The day before the Global Advertising Summit in Moscow that took place October 9-10 under the support of the Government of Moscow and the oldest advertising trade organization IAA, we talked to the two global managers of IAA — Faris Abouhamad, the World President, and Michael Lee, Managing director. Konstantin Mayor, the owner of the leading Russia’s media company MAER GROUP, that is one of the Summit’s media supporters, also joined our conversation.

We discussed the newest mission of advertising and popular industry misconceptions, talked about IAA’s expectations in Russia and global media trends, as well as the importance of professional marketing and advertising qualifications.

The annual international study on reputations and perceptions by the key players in the media industry, International Media Image Survey (I-MIS), has revealed that Carat is the most trusted and respected media agency among top advertisers, and Google is the most liked media brand to work with in 2014. At the same time, Google is named the least enjoyed media brand by businesses— this ‘marmite’ situation proves its top popularity among advertisers.