South Africa, March 11 -- The very first Epica Awards Sri Lanka was held on 5-6 March and attracted more than 500 attendees on both days.

Leo Burnett won the Grand Prix with its "Petal Paint" campaign for JAT Holdings. The campaign was originally entered for the competition last year, but its eligibility period was extended when the event was postponed after the Easter 2019 attacks.

Leo Burnett was also named Agency of the Year after reaping the greatest number of points in the overall competition.

Speakers and jury

Held at the Taj Samudra Colombo hotel, the conference featured speakers such as Dentsu APAC chief creative officer Ted Lim, BBDO Worldwide regional ECD Ali Rez, TGH collective founder and CCO Tay Guan Hin, Ogilvy Pakistan ...