Ravi Deshpande named jury president for Direct Lotus, AdFest 2010
09 Dec 2009
Ravi Deshpande, chairperson and chief creative officer, Contract Advertising has been named the jury president for Direct Lotus at AdFest 2010, the annual regional advertising event in the Asia Pacific region.
The Asia Pacific Advertising Festival (AdFest) has announced that next year's festival will take place from 18 to 20 March 2010, in Pattaya, Thailand.
AdFest is a platform designed to elevate creative standard and promote communication within the advertising and production industry..
In a press statement, Jimmy Lam, president, AdFest, says, "We are honoured that Ravi (Deshpande) has accepted our invitation. The direct marketing category is changing rapidly with the emergence of new technologies and media channels - so it is great to have someone of his calibre sharing his expertise with the rest of the Direct jury panel."
Deshpande has been honoured as one of the six living legends of Indian advertising in the last 50 years by the Advertising Club in Madras. He was recently invited to join the jury at the 2009 YoungGuns Awards in Sydney. He has also judged other international awards earlier, including Cannes, D&AD, One Show and Clio.
Sheung Yan Lo, executive creative director, Northeast Asia, JWT and chairperson, JWT China has been named the jury president, outdoor;
Washington Olivetto, president and creative director, W/ has been named as the Grand jury president at AdFest 2010.
Other prominent figures to have featured on the AdFest jury in the previous years include Prasoon Joshi, Santosh Padhi, Karl Gomes, Piyush Pandey and Raghu Bhat.