2022 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity

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How long before AI tops the PRWeek Power List?

Two Power Listers — Microsoft’s Frank Shaw and OpenAI’s Hannah Wong — and Bing Chat opine on using AI to become a more powerful communicator.

Working With Cancer’s ‘The Big C’ brief announced on-stage at Cannes Lions

Working With Cancer’s Big C global creative contest opens for entries

Campaign devised by Publicis Groupe aims to de-stigmatize cancer in the workplace.

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IPG joins Partnership on AI to bang the drum on brand safety and human creativity

Holding company said its priorities as part of the tech-heavy coalition are mitigating bias in AI while ensuring brands are protected as more aspects of content creation become automated.

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‘Unwearable’ art installment raises awareness of rare skin disease

Boehringer Ingelheim launched The Unwearable Collection last year.

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A courageous first at Cannes

In what all attendees assert was the first-ever LGBTQIA+ event to happen at Cannes Lions, Bospar made an amazing first impression with Club Courage.

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5 final takeaways from Cannes

The dust has settled on Cannes for another year and millions of words have been written about it. Here are 5 thoughts to fulfil your curiosity and fuel your creativity as we head into summer.

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Sprout Social: Most Twitter conversations about Cannes had positive sentiment

The analytics company also tracked keywords and hashtags that got the most traction during the awards.

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Fleming talks about following in a legend’s footsteps leading MMC.

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My experience at Cannes: U.S. Young Lions

Five young creatives representing the U.S. in this year’s Young Lions competition give their take on the diversity of this year’s festival and what can be improved.

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Spike Lee: Creative inspiration

Michael Jordan. Mentorship. Motivation. Diversity challenges in the creative space. All that — and much more — took center stage as the legendary director joined Omnicom PR Group’s Chris Foster for this very special fireside chat in Cannes.

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Metaverse recreation of sinking country Tuvalu wins Titanium Grand Prix at Cannes

A digital twin of the climate-affected country, expected to disappear underwater 'in decades,' will ensure its statehood and culture are preserved virtually.

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Jacki Kelley quits Dentsu to return to IPG as chief client and chief business officer

It's the latest in a string of departures from Dentsu.

Edelman, Weber, Ketchum, BCW: who won the most at Cannes Lions?

The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity is over for 2023. How did major PR agencies fare?

Omnicom celebrates winning most creative company of the year

GUT, DDB and Omnicom win agency, network and most creative company of year at Cannes Lions 2023

Omnicom seized back crown from WPP.

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Glass Lions Grand Prix goes to domestic violence intervention

Cheil Worldwide Seoul handled launch of South Korean police’s innovative emergency call service.

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Cannes Day 5: BCW, Weber Shandwick pick up Bronze Lions

BCW won for Brady’s War Stories campaign, while Weber Shandwick was recognized for Iberdrola’s Turnstile Turbines in another category.

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The Cure Cup, 21Grams’ stem cell-focused campaign, eyes Cannes prize

The Cure Cup campaign, honored by the Clios and shortlisted at Cannes, aims to de-stigmatize period blood and highlight its use for stem cell research.

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Day One Agency & USC Annenberg on reaching Gen Z consumers

What does “prime time” mean in a world where the TV is never on and the feed never stops? A new study from Day One Agency and USC Annenberg Center for Public Relations–and a podcast conversation from Cannes–unpacks Gen Z's media diets for both consumers and brands.

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Havas unveils Welltainment at Cannes in bid to close health equity gap

As part of the Welltainment launch at Cannes, Havas deemed health inequity to be one of the “greatest threats to humanity in this generation.”

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Cannes Day 4: Edelman, Weber Shandwick, Ketchum and Havas take home more Lions

The firms won Gold and Silver Lions in non-PR categories on Thursday.