VIVID IDEAS ANNOUNCES FULL 2016 PROGRAM

Vivid Ideas this week finalised its 2016 program with more than 180 events and over 400 speakers from across the world. Launching its official event guide in Sydney this week, Vivid Ideas unveiled several major new events and an expanded list of world-class speakers to the line-up, confirming the 2016 program as the most ambitious yet.

Highlights include an ‘In Conversation’ event on 16 June with internationally acclaimed director of The Dressmaker, Jocelyn Moorhouse, who has worked with some of the biggest names in film, and 2016 NSW Woman of the Year Jen Armstrong, who will share insights into promoting a culture of innovation by learning from our mistakes, at Mistakability on 7 June.

In an Australian-first, Vivid Ideas will also host the nation’s very first Women in Electronic Music Symposium on 18 June, bringing together some of this generation’s trailblazing female dance music artists, DJs and emerging producers.

Tickets continue to sell quickly for the Vivid Ideas highlight Game-Changers talks featuring legendary filmmaker Spike Jonze, House of Cards creator Beau Willimon, and Orange is the New Black writer and creator Jenji Kohan, and Australian global fashion influencer Margaret Zhang.

Running 27 May to 18 June, Vivid Ideas is part of Vivid Sydney, the world’s largest festival of light, music and ideas. Speakers and subjects span the creative industries including technology, start-up smarts, film, storytelling, design, architecture, visual arts and communication. For more information about Vivid Ideas, visit www.vividsydney.com/ideas