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Posted on 20. Mar, 2010 by Lachlan Hibbert-Wells in Social Media Last week the Daemon Digital team attended ad:tech Sydney, a two day conference covering all things digital including advertising, PR, communications, eCommerce and everything in between.
Above is a video that was recorded at the Frocomm 2010 New Media Summit, featuring myself, Brian Geisen (Ogilvy) and Monty Hamilton from UBank.
One of the biggest gatherings of digital influencers, commentators and practitioners descended upon Adtech Sydney last week. A healthy mix of keynote presentations, workshops and networking – the event was clearly the digital event of the year. Despite a sizeable reduction in numbers at last year’s event, the insecurities caused by the GFC appeared to be lifting in spring like fashion this year, with delegates and participants feeling much more positive about the whole area of digital and its pivotal role in leading business performance, whatever side of the client/agency/vendor table you are. Unilever and HP CMOs were more than happy to tell all to packed auditoriums in intimate detail, oblivious to the Twittering, blogging and iPhone video recording their every word.
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After 10 years with National Australia Bank running NAB's retail direct banking division, Monty joined the start-up business UBank (a division of NAB) in November 2007. Monty leads the design, delivery and operations of UBank online, which launched in October 2008 with term deposits and subsequently high interest online savings in August 2009. As the Head of Online, he has delivered the online sales and engagement model for UBank including social media - where UBank is considered by many as a leader in the banking/finance industry worldwide. UBank is backed by the financial strength of NAB, with highly competitive rates, unique loyalty bonuses, and an Australian call centre that never closes, UBank's online savings account - USaver - was recently awarded the Money Magazine "Best online savings account" for 2010.