Stan Sthanunathan

Think your skills are keeping up with what employers want? The insights landscape is changing fast—AI, business impact, and ROI are raising the bar. But candidates and promotion-seekers vs. hiring managers often aren’t aligned. This panel cuts through the noise to reveal what actually makes someone valuable today—and where many are falling short. Key Takeaways: 1. Hear from our panel representing platforms, agencies, independent consultants, and recruiters 2. Learn where candidates and employers are most often misaligned—and why 3. Hear perspectives for what has genuinely changed in the past 12–18 months (and what hasn’t)

Dave, Stan & Stephen will explore the important and enduring role human emotions play for brands. They’ll discuss the latest research tools and techniques that generate the most effective insights into human emotions and what you can do with them. And they will look into the future and reveal their predictions of what’s going to change vs stay constant for researchers in a world dominated by AI Key Takeaways: 1. Deeper understanding of why human emotions matter most for brands 2. Practical research tools and techniques to help uncover insights into human emotions 3. Predictions of changes and constants for researchers of human emotions and so where to focus effort