January 6-9

Join Monks at CES 2025. Let’s shape the future of innovation together.

This year, we'll explore how cutting-edge technology, innovation and creativity intersect to fuel brand growth.

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Event Details

Here's what you can expect this year from Monks.

- C Space Conference Track
  AI Now: Marketing's Journey from Hype to How
  Join us as we partner with Adobe and other leaders to discuss trends shaping entertainment, media, and brand marketing.
  When: Wednesday, January 8th
  Time: 10 - 11:40 AM
  Where: ARIA, Level 1, Joshua 8
- Empowering Creativity in the Enterprise with NextGen Tech
  Join us for an engaging fireside chat including insights on the state of creativity in the enterprise. Explore how generative AI is revolutionizing creative processes and driving innovation in customer experiences across various sectors. Discover how the fusion of AI-driven personalization and creativity, rooted in inspiring brand themes, captivates the imagination of Gen Z and beyond.
  With: Denise Colella, VP, Head of Digital Strategy Group, Adobe
  When: Wednesday, January 8th
  Time: 10 - 10:20 AM
  Where: ARIA, East Level 1, Joshua 8
- GenAI Personalization: Advancing the Promise of Digital
  Generative AI is enabling brands like Delta Air Lines and Paramount+ and Adobe to advance digital marketing’s promise of getting “the right message to the right user at the right time.” In this panel, we'll explore how brands are using AI to create a cohesive and relevant user experience for consumers—that effectively generates revenue. Learn strategies to scale ad creative, ramp up testing, and personalize messaging, while also improving performance outcomes and ROI. Gain practical insights to elevate your digital advertising efforts through generative AI.
  With: (Moderator) Linda Cronin, EVP Media, Monks; Sam Garfield, Head of Digital Strategy, Communications, Media and Travel, Adobe; Jake Abel, Head of Marketing Strategy, Operations, & Planning, Delta; Michelle Garcia, SVP Marketing, Paramount+
  When: Wednesday, January 8th
  Time: 10:20 - 10:40 AM
  Where: ARIA, East Level 1, Joshua 8
- AI-Powered Transformation: Reimagine the Creative Enterprise
  Join industry leaders from Adobe, AWS, Meta, Monks and NVIDIA as they explore AI-driven creative enterprise transformation. Explore practical strategies for integrating advanced technologies to enhance efficiency, foster innovation, and enable seamless collaboration. Discover how strategic partnerships between CIOs and CMOs can facilitate these transformations, and gain insight into leveraging data capabilities for real-time personalization and elevating your brand's creative processes.
  With: (Moderator) Henry Cowling, Chief Innovation Officer, Monks; Varun Parmar, VP & GM, Adobe; Chris Blandy, Global Leader, Strategy & Business Development for Media & Entertainment, AWS; Bianca Pryor, Director of Data Science for Media & Entertainment at NVIDIA; Jimmie Stone, VP, Global Head of Creative Shop, Meta
  When: Wednesday, January 8th
  Time: 10:40 - 11:10 AM
  Where: ARIA, East Level 1, Joshua 8
- Fireside Chat – AI and the Future of Marketing
  Join Sir Martin Sorrell and MMA Global CMO Greg Stuart for a fireside chat on the industry opportunity to revolutionize brand creativity through AI. In this discussion, Sir Martin Sorrell and Greg Stuart will explore how generative AI is reshaping content creation, enabling personalized consumer touchpoints, and driving measurable marketing outcomes. As the marketing landscape rapidly evolves, learn how Monks is empowering brands to harness AI's potential for enhanced creativity, reduced costs, and streamlined collaboration—all while keeping relevance at the forefront. Join us in navigating these practical applications of AI that are setting the standard in modern marketing.
  With: Sir Martin Sorrell, Founder & Executive Chairman, S4 Capital; Greg Stuart, CMO, MMA Global
  When: Wednesday, January 8th
  Time: 11:10 - 11:40 AM
  Where: ARIA, East Level 1, Joshua 8
- AI Now Sessions
  
  Schedule an AI Now session led by an executive from our Innovation team to learn how to validate and scale your AI investments. Email ces@monks.com to book your 45 minute slot.
- Unified AI workflows are key to achieving today's marketing goals.
  
  The scaled integration of teams, capabilities and technology is instrumental in meeting the most vital needs of the CMO's agenda. Successful workflows unlock a cascade of growth, savings, efficiency and effectiveness.
- Failure to implement AI workflows leaves value on the table.
  
  Extract new value from prior investments. Latent insights lie beneath the surface of your existing data, waiting to be found in service of profitable growth; don't leave them behind.
- Realizing AI's promise relies on paying gains forward.
  
  Agencies dangle productivity gains before their clients while holding cost savings close to their chests. We're building the model that offers both to our clients, underpinned by service-level agreements and ongoing advisory.
- Live Demos
  
  Join us in our C Space Hospitality Sky Suite at the ARIA for hands-on demos of both Sir Martian and our proprietary AI-driven tool Monks.Flow.
- Meet Sir Martian, our AI-powered robot with lots of personality!
  
  Sir Martian is a groundbreaking fusion of AI innovation and artistic expression, transforming the traditional experience of street portraiture into an interactive, otherworldly encounter. This humanoid alien robot, affectionately named after S4 Capital Executive Chairman Sir Martin Sorrell, invites visitors to engage in a dynamic conversation while it creates a personalized line art portrait. This experience is not just about capturing a likeness but also the essence of the individual, informed by the dialogue shared.
  
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- Monks.Flow–An end-to-end AI professionally managed service.
  
  Monks.Flow is an AI-centric professional managed service for marketers. It streamlines how people and AI work together. It offers solutions for major marketing activities by connecting AI, Enterprise Software, and microservices into efficient, automated workflows.
  
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- STEMinists: Architecting Tomorrow's Digital Landscape
  In our hyper-connected world, STEM careers are the cornerstone of an equitable and innovative technological future. Yet, the gender disparity persists, with women occupying only 35% of STEM positions in the U.S.—a gap that widens on the global stage. This conversation brings together STEM leaders to band together in our desire to increase women’s representation in the field. Together we’ll talk about the importance of recruitment, methods for fostering career advancement, and work to chart a course for a more diverse and inclusive tech ecosystem.
  With: Jordan Cuddy, EVP, Global Head of Experience; Aisha Bowe, Founder and CEO, STEMBoard; Allison Stransky, Chief Marketing Officer, Samsung Electronics America; Kamal Bhandal, VP, Invisalign® Brand and Consumer Marketing, Align Technology; Amber Coleman-Mortley, Sr. Director, Community and Culture, The Female Quotient
  When: Wednesday, January 8th
  Time: 4:30 - 5 PM
  Where: Cathédrale at ARIA
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- Virtual Humans, Conversational AI: Text/Video/Audio Experience
  An AI that can respond with human intelligence & human emotion, that can reason, that can converse in text, with a pleasant voice or even with human-like appearance is here today.
  With: Jordan Cuddy, EVP, Global Head of Experience; Jessica Berger, Senior Vice President, Innovation, Publicis Media; John Canning, Director Developer Relations - Creators, AMD; Jake Becker, Director of Creators and Founding Team, Genies; Kumaran Ponnambalam, Principal Engineer, AI, Outshift by Cisco; Joanna Popper, Former Chief Metaverse Officer, CAA; (Moderator) Lori H. Schwartz, Founder & CEO, StoryTech
  When: Monday, January 6th
  Time: 2 - 2:40 PM
  Where: ARIA, East Level 1, Joshua 8
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