Session

Monday, June 15
1:00pm - 1:45pm
Ivor Petrak

Making It Click: Brand-Funded Content

Making It Click: Brand-Funded Content

Monday, June 15
1:00pm - 1:45pm
Ivor Petrak

Making It Click: Brand-Funded Content

This panel will unpack the evolving relationship between creativity, technology, and accountability in brand storytelling. What happens when the mandate isn’t just to tell great stories — but to move product, protect shareholder value, keep it entertaining, and drive cultural relevance? The conversation explores how brand-funded entertainment can serve both art and enterprise without compromise. And when NOT to ‘go there.

Featuring:

Brendan Gaul

Global Chief Entertainment Officer

McCann

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Oliver Gray

Vice President, Network Sports & Client Partnerships

The E.W. Scripps Company

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Adam Puchalsky

President, Brand Studio

Blink49 Studios

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Moderating:

Daniel Mekinda

EVP, Head of Motion Entertainment

WPP

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