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Organizers

HURA – HURA is Croatia’s leading professional association for the sector of marketing and market communications. Our members include some of the best and most award-winning agencies in the country. Together we organize the national advertising festival Days of Communications, alongside industry competitions Effie, IdejaX and Young Lions, HOWtoWOW Marketing Academy, BalCannes and many other projects. We strive to improve our market conditions and better the entire industry; that includes lobbying, negotiating with the legislators, promoting the profession, carrying out numerous studies, producing industry statistics and providing consulting services. Outside Croatia, we are a part of the European Association of Communications Agencies (EACA) and the official representative for Croatia of both Cannes Lions and Effie Worldwide.

WEEKEND MEDIA FESTIVAL – This is the ninth edition of the Weekend Media Festival, a well-known event attracting the top names and experts in the communications industry and the business world, showcases new drivers, offers new perspectives on the business and new and creative solutions to real business issues, teaches about new trends, gathers the necessary information from the neighboring countries and, all the while, guarantees great fun. In line with the everyday, continued changes, the three-day festival gathers new visionaries and future-oriented individuals who will redefine business as it used to be.

BalCannes is supported by nearly all the professional associations and media covering the profession across the region, including Serbian Marketing Communications Association (UEPS), International Advertising Association (IAA) Serbia, Serbian Public Relations Association (DSOJ), Slovenian Advertising Chamber (SOZ), Marketing and Advertising Association Macedonia (MAAM) Montenegro Marketing Communications Association (AMAC), Croatian Association of Communication Agencies (HURA), Media Marketing (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Marketing Mreža (Serbia), Netokracija (Croatia), Marketing 365 (Macedonia) and Marketing Magazin (Slovenia).

Big thanks to Ekrem Dupanović, Tomislava Ravlić, Tihana Buić, Zelda Bećirević, Damir Ciglar, Darko Ivančević, Selma Riđanović Kenović, Snežana Teodorović, Simon Furlan, Zdenka Milanović, Mojca Briščik, Ana Ivandić, Stana Šehalić, Viktor Nikolić, Jasmina Nikolić, Vanda Kučera, Jelena Ivanović, Miloš Šimić, Senka Kulenović, Lara Stolnik, Damir Stupnišek, Nikola Vrdoljak, Rea Berger, Iva Šulentić, Sašo Pešev, Igor Celebić, Mirella Fuček, Luka Abrus, Sašo Dimitrievski, Marija Vičić, Srđan Šaper, Marin Rajčić, Danijel Oršolić, Anđela Buljan Šiber, Igor Živković, Boris Eftimovski, Ivana Parčetić Mitić, Marjan Novak, Gašper Meden, Ivan Brezak Brkan, Damjan Geber, Dominig Cergna, Roberta Klaić, Gorana Ivanić, Enisa Jelečević, Krešimir Brlić, Jelena Jagić, Marko Vujević, Branka Conić, Ivana Valter Zuban, Amela Pašalić, Petra Knežević, Iva Pavelić & Silvija Kovačić.

 

BalCannes Team

Chairman, HURA:
Davor Bruketa –

Executive Director, HURA:
Dunja Ivana Ballon

Project Coordinator, HURA:
Iva Pavelić

Regional Cooperation Director:
Ekrem Dupanović

Managing Director, Marketing & Sponsorships, Weekend Media Festival:
Zelda Bećirević