The 55th International Advertising Festival will be held 15 - 21 June 2008 in Cannes, France.
All the entries can be viewed and listened to in the Palais des Festivals in Cannes during the Festival week whilst the judging takes place on site. The winners of these categories will be honoured on Tuesday 17 June.
The International Advertising Festival - Cannes Lions - is the largest gathering of worldwide advertising professionals and advertisers as well as the most prestigious annual advertising awards. Each year, over 10 000 visitors from the advertising and allied industries attend this event to celebrate the best of creativity across all media mix, discuss industry issues and network with one another.
Over 25 000 ads from all over the world are showcased and judged at the Festival. Winning companies receive the highly coveted Lion trophy, honouring the most creative TV/cinema, print, outdoor, interactive, radio, sales promotion, integrated advertising, as well as the best media and direct marketing solutions. A Design category is being launched in 2008. A unique programme of high-profile seminars, workshops and keynote speakers, organised by some of the biggest names in the industry, are also presented.
For further information, please visit www.canneslions.com.
United Kingdom, Dominic Proctor (Jury President),Chief Executive Officer Worldwide, MindShare
Argentina, Miguel Angel Reca,Managing Director, Carat
Australia, Anne Parsons, Chief Executive Officer, MediaCom
Austria, Andreas Hofmaier, Group Managing Director & Cluster Head, Aegis Media Group
Belgium, Michel Robert, Managing Director Universal Media / Chief Operating Officer IPG Media Brands Belgium, Universal Media
Brazil, Luiz Fernando Vieira, Partner & Media Vice President, Africa Propaganda
Canada, Annette Warring, Chief Operating Officer, Genesis Vizeum
Chile, Anna Cembrano Perasso, Chief Executive Officer, Initiative
China, Xianjun She, Vice-Director of Marketing, China Central Television
Colombia, Pablo Duran, Chairman of the Board, Havas Media
France, Magali Florens, Managing Director, OMD
Germany, Idris-Lawrence Lachmann, Managing Director, pilot media
India, Shashidhar Sinha, Chief Executive Officer, Lodestar Universal
Israel, Ami Kedem, Chief Executive Officer, Smartmedia
Italy, Valentino Cagnetta, Chief Executive Officer, Media Italia
Japan, Tomotake Kawagoe, Creative Director, ADK (Asatsu-DK)
Mexico, Eric Mergenthaler, Chief Executive Officer North Latin America, Havas Media New Zealand, Dale Spencer, Chief Executive Officer, media360
Poland, Anna Lubowska, Chief Executive Officer, Mediaedge:cia
Russia, Marina Yadikina, Managing Director, MediaVest Moscow
South Africa, Jenny Barenbrug, Planning Director, Notabene
Spain, Sergio Lorca Chief Executive - Iberia & Latin America, ZenithOptimedia
Sweden, Niclas Fröberg, Chief Executive Officer / Founder, Tre Kronor Media Switzerland, Christof Kaufmann, Chief Executive Officer, OMD Schweiz
Turkey, Kerim Han Milar, Vice President, Media, Ali Taran Creative Workshop
USA, Laura Desmond, Chief Executive Officer, Starcom MediaVest Group
India, Prasoon Joshi (Jury President), Executive Chairman McCann Worldwide Group & Regional Executive Creative Director Asia Pacific, McCann Erickson
Argentina, Fernando Bellotti,President, Leo Burnett
Australia, Garry Horner, Executive Creative Director, Whybin TBWA Sydney
Brazil, André Lima, Associated Creative Director, NBS
Finland, Leena Periaho, Art Director, Family
France, Franck Rey, Co Founder & Head of Creation, icilondres
Germany, Christian Daul, Chief Creative Officer, Y&R
Singapore, Richard Copping, Creative Director, Saatchi & Saatchi
South Africa, Vanessa Pearson, Executive Creative Director, McCann Erickson
Spain, José M. Roca de Vinãls, Executive Creative Director, DDB Barcelona
Thailand, Chukiat Jaroensuk, Chief Creative Officer, Euro RSCG Flagship
United Kingdom, Russell Ramsey, Executive Creative Director, JWT
USA, David Angelo, Chairman, Chief Creative Officer, davidandgoliath advertising
USA, Mark Gross (Jury President), Senior Vice President / Group Creative Director, DDB Chicago
Argentina, Daniel Reynoso, Chief Creative Officer & Vice President, Diálogo Publicidad
Australia, Dejan Rasic, Executive Creative Director, Colman Rasic Carrasco
Belgium, Peter Ampe, Creative Director, Duval Guillaume
Brazil, Flávio Casarotti, Executive Creative Vice President, Fischer América
Canada, Tom Murphy, Creative Director, Target
Chile, Rodrigo Gomez, Executive Creative Director, Draftfcb
France, Thomas Stern, President / Creative Director, @just
Germany, Hans-Peter Albercht, Founder & Creative Director, HP Albrecht
India, Senthil Kumar, Executive Creative Director, JWT
Italy, Francesco Roccaforte, Founder & Owner, M-O-D Music On Demand
Norway, Lars Joachim Grimstad, Copywriter, TRY Reklamebyrå
South Africa, Matthew Brink, Creative Director, King James
Spain, David Moure Ortega, Creative Director, McCann Erickson Iberia
The Philippines, Leigh Reyes, Executive Creative Director, Y&R
United Kingdom, Liz Whiston, Creative Partner, Krow Communications
