The 3-day Dubai International Advertising Festival – Dubai Lynx - the leading creative advertising event and awards for the Middle East and North Africa includes a seminar programme featuring top international speakers, a series of topical workshops, a young creative competition, exhibitions and screenings of all the entries and culminates in the Dubai Lynx awards ceremony.
"The first Festival saw some of the best creative advertising people in the world speak. The second Dubai International Advertising Festival will be just as powerful bringing to the region insightful world leaders from which to learn and be inspired," said Dubai Lynx Festival Director, Steve Lane.
Delegates wishing to attend the Dubai Lynx Festival will be able to register online at www.dubailynx.com from 4 November and entries can be submitted in the categories of Print, Direct (incorporating Sales Promotion), Outdoor, TV/Cinema, Interactive, Radio, Integrated and Media from 2 December 2008.
More than 700 delegates came to the 2008 Festival and 1600 attendees joined in the awards ceremony celebrations. Over 2000 entries were judged by international industry professionals with 181 winning the coveted Dubai Lynx trophy.
Gulf News will once again be the headline sponsor for the 2009 event.
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The 2nd Dubai International Advertising Festival incorporating the Dubai Lynx Awards, The Middle East and North Africa Advertising Awards for Creative Excellence, will be held from 15-17 March 2009 in Dubai, UAE.
Presented by Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival together with their regional partners, Motivate Publishing, the Dubai International Advertising Festival is held with the support of Dubai Media City (DMC) and in association with the UAE Chapter of the International Advertising Association (IAA). The 2nd Dubai International Advertising Festival will bring to the Middle East and North Africa a series of high profile seminars, workshops, exhibitions and screenings aimed at giving creative inspiration, learning and networking opportunities to the advertising and allied industries in the region. The 3rd Dubai Lynx awards, which are part of the Festival, will honour creative excellence in TV/Cinema, Print, Outdoor, Radio, Direct (incorporating Sales Promotion), Media and Interactive advertising. High-profile international jurors will award the coveted Dubai Lynx trophy to establish the definitive standard for creative excellence in the MENA region.
For further information, please contact:
Amanda Benfell, PR & Press Manager
Dubai International Advertising Festival
Greater London House, Hampstead Road, London NW1 7EJ, United Kingdom
www.dubailynx.com
Tel: +44-20-7728 4040
Fax: +44-20-7728 4044
E-mail: amandab@canneslions.com
Steve Lane, Festival Director
Dubai International Advertising Festival
PO Box 2331, Dubai, UAE
www.dubailynx.com
Tel: +971-4-2052 403
Mobile +971-(0) 50 552 7781
Email: stevel@dubailynx.com
