Design, Cyber Lions jury presidents announced

LONDON: Sylvia Vitale Rotta, CEO of Team Créatif, has been appointed jury president for this year's Cannes 2009 Design Lions jury, and Lars Bastholm, co-chief creative officer of AKQA, will chair the Cyber Lions jury, it was announced earlier this week. Commented Philip Thomas, festival CEO, "As Design enters its second year at Cannes and winning a Cyber Lion has become quite simply the most desired award in Digital advertising, we are delighted to entrust Sylvia and Lars, two highly respected and internationally experienced professionals, with these two important competitions."