Hala Lynx

With over 23 years of advertising experience across the Middle East and North Africa, Walid has worked on hundreds of multinational and regional brands. He is Chief Creative Officer at TBWA\RAAD UAE.

Kapil is a Creative Director and has been working with Y&R Dubai since 2013. In 2017, Kapil was ranked No. 3 Art Director by The Loeries and in 2018, he served as a Cannes Lions juror.

Hear the PR, Print, Integrated winners of the 2018 Young Lynx Competitions interviewed by Kamille Marchant, Dubai Lynx's Event Manager.

Ali Rez, BBDO's Regional Creative Director - Middle East and Pakistan, has been ranked amongst the top 15 Creative Directors in the world, winning more than 350 awards – including multiple Golds at Cannes Lions and Grand Prix at Dubai Lynx, in addition to Agency of the Year, several times.

Juliana Paracencio is currently a Regional Creative Director at Memac Ogilvy in the Middle East and North Africa region. More than art direction craft, Juliana loves to come up with ideas.

Hear Thea Skelton, festival director, share the exciting new plans for the 2019 Dubai Lynx festival and awards.

Jessica Edwards, facilitator at the Dubai Lynx Startup Hub talks to Omar Al Busaidy – Emirati entrepreneur, author and one of the most influential young Arabs in the region to talk about his new book, and life after leaving a government entity to pursue his own ventures, like brownies!

Alok Gadkar, General Manager & Executive Creative Director of The Classic Partnership, is an ideas man who is always hungry for better work and bigger experiences that change the way brands are perceived.

What does it take to win big in the Dubai Lynx Student Awards? And what happens when you do? Print winner: Sharon George (AUD), Integrated winner: Saman Alavi (AUD), and Dina Faour, Professor of Advertising at AUD – winner of university of the year for the last three years talk to Student Awards Manager, Kamille Marchant about their experiences of the competitions and share some tips for entering.

Philip Thomas, Chairman, Cannes Lions was at the ABG breakfast to discuss gender stereotyping in the industry and the introduction of a new Lynx award: Glass: The Lynx for Change’.

Alex Malouf, Corporate Communications Manager, Arabian Peninsula, P&G talks about about his creative routine, the trends and challenges he sees for the year ahead and his perspective on creativity in the region.

Impact BBDO's Chief Creative Officer, Paul Shearer talks to Campaign's Austyn Allison about why he thinks Dubai Lynx is a must-attend for the creative industy.

Creativity transforms: find out all about Dubai Lynx Transforming Creativity: find out what to expect when you enter the Awards and attend the Festival.