Jolbors Festival

International Festival of Creative Communications for creators, advertisers, marketers born in Central Asia. We've been supporting to create and grow your career path in creativity and marketing for 14 years.
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Your path to the top of your field
We inspire people to keep one step ahead, change the game rules in the market, and develop striking and effective campaigns. We bring the best people together, and support you on the way to the top of your professional field!
14
years of bringing market experts together
2
days of networking and inspiration in a powerful community
15+
lectures, roundtables, workshops by international experts
500+
top-notch creative case studies
Why participate in Jolbors Festival
Invest in your career and your future

Climb to the top of your field faster and more efficiently.

Jolbors will help you improve both your expertise and confidence through lectures, roundtables, and other activities hosted by accomplished international experts from the Netherlands, Spain, Singapore, China, South Korea, the UK, Italy, Russia, the Central Asian countries and others.

Keep one step ahead with Jolbors.

Build strong professional networks

A strong environment helps you grow faster, driving your business and your career forward with more efficiency.

Over 14 years, Jolbors has created a top-tier community of actively working experts who are passionate about their field, strive for self-improvement, and inspire and support each other.

Become a part of this community, create and maintain your professional network, make big, efficient leaps in your professional development.

The most powerful award in the region

Jolbors is translated as ‘tiger’ from a local language — it signifies courage, strength, tenacity, confidence, decisiveness, energy, and victory.

The Jolbors award is a symbol of your boldness and creativity.

Show your ambition, wield that strength!

Get a jolt of inspiration and find new ideas

Jolbors has a very special atmosphere that fills you with inspiration and creative energy.

Here, each conversation can become a seed of a major project or partnership, change your way of thinking, make you bolder and motivate you to keep creating cool, iconic projects.

It’s not just a place for experts and colleagues to meet — people here are friends, united by the ideas of self-improvement, growth, relentless creativity, loving what they do, and devotion to their career.

Speakers
The most awarded and sought-after international experts from Europe, South-East Asia, Central Asia, and the CIS. They are the leaders of the creative, marketing, advertising, and communication industries, working with the largest brands on the global market. Their campaigns are among the most recognized at the major international festivals and award ceremonies, and the most effective business-wise.
Miguel Bemfica
JURY CHAIRMAN. Partner and CCO at Twise, Spain. Ex CCO at VMLY&R, McCann, and MRM
Sergio Spaccavento
Advertising Creative Director & Author, Italy
Andrei Paukov
Co-Founder / Creative Producer Zebra Hero, France-Russia
Thabang Lehobye
Head of Design at M&C Saatchi, UAE. Ex Head of Design at M&C Saatchi, Africa
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
Vladislav Derevyannykh
Brand Design Director VoskhodForPeace Yekaterinburg
Kate Mishukova
Head of Awareness Aviasales
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
Evgeny Primachenko
Creative Director at Wieden+Kennedy, Amsterdam
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.
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Jolbors Festival Tickets 2025
Ticket to the two-day Jolbors Festival - September 27-28, 2025. Become part of the top professional community, be inspired to do new things, and strengthen your knowledge and skills! Early purchase = better value.
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Early bird
May 19 - June 16
$177 | 15 500 KGS | 2 300 000 UZS
Main period 1
June 17 — Jul 20
$198 | 17 300 KGS | 2 600 000 UZS
Main period 2
Jul 21 — Sep 14
$220 | 19 200 KGS | 2 850 000 UZS
Last call
Sep 15 - Sep 27
$260 | 22 800 KGS | 3 400 000 UZS
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Reviews
«I am delighted; I liked everything - as they say, the theater begins with the coat rack. So, from the first day's meeting to the end, everything was a pleasure.»
«It was cool, guys. Where else is Zhenya Primachenko going to tell me something?»
«Even one slide, one spoken thesis, can suggest and generate interesting ideas and solutions.»
«Live communication with speakers and such a detailed disclosure of the topic of the presentation - you won't find such a thing on the Internet.»
«I came for inspiration and got it :)»
«Because in all speeches, you can find something that you can use in your work»
«I was burned out in my work in advertising. This year's festival inspired me and made me realize that everything is not lost for me in advertising and that I still have the desire to create something creative and interesting.»
«Super inspiring lectures with lots of useful information and case demonstrations»
«Because I got so much inspiration, I think next year I will come with my cases to participate in the contest»
«There were relevant topics that concerned me and I got all the answers to my questions»
«That was awesome!»
«This festival turned my opinion about advertising upside down, I learned more about how the creative industry works»
«For me, Jolbors is a measure of how I've grown and where else to go)»
«I learned really effective cases. The experts confirmed some points that I myself had realized and it was a thrill)), I learned something really unrealistically new and discovered.»
«Because I'm a designer, it's important for me to look at the world level in order to grow»
«A great combination of inspiration and informative»
«Because they've gathered the best, from all over the world»
«I work in a slightly different industry and to be inspired by related industries is wonderful»
«Because absolutely everything was liked, the speakers explained in practice how this or that tool helped the brand»
«The atmosphere was very cool and the speakers were open-minded»