The Festival
8 - 11 March 2020 | Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai
Dubai Lynx is MENA's premier festival of creativity, bringing MENA’s creative communications industry together to learn, network and celebrate the power of creativity.
Shaping MENA's creative communicaions agenda
The festival takes place from 8 - 10 March in 2020 with the Dubai Lynx Awards Ceremony on 11 March.
What to expect
Get ready to be inspired by senior and influential speakers from the region and beyond. Expect a strong focus on networking, a chance to interact with decision-makers through roundtables, community meet ups, hosted networking and much, much more.
Who will you meet? Our delegates include a wide range of credible, influential, innovative and creative people from big brands, advertisers, start-ups, creative, communications agencies, innovators and tech companies and more.
A place to be inspired
The festival kicks off with a launch party followed by two days of fantastic content, world-class speakers and unparalleled networking opportunities. Then, the region’s best work is awarded and celebrated at the Dubai Lynx Awards Show.
08 March: Festival Launch Party
09 & 10 March: Inspirational onstage content
11 March: The Dubai Lynx Awards Show
See It Be It
See It Be It is a career-boosting opportunity for ten women working in the communications industry.
First Speakers Announced
FERNANDO MACHADO
Burger King
WENDY CLARK
DDB Worldwide
RICHARD FRANKEL
Spotify
CHRISTINA MALLON
Wunderman Thompson
NIGEL HOLLIS
Kantar
ANA ANDJELIC
Mansur Gavriel
ROB NEWLAN
VIRTUE by VICE
JENNIFER FISCHER
TBWA\RAAD
Elevating young talent
Our Student Awards and Young Lynx Competitions are now open, giving the next generation of MENA's creative talent the chance to get on stage at the festival and show the world what they're capable of.
Young Lynx Competitions
Talented young professionals test their skills under pressure in five fast-paced Young Lynx competitions. The challenges cover Print, PR, Integrated, Media and, new in 2020, Marketing. They all take place over 24 hours at the Festival.
Student Competitions
Open to full-time university students between 18 and 25 years old, the Dubai Lynx Student Competitions create opportunities for young talent, including the Student Print Competition, the MBC Youth Competition and the MBC Student Hack.