Duncan Morris is Vice President, Research and Market Development, Turner International Asia Pacific. In this capacity, Duncan oversees Turner’s Research activities for both Turner Entertainment Networks Asia (TENA) and CNN. The primary focus of this role is the effective use of research to support Turner’s Programming, Sales and Marketing functions. This is achieved through the analysis of syndicated research findings, and also through commissioning original research studies to provide consumer insight. Duncan also works closely with the regional advertising sales department in developing relationships with key advertisers, using research to improve advertising effectiveness and expanding the advertiser base. An 18-year media research professional, Duncan joined Turner from Nielsen Media Research where he was Director of Client Services, working with all cable and satellite TV players in the region, including Turner. Prior to this, Duncan held Research positions at Channel Four Television and Taylor Nelson AGB in the U.K.

He is an accomplished Media Producer and Author. At present he works as an Area Manager for Production at NYU’s Tisch School of Arts in Singapore. Prior to this, he worked as the Head of Post Productions for Bigfoot Entertainment in Mactan, Cebu, relocating from Europe. His recent projects include post production management at Studio Babelsberg in Berlin for feature films such as Around the World in 80n Days with Jackie Chan, and various short films for cinema and TV. He is the author of career handbook 'Medienmacher Heute' published by Bleicher Verlag and in its 2nd edition in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. And was a Bronze and Finalist Award at the Houston Film Festival.

One of the network's proven leaders who has lived and worked on four continents, Michelle Kristula-Green is President of Leo Burnett's Asia Pacific region, managing the Leo Burnett and Arc Worldwide’s 18 offices, comprised of almost 2000 employees in 14 countries. Before assuming the post in February 2004, Michelle was the first woman to run a multinational agency in Japan, serving as President and representative director of Beacon Communications, the highly successful partnership with Dentsu, resulting from the merger of Leo Burnett and D'Arcy's operations in Japan. She was responsible for the integration of these Publicis Groupe sister companies into one cohesive agency. These members of the Leo Burnett family of companies continue reporting into Michelle. As regional President, she oversaw the launch of Arc Worldwide’s Asia Pacific network which launched in February 2005 and now has 19 offices across the region. Michelle is also known for creating pioneering thought leadership programs, which translate across regions. Chief amongst these is ‘Voices at the bottom of the pyramid’ an extensive study undertaken in China and India, looking at the world of the low income consumer and how best to market brands and services to them. As part of the initiative, Leo Burnett produced two documentary films, putting a human face to the numbers. Michelle was also pivotal in the creation of two in-depth studies of the contemporary Asian female and male consumer, ‘Miss Understood’ and ‘Mister Misinterpreted’. Additionally, she has been a driving force behind Engage 2006, an Asia Pacific conference held for the first time in Singapore, in March 2006, in partnership with industry bible Contagious Magazine. Engage 2006 brought together world class innovators including Naked Communications, Joseph Jaffe and the future Laboratory. A phenomenal success, Engage 2007 will take place September 26th and 27th. In a recent study by the Wall Street Journal about the top women they believe to have the potential to make significant impact on business in 2007, the Journal included Michelle in their list of “The 50 Women to Watch: 2006”, referring to her as the “most powerful woman in Asian advertising”. One of the only non-Asian agency heads to have proficiency in both Chinese and Japanese, Michelle began her career at Burnett more than 20 years ago and has worked in Chicago, Taiwan and Tokyo. Michelle has worked with a wide range of local and multinational clients, including airlines; packaged goods and technology, helping businesses effectively localize global brands and globalize local brands.

Described by Forbes magazine as "the best-selling author you've never heard of," Neil Gaiman has been among the top comics authors for more than two decades. With a deep respect for the critical importance of storytelling, his work probes the worlds of imagination and creativity to explore the metaphors by which we live our lives. Indeed, his mastery of myth and legend—and each's respective role in the contemporary world—make his work as both a writer and a speaker unique. Gaiman's "Fragile Things" (William Morrow, 2006) contains stories set in the worlds of "The Matrix," as well as Gothic fiction and children’s fiction. This extraordinary collection showcases his storytelling brilliance, as well as his terrifyingly entertaining dark sense of humor. He also is the creator and writer of the monthly cult DC Comics series "Sandman" (Vertigo), winner of 12 Eisner Comic Industry Awards and a World Fantasy Award for best short story—making it the first comic ever to receive a literary award. Introduced in 1988, "Sandman" ran 75 issues before the author ended the series in 1996 (while reigning as DC Comics’ best-selling monthly). Re-introduced in 2003, the graphic novel "Sandman: Endless Nights" continues the saga and reaches an even wider audience. Norman Mailer called "Sandman" "a comic strip for intellectuals," and the LA Times wrote of the series: “The greatest epic in the history of comic books.” Gaiman's best-selling novel "American Gods" (Au Diable Vauvert)—winner of the 2002 Bram Stoker Award, Hugo Award and the Nebula Award for best novel—is a dark and kaleidoscopic journey deep into myth that is both eerily familiar and utterly alien. His No. 1 New York Times best-seller "Anansi Boys" (HarperTorch, 2006) tells the story of “Fat Charlie,” who learns his dad wasn’t just any father—he was Anansi, the spider-god who encompasses the spirit of rebellion and overturns social order, creating wealth out of thin air and baffling the devil. Gaiman recently has made quite a splash in film, having co-written with Roger Avary the script for the 2007 motion picture "Beowulf," directed by Robert Zemeckis, and starring Anthony Hopkins and Angelina Jolie. The author also co-penned the script for '07 release "Stardust," starring Robert DeNiro, Michelle Pfeiffer and Claire Danes, and narrated by Ian McKellan. At the podium, the best-selling author shares stories that have shaped the past, providing audiences the critical wisdom and inspiration to strive in both business and life. AT A GLANCE: Neil Gaiman was born in England and currently lives outside of Minneapolis. An avid reader from a young age, he has always loved comics. His website, www.neilgaiman.com, was heralded by CNN for "reinventing the marketing of a novel." Gaiman serves on the Board of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, an organization striving to protect the First Amendment rights of comic book creators, publishers and retailers. Between 1993 and 2000, he did a series of reading in theaters across America dubbed the “Guardian Angel Tour”; through it, he raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund.

A graduate of New York University, Ben was in the New York advertising and interactive marketing industry before coming to Manila to start Level Up! in 2002. Although packaged goods promised a stable, corporate diet at Grey Advertising (New York), Ben’s interest in technology and the internet led him to smaller, creative boutiques in Soho and Manhattan’s Silicon Alley. This opportunity opened his eyes to the power of online communities, virtual interaction and in a way, building your life online. A lot of these principles served as foundations in building Level Up!’s flagship game, Ragnarok Online. Today, over 3 million Filipinos, most of them teens, have lived, or are living virtual lives online, playing Level Up!’s various online games, which Level Up! operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week. At a given moment, up to 40,000 Filipinos are playing together at the same time. In 2006, Level Up! was acquired by the PLDT group and now offers 9 videogames titles: Ragnarok, Perfect World, RF Online, Freestyle Online, Rose Online, Flyff, Pangya, Khan & Oz World

Ferdinand began his Advertising career in NYC in 1995 with Initiative and CIA as a national TV spot buyer. He transferred to Asia in 2000 to Head the Planning Unit for the Coca-Cola portfolio at Universal McCann Thailand. In the next 5 years, he strengthened his knowledge and experience during successful stints with MindShare and MediaCom handling major international clients such as Unilever, Motorola, MasterCard, Boots, Mobil/Esso, Caltex and GoodYear. He currently is the Managing Director for New Media Philippines where he specializes in digital marketing strategies for Fortune 100 companies in the Philippines.

In 1986, Graham graduated with a BSc Honours Degree in Chemistry from Edinburgh University. This proved a surprisingly good preparation for his first job in advertising - copywriter for a Dutch business-to-business agency specialising in the chemicals industry. Realising that doing ads for consumers was a bit more fun that writing for chemical engineers, Graham joined a mainstream Dutch agency that did both advertising and direct marketing. In 1991, Graham moved to Singapore, joining O&M Direct as a copywriter. 4 years later, he moved “above-the-line” with O&M. Approximately 3 years Graham had progressed to Senior Writer. He then advanced to Creative Director, joining Leo Burnett Singapore in 1998. One year later in 1999 Graham joined TBWA Singapore, as Executive Creative Director. Eager to expand his knowledge of “New Media” (as it was called back then), Graham joined Ogilvy Interactive in July 2000 as Regional Creative Director, Asia Pacific. In this role he oversaw the build up of the regional network, which ultimately grew to encompass: Hong Kong, Tokyo, Beijing, Jakarta, Shanghai, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. Just over three years later, in August 2003, Graham joined Saatchi & Saatchi Singapore. His role here was to strengthen the agency’s through-the-line abilities, and expand the agency’s creative offering into direct marketing and interactive. In October 2005 Graham joined BBH Japan. His brief was similar: to strengthen the agency’s creative offering across all media. Graham was instrumental in winning the agency’s newest client: New City Corporation. This leading Japanese financial organisation entrusted the agency to launch a new online mortgage service. The resulting integrated campaign, launched at the end of 2006, encompassed viral films, TV ads, rich media banners, ambient media, EDM (Electronic Direct Marketing) and mobile marketing. On January 15th 2007, Graham joined TBWA/Tequila, as “Creative Integrator”. As such, in addition to acting as Executive Creative Director of TBWA/Tequila Singapore, Graham will play a key role in developing a fully-integrated creative offering. Graham will also act as a creative resource for other TBWA/Tequila offices in Asia. Graham has made his mark at the agency by \winning the Singapore Airlines business - arguably Asia’s most prestigious account win - after 4 months in the job. Awards Graham’s print and TV work has been awarded at shows such as: Asia-Pacific Adfest, Media Awards, The One Show, Clio, Cannes, D&AD and Communication Arts. He has won a cross-section of all the major DM awards: Caples, Echos and the Asian Direct Marketing awards (where he has won Best of Show twice). And his interactive work has been awarded at shows such as the One Show Interactive, Cannes Cyberlions, Clio Interactive and Communication Arts. As such, he is the one of the few creatives to have achieved international recognition across all media. Recent Achievements: advertising Due to the work produced under Graham’s stewardship, Saatchi Singapore became: Singapore’s top performing agency at last year’s Adfest. Asia’s top performing agency at last year’s Clios. One of only 3 Asian agencies to win a Pencil at last year’s D&AD. Top-performing Asian agency at last year’s AWARD Recent Achievements: interactive and DM In addition to the above awards for advertising, Graham also helped Saatchi Singapore achieve the following in Direct Marketing and Interactive: Ranked the joint number 1 most creative Direct Marketing agency in the world, by the WON Report. (The WON Report ranks agencies based on the number of major DM awards won). Awarded the Best of Show at last year’s John Caples Awards. This is considered the world’s most prestigious DM award, and is the first time that an agency in Asia has won it. Won Best of Show for Interactive Category at Media Awards, ‘05

Guan graduated from Art Center in Pasadena during a worldwide recession. Luckily, he found work after winning the Best of Show in LA Creative Club Student Competition. Before returning to Singapore, he took a few months off teaching in Russia Far East, Vladivostok. In 1998, his work formed part of the winning portfolio when AdAge named Saatchi & Saatchi Singapore “International Agency of the Year”. Under his leadership, Campaign Brief Asia ranked Leo Burnett fifth hottest agencies in the region. And ranked him as one of the region’s top ten creatives for the past 4 years and 7th in The Work 2004. Guan joined JWT in 2005 and was elected to the Worldwide Creative Council. His awards include Gold Lions in Cannes, D&AD, One Show, Clio, AdFest, Award and Spikes. In fact, 3 campaigns are included in Gunn Report‘s top 10. Guan has judged for D&AD, One Show, AdFest, Spikes & Award in Sydney and Cannes in 2007. He is only the second Singaporean to chair the Creative Circle Awards and served as Chief Jury for Malaysia’s Kancil Awards. And last year, he was voted as one of top four most influential Creative Directors in Singapore Guan believes in staying close to the ground: By giving his time to the students through workshops for young creatives in One Show China and AdFest. By servicing in the Singapore army as a mechanic under an oily Tank.

James joined Mindshare Asia-Pacific in Singapore in August 2005, where he oversees all Asian strategy and research initiatives and communications planning development. Since 1994 James has managed several pan-Asian research and marketing teams, on both the agency (Ogilvy, Grey) and client (Intel) side. James was also VP Marketing at Asiacontent.com, which launched 30 local-language sites (MTV, E!Online, CNET, DoubleClick, etc) and raised US$120m, mainly via a Nasdaq IPO. James graduated with an English degree (first class) from Oxford University, and has lived in Singapore for the past 10 years.

At present, Marlon Rivera is the President and Chief Creative Officer of Publicis Manila. He joined Basic/FCB in 1987, right after college, as a copywriter and commercials producer. He also served as HR and Org Devt Director and trainor for the AdSchool. He is a senior lecturer for the Visual Communication Department, College of Fine Arts,University of the Philippines. He teaches visual verbal communication. He is a make up artist for theater, commercials, editorials, and fashion shows. He used to teach theater make up at the Ateneo de Manila’s Theater Arts Program. He has extensive experience in theater and commercial productions as a producer, director and designer. He travels, reads, combs the flea markets, indulges in B-movies, decorates interiors, and styles photo shoots during his spare time. He doesn’t have spare time so he must have an alternate life.

Mike is a true globalist, with an entrepreneurial career in advertising spanning diverse country and brand cultures. He has lived and worked in London, New York, Tokyo, Paris and Portland, running operations and managing clients for the world’s top creative and international agency networks including Wieden + Kennedy, TBWA, and McCann-Erickson. He has impressive international client experience including Nike, Coca-Cola, American Express, Wal-Mart, Gucci, UPS, Nissan, Nestlé and L’Oréal. In 2001 Mike co-founded and ran a global brand consulting partnership based in Paris and Los Angeles. He joined Grey in 2003, and moved to Singapore in January 2005 to head up Grey Group’s Asia Pacific operations which span 17 countries. Mike grew up in Scotland, and when not traveling for work, tries to keep pace with his two very energetic children, Yasmine (7) and Malcolm (5).

• - Poonam Kumar leads Positioning & Segmentation research for the ALM region.
• - Previously Poonam was the Key Account Director for Unilever in Asia and has led successful projects on portfolio planning and brand strategy across several categories, partnering the client on several global brands.
• - Poonam has 20 years of experience in market research as a practitioner and as a user.
• - For the past four years she has anchored Brand strategy and Motivational research and has consulted on over 75 studies across several categories and clients.
• - She has worked across several sectors and many categories.
• - In the Tourism sector, she is involved in supporting work for Tourism Australia that is now in its third successful year.
• - Her professional achievements include:
  • - Presentation of five papers at ESOMAR, one of which was nominated for the John & Mary Goodyear award.
  • - Keynote speaker at Child Marketing conferences.
  • - Two papers on WARC
  • - Three times member of ESOMAR programme committee.
Poonam supports several global clients on brand strategy development.

Wayne Fletcher is a recognized and respected industry leader in the marketing communications field and most recently established Sandbox as a dedicated IPG communications planning unit. Wayne joined IPG in April 2006 as Universal McCann's Global Head of Communications Planning after some 10 years at Carat, overseeing, in various roles, the development and delivery of strategic and creative media services internationally. Currently based in New York, Wayne is a member of the Creative Collective, a team of creative leaders from various advertising and marketing disciplines dedicated to redefining what it means to be creative in today's marketing climate. Wayne has extensive experience working with many of the world’s most innovative brands such as Coca-Cola, Vodaphone, Adidas, Microsoft, Pernod, EMI and Disney.  Prior to Carat, armed with a PhD in Psychology, Fletcher started his career at Millward Brown.

Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival
Eurobest Awards
Dubai International Advertising Festival

Prior to his appointment in 2003 as CEO of Cannes Lions, Terry Savage, an Australian national, was Executive Chairman of the global cinema advertising company Val Morgan, in Australia. Under his leadership, Val Morgan expanded from Australia into New Zealand, USA, South America, Middle East and Asia. During this period he was also President of the international advertising trade body SAWA (Screen Advertising World Association). Terry was the Australian representative for Cannes Lions for 15 years and during this time, promoted Australian creativity at the international event. He was appointed CEO of the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival in March 2003. In 2005 he became Executive Chairman of Cannes Lions and oversaw the successful launch of Radio and Titanium as new entry categories. In 2006, under his leadership, the Festival launched Promos Lions as another new entry category. Following the 2007 Festival, and the fifth under his stewardship which saw a record breaking year for both delegates and entries, Terry has taken up a broader strategic role as Chairman of the IAF, the holding Company for Cannes Lions, Eurobest and the new Dubai Lynx Advertising Festival.

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Work experience March 2003 to present: Marketing Director, Asia Pacific, BusinessWeek, Hong Kong Promoted to take on larger role of Marketing Director, managing regional marketing and research. Role comprises marketing to regional advertising community (agencies and clients), PR, event sponsorship, dealing with creative agencies for marketing and promotional materials (ads, premiums, etc.) Also managing the same for BusinessWeek China, with the additional task of consumer marketing - helping to increase circulation and awareness amongst target readers in the China market. June 2002 to March 2003: Research Manager, Asia Pacific, BusinessWeek, Hong Kong Filling in until transfer from BusinessWeek’s London office arrived in HK. Similar role to that at IHT (please see below): analysing syndicated and proprietary media research to help generate advertising revenue. Liaising with research agencies on BusinessWeek’s behalf. Jan-June 2001: Global Research Director, xs-media, Sydney Responsible for the research component of this e-commerce web-site for the advertising community. This involved i) presenting to and building relationships with research suppliers (research companies, media owners, agencies and PR companies), ii) building a database (over 300 contacts in 6 months), iii) sourcing research-related editorial, iv) aggregating research reports on the site and v) building the groundbreaking Research Shop: the first “one-stop-shop” for purchasing research online. Almost 300 reports were posted onto the site before its unfortunate closure in June, due to inability to secure second round funding. 1990-2000: The International Herald Tribune, Paris, Singapore & Hong Kong Initially hired as Deputy Marketing Director in the IHT’s Paris HQ, I was promoted to Global Research Director in 1994. Responsible for conceiving and commissioning (mainly) advertising sales-related research. This involved writing questionnaires and determining methodologies in conjunction with research companies, analysing results and presenting the findings to clients and advertising agencies. I also drove proprietary editorial and circulation research and presented the conclusions to the departmental directors. The company’s Asian expansion in 1998 led to the creation of a new role: Regional Research Director, Asia-Pacific, initially based in Singapore. My new responsibility was to create and build this function. The job specification was similar in content to my previous role, but tailored to the Asia-Pacific region. Re-located to Hong Kong HQ in 1999, where additional responsibilities included i) running the regional advertising campaign, ii) circulation/subscription marketing tasks, iii) advertising trade activities, iv) PR responsibilities and v) being an active member of the region's 'Executive Task Force'. 1987-1990: Senior Media Planner/Buyer, Michael Jarvis & Partners (MJP), London Promoted to Senior Media planner and buyer at what is now Carat International. I was responsible for planning and buying regional and international advertising campaigns for a range of clients. During my last year at MJP, I became more interested in media research and was asked to take on the additional role of advising the media planners on research availability and uses. 1986-1987: Marketing Assistant, Newsweek International, London As Marketing Assistant to the Marketing Director of Newsweek International, I was responsible for analysing syndicated and proprietary media research data in order to find the best advertising sales arguments for the magazine. Set up and maintained an electronic press cuttings library for the ad sales team. Also produced a monthly internal newsletter, which involved collating relevant articles from the advertising trade press, the quality news and business press. Education and Qualifications 1985-1986: Lancashire Polytechnic, UK Achieved 1st or IIi grades in all completed assignments for Post-Graduate Bilingual Diploma. (French and Spanish) 1981-1985: York University, UK IIi grade in BA (Hons.) degree in ‘Language’. Subjects included French, history of French and Mandarin (spoken and written). 1979-1981: Wigan College of Technology, Lancashire, UK 3 ‘A’ levels (Spanish: A; French: C; Economics: C) 1974-1979: Ormskirk Grammar School, Lancashire, UK 11 ‘O’ levels (6 grade As, 3 Bs and 2 Cs, including grade A in ‘A/O’ level Additional Mathematics) Skills and interests Fluent French speaker with a good working knowledge of Spanish and very basic Mandarin. Competent at Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Numerate. Enjoy squash, running, gym, swimming, dragon boating, yoga, travelling and my piano.