WARREN HATELY – AUGUSTA MARGARET RIVER TIMES
South West creative industry incubator Emergence Creative has unveiled hotly-anticipated details about this month’s two-day event titled Collision.
The Margaret River-based festival — which first started in 2013 — will this year host another compelling array of workshops as well as speaking events drawing in professionals from across the country from marketing, media production, advertising and online innovation.
Festival chair Mat Lewis said the 2025 event was inked in for September 18 and 19, and increasingly pulled in international talent to help drive local innovation.
“We aim to be the best locally-driven, creative festival in Asia,” he said.
“The event champions diversity, collaboration, the imagination, and importance of creativity in every sector.
“It smashes silos and enables incredible connections to occur, upskilling for all who attend and global networks to flourish.”
This year’s edition will feature Eskimo Joe frontman Kav Temperley and his creative wife Beth, adventurer and filmmaker Beau Miles, Museum of Freedom, Tolerance founder Suzanne Rosa and Founders Factory’s Rohan Silva.
Festival director and Creative Corner manager Anita Pettit said the “creative collision” theme was about tying industries together.
“Creative collision reflects the energy we’re seeing across the creative industries right now – people are ready to connect across disciplines, to experiment and to drive meaningful change,” she said.
The majority of events will be based at the Margaret River Heart with breakout sessions focused on investment, start-ups and technology.
