21 leading creatives and media experts from around the world are currently judging at the Dubai Lynx Festival, the leading creative advertising competition for the MENA region, which has announced 292 entries that have been shortlisted in the Print, Print Craft, Outdoor, Direct & Sales Promotion and Media categories. Of the 998 entries submitted in these categories, 82 Print, 47 Print Craft, 57 Outdoor, 36 Direct & Sales Promotion and 70 Media entries have made it through to the shortlist.

Dubai Lynx has announced the three international award-winning professionals who will be chairing the leading advertising competition for the Middle East and Africa. Amir Kassaei - Chief Creative Officer of DDB Group Germany, David Nobay - Creative Chairman of Droga5 Australia and Barry Cupples - CEO of Omnicom Media Group Asia Pacific.