Eurobest is next week: 4020 entries from 35 countries duke it out

Germany is in the lead with 802 entries, followed by France with 521, Sweden with 383 entries and Belgium with 346. Apart from the award show great seminars will be held, Paul Lavoie, Chairman and Chief Creative Officer of TAXI is bringing a professional knife thrower Norbert, psychologist-turned-pornographer Jennifer Lyon Bell and a surprise secret guest to his seminar on Wednesday where they'll explore "the importance of creating an atmosphere of trust to allow creative collaboration to flourish". Later that same day Jeff Kling, Executive Creative Director at Wieden+Kennedy Amsterdam
has a seminar titled Show Me The Ad, You Motherf*****. On Friday WIRED will be asking if creating an iPhone app is yesterdays news check out the full programme to see what is on your "must see!" list.

Other awards to be announced during the awards ceremony are Eurobest's Agency of the Year, Interactive Agency of the Year and the new Network of the Year. Guinness will be honoured with the new Advertiser of the Year Award which will be presented to Kathy Parker, Marketing and Innovation Director at Guinness.

“Recognition of great inspirational work is so important during these challenging times. Important at all levels - for the people involved in the work, the agency and the client,” said Philip Thomas, CEO of Cannes Lions, organisers of Eurobest. “These awards also provide a unique opportunity to showcase, under one roof, all the many creative ideas coming out of Europe across all platforms.”