Sign-Up Required:
Limited seating, advance sign-up required via registration email.

Agencies aren’t short on strategic thinking. The breakdown happens in how quickly and effectively that thinking turns into action. As client expectations accelerate, the ability to operationalize higher-value strategy at speed has become a defining advantage.

In this interactive session, you’ll join a small group of peers to unpack where execution slows down inside agencies, and what’s actually working to fix it. Come prepared to share your own challenges and walk away with practical ideas, systems, and approaches others are using to move faster without sacrificing quality or strategic impact.

Session Format:
These special one-hour interactive sessions provide the rare opportunity to connect with a group of 15 – 20 industry peers. Focused on a critical industry topic, you’ll be able to share your thoughts, ask questions, and learn from others. All are moderated by a subject matter expert and open to in-person and virtual attendees.

Agency Limit Note:
Only 1 person per agency may join each Mastermind session.

Sign-Up Required:
Limited seating, advance sign-up required via registration email.

This group will look at what agency management can do to help their teams better understand – and be more accountable for – the profitability of their accounts. As leadership expectations for growth continue to increase, do agency teams have the access and resources they need to deliver on those expectations? How much transparency into agency finance is needed (and how much is too much)? We’ll discuss the role/accountability of agency finance leads, the expectations leadership should set with teams, operating structures that are working to drive growth, and more.

Session Format:
These special one-hour interactive sessions provide the rare opportunity to connect with a group of 15 – 20 industry peers. Focused on a critical industry topic, you’ll be able to share your thoughts, ask questions, and learn from others. All are moderated by a subject matter expert and open to in-person and virtual attendees.<p/>

Agency Limit Note:
Only 1 person per agency may join each Mastermind session.

Sign-Up Required:
Limited seating, advance sign-up required via registration email.

• Where data is actually influencing revenue (and where it’s not)
• How to apply the right data to improve pitch conversion and drive client growth
• How to connect data investment to clear business outcomes

Session Format:
These special one-hour interactive sessions provide the rare opportunity to connect with a group of 15 – 20 industry peers. Focused on a critical industry topic, you’ll be able to share your thoughts, ask questions, and learn from others. All are moderated by a subject matter expert and open to in-person and virtual attendees.

Agency Limit Note:
Only 1 person per agency may join each Mastermind session.

Sign-Up Required:
Limited seating, advance sign-up required via registration email.

Note: this session is only for agency CEOs and owners.

It’s no secret that the pandemic, AI, and recent economic turbulence have impacted agency valuations. Whether you’re planning to sell or not, it only stands to reason to build an operation based on the principles that increase its value.

This group will take a look at the key value drivers that most increase an agency’s multiple right now, who’s buying, why — and ultimately, steps you can take to increase your enterprise value and net worth.

Session Format:
These special one-hour interactive sessions provide the rare opportunity to connect with a group of 15 – 20 industry peers. Focused on a critical industry topic, you’ll be able to share your thoughts, ask questions, and learn from others. All are moderated by a subject matter expert and open to in-person and virtual attendees.

Agency Limit Note:
Only 1 person per agency may join each Mastermind session

Sign-Up Required:
Limited seating, advance sign-up required via registration email.

Note: this will be a larger interactive group discussion with 40 – 50 participants.

It’s no secret it’s already an interesting year for new business pipelines – with a lot of uncertainty from clients and prospects. And clearly, just counting on the phone to ring for the next RFP is not a sustainable growth strategy.

In this session, we’ll be collaborating on the new best practices now necessary to completely reinvigorate sales pipelines – in a way that is far more consistent over time.

Session Format:
This special one-hour interactive session will provide the opportunity to connect with a group of industry peers – to tackle the critical topic of new business pipelines. Come prepared to participate. You’ll be able to share your thoughts, ask questions, and learn from others.

This is open to in-person and virtual attendees.