ESOMAR Congress Papers 2024
Explore the leading edge of market research with the digital collection of papers from the ESOMAR Congress 2024, held in Athens. This collection features 47 in-depth papers from top industry experts representing renowned organisations such as FlexMR, Google, Accenture, Ipsos, Diageo, The Coca-Cola Company, Danone, Microsoft, and more.
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Table of Content:
0. Editorial by Andrea Rademeyer, Congress Programme Committee Chair, Exclusive Chair/Founder, Ask Africa, South Africa
- Decoding the Tech-Nurtured Brain
What is happening to the development of our brains in an increasingly tech-driven world?
Lyndall Spooner, CEO Fifth Dimension Research & Consulting, Sydney Australia. - A 21st Century Euphrosyne
How AI and insight communities unlocked the secret of joy
Andrew Cannon, EQJOY, Finland.
Paul Hudson, FlexMR, UK. - The Human AI Symbiosis
Defining the future of insights: where wisdom meets technology
David VL Smith, Director, DVL Smith Ltd., UK.
Adam Riley, Director, Decision Architects, UK. - Fear of Missing Out, Fear of Getting In
What are opportunities for marketers in the AI era?
Minh Nguyen, Ph.D (AI), Senior Marketing Research Manager, Google, Japan.
Mahima Surana, Insights Specialist, Senior Manager, Accenture, Singapore.
Munish Bhamoriya, Associate Director, Accenture, Singapore. - Back to the Future
Redefining the way Diageo both forecasts and shapes the future
Javier Camino, Global Futures Director, Diageo, Madrid, Spain.
Giles Hedger, Global Consumer Planning Director, Diageo, London, UK.
Laura Hurst, Partner, Ipsos Strategy3, London, UK.
Benjamin Lickfett, Global Head of Breakthrough Innovation, Diageo, London, UK.
Guy Middleton, Global Breakthrough Innovation Director, Diageo, London, UK.
Mitali Menda, Global Futures Category & Portfolio Planning, London, UK.
James Randall, Chief Commercial Officer, Ipsos, London, UK.
Harry Rokison, Global Press Officer, Diageo, London, UK.
Alberto Romano, Futures and Culture Planning, Diageo, London, UK.
Mark Sandys, Chief Innovation Officer, Diageo, Dublin, Ireland. - Future Back
Understanding the evolution of shoppers and channels
Luiza Rossi, Senior Director of Human Insights for Latin America at The Coca-Cola Company, Costa Rica.
Romina Odorico, Human Insights Sr. Manager for Latin America at The Coca-Cola Company, Colombia.
Tiago Cunha, Senior Consultant at Alexandria Group, Brazil. - A Synthesis of Minds
Transforming fragmented insights into unified wisdom for business success
Katarzyna (Kasia) Królik, Head Global Strategy, Insights & Analytics, Danone, the Netherlands.
Sarah Raoufian, Research Director, SKIM, the UK.
Julia Murphy, Research Manager, SKIM, the Netherlands. - The Winged Goddess of Victory
A story of brand enlightenment, starring seven Chakras, AI, emotion, wisdom and instinct
Kristin Hickey, Founder & Futures, Kubi Kalloo, London, UK.
Melanie Castro-Kelly, Senior Director, Global Consumer Insights, Nike, Portland, US. - Semantic Frontiers
Unearthing trends with AI and knowledge graphs
Benjamin Bado, Puratos.
Benoit Hubert, Ipsos. - AI Power and Human Expertise
A product innovation journey
Nic Umana, Mars.
Meghan Reinhardt, Zappi.
Donovan Kennedy, Zappi. - Unveiling the Power of Synergy in Innovation
Battle of the Titans: Human versus machine
Annelies Verhaeghe, Partner & Chief Platform Officer, Human8, Belgium.
Thomas Troch, Partner & Head of Innovation, Human8, US.
Elise Misse, Director Global Strategic Insights, Ricola, Switzerland.
Patricia van der Hart, Research Director, Human8, the Netherlands. - Innovate or Stagnate
How Burberry turned GenAI anxiety into opportunity
Sarah Wiggins, Content Marketing Manager, Stravito, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Ross Dempsey, Director of Insight Engagement Services, Stravito, London, UK.
Harry Collings, Data Science Manager, Burberry, London, UK. - The Art of Simplicity is a Puzzle of Complexity
Unleashing an incisive innovation offensive for our chilled dairy business
Ritanbara Mundrey, Head of Insights and Innovation (Dairy) Nestlé, Switzerland. - Modern Day Prometheus
Digital respondents and their implications for market research
Michael Patterson, Chief Research Officer, Radius, US
Cole Patterson, Advanced Systems Specialist, Symmetric Sampling, US - Reset and Reimagine
Empowering human interaction and scaling insights with AI
Heather O’Brien, Prodege. Global Research Solutions Architect, Seattle, US.
Phil Sutcliffe, Nexxt Intelligence | inca Managing Partners, London, UK
Ellie Ma, Nexxt Intelligence | inca Senior Manager, Customer Enablement, Ontario, Canada. - Unleashing Innovation in Market Research
Using synthetic data to solve client problems
Julia Brannigan, Senior Manager, Bulbshare, London, UK.
Kerry Jones, Insight Controller, Greencore, Worksop, UK. - Synthetic Data in Marketing Studies
Exploring the promise of generative AI and synthetic data
Samuel Cohen, CEO, Fairgen, Israel.
Thomas Duhard, Head of Data Projects, IFOP, France. - Rediscovering the Immigrant Journey
Mapping the potential of synthetic data in global immigrant stories
Arundati Dandapani, MLitt, CAIP, CIPP/C, CIPM, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Generation1.ca and Professor at Humber College Institute of Advanced Learning and Technology.
Kuno Tucker, MA, LLM, ICD, Chief Compliance Officer, Manulife Wealth and Professor at York University. - Emotion-Inducing Fragrances
Harnessing the power of scent-evoked feelings
Adriana Mora, Global Consumer and Market Insights Director, Sol de Janeiro, US.
Ashley Ericksen, Innovation VP, Ipsos, US.
Mariana Kolomayets, Innovation Director, Ipsos, US.
Brittany Calvert, Innovation VP, Ipsos, US.
Manuel Garcia-Garcia, PhD, Global Lead of Neuroscience, Ipsos, US.
Davide Baldo, Global Lead of Experimental Research, Ipsos, US.
Nikolai Reynolds, PhD, Global Head of Product Testing, Ipsos, Germany. - What is the Blueprint for Brand Growth?
Exploring the myths and mysteries of brand marketing theories
Jane Ostler, EVP Global Thought Leadership, UK.
Mary Kyriakidi, Global Thought Leader, UK. - The Impact of Attention
How understanding attention has informed brands to maximise advertising effectiveness
Richard Colwell, CEO, RED C Research, Ireland.
Dr. Karen Nelson-Field, CEO, Amplified Intelligence, Australia. Jill McGrath, CEO, TAM, Ireland. - When Content Meets People
Breaking out of the straightjacket imposed by traditional views of format, form and genre
Kenny Cunniffe, Head of Audience Research, Digital, BBC, UK.
Katherine Duff, Planner, BBC Studios, UK.
Kevin Thompson, Joint MD, Tapestry Research, UK. - Supercharge Media Optimisation by Unlocking the Power of Time
Uncover not just where to invest your marketing budget, but when
Alfonso Calatrava, Third Party Measurement Specialist, EMEA, Meta, Spain.
Hugo Englund, Senior Data Scientist, Nepa AB, Sweden AB.
Jessika Ödling, Technical Lead MMM, Nepa AB, Sweden AB.
Niclas Öhman, Head of R&D, Nepa AB, Sweden AB. - Mapping Billions of Synthetic Journeys
Creating a synthetic population for enhanced out-of-home audience performance
Jean-Noël Zeh, CDO, Ipsos, France. - Navigating the Epic Journey to Net-Zero
How behaviour science can help accelerate the adoption of electric cars and solve climate change
Richard Hebditch, Director, Transport & Environment, London.
David Voxlin, Director, Sustainability & Behaviour Change, SKIM, London. - Supercharge your CSR Marketing Strategy
The transformative impact of GenAI-powered persona bots to deploy and activate the CSR strategy
Isabelle Herbert-Collet, Vice President Research & Insights, Orange Innovation, Paris, France.
Stefania Simion, Senior Market Research Manager, Orange Innovation, London, UK.
Jean Christophe Desbouvries, Knowledge partner, Orange France, Paris, France.
Benoît Hubert, Chief Data Science Officer, Ipsos Group, Paris, France.
Mathilde Guinaudeau, Social Intelligence Managing Director, Ipsos France, Paris, France. - Green Money
How sustainability becomes the new global currency and the future of banking
Lester Sualog, Senior Director, PureSpectrum, Singapore.
Beatrice Dy, Head of Market Research and Competitive Intelligence, Bank of the Philippine Islands, Philippines. - Decoding the Dark Web
An ethnographic immersion to unearth conversations on
Paul Labagnara, Co-Founder at The Lab Insight & Strategy, Australia.
Katie Lucas, Executive Director at The Lab Insight & Strategy, Australia. - Uncomfortable
How toxic positivity is killing insight
Ian Pierpoint, CEO and Founder, Further&Further, Montréal.
Adam Talkington, Head of Ethnography, Further&Further, Portland. - Beyond Screens
Disruptive market research with XR surveys
Ennio Armato, Global CEO, FFIND, Palermo.
Alessandro Imborgia, Global Client Director, FFIND, Palermo.
Riccardo Tumminello, Global Marketing Director, FFIND, Palermo.
Mario Ramić, R&D Director, FFIND, London.
Anna Trifirò, Product and Digital Marketing Specialist, FFIND, Palermo. - AI: Perseus or Zeus?
How AI can be both the hero and antagonist in researchers’ quest for the truth
Kirstin Hamlyn, Senior Market Research Manager, Microsoft, Redmond, WA.
Suhasini Sanyal, Senior Market Research Manager, Microsoft, Redmond, WA. - Amplifying Human Insights with AI
Achieving record wins in on-demand delivery
Shari Aaron, Executive Vice President, Growth & Innovation, Radius, US.
Shayna Beckwith, Vice President, Radius, US.
Matt Blacknell, Global Digital Shopper Insights Lead, Mars Wrigley, UK.
Betsy Fitzgibbons, North America Digital Shopper Insights Lead, Mars Wrigley, US.
Preriit Souda, Director, PSA Consultants Ltd., UK/US. - From Conversations to Conversion
How Xbox uses conversational AI to 3X impact
Romani Patel, Senior PM, Research & Insights, Microsoft, US.
Kathy Cheng, Founder & CEO, Nexxt Intelligence | inca, Canada. - Empathy or Emptiness
Unravelling the impact of AI on human connection in qualitative research
Ajay Bangia, Global Innovation Officer (AI Solutions), Ipsos UU, Malaysia.
Rollo McIntyre, Global Innovation Officer (HI Solutions), Ipsos UU, UK.
Jim Legg, Global Head of Operations, Ipsos, US. - AI-Enhanced Market Research
Assembling a perfect team
Orkan Dolay, Director Business Integration & Development, Bilendi & respondi, Paris, France.
Laurence Minisini, Senior Consumer Market Insights Manager, Taste & Wellbeing, Givaudan, Zurich, Switzerland.
Denis Bonnay, Lecturer, Université Paris Nanterre, France.
Melissa Short, Research Manager, Bilendi & respondi, Paris, France. - She? He? They?
Embracing diversity in brand storytelling beyond gender binaries
Marta Bierca, Co-founder and Partner, WiseRabbit Research Agency, Poland.
Milena Morawiec, Founder, MindTheGap Consultancy and Chief Consultant, WiseRabbit, Poland. - Inside the Gen Z Parental Mind
Connecting with the next generation of parents to understand how they are redefining parenthood
Marieke Boers, Senior Global Proposition Insights Manager, Mother & Child Care & Women's Health, Philips, the Netherlands.
Angie Deceuninck, Global Client Partner, Human8, the Netherlands.
Joeri Van den Bergh, Founder and Non-Executive Partner, Human8, Belgium.
Aija Porina, Senior Research Manager, Human8, the Netherlands. Pauline Herbert, Research Consultant, Human8, the Netherlands. - “The Book of Boobs” and Project “BeliEVE”
From personal lived experience to empowering women, sustainable impact and positive change
Louise McKenna-Mayes, Co-Founder, TONIBOBANDLOU CIC, UK.
Toni Ward, Co- Founder, TONIBOBANDLOU CIC, UK.
Alice MacKinnon, Customer Success Consultant, HumanListening, UK.
Garreth Chandler, Founding Partner, The Evolved Group, Australia. - Unveiling the Chorus of Modern Society
Publicising social survey results
Christos Grentzelos, Online Panel & Research Manager, Abacus Research, Greece.
Vassilis (Bill) Kokiopoulos, Vice President / Deputy General Manager, Abacus Research, Greece. - Empowering People Within Canada to Engage in Human Rights
How the Canadian Museum for Human Rights is using connective and defiant empathy frameworks to engage with people within Canada
Ryan Hughes, Chief Strategy Officer, Humanity, Canada.
Riva Harrison, Vice-President, Education and Public Affairs, Canadian Museum for Human Rights, Canada. - Unravelling the Cost-of-Living Crisis Myth
Exploring the human stories behind the data through a multi-method, cross-country analysis
An Hodgson, Head of Practice, Consumers, Euromonitor International, London, UK.
Jana Rude, Senior Insight Manager, Consumers, Euromonitor International, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Connor Malloy, Associate Consultant, Consulting Research, Euromonitor International, Dusseldorf, Germany.
Marija Aciene, Research Consultant, One Research, Euromonitor International, Vilnius, Lithuania. - The LATAM Airlines Story
Uncovering myths of the region to bring meaning to a global airline
Fiona Blades, President and Chief Experience Officer, MESH Experience, US.
Andre D’Abreu, Director of Customer Management, LATAM Airlines, São Paulo.
Javier Reyes, Head of Customer Voice, LATAM Airlines, Santiago. - “The Others”
Defending memories of friendships between nations in modern times
Hellas Saltavarea, Founder, Hellenic Research House, Greece.
Pervin Olgun, Founder, BAREM Marketing Research and Consultancy.
Sevgi Gül, Sociologist & Marketing Researcher, BAREM Marketing Research and Consultancy.
Katerina Konstantinou, Marketing Researcher, Hellenic Research House Greece. - Mindful Heroes
Unveiling the human narratives of young Ukrainians
Hannah Wright, Head of Research, Zinc Network, London, UK.
Dani Cunill, UK Director, Market Research Services & Global Mobile Lead, Bilendi & respondi, London, UK. - Closing the Empathy Gap with
L'Oréal's Global Connect Programme
A unique story of increasing consumer empathy exponentially to stay relevant in a BANI world
Sandrine Morel, CMI Director, L'Oréal Global Customer Insights.
Delphine Vantomme, Partner, Human8. - Nothing to Fear but Fear Itself
How Mountain Dew questioned the conventional codes of heroism, took a risk and won
Ramasubramanian Narayanan, Director Insights, Pepsico, India.
Shobha Prasad, Director, Drshti Strategic Research Services Pvt Ltd., India.
- Audio Alchemy
The art and science of creating engaging and impactful audio ads
Alyson Sprague, Head of Ad Measurement, Wondery, US.
Morgan Evans, Head of Audio & Display Creative, Amazon Ads, US.
Dr. Aaron Reid, Founder & CEO, Sentient Decision Science, US.
Dr. Cyrus H. McCandless, Chief Science Officer, Sentient Decision Science, US.