ASIA-PACIFIC – SEPTEMBER 1, 2011 – In just two weeks, over 1,000 delegates will gather in Singapore for Spikes Asia, the regional awards and festival celebrating Asia Pacific’s creative excellence in advertising and communications. Entries to this year’s awards have increased by 20% versus 2010 to over 3,600 pieces of work awaiting judging later this month by 55 regional and international creatives and industry leaders.
The final number of entries submitted in the 14 different categories – Print, Outdoor, Digital, Direct, Promo & Activation, Media, Design, Radio, Film, Print & Poster Craft, Film Craft and new for this year, PR and Mobile – will be announced in the next few days.
Spikes Asia delegates can look forward to an intense and interesting festival program, featuring an exciting line-up of 27 seminars and six workshops. Speakers include: Rémi Babinet, Chairman of BETC Euro RSCG and Global Chief Creative Officer of Havas; Jeff Benjamin, Partner and Chief Creative Officer of Crispin Porter + Bogusky; Bobby Chinn, Chef, Restauranteur, Author and TV Presenter; Daniel Morel, Chairman and CEO of Wunderman; James Thompson, Asia Pacific CMO, Diageo; Michael Wall, Global CEO of Lowe and Partners; and John Wren, President and CEO of Omnicom Group, amongst many others.
All seminars will be simultaneously translated into Japanese, Korean and Mandarin, an additional benefit for attendees.
“A record number of entries, around 1,000 delegates already registered to attend – with more registering daily – and an excellent content programme, Spikes Asia 2011 is shaping up to be a great event,” comments Terry Savage, Festival Chairman.
“Asia Pacific is a fantastically creative region producing some outstanding work. In an industry where integration is becoming the norm, the opportunity to meet and mix with people from all sectors of the business is now more critical than ever before. We are being challenged and the opportunity to challenge each other, irrespective of what sector you work in – creative agency, media agency or client side – is of utmost importance. Spikes will be the place where this all comes together," he continued.
For more information about Spikes Asia or register to attend, please visit www.spikes.asia.
Spikes Asia is jointly organized by Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity and Haymarket, publishers of Campaign Asia.
