The Creative Operations Summit London 2026 Reading List
 

As Creative Operations Summit London 2026 approaches, we’ve curated an essential reading list to get you inspired and ready for the event. These hand-picked blogs and resources from our speakers and sponsors offer a sneak peek into the innovative ideas, real-world strategies, and forward-thinking conversations you’ll experience at the summit.
 

Casey Templeton is the founder and CEO of Stacks, a DAM profesional services firm, and the creator of MQS (Metadata Quality Score), a structural governance scoring standard for digital asset metadata. After eight years of building custom assessment frameworks for enterprise DAM clients, Casey recognized the industry needed a shared, transparent measurement model. MQS is the result: nine signals, two dimensions, one published standard available to any organization or practitioner.

Shelley Meeks is a strategic product leader with over 25 years of experience delivering metadata-driven digital content solutions in enterprise environments. At Stacks, she leads operations and co-designed the MQS scoring model, translating real-world metadata governance challenges into the nine signals that drive the standard. Her background spans product roadmap ownership, taxonomy design, AI-powered tagging, and workflow automation across global organizations.

Programme Update: First Sessions Announced

This year we’re introducing a number of interactive sessions where attendees can ask questions and explore key issues with others in the room. Designed to complement the wider programme, they create space for open exchange and shared thinking.

Increasing Efficiency & Brand Consistency with Automation Placed on DAM Foundations

The situation ‘as was’:

  • A siloed DAM solution with ever-dwindling user numbers due to lack of confidence.
  • Nobody with the necessary skill-set to manage the DAM and transform user experience.
  • A system which didn’t enhance the business’ ability to deliver growth.
  • The need for more integration with other systems, MarTech and product data.

The situation now: