Bringing Cannes to Asia

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Microsoft Advertising News
Cannes Lions Special - June 2009
Dear Mr. Paley
Live from Cannes
We're bringing Cannes to Asia!
We know many of you are unable to attend the Cannes Lions Festival this year, so we've decided to bring Cannes to Asia. Experience the Cannes Festival online at our dedicated community site, complete with live Twitter feeds, Facebook posts and expert blogs. You'll also find video coverage of our Cannes Business Forum, and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's seminar on fulfilling online advertising's potential.

Come join us and bookmark the site 
And the award goes to...
Ballmer: "Media Person of The Year 2009"
The organizers of the 2009 Cannes Lions Festival are proud to present this prestigious honor to Steve Ballmer in recognition of his leadership and Microsoft's continued commitment to digital advertising. The Media Person the Year award pays tribute to a prominent personality who is an influential figure in the development of today's media landscape, which ultimately plays an integral part in shaping the future of the advertising industry.

Read the full article 
MOUSE trapped
Winners announced!
The MOUSE Awards celebrates the most outstanding digital creativity that has run on the Microsoft Advertising network. This year we received a record response with nearly 400 campaigns submitted from 38 markets, including 90 first-time entries from Asia. Three Gold awards were presented, along with five Silver and five Bronze. The Grand Prix and Gold-winning campaigns have been entered automatically into the 2009 Cannes Cyber Lions Awards and their creators are invited to the Festival.

Find out who we are sending to Cannes & their brilliant work 
Going to Cannes? Come & say hi!    
Creating a Microsoft Advertising hub

Microsoft Advertising is taking over the Grand Hotel Beach club, creating a central hub for meetings and activities during the 2009 Cannes Lions. An exclusive Cocktail Party will take place on the Tuesday evening of the festival to welcome selected Asian delegates and VIPs. Reach out to our sales contacts below for your invite!
Microsoft Advertising - Business Forum

Join us at the Microsoft Advertising Business Forum where visionaries, strategists and creative thinkers will come together for a provocative, forward-thinking and interactive conversation about the present, future and distant future of advertising. Reach out to our sales contacts below for your invite!
More Microsoft Advertising schedules  Learn more about the Microsoft Business Forum 
Sales Contacts
Nancy Willis
Regional Sales Manager, Multinational Sales, North Asia
Microsoft Advertising
(T) (852) 2804 4101
(E) nwillis@microsoft.com
Angela Jones

Regional Sales Manager, Multinational Sales, South Asia
Microsoft Advertising
(T) (65) 6888 7120
(E) angjones@microsoft.com

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