ICAD's purpose is to foster, promote and reward creative excellence in Irish advertising and design. Each year that's achieved by means of workshops, events, lectures and discussions, and most prominently by the ICAD awards.

ICAD is Ireland's preeminent creative body - and the annual awards are the greatest opportunity for Irish creatives to have their best work recognised and rewarded by their peers. 

Work is judged on it's creative merit and since the 2006 AGM work featured in the ICAD exhibition no longer needs to have been nominated for an award. Submitted work will first be judged to an 'exhibition' standard - so that the exhibition will be a truer representation and celebration of the high levels of creative work in Ireland. All of the work that reaches exhibition standard in 2010 will be published in the ICAD book.

In 2010, each jury will made up of respected and awarded local and international peers and will be chaired by a leading local industry figure. The 2010 judging will take place on the 6th and 7th of March. The judges are:

Print Advertising
Chairperson: Shay Madden, McCann Erickson
Emmet Wright, Chemistry
Graham Stewart, Cawley Nea\TBWA
Verity Dookia, The Hive
International: Paul Belford, This is Real Art

Broadcast Advertising - TV
Chair: Mark Nutley, Irish International BBDO
Rory Hamilton, Boys & Girls
Shane Holohan
Local 4 TBC
International: Stephanie Green

Broadcast Advertising - Radio
Chairperson: Paudge Donaghy, DDFH&B
Mark Tuthill, Publicis QMP
Paul O'Loughlin, Leo Burnett

Design
Chairperson: Rob O'Reilly, Scale
Aiden Grenelle, Image Now
Noelle Cooper, Unthink
Scott Burnett, AAD
International: TBC

Digital
Chairperson: Jennifer Hord, McConnellsintegrated
Alastair Keady, Hexhibit
David Wall, Conor & David
Niall O'Driscoll, vStream
International: Dave Birss, Ogilvy London

Integrated
Chair-people of above juries

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