Events Event Speaker Nancy Colipe

Nancy Colipe is a trusted Creative Operations and MarTech Advisor with deep expertise in system-led transformation. She has delivered impact across financial services, retail, SaaS, and FMCG for brands including L’Oréal Australia, Sanitarium, Youi Insurance, Mailchimp, and CGU.

Events Event Speaker Tiago Aragona

Tiago Aragona is a creative technologist and designer shaping new ways of thinking and feeling through technology. Born in Argentina and based in San Francisco, he works across code, design, and art to create experiences that spark reflection, question systems, and build deeper connections between people, cultures, and ideas.

Events Event Speaker Matías Piña Aguilera

Matías Piña is a creative technologist, data scientist and developer, interested in exploring how technology and code can be used as a creative medium. Originally from Chile, he moved to New York to pursue an MFA in Design and Technology, after spending some time developing machine learning systems for education. Now, his focus lies in finding new, interesting ways of using AI to enhance human creativity. Outside of work, he's also an artist, creating interactive installations and playful web experiences.

Events Event Speaker Kassandra Costa

Kassandra Costa, MBA is the Product Marketing Director at PhotoShelter, where she leads go-to-market strategy and sales enablement for the company’s innovative digital asset management solutions. With more than 15 years of experience in marketing, Kassandra specializes in connecting innovative tools with the real-world needs of creative and brand teams.

Events Creative Operations Sydney 2025 Between Metrics and Magic

Between Metrics and Magic
How Creative Teams Thrive Between Process and Possibility

The challenge:

In the space where creativity, structure, and machine intelligence collide, how do you protect creative magic while evolving the method? 

The need:

Creative Operations must navigate a high stakes balancing act: embracing technology and data without dimming the creative flame; building scalable systems that don’t smother the soul of the work. 

Solutions to square the circle:

Events Creative Tech New York 2025 Building Creative Ecosystems That Scale with AI - Are you Ready?

Most creative teams say they’re ready for AI - but fractured systems, inconsistent governance, and unclear content impact tell another story. In this session, we’ll cut through the noise and focus on what actually works: scalable structures, human-centered design, and creative operations that are built for optimization—not guesswork. 

Join Ascendis’ Chief Marketing Technologist, Ken Madsen, for a coaching-style dive into: 

  • Why AI amplifies fragmentation instead of fixing it 

Events Creative Tech New York 2025 The Future of Fashion is Digital

Interactive, Smart, Sustainable, Multi-Sensory, Blockchain-Secured, and Fun to Wear. 

Context: 
Everyone wears clothes, but the form, function, and style of most clothing today hasn’t changed much for decades. That’s starting to shift. 

From smart fabrics and wearable tech to 3D printing, digital avatars, and AI-generated design, apparel can be a platform for data, expression, utility, and sustainability. 

Events Creative Tech New York 2025 Designing Emotional and Entertaining Experiences for Scale: Is today's pop-culture tech hype or help?

With a focus on innovation that serves purpose, not just novelty, examine scalability challenges and design strategies, leaving with actionable insights to craft impactful culturally-relevant experiences in our hype-fueled buzzworld. Join pioneers in the space today as they unpack the question and how it affects their businesses and their audience's fatigue. Moderated by an industry expert, this session unpacks the tension between real-world results vs. the case-study vs. bottom-line growth.