WPP announces next round of speakers for WPP House at SXSW Sydney

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

See also: SXSW Sydney unveils full program ahead of event launch