India’s premier advertising festival
“Goafest” to be held in April
Advertising Agencies Association
of India (AAAI), the organizers of Goafest
have announced the dates of Goafest as April
20th and 21st 2007. “Goafest has already
emerged as the most coveted advertising
awards festival in India. And going by the
1200 participants last year, and the 2000
participants expected this year, we will
be the largest show in Asia, AdFest in Pattaya
included”, said Mr Srinivasan K Swamy, President,
AAAI. This year Goafest will give away Creative
and Media awards, a move that will provide
creative and media agencies professionals
to look at advertising holistically and
understand how each is as important as the
other.
Last year AAAI created a rare opportunity
for all advertising professionals of India
to meet and celebrate great advertising
work. It turned the one-evening AAAI creative
awards to a full-fledged 2-day festival
covering awards, seminars and exhibitions
mixed with sun, sea, fun and frolic. It
was a unique opportunity for the under 30s
in the profession to attend Goafest under
a low all-inclusive delegate fee which included
travel, stay, food, admission to seminars,
etc. This also presented to them an opportunity
to interact with not just the Indian gurus
of advertising but also meet some international
personalities extremely well known in their
respective fields like Paul Kemps Robertson,
Neeraj Nayar, Tom Savigar and Michelle Kristula-Green
to name a few.
"Goafest 2007 promises to be bigger and
better. We are moving many steps forward
to provide a truly international experience.
We are looking forward to hosting extremely
prestigious international creative and media
personalities who will be the speakers this
year", says Mr. Arvind Sharma, Chairman
of the AAAI Goafest Committee. “Special
package for under 30’s will of course continue”.
Mr. Sharma promises "right from the design,
to the décor, to the speakers to the entertainment
and the food the endeavor will be to set
standards never before seen in Asia. It
will be a perfect opportunity for delegates
who share a passion for advertising to mix
and bond with each other."
Mr. Swamy added, "this year’s AdVillage
design is very unique and we will be building
many air-conditioned structures on the beach
so that all activities, exhibitions and
even the Seminars are at the AdVillage on
Cavelossim beach. The Awards will be presented
in an open-air auditorium.”
For more details on GOAFEST please log on
to www.goafest.com.
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