Communications Council drops its Circus conference

Tim Burrowes

October 23, 2013 8:01

The Communications Council has decided not to hold its Circus conference in 2014, Mumbrella can reveal.

The three day “festival of commercial creativity” launched in 2011 and included keynote presentations, The Battle of The Big Thinking featuring a series of presentations from thinkers from within the industry and beyond, and the creative AWARD (Australian Writers and Directors Association) awards.

Last year, AWARD chairman Craig Davis, then the chief creative officer of Publicis Mojo, complained that the industry had failed to support the event in sufficient numbers.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.