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Agenda – The MarTech Summit London
10 & 11 November 2026
Convene 155 Bishopsgate London

Pre-Summit Meet Up for the MarTech Community

20 October | BOXHALL City Liverpool Street, London

Kick-start the summit in style with an exclusive gathering, connect with fellow attendees over cocktails and canapés. More information here

Day 1 - Tuesday 10 November - Plenary Stage

08:00 - 08:50 Registration & Energiser Breakfast

08:50 - 09:00

Chairperson Introduction & Overview: Kick Off – Overview of Latest Trends, Global Market Stats & Insights
10:10 – 11:10 Breakout | [Retail Media Collaborations] Creating Connected Customer Experiences

09:00 - 09:20

Keynote Presentation | [MarTech & Content] From Content at Scale to Experiences at Scale

– How AI and connected technology are changing the way brands create, adapt and distribute content
– Breaking down the silos between marketing, creative, data and technology
– Moving from producing more content to creating more relevant customer experiences.

10:10 – 11:10 Breakout | [Retail Media Collaborations] Creating Connected Customer Experiences

Sanchez O'Toole

Head of Product Success, EMEA, Publicis Production

09:20 - 10:15

Panel Discussion | [Omnichannel] Creating Connected Customer Journeys Across an Expanding Channel Landscape

– With customers engaging across more channels than ever, what are the biggest challenges in delivering a truly connected experience?
– What strategic changes have had the greatest impact on improving cross-channel engagement and consistency?
– How are you operationalising your omnichannel strategy across marketing, data, technology, and teams?

09:20 - 10:20

Breakout Roundtable | Ask, Build, Act: Your AI First Marketing Analyst

Raman Dhaliwal-Janjua

Director, Digital Trading, Dunelm

George Williams

Global Head of Public Web Services & Content, HSBC

Chris Pozzi

Business Messaging Partnerships Manager, EMEA, Twilio

10:15 - 10:45

Keynote Presentation | [AI for Marketing] The Context Gap: Lessons from a Year of Building AI for Marketers

– What have we learned from a year of hands-on experimentation about what makes AI genuinely useful for marketing work?
– How can marketers provide the right context to get better, more relevant results from AI?
– What practical approaches can marketers apply now to improve the quality and usefulness of their AI outputs?

09:20 - 10:20

Breakout Roundtable | Ask, Build, Act: Your AI First Marketing Analyst

Kashish Gupta

CEO, Hightouch

10:45 - 11:15 Morning Coffee Break

10:10 – 11:10 Breakout | [Retail Media Collaborations] Creating Connected Customer Experiences

11:15 - 11:35

Keynote Presentation | [AI & Authenticity] Real People, Fake Internet Finding Authentic Insights in an AI-Flooded Feed

– Why traditional social listening and AI-generated summaries aren’t always capturing the real consumer sentiment and behaviour behind the data.
– How brands can uncover authentic human insights from comments, reactions and conversations around campaigns and branded content.
– Using social intelligence to spot emerging reputation risks, understand what drives consumer behaviour and identify creators based on audience engagement rather than follower numbers.

11:15 - 12:15

Breakout Roundtable | Is Your Marketing Organisation Actually Ready for AI?

Chen Guter

Chief Marketing Officer, dig

11:35 - 12:20

Panel Discussion | [AI Strategy & Governance] Unlocking AI Innovation Without Losing Trust

– Discover how leading organisations are scaling AI adoption while navigating evolving regulations, security challenges, and customer expectations.
– Hear exclusive insights from one of the world’s most highly regulated industries on transforming responsibly with AI.
– Gain practical strategies to accelerate AI innovation while protecting compliance, data integrity, and customer trust.

11:15 - 12:15

Breakout Roundtable | Is Your Marketing Organisation Actually Ready for AI?

Laxmi Patel

Head of CRM Product & Planning, Virgin Media O2

Ishaan Kaul

Director, AI Adoption & Creativity, Reckitt

Sagar Mandal

Head of Marketing Technology, EMEA & APAC, Ameriprise Financial Services

12:20 - 12:40

Keynote Presentation | [Experimentation & Growth] What If Your Best Marketing Idea Is the One You Haven’t Tested Yet?

– Why experimentation should be at the heart of modern marketing, and how brands can move beyond assumptions to make more confident, data-driven decisions.
– How leading marketers are creating a culture of continuous testing and learning to uncover new opportunities, optimise customer experiences and drive growth.
– What it takes to scale experimentation across teams, channels and customer journeys while balancing speed, creativity and measurable business impact.

11:40 – 12:40 Breakout | [Sustainability in Marketing] Driving Sustainability in the Digital Era
Senior Level Executive, Optimizely

12:40 - 14:00 Mezze Lunch & Networking

A relaxed networking buffet, giving attendees time to connect and recharge between sessions.

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Private Lunch Roundtable (Invite-Only): Bring together senior MarTech leaders for a curated, topic-driven discussion over lunch in an intimate setting.

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11:40 – 12:40 Breakout | [Sustainability in Marketing] Driving Sustainability in the Digital Era

14:00 - 14:20

Keynote Presentation | [AI & Customer Data] Your Customer Data Is Worthless If You Can’t Act on It

– Why having vast amounts of customer data isn’t enough, and how fragmented data, disconnected systems and slow activation can prevent brands from turning insight into action.
– How AI can help marketers unify, understand and activate customer data to deliver more relevant experiences and make faster, smarter decisions.
– What it takes to move from data collection to real-time action, connecting customer intelligence with marketing execution to drive measurable business impact.

14:10 – 15:10 Breakout | [Digital Accessibility] Designing Inclusive Digital Experiences – Accessibility as a Growth Lever
Senior Level Executive, Treasure AI

14:20 - 15:05

Panel Discussion | [AI-Powered MarTech] Transforming the Marketing Stack, Integrating AI for Smarter Workflows & Greater Efficiency

– As MarTech stacks become increasingly complex, how are leading teams overcoming integration challenges and breaking down silos to create a seamless customer experience?
– With the rapid evolution of CDPs, AI, automation, and emerging technologies, how are marketers deciding what to adopt, optimise, or retire?
– How do you demonstrate the ROI and business impact of your MarTech investments?

14:20 - 15:20

Breakout Roundtable | Beyond the Hype: Can AI and Modern Content Platforms Really Drive International Growth, Engagement and Conversion?

Stefania Accardo

Global Director, MarTech & Consumer Data, De’Longhi Group

Sesi Sijuade

Director, Marketing Technologies, Barclays

Natasha Woolfe

Head of Marketing Effectiveness, Knight Frank

Pat Shephard

Regional Vice President, WRITER

15:05 - 15:25

Keynote Presentation | [Agentic Marketing Intelligence] Co-Pilot or Autopilot? Rewriting the Rules of Marketing Measurement

– Move beyond traditional attribution models toward agent-led measurement combining MMM, MTA, and incrementality without enterprise-level complexity
– Discover how AI agents automate data science workflows — from exploratory analysis to model calibration — delivering faster, more reliable marketing insights
– Enable conversational analytics through semantic layers and AI co-pilots, allowing marketers to interrogate performance data and make confident budget decisions in real time.

14:20 - 15:20

Breakout Roundtable | Beyond the Hype: Can AI and Modern Content Platforms Really Drive International Growth, Engagement and Conversion?

János Moldvay

Chief Data Science Officer, Funnel

15:25 - 15:55 Afternoon Coffee Break

14:20 - 15:20

Breakout Roundtable | Beyond the Hype: Can AI and Modern Content Platforms Really Drive International Growth, Engagement and Conversion?

15:55 - 16:25

Fireside Chat | [From Silos to Synergy] How Marketing & Sales Can Unite to Drive Revenue Growth

– What are the biggest barriers preventing Marketing and Sales from operating as one team?
– How can organisations build trust, shared goals, and stronger communication between teams with different priorities and ways of working?
– What technology, data, and processes are helping bridge the gap and create better customer journeys?

15:55 - 16:55

Breakout Roundtable | Into the Unknown: Email Marketing in 2027

Natalia Vanyagina

Head of EMEA Marketing, Elixir Medical

Marcelo Botelho

Director, Marketing, UK & Europe, Greystar

Vicky Ellison

Chief Marketing Officer, The Private Clinic [Moderator]

16:25 - 16:45

Keynote Presentation | [Convenience Culture] What a Decade of Zero-Friction Expectations Means for Brand Compliance

– How has a decade of convenience culture, from Amazon to AI, changed what customers expect from brands and how they access information?
– What assumptions underpin traditional brand governance, and where are those assumptions becoming less relevant in distributed, always-on environments?
– How can brands make information easier to find and act on without compromising consistency, control, or brand integrity?

15:55 - 16:55

Breakout Roundtable | Into the Unknown: Email Marketing in 2027

Melanie Duffy

Director, Product, Papirfly

16:45 - 17:30

Panel Discussion | [Digital Brand Experience] How Brands Build Relevance & Win Attention in an Era of Digital Distraction

– What does brand relevance mean today, and how are leading brands measuring its impact?
– With consumer attention becoming increasingly fragmented, what strategies are driving meaningful and differentiated digital engagement?
– How can brands create digital experiences that reflect their purpose and values while remaining authentic, consistent, and agile?

Breakout | [Customer Data Platform (CDP)] Democratising Data & Driving a Customer-Centric Culture with CDPs

Aaman Kent

Head of Marketing & Sales, Guinness Open Gate London, Diageo

Heana Thakur

Head of Marketing, Argos Marketplace, Sainsbury’s

Georgina Peters-Venzano

Chief Marketing Officer, Beazley Group

Charlotte Turland

Marketing Lead, NatWest

17:35 - 19:00 Day 1 Closing Remarks & Departure Networking Drinks

Grab a drink (and some tasty canapés) with your fellow marketers you met at the summit!

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18:30 - 21:00

After-Summit Private Dinner (Invite-Only) | Winning Customer Experience in an AI-First, Answer-Driven World

Join an exclusive, closed-door roundtable exploring how leading teams are reshaping customer experience in the era of agentic AI. Discover practical strategies to optimise real customer journeys, elevate accessibility into a growth advantage, scale trusted content, and stay discoverable as search evolves from SEO to AEO.

Day 2 - Wednesday 11 November | 08:00 - 08:50 Registration & Energiser Breakfast

We are splitting into B2B Marketing & B2C Marketing stages on Day 2 for marketers from different verticals to deep dive and exchange ideas.

Day 2 - Wednesday 11 November | 08:00 - 08:50 Registration & Energiser Breakfast

We are splitting into B2B Marketing & B2C Marketing stages on Day 2 for marketers from different verticals to deep dive and exchange ideas.
B2C Marketing STAGE

Theme: Customer Experience, Data Analytics & Insights

08:50 - 09:00 | Chairperson Introduction & Overview

B2B Marketing STAGE

Theme: Sales Enablement & Demand Generation

08:50 - 09:00 | Chairperson Introduction & Overview

09:00 - 09:50 | Panel Discussion [Customer Loyalty] Winning Loyalty in an Increasingly Non-Linear World

- What does real loyalty mean to you right now?
- How do you actually build that?
- Top things you have been able to fix for the current non-linear loyalty paths.....




Evy Bampatzani, Senior Product Marketing Manager, M&G Investments



Paul Afshar, Growth & Marketing Leader, Paybis



Jeremy Depauw, Head of Digital Transformation [Moderator]
09:00 - 09:50 | Panel Discussion [SMarketing Alignment] Connecting People, Data & Technology to Drive Growth

- What’s a real-world partnership initiative that helped you fix friction and drive revenue? What lessons did you learn along the way?
- If you could give one piece of advice to a CMO or CRO looking to strengthen sales, marketing enablement through partnership, what would it be?
- What tech really helps your teams work smarter & how do you make sure all the tools actually talk to each other?




Sandeep Raina, Chief Marketing Officer, Mycom



Rumyana Gateva, Global Demand Generation Lead, aosphere



Rena Patel, Marketing Leader, AI, Data & Analytics, Wiley



Milen Kolev, Divisional Marketing Manager, Lithia UK [Moderator]
09:50 - 10:10 | Keynote Presentation [AI & Marketing Productivity] What Marketers Do With the Time AI Gives Back

- As AI automates the mechanical and repetitive work of marketing, how can teams use that time to focus more on strategy, creativity, storytelling and customer insight?
- How can connecting AI to the marketing technology stack, live data and brand knowledge unlock greater efficiency and enable marketers to work at a completely different speed?
- Which marketing skills and tasks should remain human, and which are ready to be automated as AI reshapes the role of the modern marketer?




Brogan Savage, Agency Director, Optimove
09:55 - 10:15 | Keynote Presentation [Gamification & B2B Growth] Is B2B Marketing Ready to Play?

- Why are B2B brands turning to gamification to cut through the noise, increase engagement and create more memorable customer experiences?
- What does effective gamification look like beyond points, prizes and gimmicks, and where can it genuinely add value across the B2B customer journey?
- How can data, personalisation and technology help marketers create gamified experiences that drive meaningful engagement and measurable business growth?




Mike Turner, Principal Business Advisor, SAS
10:10 - 11:10 Breakout Session – 1 Hour Interactive
Facilitate a dynamic session with MarTech decision-makers, spark conversation, and demonstrate your solutions.
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10:10 - 10:50 | Panel Discussion [GenAI & Customer Experience] Building Trust as GenAI Transforms the Customer Journey

- What are the main barriers or challenges organisations face when implementing Generative AI to enhance the customer experience?
- For those exploring GenAI in marketing and CX, what are the biggest hurdles in moving from pilot projects to full-scale implementation?
- How can marketing leaders build and maintain consumer trust when using GenAI? Are there standout examples from your clients or campaigns?




Heather Hurd, Director, Corporate Audience Marketing, Elsevier [Lead Panelist]



Chris Lindsay, Head of EMEA Marketing, Webflow



Pooja Nambiar, Head of Marketing Platforms, Global, Yugo



Egor Grositskiy, Director, Art, Beat Games (Meta)
10:15 - 10:55 | Panel Discussion [B2B Marketing Automation] Building a Smarter, More Connected Marketing Engine

- In what key ways are you implementing marketing automation, and how is it transforming your operational efficiency, decision-making, and overall ways of working?
- Data silos remain one of the biggest obstacles to effective marketing automation, how are you tackling this challenge, and what’s worked best in unifying your data across systems and teams?
- How do you see your approach to marketing automation evolving over the next 6 to 12 months?



Patrick Walcher, MarTech Program Manager (CEO Function), Schaeffler



Daisy Zhang, Global Manager, Digital Growth, Radware



Alexia Barra, Director, Marketing, Capital Group
10:50 - 11:10 | Keynote Presentation [AI & Content Operations] More Content, Less Chaos Building the Marketing Engine for the AI Era

- As AI accelerates content creation, how can B2C marketing teams scale output without scaling complexity, costs and bottlenecks?
- How can AI, automation and connected workflows help teams move from brief to creation, approval and activation faster, while keeping content on brand?
- What does the future-ready marketing operating model look like when AI agents and humans work together across the content lifecycle?



Senior Level Executive, Screendragon
10:55 - 11:10 | Keynote Presentation [AI-Enabled Marketing Systems] Building the Self-Improving Marketing Organisation

- How marketing teams can move from using AI as a collection of tools to building connected, intelligent workflows.
- How self-improving loops work in practice, using the website as an example of a system that proposes changes and learns from team feedback.
- How AI changes collaboration, decision-making and the way marketing teams operate.



Edwina Dendler, Chief Marketing Officer, Prismic
11:10 - 11:40 | Morning Coffee Break
11:40 - 12:40 Breakout Session – 1 Hour Interactive
Facilitate a dynamic session with MarTech decision-makers, spark conversation, and demonstrate your solutions.
Sponsor this Session

11:40 - 12:00 | Keynote Presentation [AEO & AI] The Next Evolution of AEO Shaping How AI Talks About Your Brand

- Why being cited by AI is no longer enough, and how brands can influence the way AI represents their brand, products and positioning.
- How marketers can use AEO insights to improve accuracy, sentiment and differentiation across AI-generated responses.
- How AI can help marketers turn these insights into action at scale, shaping stronger brand visibility and representation across the evolving AI landscape.




Saga Torseke, AEO Specialist & Enterprise Advisor, Profound
11:40 - 12:00 | Keynote Presentation [AI & Marketing Innovation] Orchestrating Performance in the Era of Agentic Marketing

- How agentic AI is transforming marketing execution, moving beyond individual task automation to enable teams and systems to work more intelligently towards business outcomes.
- How can organisations connect data, content and technology to create smarter, more connected and relevant customer experiences?
- What does the future of marketing orchestration look like, and how can brands stay flexible and adapt as customer expectations continue to evolve?




Max Sihvonen, Chief Marketing Officer, Ibexa
12:00 - 12:40 | Panel Discussion [MarTech Data Insights] Transforming Data into Tangible Returns for Brand Growth

- When using data and analytics to measure effectiveness, how do you identify the right use cases and key questions to unlock real business value?
- What are the challenges you have encountered when trying to get the data in place to build the data products?
- How do you confidently navigate measurement and attribution in an omnichannel world, linking initiatives to brand growth while moving beyond one-size-fits-all models?




Henry Foster-Reed, Director, Digital Marketing, Warner Bros. Discovery



Katrina Broster, Director, Marketing Performance & Technology, Financial Times



12:00 - 12:40 | Panel Discussion [Demand Generation] Building a Smarter Growth Engine to Bridge the Gap Between Data and Demand

- How can marketers optimise data gaps and inefficiencies with limited resources?
- What strategies build a high-performing demand gen engine while tackling common challenges?
- Which data points matter most for driving impactful demand generation?




Carl Sutherland, Head of Digital, S&P Global Market Intelligence



Alex Phennah, Associate Director, Marketing Operations, Moody's



Anca Bontea, Associate Director, Digital Marketing, Regnology

12:40 - 13:00 | Keynote Presentation [AI & Customer Engagement] From Millions of Fans to One-to-One Experiences

- How can global B2C brands turn vast amounts of customer data into more relevant, personalised experiences at scale?
- How are AI, analytics and real-time decisioning helping Liverpool FC understand fan behaviour and deliver the right experience at the right moment?
- What does the future of AI-orchestrated customer engagement look like, and how can marketers balance automation, personalisation and human control?




Helen Bennett, Director, Marketing Ops, Insight & Research, Liverpool FC



Mike Blanchard, VP, Customer Intelligence, SAS
12:40 - 12:55 | Keynote Presentation [AI & Agentic Marketing] Agentifying the Customer Journey, What’s Actually Working for Marketing Teams

- What does the customer journey look like when AI agents move beyond individual tasks to connect and execute workflows end to end?
- How can marketing teams use agents to accelerate campaign production, personalisation, content, expansion and retention while keeping humans in control of strategy, brand and judgement?
- What needs to change across marketing automation, CRM and cross-team workflows to move from faster outputs to a truly connected, agentic customer journey?




Diego Lomanto, Chief Marketing Officer, WRITER
13:00 - 14:10 | Mezze Lunch & Networking
13:00 - 14:10 | Mezze Lunch & Networking
13:00-14:00 Breakout Lunchtime Roundtable | Transforming the Customer Experience with Agentic

Explore the collision between brand-owned AI agents and customer-controlled AI assistants, and what it means for customer experience, trust and commercial strategy. This roundtable examines how organisations can govern AI agents internally while adapting to a future where customers discover, engage and make purchasing decisions through their own agents.

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