Agenda

20.00 – 21.00
Monday

Welcome Drinks

08.50 – 09.20
Tuesday

Mark Earls
Herdmeister
Herd Consultancy 

International Keynote:

Copy Copy Copy

10.00 – 10.50
Tuesday

Nicole Taylor
Managing Director
DDB

Think Tank 1

Offering premium for peanuts – rebuilding the creative value proposition

10.00 – 10.50
Tuesday

Steven Asnicar
Executive Director
Diversity Australia

Think Tank 2

Strength through Diversity –  Consciously Overcoming Unconscious Bias Through Our Differences

10.00 – 10.50
Tuesday

Mim Haysom
General Manager
M&C Saatchi

Think Tank 3

Attracting, retaining and upskilling talent

10.00 – 10.50
Tuesday

Sean Hall
Founder and CEO
Energx

Think Tank 4

How To Overcome Stress and Burnout in our industry

11.10 – 11.35
Tuesday

Partner Presentation

The Future of Audio

Mark Pesce
Futurist

Nikki Clarkson 
Head of Marketing and Communication
Southern Cross Austereo

Partner Presentation

Does Brand Trust Matter in a Post-Truth World?

Jamie Chambers
Regional Sales Director
BBC Worldwide

Partner Presentation

Cross Device Marketing – The Next Agency Frontier

James Sampson, VP and General Manager for Asia Pacific, DataXu

11.40 – 12.20
Tuesday

Moderator
Nickie Scriven
CEO
Zenith Media

Panel Discussion:

Are symbiotic client agency relationships real – what do clients need from their agencies and how are they achieving a win win?

12.20 – 12.45
Tuesday

Partner Presentation

Viewability Is Free…So What’s Next?

Joe Nguyen
Senior Vice President, Asia Pacific
comScore

Partner Presentation

More Than A Message.

Sophie Blachford
APAC Product Lead, Messenger
Facebook

Partner Presentation

Putting the emphasis back on quality: How collaboration is vital to the future of the media agency

Ian Lowe
Chief Executive Officer
Adslot

13.40 – 14.10
Tuesday

Where is creative technology allowing us to go?

Emad Tahtouh
Director of Applied Technology & Innovation
Finch

Welcome to the age of unreason.

Why being reasonable is the most dangerous thing a business can do.

Leif Stromnes
Managing Director of Strategy and Innovation
DDB Sydney

14.15 – 17.00
Tuesday

Golf – sponsored by comScore

Or

Wine Tasting

Or

Cycling

Or

Workshop: Copying in the real world – Your how-to guide, hosted by Mark Earls

18.45 – 19.10
Tuesday

Pre-Dinner Drinks Reception Sponsored by Rakuten Marketing

07.00
Wednesday

Villa Check-Out

08.00
Wednesday

Breakfast & Opening

08.45 – 09.15
Wednesday

Karen Nelson-Field
Professor of Media Innovation
University of Adelaide

Does advertising in premium content generate a premium sales impact?

09.15 – 09.45
Wednesday

Jon Wild
VP North America Marketing
Groupon

International Keynote:

Working With Agency Partners to Manage Creativity and Performance in a Data Driven World

09.45 – 10.15
Wednesday

Breakout Presentation

Programmatic Mythbusting

Yun Yip
Country Manager, Australia & New Zealand
MediaMath

Breakout Presentation

What we can learn from stupid games

Paul Kent
Commercial Director 
InMobi

10.20 – 10.50
Wednesday

Nick Garrett
CEO
Clemenger BBDO

Contributing above and beyond

10.20 – 10.50
Wednesday

Brendon Cropper
Chief Data & Experience Officer
Carat

Automation – what does the future hold?

10.20 – 10.50
Wednesday

Erik Hallander
APAC Director of Mobile & Innovation
Isobar Group Australia

Embedding innovation through agency culture

10.50 – 11.10
Wednesday

Coffee Break

11.10 – 11.50
Wednesday

Moderator
Vijay Solanki
CEO
IAB Australia

John Miskelly
Chief Digital Officer
GroupM

Panel Discussion:

Trusted, transparent and independent – the holy grail for measurement – is it achievable?

11.50 – 12.20
Wednesday

Russel Howcroft
Chief Creative Officer
PwC

Changing the marketing eco-system

12.20 – 12.50
Wednesday

Dr Brian Marien
Founder
Positive Group

Positivity for the progressive

13.00
Wednesday

Closing Comments & Lunch Sponsored by Datorama