On Saturday 9 May 2009, young creative talents from across the Emirates will participate in the UAE Young Lions Print Competition 2009. They will compete for the career opportunity of a lifetime at the 56th International Advertising Festival - Cannes Lions - the largest gathering of worldwide advertising professionals and advertisers as well as the most prestigious global advertising awards.

For the 7th year running, Motivate Publishing and Motivate Val Morgan Cinema Advertising, the official Cannes Advertising Festival representative will host the competition. The theme and brief for the competition, which is usually a current issue from a charity or non-profit organisation will be disclosed on the morning of the event. These creative minds from across the UAE will then have 10 hours to produce an advertising campaign of international standard.

A panel of judges will evaluate the work and winners will be announced at the Dubai Media City Offices on 13 May, 6:00pm. Bronze and Silver winners will receive certificates of excellence, whilst Gold winners receive flights, accommodation and registration for the Cannes Young Lions as guests of Motivate Publishing and Motivate Val Morgan. The Gold winners will represent the UAE at the International Young Lions competition 2009 Print.

Supporters of the UAE Young Lions Competition 2009: The Dubai Media City premises for the venue; Adobe for design software, Gallo Images/Getty Images for the image library, Xerox for all colour printers and paper and Emirates as the official airline.

UAE National Sponsored to Roger Hatchuel Academy in Cannes Motivate Publishing and Motivate Val Morgan will also be sponsoring one UAE national student to attend the prestigious Roger Hatchuel Academy at the Cannes Lions Advertising Festival. As part of the selection process invitations for nominations have already been sent to the Heads of various universities in the UAE.

Sponsorship includes air ticket by Emirates and accommodation to the academy where the student will learn about trends, attend high-profile seminars, screenings and discussions and be tutored by some of the world’s leading industry figures.

For more information contact:

Avinash Udeshi, Motivate Val Morgan Cinema Advertising

Tel: (04) 3903550, E-mail: valmorgan@motivate.ae