IPG and the WLN hosted two successful events in Cannes this year.  The first, an official Cannes seminar, was held on Tuesday, June 21 in the Palais de Festivals’ Debussy Theater and was titled, Beyond Mad Men: Toward Gender Balance in Creative Roles.wln_lock_up-for-wln-website_5-26-11

The second event was the inaugural program of IPG’s Diversity + Inclusion Summit series and was titled Conversations on Women in the Advertising, Marketing and Media Industry.

The seminar, part of the official Cannes program, brought together key marketing leaders to discuss women in creative roles and marked the first time in the Cannes Festival’s 58-year history that this topic has been formally addressed.

View the press release.

View Program Brochure.

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