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Sessions

The
Sessions

Day 1
7 Oct 2025

Introduction 

14:00 - 14:20 BST

Welcome to the Festival

Session #1 

14:20 - 15:00 BST

Funding/Investment
Strategic PR

​Communications leaders will walk through some basics of PR and how to maximise the reach and impact of your media work with your target audiences.

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Speakers:

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Eleanor Warnock | Bek Ventures
Jörn Dunker | Ballou Spain

Session #2 

15:00-15:40 BST

Product Market Fit

We will dive into how companies can reach PMF faster and more efficiently, using a data-driven approach to run and understand rapid experimentation.  

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Speakers:

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Pavlo Pedenko | Mathema (Ex Wise)
Scott Eblen |  Monzo Bank
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Session #3 

16:00 - 16:40 BST

B2B Sales
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We focus on leveraging data to drive sales priorities (funnel & performance management) and building executive relationships to turn global companies into lasting customers.​

 

Speakers:​

Edward Kyei | N47
Mathieu Parin | PayFit
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Frank Visciano | Ex Udemy

Day 2
8 Oct 2025

Session #4 

14:00 - 14:40 BST

AI in
Customer
Success

How AI is reshaping the CS function, enabling increasingly personalised relationship management and support in leading organisations. 

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​Speakers:

Jeremy Ambrose | Zendesk
Benjamin Hempel | Scandit
Andrea Spillmann-Gajek | Success Accelerators
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Session #5 

15:00-15:40 BST

AI in
Marketing

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Hear how senior marketers are integrating AI within the function, featuring examples and insights on how leaders are building and shaping teams capable of realising AI's marketing potential. 

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Speakers:

Lauren Crichton |  Sana
Sophia Ahrel | Fractional CMO

Amy Spurgeon |  WPP

Session #6 

16:00 - 16:40 BST


How to raise a Series A/B in 2025

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We dive into what it takes to raise a successful series B round in 2025, featuring founders that have done it and investors that led the round. â€‹â€‹

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Speakers:

Daniel Zacharias | Sdui

Ben Wirz  | Brighteye​

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Confirmed
Speakers

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Daniel Zacharias

Founder and CEO, Sdui

Lauren Crichton

Director of Marketing, Sana

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Benjamin Hempel

Senior Director Customer Success & Solutions Consulting APAC and EMEA, Scandit

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Scott Eblen

VP of Product, Monzo Bank

+ Brighteye Mentor

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Sophia Ahrel

Fractional CMO + Brighteye Mentor

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Edward Kyei

GTM/Sales, N47

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Jeremy Ambrose

Senior Partnerships Manager,
Zendesk Startups

Andrea Spillmann-Gajek

Founder, Success Accelerators + Brighteye Mentor

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Jörn Dunker

Managing Director, Ballou Spain

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Eleanor Warnock

Freelance Journalist and Communications Advisor

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Mathieu Parin

Global Sales Operations Director, PayFit

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Ben Wirz

Founding Partner, Brighteye

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Pavlo Pedenko

CPO & Co-Founder, Mathema (Ex Wise)

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Frank Visciano

Former COO, Udemy + Brighteye Mentor

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Amy Spurgeon

VP of Growth, WPP

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Our Festival Partners

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