This year the Eurobest Advertising Festival 2009 will take place in Amsterdam at the Beurs van Berlage from 25 to 27 November. It is held by the team also organising Cannes Lions. Three days of the festival offers 22 seminars, 7 workshops, awards and networking opportunities.

In 2009 the festival’s creative advertising competition will be chaired by seven experts:

Matthias Schmidt from Scholz & Friends Group — «TV/Cinema», «Print», «Outdoor» and «Radio» categories;
Sicco Beerda from Euro RSCG Amsterdam — the «Interactive» category;
Jonathan Ford from Pearlfisher — the «Design» category;
Nick Waters from MindShaer — the «Media» category;
Jens Mortier from mortierbrigade — the «Direct and Sales Promotion» category;
Andy Fackrell from 180 Amsterdam — the «Integrated» category;
Olivier Altmann из Publicis Conseil — the «Craft» category.

«Eurobest is a celebration of Europe’s finest creative ideas in advertising and communications, and to chair the juries who will vote, deliberate and award the best work, we have brought together some of Europe’s most highly skilled and respected professionals to lead the way forward,» said Philip Thomas, CEO of Cannes Lions, organisers of Eurobest.

via Eurobest