Lions Festivals, Managed by i2i Events Group, Gears Up for the 59th Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity

5/24/2012 - The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, now in its 59th year, is the world’s largest and most prestigious global annual awards, celebrating creative excellence in advertising and communications.

With 15 Awards categories, judged by 15 juries of world-class thought leaders, the Festival in 2011 attracted almost 29,000 entries from all over the world with winners receiving the highly coveted Lion trophy, presented at four awards ceremonies. In addition to the Awards, over 10,000 advertisers and advertising and communication professionals from some 95 countries come to Cannes for a week of workshops, exhibitions, screenings, master classes and high-profile seminars by the industry’s global leaders, making Cannes Lions the networking and learning opportunity of the year.

Delegates to Cannes Lions 2012 will be able to hear presentations from over 200 of the most well-known names from the world of advertising and communications as well as politics, sports, music and entertainment, during the seven day learning program. Speakers include Sir Martin Sorrell, Sir John Hegarty and Dan Wieden as well as senior executives from Facebook, Time Warner Inc, Twitter, MTV, Virgin Media, Unilever, P&G and Johnson & Johnson amongst many others. From the world of sports, speakers include Lord Sebastian Coe, Nadia Comaneci and Ronaldo and from the entertainment world Ridley Scott, Forrest Whitaker, Mark Ronson and Debbie Harry also appear. And to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the foundation of Grupo ABC, the largest communications group in Latin America, President Bill Clinton will address delegates and deliver a keynote speech titled ‘How Advertising Can Help Build a Better World’.

Philip Thomas, Cannes Lions CEO comments, “Cannes Lions has long been established as the must-attend event for anyone involved in brand communication, and this year will be no exception. With the cream of the industry in attendance, globally recognized expert speakers including President Bill Clinton and two new categories of awards to recognize important developments in the industry, Cannes Lions 2012 is set to once again exceed our expectations and deliver an outstanding event for everyone involved.”

The 59th Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity takes place from June 17th – 23rd , 2012 in Cannes, France.


Lions Festivals
Lions Festivals is the organizer of the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity and Eurobest as well as co-organizers, with its joint venture partners, of the Dubai Lynx International Advertising Festival, Spikes Asia Festival of Creativity, the Asian Marketing Effectiveness Festival and the Digital Asia Festival. The business is managed by i2i Events Group.

i2i Events Group
i2i Events Group delivers world-class exhibitions, large scale events and festivals in key sectors including home and gift, fashion, retail, healthcare, energy, environment, education, technology, media and creative. Its portfolio of worldwide events includes World Retail Congress, Spring Fair, Naidex, BVE, BETT and Pure. i2i Events Group includes the Lions Festivals, managing Cannes Lions, Dubai Lynx and Spikes Asia. It prides itself on opening up possibilities for its customers and each year brings more than 250,000 decision makers together to network, source, test, buy and sell brilliant products, services, ideas and solutions. i2i Events Group is headed up by Mark Shashoua who joined EMAP as Group MD of EMAP Connect in November 2011 and became CEO of i2i Events Group in March 2012. i2i Events is powered by Top Right Group, formerly known as EMAP International Ltd. For more information, go to www.i2ieventsgroup.com.



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