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The preliminary and final juries consist of approximately 70% international judges and 30% Taiwanese judges, ensuring professionalism and diversity in the evaluation process.

Paula Bermúdez CovarrubiasPhoto

Paula Bermúdez Covarrubias

  • Project Manager, Residencial Vindeza Toluca
  • Design and coordination of digital marketing for BICM
  • Management of digital marketing accounts
  • Production of special collections for BICM
  • Member of Iconographic Cataloguing, an image search tool developed by BICM

Mexico

Lin WeiPhoto

Lin Wei

  • Founder United Design Practice / Designer & Coach
  • Awarded by A'Design, International Design Awards, American Architecture Prize, Graphis, Indigo Design Awards, Vega Awards, LIT Awards etc
  • Jury and Mentor for Design Shanghai, Singapore Prestige Brand Awards
  • Worked in TBWA Shanghai as Group Creative Director
  • Worked in Saatchi & Saatchi Beijing as Creative Director

Singapore

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Kevin Stuart Swanepoel

  • Kevin was chief creative officer at two advertising agencies, and founded Creative & Strategic Advertising.
  • Apple, where he served as the PEN Manager (publishing, entertainment, and new media manager).
  • Under his nearly 30 years of guidance, The One Club has grown significantly in scope and stature, producing many of the world’s largest and most prestigious global advertising and design awards programs.
  • Kevin has been the driving force behind all of the organization’s programming, including ONE Creator Lab, AI Executive Creative Summit and AI Creative Challenge, Brand-Side.

United States of America

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Cita Tahir

  • (2011-)Creative Director, Milestone Branding Solutions
  • (2023-), Vice Chairman & Treasurer, ADGI (Indonesian Graphic Design Association)

Indonesia

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Gen Suzuki

  • GEN SUZUKI STUDIO Designer

Japan

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Piotr Swiatek

  • Manager of Design & Innovation Policy at PDR – International Centre for Design & Research.
  • Treasurer and Executive Board Member of BEDA – Bureau of European Design Associations.
  • Worked as Design Expert for the HM Government, Irish Government, Latvian Government, European Central Bank and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, among others.
  • Judged the Latvian Design Award, Lithuanian Design Awards and MUZA Design Competition.
  • Graduated Design Management at Jagiellonian University and Advanced Service Design at Central Saint Martin, UAL.

United Kingdom

Jen-Hsien YangPhoto

Jen-Hsien Yang

  • (2023–2024) Jury Member, 15th & 16th Hsin-Yi International Children's Film Festival – International Professional Category
  • (2018) Grand Prize Winner, 10th Hsin-Yi International Children's Film Festival
  • (2015) Jury Member, 50th Golden Bell Awards
  • (2015) Official Selection, 19th International Children’s Film Festival India (ICFFI) – Children’s World
  • (2005) Director’s Award, 20th Digital Contents Grand Prix, Digital Content Association of Japan (DCAJ)

Taiwan

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HsiaoMin Lin

  • Co-founder and Creative Director of Finger and Toe
  • (2025) Director of Rhino Shield Modern Plastics EP1 – Circular Ecosystem Earth's Sustainable Friendship Circle
  • (2023) Director of Small acts Giant impact animation for Giant environmental water bottle cage
  • (2022) Director of Greenpeace The Last Tree animation series
  • (2015) Founded the animation studio Finger and Toe

Taiwan

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Maya Penn

  • (2025) Featured speaker at Annecy Animation Film Festival in Annecy, France
  • (2025) Judge for Junk Kouture World Finals in Dublin, Ireland, one of the world's largest eco-art platforms for youth Work featured in Climate Education and Art Exhibition at Edelman Fossil Park & Museum of Rowan University
  • Created an animated film during the administration of President Barack Obama for the opening of the first-ever digital report presented to Congress, advocating for the construction of the Smithsonian Museum of Women’s History in Washington D.C.
  • Directed and animated the environmental short film ASALI: Power of The Pollinators, executive produced by Viola Davis and Julius Tennon, featuring the voice of Whoopi Goldberg

United States of America

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Birgit Heidsiek

  • Founder and CEO of Green Film Shooting
  • Green Cinema Consultant at the German Federal Film Board
  • Creator of the Green StopMo Animation Guide and the Sustainability Standards
  • Member of the pre-selection committee for the Eisvogel – Prize for Sustainable Film Production, awarded by the Federal Ministry for the Environment
  • Two-time winner of the German Sustainability Award, awarded by the Council for Sustainable Development

Germany

Daniel BirdPhoto

Daniel Bird

  • Writer / Director / Producer at Wit & Wisdom
  • Awarded by Slamdance, Golden Drum Awards, and Gold Pencil
  • Produced over 100 campaign films and animations for social and environmental NGOs
  • Multimedia Campaigner at Greenpeace International
  • BA in Media Arts, Royal Holloway College, University of London

Czech

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Yasmine Mahmoudieh

  • (2025) Exhibited Flowniversum and 3D printed recycled plastic furniture at Venice Biennale
  • (2019) Presented sustainable material designs at Design Miami
  • (2024) CEO Award Winner in Architecture and Design (London)
  • Winner of HoteliersGuild Sirius Academy Award for Sustainability in Hospitality
  • (2020) OPAL Award – Baltic Sea Hotels, awarded Best Boutique Hotel in the World for Sustainable Design and Innovation

Germany