The Lisbon International Advertising Festival is all geared up to kick off the second edition of the Festival. Said to take place on September 21, at Microsoft Portugal’s headquarters in Lisbon’s Parque das Nações, the Festival will start taking submission of works from the February 6, 2017. It will also make tickets available for the Festival on the same date.
The Festival has also named the President of its Executive Jury – Jacques Séguéla, founder of Euro RSCG (current Havas) and author of several iconic global ads. One of the most celebrated names in advertising, Mr Séguéla will serve as the Executive Jury President. In addition to the work that he has done for brands, Mr Séguéla is also known for having managed electoral campaigns for several politicians such as François Mitterrand, Lionel Jospin, Ehud Barak and Ricardo Lagos.
The event will also see Mr Séguéla honored with the Festival’s Career Award.
The Executive Jury members include Brandon Berger, Chief Digital Innovation at Ogilvy Worldwide; Eva Santos, Chief Creative Officer at Proximity Spain; Jaime Rosado, VP Regional Chief Creative Officer at J. Walter Thompson Latin Region; Komal Bedi Soha, Chief Creative Officer at Saatchi & Saatchi Dubai; Luciana Cani, Senior VP and Executive Creative Director at Lapiz Leo Burnett Chicago; Luís Silva Dias, Chief International Creative Director at FCB; Scott Goodson, Partner and Chief Creative Officer at the North-American agency, StrawberryFrog; Tim Cheng, Chief Creative Officer at DDB Group Shanghai and at Tribal Worldwide China and Thierry Astier, Chief Creative Officer at Grey Paris.
