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It’s this time of the year when all creatives, marketers, agencies, and brand owners gather in one place for 3 days. Yes, it‘s time for the Creative Industry Summit event. Every year, we are used to witnessing the Creative Industry Summit event get bigger and bigger; every year, there’s a different surprise and an even more significant milestone.
This year, C–S is bringing more than just marketers and entrepreneurs, you will find actors, actresses, singers, fashion designers, and many more; Creative Industry Summit will be more of a festival that celebrates all the creatives.
As we are a few days away from the event, allow us to tell you everything you need to know, from the sponsors to the schedule and the speakers.
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Creative Industry Summit Brings A Huge Annual Festival
The co-founders Mai Salama and Neamat Khalil outdone themselves with the preparations for the annual Creative Industry Summit this year.
This year, the event is from the 23rd of this month to the 25th and it is located in Cairo Business Park. The prestigious Cairo Business Park in New Cairo provides an excellent venue for the festival, attracting participants from various industries and creating a vibrant environment for collaboration and knowledge sharing.
The event will include 4 stages and each stage will hold a seminar where speakers and attendees can exchange questions and discussions.
Creative Industry Summit’s track record of launching the event over the past nine years in Egypt and recently KSA demonstrates its commitment to promoting creativity and supporting young talent. By offering training programs and empowering individuals to unleash their creative potential, C–S is playing a vital role in nurturing the next generation of innovators.
The Co-Founder Mai Salama said “We pride ourselves on being the first integrated creative platform in Egypt and the Middle East. Promoting a creative economy, empowering women, upskilling youth, and connecting them with business leaders and innovators across all industries are our priorities. Over the course of three days, the upcoming Creative Summit Festival will host several panel discussions, creative dialogues focused on knowledge-sharing. As one of the first platforms that brings renowned figures from the creative industry to the Egyptian audience, we aim to create an open channel of communication for the attendees to learn from the speakers and innovators participating in the festival. We will celebrate together inspiring success stories from different industries within the creative ecosystem”.
Meet The Speakers: Great Names, Greater Minds All In One Place
The number of big names from multiple fields will blow your mind, there will be so many sessions and so many workshops from various people from different industries to satisfy all the tastes. C–S is gathering more than 14,000 attendees, 1,600 speakers, and more than 55 exhibitors from the creative industry.
The Annual Festival 2023 provides a valuable opportunity for individuals to come together and celebrate creativity and innovation, while also fostering conversations within the creative economy. This year’s festival is under the theme “Driving the Creative Economy to Lead the Way Out” and it promises to be a remarkable convergence of creative minds.
Also, For the first time in Egypt and the region, the festival will witness the presence of Rodger Werkhoven who is the Independent Creative Director at OpenAI, and part of the alpha team that created ChatGPT who will talk about balancing AI and EQ.
Rodger Werkhoven said “I am very excited to be here in Egypt, the land of civilization and history to talk about technology and AI, for the first time with Creative Summit 2023. Almost a year ago, Open AI was still an unknown AI research lab. Now, Generative AI is revolutionizing the creative industry, driving the creative economy to lead the way forward. I am looking forward to sharing with C-S attendees our expertise in the field”.
At this year’s festival, there will be many speakers such as Kareem Abou Gamrah, Founder of Peace Cake, Lamise Negm, CSR Advisor to the Governor Central Bank of Egypt, Mohamed Shelbaya, CEO of PepsiCo Egypt and North Africa, Tom Eerebout, Fashion Director, Yasmin Helal, Senior Business and Operation Strategist NBA Egypt, Adam El-Sharkawy, Actor, Rakeen Saad, Actress, Dalia Shawky, Actress, MO4 Founders, Amy, Timmy, and Walid Mowafy, and so many big names to join the list.
All of these will be giving speeches and running discussions over the course of 3 days in a row.
You Need To Come Ready And Prepared
Since the event will include so many speakers from different industries, you need to come prepared with what you want to attend and with questions to ask your favorite speakers.
The event will include more than 84 panel discussions and more than 10 workshops. You will find a workshop by the public figure and copywriter Alaa Al-Sheikh named Podcasting 101, From Scarp to Script to Screen by Mohamed Adeeb and Tariq Ali, Easy Avatar Creation with AI: Combining Images, Text, and Animation by Roger Werkhoven, Brand Strategy Blueprint: Crafting a Roadmap for Success by Janan Osama, and Behind the Scenes of Ad Creation: A Workshop on the Creative Process by Mostafa Sherif.
Therefore, we advise you to check the schedule and choose the ones that interest you, learn about the speakers, and get your questions ready. Also, the workshops will be run by other big names in the industry of advertising and marketing, so you will need to be prepared for them.
What To Expect? Something Beyond Your Expectations
What we just told you is nothing compared to what you will experience when you attend the event as it will be full of unannounced surprises and activities.
There will be many sponsors at the event like Visa, the Central Bank of Egypt, Cann Lions, Nogoum FM, Nile FM, TikTok, Beyti, MBC Media Solutions, Nestle, Phlog, Misr Italia Properties, MMS, London Cab, Narriative Summit, Cairo Design Week, MDL Beast, and more.
Creative Industry Summit is also hosting a competition run by Dokan to provide designers with an opportunity to show their creativity in design prowess while celebrating Egypt’s rich heritage.
You can get all of the information on how to submit your design on the Creative Industry Summit’s website.
We are beyond excited for this special and unique edition as it will include creatives, artists, Tech geniuses, and a lot more.