The Clio Awards, an international advertising, design and communications competition announced that the 2017 awards will take place at The Sanya EDITION resort, on Hainan Island, off the coast of Southern China.
The awards will be held from July 26 to August 3 and aim to gather a panel of experts to award the most innovative and engaging creative global content.
“As a truly global brand, we consistently seek to further our connections across the world stage,” said Nicole Purcell, President, Clio, in a statement. “It is impossible to ignore the thought-provoking, imaginative and beautiful work happening in Asia.”
“The creative buzz in China is something we at Clio saw as a wonderful chance to celebrate,” she added. “This is an opportunity to assemble leaders from the global creative community in the region to further conversations and camaraderie that will act as inspiration for future work.”
The jury will include:
- Kate Stanners, Chairwoman & Global CCO, Saatchi & Saatchi
- Swati Bhattacharya, CCO, FCB Ulka
- Adrian Botan, Global Executive Creative Director, McCann Worldgroup
- Chris Garbutt, Global Creative President & CCO, New York, TBWA Worldwide
- Farid Mokart, Co-Founder, Creative CEO, CCO, FRED & FARID NY
- Kathleen Hall, Corporate VP – Brand, Advertising & Research, Microsoft Corporation
- Greg Quinton, CCO, The Partners
- Roshi Givechi, Partner and Executive Design Director, IDEO
