Ignite 2026 
Wednesday 7th October | 08:30 - 17:00 | 60 Great Queen Street
Ignite 2026 brings together marketing leaders, Kantar experts and world-renowned brands to equip you with the inspiration, insight and intelligence you need to ignite game-changing brand growth.
Headlined by Les Binet, Ignite brings together 150 senior leaders from top brands. Through roundtable and intelligence springboard sessions, apply fresh thinking and new evidence designed to turn uncertainty to opportunity.
- Exclusive new evidence from Les Binet on breaking the promotion cycle
- The winning playbook for AI-era brands and the rise of the 'second audience'
- The creator and fandom revolution reshaping modern brand building
- Digital twins in action: innovate at the speed of culture
- The barbell economy: how to grow portfolio value when the middle hollows out
- First access to BrandZ UK 2026 findings and the drivers of brand-led growth
Registration is by invitation only.
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Past Ignite speakers
Entrepreneur, BBC presenter and Co-Founder of Candy Kittens
Vice Chairman
Ogilvy
Head of Marketing
Tony's Chocolonely
Columnist & PhD Marketing and Founder of Marketing Week Mini MBA
CEO
Microsoft UK
Chief Insights & Analytics Officer
Reckitt
Director Brands & Marketing
Nationwide
Co-Founder & CEO
SURI
Guinness Marketing Director
Diageo
Author of Obsolete & Founder of Serious Tissues
Group Head of Effectiveness
adam&eveDDB
Global Futures Planning Director
Diageo
Vice President EMEA Marketing
Tinder
Global Communications Manager
Desperados
CPG Director
Head of Loyalty & Masterbrand
M&S
Head of Brand, Communications & Omnichannel Marketing
M&S Food
Global Creative Effectiveness and Diversity & Inclusion Director
Reckitt
CCO
Oatly
UK Head of Sales
Liquid Death
Marketing Week Columnist, Adjunct Associate Professor of Marketing at London Business School
Editor in Chief
Marketing Week
Executive Creative Director
McCann London
Global Media Director - Social Media Lead
L'Oréal
Senior Brand Communications Manager
Suzuki
Data and Insight Manager
Suzuki
Marketing Director
Virgin Media O2
Head of Marketing
YouTube
SVP Brand & Marketing
Virgin Atlantic
CEO
The Marketing Society
Twice City AM Analyst of the year
Liberty Sky Advisors
Marketing Director Cadbury
Mondelez
Director of Effectiveness
IPA
Global Insight & Analytics Director
Reckitt
International Strategy & Insights Director
Kraft Heinz
Head of Brand Consultants
Kantar
Head of Creative Excellence
Kantar
Head of Behavioural Science and Innovation
Kantar
UKI Managing Director, Solutions & Marketing Effectiveness Practice
Kantar
Head of Client Impact
Kantar
Head of Qualitative
Kantar
Head of Kantar BrandZ
Kantar
Head of Data Strategy and Customer Analytics
Kantar
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IGNITE was born in September 2022 with the goal of giving marketing leaders exclusive access to Kantar’s latest research and insights, and inspirational talks and case studies from pioneering brands and industry experts. Over the years, marketing luminaries have taken to the stage alongside a plethora of breakthrough brands.
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