Epica Awards Sri Lanka debuts on March 5-6
View(s):For the first time in Epica Awards’ 33 years history, Epica Awards Sri Lanka will take place on March 5-6 in Colombo. Epica Awards is the only global award show judged solely by journalists. With over 200 journalists on the judging panel and over 4,000 entries submitted, it is one of the largest creative festivals globally held in Amsterdam.
Epica Awards Sri Lanka will not only set the gold standard for the country’s creativity but also host 16 internationally renowned speakers who have made their mark in the global creative industry, local organisers said in a media release. The speakers include Ted Lim (CCO, Dentsu APAC), Ali Rez (Regional ECD, BBDO Worldwide), Tay-Guan-Hin (Founder/Global CCO, TGH Collective), Adam Ferrier (Consumer Psychologist/Founder and Chief Thinker, Thinkerbell), Merlee Cruz Jayme (Chairman & CCO, Dentsu Jayme Syfu), Assam Khalid (ECD/Head of Strategy, Ogilvy Islamabad), Babita Baruah (Managing Partner, GTB India), Rajdeepak Das (MD India and CCO, Leo Burnett South Asia), Indraneel Guha (Strategic Planner/Co-founder, Ki Saigon), Kum Kum Fernando (Creative director/Co-founder, Ki Saigon), Udara Withana (Head of Strategy, APAC Toaster), Yonathan Dominitz (Founder, Mindscapes), Philippe Paget (CEO, Maydream) and Mark Tungate (Editorial Director, Epica Awards).
Sugibun Sathiamoorthy, President, Accredited Advertising Agencies Association, Sri Lanka said that Sri Lanka has been hungry for a platform to showcase its creativity and be judged by international standards. “Creativity cannot thrive without critique, so Epica Sri Lanka is the ideal opportunity for us to learn and up our game. Epica Awards Sri Lanka’s promise of ‘Unbiased Creativity’ cannot come at a better time for Sri Lanka,” he said.