Spikes Asia 2016: Harris Diamond, Matt Eastwood among speakers

Organisers have announced the first set of speakers at Spikes Asia 2016, to be hosted in Singapore from 21 to 23 September. 

 

Among those confirmed to speak this year are Harris Diamond, chairman and CEO, McCann Worldgroup, and Matt Eastwood, worldwide CCO, J. Walter Thompson Company.

 

The first list reveals 22 speakers, including: 

• Tony Hertz, creative and managing director, Tony Hertz:Radio & Brand Sound

• Anathea Ruys, head of Fuse, Asia Pacific, Omnicom Media Group

• Fred Raillard, CEO and co-founder, Fred & Farid

• Darren Hart a.k.a. Harts, musician, singer-songwriter, composer and music producer

• Peter Grasse, executive producer, Dictionary Films

• James Hurman, founder and principal, Previously Unavailable

• Chris Clarke, chief creative director, International, DigitasLBi

• Amy Chen, co-founder, Bowhead Technology

• Ruth Stubbs, CEO, iProspect APAC 

• Marko Klijn, ringmaster, Cirkus

• Rohan Philips, VP, products and strategy, Asia Pacific, Xaxis

• Neha Tejuja, regional strategic planner, Wunderman Singapore 

• Raymond Chin, ECD, SapientNitro

• Kentaro Kimura, ECD, Hakuhodo Kettle

• Marc Curtis, head of labs, TMW Unlimited 

• Eric Cruz, ECD, AKQA

• Minah Kim, director / user experience team, Cheil Worldwide

• Yonathan Dominitz, founder, Mindscapes 

• Zhenhan Hao, artist 

• Joanna Catalano, head, creative agency APAC business, Google

 

Terry Savage, chairman, Spikes Asia, said, “Spikes Asia is where regional ideas and a global outlook combine to inspire and expand the minds of those in attendance. With some industry heavyweights alongside the brightest rising stars, the programme strikes a balance between creativity, technology and content creation.”

 

Early bird passes to the festival are available till 13 July at www.spikes.asia.