All set for this week’s AdFest in Pattaya

March 15 2009, 8:55 pm | BY Kim Shaw | No Comments

50 creatives from around Asia and Australasia begin deliberating today for the first round of judging at AdFest. The jurists will represent 27 agencies from 19 cities.

Jury Presidents responsible for overseeing the 14 Lotus Awards categories are:

FILM LOTUS & RADIO LOTUS: Sir John Hegarty, Chairman & Worldwide Creative Director at BBH in London.

PRESS LOTUS & POSTER LOTUS: Mark Tutssel (pictured above), Chief Creative Officer, Leo Burnett Worldwide, Chicago.

OUTDOOR LOTUS: Suthisak Sucharittanonta, Chief Creative Officer, BBDO Bangkok.

DIRECT LOTUS: Selina Ang, Executive Director, OgilvyOne Worldwide, Kuala Lumpur.

DESIGN LOTUS & PRINT CRAFT LOTUS: Vince Frost, Creative Director Frost Design in Sydney.

FILM CRAFT LOTUS & NEW DIRECTOR LOTUS: Prasoon Pandey, Director of Corcoise Films, Mumbai.

CYBER: Koshi Uchiyama, CD at GT Inc and (suit)men entertainment, Tokyo.

Entry and delegate numbers for this year’s AdFest are not known at this stage but it is widely speculated that both levels will be down on previous recent years.

Several big-name ECDs have already indicated to CB Asia that they will not be attending this year due to economic cut-backs however some prominent creative directors will be there on the jury. From Singapore Ali Shabaz (ECD JWT), Richard Copping (ECD Saatchi & Saatchi), Farrokh Madon (ECD McCann), Terrence Tan (CD DDB). From India Santosh Padhi (ECD Taproot), Shalini Dam (National CD Grey). From China/Hong Kong Spencer Wong (ECD McCann China), Nils Anderson (ECD O&M Greater China), Yang Yeo (CCO JWT Shanghai), Ruth Lee (CCO DDB Hong Kong), Doug Schiff (ECD OgilvyOne Beijing). Yew Leong Tan (CD Leo Burnett) and Dave Ferrer (JWT Manila) will also be there, plus many talented CDs from Bangkok and Japan including Dentsu’s Akira Kagami who will be running the Young Creative competition this year..

WHO ELSE WILL BE AT ADFEST?

CB Asia also hears David Guerrero (BBDO Guerrero Manila), Piyush Pandey (Ogilvy India) and JWT China’s Lo SheungYan will make the trip. Of course, Campaign Brief Asia will be high profile at AdFest. This year you can come over and say hello (and Donald Gunn and Emma Wilkie) at The Gunn Report stand.

THE PRODUCTION CORNER

Some of the region’s top production companies are also attending either as delegates or via booths at the AdFest 2009 Production Corner. As a Platinum Sponsor, the NSW Department of State and Regional Development will showcase 20 production companies and post production companies that are based in Sydney. The Production Corner takes place at the Pattaya Exhibition & Conference Hall (PEACH) during AdFest 2009 on 19-21 March 2009. The production corner is a relaxed, friendly environment for meeting some of the region’s most inspirational producers, directors and production executives and is certain to be one of the most popular networking places this year. The few that we know that are definitely attending include:

Post Modern

Andrew Robinson

Mobile: +61 414 972 369

Email: akro@postmodernsydney.com

Arithmetic

Andrew McPhail

Executive Producer

Mobile: +61 417 244 861

Email: andrew@arithmetic.com.au

and

Wayne Maule

Director