Melbourne Marketing Forum 2025 | March

What is the Melbourne Marketing Forum?
Four times a year, Melbourne’s brightest marketers gather in the CBD to hear from the experts and connect with industry peers over some drinks and finger food. At each event, two new guest speakers from leading brands share their invaluable knowledge in short, sharp, info-packed presentations.

Who attends?
Business leaders and Marketing and Communication professionals.

Why we run this event

The Melbourne Marketing Forum, previously known as the dm Forum has ran since 2002 and has helped build a network of professionals in Melbourne's marketing community. Since it's founding, this event has always donated money collected from ticket sales to a charity or social enterprise. Since 2022 we have supported Australian hospitality social-enterprise STREAT with the money raised.

How is this possible? We have had the long and ongoing support from our two major sponsors: Monash Business School and Australian video production company ANGRYchair.

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This event's speakers:

🌟 Lisa Farfour 🌟

In her talk, Lisa will share insights from her extensive experience adapting global marketing strategies to resonate with local markets. She’ll walk the audience through several successful campaigns and the process of tailoring them based on cultural insights, consumer sentiment, and regional dynamics, including Calvin Klein’s localized campaign in Saudi Arabia: where the brand shifted its sensual messaging to better align with the cultural, economic, and social climate.

🌟 Dr Maria Camacho 🌟

In this keynote, discover how Design Thinking helps marketers move beyond AI-driven efficiencies to uncover what truly matters to customers. Learn how to integrate empathy into your strategies, design innovative experiences that resonate, and build creative resilience to experiment fearlessly—leveraging AI or pushing boundaries despite it. Embrace AI as a tool to enhance, not replace, human connection, and unlock new possibilities for marketing success.

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Info: Grab a drink and a bite – we're chit-chatting, mingling and networking!

Info: Th event is introduced by our MC, and our two speakers present for half an hour each, followed by a Q&A section attendees can engage in.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

level 7/30 Collins Street, Melbourne VIC, Australia, 30 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia