MAD STARS 2023 unveils final juries for August 23rd to 25th Festival in Busan

July 11 2023, 6:45 am | BY Kim Shaw | No Comments
MAD STARS 2023 unveils final juries for August 23rd to 25th Festival in Busan

The MAD STARS, the global festival celebrating Marketing, Advertising, and Digital content, has announced complete list of Final Juries for the prestigious 2023 awards. These esteemed individuals are internationally recognized creative leaders who wield significant influence in the marketing and advertising industry.

 

The MAD STARS 2023 features esteemed creative, marketing, and digital professionals from around the world as Final Juries & Executive Juries, consisting of 45 experts from 31 countries.

The Final Juries for the MAD STARS 2023 are as follows:

FILM, INFORMATION VIDEO, ENTERTAINMENT VIDEO, VIRAL VIDEO JURY
Bruno Bertelli, Global CEO of Le Pub (Executive Jury)
Adrian Bosich, Managing Partner & Creative Founder, AIRBAG
Alessandra Gomes, Executive Creative Director, McCann Health Brazil
Andrew Chu, Executive Creative Director, Ogilvy
Celeste Dalairac, Regional Group Creative Director, ISLA
Eve Pennington, Client Business Lead Africa, OMD South Africa
Hiroyo Kanehako, Creative Director, Dentsu Inc.
Malgorzata Drozdowska, Creative Partner, FCB&theMilkman
Nina East, Group Creative Director, Ogilvy Australia

PRINT, DESIGN JURY
Fabio Seidl, Director – Global Creative Development, Meta (Executive Jury)
Issam N. Amrani, Chief Creative Officer, Fledge
Kwanghyun Rhee, Executive Creative Director, Daehong Communications
Mario Loncar, Senior Copywriter, Leo Burnett
Nizar Fawzi Elshorbagi, Creative Director & Co-Founder, New Vision Advertising & Marketing Agency
Pradeep Dsouza, Co-Founder & Creative Partner, NineTwentyEight
Sangho Kim, Executive Creative Director, TBWA Korea
Shohei Okamoto, Art Director, ADK Creative One
Tescia Deák, Creative Director, BBH USA

DIVERSE INSIGHTS, OUTDOOR, SDGS, PIVOT, PLACE BRAND, RADIO & AUDIO JURY
Sharon Edmondston, Group Creative Director, M&C Saatchi (Executive Jury)
Chermine Assadian, Global Creative Lead, Wunderman Thompson
Defri Dwipaputra, Executive Creative Director, Dentsu Creative
Ilho Lee, Executive Creative Director, INNOCEAN
Josie Burns, Creative Director, Independent
Pancho Gonzalez, Co-Founder & Chief Creative Officer, Inbrax
Rita Alberti, Creative Director, Dentsu Creative
Roman Carlo Olivarez, Executive Creative Director, MullenLowe Treyna
Yubin Bang, Creative Director, Cheil Worldwide

INTERACTIVE, INTEGRATED, INNOVATION, MOBILE, DATA INSIGHT, SOCIAL & INFLUENCER JURY
Artwell Nwaila, Head of Creative Sub-Saharan Africa, Google (Executive Jury)
Areg Safarian, Managing Creative Director & Founder, Iceberg Interactive LLC
Becky McOwen-Banks, Director – Creative Global, Creative X, Magnit (Currently at Meta)
Dave Bowman, Chief Creative Officer, Publicis Groupe AU&NZ
Dissara Udomdej, Chief Creative Officer & Founder, Yell Advertising Bangkok
Edu Pou, Executive Creative Director & Co-Founder, Metacampus
Gabriel Lora, Chief Strategy Officer, FCB Mexico
Guan Hin Tay, Creative Chairman, BBDO Singapore
OG Cai, Chief Creative Officer, BlueFocus Digital

BRAND EXPERIENCE & ACTIVATION, COMMERCE, STRATEGY, DIRECT, MEDIA, PR JURY
Chow Kok Keong, Chief Creative Officer, INNOCEAN Indonesia (Executive Jury)
Christina Hanson, Chief Executive Officer, OMD USA
Eirma Webster, Creative Director, TBWA Singapore
Hira Mohibullah, Executive Creative Director, VMLY&R KC
Ivana Hornicka Paconova, Creative Director, Kreativna Dvojica
Joao Flores, Regional Executive Creative Director, APAC, Media.Monks
Juan Ciapessoni, Advisor & Investor, Idea Entrepreneur
Kapil Bhimekar, Creative Director, Leo Burnett
Paolo Garcia, Chief Creative Officer, Publicis Groupe Vietnam

The MAD STARS are judged in various phases beginning with the preliminary judging stage, which takes place remotely from July 3rd to July 16th, 2023. Finalists will be announced on July 20th. Subsequently, the Final Juries will meticulously review all finalists (July 26th – August 6th), and remotely meet to select the Grand Prix, Gold, Silver, Bronze, and Crystal winners (August 8th – 14th). The five Executive Juries will engage in deliberations on-site to reach the final decision in Busan on the ‘Grand Prix of the Year’ just before the awards ceremony (August 22nd). The awards ceremony is divided into two days, the opening gala (August 23rd) and the closing gala (August 25th).

Detailed information on the MAD STARS 2023 can be found at http://madstars.org/.

The 16th edition of the festival will take place in Busan (Republic of Korea) from August 23rd to 25th with conferences, competitions, exhibitions, ceremonies, and parties.