Cannes Lions 2009: Y&R presents Roger Daltrey and Harvey Goldsmith
Y&R’s Global Chairman and CEO, Hamish McLennan, will be bringing to Cannes Lions 2009 Roger Daltrey and Harvey Goldsmith. The two music industry giants will talk on their on-stage to behind-the-scenes experiences. The seminar will take place at the Debussy auditorium of the Palais des Festivals in Cannes at 4 pm on June 25, 2009.

Cannes Lions 2009: Chax, Sujata Keshavan Guha, Leena Basrur among jury members
Cannes Lions 2009 has announced the jury members of the Design, Direct and Outdoor Lions’ juries. Quite a few Indians have made it to the jury list this year. Ray+Keshavan Sujata Keshavan Guha is on the Design jury list, while Direxions Marketing Solutions’ Leena Basrur is on the Direct Lions jury. DraftFCB+Ulka’s Chax is on Outdoor Lions’ jury list.

Cannes Lions 2009: Meera Sharath Chandra, Atul Nath, Ashish Khazanchi on jury list
Close on the heels of Lynn de Souza being appointed on the Cannes Lions 2009 media jury, more Indians have been announced on various Cannes juries. They include Meera Sharath Chandra (Cyber Lions), Atul Nath (Promo Lions) and Ashish Khazanchi (Radio Lions). The 56th International Advertising Festival will be held on June 21-27, 2009.

Lynn de Souza on Cannes Lions 2009 media jury
Media Lions jury for the 56th Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival has been announced. Representing India this year on the jury is Lynn de Souza, Chairman & CEO, Lintas Media Group. This year, the number Media Lions jury members has been increased by five people to facilitate the lengthy judging and discussion procedure.

Cannes Lions 2009: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer named Media Person of the Year
Steve Ballmer, CEO, Microsoft Corporation, will be honoured with the Media Person of the Year Award at the 56th Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival. The Media Person the Year Award pays tribute to a prominent personality who is an influential figure in the development of today’s media landscape.

New Cannes 2006 : Rediffusion wins silver in Direct Lions Category, hopes for a win in Outdoor Lions
Rediffusion DY&R is ecstatic. It got India its first-ever silver nomination in the Direct Lions category. Its work on Midland Book Shop got the coveted DM Silver at Cannes 2006.

Gunter Thielen, Bertelsmann, Chairman & CEO, named Cannes 2006 Media Person of the Year
Gunter Thielen, Chairman and CEO of Bertelsmann AG, will be honoured with the Media Person of the Year Award at this year’s Cannes Festival. The award is in recognition of Thielen’s leadership of Bertelsmann AG, an international media corporation which occupies top positions in all its core markets.

RMG Connect’s Rakhshin Patel joins list of Indians on Cannes 2006 juries
Cannes 2006 organisers have named the last two juries for the international advertising festival. The lone Indian in the Lions Direct jury is Rakhshin Patel, Senior Vice-President and General Manager, RMG Connect, India.

Ashutosh Srivastava, Bhupal Ramnathkar and Pankaj Wadhwa head for Cannes juries
Organisers of the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival have announced the jury members for all competitions in 2006, except the Lions Direct and Radio Lions. Joining Prasoon Pandey and Preeti Vyas Gyanetti from India will be jurors Ashutosh Srivastava of GroupM, Bhupal Ramnathkar of Bates Enterprise and Pankaj Wadhwa of Kidstuff Promos & Events.

Preeti Vyas Giannetti selected for Cannes Jury 2006
Preeti Vyas Giannetti, Chairwoman and Chief Creative Officer of Vyas Giannetti Creative, has been invited to be part of the press jury for the Cannes International Advertising Festival to be held in July. She is the first woman Creative Director-CEO from India to be conferred with this distinction.

Adidas to be awarded Advertiser of the Year at Cannes Lions 2006
The organisers of the 53rd Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival have announced that Adidas would be awarded the prestigious Advertiser of the Year award, which will be presented to Erich Stamminger, President and CEO of the Adidas brand, in recognition of their creative and innovative advertising.

Cannes 2006: Titanium Lions Awards jury announced
Organisers of the 2006 International Advertising Festival, France - Cannes Lions 2006 - have announced the jury for the Titanium Lions Awards, into its fourth year now. The jury is headed by the first winner of the Titanium Lion, David Lubars, Chairman and Chief Creative Officer, BBDO North America.

Starcom CEO Renetta McCann to head Cannes Media Lions 2006 jury

Organisers of the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival have announced that Renetta McCann, Chief Executive Officer, Starcom MediaVest Group (SMG) will chair the 2006 Media Lions jury. She was a juror at Cannes Lions 2005 as well.