The Group Managing Director of Diamond Bank Plc, Mr. Uzoma Dozie has been confirmed as the keynote speaker at the 2017 Advertisers Association of Nigeria (ADVAN) Marketers’ Day and he will be speaking on the theme ‘Marketing Next’.

The event which usually coincides with the Association’s Annual General Meeting is scheduled to hold on September 14, 2017 at Muson Centre in Lagos.

David Okeme, ADVAN President

‘Marketing Next’ as the theme, will seek to highlight the trends, technologies and innovations that are fast emerging in the global marketing space, and how it will ultimately affect and shape the Nigerian Marcomms Industry

This annual event will bring together, marketers, advertising practitioners, communications experts and industry leaders, for a robust and stimulating session, which includes business meeting and annual general meeting.

The Executive Secretary of the Association, Mrs. Ediri Ose-Ediale, said a key objective of ADVAN is to build marketing capabilities, maximize performance and growth amongst our members.
“The ADVAN Marketers’ day is a foremost platform for the discourse of marketing information and best practices in Nigeria.

ADVAN was founded over twenty years ago, to advocate the interest of the marketing industry in Nigeria by spearheading and ensuring global best practices as well as facilitating collaborative partnerships with relevant stakeholders.

The Association is a member of the World Federation of Advertisers (WFA), a body of marketing associations in over 55 countries of the world and it is also represented on the Executive Council of WFA
She said, “Today ADVAN is a strong voice of the biggest marketers in Nigeria”

The body recently organised the industry first stakeholders’ forum with a view to finding solutions to some of the nagging issues in the Nigerian marketing and allied industries. The forum which held at the Nigerian Breweries Star Academy drew participants from across the industry including clients, agencies in its entire gamut and the media.