Patti Smith and Ben Silverman announced as part of the speaker line-up for Cannes Lions 2011

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pattismith.pngPatti Smith, Twitter’s CEO, Yahoo’s Ross Levinsohn, Ugly Betty Producer Ben Silverman are among the latest line-up of speakers announced for Cannes Lions 2011.

Grey’s annual Music Seminar will have Josh Rabinowitz, SVP Director Music for Grey Group, introducing Tim Mellors, who will talk to the punk icon Patti Smith about music, creativity and her career so far.

Yahoo! will present a seminar on ‘Storytelling and the Technology that Fuels It’ with RossLevinsohn, EVP for the Americas region for Yahoo!, and Emmy- and Golden GlobeAward-winning producer Ben Silverman leading a discussion about telling storiesin today’s hyper-connected environment.

MRM and McCann Worldgroup will bring Twitter CEO Dick Costolo and Intel’s Johan Jervøeto Cannes to talk about the next five technologies that will have the biggestimpact on the ways products and services are marketed and brands are developed.

And The Saatchi & Saatchi  NewDirectors’ Showcase returns, once again presenting the best new directingtalent from around the world.