Indigenous scholar and international human rights lawyer Megan Davis, a key architect in the push for the Voice Referendum, will open This Way Up: Australia’s Advertising Festival of Creativity next week.
The festival, with the theme Creativity’s Breeding Ground for Worthwhile Opinions, is being held at the Museum of Contemporary Art August 15-17.
“The ACA board formally supported the Voice to Parliament early this year and we have proudly used this opportunity to generate further support for the referendum among the wider advertising community,” says Advertising Council of Australia CEO Tony Hale.
Megan Davis joins international creatives Jeff Goodby (Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, San Fran), Kim Pick (VMLY&R NZ), David Kolbusz (Orchard, New York), Nick Law (Accenture Song, New York), and Mirrah Foulkes (award-winning director and screenwriter, LA), in headlining the three-day festival, which will also host prestigious industry events.
They include the live stream of the 44th AWARD Awards Bronze Winners and Silver/Gold Showcase, an exclusive AWARD School 40th Gala Dinner, and the Gold Pencil AWARD Party - the festival wrap celebration where AWARD will announce the Gold and Special Award winners of the 44th AWARD Awards and AWARD School’s national top student.
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