Cannes, France: INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF CREATIVITY: 17-24 June 2017

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Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity

The International Festival of Creativity, also known as Cannes Lions, is the world’s leading celebration of creativity in communications and encompasses Lions Health, Lions Innovation and Lions Entertainment. Founded in 1954, the Festival takes place every June in Cannes, France. As the most prestigious international annual advertising and communications awards, over 43,000 entries from all over the world are showcased and judged at the Festival.

The eight-day Festival is the only truly global meeting place for professionals working in advertising and communications. A community of 15,000 attendees from nearly 100 countries attend eight days of workshops, exhibitions, screenings, master classes and high-profile seminars presented by renowned worldwide industry leaders.

Winning companies receive the highly coveted Lion trophy, a global benchmark of creative excellence, for Creative Data, Creative Effectiveness, Cyber, Design, Digital Craft, Direct, Film, Film Craft, Glass: The Lion for Change, Health & Wellness, Innovation, Entertainment, Media, Mobile, Music, Outdoor, Pharma, PR, Print & Publishing, Product Design, Promo & Activation, Radio, Titanium and Integrated Lions.

www.canneslions.com

Ascential Events

Ascential Events is an international business-to-business media company with a focused portfolio of large-scale exhibitions, congresses and festivals. Their product lines include the prestigious Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, the world’s premier market leading payments and financial services innovation congress Money 20/20, the UK’s largest trade show Spring Fair International and the award-winning education technology show Bett. You can find information about all their events here

Ascential Events is part of Ascential plc, which transforms knowledge businesses to deliver exceptional performance. www.ascential.com

Cannes Lions now offers three specialist events to help those working in specific sectors the skills and knowledge they need to thrive.

Lions Health is dedicated to life-changing creativity, showcasing and inspiring ideas that transcend especially challenging boundaries. With insights from thought-leaders, marketers, specialists and scientists, Lions Health connects global healthcare and pharmaceutical professionals, allowing them to share successes, problem-solve and do business.

Lions Innovation is dedicated to enabled creativity, exploring data and tech as catalysts for ideas. Lions Innovation kick-starts collaboration between start-ups with game-changing products, investors with backing power, brands with customer needs and storytellers that can bridge the gap.

Lions Entertainment is dedicated to unskippable creativity, crafting culture from content and reframing customers as fans. Lions Entertainment brings together the players in sound and vision – platforms, labels, studios, talent, makers, agents and agencies – to drive authentic integration and create compelling partnerships with brands.