The organisers of Dubai Lynx are pleased to announce that the 2nd Dubai International Advertising Festival, incorporating the Dubai Lynx awards, will take place 15-17 March 2009 at the newly built multi-purpose venue The Palladium, located in Dubai Media City.

The 3-day Dubai International Advertising Festival – Dubai Lynx - the leading creative advertising event and awards for the Middle East and North Africa includes a seminar programme featuring top international speakers, a series of topical workshops, a young creative competition, exhibitions and screenings of all the entries and culminates in the Dubai Lynx awards ceremony.

"The first Festival saw some of the best creative advertising people in the world speak. The second Dubai International Advertising Festival will be just as powerful bringing to the region insightful world leaders from which to learn and be inspired," said Dubai Lynx Festival Director, Steve Lane.

Delegates wishing to attend the Dubai Lynx Festival will be able to register online at www.dubailynx.com from 4 November and entries can be submitted in the categories of Print, Direct (incorporating Sales Promotion), Outdoor, TV/Cinema, Interactive, Radio, Integrated and Media from 2 December 2008.

More than 700 delegates came to the 2008 Festival and 1600 attendees joined in the awards ceremony celebrations. Over 2000 entries were judged by international industry professionals with 181 winning the coveted Dubai Lynx trophy.

Gulf News will once again be the headline sponsor for the 2009 event.

The organisers of Dubai Lynx, the inaugural advertising and communication awards honouring creative excellence across the Middle East and North Africa are pleased to announce that Gulf News, UAE’s major broadsheet newspaper, has signed up as its Headline Sponsor.

'It is a matter of great pride for Gulf News to be Headline Sponsor of the inaugural Dubai Lynx MENA Awards", said Duleep George, Marketing & Sales Director, Al Nisr Publishing. "Gulf News has been involved with almost all major events of the region since their inception and it is therefore only fitting, that we are involved with these awards, which will recognize the best in the industry."

Gulf News, the leading English-language daily, has been at the forefront of the UAE publishing industry, setting standards in print quality, design and editorial content. Launched in 1978, it has a circulation of well over 110,000.

“We are delighted to welcome the reputable Gulf News as the Headline Sponsor for the Dubai Lynx awards. It's important that all the stakeholders in the region get behind these new awards for creative excellence, including media companies. We're thrilled to welcome such an important partner”, commented Phil Thomas, CEO of Cannes Lions, Eurobest and Dubai Lynx.

Entries are now open for Dubai Lynx, which is presented in association with the United Arab Emirates Chapter of the International Advertising Association (IAA) and supported by Dubai Media City (DMC). For information on how to submit material, please go to www.dubailynx.com. The winners of the first Dubai Lynx Awards will be revealed and honoured at an awards ceremony in Dubai Media City on the 19th of March 2007.