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FESTIVAL OF LICENSING PLATFORM OPENS ONLINE
- Registered visitors can browse the exhibitor list and book meetings from today
- Live Stage, Community & Wellbeing, after hours and retail programmes will be accessible in the coming weeks
- 2,933 digital meetings booked during Licensing Week Virtual
- Festival of Licensing: 6-29 October online
16 September 2020
The Festival of Licensing event platform opens today allowing attendees to search the exhibitor list and pre-book meetings through the Festival Matchmaking Service. In the coming weeks, the platform will be updated to include the abundance of content available on the Live Stage, Community & Wellbeing, after hours and retail programmes. Visitors must register at www.festivaloflicensing.com to access the platform and festival event content to start planning their calendars ahead of time.
From this morning, attendees can browse by exhibitor, IP, product and service for a more refined, and accurate search of potential business partners before using the Festival Matchmaking Service (sponsored by Octane5/BrandComply) to pre-book online video meetings. Once the Festival of Licensing’s four events are live, they can also use the drop-in video meetings function to catch anyone they may have missed.
Festival of Licensing – the month-long virtual celebration of the global licensing industry – runs from 6-29 October, with regional-specific events for Europe (6-8 October), Asia (14-15 October) and the Americas (20-22 October), and closing with the global C suite Licensing Leadership Summit (28-29 October).
The event’s extensive content agenda will be added to the platform imminently, allowing registered visitors to start planning their diaries and familiarise themselves with the technology and new functionalities so they can hit the ground running when ‘doors’ open on 6 October.
The Festival of Licensing programme incorporates a wide range of networking, IP discovery, education and experience content, including:
- Live Stage (keynotes, panels and exhibitor showcases)
- Community & Wellbeing (fitness and wellbeing sessions, business mentoring and advice clinics and global charity fundraiser)
- After hours with daily evening performances and interactive events
- Retail Programme (on-demand, exclusive content and ‘Ask Me Anything’ live expert sessions)
“The licensing industry’s number one priority – in real life or on the screen – is networking. Diaries get packed and booked up early, so I would urge Festival attendees to log in, set up their profiles and familiarise themselves with the platform now to increase their chances of discovering and securing meetings with the right connections for their business,” explained Anna Knight, VP Licensing, Informa Markets.
“The Festival of Licensing platform is THE platform for the entire event – for meetings, for live and on demand content – there’s lot’s happening and that’s why it’s so important to spend a little time ahead of kick-off to go on line, check it all out, and start planning so you really make the most of it and don’t miss out.”
Mike Dunn, Co-President, Octane5, added: “Octane5, the company behind BrandComply Licensing Enterprise Software, is pleased to support the licensing industry through our sponsorship of the Festival of Licensing Matchmaker service. We have decades of experience helping licensors and licensees collaborate remotely on functions like product development, royalties and compliance so this is a natural extension of the work we do every day. We wish everyone a great event and look forward to connecting with all our licensing friends around the world.”
Register for free www.festivaloflicensing.com
Notes to editors:
Exhibitors already confirmed for Festival of Licensing include:
Aardman
Acamar Films
AMGI Animation Studios
Art Ask Agency
Art Brand Studios
Asgard Media
ASS Federation Francaise Football
Atlantis
Bandai Namco
Bandai Namco Asia
Banijay
Bavaria Sonor Licensing
BBC Studios
Beanstalk
Bioworld Merchandising
Boat Rocker Studios
Brainbase
Brand Activation Consulting
Brand Central
BrandComply
Brandgenuity LLC
Brand Liaison
Bravado
Brigitte Bardot
Bulldog Licensing
CAA-GBG
CAPCOM
Capcom Europe
Carbon 12.011 Licensing
Caroline Mickler Ltd
Carrot and Toast
Cartoon Saloon
Celebrities Entertainment
Crunchyroll
CTC Media
Cyber Group Studios
Dependable Solutions Inc.
Design Plus
Difuzed/H3
Discovery
Edutainment Licensing
Evolution USA
Excel Sportswear Inc.
Ferly
Firefly Brand Management
Frida Kahlo
Fruit of the Loom
Global Licensing Group
Global Trademark Licensing
GO-N International
Guangzhou Liuhua Fashion Wholesale Market
Hard Rock & J&M Brands
Hasbro
Herschend Entertainment Studios
IMC Toys
IMG
IMPS S.A
JENGA
Joester Loria Group
JPatton
Kids Industries
KOCCA
Letters by Julia
License Global
Licensing International
Licensing Magazine
Licensing Works!
Lisle Licensing
LoCoco Licensing Inc.
Lumo Stars & Molkky
Magic Light Pictures
Mattel Brands Consumer Products
Max Publishing
Mediatoon
Mercis bv
Metrostar
Nanographix
National Basketball Association
National Gallery
Natural History Museum
Nanographix
NFL Players Inc
Olympique de Marseille
On Kids & Family
OpSec Security Inc
Panini
Penguin Ventures
Perfetti Van Melle
Pink Key Licensing
Playmobil
Products of Change
Retail Monster
Rocket Licensing
Rosie Brooks
Rovio Entertainment Corporation
Sagoo
Science Museum Group
SEGA
Smiley World
Snacking Media
Start Licensing
Studio 100 Media
Taoa Studio
Tatsunoko Production Co Ltd
tesa scribos
The Inke Group
The Pokemon Company International, Inc.
The Point. 1888
The Wildflower Group
Toonbox Studio
Total Licensing
Trend Bible
TSBA
Ubisoft
UCLA Trademarks & Licensing
V&A (Victoria & Albert Museum)
ViacomCBS Consumer Products
Warhammer
Wildbrain CPLG
Withit Studios
Xilam Animation
Yale University
Young Spirit Clothing
ZAG
Zolan Licensing Agency
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NOTES TO EDITORS:
Press registration is also open online at www.festivaloflicensing.com. If you’re interested in attending Licensing Leadership Summit as press, please contact your territory PR below.
For European media information:
Charlie Le Rougetel at BIGTOP
+44 (0)7736 330676
For U.S. media information:
Lauren Lloyd
+1 (310) 266-4792
About Global Licensing Group
The Global Licensing Group at Informa Markets is the licensing industry’s leading tradeshow organiser and media partner. Its mission is to provide licensing opportunities around the world by bringing brands and products together. The following events and information products are produced for the licensing industry by the Global Licensing Group at Informa Markets: Licensing Expo, Brand Licensing Europe, Licensing Expo Japan, Licensing Expo Shanghai, The Licensing Leadership Summit, License Global magazine, License Global Daily E-News and Brand XT. Global Licensing Group events are sponsored by Licensing International.
About Licensing International
Licensing International is the leading trade organization for the global brand licensing industry. Licensing International’s mission is to foster the growth and expansion of licensing around the world, raise the level of professionalism for licensing practitioners, and create greater awareness of the benefits of licensing to the business community at large. Founded in 1985, Licensing International members in over 40 countries enjoy access to an array of benefits. Visit LicensingInternational.org for more information.
About BrandComply
BrandComply, fuelled by the licensing experts at Octane5, is the only licensing enterprise system that delivers actionable information from Contract to Consumer. All licensing functions –Contract Workflow, Digital Assets, Product Workflow, Royalties/Forecasting, Compliance, Brand Protection and Consumer Engagement are managed in a single tool. Learn how we help brands run faster, smarter and more profitably by visiting www.octane5.comor emailing info@octane5.com.