Comms Council graduates its Ad School
The Communications Council Ad School has recently graduated students in both Sydney and Melbourne.
The announcement:
Last night marked the Student Graduation of the 19th year of AdSchool, held at City Hotel in Sydney. Sydney students, guest speakers and other industry individuals celebrated at this year’s graduation, which followed on the recent Melbourne graduation last Wednesday.
Melbourne’s AdSchool graduation was hosted by Clemenger’s Peter Biggs, who reminded graduates and guests of the importance of generosity of time and spirit in the workplace.
Hosted by The Communications Council’s Education Committee Chairman Sudeep Gohil and sponsor Peter Miller, Managing Director at Adstream, the Sydney evening saw students across 32 courses receive their certificates.
Recapping the past Adschool year, Sudeep thanked sponsor Adstream, as well as speakers and guest lecturers for the time they invested in AdSchool, and shared the highlights of the past year.
He said “2010 has been a great year for AdSchool with over 700 students taking part. Moving forward, we are evolving the AdSchool model to be even more reflective of the way we work, with an emphasis on learning by doing, facilitated by the best and the brightest in the industry.”
Daniel Leesong, CEO of The Communications Council, said “I’d like to thank lecturers and guest speakers for their commitment to fostering the next generation of AdSchool grads. Congratulations to all and we look forward to seeing great things from you.”
AdSchool wishes to thank the following individuals for their involvement in AdSchool 2010:
New South Wales
Heather Albrecht, Digital Connections | Laura Aldington, HOST | Kathryn Apte, Google | Dan Beaumont, Three Drunk Monkeys | Phil Brown | Matty Burton, Whybin TBWA | Cat Collins, DDB | Gareth Collins, Clemenger BBDO | Al Crawford, Clemenger BBDO | Damian Damjanovski, Ogilvy | Carla De Luca, Luca LLC |Alex Dobrochodow, Words and Thoughts | Roseanna Donovan, RedWords | John Du Vernet, Tongue | Ashley Farr, Smart | Errol Flanagan, The Leading Edge | Peter Galmes, Saatchi & Saatchi | Sudeep Gohil, Droga5 | Justin Graham, Droga5 | Trent Henderson, M&C Saatchi | Ceri Hutchison, Media Engineering Consultancy | Brett Mitchell, Droga5 | Barry Mowszowski | Lisa Purcell, CMA | Martin Salkild | Naren Sanghrajka, Droga5 | John Speers, DDI | Donna Svanberg, Capitol Productions | Nicole Velik, The Ideas Bodega | Matt Walters, HOST | Jenny Williams, Ideagarden | Linda Wong, MFA.
Queensland
Dr Park Beede, P Beede & Associates | Dr Peter Hubbard | Mike Kennedy, SapientNitro | Eddy Odden | David Ryan, Basis Agency | Ben Stokes, Cru Digital
South Australia
Rod Buchecker, Rod Buchecker Project Management | Peter Bucklow, Mediaedge:cia | Jason Hollamby | Chris McArdle, 19eightynine | Parris Mesidis, Showpony Advertising
Victoria
Craig Hunter, BlackSheep | Simon Lamplough, Clemenger | Gavin MacMillan, DDB | Adrian Mills, George Patterson Y&R | Barry Robinson, Activist | Simon Small, Visual Jazz | Mark Watkin, George Patterson Y&R
West Australia
Gavin Bain, Meerkats | Carlo Bertozzi, Longtail | Nicole Cikarela, Marketforce | Josh Edge, The Brand Agency | Brendon Lewis, Marketforce | Amanda Reid, Mitchell & Partners | Abi Wheatley, Verity Marketing
For further information, including registration for the 2011 program, contact Linda Anderson on Linda@communicationscouncil.org.au.
Source: Communications Council press release
