Drumming up good ad ideas openly

EUROPE: OpenAd has partnered once again with Golden Drum, one of New Europe's biggest advertising festivals, in the second OpenAd Golden Drum Idea Competition. For the 14th year running, Golden Drum's setting will be in Portoroz on the Adriatic coast, 14 –19 October 2007. Nina Dinjaski, OpenAd's business development director, says: ‘‘We're very excited about this year's competition. Last year, there was an abundance of amazing ideas submitted, and this year, we're expecting an even fiercer competition with entries already coming in well before the deadline.” For more information, go to www.openad.net/goldendrum.