Why attend the ON Festival?

ON Festival by Freshworks will host an exciting line-up of speakers who have pioneered the values that put people first in business. Coupled together with world-class entertainment, this event will leave you feeling energised, inspired and entertained.

An event like no other

Together with over 5,000 business leaders from across Europe, we’ll explore the role you and your organisation will play in embracing values such as happiness, empathy, well-being and the impact your organisation has in the local community. These values are now essential for building long-lasting customer and employee relationships.

Broadcasted live from London, Paris, Berlin & Amsterdam, this is your chance to switch ON positive values that put people first.

Join us online on June 24th, 2021 from 2:30 PM PST / 3:30 PM CET.

Our Keynote Speakers

Marc Randolph

Co-Founder of Netflix

Netflix Founder and startup CEO Marc Randolph shares the unlikely story of how a handful of dreamers with no money and a bad idea, created the company that eventually brought down Blockbuster. Packed with dozens of stories that trace the dramatic ups and downs of those first exciting years, Marc weaves an inspiring story that shows the value of innovation, persistence and optimism. Along the way he shares some of the many values that he believe made Netflix successful, including a focus on analytics and testing, its novel corporate culture, and it’s almost fanatical obsession with focus. Equal parts inspiration, start up story, and practical tips, it’s a message that resonates well with anyone who appreciates a good “overcoming adversity” story.

Plus Moderated Q&A related to helping businesses redefine the values that determine business success. These values are well-being, happiness, empathy and civic consciousness.

Tal Ben-Shahar

Former lecturer at Harvard University & Co-Founder of Happiness Studies Academy

Tal Ben Shahar taught the most popular course on "Positive Psychology," and the university's third most popular course on "The Psychology of Leadership"

Session: Positive Leadership: Strategies for Success

Drawing on research from positive psychology and organizational behavior, psychologist Dr. Tal Ben-Shahar explores what we, as leaders, can do to nurture the inherent potential in ourselves as well as in those with whom we work. Drawing on rigorous research coupled with compelling stories, Ben-Shahar discusses how we can find more happiness as well as success.

Alexandra Dimiziani

CMO Advisor to Tech Start-ups, Ex-AirBnB

In her talk, Acting on Purpose, drawing on data and real world anecdotes, Alexandra Dimiziani (former Global Marketing Director of AirBnB, Co-Founder of TwentyFirstCenturyBrand), will share the business case for brand purpose, where it often goes wrong, and what it looks like when it’s done right.

Session: Acting on Purpose

Brand purpose. As expectations have evolved, now, more than ever, employees want to be a part of it, consumers are willing to pay a premium for it, and investors understand the commercial value of it. But if it’s nothing more than veneer, purpose can backfire, creating profound and long-lasting damage to the brand. To do it well, and reap the rewards, organisations have got to truly embed it into their business and culture.

Henk Jan Beltman

CEO of Tony's Chocolonely

Session: Building Success by Believing in the Values that Matter

Tony's is with no doubt one of the most engaged and coolest brands in the industry. Not only do they deliver WOW moments to their customers through delicious chocolates and amazing packaging, but your leitmotiv on free slave chocolate is clearly an example for others to follow.

How does this purpose translate into business?

What are the core values and how do they translate into your employee and customer engagement?

Girish Mathrubootham

Co-Founder & CEO of Freshworks

Happy Employees and Happy Customers: how culture built a great company.

For Girish Mathrubootham, co-founder and CEO of Freshworks, the recipe for building a great company was simple: happiness. And it was codified in the company culture: creating a happy work environment, building amazing products, and delighting customers.

But there is so much more to Freshworks. Join this engaging session to learn how Girish defined and evolved Freshworks’ culture - keeping happiness at its core - all while building a hugely successful global SaaS business.

Experts in London, Paris, Berlin and Amsterdam

Agenda

Thursday, June 24th

2:00 PM - 2:10 PM BST

Welcome to ON Festival

Host

2:10 PM - 2:30 PM BST

Keynote from the CEO of Freshworks

Girish Mathrubootham, Co-Founder of Freshworks

2:30 PM - 2:50 PM BST

Acting on Purpose

Alex Dimiziani Former Global Marketing Director Air BnB

2:50 PM - 3:10 PM BST

Building Success by Believing in the Values that Matter

Henk Jan Beltman, CEO of Tony’s Chocolonely

3:10 PM - 3:20 PM BST

Entertainment

The Bollywood Co

3:20 PM - 4:00 PM BST

Regional Session - London

Dame Inga Beale, Former CEO of Loyds of London & diversity and workplace equality advocate

3:20 PM - 4:00 PM BST

Regional Session - Amsterdam

Constance Scholten, Executive Board Member & Chair Community of EarthToday & Taco Carlier, Co-founder of VanMoof

3:20 PM - 4:00 PM BST

Regional Session - Paris

Rapheal Enthoven, French philosopher, TV and Radio host & Augustin Paluel-Marmont, Co Founder and CEO of Michel et Augustin

3:20 PM - 4:00 PM BST

Regional Session - Berlin

Ranga Yogeswar, Physicist and Science Journalist & Ronald Gerber, Head of Customer Experience at Tomorrow

4:00 PM - 4:10 PM BST

Energiser

Host

4:10 PM - 4:30 PM BST

Positive Leadership: Strategies for Success

Tal Ben-Shahar, Former lecturer at Harvard University & Co-Founder of Happiness Studies Academy

4:30 PM - 5:10 PM BST

That Will Never Work: The Birth of Netflix and the Amazing Life of an Idea

Marc Randolph, Co-Founder of Netflix

5:10 PM - 5:20 PM BST

Wrap Up

Host

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