Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has been confirmed as a speaker at this year’s National Radio Conference to be held at Jupiters on the Gold Coast on Friday, 14 October. He joins provocative futurist Richard Neville, US founder of Hitviews Walter Sabo and actor Kelsey Grammer in the high profile list of speakers at the conference.
Senator Conroy will address the industry on the morning of the conference before Emmy award winning keynote guest, Kelsey Grammer speaks about the power of the voice, his life and successful acting career.
Social commentator and author, Richard Neville who came to international prominence in the 60’s and 70’s with the creation of the notorious international magazine Oz – will predict where Australian society is headed and how the media will fit it.
Walter Sabo founded Hitviews, a marketplace strategy that places brands, products and messages inside online videos, produced by online performers who attract millions of viewers. He will present a session on how radio brands can become part of the online video content put together by these Hitview influencers.
The Great Debate AM vs FM will see 2UE presenter Paul Murray moderate between the AM Team – Jason Morrison (2UE), Gary Hardgrave (4BC) and Steve Price (MTR) and the FM Team – Claire Hooper (Mix 106.5), Spoonman (Triple M) and Bianca Dye (i98FM).
Rod Brice, Guy Dobson, Hans Torv and talent agents Kevin Whyte and Mark Klemens present the session Talent – What Makes Them Tick, or Are They Ticking Time Bombs? They will look at successful high profile on-air talent including Hamish and Andy, Ray Hadley, Neil Mitchell and Kyle and Jackie O and discover who their mentors where, who influenced their careers and how to successfully manage and nurture on-air talent.
Other sessions include; How to Win a Greater Slice of the Government Advertising Pie presented by Malcolm Connor, Managing Director of Universal McCann Sydney and How to Avoid Going to Jail & Getting Sued presented by Andrew Stewart Partner, Baker and McKenzie.
A full conference program can be downloaded at the link below.