DRIVE: Data Research Insights Vision Excellence
We’re bringing some of the best known brands and companies to the ESOMAR Asia Pacific stage this May to challenge the traditional, expand new thinking and take insights one step further.
Join 250+ top insights influencers, business leaders and market research enthusiasts, for two days of thought-provoking, challenging and impactful learnings.
You’ll take home new techniques, strategies, the latest industry intelligence and, not to mention, new connections from the industry and beyond.
Let’s DRIVE the APAC region's data, research, insights and analytics profession forward and see what the future holds.
DRIVE 2018 is held in co-operation with TMRS (Thailand Marketing Research Society).
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Featured speakers
Keynote speaker
Author, Meditation Instructor, Coach
A mindfulness specialist and neuroscience enthusiast who has been to sixty five 8-day meditation retreats in the past 15 years plus one 5-day retreat at Thich Nhat Hanh's Plum Village, Nash is interested in personal development and helping others to find lasting happiness. Nash's dissertation was on the role of mindfulness in transformational leadership development among samurais in Japan's Edo Period. She is the author of six books, holds a black belt and instructor's license in samurai swordmanship and moonlights as a certified ICF coach.
Closing keynote speaker
Chief Marketing Officer
Brent Smart is Chief Marketing Officer of IAG, Australia's largest insurance company with leading brands including NRMA, CGU and SGIO. Brent leads group-wide marketing efforts, from brand strategy to creative execution.
Previously Brent spent 20 years in the advertising business. He was CEO of Saatchi & Saatchi New York working on iconic American brands like Cheerios, Tide and Walmart. He spent 7 years with BBDO, leading their San Francisco office and before that Colenso BBDO which was recognised as Agency of the Decade in New Zealand. Brent has led a body of highly awarded creative work, recognized with over 25 Cannes Lions and over 40 Effies.
Originally from Melbourne which explains his love of footy, this time around Brent had to live near a beach after 6 years in New York, calling Bondi home with his wife and 3 sons who have weird accents.
Regional Head of Strategy and Planning
Communications planning can and should make a difference. It makes a difference to brands and business, but it should also make a difference to our understanding of the world. Comms planning helps us understand what people think and how we behave. It uncovers opportunities and insights. It sets the agenda for how data and technology should be approached, pushing the execution of marketing into new unexplored spaces. I’ve worked with brands like Adidas, ANZ Bank, Coca-Cola, Ebay, Ferrero, Google, The Guardian and Unilever, using comms planning to not just grow and evolve those brands – but to explore new ways to see the world and thrive within in. I’m PHD’s APAC Head of Strategy and Planning. I like what I do.
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