creative3 has brought together an impressive range of creative and arts leaders and entrepreneurs to provide their insight and practical support to creative businesses.

Our confirmed keynote speakers include:

Patrick Delany

Patrick Delany is FOXTEL’s Executive Director – Sales and Product Development. He is responsible for channel acquisition, product formulation and development, disk drive and high definition strategy, and interactive and facilities division.

Patrick has spent most of his working life in the subscription TV and TV production industries.

In 2002, Patrick joined FOXTEL as Director of Digital. He was charged with creating the digital product and had the responsibility of bringing home the digital dream for FOXTEL.

Patrick is now looking at the next step in FOXTEL’s digital evolution including enhancements for the FOXTEL iQ and High Definition TV.

Adam Elliot

Academy Award ® winning director, Adam Elliot, has become one of the worlds most celebrated animators. For almost a decade, his films, UNCLE, COUSIN, BROTHER and HARVIE KRUMPET, have been viewed by millions of people around the world and have participated in over five hundred film festivals.

They have won over one hundred awards, and in 2003, HARVIE KRUMPET, won the Oscar ® for best animated short film, eclipsing the work of the Disney, Pixar and Fox studios.

In 2009, Adam released his first full length feature claymation film called Mary & Max. Not only did the film receive incredible critical acclaim, it was  one of the highest grossing Australian films at the box office for the year.

Adam Elliot is a naturally gifted, witty and highly entertaining speaker whose amazing journey of overcoming the odds is inspiring to all walks of life.

Russel Howcroft

Russel Howcroft has worked in the US, the UK and Australia.

He started his own agency, merged it, sold some of it, bought some of it back, merged it again, sold it and then found himself back at the agency brand he loves the most – George Patterson Y&R, where he is now National CEO.

He’s mad about ideas, all sorts of ideas, any ideas….as long as they’re good ones.

Russel believes the heroes in the business are those brave enough to buy the great work. The buyers, not the sellers. The people who understand the X Factor in business is the role creativity can play in order to achieve an outrageous return.

He sees the ad business as solving the everyday paradox of having an innovative outlook, one that is prepared to rethink agency boundaries while doing a great job making advertising. He spends a lot of time imagining what an agency can be for its clients and has recently settled down to the idea of “the agency business is about making consumer connections that generate better than expected profits for our clients”.

Russel is likely to re-think that notion at any given time of the day.

Margaret Manning, CEO, Reading Room

Reading Room CEO and Female Entrepreneur of the Year (Fast Growth Business Awards) Margaret Manning was last year recognised at the Stevies Women in Business Awards, picking up the Best Entrepreneur in EMEA award.

Margaret Manning is CEO of Reading Room, a global Top Ten Digital Agency (Interactive Media Awards) and the UK’s Third Top Digital Agency (Design Week Top 100). Having established Reading Room in the humble beginnings of a North London flat in 1996 with a staff of just two, today her company employs over 150 staff, with offices in London, Manchester, Canberra, Sydney and is currently launching in Brisbane.

Following being voted Female Entrepreneur of the Year at the 2008 Fast Growth Business Awards, Margaret had her entrepreneurial success recognised again at last year’s International Stevies Women in Business Awards in New York, picking up the Best Entrepreneur in EMEA award.

Margaret is one of very few female CEOs in the largely male-dominated digital industry, and knows exactly what it takes to create and build a global, successful and, ultimately happy business. Margaret’s philosophy is to stimulate thinking on the communication benefits of the Internet, advocating the web as a “channel for business” through the creative use for technology, design and content.

A well-respected figure in new media, Margaret sits on several boards and committees, including IPA’s Digital Media Committee and The Media Society, and is a 2008 Woman of Achievement Ambassador for the Lloyds TSB Inspirational Women Association.

Reading Room’s services span the full lifecycle of digital communications, such as strategic planning, creative and technical consultancy, design and development, and digital marketing and measurement. Reading Room works with clients from numerous sectors, ranging widely in size – including the Australian Museum, Australian National University, WWF, UNHCR and Skoda.

Hugh Mason

Hugh Mason, Partner, Pembridge Partners LLP

Beginning his career as an electronic engineering apprentice, Hugh went on to read Physics at University. Shortly after graduating he became a science TV producer, joining the BBC’s flagship popular Science TV show, Tomorrow’s World, broadcasting live to an audience of 8 million. Hugh then went freelance and set up a successful independent TV production business that made multiple award-winning science TV programs for broadcasters around the world in addition to large-format digital media content for science centres.

Finding himself as interested in the business side of running a creative company as he had previously been making films, Hugh co-founded Pembridge Partners in 2001. Instead of making complex stories about science accessible to non-specialist audiences, Hugh now applies his strategy, ideas and communication skills to help small creative businesses to visualise their futures and plan their way to success.

Pembridge Partners LLP has provided finance and advice to help create, build and realise value in over 2,000 creative businesses in the UK, Singapore and Netherlands. Acting as its first Managing Partner, Hugh coordinated the team that led to Pembridge raising, or directly investing, more than US $50 million into creative ventures.

Michael Lynch CBE, AM

Michael Lynch CBE AM was chief executive of the Southbank Centre in London from 2002 to 2008. During his six-year tenure his most notable achievement was the radical transformation of the 21-acre Southbank Centre site, including the major refurbishment of the Royal Festival Hall, which opened on-time in June 2007 to universal acclaim.

Michael has spent most of his career in arts governance. He has been CEO of the Sydney Opera House (1998-2002); General Manager of the Australia Council - the Federal Government’s arts funding and advisory body (1994-98); and General Manager of the Sydney Theatre Company (1989-94).

Michael and his wife Chrissy Sharp returned to Australia in 2009. In April he was appointed by the Federal Government to the Board of the ABC. Ms Sharp, who in London was General Manager of Sadlers Wells, takes up an appointment as Director of Melbourne’s new Centre of Books, Writing and Ideas.

Michael Lynch was awarded Membership of the Order of Australia (AM) in 2001 for services to arts administration (principally as Chief Executive of the Sydney Opera House); and in 2008 he was made Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the Birthday Honours. Last year he was also presented with the prestigious Garrett Award by the UK’s Arts and Business for outstanding achievement in the encouragement of business support for the arts.

Graeme Wood

Graeme Wood revolutionised the travel industry in Australia when he created the concept for, and cofounded, Wotif.com in 2000. From his simple and innovative idea, Graeme has grown Wotif.com into a global company with a team of over 400 employees worldwide.

Graeme’s background is in information technology, with more than 30 years experience in the field of information systems and software development, beginning with NCR and later IBM. His career as an entrepreneur began in the early 1980s with the first of several technology start-ups.

Since Wotif.com’s inception Graeme and the company have been awarded several times for contributions to the industry and excellence in all areas of operation. Graeme is a graduate of the University of Queensland, Australia, with a Bachelor of Economics and Master of Information Systems. He is a frequent speaker at functions covering topics relevant to the travel industry as well as entrepreneurship and innovation.

In October 2007, Graeme retired from his role as CEO and Managing Director, but continues to play a key strategic role in the company as an Executive Director and also maintains a significant financial interest.

Graeme continues to pursue his interest in technology with his most recent venture being the popular Australian news search engine Wotnews.com.au.

The philanthropic Graeme Wood Foundation supports the Centre for Youth Substance Abuse Research at the University of Queensland and also supports programs developing the creative potential of young people in the performing arts.   In 2008, he launched the not-for-profit Wild Mob creating volunteering opportunities in wilderness conservation.

Michael Smellie

Michael Smellie, Former Global COO for Sony/BMG, Asia Pacific head of BMG, MD of Polygram and rooArt in Australia

As an Australian, with a career in the music business spanning over 25 years and across five continents, Michael has a unique view on today’s global business. Starting his career as Finance Director with Chappell Music Publishing in Sydney he soon moved to PolyGram (now part of Universal) and held senior finance positions in Australia, Brazil and the UK before returning to Sydney as Group MD. After this, he served briefly as CEO of the MMA Group before being appointed MD for BMG in Australasia in 1993 and soon after, moved to Hong Kong as Head of the Asia/Pacific Region for BMG. In 2001 he was appointed as COO for BMG worldwide and moved to New York. In this role he directed the company through some turbulent years and was an integral part of negotiating and implementing the merger with Sony Music. He was appointed as COO of the newly formed Sony BMG in 2004 and left at the end of 2005 to return to Australia to spend more time with his family.

Michael still maintained a keen interest in the media business – taking on a new role as President of Media Development, Asia Pacific for German media giant Bertelsmann until the end of 2008. He is also an investor, advisor and Board member to a number of “start ups” in Australia and the US. He has been recently appointed as the Chairman of AFTRS.

Sanjoy Roy

Sanjoy Roy established Teamwork Films in 1989, a production house with wide ranging interests in the performing and visual arts, social sector and films and television, where he is currently managing director. Teamwork has offices in Hong Kong, Johannesburg, London, New Delhi and Singapore. Sanjoy has directed and produced a wide range of films and television programmes, including drama series, news magazines, and lifestyle programmes. He has received the National Tourism Award for Excellence in the Audio Visual Category and also the IDPA award for Best Documentary and Best Director, for the film `Shahjahanabad, The Twilight Years 1850 – 1947”.

Teamwork produces The Asian Festival of 1st Films, an annual Film and Documentary Festival to celebrate excellence for first time producers, directors, writers, cinematographers, actors and documentary makers from the Asian Diaspora in Singapore. With more than 200 events across 18 cities in India and featuring over 250 artists, designers, researchers and entrepreneurs, the Bonjour India Festival is France’s most significant rendezvous with India in 2009/2010 and was produced by Teamwork.

Sanjoy has been the Festival Director for Indian performing arts in the UK, Singapore, Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand and is an active Faculty member on the Indo UK Arts Management programme. The company has programmed extensively in collaboration with the Edinburgh International & Fringe Festival, Vallodolid International Film Festival Spain, & International Festivals in Perth, Wellington, Madrid, New York and South Africa.

Karen Walker

Karen Walker is a fashion brand with a reputation for its original, effortless and unpre ten tious style. Karen Walker shows each season as part of New York Fashion Week and has permanent showrooms in London, New York, Tokyo and Sydney. Karen Walker is stocked in over 350 stores throughout the world in cities including New York, London, Los Angeles, Sydney and Tokyo. There are also three Karen Walker flagship stores in New Zealand and one flagship store in Taipei.

Since 2002 Karen Walker has been working closely with stylist Heathermary Jackson on all collections.In addition to the main women’s wear collections there is also Karen Walker Jewellery selling in exclusive boutiques and department stores in New Zealand, Australia, Japan, the U.K. and the United States; Karen Walker Eyewear sold through exclusive boutiques, eyewear stores and department stores in Australia, Japan, the U.K., U.S.A. and New Zealand and Karen Walker Paints, a selection of paint colours sold through Resene paint stores throughout New Zealand and Australia. Hi There from Karen Walker is the diffusion line that’s sold exclusively through Myer in Australia and Karen Walker in New Zealand.

Phaidon have included them in their recent book ‘Sample’ which curates the 100 most influential designers to emerge in the last 6 years and Taschen have also included them in their recent book ‘Fashion Now 2’ which highlights the world’s most important 160 designers as selected by i-D magazine

Karen was awarded the 2007 Prix de Marie Claire award for best creative talent.