Record number of entries to Spikes Asia and festival delegate numbers hit 1000 already

According to organisers Spikes Asia has received a 20% increase in entries versus 2010 and so far 1,000 delegates have already registered to attend this year’s three-day event.

As the last few entries are being checked, over 3,600 pieces of work have already been processed and are waiting to be judged in Singapore later this month by 55 regional and international creatives and industry leaders. Whilst the final number of entries submitted in the fourteen different categories – Print, Outdoor, Digital, Direct, Promo & Activation, Media, Design, Radio, Film, Print & Poster Craft, Film Craft and new for this year, PR and Mobile – will be announced in the next few days, this will be a record year for the annual event.

Spikes Asia delegates can look forward to an intense and interesting festival programme, featuring a line-up of 27 seminars and six workshops. Speakers include: Rémi Babinet, Chairman of BETC Euro RSCG and Global Chief Creative Officer of Havas; Jeff Benjamin, Partner and Chief Creative Officer of Crispin Porter + Bogusky; Bobby Chinn, Chef, Restauranteur, Author and TV Presenter; Daniel Morel, Chairman and CEO of Wunderman; James Thompson, Asia Pacific CMO, Diageo; Michael Wall, Global CEO of Lowe and Partners; and John Wren, President and CEO of Omnicom Group, amongst many others.

All seminars will be simultaneously translated into Japanese, Korean and Mandarin, an additional benefit for attendees.

“Asia Pacific is a fantastically creative region producing some outstanding work,” said Terry Savage, Festival Chairman. “In an industry where integration is becoming the norm, the opportunity to meet and mix with people from all sectors of the business is now more critical than ever before. We are being challenged and the opportunity to challenge each other, irrespective of what sector you work in – creative agency, media agency or client side – is of utmost importance. Spikes will be the place where this all comes together.”

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