Sonal Dabral to speak at Spikes Asia, Crystal Apple

Sonal Dabral, Chairman and CCO, DDB Mudra Group, has been invited to speak at the two advertising festivals - Spikes Asia in Singapore and the Crystal Apple Festival in Turkey.

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At the Spikes Asia Festival and Awards that kicks off on September 15, Dabral will be a part of the 'Creative Bravery' open discussion scheduled on September 16, along with Tay Guan Hin, Regional ECD, SEA, JWT and Calvin Soh, Founder, NinetyNine Percent. The session is held by Campaign Asia Pacific and will be chaired by Atifa Silk, Editorial Director, Campaign Asia Pacific.

The Crystal Apple is a Turkish Association of Advertising Agencies Organisation and Turkey's first creativity contest. Into its 25^th year, the Festival of Creativity is preparing to be a regional network platform and is going to be held from September 25 to 28.

Dabral will be speaking about the '7 Wonders of Indian Creativity', a presentation that was voted #2 among the top presentations at the Dubai Lynx International festival of creativity, held in March this year.

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Apart from Dabral, the festival will also see eminent industry professionals such as Maurice Levy (Chairman & CEO, Publicis Groupe), Jose Miguel (Lowe, Global Chairman of the Council of Creativity), Tor Myhren (President & CCO, Grey, New York), and Rob Mcintosh (ECD, AKQA), among others.

A list of marketers including Jonathan Mildenhall (VP, Coca Cola Company), Adrian Botan (CEE, McCann Erickson), David Shing (Digital Prophet, AOL) and Lovina McMurchy (Advertising General Manager, Skype), are also confirmed speakers at the festival.

"Being a part of advertising festivals, especially across the region gives me great pleasure of meeting new talent and seeing some great work across various platforms. Festivals like Spikes Asia and Crystal Apple are great learning platforms and I'm excited and grateful to be a part of it," said Dabral.