CES Day Two: P&G Spots Future Entrepreneurs, Advances Diversity in Tech and Drives Creativity to Reinvent Consumer Experiences
January 08 2020 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) today will continue efforts to
recruit and develop innovative entrepreneur partners, advocate for
greater diversity and inclusion in technology-led industries and
share a roadmap for leveraging creativity that can enhance everyday
consumer experiences.
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P&G continues efforts to recruit and
develop innovative entrepreneur partners, advocate for greater
diversity and inclusion in technology-led industries and share a
roadmap for leveraging creativity that can enhance everyday
consumer experiences. (Graphic: Business Wire)
Additionally, the company will invite entertainment visionaries
into the LifeLab for a provocative conversation that examines how
new methods of media consumption are shaping the future of
multichannel entertainment, and what that means for brands and
consumers.
Program Highlights
P&G Ventures Innovation Challenge Finalist Competition –
9:30 a.m. PT
P&G Ventures, the Company’s early-stage startup studio,
presents the second annual Innovation Challenge, where exceptional
entrepreneurs will pitch lifechanging products on stage. The winner
of the 2020 Innovation Challenge will receive $10,000 to be used
toward the development of their product.
Finalists will present groundbreaking technologies, businesses,
or capabilities that contain a fast-moving, consumable product to
improve the way people care for their families, clean their homes,
and live healthier lives.
The live pitch competition will be held in the LifeLab exhibit
in the Smart Homes Marketplace at the Sands Expo, booth number
42131, and streamed live at www.pglifelab.com/live-stream.
C-Space Storytellers Keynote – 10:30 a.m. PT
P&G’s Chief Brand Officer Marc Pritchard will share how the
next decade will bring exponential changes in innovation and a
great leap forward in creativity. Pritchard will share a road map
for how P&G is leading constructive disruption through
innovation, new creative partnerships and brand building to
reinvent the consumer experience.
This will be held at the Aria Hotel, Mariposa Ballroom (Level 2)
and is available for viewing via the Consumer Technology
Association live stream.
Perception is Everything: Why Visibility for Women is Key to
Closing Tech’s Gender Gap – 6:00 p.m. PT
Building on the company’s commitment to gender equality and
inclusion, P&G’s VP of Oral and Health Care R&D Lisa Ernst
joins a panel discussion with The Female Quotient on closing the
gender gap and driving diverse partners in STEM.
The discussion will also include leaders from The Ad Council,
Lyft, EY and Women in Autonomy. P&G is an ongoing supporter of
The Female Quotient, which is bringing its focus on metrics-based
approaches to advancing gender equality and visibility for women in
the workplace to CES this week in its Equality Lounge.
Cutting the Cord and Beyond: The Evolution of Content
Consumption – 4:00 PM
Throughout the day, in the P&G LifeLab exhibit,
presentations and panel discussions include a featured session
between Marc Pritchard and Jeffrey Katzenberg, CEO, Quibi, on how
over-the-top programming is changing the future of
entertainment.
Join P&G at CES in the Smart Homes Marketplace in the Sands
Expo (#42131) or online at www.PGLifeLab.com to see a live stream
of all sessions.
About Procter & Gamble
P&G serves consumers around the world with one of the
strongest portfolios of trusted, quality, leadership brands,
including Always®, Ambi Pur®, Ariel®, Bounty®, Charmin®, Crest®,
Dawn®, Downy®, Fairy®, Febreze®, Gain®, Gillette®, Head &
Shoulders®, Lenor®, Olay®, Oral-B®, Pampers®, Pantene®, SK-II®,
Tide®, Vicks®, and Whisper®. The P&G community includes
operations in approximately 70 countries worldwide. Please visit
http://www.pg.com for the latest news and information about P&G
and its brands.
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Robyn Schroeder, P&G Global Communications Phone:
513-983-7756 Mediateam.im@pg.com
Holly Winter, H+K Strategies Phone: (312) 623-1441 Email:
holly.winter@hkstrategies.com
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