The Future of the Creative Landscape in Australia is a topic that should make your pulse quicken. That the forum is being hosted by D&AD (nurturing creative excellence since 1962) and Google Australia (fostering creative excellence since 1998) is the icing on the cake really.

So these speakers are gilding the lily. But going all out for commercial creativity keeps D&AD’s heart beating.

Tom Uglow (panel chairman) is creative director at Google Creative Labs and a trustee of D&AD. Uglow was the driving force behind Google’s Creative Lab in Europe before moving to Sydney to work on experimental projects that help connect people and use Google, Android and YouTube in creative ways. Many of his projects are collaborations with charities, agencies and cultural organisations around the world that help artists and creators explore new forms of creative practice using digital tools.

Nick Law is global chief creative officer at R/GA. For 13 years, Nick has helped R/GA combine world-class creativity and break-through technology to reinvent how adland does its job of selling products and services and the brands behind them. That undertaking has made him one of the world’s most influential creative. Law has twice been named in the Creativity 50 and has won every major international creative award.

Barrie Barton is strategy & insights director and founder of Right Angle Studio. Barton has overseen the creative output that has led to his studio building its reputation as one of Australia’s most progressive and effective ideas agencies. Barton has also founded Rooftop Cinema, Golden Age Cinema & Bar and Australia’s online city guides,The Thousands, to put him on The Age Magazine’s list of Top 100 Most Influential Melburnians.

Tim Lindsay, chief executive, D&AD commented, “At D&AD, we’re committed to serving up world-class creativity and inspiration to our members wherever they may be around the world. As such, we’re delighted to announce the latest in our series of free lectures for our Australian community, bringing together another truly heavyweight line-up of industry leaders to discuss some of the burning issues and trends affecting the global creative landscape.”

The free forum is taking place on October 23 at Google. The Stable will be taking notes and asking questions. So stand by for our virtual being there coverage on October 24.