Miguel Bemfica
JURY CHAIRMAN. Partner and CCO at Twise, Spain. Ex CCO at VMLY&R, McCann, and MRM
Andrei Paukov
Co-Founder / Creative Producer
Zebra Hero, France-Russia
Istvan Bracsok
Founding Partner at White Rabbit Budapest, Hungary
Thabang Lehobye
Head of Design at M&C Saatchi, UAE. Ex Head of Design at M&C Saatchi, Africa
Dmitry Apolenis
Creative Director at Aida Pioneer, Belarus
Georgi Zlatkov
Co-founder & Creative Director at kombina, Bulgaria
Serena Abi Aad
Creative&Film Director, ex Havas Middle East, Abu Dhabi /Barcelona
Monika Schulze
Strategy Director & Board Member at TrendOne, Germany.
Ex Vice President Brand Development Europe at Unilever.
One of the World’s Most Influential CMOs by Forbes
Andzej Gavriss
A multi-award-winning director, Latvia
Alina Shcherbinina
Marketing strategy and brand development expert. Ex CMO at PepsiCo and P&G
Miriam Frescura
Associate Creative Director at Auge Design, Florence
Farrukh Sharif
Creative Director at Synthesis, Uzbekistan
Kristina Denina
Creative Director at Contrapunto, Russia
Yevgeniy Kostylev
Executive Creative Director at GForce Grey,
Chief Creative Officer at DASM, Kazakhstan
Kavi Rajapaksha
Chief Marketing Officer Sunshine Consumer Lanka Ltd. Top 50 women in management awards
Thomas Kim
CCO&Partner at Paulus, South Korea. Ex ECD at Cheil
Tom Theys
Independent Strategy Director, ex Global SD at FCB, Belgium
Sergio Spaccavento
Advertising Creative Director & Author, Italy
Andrei Gubaidullin
Creative director/owner, Voskhod for Peace agency, Russia
Komal Bedi Sohal
Kitty started as a copywriter at Leo Burnett and rose through the creative department ranks, eventually leading several international agencies. She also worked for McCann, Euro RSCG, Arnold and Lowe. She is one of the rare creative talents with management experience and have extensive on-ground experience in Hong Kong, Taiwan and China. In the 1990s, Kitty championed and created a large body of public service advertising including the famous ICAC campaigns and Fight Youth Crime’s “No Take 2” campaign. The industry crowned her as “Queen of Public Service Advertising in Hong Kong”. Born in Hong Kong, Kitty studied advertising at Baptist University and then did her master’s degree at Syracuse University. She was honoured as distinguished alumna at both Alma Mater: 50 distinguished alumni at SU Newhouse School of Communications 50 th Anniversary; and 40 distinguished alumni at HKBU Communication School 40 th Anniversary. Kitty was Chairman/CEO at Lowe China, 2006-2016. In 2016, she turned a new page in her career and joined Facebook (now Meta) as Head of Creative Shop, Greater China. At Lowe, Kitty achieved tremendous business growth and led the agency to become the most awarded agency in China in 2014 and 2015, including the world’s most awarded campaign in 2015 according to the Gunn Report and agency global rank #30. Kitty was named many times as top 10 Creative Directors of the Year and top 10 Distinguished Advertising Women of the Year. She received a Lifetime Achievement Award at New York Festival in 2005 and judged/chaired many award shows in Hong Kong , Taiwan, China, Singapore, Korea, Thailand, Indonesia, Russia, US, Canada, Eastern Europe, etc. In 2011, Kitty initiated and hosted the Cannes Lions main stage forum “Beyond Mad Man: Towards Gender Balance in Creative Roles”. She was honoured by AdAge as one of the Women to Watch in Advertising in China in 2013. Kitty is a two-time Cannes Lion jury for 2015 Cannes Lion Festival Press and 2019 Cannes Glass Lion. In 2016, Kitty changed track to Facebook (now Meta) to explore innovative ways to deliver creative content on a platform with the world’s largest audience. In 2022, she took up additional interim responsibilities for Creative Shop South East Asia and APAC. Kitty is the author of “Advertising Without Lipstick”. Published in 2013, the book is about her life and experience in advertising. In 2022, Kitty co-authored “The Philosophy of Everything” with 20 other distinguished Hong Kong creative legends.