8th September 2011 – Spikes Asia and Cheil Worldwide are once again teaming up to form the Spikes Asia Student Academy, offering a unique educational programme for a group of 15 students from across Asia Pacific. Taking place during the three-day Spikes Asia Festival, the Academy students currently in tertiary education studying advertising, marketing and communications, will be tutored by Noor Azhar, a lecturer on Visual Communication and Media Design at Singapore Polytechnic. They will benefit from a tailored agenda which will include exclusive access to personalised tutorials and master-classes from top industry figures, as well as participating in the Spikes Asia seminar and workshop programme and enjoying the evening networking events, giving them an exceptional first-hand insight into the creative advertising and communications industry of which they will be part of in the future. The Academy's activities will culminate in a graduation ceremony. “We look forward to welcoming this year's group of students. The Spikes Academy will expand their knowledge about the advertising and communications sectors, giving them the skills they need to stand out from the crowd when they embark on a career in the industry. We are delighted to work with Cheil Worldwide again to deliver this unique learning platform,” said Steve Latham, Director of Talent and Training for Spikes Asia. Commenting on their Spikes Academy sponsorship, Nack-Hoi Kim, President and CEO of Cheil Worldwide said, “This will be our third year sponsoring the Spikes Academy, and we are very excited to be inviting 15 promising students in Asia to attend the festival this year. We have no doubt that these students will learn and be inspired from the industry leaders, together with a wonderful, rich program which will be tailor made for the group. I hope that this experience will inspire them to reach their fullest potential in their future endeavours.” This year's group of students who have earned a place on the 2011 Spikes Asia Academy are: Cheng Hui Chun, National Chengchi University, Taiwan Shanika Perera, Academy of Design Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka Pathum Egodawatta, Academy of Design Colombo, Sri Lana Ian Gregory Tan, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore Yeon You Jin, Ewha University, Korea Kim Ko Eun, Dongkuk University, Korea Takuma Namba, University of Waseda, Japan Shuto Umemura, Tama Art University, Japan Lolitya Anindita, Universitas Gadjah, Indonesia Doppy Catur Prasetya, Gadjah Mada University Yogyakarta, Indonesia Punit Chadha, Delhi University, India Vivek Agarwal, Mumbai University, India Chan Hop Lao Henry, Savanna College of Art Design, Hong Kong Iris Chang Ka yu, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Chen Wang, Tsinghua University, China For more information about Spikes Asia or register to attend, please visit http://www.spikes.asia Spikes Asia is jointly organised by Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity and Haymarket, publishers of Campaign Asia.