DROGA KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT CAXTON SEMINAR IN PORT DOUGLAS, OCT 24-26

September 5 2008, 7:06 pm | BY Lynchy | No Comments

droga_1.gifDroga5 founder David Droga will be the keynote speaker at the 2008 Caxton creative seminar in October.

Droga leads a strong line-up of speakers, including:

• Mark Buckman, Chief Marketing Officer, Commonwealth Bank 

• Steve Back, Executive Creative Director, Saatchi & Saatchi Sydney 

• John Silvester, Crime Writer, The Age 

• Renee Nowytarger, Photojournalist, The Australian 

• Shaun Branagan, Executive Creative Director Love Communications

• Scott Nowell, Creative Director, Three Drunk Monkeys

More speakers will be announced soon, including one from New Zealand.

“DavidDroga has created one of the world’s most respected organisations inDroga5. He has rewritten the book for contemporary ideas developmentand he is possibly the most successful Australian creative export.David often speaks in Cannes and is a real coup for the Caxtons,”Caxton chairman Rob Belgiovane said.

“Our excellent 2008 group ofspeakers continues the Caxton tradition of attracting top notch talentto inspire, challenge, divide and sometimes annoy the creativecommunity.

“The Caxtons is the only creative seminar in Australiathat allows creatives to experience this calibre of talent in anintimate environment and also get to see the country’s best newspaperadvertising in what has become a unique event in the industry.”

DavidDroga’s career in advertising began when he won the top student honoursat AWARD School. At 22, he became a director and executive creativedirector of OMON Sydney, the agency co-founded by Siimon Reynolds.

In1996, Droga moved to Singapore to become executive creative director ofSaatchi & Saatchi and then regional CD of Saatchi Asia. At 29, hewas appointed executive CD of Saatchi in London. In 2003, Droga joinedPublicis as its first worldwide chief creative officer, based in NewYork, before founding Droga5.

Along the way, he has collectednumerous accolades. He is the single most awarded creative at theCannes International Advertising Festival, winning 48 Lions and threecoveted Grand Prix. He has also been named ‘World’s Best CreativeDirector’ by Advertising Age magazine.  

There are 74 finalists inthis year’s Caxton Awards for excellence in newspaper advertising andentries were up by 10 per cent on last year.

The 2008 CaxtonWeekend Seminar will be held at the Sea Temple Resort, Port Douglasfrom 24 -26 October, 2008. Places are filling fast so guarantee yourspot at Caxton 2008 by downloading and faxing back a delegate form fromthe Caxton website