REWRITING THE RULES: CREATING, INNOVATING AND SURVIVING IN 2026

REWRITING THE RULES: CREATING, INNOVATING AND SURVIVING IN 2026

Join us for a conversation on how creative businesses are rewriting the rules in 2026 and looking ahead to 2027, featuring leaders from Cheeky Little Media, Young Henrys and Studios 301.

This panel explores how creative leaders across animation, music, hospitality and fashion are adapting in 2026, where new ideas are coming from and what they’re rewriting as they look ahead to 2027.

We’ll look at content businesses building beyond the screen into consumer products, gaming and licensing, music studios building hospitality and hotel partnerships, and fashion and food brands experimenting with algae-based R&D for new sustainable materials. Alongside the new ideas, we’ll also look at what businesses are reconsidering and how leaders are making more deliberate choices about where they put their time, money and creative energy as they head into 2027.

WE WILL EXPLORE:

• What creative leaders are rethinking as they move into 2027
• What’s worked, what hasn’t and what they’ve learned from experimenting
• How ideas are growing into new IP, products and experiences
• Where technology, partnerships and creative experimentation are opening new opportunities
• What people are making, testing and trying next

This event is designed for professionals working across film and TV, music, fashion, content, design, brands, marketing, hospitality and the wider creative industries, as well as those building and leading businesses.

EVENT DETAILS

DATE

29th September 2026

AGENDA

6.00PM Mingling / Dinner / Drinks

7.00PM Panel Discussion / Audience Q&A

8.30PM till late Mingling / Dinner / Drinks

LOCATION

Forrester's Pub

336 Riley St, Surry Hills NSW 2010 (Level 2)

See you there!