The full programme for the Flashes & Flames conference ‘Monetising B2B Information & Events’ has now been finalised. The event takes place on Tuesday 20 May, 2025, Stationers’ Hall, Ave Maria Lane, London EC4M 7DD. Full details available here.
| 8.00 | Registration and Breakfast Networking |
| 8.45 | How RELX transformed the world’s largest B2B magazine group into a global data business Mark Kelsey, CEO of Lexis-Nexis Risk Solutions. Interview: Colin Morrison |
| 9.15 | ‘How we became the Trip Advisor for scientists’ Kerry Parker, CEO, SelectScience. Interview: Natasha Christie-Miller |
| 9.35 | How the Business of Fashion upstaged the legends Nick Blunden, president, The Business of Fashion. Interview: Natasha Christie-Miller |
| 9.55 | How (and why) events are changing and what comes next? Panel: Lisa Hannant, CEO, Clarion Events; Philip Soar, Chair CloserStill and Nineteen; Greg Hitchen, CEO, Terrapinn; Paul Miller, CEO, Questex. Moderator: Colin Morrison |
| 10.40 | Tea, Coffee and Networking |
| 11.10 | How (and why) proprietary data can transform B2B values Neil Bradford, CEO-founder, General Index; Charlie Kerr, CEO, With Intelligence; Leon Saunders Calvert, president, Economist Intelligence; Mariana Valle, CEO, Insurance Insider. Moderator: Rory Brown |
| 11.50 | The 21st Century lessons of information and events Hugh Jones, CEO, RX (Reed Exhibitions). Interview: Colin Morrison |
| 12.20 | What’s so special about the Cannes Lions brand? Philip Thomas, Executive Chair, Informa Festivals. Interview: Colin Morrison |
| 12.45 | Lunch and Networking |
| 1.45 | How William Reed transformed from UK print -only to an international events and information business and what’s next? Charles Reed, chair, and Tracy De Groose, CEO of William Reed Group. Interview: Colin Morrison |
| 2.10 | How AI can generate real profit for B2B media Adriana Whiteley, Director, FT Strategies, and Amir Malik, managing director, Alvarez & Marsal. Moderator: Paul Hood, AI consultant |
| 2.50 | Tea, Coffee and Networking |
| 3.20 | The Accidental Entrepreneur Mark Allen, Founder and Chair, Mark Allen Group. Interview: Colin Morrison |
| 3.45 | How my curiosity became a membership information business William Jefferson Black, Chair, Transaction Advisors’ Institute. Interview: Colin Morrison |
| 4.15 | The Flashes & Flames Top 20: Our pick of the best 20 insights and predictions from today’s sessions, speakers and delegates Colin Morrison, founder, Flashes & Flames |
| 4.30-6pm | Drinks reception, canapes, catch-up and wind-down Sponsored by Simon-Kutcher at Fleets, Ludgate Hill. |
