ASIA-PACIFIC – PHUKET, THAILAND, MARCH 3, 2011 – Nothing gets creative juices flowing better than great food and inspiring conversation. Some of the world’s best ideas are exchanged and debated over lunch. That is why ADFEST delegates will be invited to sit down to dine with this year’s Grand Jury President, the "Magnificent 7" Jury Presidents, plus three of its Presidential guest speakers at the Lunch with the Presidents on 19th March 2011.
Each will sit at a separate table, which has 10 spare seats for ADFEST delegates. This gives 110 lucky delegates the chance to bounce their ideas around with some of the world‟s most successful ad gurus, learning from their advice and wisdom.
ADFEST 2011 Grand Jury President and the "Magnificent 7" include:
– Washington Olivetto, Chairman & Chief Creative Officer of WMcCann, Sao Paulo
– Jureeporn Thaidumrong, Executive Creative Director, Jeh United Bangkok
– David Guerrero, Chairman & CCO, BBDO Guerrero/ Proximity Philippines
– Satoshi Takamatsu, Founder/Chief Creative Director of GROUND in Tokyo
– Andy Blood, Group ECD & Partner TBWA\Tequila\Auckland
– Sheung Yan Lo, Executive Creative Director, North East Asia, and Chairman, JWT Shanghai
– Kien Eng Tan, Chief Executive Officer, Leo Burnett / ARC Worldwide /Alpha 245
Singapore / Kuala Lumpur
– Ram Madhvani, director and partner at Equinox Films, Mumbai
The three Presidential Guest Speakers are:
– Simon "Sanky" Sankarayya, President of D&AD in London
– Doug Scott, Jury President of One Show Entertainment from New York
– Francois Chilot, President of the Young Director Award (YDA) from Paris
To share lunch with one of these 11 advertising executives, sign up (first come, first served) on-site at the information desk at the ADFEST registration counter. Sign-up opens 17 March.
ADFEST, the three-day festival of advertising, ideas and creativity runs in Phuket, Thailand from March 17 to 19, 2011. For further information, please visit www.adfest.com.
