Dörte Spengler-Ahrens, Chairwoman of Jung von Matt Group and newly elected President of ADCE, will serve as Overall Jury President for the 35th edition of the ADCE Awards. She will lead the judging process, bringing together more than 55 leading creative and advertising professionals from 25 European countries. For the first time, the jury will also include a representative from Turkey, following the country’s recent addition to the ADCE network as a new member.
Spengler-Ahrens will be joined by seven discipline presidents:
- Film & Audio: Riccardo Fregoso — CCO Southern Europe, Dentsu Creative | Italy
- Print & Outdoor: Márton Jedlicska — Executive Creative Director, Publicis Media | Hungary
- Interactive & Mobile: Juliana Paracencio — Executive Creative Director, Droga5 | UK
- Design: Liza Enebeis — CD & Partner, Studio Dumbar/DEPT | Netherlands
- Brand Development & Experience: Malcolm Poynton — Former Global CCO, Cheil Worldwide | UK
- Integrated & Innovation: Alejandro di Trolio — Chief Creative Officer, Cheil | Spain
- Creativity by Industry Sectors: Sophia Lindholm — Independent Creative Leader, ex-Forsman & Bodenfors | Sweden
The 2026 jury also includes two Bulgarian creative professionals. Marcel Levy, Chief Creative Officer at Noble Graphics, will judge Print & Outdoor, while Momchil Zahariev, Creative Director at Next DC, will join the jury for the new Creativity by Industry Sectors discipline.
Introduced for the first time this year, Creativity by Industry Sectors will place creative work in a broader industry and strategic context, bringing together creative leaders and representatives from the client side. Across the disciplines, the jury will award Gold, Silver and Bronze, alongside the Grand Prix and ADCE’s special awards: European Star, Genius Loci, Green Star and Equal Star.
New entry rule
For the first time, all participants in eligible national competitions can enter the ADCE Awards directly, opening the competition to a wider range of work and creative talent from across Europe.
For Bulgarian agencies, this means that all campaigns entered in FARA can compete in the ADCE Awards, regardless of whether they were shortlisted or won an award.
The entry deadline is 25 September 2026.
Winners will be announced at the Awards Gala Ceremony on 20 November in Barcelona, as part of ADCE Creative Week. Winning work will also gain further international exposure through its inclusion in the Global Creative Rankings by The One Club for Creativity.
More information about the ADCE Awards 2026 jury: https://adceurope.org/awards/jury/
