  Popok International Advertising Festival receives over 400 applications October 26, 2010 - 18:49 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The interest to Popok International Advertising Festival exceeded the organisers’ expectations, the head of festival organisers committee Armen Martirosyan stated. “We hardly expected to receive over 200 works, however 400 applications from many foreign countries worldwide filed; local companies submitted around 170 works,” he said. Application deadline was extended by 2 days by the request of Armenian companies. On October 26, 4 p.m. Yerevan time, Moscow cinema will host demonstration of contest works. On October 28-30, Yerevan will host Popok International Advertising Festival organized by the Advertising Council of Armenia. The event aims at providing expert assessment to the activities of Armenian advertisement companies, development of advertising art and training of experts in Armenia. World-known personages of advertising industry are invited to participate in the festival, among them, Samvel Avetisyan (known for promotion of Tinkoff brand), George Aghajanyan (responsible for Sochi-2014 advertising), Alexander Shevelevich (the winner of Cannes Lions), Tony Taylor (General manager of JWT UK company in Central and Eastern Europe). Guests from Georgia, Holland, Turkey, Iran, Baltic and Middle East countries are also expected. Master classes of famous advertisement experts will be held within festival framework. Festival contest program features 6 categories: A. Film; B. Print and Outdoor; C. Interactive; D. Radio; E. Marketing Efficiency; F. Graphic Design.   Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says.   Partner news |  Latest news Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty  Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza.Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations.U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |
