The Festival
Spikes Asia is where Asia Pacific’s creative community comes together for a spectacular three-day celebration of creativity in communications. The 2020 festival will take place in Singapore, dates to be announced.
From forward-thinking seminars by the industry's most influential figures to superb networking events, training and exhibitions of the region's best creative work, it's an opportunity not to be missed.
Why come to Spikes Asia?
Spikes Asia is the leading festival and awards for creativity in Asia, for Asia. Our purpose is to drive an understanding of the region’s creative strengths and challenges, and to celebrate its cultural diversity. Local insights are key to creative success, which is why Spikes Asia not only champions the creative excellence of the entire APAC region, but hones in on creativity at a local level, tapping into what makes each country’s offering so unique. We also serve to showcase and elevate APAC's incredible creative talent through our Awards and competitions. It's an unmissable event for anyone working in the creative communications industry.
Who comes to Spikes?
Brands, creative agencies, media companies, startups and consultancies all come to Spikes Asia to learn about creative marketing. You’ll meet people from all spheres of creativity and communications, including art directors, copywriters, marketers, CMOs, media agency executives, account managers, agency heads, producers and directors, as well as creatives from fashion, music and entertainment and other adjacent industries.
See who spoke at Spikes Asia 2019
MICHAEL ROTH
Chairman and CEO
INTERPUBLIC GROUP
RONALD NG
Chief Creative Officer
ISOBAR
JEROME LOUIS
General Manager
TOYOTA MOTOR ASIA PACIFIC
MICHAEL PEACHEY
Senior Vice President, Marketing Asia Pacific
SALESFORCE
TARA MCKENTY
Creative Lead
GOOGLE BRAND STUDIO APAC
SHEENA JENG
Chief Creative Officer
MCCANN WORLDGROUP CHINA
NICK WOOD
Film Composer, Record Producer, CEO
SYN MUSIC
VIBHA BAKSHI
Honorary Doctorate and national award-winning Director & Producer
10 Key Topics For 2019
Under the overarching theme of 'Asia Rising', the festival explored the follow topics:
Brands in culture
Proving creative effectiveness
Embracing inclusion, equality and diversity
Understanding the changes sweeping the creative industry across APAC
Driving digital and technological transformation
Creative strategy and reaching the reluctant consumer
The new rules on brand purpose
Creating connected brand experiences
Re-imagining storytelling
Trust, ethics and transparency
