In partnership with Offset Earth and Gold Standard, we will be offsetting all carbon from the SILC event. Gold Standard are a governing body of NGO’s who ensure projects that reduce carbon emissions feature the highest levels of environmental integrity
Sustainability In Licensing Conference 2020
Breaking new ground in the licensing industry, the Sustainability in Licensing Conference 2020, to be staged at The British Library on Wednesday 25 November 2020, is aimed at everyone in the licensing arena, from retailers to licensors, licensees to trade suppliers.
To future proof your business and the industry we have to develop sustainable strategies that foster company longevity. This requires a business approach that creates long-term value, taking into consideration how a given organisation operates in the ecological, social and economic environment.
Being launched by Max Publishing (owners of Licensing Source Book, Licensing.Source.net, The Licensing Awards and the B&LLAs) and Helena Mansell-Stopher, experienced licensing executive and founder of the Products of Change group, the Sustainability in Licensing Conference (SILC 2020) will inspire and inform as to how our dynamic sector can continue to innovate and grow commercially while not costing the planet.
“Sustainability is so much more than a buzzword, it is and will continue to be, a vital driver of business decisions,” states Helena, conference director and curator. “To drive sustainable growth within the licensing industry over the next few decades will require a radical approach to business practices be it through embracing new materials and production techniques, re-engineering packaging or adopting new marketing methods, all without sacrificing financial growth. Our aim with SILC 2020 is to help both future-proof our industry and our world.”
The jam-packed agenda will see leading lights and visionaries from outside and within the industry as well as retail experts, all sharing their inspiring achievements and demonstrating the gains, both environmentally and financially, that can be made.
“The licensing industry is huge and multi-farious – generating US$272 billion at retail at the last count. The brands and properties that feature on all manner of consumer goods across the whole retail spectrum bring so much pleasure to millions of people,” says Helena. “I have every confidence that the learnings shared at the Sustainability in Licensing Conference will see some significant gains being made on the environmental front too. We’re all on this journey together, but ensuring we establish a more sustainable footing is no distant wish, it’s very much a necessity.”
The day’s conference will provide a framework and understanding to start your sustainable journey. Sustainability is not only about the materials the we use but the waste from the manufacturing process, the transportation of goods, the wellbeing of staff and the coming together of an industry to drive systemic change – and where else could be more fitting than the British Library in Central London to start our journey.
CONFERENCE AGENDA
The agenda of the Sustainability in Licensing Conference (SiLC) has been curated to both inform and inspire those from the licensing community,
whether from a retailing, licensee, licensor or trade supplier perspective.
The keynote speeches, insightful talks and panel discussions will cover what we in the industry can do to further improve our activities with our plan for a more sustainable future. Leading names across the fashion, toy, publishing and other sectors, from both within and outside the industry are scheduled to share their insights. New innovative technologies will be explained that go to prove that change is possible (and profitable), financial institutions will present how sustainable finance is available to you to implement sustainable change while pointers on how to ‘design out waste’ on the product development front as well as how to market brands to future generations who are ever-more environmentally-conscious, will also be covered.
The conference – with registration from 8:45am and ending after 5pm – will deliver a packed agenda that will serve to provide a clear pathway on the industry’s sustainable journey, which in turn will drive systemic change in our sector.
08.45AM
Open for registration – tea/coffee/pastries
09:20AM
Opening statement
Outlining the need for change and showcasing solutions, such as the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and just what they mean for the licensing industry.
Presenter: Helena Mansell-Stopher - SILC Conference Director and Founder of Products of Change
09:30AM
Sustainable Insights
Unveiling fresh new consumer research insights on sustainability and future forecasting trends which are highly relevant to the licensing industry.
Presenter: Nick Richardson – Founder and Managing Director of The Insights People
09.50
The Circular Economy
Why the circular economy is integral to sustainable growth within the licensing sector as well as the need to move to a business model which is aimed at eliminating waste through a continual use of resources.
Presenter: James George – Network Development Lead at the Ellen McArthur Foundation
10.20
Innovation Within Fashion Manufacturing And Retail
How a British upstart forged a sustainable fashion revolution integrating a ‘give back’ scheme into its online sustainable fashion business. Utilising new technology to build efficiencies into the company’s framework enabling a drive towards a sustainable business model.
Presenter: Martin Drake-Knight – Co-founder of Rapanui Clothing and Teemil Tech
10.50
How Can Business Contribute Towards A Sustainable Future?
Reviewing key learnings from business and understanding further how to implement sustainability into your organisation.
Presenter: Phil Russell – R&A (The Open) Sustainable sporting events - The Governing Body’s Assistant Director of Sustainability
Presenter: Elliot Coad – Founder of Offset Earth
11.15
Sustainable Design And The Supply Chain
Deepen your knowledge of effective supply chain management as well as integral design metrics for a better sustainable output.
11.45
The Importance Of Change Within The Toy Sector
How a global toy manufacturer is leading change within its core toy business and implementing this through to its licensed business including a significant reduction in packaging.
12.15
Plastic Innovation - Change Plastic for Good – The Future is Biodegradable!
Insight into new innovations within plastic technology and how this can be one of a number of solutions for the future.
Presenter: Peter Rooke, Breakdown Plastic
12.45
Lunch
13.45
Designing Out Waste
Design plays an integral role in the sustainability journey and as such must be part of the process from the very beginning to reach your preferred goals. Producing products through this lens can benefit the environment and save money.
Presenter: Paul De’Ath – Course Leader of Product Design at Central Saint Martins, University of The Arts London
14.15
Collaborations
Why sustainable collaborations are key to driving change across the licensing arena, NGOs and retail. The Extended Plastic Partnership for Innovation in Circularity working closely with Wastebusters, a UK-based global educator, are bringing the first licensed, educational, plastic recycling solution to the UK.
Presenter: Katy Newnham, Founder of Wastebusters
14.45
Making It Pay
Focusing on the importance of sustainable insights in the retail sector, trends and unlocking sustainable finance
Presenter: Retail Economics – Richard Lim – Chief Executive Officer
15.15
Regulating Change
How to legally navigate the moving landscape of requirements. Tracking and regulating sustainable products aligned with your brand messaging.
Presenter: Octane 5 International – Denise Penn – Director Business Development EMEA
15.35
Marketing and Communications
How to communicate effectively through a sustainable lens and the most effective ways of communicating with the next generation of consumers. Slow brands versus quick wins.
16.00
Retailers’ Sustainable Plans and What They Require From The Licensing Industry?
Marks and Spencer – Jessica Palalagi – Head of Resource Management at Marks and Spencer
Tesco – Joe Little – Head of Technical, fabric, colour, sustainability and Technology at Tesco
ASDA/Walmart – Panel of speakers TBC
16.30
Retailer Panel With Q&A
17.00
Conference ends with closing statement
Adjudicator: Helena Mansell-Stopher - SILC Conference Director and Founder of Products of Change
THE SPEAKERS
The speaker line-up for the Sustainability in Licensing Conference 2020 includes true leaders from the retail world, pioneering licensees, trailblazing manufacturers and inspiring opinion formers from both within and outside the industry, each playing a part in the journey to become more sustainable.
The speakers will each share experiences, facts and ideas which will collectively serve to future proof your business and the industry of which we are all a part, enabling sustainable strategies to be developed that take into consideration how a given organisation can operate commercially as well as ecologically.
ELLIOT COAD
Co-founder, Offset Earth.
Elliot Coad is the co-founder of Offset Earth. Offset Earth was set up last year to improve access for individuals and businesses to access tools that will supercharge their ability to contribute to the climate emergency. Prior to this Elliot spent over 10 years leading engineering and product teams, while worrying about the planet.
How can business contribute towards a sustainable future and sustain their profits too?
10.30
PAUL DE’ATH
BA product design and course leader, Central Saint Martins.
Paul De-Ath has been proactive in evolving the role of design in business, with a career that has been equally split between global design consultancies and corporate in-house cross disciplinary teams. With 12 years consulting and 11 years leading design teams for Samsung and Telefonica, he now has the responsibility as a design educator at Central Saint Martins, guiding the next generation of creative minds to address the United Nations’ sustainable development goals.
Designing Out Waste
11.30
MART DRAKE-KNIGHT
Co-Founder, Teemil / Rapanui.
Mart Drake-Knight has built and is scaling a circular economy for fashion. An engineer with a passion for renewable energy, Mart decided to build a business solving the issues in fashion supply chains. Mart works from the Teemill campus on West coast of the Isle of Wight with some one hundred employees using organic materials and modern technology.
Innovation Within Fashion Manufacturing and Retail
15.00
JAMES GEORGE
Network Development Lead, Ellen MacArthur Foundation.
As part of the business team at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, James George's role is to engage with the broad business community for the foundation and stimulate holistic network development across all levels and programmes. Working with team leads and executive leads, James is lucky enough to influence the foundation’s network strategy, develop pursuit strategies and look for opportunities for collaboration with the foundation – with an expert eye for spotting opportunities for organisations to advance the transition to a circular economy.
The Circular Economy
09.50
Richard Lim
Chief Executive Officer, Retail Economics.
A city of London resident with a keen interest in behavioural game theory and its application on consumers, Richard Lim is chief executive officer of Retail Economics, an independent economics research consultancy focused on the consumer and retail industry. He also sits on the Strategic Advisory Board at the University of East Anglia’s School of Economics, ranked in the top ten departments in economics in the UK. Previously, Richard held the position of chief economist at the British Retail Consortium before heading up the Retail Insight and Analytics team - having previously worked in mergers and acquisitions for Citi. Richard has a wealth of experience in data analytics, retail insight, economics and consumer research.
MAKING IT PAY
14.45
JOE LITTLE
Head of technical fabric, colour, sustainability and garment technology, Tesco.
Joe Little has worked in the fashion industry for more than 30 years and has lived in Malaysia, Hong Kong, Turkey as well as the UK. The last seven years has seen Joe working Tesco, thriving on the special challenges that a value supermarket faces when delivering sustainable, affordable quality clothing, whilst making time to work as a member of the board of the US Cotton Trust Protocol, as well as the board of trustees of an arts charity.
Retailers’ Sustainable Plans And What They Require From The Licensing Industry?
10.50
KATY NEWNHAM
Founder and CEO, Wastebuster CIC.
Following an early career as a commercial underwater photographer, and having documented the impact of El Niño, climate change and pollution in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, Katy Newnham, founder and ceo of Wastebuster moved into conservation and education. Working with partners ranging from international corporates, NGO’s, Governments and the UN to deliver education and awareness programmes that support development of the circular economy, in alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Collaborations
13.00
JESSICA PALALAGI
Head of Resource Management, Marks and Spencer.
Jessica Palalagi boasts an MA in Art History from Auckland University and balances out her career in sustainability within the business sector with her creative practice of facilitating an art space in London. This intersection of sustainability and identity is now made more tangible with the real impacts on landscapes forced by climate change - especially in the Pacific. However, Jessica’s work within M&S is more focused on material journeys, their impact along the value chain, the desire to design-out surplus and ensure sustainable methodologies are constantly employed.
Retailers’ Sustainable Plans And What They Require From The Licensing Industry?
16.00
NICK RICHARDSON
Founder and CEO, Kids Insights.
Nick Richardson is the formidable engine that drives Kids Insights, the global leader in kids, tweens and teens market intelligence. With a BA in Marketing and an MBA and has established himself as a go-to-expert on kids’ insights and regularly speaks at events in the UK, Europe and US. Nick has set out to change the way in which market intelligence is conducted, enabling clients including BBC, Sky, Turner, and Warner Bros. to make informed decisions and developed strategies based on real insights, in real-time.
Sustainable Insight
10.00
PETER ROOKE
Chief Marketing Officer, Breakdown Plastic.
As a client at BAT and Gillette, a consultant at Clarke Hooper, owner at The Pea Green Boat and The Yellow Submarine, Peter Rooke has led the growth of hundreds of brands. Guinness, Mattel, Hasbro, Kraft, Sony, Heinz and a number of government departments are just a few who have valued Peter’s creativity. Art + Science International was founded in 2004 to help share Peter’s experience with other like-minded entrepreneurs. As part of his role at Art + Science he is now the Chief Marketing Officer for the pioneering technology group Breakdown Plastic and wants to change the world’s perception and use of plastic products.
Plastic Innovation - Change Plastic for Good - The Future is Biodegradable!
12.50
PHILIP RUSSELL
Assistant Director – Sustainability, The R&A.
A graduate of the University of St. Andrews with a BSc (Hons) in Sustainable Development, Philip Russell has studied topics including climate change, renewable energy, biodiversity loss and natural resource management. Philip’s principal focus is currently GreenLinks, the strategy for enhancing the environmental and social benefits of staging The Open.
How Can Business Contribute Towards A Sustainable Future?
10.50
SECURE YOUR DELEGATE PLACE(S), BOOK NOW
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The cost of an individual delegate place for the Sustainability in Licensing Conference 2020 is £245 + VAT.
Your ticket(s) covers full, all-day access to the conference including all speakers and talks, refreshments and lunch. There is a cloakroom on-site.
Registration opens at 8.45am (with coffee and pastries available) with the conference finishing after 5pm.
The Sustainability in Licensing Conference 2020, will be held at The British Library – The Knowledge Centre, 96 Euston Rd, London, NW1 2DB.
Once booked and paid you will receive immediate confirmation, which will also include a full VAT receipt. Our event organising company (Keystone Communications) will help with any dietary or accessibility requirements you may have.
A digital ticket will be sent to you in due course.
If you would prefer to book a delegate place by phone, or have any queries about the day, please call Clare Hollick on 0118 334 0085 or email clare@createvents.co.uk – or contact the SILC 2020 organising team by clicking here
EVENT SPONSORS
The Sustainability in Licensing Conference 2020 has been received widespread support from the industry with leading businesses and brands keen to pledge their commitment, sharing in the belief that together real progress can be made in the sector on this vital issue.
HEADLINE SUPPORTER
PRODUCTS OF CHANGE
The Products of Change Group was founded in July 2019 with a handful of industry professionals wanting to drive sustainable change within the Licensing Industry. Within six months the group has grown to sixty individuals from different areas of the industry such as retail, licensees, licensors through to agents. Spanning fashion, toys, publishing and FMCG.
Our ethos is to ‘learn from each-other’ and Educate to Inform Change across the wider industry and transfer our knowledge across sectors.
With Ten years to transform society and limit our impact on climate change its a hard task, but with an extremely dynamic industry and a willingness to change, I do feel that together we can make a difference.
OFFICIAL SUPPORTERS
More consumers than ever before are making an effort to buy greener, healthier, ethically sourced and more environmentally sustainable products, which is great.
Sustainability is a huge priority for me personally, as well as BBC Studios as a business, and I believe the licensing industry must work together to identify more ways to make a positive impact. We as an industry need to ensure we adopt a deliberate and ambitious approach toward forging a sustainable future for our consumers by coming together to help bring more eco-friendly products to market. Climate change isn’t going away and SILC is launching at a crucial time. I think the conference will be a great platform for industry members to learn more, share best practice and collaborate on solutions that can help enable companies work towards producing more sustainable products.
https://www.bbcstudios.com
MDR Brand Management is the first brand management business to be launched by a leading law firm in the UK, and the fourth non-legal business within The Mishcon De Reya Group, sitting alongside MDR Cyber, MDR Discover and Mayfair Private.
It was created in 2018 to address the growing complexity that brand owners face in the global marketplace, and to deliver a unique brand of brand management. It is boutique and recognises that there has never been more overlap between creative, commercial, regulatory, digital and the law.
MDR Brand Management highly supports projects with a truly sustainable vision. Working closely with environmentally friendly brand owners and properties, MDR aims to create ethical licensed products and develop brand extension programmes, with a commitment to the environment, something that is becoming more important by the day.
Sustainability is at the forefront of several of MDR’s ventures, including the recently launched canned water brand, PURENorway Water, which is responsibly produced and packaged in recyclable aluminium cans. MDR has also been appointed to represent a classic, unique, and eco-friendly family of characters which will soon be relaunched in the UK. Given the challenges our planet is facing today, it is the perfect time to revive a positive message about how we can make a difference through simple actions.
For more information about MDR Brand Management, please click here:
https://mdrbrand.com
We are facing a planetary emergency. Our future depends on the natural world, but we are not combating our own destructive impact on the planet. Understanding life on Earth is the greatest scientific challenge of our age.
We cannot hope to develop solutions without research that unlocks the underlying biology and applied science. Alongside the science, all of us need hope: hope that there is a future where both people and the planet thrive. Building and spreading this hope through evidence and action will be the foundation of the Museum’s strategy in the coming decade. In today's challenging times, we will create advocates for the planet: individuals who feel sufficiently informed, confident and motivated to make wise decisions, to get involved, and to use their influence and actions to make a positive difference to the global future. To achieve this, we will harness our collection, our research and our reach. Alongside our ambitious outward reaching targets, we are also looking inwards, challenging ourselves to create a more resilient and sustainable organisation, one that strives towards financial and environmental sustainability. This vision is mirrored in our approach to the Museum’s licensing programme, creating meaningful products in a responsible way that encourage a shared respect for the natural world.
https://www.nhm.ac.uk/
Sustainability and ESG at ViacomCBS
ViacomCBS is committed to building sustainability and corporate responsibility into the way we do business. We actively use sustainability as a lens to evaluate our most material impacts with the goal of becoming one of the most environmentally and socially responsible media company globally.
We identify, measure, and map our environmental, social, and governance (ESG) impacts across our global operations, and have a team dedicated to driving our ESG and sustainability strategy forward. We are working to manage and report our material impacts and transparently address them with our stakeholders. We believe this work strengthens our ability to innovate and better serve our partners, audiences, and shareholders. Transparency is a value inherent to our sustainability strategy: we are working to understand, and make public, our greatest risks and opportunities as we continue to grow, looking at everything from our consumer products’ supply chains, to the content we produce for our networks, to the footprint of our television and movie productions across the globe.
From our LEED®-Certified headquarters building in New York City, to our companywide diversity and inclusion initiatives, to our commitment to strong corporate governance practices, we will continue to manage the impact of our economic, environmental, and social value across our brands and businesses.
Character World have been working on an important project over the last 12 months focusing on how as a business they can be more sustainable. Their plan is clear, simple and concise but it is a journey. Instead of focusing on individual elements, Character World have taken a holistic approach to sustainability throughout the entire business.
This holistic approach covers everything from using more sustainable and recyclable materials in their product, packaging and shipping cartons to the post-consumer care through their partnership with WRAP. Character World have also joined OPRL (On-Pack Recycling Label) scheme enabling more consumers to recycle more material correctly, more often.
Sustainability is at the forefront of Character World’s future plans with everything from new innovations to being vigilant about new processes and techniques being developed in production capabilities.
Danny Schweiger, Joint Managing Director:
“It would have been easy to just look at a single product, but we wanted to do something meaningful and impactful throughout the business. We can’t do this on our own, we are working with retailers, licensors and factories to tackle sustainability. We have clear and ambitious plans for the future. We firmly believe a good night’s sleep shouldn’t cost the earth.”
For more information please visit https://www.characterworld.com/index.php/wecare/
https://www.characterworld.com
According to the UN, we have just 10 years to save our planet from disastrous climate change. Our world requires urgent action, and consumers are rightfully demanding that businesses become part of the solution. As a progressive, innovative industry, we know that licensing can make a difference.
That's why Brandgenuity is delighted to support SILC in its inaugural year. We're excited to bring best practices in sustainability to our clients, and to work with our colleagues to reduce the environmental footprint of our industry.
https://brandgenuity.com
We knew we had to do something; we had to change plastic for good.
The technology Breakdown Plastic, BDP™ is an organic polymer that is added into the manufacturing process of plastic, rubber, foam...even fabric. Products made with BDP™ maintain all the same properties as regular plastic. The shelf life, appearance, clarity, recyclability and strength all remain. Once the product is discarded into landfill, oceans and soil the microbes utilise the plastic as a food and energy source, accelerating the biodegradation process. What used to take thousands of years, now takes only a few years as microbes consume the entire product. The only thing that remains are the same by products as decaying organic matter; humus, CO2 and CH4 that can be captured to produce clean energy.
Paladone has been one of the pioneers of the technology with 75% of its current gift ranges using the technology with Mainetti, Hairitage by Mindy (sold in all Walmart and Target stores in the US), Ripcurl, MCM, The Reformation, Kristen Ess Cosmetics and National Flexible among the other companies adopting it too.
We have made it our mission to help change plastic for the future through BDP™ technology but are also donating a portion of our profits to clean up efforts on behalf of our clients. Ours is an amazing story of responsibility for past, present and future plastic products
- Peter Rooke BDP EMEA
Boutique bedding specialist Dreamtex Ltd demonstrated its commitment to sustainability when it partnered with National Geographic in 2019 to launch a recycled bedding collection in support of the iconic brand’s ‘Planet or Plastic?’ mission.
In this innovative market-first, Dreamtex worked with Repreve®, the leading performance fibre made from recycled plastic bottles, to apply National Geographic designs across its bedlinen range and introduce this unique, ethical material exclusively into the UK market. Up to 12 recycled bottles are used to make a single duvet and up to 18 to make a double, plus, in a move to be even more environmentally responsible, the product is sold in recycled packaging with no polythene bags. The response from retailers, media and consumers to the beautiful “Save Our Oceans” inspired bedding has been phenomenal and more National Geographic designs will be launched this year. Dreamtex is proud to be supporting SILC and raising awareness of eco-friendly materials in the manufacture of home textiles and is excitedly looking forward to extending the Repreve® product to other licenses in the near future, including current collaborations with Life Magazine, BBC Earth and in the longer term popular children’s bedding collections such as L.O.L. Surprise! and PJ Masks.
http://www.dreamtexltd.com
Those Licensing People is a boutique independent agency based in Leeds. Representing some of the industries most iconic properties as well as being the owners of amongst others, the KidsCast OTP Platform, Stories for Stars and a partner in Two Near the Bone.
Established by veteran Licensing professional Russell Dever the company operates on both a B2B and D2C basis. In recent years the business has been moving closer to a fully sustainable model and is intending to be carbon neutral by 2022. During 2019 the company helped to preserve several hundred hectares of virgin rainforest in South America creating a corridor where Jaguars could move from traditional hunting grounds to a nearby lake for fresh water. In 2020 the company intends to continue to extend this work by helping NGO’s to buy and preserve natural habitats and to reforest areas decimated by logging. TLP is calling upon the industry, as a whole, to establish a far more responsible approach to licensing and as Agents for ‘The Little Prince’ who is already a world Ambassador for sustainability and climate change TLP is working to develop eco-friendly products with licensees, refusing to license product made from single use plastics and palm oil. The intention is to extend sustainable criteria much further over the next two years.
http://thoselicensingpeople.com/
Discovery, Inc. (Nasdaq: DISCA, DISCB, DISCK) is a global leader in real life entertainment, serving a passionate audience of superfans around the world with content that inspires, informs and entertains.
Discovery delivers over 8,000 hours of original programming each year and has category leadership across deeply loved content genres around the world. Available in 220 countries and territories and nearly 50 languages, Discovery is a platform innovator, reaching viewers on all screens, including TV Everywhere products such as the GO portfolio of apps; direct-to-consumer streaming services such as Eurosport Player and MotorTrend OnDemand; digital-first and social content from Group Nine Media; a landmark natural history and factual content partnership with the BBC; and a strategic alliance with PGA TOUR to create the international home of golf. Discovery’s portfolio of premium brands includes Discovery Channel, HGTV, Food Network, TLC, Investigation Discovery, Travel Channel, MotorTrend, Animal Planet, and Science Channel, as well as OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network in the U.S., Discovery Kids in Latin America, and Eurosport, the leading provider of locally relevant, premium sports and Home of the Olympic Games across Europe. For more information, please visit corporate.discovery.com and follow @DiscoveryIncTV across social platforms.
www.discoveryuk.com
CONFERENCE VENUE
VENUE
The Sustainability in Licensing Conference is being held in the Knowledge Centre, a state of the art conference centre at The British Library. The Knowledge Centre has its own separate entrance in the piazza aside from the main building The British Library 96 Euston Road, London, NW1 2DB
PUBLIC TRANSPORT
BY TRAIN
Kings Cross and St Pancras International and Euston
BY UNDERGROUND
King’s Cross St. Pancras, Euston and Euston Square
BY BUS
Many services including 30, 73, 91, 205 and 390.
BY CAR
There is no onsite parking. Metered parking (08:30 – 18:30) is available on Ossulston Street (3 spaces only). Alternatively, Visit London has general information about parking in London.
GET IN TOUCH
As is often said, there is no ‘I’ in team. Behind the scenes of The Sustainability in Licensing Conference is a close-knit team of people with complimentary skills and personalities, but who all share in the vision of ensuring this significant conference really hits the mark.
Owned by Max Publishing (the independently-owned media business that includes the Licensing Awards, Licensing Source Book, LicensingSource.net the B&LLAs among its crown jewels), the Sustainability in Licensing Conference benefits hugely from the partnership formed with Helena Mansell-Stopher.
Meet the team…
HELENA MANSELL-STOPHER
Curator and Director of SILC 2000
Founder of Products of Change (The Products of Change Group)
With a 20 year career in the licensing industry across media and lifestyle brands and a wealth of knowledge across all categories and retail. Helena, who was recently Director of Licensing at National Geographic UK has been driving sustainable change for the last two years. With a course in Business Sustainability Management under her belt, from the University of Cambridge Helena will continue to work with brand owners, retailers and category experts to drive change within the licensing arena.
JAKKI BROWN
Director of SILC 2020
As a co-founder of Max Publishing (which this year celebrates its 30th anniversary), Jakki has been at the forefront of driving the editorial side of the business as well as being heavily involved in the creation and evolution of the company’s well established and respected B2B awards programmes across both licensing and consumer products sectors.
IAN HYDER
Director of SILC 2020
Having made licensing the focus of his attention for the last 15 years at Max Publishing, of which he is Joint MD, Ian has very much been part of the industry’s evolution. Leading on the commercial front he has brought to life the Licensing Source Book, the Licensing Awards, the Brand & Lifestyle Licensing Awards (B&LLAs) and digitally LicensingSource.net.
ROB WILLIS
Director of SILC 2020
As a director and co-owner of Max Publishing, which includes The Licensing Source Book, LicensingSource.net, The Licensing Awards and the B&LLAs, Rob’s network spans widely across licensing and consumer products. This 20-year address book will be extensively utilised to ensure that SILC 2020 is a key discussion point not just for those in attendance, but the entire industry.
CLARE HOLLICK
Bookings and Event Organiser of SILC 2000
Director of Keystone Communications
Createvents is an established event management company, specialising in the organisation and delivery of corporate events, conferences and award ceremonies.
Quite simply they care.
With passion, drive and enthusiasm Keystone Communications delivers professional and memorable events that exceed client and guest expectations.
Contact Clare for any or all ‘on the day’ questions such as dietary, accessibility, or anything else to ensure you are perfectly taken care of – it is Clare’s speciality.