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Pause Fest 2016 Announces New Speakers

Thirty new speakers and events

Pause Fest 2016 has announced a whopping 32 new speakers and events for this years festival. The line-up now includes Australia Post's Dirk van Lemmeran, who will discuss the evolution of an Australian icon to adapt to the digital age, an Artificial Intelligence panel, a full day Digital Publics Symposium and an exclusive masterclass asking, 'Are Community Managers the new CEOs?'

Notable speakers at the 2016 festival include Didier Elzinga - CultureAmp, Monica Laurence - Turtle Talks, Jason Maling - Field Theory, Bonnie Shaw - City of Melbourne, Fi Bendall - Bendalls, Seb Chan - ACMI and Hank Haeusler - UNSW. 

The festival runs from 8 — 14 Feb.