Campaign Brief to send three young creatives from Australasia to London International Awards ‘Creative LIAisons’ this month in Las Vegas

One lucky young creative from Australia and two from New Zealand will be making their way to Las Vegas early in October thanks to Campaign Brief and the London International Awards.

Tim Pashen (left), senior copywriter at The Monkeys, Sydney ~ Campaign Brief’s 2016 Agency of the Year ~ willrepresent Australia at the 2016 London International Awards’ Creative LIAisons program in Las Vegas, featuring some of the world’s most respected creative directors as speakers.

Representing New Zealand are Zoe Edwards (below left) and Kate Lill (below right), creative team at Y&R New Zealand, Campaign Brief’s 2016 NZ Agency of the Year.

2016 will be the fifth year in which LIA will host Creative LIAisons, a mentoring program fully funded by LIA that runs concurrently with the LIA Awards judging. Not only are the attendees being given the opportunity to listen to some of the industry’s biggest names, but they’re also invited to sit in with the Juries on statue discussions. This represents a unique opportunity for the creatives to experience the judging process at a relatively young age.

Ted Royer – Chief Creative Officer, Droga5, Mark Tutssel – Global Chief Creative Officer Leo Burnett Worldwide, Creative Chairman Publicis Communications, Leo Burnett Worldwide, Matt Eastwood, Worldwide CCO of J. Walter Thompson, Malcolm Poynton – Global CCO, Cheil Worldwide, are among the speakers at the 2016 London International Awards’ Creative LIAisons program.

The top creatives front a star-studded lineup of speakers from the industry and beyond, including Daymond John – Founder & CEO of FUBU, Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship, Star of ABC’s Shark Tank and CEO of The Shark Group, Kevin Harrington – Inventor of the Infomercial, Original Shark on ABC’s Shark Tank, co-founder of Entrepreneurs Organization, Saras Sarasvathy, Isidore Horween Research Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Pum Lefebure, co-founder and CCO of Design Army.

John and Harrington will be bringing InnerVation Lab, a one-day workshop on lessons from expert entrepreneurs, to Creative LIAisons on Thursday October 13th. The interactive lecture, designed by world-renowned researcher and educator Dr. Sarasvathy, will teach attendees how to think like an expert entrepreneur and practice what they’ve learned with the two hosts.

2016 Creative LIAisons Speakers:

Ted Royer – Chief Creative Officer, Droga5

Mark Tutssel – Global Chief Creative Officer Leo Burnett Worldwide, Creative Chairman Publicis Communications, Leo Burnett Worldwide

Matt Eastwood – Worldwide CCO, J. Walter Thompson

Malcolm Poynton – Global CCO, Cheil Worldwide

Taras Wayner – EVP/ECD, US, R/GA

Chris Smith – Group Creative Director, The Richards Group

Dörte Spengler-Ahrens – Chief Creative Officer, Jung von Matt Elbe

Ralph van Dijk – Founder and CD, Eardrum

Daymond John – Founder & CEO of FUBU, Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship, Star of ABC’s Shark Tank and CEO of The Shark Group

Kevin Harrington – Inventor of the Infomercial, Original Shark on ABC’s Shark Tank, co-founder of Entrepreneurs Organization

Saras Sarasvathy – Isidore Horween Research Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship, University of Virginia Darden School of Business

Pum Lefebure – co-founder / CCO, Design Army

Chris West – Managing Director, Verbal Identity Ltd.

This year, for the first time ever, LIA opened up 50 seats to Creative LIAisons, previously an invitation-only event, which are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Tickets can still be purchased by emailing patricia@liaawards.com

CreativeLIAisons will take place in Las Vegas from 11th October to 14th October, while Judging will run from 6th October to 14th October. The shortlists will be announced on CB as each judging session concludes, with Winners announced 8th November.

To find out more about LIA, visit liaawards.com