Ad Stars Busan International Advertising Festival announces judges for August 23rd – 25th show

Ad Stars 2012 Busan International Advertising Festival, the biggest advertisement festival in Asia is expecting to receive approximately 8,000 entries from approximately 50 countries this year.

18 Judges for the final judging panel have now been announced with a further 6 judges to be announced shortly. Twenty-four judges will be named for the final judging and nearly 150 judges will be selected for the preliminary judging. Entry details can be found at www.adstars.org. There is no entry fee and the deadline for entering work is May 15, 2012. Two US$10,000 cash prizes will be handed out to the Grand Prix winners. Ad Stars 2012 has added new categories for entries in order to meet the changing advertising industry. In addition to Product and Service, PSA, and Place branding, Entertainment; Innovative; Diverse Insights; Effectiveness; Media; and Presentation have been newly added. Mobile, PR, and Design have also been added based on the type of media.

The Festival will be held in Busan, South Korea from August 23rd to 25th. Previous Asia-Pacific winners of the $10,000 cash prizes have been Publicis Indonesia, Special Group, Auckland, Ogilvy & Mather Hong Kong and Colenso BBDO Auckland.

Judges to date (including Dirk Eschenbacher and Yang Yeo pictured above) are:

Scott Lambert, Creative Director, Innoce,an Worldwide Australia.

Julian Watt, Executive Creative Director George Patterson Y&R Australia.

Rob Campbell, Regional Head of Strategy, Wieden+Kennedy China.

Kevin Lee, Executive Creative Director, Partner, Leagas Delaney China.

Dirk Eschenbacher, Regional Creative Director, Ogilvy & Mather Asia Pacific China (Pictured top)

Yang Yeo, Chief Creative Officer, JWT China (Pictured top below).

Paul Shearer, Agency Partner/Creative, HMDG England.

Alan Couldrey, Chief Executive officer Asia Pacific. The Brand Union Hong Kong.

Yukio Nakayama, Executive Creative Director, Dentu Japan,

Tetsusni Kawachi, Executive Creative Director, Tokyu Agency Japan.

Jung Won Lee, Chief Executive Officer, PostVisual Korea.

Sun Mi Park, Executive Director, Daehong Communications Korea.

Daniel Comar, Regional Executive Director, Ogilvy Action Malaysia.

Cho Kok Keong, Creative Director, TBWA\Tequila Malaysia.

Huang Ean Hwa, Deputy Chairman, ECD, Co-chair, McCann SEA, McCann Worldwide Malaysia.

Martin Maher, Co-founder/Creative Director, Zebra Singapore.

Randy Rinaldi, Executive Creative Director, Grey Indonesia.

Seyoan Vela, Executive Creative Director, JWT Dubai.