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Brent joined the SATC in November 2015 as a marketing communications specialist with experience in Advertising and Branding, Digital, PR, Sponsorship and Communications across the banking, retail and telecommunications sectors. Since joining the SATC, Brent has been responsible for overseeing $1.6Billion in growth in the tourism visitor economy to date, in the process launching a new global brand for tourism in South Australia, two global TVC campaigns and a digital program that now seessouthaustralia.com attracting over 6Million visitors annually. Brent also oversaw the successful partnerships with Chinese megastar Huang Xiaoming, and Masterchef Australia – including the brand ambassadorship with chef Gary Mehigan. The team continue to develop South Australia as a destination of choice for domestic and global travellers, through a strong focus on digital marketing, partnerships, trade & distribution and traditional marketing.

Emily is a passionate media specialist with over 20 years award-winning experience in content and marketing strategies across TV, radio, print and digital.

She is accomplished across a broad range of industry sectors including Travel, Entertainment, FMCG and Media. Emily has  split her career between London, Paris, Sydney and Melbourne working for blue-chip companies such as Luxury Escapes, Southern Cross Austereo, Nova Entertainment, ITV, Huffington Post, BBC and Bauer Media.

Lauren is Co-Founder of Storyation – a content marketing agency that counts Tourism New Zealand and Carnival Cruises among its clients. She is a former General Manager of Travel for Fairfax Media ­where she worked  with major travel brands on content-led advertising solutions. Lauren was once an award-winning journalist who covered everything from people smuggling to September 11 for publications such as The Sunday Times in London before taking a much less life-threatening job. She regularly judges media and marketing award shows in Australia including ADMA, BEFest and Publish and was named one of the top 15 women in the world in content marketing in 2015. When she’s not helping travel clients, she continues her quest to visit every Australian island writing travel stories for Qantas magazine among others.

Andrés is a marketing consultant specialising in travel, destination and digital marketing and the Head of Strategy at Storyation. Until mid 2017 he steered the global content strategy for one of the world’s most respected tourism organisations, Tourism Australia, where he implemented a data-first approach. During his tenure, Australia.com was rated amongst 25 of the best websites in the world by leading travel industry publisher, Skift. Before he worked in destination marketing Andrés held senior agency roles working on marketing and communications programs for brands such as Pfizer, PlayStation, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Sony, Coca-Cola, Lenovo, Nespresso and more. Andrés is also a lover of (making and eating) baked goods, comic books, video games and the internet’s most famous export, cats.

Richard leads FutureBrand’s commitment in Asia-Pacific to creating brands for future business. As a brand and marketing leader with experience across multiple sectors, including travel and tourism, he has contributed to many brand transformation programs – having working with countries, governments, listed companies, private equity firms and internal change management teams.

With a degree in Litterae Humaniores from Oxford University, he started his career in Bangkok as an account planner before switching to media planning in London and then brand strategy on his arrival in Australia in 2001. He has contributed to a wide range of significant branding programs, all in the name of creating a positive future and many of which have been awarded by Cannes Lions, Brand New, REBRAND and D&AD.

Quentin Long cofounded Australia’s largest travel media company, Australian Traveller Media in 2005.

The company’s founding product, Australian Traveller magazine quickly became the best selling travel magazine in the country.

Known for its editorial independence, savvy reporting and supreme photography, Long quickly became a sought after media commentator on travel. From 2006 he has held weekly radio segments across the country and regular TV appearances commentating on issues and destinations for news and lifestyle programs.

He currently has a regular segment on TV with CH9’s Today program and is seen on Ch9’s A Current Affair and News programs. He also is a regular guest on several ABC radio programs and Macquarie Radio Network through 2GB and affiliated networks.

In 2012 he launched International Traveller, which went on to eclipse sister title Australian Traveller as the best selling travel magazine in the country.

The company also produce bespoke travel and lifestyle content for Australia’s leading travel clients under the Travellers Studio brand.

Justin Jamieson is the founder and Managing Director of Grin Creative, a design and content agency with a particular focus on travel. In 2004, he founded the award winning get lost Magazine, a 120+ page glossy travel magazine focusing on the growing demographic of flashpackers seeking unique, boutique experiential travel.

Grin Creative also publish the recently launched Luxury Escapes Magazine, National Geographic Traveller (with Adventure World) and Avalon Airport’s custom publication Avalon Inbound/Outbound.

Justin can be heard discussing travel trends weekly on 2GB’s Chris Smith Afternoon show and is a regular on the top rating 3AW travel and food program A Moveable Feast including co hosting. He can also be heard on the Austereo networks, 2UE and ABC nationally as well as guest spots on major TV networks and a regular guest on Sky News Travel.

He is also currently hosting The Travel Show on Saturday afternoons on 3AW in Victoria, 2GB in NSW and 4CR in Queensland

He is obsessed with travelling.

With over 20 years’ experience in media and content marketing Simon Smith joined News Corp Australia in March 2017 to launch the company’s content agency, Suddenly. As executive director, content marketing at News Corp and as head of Suddenly, Mr Smith is responsible for the content marketing strategy and initiatives across multiple platforms to drive new revenue and partnerships. He works closely with News Corp Australia’s established content marketing, custom publishing and commercial content businesses across the country. Mr Smith joined News from Fairfax Media where he was managing director of their content marketing division for three years and during this time he launched their in-house content marketing studio. Mr Smith has worked in the Australian media industry across commercial, marketing, editorial, radio, television, print, events and digital, holding numerous senior positions with News Corp Australia and PBL. He was also on the board of NewsMediaWorks. As an industry expert he is regularly invited to present at events and conferences around the country on content marketing.

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Gianluca Armando is a director at Expedia Group Media Solutions where he drives business development including the creation and implementation of digital media campaigns for travel marketing partners across Asian and Pacific Coasts. He started his career as an intern at Expedia Group, and over the last 10 years he has gained global experience working in a variety of countries including Italy, Spain, the UK, Australia, and Singapore. Gianluca graduated with a master’s degree in tourism economics and management from Ca’ Foscari University in Venice, and now lives in Singapore with his family.

Carolyn Childs is a Travel Futurist, Strategist and Co-Founder of MyTravelResearch.com. Carolyn has spent more than 25 years helping travel and tourism businesses achieve their goals by using research and other evidence to guide strategy and planning. She has worked in more than 35 countries on every inhabited continent and brings a detailed understanding of customers and how to connect with them.