How can the advertising industry leverage AI’s potential while ensuring trust and authenticity in a climate of declining trust?

This was the substantive question posed in a special edition of the CAN podcast recorded live at the #ConsciousThinking event in London. With CAN’s Ad Fraud manifesto at the top of the industry agenda, the wide-ranging conversation highlighted the importance of taking accountability for minimising advertising fraud. 

Guest Host Nicola Kemp, Editorial Director of Creativebrief is joined by a knowledgeable panel of guests to discuss this important issue: Dino Myers-Lamptey, Founder of The Barber Shop & Co-chair of CAN Advisory Group, Jules Kendrick, Managing Director UK & Europe at Trustworthy Accountability Group (TAG) and Maninder Paul, Founder of Digital Connectors.

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To round off a great second season of the Conscious Advertising Network's Conscious Thinking podcast, host Ete Davies is joined by Harriet Kingaby, Co-Founder of CAN to reflect on the some of the key themes covered in previous episodes including misinformation, human rights issues and climate & sustainability. Ete and Harriet also take a deep dive into the findings of the recent Conscious Advertising Network members survey, and how any these insights will be used to drive their systemic change in the wider industry. Watch this space for a bonus episode to be recorded at the live Conscious Thinking event on 16th November, more info to follow soon.

To learn more about the show, please go to consciousadnetwork.com/podcast and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.

Our host Ete Davies, EMEA COO Dentsu Creative is joined by:

Harriet Kingaby, Co Founder, Conscious Advertising Network

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Executive Producer: Jane White - Voluntary Events Director at CAN

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This month's policy briefing from António Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations, set out a common agenda and code of conduct on Information Integrity on Digital Platforms ahead of next year's Summit of the Future.

In this episode of Conscious Thinking, our panel discusses the responsibility of the advertising industry to improve the protection of migrants and refugees from hate speech and discrimination.  

Global conflict, climate change and economic hardship has resulted in higher migration and more displaced people than modern times has ever experienced.

How can the ecosystem of advertising work harder to protect the societies in which it operates?

With shifting responsibilities of the social media platforms is there a need for new regulation to enable businesses to more effectively regulate brand programmatic advertising?

Should we harness the momentum between public and private infrastructures to jointly tackle some of these issues?

Do we appoint dedicated agency brand safety ambassadors, to promote a less reactive and more joined up approach to hate speech, using their competence as storytellers?

This episode was recorded before the Migrant Boat disaster in Greece on the 18th June 2023

Our host Ete Davies, EMEA COO Dentsu Creative is joined by:

Pia Oberoi - Head of Migration & Human Rights, United Nations

Karen Middleton - Lecturer, Portsmouth University

Callum Hood - Head of Research, Centre for Countering Digital Hate (CDDH)

Matt Potter - Chief Content Officer, Dentsu

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Executive Producer: Jane White - Voluntary Events Director at CAN

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With an increasingly fragmented media landscape, what does the future hold for data privacy, transparency, and regulation?

Joining Ete in this episode are: Ossie Bayram Country Director Ogury, Advertising Associations Director of policy Research Konrad Shek and Matt Potter Chief Content Officer Dentsu Creative and Author of We are all Targets.

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Host: Ete Davies

Editor: Nathan Copelin

Executive Producer: Jane White (CAN)

Music: The Nerve

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This episode is a follow up to a previous episode where we covered Brand Activism and Political Advertising in the wake of the US midterm elections.

Joining Ete is Alex Tait, the Founder of Reform Political Advertising, an organisation based here in the UK that is focused on regulation and awareness of political advertising for all. We spoke to him about the work he’s been doing with his organisation and how it impacts brands relationships with advertising and social media platforms.

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Host: Ete Davies

Producer: Sera Berksoy

Editor: Nathan Copelin

Executive Producer: Jane White (CAN)

Music: The Nerve

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In the wake of the US mid-terms, the recent shock decisions on Roe vs. Wade from the Supreme Court and the ever-present spectre of politically motivated violence after the attack on the Capitol on January 6th 2021, this episode we discussed what role Brands (and advertising more broadly) have to play in public discourse on social and political issues. We explored what's next for brand activism, and examining political advertising in the US. Ete was joined by some distinguished guests to discuss this substantial and significant topic:

• Ambika Pai - Chief Strategy Officer at Mekanism a US based creative agency

• Claire Atkin - Brand Safety Advocate and Co-Founder of Check My Ads Institute - the adtech industry's first and only watchdog

• Doug Gordon - Co-Founder of Upshift Strategies, as strategic communications, also based in the US

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Host: Ete Davies

Producer: Sera Berksoy

Editor: Nathan Copelin

Executive Producer: Jane White (CAN)

Music: The Nerve

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The Qatar World Cup is upon us. It's the first to be hosted in a Middle Eastern country, the first to take place in winter and the first global sporting event in world football since the pandemic. But regardless of the many firsts that there are to be acknowledged, it's fair to say this World Cup has been amongst the most controversial in recent times. There are many questions around how Qatar was awarded the World Cup, to migrant worker deaths, to wider Human Rights issues and Controversies within the Qatari regime, and in particular, its stance on LGBTQ+ communities. In this episode, we'll explore the topic of brand sponsorship and activism with regards to controversial events, hosts, or nations in the sporting arena. We'll also discuss what responsibility advertisers, brands, social media platforms – all connected with sporting events – have towards representation, inclusivity, and equality in sport, particularly when it comes to sport related and brand sponsorship marketing, advertising, and PR.

Ete is joined by some distinguished guests to discuss this substantial and significant topic:

- Amar Singh, Head of Content and Communications for MKTG Sports + Entertainment

- Lou Englefield, Director of Pride Sports

To learn more about the show, please go to consciousadnetwork.com/podcast and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.

Host: Ete Davies

Producer: Sera Berksoy

Editor: Nathan Copelin

Executive Producer: Jane White (CAN)

Music: The Nerve

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In the recent inquest into the tragic death of Molly Russell, the coroner’s verdict was a world first in citing social media as a causal factor in a death, whereby he found that “Molly Rose Russell died from an act of self-harm whilst suffering from depression and the negative effects of online content.” Arguably one of the most emotive topics we’ll be covering in this series of Conscious Thinking, our panel discussed the implications of the Government delay to the new Children's Wellbeing Code, part of the Online Safety bill.

Our host Ete Davies is joined by some distinguished guests to discuss this substantial and significant topic:

• Ollie Hayes – Policy & Campaigns Lead for Global Action Plan
• Beth Kerr - Group Wellbeing Director at Cognita, the global schools group
• Melanie Kentish – Managing Partner at Gleam (talent management & influencer marketing agency within the Dentsu Creative network)
• Callum Hood, Head of Research at the Centre for Countering Digital Hate.

To learn more about the series, please go to consciousadnetwork.com/podcast and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.

Host: Ete Davies

Producer: Sera Berksoy

Editor: Nathan Copelin

Executive Producer: Jane White (CAN)

Music: The Nerve

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Welcome to the first episode of the second season of Conscious Thinking.

With COP 27 just around the corner and with the recent launch of CAN’s new climate and sustainability manifesto, we discuss what, if any, meaningful progress our industry has made on climate and sustainability accountability over the past year.

Ete is joined by a distinguished panel of guests to discuss this substantial and significant question.

• Jake Dubbins, Co-founder of the Conscious Advertising Network
• Anna Lungley, Chief Sustainability Officer for Dentsu International
• Suzie Rook, Head of Group Brand and Design at SSE plc
• Stephen Woodford, CEO of the Advertising Association

To learn more about the show, please go to consciousadnetwork.com/podcast and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.

Host: Ete Davies

Producer: Sera Berksoy

Editor: Nathan Copelin

Executive Producer: Jane White (CAN)

Music: The Nerve

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Season 2 of Conscious Thinking is about to launch with a brand-new host: Ete Davies.

Ete is the Chief Operating Officer across EMEA for Dentsu Creative. With 20 years in the advertising and marketing industry working with global and local brands, he has witnessed and been a part of brand marketing that has affected culture, impacted society and driven behaviour change. His belief in the importance of responsible, net-positive advertising and is what brought us together to work on this new season.

To learn more about the show, please go to consciousadnetwork.com/podcast and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.

Host: Ete Davies

Producer: Sera Berksoy

Editor: Nathan Copelin

Executive Producer: Jane White (CAN)

Music: The Nerve

A Dentsu Creative Production for the Conscious Advertising Network.

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