Speakeasy has been producing high-impact annual conference events and films for global investment firm Newton Investment Management for six years.
Each year we bring to life a striking visual identity that shapes the overall look and feel of the conference, including delegate and guest communications; online presence; branding and signage; layout and staging and content development.
The theme of the 2016 event at the Landmark Hotel, London – Heads Together – was about bringing together some of the world’s leading financial thinkers to share ideas and reveal unique insights into the investment landscape. The theme of bees was chosen to reflect this sense of collective achievement and collaboration, with a hexagonal honeycomb motif at its core. Hexagonal projection screens flanking a central LED wall and a half hexagon thrust stage area helped reflect the concept of a hive or a forum.
Our dramatic opening film combined highly rhythmic animation with quick-fire ‘kinetic text’ captions, an explosive percussion track and live action clips of iconic people, places – and bees. A series of short sting versions were produced to chapter-mark the four main sessions of the Newton conference. Engagement tools included a bespoke app and interactive voting.
Previous event themes have included Space, Optical Illusions and ‘Through the Looking Glass’ – a reference to the apparently contradictory states of the world.
