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  • ADFEST 2016 confirms 57 jurors from 18 cities

    ADFEST 2016 confirms 57 jurors from 18 cities

    MUMBAI:  ADFEST has announced that some of the world’s most celebrated creative professionals will be joining ADFEST 2016 as jurors including 57 professionals from 18 cities: Auckland, Bangkok, Beijing, Beirut, Colombo, Dubai, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Melbourne, Mumbai, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, Taipei and Tokyo.

    Introducing the jury panel for Film & Radio Lotus:
    •         Ben Welsh, Creative Chairman, Asia, M&C Saatchi, Sydney (Jury President)
    •         Erick Rosa, Executive Creative Director, MullenLowe Singapore, Singapore
    •         Jennifer Hu, Chief Creative officer, Ogilvy & Mather Taiwan, Taipei
    •         Joo Yu Kyung, Creative Director, Innocean Worldwide, Seoul
    •         Malek Ghorayeb, Regional Executive Creative Director, Leo Burnett MENA, Beirut
    •         Santi Suwanvalaikorn, Founder & Executive Creative Director, Youngsanti, Bangkok
    •         Yoshimitsu Sawamoto, Executive Creative Director, Dentsu Inc., Tokyo
    The jury panel for Design Lotus & Print Craft Lotus:                                                                
    •         Yoshihiro Yagi, Creative Director, Dentsu Inc., Tokyo (Jury President)
    •         Chutivat Cherdchoo, Executive Creative Director, Visionary Group, Bangkok
    •         Guy Venables, Founder, GUY>ENABLES, Sydney
    •         Ivan Hadywibowo, Chief Creative Officer, J. Walter Thompson, Jakarta
    •         Sanket Pathare, Senior Creative Director, McCann Erickson India, Mumbai
    •         Sing Lin, Creative Director & Partner, BeWater, Shanghai
    •         Trevor Kennedy, Chief Creative Officer, Leo Burnett Solutions GROUP, Colombo
    The jury panel for Media Lotus, Branded Entertainment Lotus & Content Lotus:          
    •         Josy Paul, Chairman & Chief Creative Officer, BBDO India, Mumbai (Jury President)
    •         Darren Watson, Executive Creative Director – APAC, FITCH, Singapore
    •         Evan Teng, Managing Director, J. Walter Thompson Taiwan, Taipei
    •         Georg Warga, Creative Director, Filmmaker & Founder, GOODSTEIN, Shanghai
    •         Patrick Baron, Executive Creative Director, McCann Melbourne, Melbourne
    •         Sarnchatt Chansrakao, Managing Director, Dentsu Media Thailand, Bangkok
    •         Sokichi Nakazawa, Executive Manager of Data Driven Media Marketing Center, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners Inc., Tokyo
    The jury panel for Promo Lotus and Effective Lotus:          
    •         Chris Chiu, Singapore (Jury President)
    •         Anu Joseph, Executive Creative Director, Creativeland Asia Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai
    •         Dani Richa, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, BBDO MENA, Pakistan & Africa, Dubai
    •         Eric Cruz, Executive Creative Director, AKQA Shanghai, Shanghai
    •         Jeff Ma, Marketing Vice President, Greater China, The Woolmark Company, Shanghai
    •         Joyce Deng, Marketing Vice President, Yintai Yushen Business Management Co., Ltd., Beijing
    •         Tara Ford, Creative Director, WhybinTBWA Group, Melbourne
    The jury panel for Integrated Lotus, INNOVA Lotus and Lotus Roots:          
    •         Jeremy Craigen, Global Chief Creative Officer, Innocean Worldwide, Seoul ( Jury President)
    •         Ben Welsh, Creative Chairman, Asia, M&C Saatchi, Sydney
    •         Chee Keong (CK) Tan, Group Executive Creative Director, Ogilvy & Mather Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
    •         Chris Chiu, Singapore
    •         Josy Paul, Chairman & Chief Creative Officer, BBDO India, Mumbai
    •         Richard Yu, Chief Creative Officer & China Network Creative Consultant, ADK Taiwan, Taipei
    •         Sihabutr Xoomsai, Film Director, Triton Film, Bangkok
    •         Valerie Cheng, Head of Creative Shop, Southeast Asia, Facebook, Singapore
    •         Yoshihiro Yagi, Creative Director, Dentsu Inc., Tokyo

    “Our jurors arrived in Thailand yesterday to begin debating this year’s entries. It is now their responsibility to choose the work that is driving our industry forward, we’d like to thank them for the hard work they will perform over the next few days,” says ADFEST president Jimmy Lam.
    ADFEST 2016 will run from 16th to 19th March at the Royal Cliff Hotels Group in Pattaya, Thailand.

  • ADFEST 2016 confirms 57 jurors from 18 cities

    ADFEST 2016 confirms 57 jurors from 18 cities

    MUMBAI:  ADFEST has announced that some of the world’s most celebrated creative professionals will be joining ADFEST 2016 as jurors including 57 professionals from 18 cities: Auckland, Bangkok, Beijing, Beirut, Colombo, Dubai, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Melbourne, Mumbai, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, Taipei and Tokyo.

    Introducing the jury panel for Film & Radio Lotus:
    •         Ben Welsh, Creative Chairman, Asia, M&C Saatchi, Sydney (Jury President)
    •         Erick Rosa, Executive Creative Director, MullenLowe Singapore, Singapore
    •         Jennifer Hu, Chief Creative officer, Ogilvy & Mather Taiwan, Taipei
    •         Joo Yu Kyung, Creative Director, Innocean Worldwide, Seoul
    •         Malek Ghorayeb, Regional Executive Creative Director, Leo Burnett MENA, Beirut
    •         Santi Suwanvalaikorn, Founder & Executive Creative Director, Youngsanti, Bangkok
    •         Yoshimitsu Sawamoto, Executive Creative Director, Dentsu Inc., Tokyo
    The jury panel for Design Lotus & Print Craft Lotus:                                                                
    •         Yoshihiro Yagi, Creative Director, Dentsu Inc., Tokyo (Jury President)
    •         Chutivat Cherdchoo, Executive Creative Director, Visionary Group, Bangkok
    •         Guy Venables, Founder, GUY>ENABLES, Sydney
    •         Ivan Hadywibowo, Chief Creative Officer, J. Walter Thompson, Jakarta
    •         Sanket Pathare, Senior Creative Director, McCann Erickson India, Mumbai
    •         Sing Lin, Creative Director & Partner, BeWater, Shanghai
    •         Trevor Kennedy, Chief Creative Officer, Leo Burnett Solutions GROUP, Colombo
    The jury panel for Media Lotus, Branded Entertainment Lotus & Content Lotus:          
    •         Josy Paul, Chairman & Chief Creative Officer, BBDO India, Mumbai (Jury President)
    •         Darren Watson, Executive Creative Director – APAC, FITCH, Singapore
    •         Evan Teng, Managing Director, J. Walter Thompson Taiwan, Taipei
    •         Georg Warga, Creative Director, Filmmaker & Founder, GOODSTEIN, Shanghai
    •         Patrick Baron, Executive Creative Director, McCann Melbourne, Melbourne
    •         Sarnchatt Chansrakao, Managing Director, Dentsu Media Thailand, Bangkok
    •         Sokichi Nakazawa, Executive Manager of Data Driven Media Marketing Center, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners Inc., Tokyo
    The jury panel for Promo Lotus and Effective Lotus:          
    •         Chris Chiu, Singapore (Jury President)
    •         Anu Joseph, Executive Creative Director, Creativeland Asia Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai
    •         Dani Richa, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, BBDO MENA, Pakistan & Africa, Dubai
    •         Eric Cruz, Executive Creative Director, AKQA Shanghai, Shanghai
    •         Jeff Ma, Marketing Vice President, Greater China, The Woolmark Company, Shanghai
    •         Joyce Deng, Marketing Vice President, Yintai Yushen Business Management Co., Ltd., Beijing
    •         Tara Ford, Creative Director, WhybinTBWA Group, Melbourne
    The jury panel for Integrated Lotus, INNOVA Lotus and Lotus Roots:          
    •         Jeremy Craigen, Global Chief Creative Officer, Innocean Worldwide, Seoul ( Jury President)
    •         Ben Welsh, Creative Chairman, Asia, M&C Saatchi, Sydney
    •         Chee Keong (CK) Tan, Group Executive Creative Director, Ogilvy & Mather Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
    •         Chris Chiu, Singapore
    •         Josy Paul, Chairman & Chief Creative Officer, BBDO India, Mumbai
    •         Richard Yu, Chief Creative Officer & China Network Creative Consultant, ADK Taiwan, Taipei
    •         Sihabutr Xoomsai, Film Director, Triton Film, Bangkok
    •         Valerie Cheng, Head of Creative Shop, Southeast Asia, Facebook, Singapore
    •         Yoshihiro Yagi, Creative Director, Dentsu Inc., Tokyo

    “Our jurors arrived in Thailand yesterday to begin debating this year’s entries. It is now their responsibility to choose the work that is driving our industry forward, we’d like to thank them for the hard work they will perform over the next few days,” says ADFEST president Jimmy Lam.
    ADFEST 2016 will run from 16th to 19th March at the Royal Cliff Hotels Group in Pattaya, Thailand.

  • J. Walter Thompson launches new global talent program

    J. Walter Thompson launches new global talent program

    MUMBAI: As innovative ideas increasingly come from outside traditional agency confines, J. Walter Thompson has launched a new global talent development program called Jump/Start.

    The program is aimed at helping young creative thinkers from all backgrounds break into the advertising industry.

    The program aims to collapse boundaries by attracting and retaining students and recent graduates who have diverse and multidisciplinary backgrounds. Jump/Start is inclusive of disciplines spanning theater, film, creative writing, technology, product design, innovation and more.

    “Across the board, one of the biggest trends we’re seeing in our industry is the convergence of traditional categories. With Jump/Start, we’ve designed a program that supports creative talent from beyond these traditional confines. Growing a diverse talent pool is essential to our ability to deliver better and more innovative ideas to our clients,” said J. Walter Thompson worldwide chief creative officer Matt Eastwood.

    Jump/Start is designed to bridge the gap between classroom education and hands-on application. Participants will have the opportunity to work in an active agency setting, while collaborating with teams of experienced and award-winning professionals. They will also have the chance to work on live briefs and enhance their portfolios with real client work. Participating students will receive a monthly stipend for the duration of the three-month internship.

    The program will kick off in Beirut, Dubai, Hong Kong, London, Melbourne, New York, S?o Paulo and Sydney. Students, recent graduates and young professionals will be eligible to apply.

    “I owe great thanks to the many people and agencies that helped me throughout my career, and especially as a young university graduate. That’s the sort of support we want to replicate for the next generation of great creative minds,” said Eastwood.

    The program will be led by J. Walter Thompson worldwide head of creative talent Britt Hayes and by the respective chief creative officers in the participating offices.

    Applications will be accepted for three-month rotations, and regional Jump/Start programs began accepting their first groups of participants in Fall 2015.

  • CNN once again has its ‘Eye on China’

    CNN once again has its ‘Eye on China’

    MUMBAI: News broadcaster CNN will once again dedicate its global resources to China for incisive debate, programming and insights next month. The network will have its second week-long Eye On China. A 20 member newsgathering team offers analysis, documenting the latest cultural, economic, and social developments in a country rapidly emerging as a pre-eminent global force.

    The week begins with CNN Connects – an hour long debate on The Price of Progress and continues with a blend of live reporting and features from Shanghai in the show CNN Today. Two editions of the talk show Talk Asia also go behind the headlines with China ‘s leading newsmakers.

    Following on from debates in Davos, Beirut , Mumbai, Beijing and New York CNN Connects visits Shanghai for an hour-long round table debate evaluating the issues in balancing double-digit economic growth and the environmental challenges this presents.

    Jim Clancy anchors The Price of Progress with a panel of environmental experts including Jim Harkness of the World Wide Fund for Nature, academics and specialists debating in front of a live audience including students from China’s prestigious and internationally respected Fudan University.

    Throughout the week, Kristie Lu Stout reports live from locations around Shanghai for CNN Today. In addition, Kristie and correspondents Stan Grant, Mike Chinoy and Tara Duffy bring a number of reports charting contemporary China in all its fascinating complexity. Topics cover a wide range of issues including Shanghai ‘s rise as a new business Mecca , preparations for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the nation’s growing environmental challenges, the rise of the blogger and a look at China ‘s new sexual revolution. And, of course, Shanghainese food.

    With the Olympics just two years away, China ‘s political, environmental, and economic outlook is being scrutinised as never before. Eye On China reveals the drive behind modern China, assessing how its inhabitants are adapting to a more affluent economy while also examining efforts to balance modernisation with traditional values.