3. 2001
2005
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
Creation of the Advertising Film Festival in Méribel, French Alps.
Creation of the MENA Cristal Awards Middle East and North Africa: the 1st Festival
dedicated to the Arabic Advertising Industry.
The Méribel Festival reaches the 1000 delegates & 3000 entries milestone.
Creation and launch of the China Cristal Awards in Shanghai.
The Cristal Festival celebrates its 10th anniversary.
Mr Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia, participates in the 11th edition of the
Cristal Festival for an exceptional conference.
The 12th edition of the Cristal Festival will see the development of ‘The
Brand Entertainment Division’ and will focus on Digital Innovations. 2012 will
also see the launch of new festivals in South America & Africa.
Celebrating advertising since 2001
The Méribel Festival becomes the Cristal Festival and moves to Crans Montana
Switzerland.
4. International jury composed
of
(agencies & advertisers)
12 competitions across all
advertising & media sectors
Awards recognized by
international ranking
bodies
Competitions celebrating
innovation & young talents
4 days
workshops & conferences
Our Festival Format
Unique networking
opportunities
5. THE ONLY FESTIVAL THAT BRINGS TOGETHER A MIXED
JURY OF LEADING INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES & MAJOR
EUROPEAN ADVERTISERS
What makes us different?
6. AN AMAZING SETTING & RELAXED ATMOSPHERE THAT
PROMOTES NETWORKING & EXCHANGES
What makes us different?
7. A PLACE WHERE THE EUROPEAN COMMUNICATION
LEADERS REUNITE IN TO EXCHANGE, NETWORK, LEARN
AND BE INSPIRED
8. OVER A 1000 DELEGATES FROM 30 COUNTRIES, 4 DAYS
OF WORKSHOPS, DEBATE, EXHIBITIONS, SCREENINGS,
MASTER CLASSES AND HIGH-PROFILE SEMINARS BY
INDUSTRY LEADERS
9. SET AT THE END OF THE YEAR WE OFER AN EXHAUSTIVE
SURVEY OF THE BEST ADVERTISING CREATIONS
ANNOUCING MAJOR TRENDS FOR THE UPCOMING
COMPETITIONS
10. OUR AWARD BOARD INCLUDES A SPECIAL AWARD
DECIDED BY AN EXCLUSIVE JURY PANEL COMPOSED OF
DIRECTORS FROM LEADING EUROPEAN ADVERTISERS
11. Attendance :
A 300% increase in delegate attendance over 10 years
Over 180 major advertisers participated in 2011
Competitions :
Over 3000 entries received in 2011
International entries received from 35 different countries
Cristal Festival in figures
12. COMPETITIONS
MEDIA
THE FUTURE IS
NOW
CYBER &
MOBILE
DESIGN
PRODUCTIONFILM
OUTDOOR
RADIO
CONSUMER
MARKETING
PRESS
PRINT CRAFT
INTEGRATED
BRAND CONTENT
&
ENTERTAINMENT
NEW in 2012 !
13. In line with industry developments our key focus points for
2012 are:
CREATION OF THE BRAND ENTERTAINMENT DIVISION
CREATION OF THE DIGITAL INNOVATIONS DIVISION
LAUNCH OF THE YOUNG TALENT FOUNDATION
CREATION OF THE CRISTAL CLUBS IN THE UK
Strategic Developments
14. Our aim is to become the worldwide reference & meeting
place for the Brand Entertainment sector focusing on Music,
Games, Experiential & Video
Creation of a competition in 2012, bringing together the most
innovative agencies in the Brand Entertainment sector (International).
Workshops & seminars held by industry experts in the brand
entertainment field.
A dedicated networking and meeting place for industry leaders to meet
and exchange on the subject.
A focus on young talent from the brand entertainment sector.
Brand Entertainment
15. To become the new hub for talent search and growth
opportunities in the Digital Innovations sector:
Development of the open Data & Visualization Data sector.
Workshops & seminars dedicated to researching growth
opportunities for Social Media Marketing.
The future of Advertising & Media: new technologies & new
advertising formats.
Digital Innovations
16. As a continuity to the existing talent
contests we have decided to develop an
association dedicated to supporting young
creative talent.
The association aims to support & reveal
new talent within the advertising and
brand entertainment sectors.
Photographer
Illustrator
Contest
Poster
Contest
Scriptwriting
contest
Young Directors’
Forum
New Talent Foundation Soundtrack
contest
17. The Cristal Festival also organises meetings and seminars
all year round
The Academy is a learning & networking platform
open to established members of the communication
industry. Advertising, Media, Production, MarCom
and Telecom professionals, meet regularly to
discuss important topics relating to their community.
Cristal Academies
19. Belinda Rowe
Managing Partner
Worldwide
Zenith Optimedia
Group
Jury President
Mark Waugh
Global
Managing
Director
Newcast at
ZenithOptimedia
Group
Marco Tinelli
Chief Executive
Officer
FullSIX Group
Consumer Marketing
Ora Ïto
Designer
Ora-Ïto
DesignIntegrated & brand content
Jury Presidents 2011
Eric Quennoy
Executive
Creative
Director
Wieden +
Kennedy
Media
20. KEVIN ROBERTS
CEO Worldwide, Saatchi & Saatchi
BRIAN BLOOMER
Senior Media Manager, Blackberry UK
PAUL SMITH
Regional Creative Director EAME, Ogilvy &
Mather
MATT BUELS
Managing Partner, Hungry Man UK
DANIEL MOREL
Chairman & CEO, Wunderman
FERNANDA ROMANO
Global Creative Director of Digital &
Experiental, Euro RSCG
MAURICIO SABOGAL
Worldwide Managing Director, Initiative
TOM O’KEFFE
Executive Creative Director, Draftfcb
North America
AKIRA KAGAMI
Executive Advisor & Global Executive
Creative Advisor, Dentsu
OLIVIER ALTMAN
Co President & Executive Creative
Director, Publicis Conseil
RÉMI BABINET
Worldwide Creative Director & Co
Founder, BETC Euro RSCG
Previous attendees include:
21. Previous attendees include:
MIKHAIL GORBATCHEV
Former President of the USSR
MARK TUTSEL
Chief Creative Officer, Leo Burnett
Worldwide
MAURICE LEVY
Chief Executive Officer, Publicis
DAVID JONES
Global CEO, Havas Worldwide
VINCENT BOLLORÉ
Chief Executive Officer, Havas
Worldwide
MICHAEL MAEDEL
President, JWT Worldwide
JEAN MARIE DRU
President, TBWA Worldwide
FERNANDO RODES VILA
General Manager, Havas Group
IAIN JACOB
Chief Executive Officer, Starcom
Mediavest Group EMEA
CÉCILIA ATTIAS
ex First Lady of France
FERNANDO VEGA OLMOS
Creative Chairman, JWT Southern
Europe & Latin America
JACQUES SÉGUÉLA
Vice President, Havas Group
22. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION
We hope to see you from 12-16 December 2012 in Crans Montana!