WPP has unveiled the next round of speakers presenting at the WPP House at SXSW and is the named sponsor of the conference’s Marketing & Advertising Track.
As part of the partnership, WPP will take over Powerhouse Museum to create a central hub called WPP House, where new ideas and current and future issues within the industry will be explored.
WPP House will host WPP’s agencies and partners throughout the week-long event (15-22 October), focusing on the power of creative transformation, providing five days of creative provocation, emerging ideas and open conversations.
The round of speakers presenting include:
• Dylan Alcott AO – Paralympian
• Tolga Balabaner – Creative Strategy Lead, AUNZ, Google
• Jason Barnes – Chief Revenue Officer, APAC, PubMatic
• Stephen Connor – Managing Director, Volvo Car Australia
• Stephanie Coombes – Podcast Content Director, ARN
• Matthew Horn – General Manager, Customer and Digital, Country Road Group
• Matt Hunt – COO APAC, SmartMedia Technologies
• Ben Kerr – CEO/Founder Eco Outdoor Group
• Michelle Martinis – Head of Marketing, Home Ownership, National Australia Bank
(NAB)
• Bronwyn Powell – CEO, AMI (Australian Marketing Institute)
• Orrie Tzamouranis – Director of Procurement, L’Oréal
• Jacqui Waine – General Manager, Marketing and Community, Scentre Group
• Emily Yri – Vice President, International Marketing, PubMatic
WPP House will also feature experts from across WPP’s network including:
• Tim Devine – Executive Innovation Director, AKQA
• Maria Grivas – CEO, Australia and New Zealand, Mindshare
• Rose Herceg – President, Australia and New Zealand, WPP
• Justin Peyton – Head of Web3, Metaverse and Emerging Channels, Wunderman
Thompson
• Katie Rigg-Smith – Chief Strategy Officer, Australia and New Zealand, WPP
• Raphael Ruz – Creative Technologist, Hogarth
• Lee Simpson – CEO, whiteGREY
• Christian Solomon – Managing Director, Melbourne, Mindshare
• Mikhail Tokarczyk – Director of Technology and Innovations, Hogarth
• Marine Turner – Group Strategy Director, EssenceMediacom
• Brian Vella – Managing Partner, AKQA
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