Inaugural ‘Caxton Quandary’ set to delve into industry controversies with a live-streamed Q&A event direct from the seminar in the Hunter

October 25 2011, 5:49 am | BY Lynchy | No Comments

Screen shot 2011-10-25 at 5.39.32 AM.jpgScreen shot 2011-10-25 at 5.39.43 AM.jpgThe Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth ad industries will be participating in this Thursday’s inaugural ‘Caxton Quandary’, a Q&A panel event that will be live streamed from this year’s Caxton Seminar to events organised in those cities.

The live stream will commence at 6.30pm EST and anyonecan participate by submitting questions via Twitter: #caxtonquandary.

Presented by The Communications Council, the one hour panel discussion will be hosted and moderated by Campbell Reid (left), the group editorial director of News Limited, and former editor of The Australian and The Daily Telegraph.

Screen shot 2011-10-07 at 12.20.44 PM.jpgA series of contentious topics including ‘Media is the new Creative’ will be the source of heated debate amongst a panel of the industry’s best, supplemented by subjects submitted by attendees both in advance of and during the event.

The panel will include creative director and occasional The Gruen Transfer panelist Dee Madigan, Clemenger BBDO executive planning director All Crawford, UM Australia CEO Mat Baxter and Lion Brand Director Jon Bradshaw.

Says The Communications Council CEO Daniel Leesong: “This will be a humorous evening, bringing together speakers with expertise from all areas of the business for some firm discussion. Being all about different dilemmas encountered in our industry, it will be an open conversation in which we as a community can share opinions, whether in the Hunter Valley or not. It’s sure to be provocative.”

News Ltd Group Editorial Director Campbell Reid said: “Agencies, content creators and consumers are like a bunch of people who used to be neighbours in the same street who suddenly find themselves sharing the same house. It makes for interesting things to talk about. I’m delighted to be part of the conversation.”

The event will be broadcast live from 6.30pm EST this Thursday 27th October from Chateau Elan at the Hunter Valley, the venue for the 2011 Caxton Seminar and Awards.