Expert Technical Selection Committee

• Its President and honorary member of the Festival, Jean Mus, Landscape Architect in Cabris;
  
  
• A representative of the UNEP, Union Nationale des Entreprises du Paysage (French National Union of Landscape Enterprises), Daniel Veyssi, President of the Communication Commission, local landscape entrepreneur;
  
  
• A representative of the FFP, Fédération Française du Paysage (French Federation of Landscape): Yannick Ronzoni, Vice President of FFP PACA, Landscape Architect in Marseille;
  
  
• Four landscapers and authors:
  • Louisa Jones, garden writer, based in Avignon, expert in the art of Provencal and Mediterranean garden,
    
  • Michel Pena, Landscape Architect in Paris, designer of the Promenade du Paillon in Nice,
  • Stephanie Knoblich, German landscape artist, journalist and lighting director,
  • Heiner Rodel, Swiss Landscape Architect, former Secretary General of the International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA);
    
    
• 2017 Professional Award Winner: James Basson, Landscape Architect, Scape Design;
  
  
• The managers of the Gardens and Green spaces Services of the five partner municipalities of the Festival: Antibes, Cannes, Grasse, Menton and Nice;
  
  
• The Festival Technical Director: Nikola Watté, landscape designer, Atelier Ladanumau Beausset.

The Technical Selection Committee met on October 8^th, 2018 to select the 15 files of the candidates selected for the 2019 competition. Successful candidates have been assigned a site and a parcel according to the project of each.