We popped to the AQR Trends Day event yesterday, something that’s run every couple of years, and were pleasantly surprised by the interesting mix of speakers and excellent organisation thanks to AQR chair Rosie Campbell and her team.

Below is a teaser featuring the following bods while we beaver away on the full edits…

• Sean Pillot de Chenecey, Captain Crikey
• keynote Oliver James, psychologist, author and broadcaster
• William Higham, Next Big Thing
• Dr. Nick Southgate, Grey Advertising

Thanks to guest hosts Sarah Davies, Alison Fydler and Chloe Fowler for their sterling work.

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Rishad Tobaccowala, CEO Denuo and Chief Innovation Officer, Publicis, chats about…

• The business importance of authenticity
• Why PR agency Edelman’s reputation suffered in the Wal Mart undisclosed blogger fiasco
• Three big media trends he’s seeing including the shift to on-demand, the participatory culture, and the shift from segmentation to reaggregation
• Why he’s ’short’ on Google’s ability to monetize YouTube and ‘long’ on Yahoo’s future

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The assumption is that by-and-large, individuals make decisions on their own. My Herd point-of-view is that people influence each other, often without realising it

Mark Earls’ latest contribution to life, the universe and everything is gaining traction. His new book rethinks how people make decisions and discovers as a result that much of current research practice is fundamentally flawed in its assumptions and interpretation of consumer behaviour. Quite fitting for this self-styled ‘Contrarian’. The book provides psychology underpinning for many recent phenomena such as social networking, engagement, conversations, ethnography, blogging and predictive markets by showing how we act as groups and not individually. Part of our monthly column for ESOMAR’s Research World magazine

 STARRING 

• Mark Earls, author, Herd: How to Change Mass Behaviour by Harnessing Our True Nature, Head Honcho, Herd Consulting

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 EXCLUSIVE  We all know about the surging economies in India and China and how they stand to become the largest within decades. But in this conversation with the passionate and authoritative Prof. Richard Scase, we hear how this and other global issues such as climate change and energy shortages, will affect everyone in both a personal and professional capacity. It’s not a pretty picture, but then again we need leading forcasters like Richard to get us all to act before it’s too late

 STARRING 

• Prof. Richard Scase, Academic, Entrepreneur, and Author, Global Remix

Recorded live at the Euro MR Event 2006

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 GUEST  Kirsty Fuller, co-Founder and Chairman of the world’s largest qualitative consultancy, Flamingo International

 TOPICS  The new paradigm in branding (Jay-Z and Budweiser, co-creation, authenticity); The benefits of using intuition in research vs. being strictly evidence-based; EXCLUSIVE: Japan office coming soon

 NOTABLE MENTIONS  Andy Dexter, Apple, Budweiser, Chris Arning, Def Jam, Digg, Edny Tappy, Fiona Blades, Illuminas, Innocent, iPod, James Parsons, Jay-Z, Kate Moss, Levi, Maggie Collier, MySpace, Nike, Reebok, Simon Lidington, Top Shop, Truth Consulting, Walkman, YouTube

Music Brother Love and Martha Redbone from the PMN

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“We’ve had two years of change [in MR], my guess is we’ve got another 25 to come…” (Ray Poynter)
 

 EXCLUSIVE  Brand Strategy magazine’s Ruth Mortimer talks about some hot issues in branding such as co-creation and branded content. Ray Poynter talks tech trends. And FDS’s new co-owner and MD, Charlotte Cornish, on the extraordinary story behind her acquisition of FDS

 STARRING 

• Ruth Mortimer, Editor, Brand Strategy Magazine
• Ray Poynter, Director, Virtual Surveys, and Head, The Future Place
• Charlotte Cornish, MD, FDS and Director, Munro Global

Recorded live at ESOMAR CONGRESS 2006

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 EXCLUSIVE  ESOMAR Congress 2006 keynoters Julia Hailes MBE talks about the environment and sustainability, and Interbrand’s Rita Clifton talks about branding and engagement

 STARRING 

• Julia Hailes MBE, prolific environmental author, and Sustainability Consultant
• Rita Clifton, Chairman, Interbrand
• John Kearon, BrainJuicer (Host)

Recorded live at ESOMAR CONGRESS ‘06

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 EXCLUSIVE  As official podcaster to the upcoming ESOMAR conference, we’ve secured some exclusive and meaty previews. In this, the second of four preview podcasts, we focus on trends and improving foresight accuracy

 STARRING 

• Stephen Phillips, Spring Research
  The ‘Snakes and Ladders’ Approach to Brand Choice
• Roger Smith, Gfk NOP
  Trends: Food, Diets and Wellbeing
• Nadine Critchley, NESTEC (Nestlé)
  Trends: Using Global Consumer Trends to Boost Business
• Mark Whiting, Moët Hennessy (Host)

Learn more about ESOMAR CONGRESS ‘06

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 EXCLUSIVE  As official podcaster to the upcoming ESOMAR conference, we’ve secured some exclusive and meaty previews. Kindly hosted by Mark Whiting, Director of Marketing Intelligence Services, Moët Hennessy, and Program Committee Chairman, this is the first of four previews and focuses on improving foresight accuracy

 STARRING 

• Dr. Howard Moskowitz, Moskowitz Jacobs
  Stock Market Prediction
• Fiona Blades, MESH Planning Tools
  Using Mobiles to Improve the Accuracy of Marcomms RoI
• Thomas Perry, Oliver Tabino, SINUS Sociovision
  A Sensitive Approach to Screening Future Innovation
• Mark Whiting, Moët Hennessy (Host)

Learn more about ESOMAR CONGRESS ‘06

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