Vibrant Media Presents Exclusive Events at Cannes Lions
Cannes, France, June 15th, 2012 — Vibrant Media, the global contextual advertising leader, will host an all-star lineup of content, parties and events at this year’s Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, the world's largest annual awards show and festival for professionals in the creative communications industry, taking place June 17 – 23.
Vibrant Media’s events include:
• MediaLink and Vibrant Media VIP Cocktail Party, Monday, June 18, 4pm - 7pm CEST
Notable guests representing the elite from the world’s top brands and marketers join Vibrant and leading consultancy MediaLink on the Vibrant yacht for one of the most exclusive events at Cannes.
• “Putting the Consumer First” Havas Café panel featuring C Squared, Machinima, and Vibrant, Tuesday, June 19, 12pm – 1pm CEST
This roundtable discussion presented by MPG Media Contacts at the Havas Café will offer insights and observations from thought leaders at the nexus of media, digital, and advertising. The panel will also be archived and available for view at www.mandmglobal.tv, and hosted on Twitter at #cannesexperience and #mandmglobal. Participants in the forum taking place at Le Grand Hôtel in Cannes include:
-Cella Irvine, CEO, Vibrant Media (moderator)
-Charlie Crowe, Founder and Chief Executive, C Squared
-Allen DeBevoise, Chairman and CEO, Machinima
• M&M Global and Vibrant Media Yacht Party, Tuesday, June 19, 4pm – 7pm CEST
On the Vibrant yacht, M&M Global – the multi-platform media brand, which supplies insight and intelligence to the international media and marketing community – will join in hosting the cream of EU and US marketing and media movers and shakers at a VIP event.
• Jack Myers Book Signing, Thursday, June 21, 4pm – 7pm CEST
Simulmedia presents a book signing event with Jack Myers, media economist and chairman of the Media Advisory Group, who will give a talk and sign copies of “Hooked Up: A New Generation’s Surprising Take on Sex, Politics and Saving The World.”
• Future Lions Cocktail Party with AKQA and Fast Company, Friday, June 22, 5pm-7pm CEST
The Future Lions Competition is a long-running global competition, which offers students the chance to showcase their creative talent at Cannes. Vibrant joins AKQA and Fast Company in a cocktail party to celebrate the awards.
This is Vibrant’s third year hosting events at Cannes Lions as well as chartering a yacht docked across from the main Palais des Festivals. The cocktail events will be exclusively catered by award-winning French chef Alain Allegretti, whose acclaimed style blends the cultural influences of his hometown of Nice, France.
For more information on this year’s Cannes Lions, visit www.canneslions.com and join the conversation on Twitter at #canneslions2012.
Vibrant Media’s events include:
• MediaLink and Vibrant Media VIP Cocktail Party, Monday, June 18, 4pm - 7pm CEST
Notable guests representing the elite from the world’s top brands and marketers join Vibrant and leading consultancy MediaLink on the Vibrant yacht for one of the most exclusive events at Cannes.
• “Putting the Consumer First” Havas Café panel featuring C Squared, Machinima, and Vibrant, Tuesday, June 19, 12pm – 1pm CEST
This roundtable discussion presented by MPG Media Contacts at the Havas Café will offer insights and observations from thought leaders at the nexus of media, digital, and advertising. The panel will also be archived and available for view at www.mandmglobal.tv, and hosted on Twitter at #cannesexperience and #mandmglobal. Participants in the forum taking place at Le Grand Hôtel in Cannes include:
-Cella Irvine, CEO, Vibrant Media (moderator)
-Charlie Crowe, Founder and Chief Executive, C Squared
-Allen DeBevoise, Chairman and CEO, Machinima
• M&M Global and Vibrant Media Yacht Party, Tuesday, June 19, 4pm – 7pm CEST
On the Vibrant yacht, M&M Global – the multi-platform media brand, which supplies insight and intelligence to the international media and marketing community – will join in hosting the cream of EU and US marketing and media movers and shakers at a VIP event.
• Jack Myers Book Signing, Thursday, June 21, 4pm – 7pm CEST
Simulmedia presents a book signing event with Jack Myers, media economist and chairman of the Media Advisory Group, who will give a talk and sign copies of “Hooked Up: A New Generation’s Surprising Take on Sex, Politics and Saving The World.”
• Future Lions Cocktail Party with AKQA and Fast Company, Friday, June 22, 5pm-7pm CEST
The Future Lions Competition is a long-running global competition, which offers students the chance to showcase their creative talent at Cannes. Vibrant joins AKQA and Fast Company in a cocktail party to celebrate the awards.
This is Vibrant’s third year hosting events at Cannes Lions as well as chartering a yacht docked across from the main Palais des Festivals. The cocktail events will be exclusively catered by award-winning French chef Alain Allegretti, whose acclaimed style blends the cultural influences of his hometown of Nice, France.
For more information on this year’s Cannes Lions, visit www.canneslions.com and join the conversation on Twitter at #canneslions2012.
About Vibrant
Vibrant (www.vibrantmedia.com) is a world leader in contextual technology aligning billions of words across the Internet with relevant video, information, tools, and advertising. With over 6,500 premium publishers, reaching more than 250 million unique users per month (comScore, 2012), Vibrant gives top brand marketers the opportunity to deliver highly targeted advertisements within premium Web content and offers publishers premium editorial tools to re-circulate users throughout their websites. Vibrant works with top brand advertisers such as Microsoft, Unilever, Chrysler and AT&T. The company was founded in 2000 and has offices in London, New York, Boston, Detroit, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Paris, Hamburg, Munich and Dusseldorf. For more information, visit www.vibrantmedia.com or www.hyperlinkevolved.com or www.facebook.com/vibrantmedia or http://twitter.com/vibrantmedia.
