KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Liz Taylor
Global Chief Creative Officer,
Ogilvy (Chicago)
For over two decades, Liz Taylor has been recognised as one of the industry’s most progressive creative leaders. She is known for her collaborative, empowering…
Date: Wednesday August 14 (Day 2)
Time: 1.30pm – 3pm session
Nilesh Ashra
Founder and CEO,
OK Tomorrow (Portland)
Nilesh Ashra is a creative innovator and has spoken numerous industry events including Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity, FastCo Innovation Festival, and SXSW.
Date: Wednesday August 14 (Day 2)
Time: 11am – 12.30pm session
Chaka Sobhani
President and Global Chief Creative Officer,
DDB (London)
Chaka Sobhani is President and Global Chief Creative Officer of DDB Worldwide. Before joining the ad industry, Chaka spent over a decade as an…
Date: Tuesday August 13 (Day 1)
Time: 1.30pm – 3pm session
Damon Stapleton
CCO and Founder, The Monkeys Aotearoa
& MD, Accenture Song (Auckland)
Damon opened The Monkeys Aotearoa, as part of Accenture Song New Zealand, in 2021. He is a founder and the Chief Creative Officer.
Date: Tuesday August 13 (Day 1)
Time: 11am – 12.30pm session
PANEL SPEAKERS
Interactive Workshop: Live Experimentation with AI: Going Deep, Getting Weird, Pushing the Limits.
Date: Wednesday August 14 (Day 2)
Time: 9am – 10.15am breakfast session
Presented by Nine, the interactive session Live Experimentation with AI: Going Deep, Getting Weird, Pushing the Limits, will be led by Nilesh Ashra, Founder and CEO of OK Tomorrow. A renowned creative innovator from Portland, Oregon, Ashra’s expertise lies in navigating the dynamic business landscape and helping companies harness innovative thinking.
Attendees are encouraged to bring their laptops for an immersive learning experience focused on showing rather than telling, as Ashra demonstrates real, sometimes surprising, uses for generative AI, mapping out the tension between “idea origination” and “idea distribution” to directly address the needs of creative and media professionals.
Participants will learn how to leverage AI for growth and efficiency, with live demonstrations of new tools that delve into creative stimulation and how to spark new ideas.
A panel discussion will follow, featuring insights from industry leaders such as Julian Schreiber, Partner and Chief Creative Officer, Special Australia and Liana Dubois, Chief Marketing Officer, Nine.
BYO laptop. Places are very limited so book now.
Please note: This is a separate ticketed event from the Day 2 Speaker Sessions.
Nilesh Ashra
Founder and CEO,
OK Tomorrow (Portland)
Julian Schreiber
Partner and Chief Creative Officer, Special Group Australia
Liana Dubois
Chief Marketing Officer,
Nine
Panel: Cannes Lions Deconstructed by Contagious
Date: Wednesday August 14 (Day 2)
Time: 1.30pm – 3pm session
Contagious spent the week at the 2024 Cannes Lions Festival grilling jury presidents and experts on the state of creativity and the year’s winning campaigns. The result – ‘Cannes Deconstructed’ – is a definitive guide to what matters most in advertising and creativity and the trends and themes that will shape the industry in the year ahead. Wade Kingsley, Australian Lead, Contagioius, will present the findings, covering:
* Insights and strategies that underpin the smartest campaigns of the year
* Jury perspectives on what it took to win in 2024
* Trends that are shaping the most effective, influential work and what they mean for brands, and
* What makes them relevant to other advertisers and categories
Three of Australia’s 2024 Cannes Lions Jurors, Rose Herceg, (Creative Data) Mike Rebelo (Creative Effectiveness) and Tara Ford (Titanium) will join Wade for a behind-the-scenes look at key jury themes and their implications for the industry and creativity in the year to come.
This event follows sold-out sessions in Cannes, London, and New York.
Wade Kingsley
Australian Lead, Contagious
Wade has spent over 25 years in media and marketing working in leadership roles at Nova Entertainment, Southern Cross Austereo and Dentsu. As Australian Lead of Contagious, he helps agencies and brands supercharge their marketing by adopting strategies used by the world’s most creative and effective companies and campaigns. Contagious provides these insights via its IQ intelligence platform, consulting services, and training and events.
Panel: We’re Together … but not Together Together: The Beautiful Balance of Creative Client Relationships. Presented by Nine.
Date: Wednesday August 14 (Day 2)
Time: 11am – 12.30pm session
Moderated by Liana Dubois, Chief Marketing Officer, Nine and featuring some of Australia’s leading (and award-winning) Chief Marketing Officers and Chief Creative Officers, this session reveals what makes their long-standing creative collaborations so powerful and productive in the pursuit of innovation, effectiveness and business growth.
Micah Walker
Chief Creative Officer,
Bear Meets Eagle on Fire
Brent Smart
Chief Marketing Officer,
Telstra
Andy Fergusson
Chief Creative Officer,
Leo Burnett Australia
Mim Haysom
Executive General Manager of Brand and Customer Experience, Suncorp
Lucinda Barlow
Senior Director, Head of International Marketing (APAC, EMEA, Latin America), Uber
Tom Martin
Co-Chief Creative Officer
and Partner, Special
Panel: Back to the Future (Returning to Adland)
Date: Tuesday August 13 (Day 1)
Time: 11am – 12.30pm session
Dave, Matty, Tara and Steve have more in common than just being some of our region’s most respected and highly awarded creative luminaries. They’ve all jumped ship to take on leadership roles steering the creative futures of technology behemoths, Google and Meta. But that’s not all. Each has also since returned to their first love, adland. So, what did they learn from their time outside the advertising tent? What ultimately lured them back to their agency? And what advice would they give creatives considering following in their footsteps?
Moderated by Lea Walker, Founder Mrs Walker.
Dave Bowman
Chief Creative Officer,
Publicis Groupe AU & NZ
Tara McKenty
Head of Innovation
and Co-ECD, BMF
Matty Burton
Group Chief Creative Officer,
DDB Group Aotearoa
Steve Coll
Chief Creative Officer,
M&C Saatchi
Panel: AWARD presents The Work Behind the Work
Date: Tuesday August 13 (Day 1)
Time: 1.30pm – 3pm session
AWARD The Work Behind the Work will go behind the scenes to unpack the inspiration, creativity and process behind two of this year’s award winning campaigns; ‘Play It Safe’ for the Sydney Opera House’s 50th Anniversary, which collected the prestigious Film Grand Prix at this year’s Cannes Lions and ‘The Plastic Forecast’ for The Minderoo Foundation, which won a Cannes PR Silver Lion.
‘Play It Safe’ – Sydney Opera House 50th
Presenters:
Barb Humphries – Executive Creative Director, The Monkeys, part of Accenture Song
Michael Ritchie – Managing Director, Revolver/Will O’Rourke
‘The Plastic Forecast’ – Minderoo Foundation
Presenters:
Russel Fox – Creative Director, M&C Saatchi
Daniel Borghesi – Senior Copywriter, M&C Saatchi
Moderated by Toby Hemming, MD Asia Pacific, Little Black Book (LBB Online)
Barb Humphries
ECD
The Monkeys, part of Accenture Song
Michael Ritchie
MD
Revolver
Russel Fox
CD
M&C Saatchi
Daniel Borghesi
Senior Copywriter
M&C Saatchi
Presenters and Hosts
Mandie van der Merwe
Chief Creative Officer, Saatchi & Saatchi Australia and AWARD Chair
Liana Dubois
Chief Marketing Officer
Nine
Tara Ford
Chief Creative Officer, The Monkeys, part of Accenture Song
Sheryl Marjoram
Chief Executive Officer DDB Group Australia
Lea Walker
Founder, Mrs Walker
Bridget Jung
Joint Executive Creative Director, Ogilvy
Danielle Long
Editor, The Growth Agenda (The Australian)
Julian Schreiber
Partner and Chief Creative Officer, Special Group Australia
Sarah McGregor
Executive Creative Director, Dentsu Creative
Jonathan Kneebone
Co-Founder and Writer/Director, The Glue Society
Toby Hemming
MD Asia Pacific,
Little Black Book (LBB Online)
