The second edition of the Saniss Awards is almost here. After a successful 2023 edition, with award ceremonies held in Madrid and Bogotá, Saniss established itself as a global benchmark in health advertising industry, rewarding the best of Health, Wellness and Pharma communications from across 5 continents, with a unique free-registration format.
For the upcoming edition, Saniss will launch a new format, where the top awards will be voted on by a select group of judges that gather in-person to review the top-ranking cases from each category. This year, the judges participating in the in-person review will include Canadian agencies such as Tor Rick Mayzis, Executive Creative Director (Ogilvy Health) | Joe Dee, Partner (Gene) | Marty Martinez, Chief Creative Officer (TANK Worldwide), as well as other international judges such as Jason Gloye, Global CCO & Head of North America (VML Health), Leandro Zumárraga, CEO (dentsu Argentina & Chile), Natxo Diaz, Global Head of Craft (VML Health Spain), Cameron Pollard, SVP Creative Director (FCB Health New York (IPG Health), Chris Wellard, Executive Creative Director (Havas Lynx UK), Mario Michael Schmidt, Co-Founder and Head of Creative (SLYHEALTH Germany), Tristan Graham, Executive Creative Director (Clemenger BBDO Australia).
The judges will gather at the Hyatt Regency Toronto (Canada) on April 25. In addition to voting for the festival’s Grand Prix and Titanium awards, the judges will enjoy a social event that includes a cocktail and dinner in their honor.
Then, on June 6, Tomilli’s Referentes 2 will take place in Hilton Monterrey (Mexico). With conferences on health communications, a forum featuring advertisers from the health sector, and opportunities for communication agencies and advertisers to network. Trophies will also be delivered to those that attend this academic and social event.
It should be noted that, for the Saniss Awards, agencies can register up to 5 entries without paying any registration fees, in a format where only winners pay awards rights, and trophy production costs and shipping.
2023 Festival Recap
The first edition of the Saniss Awards was held last year. Wunderman Thompson (today VML) was named network of the year, with its branches in Brazil and Argentina placing first and second, respectively. Ogilvy Health / North America came in 3rd in the general ranking and McCann Health / Italy came in fourth place. Closing out this honor roll, in fifth place, was TBWA / Spain.
Key Dates for 2024:
OPEN FOR ENTRIES: Now
ENTRY CLOSING DATE: April 15, 2024
NOTIFICATION TO WINNERS: April 29, 2024
MEETING FOR LEADERS ON THE JUDGES’ PANEL: Hyatt Regency (Toronto) April 25, 2024
Free entry registration: https://awards.sanissawards.com/agencies-registration/
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