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Advertising Research - 14 July 2011
14-Jul-2011
Advertising Research will showcase innovative examples of how research insights are driving advertising strategies by helping to shape content and optimise planning of advertising campaigns. Improve interaction with your audience, identify channels that offer the greatest ROI, examine new techniques for engaging audiences and driving brand affiliation. Hear the latest research findingsfrom The Walt Disney Company, Google,VCCP, Wieden & Kennedy, Yahoo, BBC Worldwide, IPA ...
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Advertising Research - 27 October 2010
27-Oct-2010
New perspectives on advertising research techniques that deliver deep insight and effective communications. Don’t miss key contributions from market leaders including PepsiCo, IPA, and Thinkbox
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Announcing the winners – and why they won
13-Dec-2011
It’s been seven months since we first put out the call for the best and brightest in the research industry to compete for our annual awards – and last night (12 December), at a black tie dinner at the Lancaster London, the winners were announced.
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Best Agency Award
25-May-2011
This is our top prize of the night and the winner will be the agency that really stands out from the competition as the market leader in its field.
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Best In-house Research Team Award
25-May-2011
This award seeks to find the equivalent of Best Agency but on the clientside. The winner will be the research or insight team from within an organisation – public or private sector – that can best demonstrate how they have developed and delivered outstanding work which has helped transform their organisation.
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Best Innovation Award
25-May-2011
Each year we see new developments and initiatives which have the potential to redefine the way we view the industry. This award is intended to single out the individual, the company, the product or the process which can genuinely be hailed an innovation for the industry.
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Best New Agency Award
25-May-2011
New thinking and innovation are essential to keep the research industry fresh and maintain its long-term future. This award acknowledges the entrepreneurial spirit, achievement and ambition of smaller agencies.
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Best Place to Work Award
25-May-2011
Agencies have to fight hard to recruit and then retain people and this award aims to highlight those businesses that really put people at the heart of their overall strategy.
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BrainJuicer – Best Place to Work
25-May-2011
“At BrainJuicer you aren’t just an employee, you are a valued individual and there is a real drive for entrepreneurship.”
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Brand Research - 9 June 2011
9-Jun-2011
Brand Research may not be able to promise the holy grail of brand strategy but it can guarantee a fantastic line up of leading brands, renowned brand gurus and innovative market research professionals who will demonstrate how through research, companies can get closer to knowing what their customers want from a brand and identifying how to match these expectations. Hear how media, online, political and FMCG brands have incorporated consumer insights into their brand development, positioning ...
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Call for entries
23-May-2011
For over fifty years our awards have celebrated the most imaginative and rigorous thinking in the business. If you have inspired your customers, driven research innovation and championed quality, you could win the insight world’s most prestigious prize.
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Children: Seen and heard - 27 Jan 2010
27-Jan-2010
Focusing on the younger age groups, this year’s conference, chaired by Barbie Clarke, Managing Director at Family, Kids and Youth demonstrated how to gain insights from arguably one of the most challenging target audiences and most powerful consumer groups of all.
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Data matters - 17 Feb 2010
17-Feb-2010
Businesses strive to understand customers, target demographics and gain deep insight into the wants and needs of their audience. Presentations from Interbrand an Oracle among others will illustrate data techniques designed to allow you to gain the maximum insight into your customer base.
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Diversity in focus - 19 Jun 2008
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Diversity is a key issue for UK organisations/brands - integral to their success and to the strengthening of British society. To keep you at the forefront in this exciting growth market Research Conferences held this dynamic one-day conference designed to enable brands and professional market researchers to gain a much more clearly defined vision of the differences between modern markets and how market research fits into the whole diversity marketing and advertising mix. The event focussed ...
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Fashion and Beauty Research - 15 September 2011
15-Sep-2011
Join some of the leading shapers of fashion and beauty in the complex and dynamic world of trend-setting and trend-spotting. Understand and respond to the social and cultural influences affecting purchasing decisions and ensure that your brand doesn’t become a brand of yesteryear. Additionally, don’t miss your opportunity to network with other insight managers from leading fashion and beauty brands and retailers. Hear insights from retailers, broadcasters and brands including Unilever, ...
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Financial Services Research - 13 October 2011
12-Oct-2011
Financial Services Research will showcase how leading UK banks, building societies and insurers are using online communities, stakeholder research, behavioural economics and other new models to generate deep and accurate insights into customers’ wants and needs.Hear how RBS, Nationwide, Legal & General, RSA, Ecclesiastical Insurance and the Money Advice Service are using research to generate insight and how they feed this insight into critical business processes.
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Financial Services Research - 14 October 2010
14-Oct-2010
Hear about crucial changes in the financial services sector and how they are creating a need for data and insights in FS firms. Learn about key trends and methodologies that are delivering high-value research and take away killer ideas that will wow every FS client.
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Firefish – Best Innovation
25-May-2011
“Fisheye should be of interest to all of us – not only an innovation in thinking, it also brings an accountability to this type of research that we’ve never had before.”
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Food & Drink Research - 23 June 2011
22-Jun-2011
With consumer confidence still considered to be fragile and many consumers sticking to strict budgets, food and drink brands must quickly get to grips with consumer drivers and inhibitors. Meet the challenge of branding, positioning and promoting products in line with current consumer need. Adapt tastes to new preferences and understand how best to communicate your brand to your customers. Hear the latest research findings from the Food Standards Agency and global food ...
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Food & Drink Research - Presentations
25-Mar-2011
Download the programmeFood & Drink ResearchFresh insights on consumer trends, product strategies and testing
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Food and Drink Research - 14 July 2010
14-Jul-2010
Create successful recipes for daring innovation, actionable insight and durable profitability. Dont miss key contributions from Burger King, Coca-Cola Enterprises, FSA and Kellogg’s.
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Guardian News & Media – Best In-house Research Team
25-May-2011
“With its innovative and effective ways of working set against the backdrop of a decrease in year-on- year budgets, GNM has completely aced it on influencing the business.”
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Healthcare Research - 23 February 2012
8-Dec-2011
The healthcare sector has consistently been the home of imaginative and effective research work. It is also, perhaps, the most challenging of sectors with its complex structures, myriad stakeholders and tight legislation. In this fascinating one-day conference you will listen in to some illuminating case studies, take part in debates and network with others working in this most active of research arenas. Don’t miss key insights from MRS, BHBIA, EphMRA,
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Healthcare Research - 24 February 2011
24-Feb-2011
With product pipeline slowdowns leading to reduced research budgets, increased patient knowledge affecting NPD, and emerging markets set to play a dominant role healthcare research is facing a major change.Don’t miss insights from Boehringer Ingelheim, Pfizer, NHS Sefton Community Health Services and our keynote Prof Lord Winston.
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Healthcare Research - Booking Information
7-Dec-2011
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Healthcare Research - Programme
8-Dec-2011
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Healthcare Research - Sponsors and Partners
8-Dec-2011
Download the programmeHealthcare Research 2012Ethical guidelines and best practices for stakeholder, GP and patient researchLondon, ...
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Healthcare Research - Venue
8-Dec-2011
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Innovation Development - 7 March 2012
30-Jan-2012
Tapping into the needs, preferences and desires of customers is a sure way to achieve higher returns and manage risk in new product development. But a surprising amount of companies still don’t value the importance that customer insight can add to concept, product and proposition development. Join leading global brands and market research experts including OrangeFrance Telecom, BT, GSK, Future Drinks Company and RoyalSun Alliance are incorporating market research ...
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Innovation Development - Booking Information
30-Jan-2012
Download the programmeInnovation Development 2012Developing user-led concepts, products and propositionsLondon, 7 March 2012
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Innovation Development - Programme
30-Jan-2012
Download the programmeInnovation Development 2012Developing user-led concepts, products and propositionsLondon, 7 March 2012
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Innovation Development - Sponsors and Partners
30-Jan-2012
Download the programmeInnovation Development 2012Developing user-led concepts, products and propositionsLondon, 7 March 2012
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Innovation Development - Venue
30-Jan-2012
Download the programmeInnovation Development 2012Developing user-led concepts, products and propositionsLondon, 7 March 2012
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Kids & Youth Research - 25 November 2010
25-Nov-2010
Learn about this fascinating segment from MTV and Levi Strauss case studies and hear key insights from the BBC, IKEA, Department of Education, Girlguiding UK, NHS Tower Hamlets, Hothouse Fiction and from young people themselves
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Kids and Youth Research - 16 November 2011
15-Nov-2011
Researchers are continually looking for innovative research methodologies that will help get them closer to young people to really understand what it’s like to be young today. Hear from how to use social media, gamification and peer to peer research effectively and ethically to gain insights into behaviour, attitudes and actions of young people from experts including: Nickelodeon, BBC, PR Week, Unilever, Egmont Publishing Group, Sky Broadcasting, DCThomson & Co, New Media ...
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Media Research - 12 May 2011
11-May-2011
Media Research will look at the role of research in measuring, commercialising and maximising content across various media platforms. We will examine media research from many different angles to create a comprehensive picture of what research has achieved, what it is achieving now and how it must evolve to meet the demands of the digital future. Representatives of media owners, agencies and systems owners will tackle the issues currently affecting all aspects of media research, including ...
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Mobile Insights - 27 October 2011
28-Oct-2011
Join our leading panel of mobile experts as they guide you through the mobile research maze. Compare the pros and cons of different mobile research approaches in terms of cost, functionality, compatibility and user engagement. Evaluate issues of sample recruitment and sample representativeness. Understanding ongoing management issues for mobile panels and mobile communities. Hear mobile case studies from: Which? Shortlist Media, JCDecaux Airport UK, SAS Solutions and many ...
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Mobile Insights - 30 June 2010
30-Jun-2010
Generate compelling consumer insights using mobile phone research techniques. Don¹t miss key contributions from Yahoo, T-Mobile and Channel 4.
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MRS Annual Conference 2012
22-Dec-2011
MRS Annual Conference 2012, the festival of ideas. You won’t want to miss this year’s line up of thought-leaders, debates and intelligence. Widen your horizons. Power your business. Sharpen your skills.
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New media and research technologies - 19 Nov 2009
19-Nov-2009
New media and research technnologies took place at the The Lewis Media Centre in London and explored the way we consume and interact with media. Chaired by Fiona Blades of Mesh Planning, the conference answerd the key questions in an area where so many unproven media channels and applications exist. Which channels will have longevity and can be effectively harnessed for business communication? How can brands infiltrate and position themselves in new media environments? Where ...
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New Product Development Research - 9 March 2011
9-Mar-2011
This conference showcased how leading brands are connecting with customers and incorporating their wants and needs into idea generation, concept development, concept refinement and product testing to improve their chances of new product success. Listen in on how GlaxoSmithKline, Nokia, Innocent, Kerry Foods andTalkTalk are incorporating consumer insights into their innovation development processes.
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Online Research Methods - 26 January 2012
26-Jan-2012
The debate around online research ethics and quality has been raging and still there is disagreement about the approach to take. Clients are grappling with the issues of collecting online data and looking at how to get the most out of online surveys and communities, however, a host of newer online research methodologies are gaining traction that offer new and exciting possibilities for market researchers. Hear how global companies including easyjet, SevenSeas, and T-Mobile
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Online Research Methods - 27 January 2011
28-Jan-2011
Online Research Methods will help market research agencies and big-brand businesses navigate the complexities of online engagement, survey design, social media mining, brand building and monitoring. Don’t miss case studies from Unilever, B&Q, Intercontinental Hotel Group, T-Mobile, Pedigreeand Synovate.
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Online Research Methods - Partners
10-Nov-2011
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Research is the leading provider of high-level, quality events for the research and insight industry - combining MRS excellence and market expertise drawn from Research magazine. Research conferences, provided by MRS, take place throughout the year and offer a series of leading-edge one-day conferences, seminars, workshops and the flagship Annual Conference. Aimed at researchers ...
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Partners
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Programme 17 February 2010
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Data MattersUsing data to understand, retain and win customers
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Programme 27 January 2010
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Children: Seen and heard A showcase of new insights, research methodologies and emerging trends
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Programme highlights
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Research 2010: The Annual ConferenceA festival of ideas, innovation and inspiration
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Research 2008: The Great Debate
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The Research 2008 agenda focused on the demand-side of research and featured major business players on a number of key themes including ensuring transformation, guaranteeing, return on investment, the international insight industry, honing business skills, web 2.0, research practice, research as part of the wider marketing mix, CSR and the impact of social trends. Changing business through better customer understanding.
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Research 2009: The Annual Conference
31-Jul-2011
Research 2009: The Annual Conference, which took place in London in March, provided a showcase for speakers from an industry at the top of its game, at a time when good, creative research has never been so important. This flagship event and showcase for the industry brought together some 700 executives from client and supply-side companies for groundbreaking papers, discussions and networking.
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Research 2010: The Annual Conference
1-Aug-2011
The conference was a gathering place for those who wanted to share ideas, network, debate and learn from some the industry¹s most experienced and successful practitioners. It was an energising and engaging 48 hours.
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Research 2011 - Programme highlights
24-Mar-2011
Find out what’s on at this year’s annual conference.
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Research 2011 – The Annual Conference
2-Aug-2011
Research 2011 was a hotbed of inspiration, debate and actionable ideas. It was the most content-rich insight gathering for agencies, clients and anyone with a vested interest in understanding consumers and society. We programmed more quality speakers, relevant topics and dynamic formats than ever before to provide a platform for the best the research world has to offer. This high-value event remains a showcase for cutting-edge case studies, provocative manifestos for change and best ...
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Research Conferences booking terms & conditions
17-Dec-2009
By submitting a booking you are agreeing to our standard terms and conditions below.
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Research Magazine Awards shortlist announced
5-Oct-2011
This year’s judging session for the Research Magazine Awards was tougher than ever. There were many fine entries to choose from across the five categories, but here you’ll find our shortlists of nominees.
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Retail Research - 20 April 2011
20-Apr-2011
How can retailers and FMCG brands engage with customers and influence subconscious and conscious customer drivers? How can you use market research to encourage customers to make buying decisions based on trust, loyalty, brand associations, emotions and not purely on price?Retail Research examined how the UK’s leading retailers and FMCG brands are using a blend of innovative and traditional techniques to get closer to their customers and sell more effectively to them.
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Retail Research - 5 May 2010
5-May-2010
New technologies designed to generate high-value customer insights and drive powerful retail strategies. Key contributions from market leaders included McDonald’s, Next and Shoppercentric.
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Retail Research - Partners
1-Feb-2011
PDF ProgrammeRetail ResearchFrom armchair to checkout: understanding retail drivers and shopping behaviourLondon, 20 April 2011
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Retail Research - Partners
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New technologies designed to generate high-value customer insights and drive powerful retail strategies
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Social Media Research - 23 September 2010
23-Sep-2010
Social Media Research will examine how research professionals can use social media to best capture customer insights, engage with customers and improve accuracy of social media research findings. Don’t miss key contributions from O2, Metro, The Guardian, Virgin Media and internet critic Andrew Keen.
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Social Media Research - 29 September 2011
28-Sep-2011
Are you finding social media strategy an opportunity or a challenge? Are you struggling to put social media theory into practice? If you are, you’ll want to hear how global brands are listening to, engaging and influencing customers via social media techniques. Make sure you’ve got the right approach for your research and marketing objectives. Make sure you attend to hear contributions from: LinkedIn, Mumsnet, Orange France Telecom, the Highways Agency and Mothercare
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Social Research - 26 May 2010
26-May-2010
Innovative approaches to charting social change, engaging respondents and creating effective communications. Don¹t miss key contributions from Charles Leadbeater, the Department for Transport and the Department for Children, Schools andFamilies.
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Social Research - 26 May 2011
26-May-2011
With research budgets being slashed and research departments downsized, there is an urgent need for all commissioned social research in 2011 to deliver real benefits to its stakeholders and feed directly into current projects. Hear central government, local government and the third sector discuss the research challenges and research focus for the forthcoming year.
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Speaking at Research Conferences
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The Research Conference team is constantly on the lookout for compelling and expert speakers for a wide range of events. Interested in taking part? In this section you’ll find everything you need to make your case. This is where you’ll find details on the selection process, the speaker requirements and submission guidelines.
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The green consumer - 19 Nov 2008
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This timely and interactive conference provided a highly engaged audience with insights into the optimum research mix for reaching today’s environmentally-conscious consumers. How does ‘green and ethical’ fit into the wider picture? With a downturn in the economy and the pace of change in new media technologies, it’s easy for environmental research issues to get lost in sea change.
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Truth – Best Agency
25-May-2011
“Truth stands head and shoulders above the rest for the sheer clinical efficiency of its growth, which is very impressive.”
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Venue: 15 Hattfields Conference Centre
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Children: Seen and heard A showcase for new insights, research methodologies and emerging trends
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Verve – Best New Agency
25-May-2011
“Verve has shown that, if the thinking is right, it is possible to achieve commercial success despite the climate – it’s an agency that is punching well above its weight.”