The Boomerang Awards 2026, the region’s premier awards show dedicated to Digital Innovation, has revealed its five Jury Presidents as it continues its first-ever call for entries from across Southeast Asia.
Leading this year’s juries are:
- Jury President for Innovation in Digital Experience: Geia Lopez, Head of Creative and Creator Partnerships, Google Southeast Asia
- Jury President for Innovation in Digital Media: Theresa Ong, Head of Creative Shop for ANZ, India & Southeast Asia, Meta
- Jury President for Innovation in Digital Entertainment; VJ Anand, Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer, Ballsy
- Jury President for Innovation in Digital Craft: Erik Reiff, Founding Partner & Chief Creative Officer, Black Cat White Cat
- Jury President for Innovation in Specializations: Rey Tiempo, Founder and Chief Creative Officer, Co-Op Play
Together, the five Jury Presidents represent a diverse cross-section of creative and digital leadership across Asia, bringing expertise spanning experience, media, entertainment, craft, technology, gaming, and emerging digital disciplines.
A New Regional Benchmark for Digital Innovation
For 2026, the Boomerang Awards expands beyond the Philippines and opens its doors to work from across Southeast Asia.
Adding to this regional evolution is the strong partnership with The One Club for Creativity, one of the world’s most respected organizations championing excellence in advertising, design and creative innovation. The Boomerang Awards 2026 judging portal is powered by The One Club – bringing its judging technology and infrastructure to the awards.
Two Years of Great Work Can Enter
The Boomerang Awards 2026 also introduces an expanded two-year eligibility period, giving more of the region’s best digital work the chance to compete.
Eligible work must have launched or run in Southeast Asia territories between May 1, 2024 and June 30, 2026.
This year’s theme, INTERPLAY: Digital Innovation Playground for Southeast Asia, reflects the increasingly interconnected nature of digital creativity: where technology, culture, entertainment, media, craft, data, commerce and emerging platforms continuously collide and create new possibilities.
With entries still open, agencies, brands, production partners, technology companies, creators and innovators from across Southeast Asia are invited to put their best digital work forward.
Five disciplines. Five Jury Presidents. A jury drawn from across Asia. Two years of eligible work. One regional stage for digital innovation.
Entries are still open. Enter the Boomerang Awards 2026 now! https://booms.dmap.com.ph/
