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THE GALA DINNER

The Venice Festival of Media will close with a Gala Dinner night on Tuesday 17 April, sponsored by Yahoo!.  The Gala Dinner will celebrate the first Venice Festival of Media, the Cream of Venice Selection and The Yahoo! Idea of the Festival Award.

The Cream of Venice Selection

The Venice Festival of Media strikes us as the perfect opportunity to recognise the best of the case studies featured in Cream during 2006. These celebrated case studies were submitted to our Cream of Venice Selection Editorial Panel - a Panel drawn from some of the industry's most influential figures and including some of the illustrious Venice conference speakers.

• Mainardo de Nardis, Aegis Media Global

• Paul Woolmington, Naked Communications

• Steve Harrison, Henkel

• King F Lai, Initiative Asia Pacific

• Maria Luisa Francoli, MPG

• Mauricio Sabogal, OMD LatAm

• Alastair Ray, Cream magazine

• Charlie Crowe, C Squared Holdings

The Cream of Venice editorial meeting took place on March 8th where the Panel identified the best case studies within each of the Fields, designed to acknowledge the differing objectives and resources for creative media strategies.  These chosen case studies, in the opinion of the Panel, demonstrate and represent a 'best case' creative and innovative use of media.  To view all case studies in the final shortlist go to www.cmdglobal.com

Mainardo de Nardis, CEO of Aegis Media, Global, sat on the Editorial Board.  He welcomed the opportunity, “I am happy to be involved in the Cream of Venice Selection process – such schemes are important for the exchange of ideas and good strategic thinking needs to be celebrated in order to inspire the whole industry. Cream's initiative is to be deeply respected."

The Cream of Venice selection finalists will be showcased in a Show Reel, which will be screened as part of the Gala Dinner celebrations which will close the Venice Festival of Media on Tuesday 17 April.

The best of the best

The sponsor of the Gala Dinner and festival lead Sponsor, Yahoo!, will be the exclusive sponsor of the festival's only award: 'The Yahoo Idea of the Festival Award'. This Award will also be presented on the night of the Gala Dinner, and will be chosen as the “best of the best" of the Cream selection by our Editorial Panel.