ACA and AANA present Inside Effectiveness

Join APAC’s top marketers and effectiveness experts for an exclusive insider session on driving long-term value through enduring effectiveness.

 

ABOUT THE EVENT

Inside Effectiveness is designed to inspire Aussie marketers to prioritise creative effectiveness and equip them with the tools needed to navigate a rapidly changing landscape.

Gain invaluable insights into:

  • WARC’s Marketer’s Toolkit 2026: A map for making sense of a world in constant flux. Uncover five macro trends identified by WARC to help you make critical decisions and prepare for the year ahead.
  • Enduring Effectiveness: A deep dive into how Australia’s most successful brands approach effectiveness to deliver long-term value and continued success.
  • The Effie-Winning Process: Get an exclusive look into what it takes to win a Grand or Gold Effie, straight from the marketers, strategists, and creatives who rewrote the rules to revitalise their businesses.

Media release

MELBOURNE

8:30am-11.30am, Thursday 26 February.
Telstra Customer Insights Centre, Level 1, 242 Exhibition Street, Melbourne.

Hosted by:

  • Tony Hale, CEO, Advertising Council Australia (ACA)
  • Josh Faulks, CEO, Australian Association of National Advertisers (AANA)

Hear from:

  • Gold Winner and Grand Effie Winner, Leo Australia for Suncorp: From Recovery to Resilience: How Suncorp Rewrote Insurance Rules – and Revitalised Its Business
  • Gold and Silver Winner, VML Australia for Nestlé: KitKat Break Chair
  • Gold, Silver Winners: Effective Agency of the Year, BMF
  • WARC: The Marketer’s Toolkit 2026 – Clarity in Chaos presented by Rica Facundo, Managing Editor, WARC APAC
  • Panel discussion: Enduring effectiveness – driving long-term value

 

Speakers:

Rapthi Thanapalasingam
Rapthi Thanapalasingam
Head of Brand & Content Brand & Customer Experience, Suncorp
Shannon Wright
Shannon Wright
Head of Marketing, Nestle
Rica Facundo
Rica Facundo
Managing Editor & Speaker, WARC APAC
Catherine King
Catherine King
Chief Strategy Officer, Leo Australia
Anna Bollinger
Anna Bollinger
Executive Planning Director, BMF Australia
Alison Tilling
Alison Tilling
Chief Strategy Officer, VML AU-NZ
Christina Aventi
Christina Aventi
Chief Strategy Officer, BMF Australia

SYDNEY (concluded)

8:30am – 11:30am, Tuesday 24 February.

Telstra Customer Insights Centre, Level 1, 400 George Street, Sydney

Hosted by:

  • Tony Hale, CEO, Advertising Council Australia (ACA)
  • Josh Faulks, CEO, Australian Association of National Advertisers (AANA)
  • Aaron Boekestein, Director, Ads Partnerships, Google Australia and New Zealand

Hear insights from:

  • Gold Winner and Grand Effie Winner, Leo Australia for Suncorp: From Recovery to Resilience: How Suncorp Rewrote Insurance Rules – and Revitalised Its Business
  • Gold and Silver Winner, Clemenger BBDO for Australian Red Cross Lifeblood: How a Media First Elevated Blood Donation Into a National News Story, Saving Up to 28,848 Lives
  • Gold, Silver Winners: Effective Agency of the Year, BMF
  • WARC: The Marketer’s Toolkit 2026: Clarity in Chaos presented by Rica Facundo, Managing Editor, WARC APAC
  • Panel discussion: Enduring effectiveness – driving long-term value, with host Aaron Boekestein, Director, Ads Partnerships Google Australia& New Zealand.

Speakers

Rica Facundo
Rica Facundo
Managing Editor & Speaker, WARC APAC
Aaron Boekestein
Aaron Boekestein
Director, Ads Partnerships Google AU & NZ
Luke Egan
Luke Egan
Group Digital Director, Clemenger BBDO
Steph Garner
Steph Garner
Senior Manager, Integrated Marketing, Lifeblood
Catherine King
Catherine King
Chief Strategy Officer, Leo Australia
Anna Bollinger
Anna Bollinger
Executive Planning Director, BMF Australia
Christina Aventi
Christina Aventi
Chief Strategy Officer, BMF Australia
Mim Haysom
Mim Haysom
EGM Brand & Marketing, Suncorp