Young Lotuses battle it out at creative competition

Young Lotuses battle it out at creative competition Bangkok, 21 February 2007 - Mr Jimmy Lam, President of the Asia Pacific Advertising Festival, proudly announced the 4th Young Lotus Competition. With this competition, AdFest seeks to recognize and encourage the rising stars in the region and offer creative young blood a chance to earn a winning place on the AdFest stage. The Young Lotuses are made up of national champions from Asia, who will work in partner-teams under a select group of “trainers”, collectively called the Young Lotus Workshop Committee. This year, the Young Lotus Workshop is run by BBDO, and chaired by Suthisak Sucharittanonta, Chief Creative Officer, BBDO Bangkok. The Workshop takes place over two or two and half days prior to AdFest itself. This includes a full day of speaker sessions by industry heavyweights; Simon Bond, Proximity Asia; Alex Lim, BBDO Singapore; David Guerrero BBDO Guerrero/Ortega; Suthisak Sucharittanonta, BBDO Bangkok and Chris Thomas, BBDO Asia Pacific, who will speak on topics from Art Direction, to Advertising in a New Environment. After that, the partner-teams will spend 24 gruelling hours working on a real brief, which will be judged by the Young Lotus Workshop Committee.The winning team will be announced at the AdFest and will be presented with an award on stage. The winning works will also be exhibited during the event. The Young Lotus Competition is renowned for polishing and refining the gold potential that is inherent in talented young creatives. It creates an environment that allows them to develop skills and learn from award-winning creative directors/gurus and sharpen their talents so they can compete in the lively atmosphere of AdFest. With the confidence they have acquired from this competition, Young Lotuses have gone on to win awards at other shows in the region and internationally.