Gerety Awards Presents: Gerety Talks Young Lotus

Nov. 10, 2026

What happens when young creatives have just 24 hours to crack a live brief?

In this Gerety Talks, we meet Nicha Witayapaisitsan and Thirawat Prasertsang from SOUR Bangkok, winners of the ADFEST Young Lotus Workshop 2026.

Young Lotus is one of the region’s longest-running programmes for emerging creative talent, bringing together young professionals for mentoring, workshops and a live brief that must be answered in just 24 hours.

Nicha and Thirawat join Gerety Co-Founder Lucía Ongay to talk about their winning experience, how they work together under pressure, their creative process and what they learned from taking part in Young Lotus.

Named for Frances Gerety, the copywriter who in 1948 coined the slogan "A diamond is forever”, The Gerety Awards brings together a jury to select the best in advertising from a powerful perspective, creating a benchmark that is relevant to the market reality, all while redefining the standard to which advertising has traditionally been held.

GERETY TALKS: Just like the award show, the Gerety Talks series puts some of the marketing and creative industries true changemakers in the spotlight and at the center of the conversation, for a refreshing take on what leadership looks like.

Gerety Talks premieres November 10th.
Watch at geretyawards.com/talks