SPIKES ASIA FILM, PRINT, OUTDOOR AND RADIO JURY ANNOUNCED

SPIKES ASIA FILM, PRINT, OUTDOOR AND RADIO JURY ANNOUNCED
25 July 2012
 Spikes Asia, the regional creative advertising and communications festival for Asia Pacific, taking place 16-18 September in Singapore, is pleased to announce the Film, Print, Outdoor and Radio Jury - the first of ten juries that will vote on this year’s entries.
Chaired by Amir Kassaei, Chief Creative Officer of DDB Worldwide, the Film, Print, Outdoor and Radio jury is made up of 12 award-winning creatives from across the region:
 Amir Kassaei, Chief Creative Officer of DDB Worldwide, Global – Jury President
Ashish Chakravarty, Chief Creative Officer, McCann Worldgroup, India    
Brian Capel, Executive Creative Director, Leo Burnett, Indonesia    
David Guerrero, Chairman & Chief Creative Officer, BBDO Guerrero, The Philippines    
Francis Wee, Executive Creative Director, Ogilvy & Mather, China    
Gigi Lee, Executive Creative Director, Y&R, Malaysia    
Hye Jin Won, Senior Group Creative Director, Innocean, South Korea    
Kentaro Kimura, Creative Director/Co-Chief Executive Officer, Hakuhodo Kettle, Japan    
Matty Burton, Executive Creative Director, Whybin\TBWA\Tequila, Australia
Piya Churakpong, Executive Creative Director, Lowe Worldwide, Thailand    
Steve Elrick, Regional Executive Creative Director, BBH Asia Pacific, Regional    
Tay Guan Hin, Regional Executive Creative Director, SE Asia, JWT, Regional
 Philip Thomas, CEO of Lions Festivals says, "This is a very strong jury line-up befitting the high calibre of work that no doubt will be judged at Spikes Asia this year. Whilst Asia-Pacific agencies are doing well at international awards, it’s at regional awards such as Spikes Asia where more of the work will shine putting the spotlight on the region, its agencies and the creators of the work."
For information on how to enter, tips from past jury presidents on how to win at Spikes Asia and to register to attend, please visit www.spikes.asia Delegates registering before 1 August 2012 can benefit from the early bird rate.

The Spikes Asia Festival of Creativity celebrates and inspires Asia Pacific creativity in creative communications.
Suntec Singapore, 16-18 September 2012

Building on 25 years of the illustrious Spikes Awards, the Spikes Asia  Festival of Creativity is the result of a collaboration between the Lions Festivals, organisers of Cannes Lions, Dubai Lynx and Eurobest, and Haymarket, publishers of Campaign Asia Pacific. The Festival provides 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.

Spikes Asia, attended by over 1,700 delegates in 2011, offers a challenging programme of seminars and workshops focusing on creativity and learning, exhibitions of creative work from Asia Pacific, networking events in the evening and the Spikes Asia Awards show.        

The Awards, judged by leading international and regional creatives, honour the best creative work in the categories of Film, Print, Outdoor, Radio, Digital, Integrated, Direct, Promo & Activation, Media, Print Craft, Film Craft, Design, Mobile, PR, Branded Content & Entertainment and Creative Effectiveness. 

Haymarket Media Group

The Haymarket Media Group established in 1957 is the largest privately-owned magazine publisher in the UK, and one of the fastest growing media companies globally. The principal business is centred around its consumer, business, professional and customer publications. These are complemented by digital platforms and live events, including extensive exhibitions, conferences and awards. The Group’s global expansion comes from wholly owned subsidiaries, joint ventures and extensive licensing of key magazines to other publishers. In Asia from their offices in Hong Kong, Mumbai and Singapore, Haymarket Media Ltd publish market-leading titles Campaign Asia-Pacific, Finance Asia, Asian Investor, CEI Asia Pacific and Campaign India. In addition Haymarket organise a number of the region’s leading industry awards and conferences relating   to the communications and finance sectors. For more information about the Haymarket Media Group see www.haymarket.com.

 Lions Festivals 

Lions Festivals is the organiser of the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity and Eurobest as well as the co-organiser with its joint-venture partners of the Dubai Lynx International Advertising Festival, Spikes Asia Festival of Creativity, Festival of Asian Marketing  Effectiveness and the Digital Asia Festival.  The business is managed by i2i Events Group, which delivers world-class exhibitions, large scale events and festivals in key sectors including the home and gift, fashion, retail, healthcare, energy, environment, education, technology, media and creative industries. Its portfolio of world-wide events includes World Retail Congress, Spring Fair, Naidex, BVE, BETT and Pure. It prides itself on opening up possibilities for its customers and each year brings more than 250,000 decision makers together to network,   source, test, buy and sell brilliant products, services, ideas and solutions. i2i Events is powered by Top Right Group, formerly known as Emap International Limited. www.i2ieventsgroup.com


Key 2012 Dates
Delegate Registration: Open
                                Entries: Open
                                Entries Deadline extended to 3 August 2012
                                Delegate Early Bird Registration Ends: 1 August 2012
                                Festival Dates: 16-18 September 2012