2 0 22 FI D I C ONFER ENCE WERE STILL STANDING THE 2022 FIDI CONFERENCE THEME The (unofficial) theme for this years conference was written by the FIDI offices own customer service and IT coordinator, Andrew Mavin (posing on a previous page as Lord Mavin). Sung to the tune of Elton Johns Im Still Standing, the song celebrates Affiliates return to in-person events after Magali Horbert, Alix Stamp, Shola Gallard from the FIDI office singing Were still standing more than two years. The video to the song is on the FIDI Focus website and, if you want to sing along, here are the lyrics: Were Still Standing We could never have known what its like No conferences because of this COVID spike Theres a cold, dirty virus that gets in our way And do you know why were still standing, Its FIDI and were here to stay And did you think COVID could ever win? Well look at us, we are coming back again Our taste for movings back and in our own special way And if you need to know how were still standing, Its FIDI, and were here to stay. Dont you know were still standing just like we always did Looking like true survivors, still picking up all the bids Were still standing after all this time Picking up the pieces of our business without it on our mind Were still standing (Yeah, yeah, yeah) Were still standing (Yeah, yeah, yeah) Once we never could have hoped to win But were starting down the road starting up again The threats it made were there to cut us down But our strength is like a circus and COVIDs a clown right now Dont you know were still standing just like we always did Looking like true survivors, still picking up all the bids Were still standing after all this time Picking up the pieces of our business without it on our mind. 2022 FIDI CONFERENCE SPONSORS FIDI would like to say a huge thank you to the sponsors of the 2022 Cannes conference: Principal partners: 58 FF306 June-August 22 pp44-59 Conference.indd 58 Major partners: Supporting partners: WW W. F I D I FOC U S . OR G 07/06/2022 10:18