Dubai Lynx Awards juries announced. First Dubai Advertising Festival on its way… January 13, 2008
Posted by Farrukh Naeem at copywriterjournalist.com in : Ad Blogging, Advertising, Advertising Awards, Advertising in Dubai, Advertising in Egypt, Advertising in Kuwait, Advertising in Lebanon, Advertising in Oman, Advertising in the UAE, Cannes Lions 2008, Dubai Advertising Festival, Dubai Lynx Awards, Farrukh Naeem, Marketing , trackbackDubai Lynx Awards are back with a bang, this time with the first ever Dubai Advertising Festival.
Jury members of the 2nd Dubai Lynx Awards honouring advertising creative excellence across the Middle East and North Africa have been announced by the Cannes Lions, the organisers of the landmark event.
30 top professionals from creative and media, experts in their respective fields, comprise the four Dubai Lynx juries. They will evaluate and award entries submitted from across the MENA region. Dubai Lynx winners will be announced on 2 April at the gala awards ceremony, the culmination of the 1st Dubai International Advertising Festival.
“We are delighted to bring together an international group of highly professional and talented judges whose expertise of the business will be of immense importance to the judging process and ultimately to the region’s advertising and communications industry.”
Philip Thomas
CEO of Cannes Lions
Organisers of Dubai Lynx
The Integrated jury is made up of members from the three other juries, including all the jury presidents. It will be chaired by Piyush Pandey, Executive Chairman & National Creative Director of Ogilvy & Mather India, who also heads the TV/Cinema, Print, Outdoor and Radio jury.
Here’s a complete list of the jury members in the various categories. As you can see, it’s quite a comprehensive collection of ad gurus from around the world.
TV/CINEMA, PRINT, OUTDOOR AND RADIO JURY
Piyush Pandey, Executive Chairman & National Creative Director, Ogilvy & Mather, India (Jury President)
Mike Edmonds, Partner & Creative Director, Meerkats Brand Communications, Australia
Urmas Villmann, Creative Director, Kontuur Leo Burnett, Estonia
Wolf Heumann, Executive Creative Director, Jung von Matt, Germany
Jagdish Ramakrishnan, Executive Creative Director, BBDO Singapore, Singapore
Alistair King, Executive Creative Director, King James, South Africa
Agustín Elbaile, Creative Vice President & Creative Co-Director, McCann Spain, Spain
Anna Qvennerstedt, Creative Director & Senior Partner, Forsman & Bodenfors, Sweden
Mark Hunter, Executive Creative Director, Euro RSCG, United Kingdom
Christoph Becker, Chairman & Chief Creative Officer NY, Draftfcb, USA
INTERACTIVE AND DIRECT JURY
Wolfgang Haf, Chief Executive Officer Central Europe, Wunderman, Germany (Jury President)
Maximilien Guena, Creative Director, Tequila France, France
Ashish Bhasin, EVP - Lowe Worldwide & Asia Regional Director - Integrated Marketing, Lintas India, India
Enrico Gasperini, President, Digital Magics, Italy
Dave King, Creative Director, Aim Proximity Auckland, New Zealand
Andrew Ambrogione, CEO & Executive Creative Director, Action Ambro’s, South Africa
Óscar Rojo, General Creative Director, Fullcontact, Spain
Zeke Tastas, Creative Partner, Scholz & Friends Stockholm, Sweden
Ben Clapp, Executive Creative Director, Tribal DDB, United Kingdom
Heath Rudduck, Executive Creative Director, Digitas, USA
MEDIA JURY
Mark Coad, Managing Director, OMD Australia, Australia (Jury President)
Wout Dockx, Chief Executive Officer, Initiative Brussels, Belgium
Markus Biermann, Founder & Managing Director, CROSSMEDIA, Germany
Jakub Bierzyński, Chief Executive Officer, Omnicom Media Group, Poland
Zoltan Szigeti, President, thegroup, Romania
Carmen Montero, President, Mediaedge:cia Iberia, Spain
Louise Fallenius, Media Director Print, Carat Sverige, Sweden
Avril Gallagher, Client Managing Director, Starcom MediaVest Group, United Kingdom
Ernie Simon, President & Chief Strategist, MindShare, USA
INTEGRATED JURY
Piyush Pandey, Executive Chairman & National Creative Director, Ogilvy & Mather, India (Jury President)
Wolfgang Haf, Chief Executive Officer Central Europe, Wunderman, Germany
Mark Coad, Managing Director, OMD Australia, Australia
Wout Dockx, Chief Executive Officer, Initiative Brussels, Belgium
Dave King, Creative Director, Aim Proximity Auckland, New Zealand
Jagdish Ramakrishnan, Executive Creative Director, BBDO, Singapore
Alistair King, Executive Creative Director, King James, South Africa
Agustín Elbaile, Creative Vice President & Creative Co-Director, McCann Spain, Spain
Anna Qvennerstedt, Creative Director & Senior Partner, Forsman & Bodenfors, Sweden
Mark Hunter, Executive Creative Director, Euro RSCG, United Kingdom
Christoph Becker, Chairman & Chief Creative Officer NY, Draftfcb, USA
As readers of this blog would remember, I had the most comprehensive blog coverage in the world during the first ever Dubai Lynx, with my coverage even making it to official Dubai Lynx website.
Here are a few posts to take you back in time - check out the pictures and winners of the first Dubai Lynx on these links:
1. Dubai Lynx Winners Part 5 - Grand Prix Winners in Print, Outdoor and Direct
2. Dubai Lynx Winners (with pictures) Part 4 - Gold Winners in Print and TV/Cinema
3. Dubai Lynx Awards Winners Part 3 (with pictures) - Gold winners in Integrated, Interactive and Direct
4. Dubai Lynx Awards winners Part 2 (with pictures) - Gold Dubai Lynx for Outdoor advertising
5. Dubai Lynx Awards Winners Part 1 (with pictures and download links of Dubai Lynx winners): Global jury selects 111 top ads in the Middle East
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