Cindy Gallop to Give Keynote Speech at the 23rd Golden Drum Festival

Among more than 40 speakers from advertising and creative industries who will share their knowledge at this year’s Golden Drum International Festival of Creativity, the star of the show will be the keynote speaker Cindy Gallop, the Founder and Director of unique portals like www.IfWeRanTheWorld.com and www.MakeLoveNotPorn.com. In less than three weeks, from 18 until 21 October the 23rd Golden Drum will open its doors on Ljubljana Castle, Slovenia, offering four days of numerous educational events and many opportunities to inspire both young and established creative experts.

“We are counting down the days until the beginning of the festival and presenting you with the rest of the amazing speakers that will step on the stage of Golden Drum,” emphasizes Mojca Briščik, Director General of the Golden Drum. Mojca believes, that this year’s festival will inspire the delegates, who will turn this inspiration into amazing work that will assure them a place on the winning podium of next year’s Golden Drum festival.

Cindy Gallop is considered to be one of the 30 most extraordinary and influential people in advertising, and her excellent speeches on the future of advertising and marketing echo all over the world. She is the Founder and Director of platform www.IfWeRanTheWorld.com and is also well known for her project www.makelovenotporn.com and unique approach to counselling companies she likes to describe as: “I like to blow shit up. I am the Michael Bay of business.” She acts as a board advisor to a number of tech ventures and consults on brand and business innovation for companies around the world. She has a reputation as a highly compelling and inspirational speaker at conferences and events around the world on a variety of topics. "I’m very excited to be able to present a renowned speaker such as Cindy Gallop. Her speeches are excellent, and even more importantly, they do not leave the listeners indifferent. I’m sure we can expect nothing less at this year’s Golden Drum. We’ve made an extraordinary selection of speakers and looking at this year’s speakers and content the festival program will be super exciting,” said Mojca Majhen, Executive Director of the 23rd Golden Drum Festival.

More than 40 world renowned experts from advertising and creative industry will take the stage at this year’s Golden Drum, among them Uli Reese, President, iV2, Germany, Emma Wilkie, Managing Director, The Gunn Report Ltd, United Kingdom, Darre van Dijk, Chief Creative Officer, TBWA/Neboko Amsterdam, Netherlands, Ekrem Dupanović, Founder and Editor in Chief, Media Marketing and Art & Business, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ioana Filip, Executive Creative Director, MRM//McCann Romania, Romania, Péter Tibor Juhász, Head of marketing communications, Magyar Telekom, Hungary, Ravid Kuperberg, Partner, Mindscapes, Israel, Ivan Stanković, Founder, Communis, Serbia, Tim Parry, Director of Communications, Alzheimer’s Research, United Kingdom, Folker Wrage, Chief Creative Officer, Havas Worldwide, Switzerland, and many others.