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ad:tech expositions, which orchestrates conferences and exhibitions for the global interactive marketing community, has opened the call for entries for ad:tech's 2008 advertising awards.

Entries can be made between now and January 11, 2008.

Submissions will be taken for the following categories:

• Interactive Ads
• Interactive Campaigns
• Optimization/Search Strategy
• Websites

Submissions can be made ad the ad:tech awards subsite.

The ad:tech awards program consists of three components:

Limelight Awards, entries that are reviewed for creativity, purpose and results by a panel of judges.

People's Choice, gifted to extraordinary creative work selected by industry colleagues.

Industry Achievement, which recognizes individuals who inspire the industry.

Next year's winners will be recognized at the 11th annual awards ceremony, slated to take place during ad:tech San Francisco '08.

Judges include executives from Tribal DDB, AKQA, the Mobile Marketing Association, iMedia, Organic, Nike, Adrants, Disney, and Telemundo.

See a complete list of last year's winners. Award-winning creative can also be viewed at the ad:tech site.

Questions or comments can be addressed to ad:tech Awards Program Manager Caroline Lindley at (415) 464-8527, or caroline [at] ad-tech [dot] com.