Day three of the festival was just as jam packed as day two was. We went to four more seminars and had several other speakers meet with our group. My favorite seminar of the day was the IPG and Women's Leadership Network's panel discussion of the gender gap. Not only were big names such as Martha Stewart and Soledad O'Brien speaking, the some of the statistics revealed were truly shocking. After hearing the opinions of these immensely successful and knowledgeable women, I felt empowered and confident of my ability to start a career in advertising.
The fourth seminar of the day was a discussion with Robert Redford sponsored by Yahoo!. It just so happened, though, that for the three seminars before, I had been sitting next to a Yahoo! executive named Scott. He talked to a group of us for about 15 to 20 minutes in between each seminar, and ended up giving all of us his cards. We were excited to cheer on his company for their seminar, and felt relieved when it ended up being one of our favorites so that we would have nothing but congratulatory comments afterwards. Robert Redford was amazing!
The final seminar was presented by coke and discussed their business goals for the next decade or so. The presentation was probably the best I have ever seen. Jonathan Mildenhall, the VP of Global Ad Strategy and Creative Excellence, was so on point and so articulate, I wish I could have videotaped him and watched it over and over until his stage presence rubbed off on me! I felt proud to share a city with such a wonderful company!
Tuesday night was the most fun I've had on the whole trip. We managed to get invites to the Young Lions Party, which was located on the beach and offered drinks, hors d'oeuvres, and insane dj's. I'll go into much more detail for an experiential paper for my class, but the main reason I loved it so much was because it was so refreshing to let loose and have real conversations with people my own age, instead of the stiff, formal introductions during the days at the festival. I remember dancing and laughing with my friends and looking around thinking "Am I really here right now?? Is this what I have to look forward to with my career?" Obviously, I probably won't be back in Cannes anytime soon, but it was very exciting to get a taste. To top the night off, Rachel, Tommy, a student from LSU and I walked over to Gutter Bar to have a drink (just so we could say we had haha!) The sheer number of people crowded around was exhilarating and intimidating. We kept looking around saying, "Our future bosses could be here right now!" Finally the night ended, and we got back with enough time to catch a few hours of sleep before day 4 of the festival began. We really are so so lucky to be here!
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