The 2nd Dubai Lynx Awards Ceremony will honour the Advertising Person of the Year with a trophy at the first Dubai International Advertising Festival on 2 April 2008. This announcement was made at a press conference held by the organisers yesterday in Dubai Media City.

The Advertising Person of the Year Award will be given to a personality in the region who has raised the presence and profile of the region in the international marketing community. Their contribution might be from within their own country or at a regional level. The press conference was hosted by Mohamed Al Mulla, Director Dubai Media City and addressed by Philip Thomas, Chief Executive Officer, Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival.

“This is an important award as it will reflect the need to drive a territory as a place of excellence and advancement in the creative and marketing arena.”
Philip Thomas
Cannes Lions CEO
Dubai Lynx Festival Organisers

The first Advertising Person of the Year will be announced in two weeks.

As you might be probably aware already, the first Dubai International Advertising Festival runs from 31 March to 2 April 2008 in Dubai, UAE.

It is being presented by Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival with regional partners, Motivate Publishing, with the support of Dubai Media City (DMC) and in association with the UAE Chapter of the International Advertising Association (IAA).

A series of seminars, workshops, exhibitions and screenings are lined up for this first of its kind event in UAE. The 2nd Dubai Lynx awards, which are part of the Festival, will honour creative excellence in TV/Cinema, Print, Outdoor, Radio, Direct Marketing, Media and Interactive advertising.

The jury members for the Dubai Lynx Awards 2008 have been handpicked from the world’s top advertising and media agencies.

If you’d like to read and see what it’s like to be at Dubai Lynx Awards, why not have a look at my blogging coverage of the first Dubai Lynx, which was likely the world’s most comprehensive coverage in content and pictures by a blogger attending the event last year.

Blog on posts on Dubai Lynx Awards 2007:
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
Are you planning to attend? What are the things you are looking forward to most? Will you be blogging the Lynx too? Comments and feedback welcome!

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