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Thursday, May 21 2009
Grand Hotel 4 opatijska cvijeta

11:00 Beginning of Work of the 17th FESTO 2009 Principal Jury
1st and 2nd assessment round (Principal Jury members only)

Grand Hotel 4 opatijska cvijeta; Conference Centre
13:00 Accreditation and Check-in of the Participants
FESTO CLUB opening at the Grand Hotel 4 opatijska cvijeta
17:10 Beginning of the 17th FESTO 2009
17:15 MEDIA CORNER
Future of the Electronic Media
Television & Advertising
Radio & Advertising
Prices & Dilemmas & Content and Business Horizons
Participants:Vanja Sutlić, Director General, Croatian Radio Television, Zagreb
Dražen Mavrić, Chairman of the Management Board, Nova TV, Zagreb
Christoph Mainusch, Chairman of the Management Board, RTL Televizija, Zagreb
Ivan Butković, President of the Croatian Association of Radio Stations and Newspapers
Robert Veseljak, President of the Association of Independent Television Stations
Moderator: Darko Buković, Editor in chief, Privredni vjesnik

18:15 FESTO MEDIA PRIX
Presentation of awards for the most-watched television shows produced in Croatia in 2008

STARRY, STARRY NIGHT
Presentation of awards for the best Croatianradio and TV announcements – identification jingles
 
Grand Hotel 4 opatijska cvijeta; Restaurant
22:00 Čvarak party
Host: Slavonski radio & Glas Slavonije


Friday , May 22 2009
Grand Hotel 4 opatijska cvijeta; Conference Centre

08:30 Accreditation and Check-in of the Participants
FESTO CLUB opening at the Grand Hotel 4 opatijska cvijeta
09:05 FESTO 2009 SHOW ROOM
Presentation of the 17th FESTO 2009 integral campaigns
10:00 Beginning of Work of the 17th FESTO 2009 Extended Jury
Third assessment round (Extended Jury members only)
10:50 Present and Future of the Print Media
What happened on the regional and global level?
New platforms – coexistence of print and digital media
Future of the print media in the new media ambience
Klaus Schweighofer, Member of the Management Board, Styria Medien AG, Graz

11:40 Creation of Meteoric Success in the Field of Marketing
In the time of crisis – and rising above it
THINK SHORT methodology
How to act in this time of crisis, when the consumers are discouraged, pessimistic and reluctant to shop?
Dr. Dan Herman, global leader and owner of the THINK SHORT net, keynote speaker and writer
12:25 Regional Brands – Now and Tomorrow
Improvisation, necessity or strategy
What do consumers think about it?
Can regional brands compete with global ones?
Participants: representatives and owners of regional brands

13:15 Lunch break
Grand Hotel 4 opatijska cvijeta; Congress Centre
15:10 Communications Today
Trust is created by:
listening, showing empathy, rejecting pompousness
sharing, being fair, having a sense of humor
Case stories and examples
Paul Kitcatt, creative partner and co-owner & Phil Keevill creative director,
Kitcatt Nohr Alexandar Shaw, London


 
16:00 HURA Annual General Assembly (Croatian Association of Communications Agencies)
(Hotel Milenij, HURA members only)
16:00 Television - Winner or First Time Looser?
New budget allocation – Internet Vs TV?!
Bitter rivals or good partners?
Expected saturation or new face lifting for the TV of today?
Michel Gregoire, Secretary General, EGTA, Bruxelles

16:45 Creative Crunch
Creative communication & crisis
Necessity – mother of innovation
The future belongs to the storytellers of the emotional stories
Ed Jones, creative director of Publicis

17:30 Ilumipad – from an idea to a brand
Presentation of invention development of a M2 MOTION company; winner of a silver medal at the invention fair Arhimed 2009 in Moscow
Ana Bulić, marketing and sales director, M2 MOTION

17:45 Best of ................ Serbia
Selection ofcreative works of the Serbian marketing communications industry
Vladimir Čeh Editor in chief, Roadstar Radio Station, Beograd

19:00 FESTO ADRIA CUP & FESTO EVENT & FESTO PR CONTEST
Winner announcement and awards presentation

Port of Opatija

Caffe bar Galija
21:00 Novi list rocks!
Hemingway bar
22:00 Antena Zagreb First Birthday Party!
Host: Juraj Hrvačić



Saturday, May 23 2009
Grand Hotel 4 opatijska cvijeta; Conference Centre
10:20 Presentation: Golden Drum 2008 & The CUP
Genius loci – Creativity as Another Aspect of Globalisation
Jure Apih, President of the Golden Drum Festival, Portorož

11:00 Beginning of Work of the 17th FESTO 2009 Grand Jury
Fourth assessment round (Grand Jury members only)
11:05 Best of .................... Bosnia & Hercegovina
Selection of creative works of the marketing communications industry of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ekrem Dupanović, Editor in chief and owner of the Media marketing magazine, founder and director of the NO LIMIT SARAJEVO ADVERTISING FESTIVAL, Sarajevo

11:35 Economic Crisis. Brands in Crisis?
The purpose of brands. In good times and bad times.
What do consumers expect of brands in bad times?
How can brand management cope with the crisis?
Why do brand owners need to look beyond the crisis?
Richard Veit, Director, Innterbrand Zintzmeyer & Lux, Hamburg, Member of the Management Board, Innterbrand Zintzmeyer & Lux, Central and Eastern Europe

12:40 Discussion: Croatian & World Design
on the Occasion of the Publication of Croatian Design Now
Participants: Victor Margolin, Professor Emeritus of Design History at the University of Illinois, Chicago, author of many books and articles on marketing communications and founder, editor and co-editor of the academic journal Design Issues and Feđa Vukić, PhD, Full Professor at the School of Design of the Faculty of Architecture, University of Zagreb
Moderator: Jasna Nanut

13:30 Lunch break
 
Gorovo Hall
21:00 FESTO 2009 Final Evening
(Awards ceremony)
   
Grand Hotel 4 opatijska cvijeta; Oleander Bar with terrace
22:50 POST FESTUM PARTY UNTIL DAWN
 
Side events:
  • Permanent exhibition of the works submitted for the FESTO 2009 contest
  • My Way – photography exhibition, photographs by Dag Oršić