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Eurobest, Europe’s leading annual awards and Festival for creative communications, has announced an exceptional line-up of 94 industry professionals who will come together in Lisbon to judge the 25th awards.

Commenting on the jury, Philip Thomas, CEO of Lions Festivals, says, "Eurobest has been celebrating and awarding ground breaking ideas in advertising since 1988. Now, 25 years later, we have brought together an outstanding line-up of leaders whose own work has changed the face of the industry setting benchmarks in all forms of brand communications. We are truly honoured to have such a highly respected group judge Europe’s best creative work and set the standard for the future."

Film and Print Jury
Sir John Hegarty, Worldwide Creative Director & Founder, BBH, Global – Jury President
Peter Ampe, Creative Director & Partner, Happiness Brussels, Belgium
Vincent Behaeghel, Creative Director, BETC, France
Matthias Harbeck, Executive Creative Director, Serviceplan, Germany
Danny Yakobowitch, Executive Creative Director, Gitam BBDO, Israel
Thierry Albert, Creative Director, Wieden + Kennedy, The Netherlands
Finn Knudsen, Creative Director, DIST Creative, Norway
Lourenço Thomaz, Founder, Partner & Creative Director, MSTF Partners, Portugal
Ivan Chimburov, Chief Creative Officer, JWT, Russia
Juan Silva, Executive Creative Director, Shackleton, Spain
Johanna Reis, Copywriter, Garbergs, Sweden
Pius Walker, Creative Director, Walker, Switzerland

Outdoor and Radio Jury
Olivier Altmann, Chief Creative Officer, Publicis France – Jury President
Alexander Hofmann, Creative Director, Demner, Merlicek & Bergmann, Austria
Simon Higby, Creative Director, DDB, Denmark
Eka Ruola, Chief Executive Officer, Executive Creative Director, hasan & partners, Finland
Christian Mommertz, Creative / Managing Director, BBDO Proximity, Germany
Jorge Teixeira, Creative Director, Excentric, Portugal
Ryszard Sroka, Creative Director, Y&R, Poland
Catalin Dobre, Executive Creative Director, McCann Erickson Bucharest, Romania
Tugbay Bilbay, Chief Creative Director & Chief Executive Officer, Manajans/JWT, Turkey
Richard Brim, Creative Director, Chi&Partners, UK

Direct and Promo & Activation
Jean Remy von Matt, Chief Creative Officer & Founder, Jung von Matt, Germany – Jury President
Andreas Spielvogel, Creative Director, Lowe GGK, Austria
Jorrit Hermans, Creative Director, Leo Burnett, Belgium
Rémi Noël, Executive Creative Director, TBWA\Paris, France
Jeroen van Zwam, Executive Creative Director, Publicis Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Jørgen Gjaerum, Executive Creative Director, McCann Oslo, Norway
Rui Lorenço, Chief Creative Officer, Havas Worldwide, Portugal
Israel Villar, Executive Creative Director, Wunderman, Spain
Lasse Kampe, Creative Director, Mecka, Sweden
Rob Hartmann, Creative Director, Wirz BBDO, Switzerland
Karpat Polat, President & Executive Creative Director, DDB, Turkey
Arthur Parshotam, Global Creative Partner, OgilvyOne, UK

Interactive and Mobile
Rei Inamoto, Chief Creative Officer / Vice President, AKQA, USA – Jury President
Niko Alm, Chief Creative Officer / Chief Executive Officer, Super-Fi, Austria
Stijn Gansemans, Creative Partner, Dallas, Belgium
Laurent Nuyen, Vice President, Executive Creative Director, Isobar, France
Heiko Freyland, Creative Director, thjnk, Germany
Andrew Allen, Executive Producer, Resn, The Netherlands
Jonas Grønnern, Creative Director, TRY/Apt, Norway
Erik Lassche, Chief Executive Officer, The Grand Union, Portugal
Vadim Senkin, Chief Executive Officer, Stars Interactive, Russia
Marcos Da Gama, Director of Digital Business, DDB, Spain
Philip Ahlqwist, Executive Creative Director, Volontaire, Sweden
Candace Kuss, Executive Creative Director, Interactive Lab, Hill & Knowlton Strategies, UK

Media Jury
Nigel Sharrocks, Chief Executive Officer, Global Brands, Aegis Media, UK – Jury President
Gauthier Elslander, Planning & Strategy Director, OmnicomMediaGroup, Belgium
Bertrand Beaudichon, Managing Director, PHD, France
Lars Kirschke, Chief Executive Officer, Optimedia, Germany
Tal Kedmi, Vice President Media Planning & Research, Mediacom, Israel
Esther Hendriks, Managing Director, OmnicomMediaGroup, The Netherlands
Tone Helene Angsund, Creative Director, Starcom, Norway
Alberto Rui Pereira, General Manager, Initiative, Portugal
Ana González Alonso, Managing Director, Universal McCann, Spain
Thomas Rosén, Digital Account Director, MEC, Sweden
Nathalie Bösiger, Chief Executive Officer, Mediaxis, Switzerland
Ozer Sata, Managing Director, Mindshare, Turkey

Design Jury
Chris Moody, Creative Director, Wolff Olins, UK – Jury President
Volkmar Weiss, Creative Director, Bureau Weiss, Austria
Phil van Duynen, Creative Director, Adopt, Belgium
Line Rix, Chief Executive Officer and Partner, 1508, Denmark
Petri Pesonen, Creative Director, BOB Helsinki, Finland
Giles Deleris, Co-Founder, Creative Director, W&Cie, France
Stefan Weil, Chief Creative Officer, Atelier Markgraph, Germany
John Comitis, Creative Director, VBAT, The Netherlands
Ricardo Mealha, Owner & Creative Director, Ricardo Mealha Design, Portugal
Isabelle Dahlborg Lidström, Creative Director, NINE, Sweden

PR Jury
Lord Tim Bell, Chairman, Bell Pottinger Private, UK – Jury President
Paul Baeyaert, Chief Executive Officer, Belgium & Chairman, Consumer Practice EMEA, Weber Shandwick, Belgium
Nicky Guertin, Chief Executive Officer, Cohn & Wolfe, France
Mirko Kaminski, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, achtung!, Germany
Andrea Cornelli, Vice President & Chief Executive Officer, Ketchum PR, Italy
Francisco de Mendia, Chief Executive Officer, Cunha VaZ & Associados, Portugal
Alina Damaschin Ciocirlan, Chief Executive Officer, Rogalski Grigoriu PR, Romania
Asunción Soriano Cuesta, Vice President, Inforpress, Spain
Linda Waxin, General Manager, Edelman Stockholm, Sweden
John Rossant, Chairman, PublicisLive, Switzerland

Craft Jury
Karim Bartoletti, Partner/Executive Producer, Filmmaster Productions, Italy – Jury President
Maxime Boiron, Chief Executive Officer, \Else, France
Florian Meimberg, Director, Florian Meimberg, Germany
Alberto M. Rodrigues, Producer, Ministério Dos Filmes, Portugal
Sybrig Andringa, Executive Producer, CZAR, The Netherlands
John Bergdahl, Senior Partner & Creative Director, Forsman & Bodenfors, Sweden
Peter Brönnimann, Executive Creative Director, Spillman/Felser/Leo Burnett, Publicis, Switzerland
Chrissie Abbott, Designer, BlinkArt, UK

Branded Content and Entertainment Jury
Dean Baker, Managing Director, JWT Entertainment, UK – Jury President
Jenny Orru, Producer, Publicis Entertainment, France
Phillip Schilling, Managing Director, Rapp Germany
Paul Stechschulte, Executive Creative Director, Arnold, The Netherlands
Daniel Calabuig, Creative Director & Head of Transmedia, Draftfcb, Spain
Bjorn Hoglund, Executive Creative Director, Crispin Porter + Bogusky Europe, Sweden
Ipek Gokdel, Head of Group M Entertainment, Group M, Turkey
James Cunningham, Head of Content, Academy Films/A+, UK

Integrated Jury
Sir John Hegarty, Worldwide Creative Director & Founder, BBH, Global – Jury President
Olivier Altmann, Chief Creative Officer, Publicis France
Jean Remy von Matt, Chief Creative Officer & Founder, Jung von Matt, Germany
Karim Bartoletti, Partner/Executive Producer, Filmmaster Productions, Italy
Lourenço Thomaz, Founder, Partner & Creative Director, MSTF Partners, Portugal
Pius Walker, Creative Director, Walker, Switzerland
Dean Baker, Managing Director, JWT Entertainment, UK
Lord Tim Bell, Chairman, Bell Pottinger Private, UK
Chris Moody, Creative Director, Wolff Olins, UK
Nigel Sharrocks, Chief Executive Officer, Global Brands, Aegis Media, UK
Rei Inamoto, Chief Creative Officer / Vice President, AKQA, USA

The winners of all categories will be announced at the Awards Ceremony taking place on Friday 30 November at the Pátio da Galé in Lisbon. The ceremony will draw to a close three days of seminars, workshops, exhibitions and networking. Eurobest takes place from 28-30 November at the Cinema São Jorge in Lisbon, Portugal. To book a place at the Festival and Awards visit: www.eurobest.com/attend_the_festival/festival_packages.cfm.

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Eurobest – The European Festival of Creativity
Launched in 1988, Eurobest is Europe’s leading annual awards competition for creative excellence in the categories of Film, Print, Outdoor, Radio, Craft, Interactive, Media, Direct, Promo & Activation, Design, PR, Integrated, Mobile and Branded Content & Entertainment advertising. Since 2008, the awards, which are judged by Europe’s top creatives, form part of a two-and-a-half day Festival themed to identify and engage specific topics that are relevant to the European market. The festival, attended by more than 1300 delegates in 2011, has previously been held in Stockholm, Amsterdam, Hamburg and Lisbon.  Eurobest is organised by Lions Festivals. www.eurobest.com

Lions Festivals
Lions Festivals is the organiser of Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity and Eurobest as well as co-organisers, with its joint venture partners, of Dubai Lynx International Festival of Creativity, Spikes Asia Festival of Creativity, Festival of Asian Marketing Effectiveness, and the Digital Asia Festival. www.lionsfestivals.com

Its flagship festival, the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, is the world's leading celebration of creativity in communications. Founded in 1954, the Festival takes place every June in Cannes, France, and brings together professionals in the film, media, technology, PR, design and marketing industries to attend a week-long programme of exhibitions, screenings and talks by worldwide thought leaders. The Festival also awards Lions to the best work of that year across a variety of sectors and media. A Lion is regarded as the most coveted award in the creative communications industry and a global benchmark of excellence. Lions Festivals is powered by Top Right Group.

Key Dates:
Delegate registration open from 26 July 2012
Festival dates: 28-30 November 2012, São Jorge Cinema
Eurobest Awards and After Party: 30 November 2012, Pátio da Galé

Contact
For further information, please contact:
Amanda Benfell, PR & Press Manager
Eurobest, Greater London House, Hampstead Road, London NW1 7EJ, United Kingdom
Tel: +44-(0)20-7728 4034; E-mail: amandab@canneslions.com