Advanced Search

Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity 2020 canceled on account of COVID-19
By
04 April 2020
Share this article:

Next Cannes Lions will run 21-25 June 2021

The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity - the world's largest gathering of the advertising and creative communications industry - which had originally been scheduled for 22-26 June 2020, later rescheduled for 26-30 October - has now been canceled, with the next edition planned for 21-25 June 2021.

Organizers said in an online statement:

"As the impact from COVID-19 continues to be felt across the world on consumers and our customers across the marketing, creative and media industries, it has become clear to us our customers’ priorities have shifted to the need to protect people, to serve consumers with essential items and to focus on preserving companies, society and economies."

Speakers who had already been lined up for the 2020 Festival include:

  • Claudine Cheever, Global Head of Brand and Advertising, Amazon
  • Jean Tanis, Global Marketing Creative Lead, Netflix
  • David Rubin, CMO< New York Times
  • David Droga, Founder and Creative Chairman, Droga5
  • Kathleen Hall, VP/Brand, Advertising and Research, Microsoft
  • Bob Reilly, Global Creative Chairman, McCann Worldgroup

Decisions about events like the Lions are ultimately the responsibility of the French Ministries of Health and Interior, the Alpes-Maritimes Regional Authority and the Cannes City Council.

COVID-19 is touching every industry. Watch this space for updates.

Share this article:

And if you have questions or comments, you can easily send them to me with the Quick Reply form, below, or send me an e-mail.


David Boggs MS    - David
David@DavidHBoggs.com
View David Boggs's profile on LinkedIn

Google Certifications - David H Boggs
View my profile on Quora
Subscribe to my blog

External Article: https://www.canneslions.com/about/news/cannes-lions-2020-cancelled


Subhead Next Cannes Lions will run 21-25 June 2021
Website
Visit Website
Rating
4/5 based on 1 vote.
Show Individual Votes
Related Listings

Sorry, you don't have permission to post comments. Log in, or register if you haven't yet.

Please login or register.

Members currently reading this thread: