JUDGE CANNES LION INNOVATION AWARDS - JUNE 2016

“Cannes Lions Innovation juries announced”

Lions Innovation, the two-day specialist event that explores data and tech as creative catalysts and is part of the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, has announced the 2016 jurors.

Two Awards are associated with Lions Innovation - the Innovation Lions, which celebrate pioneering technological creativity, and the Creative Data Lions, which award creativity enabled by data. The two teams of global creative professionals who will preside over the work this year are as follows.

Innovation Lions Jury:

Emad Tahtouh, director, applied technology, Finch (jury president) 
Tuomas Peltoniemi, president, Asia & innovation drector, TBWA/Digital Arts Network APAC
Yaron Kniajer, MD, Rhodium Israel
Masaki Mikami, corporate officer, Hakuhodo and Hakuhodo DY Media Partners 
Fred Saldanha, Americas CCO, Isobar Brazil

Nicole Yershon, director of innovation solutions, Ogilvy Labs UK
Ray Velez, CTO, Razorfish USA
Susan Lyne, president  and managing partner, BBG Ventures USA

Patrick Chaupham, executive VP, creative technology, Weber Shandwick

JC Oliver, global head of innovation, AOL

 Commenting on the Innovation Lions jury, Rob Dembitz, head of Lions Innovation says: “Once again we welcome a diverse mix of backgrounds to the Festival; from Creative Technologists to Venture Capitalists. They will identify the innovative ideas that will make a dramatic difference to how creativity is being enhanced and enabled by new technologies now and in the future.”