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04.08.2009

Design, Craft And Integrated Juries Announced

4 August 2009 – Spikes Asia, honouring creative excellence in advertising and communications across Asia, is pleased to announce the Design, Craft and Integrated juries.


Craft Jury
Piyush Pandey, Executive Chairman & National Creative Director, Ogilvy & Mather, India - Jury President
Warren Brown, Executive Creative Director, BMF, Australia
Yang Yeo, Chief Creative Officer, JWT Shanghai, China
Spencer Wong, Managing Director & Executive Creative Director, McCann Worldgroup, Hong Kong
Rebecca Soh, Regional Head of Production, BBH, Singapore
Surachai Puthikulangkura, Managing Director, Illusion, Thailand
Bil Bungay, Co-founder & Creative Partner, Beattie McGuinness Bungay, UK

Design Jury
Rodney Fitch, Chairman, Fitch, United Kingdom - Jury President
Spencer Wong, Managing Director & Executive Creative Director, McCann Worldgroup, Hong Kong
Elsie Nanji, Managing Partner, Red Lion, Publicis, India
Daniel Surya, Country Director, The Brand Union, Indonesia
Tomotake Kawagoe, Creative Director, ADK, Japan
Derek Lockwood, Worldwide Director of Design, Saatchi & Saatchi, New Zealand
Barbro Ohlson Smith, Creative Director, Ohlsonsmith, Sweden
Steff Geissbuhler, Partner, C&G Partners, USA

The Integrated jury is made up of members of the other five juries, including three of the jury presidents, and will be chaired by David Droga, who also leads the TV/Cinema, Print, Outdoor and Radio Jury.

Integrated Jury
David Droga, Founder & Creative Chairman, Droga5, USA - Jury President
Fred Koblinger, Chief Executive Officer, BBDO Group, Austria and PKP Proximity, Austria
Edmund Choe, Executive Creative Director Greater China, Saatchi & Saatchi, China
Akira Kagami, Executive Officer & Global Executive Creative Director, Dentsu, Japan
Alex J Kwon, Interactive Creative Director, Cheil Worldwide, Korea
David Guerrero, Chairman & Chief Creative Officer, BBDO Guerrero, The Philippines
Ruth Stubbs, President Asia, Mediabrands Asia Pacific, Singapore
Victor Ng, Executive Creative Director, Euro RSCG Singapore, Singapore
Rodney Fitch, Chairman, Fitch, United Kingdom
Ty Montague, Chief Creative Officer & Co-president North America, JWT, USA

"The calibre of the juries is outstanding; the best in the business and all award-winning authorities in their line of work. We are honoured that they will be taking part in Spikes Asia, which, with the introduction this year of the Design category, is an all encompassing showcase and celebration of Asia’s great work," said Philip Thomas, Festival CEO.

All the winners will be revealed at the awards ceremony at the Victoria Concert Hall, the culmination of the newly relaunched three-day Spikes Asia Festival, taking place at Suntec, Singapore, between 16 and 18 September 2009.

To submit entries, register to attend or for more information on Spikes Asia 2009, visit www.spikes.asia.

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SPIKES ASIA - The 1st Asian Advertising Festival to celebrate and inspire Asian creativity in advertising. Suntec City, Singapore, 16-18 September 2009

Building on 22 years of the illustrious Spikes Awards, the Spikes Asia Festival is the result of a collaboration between the International Advertising Festival, organisers of Cannes Lions, Dubai Lynx and Eurobest and Haymarket. It will provide the region’s growing creative and advertising industry with a platform to network and exchange ideas, bringing together some of the finest creative thinkers from across the region and around the world.

The Festival will offer a challenging programme of seminars and workshops focusing on creativity and learning, exhibitions of creative work from Asia, networking events in the evening and the Spikes Asia awards show.

The Awards, judged by leading international and regional creatives, will honour the best creative work in the categories of TV/Cinema, Print, Outdoor, Radio, Digital, Integrated, Direct, Sales Promotion, Media, Print Craft, TV/Cinema Craft and Design.

Key Dates
Delegate registration open from 23 April
Entries open from 21 May
Entry deadline 24 July

Contact
Amanda Benfell, PR & Press Manager
Spikes Asia
Greater London House, Hamptead Road, London NW1 7EJ, United Kingdom
amandab@canneslions.com Tel: +44-20-7728 4040
www.spikes.asia



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