Spikes Asia Confirms Dates and Venue for 2011 Festival

The organisers of Spikes Asia have today announced that the 2011 Festival will take place 18-20 September and will return to the Suntec, Singapore, with the Awards Ceremony taking place at the Esplanade Theatre.

A hugely successful 2010 Festival saw 3058 entries judged across 10 categories – TV/Cinema, Print, Outdoor, Radio, Design, Digital, Direct & Sales Promotion, Media, Craft and Integrated, with close to 1500 delegates attending a busy two-day programme of seminars and workshops led by high profile speakers from around the world. Other highlights from the event included exhibitions and screenings, Young Spikes Integrated and Media Competitions and the Spikes Academy which offered students a dedicated learning experience. With networking playing an important part of the Festival, the delegate programme also continued into the evenings with Networking Cocktails, Networking After Dark and the much anticipated Spikes Asia Awards Ceremony and After Party. Building on this, Spikes Asia 2011 is set to be even bigger and without doubt the must-attend event for the Asia-Pacific creative industry.

“Last year proved that Spikes Asia is a genuinely inspiring Festival. Both as an awards and as an educational gathering of creative minds, it is unrivalled in its region. In 2011, we aim to make the Festival even better and we are pleased that we can continue to use Singapore as the base to do this from,” commented Philip Thomas, CEO of Cannes Lions who with Haymarket Asia organise the event.

Delegate registration is set to open on 21 April with a special early bird discount available. Prices for delegate packages will be as follows:
Full Delegate Early Bird Price available until 1 August: S$649
Full Delegate Price available after 1 August: S$749
Young Spikes (under 28 years): S$449
Young Marketers (under 30 years): S$449
Student: S$219

Key 2011 Dates:
21 April: Delegate Registrations Open
19 May: Entries Open
22 July: Entries Close
1 August: End of Early Bird Registration
Festival dates: 18–20 September

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The Spikes Asia Advertising Festival celebrating and inspiring Asia-Pacific creativity in advertising. Suntec City, Singapore, 18-20 September 2011

Building on 24 years of the illustrious Spikes Awards, the Spikes Asia Advertising Festival is the result of a collaboration between the International Advertising Festival, organisers of Cannes Lions, Dubai Lynx and Eurobest, and Haymarket, publishers of Campaign Asia. The Festival provides the region’s growing creative and advertising industry with a platform to network and exchange ideas, bringing together some of the finest creative thinkers from across the region and around the world.

Spikes Asia, attended by close to 1500 delegates in 2010, offers a challenging programme of seminars and workshops focusing on creativity and learning, exhibitions of creative work from Asia-Pacific, networking events in the evening and the Spikes Asia award show.

The Awards, judged by leading international and regional creatives, honour the best creative work in the categories of TV/Cinema, Print, Outdoor, Radio, Digital, Integrated, Direct, Sales Promotion, Media, Print Craft, TV/Cinema Craft and Design.

Contact
Amanda Benfell, PR & Press Manager
Spikes Asia Advertising Festival
Greater London House, Hampstead Road, London NW1 7EJ, United Kingdom
[email protected]
Tel: +44 (0)20 7728 4040
www.spikes.asia

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