The Festival
Spikes Asia is where Asia Pacific’s creative community comes together for a spectacular three-day celebration of creativity in communications. This year the festival takes place at Suntec, Singapore, from 25 - 27 September 2019.
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. The festival is proudly supported by the C4As.
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.
Introducing the 2019 Speakers
MICHAEL ROTH
Chairman and CEO
INTERPUBLIC GROUP
RONALD NG
Chief Creative Officer
ISOBAR
JEROME LOUIS
Global 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 will explore 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
Tap into unlimited inspiration
You'll be inspired by the sharpest minds from the fields of creativity, technology, digital, health, entertainment and more, bringing you original thinking and thought-provoking ideas from the region and beyond. Our speakers are carefully selected for their expertise, experience and ability to inform and entertain. You'll also witness outstanding creativity from across Asia Pacific at screenings and exhibitions of all the shortlisted work from the Spikes Asia Awards.
A celebration of creativity
APAC's best creative talent is recognised, celebrated and showcased at the Spikes Asia Awards. Taking place on the final evening of the Festival, 27 September 2019, the awards represent the pinnacle of creative success in APAC. Tickets for the awards ceremony are included with the festival pass and are available from 1 April 2019.
Developing young talent
Each year, Spikes Asia offers the next generation of creative talent the opportunity to participate and compete at the festival. The six Academies give young professionals the chance to hone their skills and realise their creative potential, while the five Young Spikes competitions challenge and advance new talent in a fast-paced, competitive environment.
Networking at Spikes Asia
Spikes Asia is the place to strike up new business relationships and catch up with people you know, as the who's who of Asia Pacific's creative community converges under one roof.
Discuss shared interests at the Meet Ups, relax at the end of each day at the happy hour networking drinks, don't miss the legendary Spikes After dark parties, mingle at sponsor events and celebrate at the Tangrams Effectiveness and Spikes Asia Awards Shows.
You can also connect with other delegates and see who's attending with the Spikes Asia festival app, available before the festival opens.
Be a speaker
We're currently accepting applications to speak at Spikes Asia 2019. If you've got original ideas and an interesting point of view, share them with us to be considered to speak at Spikes.
