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What’s it like to be a first-timer at the Oscars of advertising?

Day 4 takes India’s total tally to 14.

From baguettes and croissants to high fashion and advertising marvels. Raghav Swamy, associate vice president – strategy, Leo Burnett India shares his first experience of the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.

Cannes Lions 2023: A showcase of wins from Leo Burnett, Talented, Mindshare, Dentsu Creative, EssenceMediacom

Leo Burnett India's 'Smart Farm’ campaign for Lay's got a Silver in Creative Data Lions. The agency's #BringBack2011 campaign for Oreo India won a Silver Lion in both PR & Social & Influencer categories. Indie creative shop Talented picked a Silver Media Lion for Cleartrip’s ‘#ortraveloncleartrip’ campaign

Campaigns of Lay’s, Whisper, Cleartrip, Swiggy, Dove, Mortein, Airtel, and Oreo were awarded at the ongoing Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.

Storyboard18 at Cannes Lions: Vidhya Srinivasan of Google on how technology is upending advertising

While AI does raise the baseline for creative output, Srinivasan firmly believes that creativity remains a human endeavor. particularly in terms of differentiating brands. (Image by @AroscopOfficial via Twitter)

Vidhya Srinivasan, vice president and general manager of advertising, Google discusses how AI is a big productivity tool and how marketers can leverage it.

Storyboard18 at Cannes Lions: IPG’s Philippe Krakowsky on AI’s transformative potential in the A&M industry

Philippe Krakowsky, CEO, Interpublic Group (Image sourced via IPG website)

Generative AI’s rapid scaling creates curiosity, anxiety, and transformative potential in the media and advertising industry. Interpublic Group’s CEO Philippe Krakowsky emphasises the combination of human expertise with AI, driving efficiency, freeing up time for client interaction, and elevating marketing strategies.

Storyboard18 at Cannes Lions: Kristen Cavallo reveals key trends in AI, influencer marketing, and Indian market

Cavallo acknowledges the potential impact of AI on consumer behavior and trends but also highlights concerns regarding intellectual property and consumer data privacy.( Image by @JanProszynski via Twitter)

Kristen Cavallo reveals that India is the largest market for MullenLoweGroup in terms of clients and employees. She believes that India is leading the way in influencer marketing, digital payments, and banking due to its scale.

Cannes Lions 2023: Lay’s, Vedantu, Navneet pick shortlists in Sustainable Development Goals

The Sustainable Development Goals Lions celebrates brand work that creatively solve problems and find solutions or other initiatives.

Leo Burnett India, Dentsu Creative India, FCB Interface are the agencies behind the brand work that has been shortlisted.

AI AI AI: What to expect from Cannes Lions 2023

The total number of shortlists for India has now gone up to 38.

Find out what’s in store at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.

Storyboard18 at Cannes Lions: Khurrum Malik of Integral Ad Science shares views on CTV, AI, and ad fraud

Malik also observes while marketers are always under pressure to generate return on investments (RoI), today even creative agencies are under pressure to generate creative RoI.

Khurrum Malik talks at length about brand safety, practical uses of artificial intelligence and machine learning, and Connected TV’s boom.

Cannes Lions 2023: FCB India wins Gold Lion in Industry Craft

FCB Kinnect picked a Silver for SOS Children’s Villages’ ‘Chatpat’ campaign. FCB Interface was awarded a Silver for Navneet’s ‘TR for Teacher’ campaign. Leo Burnett India won a Silver in Entertainment for Sport Lions for Airtel’s ‘175 Replayed’ campaign.

FCB Kinnect and FCB Interface picked two Silvers Entertainment Lions. Leo Burnett India got a Silver in Entertainment for Sport Lions.

Why Indian agencies scored a duck in Print, Radio & Audio, Outdoor Lions?

Netizens believe that such a message was completely unwarranted. Health and safety are important subjects and this message itself could cause panic. (Representative Image: Daria Nepriakhina via Unsplash)

In the 70th edition of the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, Indian agencies didn’t pick any Lions in traditional categories like Print, Radio & Audio, and Outdoor. Is this the sign of changing times or poor quality of work? Storyboard18 finds out.