Every Creative Operations leader faces the same challenge: how to build processes that enable rather than inhibit creativity. 

This panel discussion brings together diverse perspectives from across the creative industry to explore the sweet spot between chaos and control. 

Explore how different organisations have successfully created frameworks that provide structure while preserving creative freedom and discuss practical approaches to building flexible processes that scale. 

In an era where emerging technologies are reshaping the creative landscape, the age-old tension between art and science takes on new urgency. 

This provocative panel discussion explores how leaders are navigating the delicate balance between leveraging technological capabilities and preserving the human essence of creativity. As data-driven decision-making and AI-powered tools become increasingly central to Creative Operations, we'll examine both the transformative opportunities and potential pitfalls that lie ahead.

Sue Mountford speaks to Gemma Mason of Superdrug, examining how brands who empower their people and practice empathetic change management will see the most impactful transformations in their creative operations.

Creative teams are often forced to rely on intuition rather than data insights, resulting in unpredictable ad performance and wasted budgets. In this session, Oliver Stewart from Celtra will explore how integrating actionable performance insights into creative workflows can revolutionise the creative process and drive meaningful impact.

Guido Derkx chats to Dennis Ritter of Dr Oetker about the rise of asset intelligence, and the need to create the perfect story for every interaction in order to cut through a crowded marketplace and boost ROI.

Time to have some lunch and visit the exhibition. See you back at 14:15 for the afternoon sessions!

Creative teams thrive on collaboration but clunky workflows and slow file access can kill momentum. LucidLink makes working together seamless, whether you're in-house or agency-side.

What to expect:

Delivering campaigns at scale while maintaining quality and efficiency is more challenging than ever. This session will explore strategies and solutions that redefine how teams plan, create, validate, and activate campaigns, eliminating complexity and accelerating execution.

Key takeaways include:

• Testing and validating creative concepts at scale
• Streamlining campaign execution with automation
• Cutting through complexity in media planning and trafficking
• Leveraging AI for faster, smarter content creation

In the world of creative operations, complexity is inevitable—but chaos doesn’t have to be. Too often, brands rely on intricate models, formulas, and frameworks to optimize their marketing and creative workflows, yet the most critical ingredient for success is simple: visibility. What you can’t see, you can’t measure. And what you can't measure, you can't improve.

Creating More with Less, Faster and Better

Our context:

Growing health inequalities, longer NHS waiting times and increasing numbers of people being diagnosed mean cancer care is one of the biggest of all today’s public health crises.

As Creative Operations within a top-tier charity navigating turbulent economic times we have: