EUROBEST 2011 ANNOUNCES FINAL JURIES: CRAFT AND INTEGRATED

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14 November 2011 – The Eurobest Advertising Festival, taking place from 28-30 November, has announced the last of its eight juries; Craft and Integrated. The jury members will come together in Lisbon to judge the best of European creativity and award the sought after Eurobest trophies.

The Craft Jury, made up of nine members, will be chaired by Daniel Bergmann, Managing Director of Stink UK. The Integrated Jury, which combines jury presidents and selected jury members from other categories, will see the president of the Film, Press, Outdoor and Radio Jury, Sergio Valente, President and Chief Executive Officer of DDB Brasil, heading it up.

Philip Thomas, CEO of Cannes Lions, organisers of Eurobest, commented, "We are delighted to welcome these final jury members on board who complete an already exceptional line-up of creative talent. We look forward to meeting them in Lisbon and setting to work on defining the best in European creative communications."

CRAFT JURY
Daniel Bergmann, Managing Director, Stink, UK – JURY PRESIDENT
Mitchel Elsen, Managing Partner, TRS, Belgium
Rogier Hesp, Director, Caviar, The Netherlands
Espen Horn, Executive Producer & Managing Director, Motion Blur, Norway
Gustav Johansson, Director, Camp David Film, Sweden
Celine Lescure, Senior Copywriter, Herezie Paris, France
Berna Parlak, Executive Producer, Zihin Açikliği Films, Turkey
Ole Peters, Creative Director & Partner, Sehsucht, Germany
Leonel Vieira, Director & Producer, StopLine Films, Portugal

INTEGRATED JURY
Sergio Valente, President & Chief Executive Officer, DDB Brasil, Brazil – JURY PRESIDENT
Dagan Cohen, Executive Creative Director, Draftfcb, The Netherlands
Tom Eslinger, Worldwide Digital Creative Director, Saatchi & Saatchi, Global
David Gallagher, President Europe, Ketchum Pleon, Europe
Tim Greenhalgh, Chief Creative Officer, FITCH, UK
Marco Rimini, Worldwide Head of Communications Planning, Mindshare, Global
Adrian Botan, Creative Partner, McCann Erickson, Romania
Roy Cohen, Executive Creative Director, Shalmor Avnon Amichay/Y&R, Israel
Mick Mahoney, Executive Creative Director, Euro RSCG London, UK
Andreas Ullenius, Executive Creative Director, Åkestam Holst, Sweden

The full Festival Programme is now online at www.eurobest.com where further information about the Festival, Awards and dedicated networking events along with details of how to attend as a delegate can also be found.

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About the Eurobest Advertising Festival:
Launched in 1988, Eurobest is Europe’s leading annual awards competition for creative excellence in the categories of Film, Print, Outdoor, Radio, Craft, Interactive, Media, Direct, Promo & Activation, Design, PR, Integrated and Mobile advertising. Since 2008, the awards, which are judged by Europe’s top creatives, form part of a two-and-a-half day Festival themed to identify and engage specific topics that are relevant to the European market. The festival has been held in Stockholm, Amsterdam and Hamburg, where there were close to 900 attendees. Lisbon, Portugal, will be the host city for Eurobest 2011. Organised by the same team behind the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, the Dubai Lynx International Advertising Festival and Spikes Asia, the Eurobest Advertising Festival is a purely European event.

Key Dates:
Delegate registration: open
Festival dates: 28-30 November 2011, São Jorge Cinema, Lisbon, Portugal
Awards Show and After Party: 30 November 2011, São Luiz Theatre, Lisbon Portugal