CEREMONY INFORMATION
The Media Leaders Awards 2023 will be hosted slightly differently to your average awards ceremony. Based on the successful version of the 2022 awards which we held at The Year Ahead last year, the awards will be part-conference, part-celebration, but 100% fun and engaging.
Date: Wednesday 26 April
Time: 1.30pm – 7pm
Where: Convene 22 Bishopsgate
Attendees will be seated in Theatre Style with no tables. The awards itself will take place over 45 minutes in between the content, where winners will not be asked to come up and down on stage, and instead we will briefly interview each winner from their seat and then the trophy presentation, photos and interviews with The Media Leader team will happen during the networking session at the end of the event.
Winners from the five senior leadership categories (Media Owner, Media Agency, Advertiser, Technology and International) will be invited to join a panel following the winners announcements to discuss their win with The Media Leader editor, Omar Oakes. At the conclusion of this panel, we will announce the overall Grand Prix winner of Media Leader of the Year.
Session Start Date/Time |
End Date/Time |
Session Name |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|
13:30 |
14:15 |
Registration & Networking |
Tea and coffee will be served. |
14:15 |
14:25 |
Opening Comments |
Greg Grimmer, CEO of Adwanted UK, will open the event |
14:25 |
14:45 |
The Media Leader Big Interview |
WPP CEO Mark Read will open up this year's Media Leaders Awards as he sits down with The Media Leader editor, Omar Oakes, to discuss leadership from the very top |
14:45 |
15:05 |
The Future 100 Club Manifesto |
Four inductees from The Future 100 - as voted for by their fellow F100 classmates - each deliver a three-minute manifesto to our room full of media leaders which highlights the most important issues they would like industry leaders to address over the next 12 months. |
15:05 |
16:00 |
The Media Leaders Awards |
Steven Scaffardi & Kat Hendry Host and announce the winners of the 2023 Media Leaders Awards. |
16:00 |
16:45 |
The Media Leader Winners Debate |
The five winning leaders from the media agency, media owner, tech, international and advertiser categories will be invited on to the stage where they will discuss with Omar Oakes why the past 12 months has been such a successful year for them, what they have learned, and what their vision for the industry is in 2024. |
16:45 |
16:55 |
Announcement of The Media Leader of the Year |
The final announcement of the awards will be made as Steven Scaffardi reveals who the judges selected as their overall Media Leader of the Year from the four winning categories, plus we will be inviting judges to give their comment as to why they felt this person for the worthy winner of the main prize. |
16:55 |
17:00 |
Closing Comments |
Steven Scaffardi, MD of Events & Publishing, will close the event |
17:00 |
19:00 |
Networking Drinks |
Drinks and canapes |