PPC Commercial Conference Athens

Energy International Event Immersive Storytelling
PPC’s 8th Commercial Conference in Athens marked a turning point for the organisation as it had to showcase PPC as one international business, moving in the same direction. With 1,200 attendees from across commercial teams, leadership, partners and customers, the event needed to feel clear, connected and human, not like a traditional conference built around back-to-back presentations.
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CHALLENGE

PPC operates across multiple countries, sectors and disciplines. Bringing that many perspectives into one room created a real risk of information overload. The challenge wasn’t how much to say, but how to say it in a way that made sense to everyone. The conference needed to help people understand how PPC fits together as a single organisation, see how their role contributes to the bigger picture, and feel part of a shared future rather than observers of a corporate update.
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INSIGHT

People don’t connect with strategy through slides. They connect through stories they can recognise themselves in. We knew the experience needed to build understanding gradually, giving the audience time and space to explore PPC’s story before asking them to sit down and absorb key messages. By shifting the conference from a single moment into a journey, clarity could come naturally rather than being forced.
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SOLUTION

The experience was designed to unfold in chapters, starting well before the main conference began. Using the same venue as the previous year, we completely reimagined how the space was used. Guests arrived in the afternoon and spent time in the PPC World Gallery, an expo-style environment that allowed them to explore PPC’s people, projects and markets at their own pace while networking.

The gallery was made up of 12 zones, each focused on a specific part of the business. Short films, text-led storytelling and audio pieces brought subjects like renewable energy, fibre, retail, IT and people to life. Some films were silent, others audio-led with subtitles, ensuring accessibility for an international audience. A bespoke soundscape ran throughout the space, adding atmosphere without distracting from conversation.

Once everyone had arrived, the story moved into the main arena. Seating was designed to fully immerse the audience in an86.4-metre-wide, 260-degree screen environment. All content was created in-house and designed specifically for the ultra-wide format, with extensive testing to make sure imagery remained clear and impactful at scale.

The conference opened with a cinematic brand film shot across Greece, following a young girl and her mother to show PPC’s role across energy production, renewables, fibre and data infrastructure through a personal lens. Leadership updates and mapped content followed, supported by photography, film and motion design built for the space. The conference closed with a live music finale, revealed through physical screen movement, transitioning the room from formal conference to evening celebration.

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IMPACT

The conference successfully repositioned PPC as one joined-up, international organisation. Attendees experienced a single, connected story rather than a series of disconnected updates, with feedback highlighting the clarity of the narrative and the emotional impact of the content. One Vision came through not as a slogan, but as something people could see, feel and understand, reinforcing PPC’s direction and helping every audience member recognise their place within it.