Written by David Lewis on Feb 26, 2009. Posted in On Location

Kofi Annan to speak at Cannes Lions

Kofi Annan and David Jones will join forces with Hervé de Clerck at this year's Cannes Lions to discuss the human face of climate change and the role that only the creative community can play in changing Climate Change to Climate Justice.

Kofi Annan, the former Secretary General of the United Nations and President of the Global Humanitarian Forum, and David Jones, Global CEO of Havas Worldwide, CEO of Euro RSCG Worldwide and Co-founder of One Young World, will be speaking live in Cannes on the 26th of June at 11am.

The debate will be hosted by Hervé de Clerck, Dream Leader of ACT Responsible and Founder of AdForum. In June 2008, ACT Responsible started working for Kofi Annan’s Global Humanitarian Forum and, together with David Jones, created a dedicated communications team working for Kofi Annan to raise awareness of human consequences of climate change all over the world.

Kofi Annan, working in close co-operation with all the major NGOs in the framework of the Global Campaign for Climate Action, will call on the worldwide audience of creative professional in Cannes to support this work.