Thinking Fast And Slow Social

Name: Thinking Fast And Slow Social
Start: 2026-01-29T08:30:00+00:00
End: 2026-01-29T11:30:00+00:00
Location: Lincoln’s Inn

Strategic Social Media. Which Brands Are Getting It Right And How?

January 29 @ 8:30 am - 11:30 am

Lincoln’s Inn, London, WC2A 3TL

Make sense of the social media landscape for brands in 2026.

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100 top-tier marketers converge to discuss strategic brand marketing across social channels at London's Lincoln's Inn.

What should brands actually be doing on social media?

The noise is deafening. Advice is abundant. Clarity is rare. Michael Corcoran brings it. For him, social media isn’t an enigma, it’s a strategic tool. He argues, persuasively, that social must be rooted in marketing fundamentals, not tacked on as an afterthought. And he backs it up with deep experience: from global stages to advising TikTok, L’Oréal, Meta and Snapchat.

He makes the case for treating organic social as a serious commercial asset. Not a nice-to-have. Not a bolt-on.

Hear his approach. Ask him your questions. Leave with something better than another opinion: a framework.

Michael certainly makes for astonishingly informed guest for our flagship January event… but we’ve assembled an expert panel: Holly Patrick (Marketing Manager EMEA, Meta), Mike Walsh (Marketing Director, LADbible), Alissa Warne (Senior Marketer, Global Scaled Engagement, LinkedIn), Sonia Gleeson (Head of Multicategory Retail Sales, TikTok), and Vairi MacLennan (Head of Content, Lucky Generals). We’ll also have Julie Seal (Founder, Republic of Imagination) giving a talk on how many brands are sleeping on the new creative social opportunity.

Bring your sharpest social questions. Get straight answers.

Join Michael Corcoran and his panel of senior practitioners as they take on the thorniest challenges facing social media teams in 2026.

Expect clear thinking, no sales pitches, and a room full of peers at Lincoln’s Inn, Central London. You’ll leave better informed, better connected—and better equipped to lead.

Location

Lincoln’s Inn, London, WC2A 3TL

8:30 am

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8:40 am

Breakfast is served

9:15 am

Chair's opening remarks: Tim Healey

9:20 am

Fireside chat:
Michael Corcoran (Founder, Slice) and Tim Healey (Founder, Little Grey Cells Club)

9:40 am

Ken Cheng

9:45 am

Panel discussion:
Holly Patrick ( Marketing Manager EMEA, Meta), Sonia Gleeson (Head of Multicategory Retail Sales, TikTok), Mike Walsh (Marketing Director, LADbible), Alissa Warne (Senior Marketer, Global Scaled Engagement, LinkedIn), Vairi MacLennan (Head of Content, Lucky Generals).

10:20 am

Round table discussions:
Table topic 1: Social Media As A Core Marketing Pillar
Table topic 2: The Creator Revolution
Table topic 3: The Power Of Organic Social Media
Table topic 4: Linking Social To Strategy
Table topic 5: Troubleshooting Social Media

11:00 am

Report back from tables

11:10 am

Time for Networking

11:25 am

Closing remarks

11:30 am

Event concludes

Guest Speaker

Michael Corcoran

Slice

Michael says: “With 12+ years of experience <insert big list of brand names here to show off and brag so you might think I’m a big thing>. I’m not a Forbes 30 under 30; I have not been named ‘Top Marketing Influencer’ by some random agency looking to PR for new business. At Ryanair, I ran its social media. I let my work do the talking (most of the time), and I think I’m doing ok at it. You can call me the Aldi version of Gary Vee.”

Our Guest Panel

Hear from the Sharpest Minds in Marketing

Vairi MacLennan

Head of Content

Lucky Generals

Holly Patrick

Marketing Manager EMEA

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Thinking Fast And Slow Social

Make sense of the social media landscape for brands in 2026.

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