After more than ten years directing television, TVCs, documentaries and brand marketing comms, Angus made the shift into digital; launching Southern Cross Austereo’s digital video strategy, before establishing Nova Entertainment’s websites as the fastest growing entertainment sites in Australia.

He’s worked with a range of artists and clients including Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, U2 & Coldplay, Optus, SBS, Google and Qantas. With the explosion of VR and 360° video, he was approached by Start VR, Australia’s leading dedicated VR studio, to be Managing Director. Within this role he oversees a business that specialises in interactive cinematic VR. Start VR produce creative, commercially-driven Virtual Reality experiences; to deliver strong connections with audiences, brands and consumers alike; driving engagement, growth, and new revenue streams.

Dan is passionate about the intersection of commerce and design and the role emotion and context play in building winning digital experiences.

Dan leads the Qantas digital direct channel strategy, including shaping and executing the vision for qantas.com and the Qantas app. Currently undergoing an end-to-end transformation, qantas.com is Qantas’ key booking channel, taking over a third of the airline’s bookings.

Previously Dan was Multimedia Executive Producer and Deputy Network Editor at News Corp Australia, leading the network’s interactive storytelling through major news events including the 2011 Queensland floods, Cyclone Yasi, Japan tsunami and Christchurch earthquakes.

From 2001 to 2010, Dan worked at Telstra in various roles, including designing BigPond’s Online Customer Service strategy, which brought incremental annual savings of over $2 million, and in the BigPond Movies leadership team.

Michaela Aguilar is a solution expert with over 25 years of industry experience in marketing technology and digital. Michaela is highly regarded for her lateral thinking and practical people based approach to problem solving.

As a thought leader Customer Experience Optimisation [CXO], Michaela is teaching CRO courses on behalf of ADMA. She is the founder of CRO PROS, a regular meetup and network group for digital marketers. She says, “It is important to advance the digital industry through ongoing learning and sharing of knowledge and experiences.” She is also a pro bono contributor to the Women in Data meetup community.

Michaela held senior roles at organisations like Nielsen and Nielsen NetRatings, Thoughtworks, Hothouse and Catchi. She is currently Head of Solutions at Havas Media.

Why diversity is an important her, she says “Working as a woman in technology I had to learn how to be successful in a male-dominated industry. I was also a single mother with no family support in Australia but I was determined to make it work for me, my children and the companies I worked for. Yes, it is hard but it is do-able if you believe in your abilities.”

Will Griffith is a change-maker with over 20 years' experience shaping teams within the marketing and advertising technology sphere. Will is well-known for his strategic mind and inclusive approach to leadership.

As managing director of Marketo ANZ, Will is making diversity a priority for the business, as well as the industry, “Diversity drives innovation and workplace culture. In order for us all to succeed we need to proactively make sure our workplaces are more inclusive and that diverse voices are given equal airtime. Companies with diverse voices have greater depth and originality in their cultural values, and a stronger more balanced mindset in their employees.”

Will has spent many years in senior leadership roles in the UK and Australia with RedEye, smartFocus, Eloqua, Oracle Marketing Cloud, and now Marketo where he continues to champion inclusiveness.

Why is diversity important to Will? He says “My wife and I somehow managed to create a balanced household by having two boys and two girls (the power struggle is real!). Having grown up in an all-boy household myself (my poor mum!), every day I’m reminded how beautifully different they all are to each other despite having the same parents, and how wonderfully lucky we are to be able to embrace all those differences as one family. As my children grow up, I'm more and more aware of how they could be shaped by some of the unconscious (and conscious) bias and 'exclusive' attitudes I have seen in some businesses. I want my kids to be afforded an equal opportunity to succeed and be happy in whatever future they choose."

After more than ten years directing television, TVCs, documentaries and brand marketing comms, Angus made the shift into digital; launching Southern Cross Austereo’s digital video strategy, before establishing Nova Entertainment’s websites as the fastest growing entertainment sites in Australia.

He’s worked with a range of artists and clients including Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, U2 & Coldplay, Optus, SBS, Google and Qantas. With the explosion of VR and 360° video, he was approached by Start VR, Australia’s leading dedicated VR studio, to be Managing Director. Within this role he oversees a business that specialises in interactive cinematic VR. Start VR produce creative, commercially-driven Virtual Reality experiences; to deliver strong connections with audiences, brands and consumers alike; driving engagement, growth, and new revenue streams.

Anna Pearce is the Head of Digital Experience for The Walt Disney Company Australia and New Zealand, responsible for consumer-centric experiences across Disney, Pixar, Marvel and Star Wars brands.

Anna leads a team of creative technologists across Melbourne and Sydney that manage Disney’s web, social media and app presence, developing meaningful interactive moments for next-generation audiences.

Prior to joining Disney in 2013, Anna has held various digital roles, in Australia and the UK, including Digital Strategist for Clemenger BBDO, Head of Interactive for Hooroo (part of Qantas Group), Director of User Experience for DigitasLBi and Director of Web for the Hilton Hotel Group.

Anna’s digital journey began with an Internet start-up in 1994, including the role of Online Producer for the ARIAs and Australia’s first broadband webcast, Telstra’s “Concert of the Century” hosted at the MCG.

Bob has had over 15 years experience in start ups and technology companies. Since joining Clemenger BBDO he has worked on campaigns such as the Dolmio Pepper Hacker, V Energy’s “Wasteland with a V” and the Tourism Australia Aquatic & Coastal campaign and it’s immersive 360° video experiences.

He is a strong believer that when technology and digital platforms are combined with great ideas magic can happen. As Head of Creative Technology at Clemenger BBDO Sydney Bob works to ensure the agency stays on the bleeding edge of the creative opportunities technology presents.

A digital native, Brad has been the driving force behind globally award-winning campaigns for the likes of Orange, EE, UNICEF and British Airways. He joined 303 MullenLowe in 2014 from leading UK digital agency POKE and now continues to deliver influential projects for brands such as Netflix, EBAY and Harley-Davidson, in addition to leading product and service design innovations for businesses like Audi and NSW Government.

Brad is well known for his involvement in entrepreneurial business and technology, working closely with the tech community, as well as big business, having helped launch The Drugstore (an innovation facility in the heart of London’s Shoreditch) which aims to connect big business with start-ups.

Brad also judges a host of local and international awards shows and sits on the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences.

Dan Ross is a Silicon Valley veteran and has led various Go-to-Market teams at four high-growth tech companies. An Aussie by birth (in spite of his American accent), he's returned home to grow Optimizely's Asia-Pacific presence as Managing Director. In his spare time, Dan can be found attempting random hobbies like mountain biking, flying planes, triathlons, and exploring the outdoors with his wife and dogs.

Inspired by opportunities to make things better, David draws on principles of Positive Change and Design Thinking to create amazing things that people love to use. David provides hands-on Creative Technology Direction for strategy, technical and creative insights across all work in the studio.

For clients, David’s skills and experience deliver strategic design lead exploration and production of creative technology executions across VR/AR, Voice, mobile applications, 360 production and more.

David draws on over 20 years of creative technology experience, through his own start-ups in photography and moving image production, Product Management and marketing roles with 3 Mobile, Xbox and Atari, earning a swag of local and international awards.

David is a Member of the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS) and a recognised industry representative for emerging technology, mobility and experiences, contributing to various publications and speaker events, and judging industry awards including The AMYs and The Webbys. Outside of his professional life, David is a maker, an active explorer and an artist in music, photography and moving image.

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John Batistich has 25 years of cross sector experience across Research, Marketing, Digital and General Management with blue chip companies like Westfield Group, Interbrand, Wrigley Company, PepsiCo Foods, Kimberly Clark and Lion Nathan. Currently, he is an Advisor to ZipCo, Non-Executive Director for Foodco and Governor of the Heart Research Institute. He holds a Masters in Management degree from MGSM majoring in Human Resources, a Bachelor of Business degree from the University of Western Sydney majoring in Marketing, a Certificate in Digital Marketing from ADMA and graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He has led marketing communications that have won a Cannes Lion award and an Australian Advertising Effectiveness Awards and was rated by CMO Magazine in 2015 as one of the top two CMO's in Australia.

Steve started out his career as a professional sportsman who could code. He built his first app when he was 19, a payroll programme he sold to the bar that he worked for. He has been part of Australiaʼs digital industry for over 20 years and started his digital agency, MassMedia Studios, in 2000.

MassMedia grew to over 60 people with offices in New York and London selling Traction, an enterprise marketing platform conceptualised by Steve and sold to Global businesses worldwide. MassMedia Group sold to Bluefreeway in 2007.

After leaving the Massmedia Group in 2010 Steve has been an active mentor to several Sydney startups and also founded film production company FeverPitch Entertainment and App incubator AppVillage.

At the start of 2015 Steve made the decision to focus on his next venture and partnered with Johnny Timbs to create Drive Yello a last mile logistics platform supported by a driver/rider market place.