Call for speakers - B2B Marketing Ignite London 2020

On 23rd June, B2B Marketing Ignite London 2020 will bring together the champions of marketing innovation and business growth.

More than 1500 fired-up marketers will be attending, with the action taking place at the Business Design Centre in London.

“The event was buzzing. Very slick and very well organised. Top-quality content at every touchpoint, high-calibre speakers. A very productive, valuable and inspiring day”- Isabel Blanco. Marketing comms manager

Right now we're looking for marketing stars and business growth heroes to be a part of our high-calibre agenda of speakers at Ignite London 2020.

If that sounds like you, then this is your chance to be a key player at the biggest B2B industry event of its kind. It’s your chance to share your ideas, experience, expertise, and insight with over 1500 of your peers.

Take the opportunity to lead the agenda and inspire your industry at your biggest speaking opportunity of 2020.

If you want to be a part of this as a speaker, and get your name, brand, expertise, and influence in front of 1500+ success-hungry B2B marketers and leaders, then you need to apply now.

Can you present insightful, informative, and thought-provoking content – with absolutely no sales pitch?

If so, please complete and submit the enclosed form.
For more than one proposal, please complete a separate form.

Please note we do not cover any expenses or provide speaker fees.

Deadline for speaker submissions is 10th February 2020.

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* 1. Please give the details of the speaker you wish to submit.

First name

Surname

Job Title

Company

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* 2. Please provide us with the contact details of the person whom we should liaise with regarding the submission

First name

Surname

Job Title

Company

Telephone

Email address

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* 3. Please provide a speaker biography below, stating previous relevant job roles, credentials and any other interesting information about yourself (300 words max).

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* 4. What value will you add to B2B Ignite as a speaker?

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* 5. Please confirm you are able to travel to London to speak at the event?

Yes

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* 6. You may be required to have a Q&A as part of your presentation. Please confirm below that you are happy with this.

Yes, I'm fine with a Q&A

No, I don't answer questions

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* 7. For this event, we're looking for submissions for two different types of presentation, please indicate which type of session your submission is most relevant for:

Best Practice

Case Study

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* 8. The event will feature streams throughout the day. Please indicate which stream(s) your topic will cover. (Tick more than one if needed)

ABM
›› Setting up an ABM programme from scratch.
›› Accelerating your ABM programme from strategic to programmatic.
›› Creating your ABM tech stack.
›› Using agencies for ABM excellence.
›› Sales and marketing alignment.

Leadership & Strategy
›› Building the perfect team.
›› Understanding the stakeholder group – who do you need to influence?
›› Next-generation leaders – finding them and being one.
›› The fundamental skills of a B2B leader.

Insight
›› More effective marketing through better data.
›› Big data and cognitive marketing
›› Your NPS, metrics and revenue growth.
›› Social listening.
›› Evaluating creative.

Technology (Martech)
›› Getting the best out of MA.
›› Tech stack: Build or rent?
›› New tech alert – how to deploy what’s coming.
›› Building tech skills in your team.
›› Tech onboarding and platform selection.
›› How to run a tech audit… and ditch the failing platforms.

Brand
›› How to build and refine your value proposition
›› Brand consistency and management in the digital age
›› Building employee brand engagement and commitment
›› Brand measurement and valuation

Sales Enablement
›› How to embed sales enablement capabilities with your tech stack
›› Building an iterative approach to improving sales content
›› Sales enablement metrics-where to focus, and what to ignore
›› Five steps to sales enablement nirvana
›› How to streamline and accelerate your sales enablement content programme

Innovation & Creativity
›› How to build a culture of creativity within your team
›› Tech stack:
›› New tech alert – how to deploy what’s coming.
›› Building tech skills in your team.
›› Tech onboarding and platform selection.
›› How to run a tech audit… and ditch the failing platforms.

Engagement
›› How to connect with the customer.
›› Getting the best out of your content marketing.
›› Techniques to improve your CRM.
›› How to use influencer marketing effectively.
›› Emotional marketing and hyper-personalisation.
›› Your brand and finding the tone of voice that will work for you.

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* 9. What is the title of your presentation? (Please keep this as short as possible/200 words max)

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* 10. Please provide a short and engaging synopsis for your presentation? (250 words max). Please also add in at least four bullet points that delegates will benefit from attending your presentation (in terms of the information they can actively use to aid their own organisation/role)

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* 11. Please list the key challenges and/or learnings your presentation will cover. (200 words max)

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* 12. Please indicate which level of audience your presentation will be suitable for:

Beginners (executives, coordinators etc.)

Intermediate (managers etc.)

Advanced (CMOs, directors, heads of etc.)

Other (please specify)

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* 13. We expect speakers to promote their attendance at this event. Which of the following would you prefer?

Blog on the Ignite event website

Q&A on the Ignite event website

Social promotions

Infographic on the B2B Marketing website

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* 14. Please provide your Twitter handle and LinkedIn URL

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* 15. There is no charge for submitting papers or speaking at the event. However, should you wish to discuss sponsorship opportunities at the event, please tick the box below. *Please note, sponsoring speakers will be given priority on available slots.

Please contact me about sponsorship opportunities

You're nearly there! Please read the following information carefully:

• Please note that we reserve the right to amend submission copy for promotional purposes.

• The information you provide here may be included on our promotional material and event website.

• If successful, you give permission for your presentation to be distributed to the delegates/attendees post event.

• We will not provide speaker fees or cover any expenses incurred.

• We cannot guarantee that any submissions received after the 10 February 2019 will undergo the selection process to be accepted into the event programme.

• For more than one proposal please copy and complete separate forms.

• We will inform you of the status of your submission by the end of February.

One final thing...

Just click 'Done' below one of our team at B2B Marketing will be in touch if you're successful.

Thanks for your time!