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  CHAIRMAN 2011


  • Dr. Alok Bharadwaj, Sr. Vice President, Canon India Pvt. Ltd.

  SPEAKERS 2011


  • Abhra Banerjee, Vice President – Marketing, Century Ply
  • Alex Batchelor, Chief Operating Officer, BrainJuicer®
    Topic: Are companies wasting $32bn on Market Research?
  • Amit Tiwari, General Manager & Country Head, Media Philips Electronics India
  • Amitesh Rao, Director - Brand & Media, MTS India
  • Anirudha P. Mukhedkar, Chairman, Restore Solutions
  • Anthony Swart, Chief Executive Officer, The Brand Union
    Topic: Can brands self-actualise in Africa?
  • Antti Ohrling, Chairman, Blyk Media
  • Aparna Piramal Raje, Director BP Ergo & Columnist, Mint
  • Arun Iyer, National Creative Director, Lowe Lintas
  • Asitava Sen, Director, Corporate Advisory, APCO Worldwide Inc.
  • Avtansh Sharma, Director, Advertising Solutions (APAC), Alcatel-Lucent
  • Bryan Pearson, President, LoyaltyOne Inc.
    Topic: From the Mouth of India's Consumer: New Research into Attitudes about Loyalty.
  • Chris Aubrey, VP, Global Retail Marketing Sport Performance, adidas AG
    Topic: Connectivity, Sustainability, Transparency, Social Responsibility: What does all of this mean for brands and retailers expected to drive bottom line growth?
  • Craig Briggs, Managing Director, Asia Brandimage - Desgrippes & Laga
    Topic: Bridging Brands and Borders - Trends & Tactics to Optimize Brands in Asia
  • D. Shivakumar, Vice President & Managing Director - Mobile Phone Nokia India Pvt. Ltd.
  • Dr. David Kippen, CEO and Chief Strategist, Evviva Brands Topic: Mindful Brand Management
  • Debadutta Upadhyaya, Vice, President (India) Vdopia, Inc.
  • Dilip Chhabria, Founder and Promoter Dilip Chhabria Design Pvt. Ltd.
  • Dipita Chakraborty, Executive Director-Retail & Shopper Practise The Nielsen Company
  • Donovan Neale-May, Executive Director, Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Council
  • Farshad Family, Managing Director, Nielsen Media - India
  • Glyn Atwal, Professor for Luxury Brand Management ESC Rennes School of Business
    Topic: Luxury Brand Dynamics - How to walk and talk Luxury.
  • Harminder Sahni, Managing Director, Wazir Advisors
  • Jack Bredenfoerder, CMG Strategic Color Consultant BV Color Strategy
    Topic: Color Strategy, Forecasting and Expressions
  • Jad Hindy, Anarchist - Founding, PartnerNetizency
  • Jojit Alcazar, Head - Mobile Advertising, Smart Telecommunications
  • Jonathan Bonsey, Creative and Managing Director, Bonsey Design
  • Jonathan Copulsky, Principal, Deloitte Consulting LLP
  • Jonathan Kopp, Partner & Global Director, Ketchum Digital
  • Justin Peters, Global Executive, Creative Director, Siegel+Gale
    Topic: Building a University Brand from the Ground Up
  • K. V. Sridhar, National Creative Director, Leo Burnett
  • Krishna Prasad, Chief Experience Office,r Dentsu India
  • Kristin Luck, President Decipher, Inc
    Topic: The Delicate Art of Re-Branding: Retaining Equity While Creating a Fresh Face
  • Lakshmikant Gupta, Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, LG Electronics India Pvt. Ltd.
  • Lalit Bhagia, Vice President & Head - Digital (Internet & Mobile), STAR TV
  • Magnus Aspegren, Director - Singapore Studio, BMW Group DesignworksUSA
    Topic: Visual Brand Language: The Untapped Opportunities
  • Marc Cloosterman, Chief Executive Officer, Visual Identity Management Group
    Topic: Trends in Brand Implementation Management
  • Mark Phibbs, Senior Director - Global Channel Marketing & Senior Director Marketing (Asia Pacific), Adobe Systems
    Topic: Confessions of a Digital Marketer
  • Mark Tutssel, Global Chief Creative Officer, Leo Burnett Topic: The Language of The 21st Century
  • Maya Hari, Director - Digital (Internet & Mobile), Conde Nast Digital India
  • Min Wang, Dean, China Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA)
    Topic: Create branding images within complex social and political context
  • Mohit Khattar, Managing Director, Godrej Nature's Basket
  • Moira Cullen, Senior Director, Global Design The Hershey Company
    Topic: SOFT POWER: 21st Century Design Value
  • Morten Albaek, Group Senior Vice President, Group Marketing & Customer Insight Vestas Wind Systems A/S
  • Dr. Neale Martin, Founder and Chief Executive Officer Sublime Behavior Marketing Author- "Habit: the 95% of behavior marketers ignore."
    Topic: Where Brain Science Meets Marketing
  • Nita Kapoor, Executive Vice President - Marketing & Corporate Affairs Godfrey Philips India
  • Pankaj Gupta, Head of the Consumer and Retail Practice at Management Consultancy Tata Strategic Management Group
  • Peter Dixon, Senior Partner, Creative Director Prophet
    Topic: Emart Reinvented: Transforming as a World-Class Retailer
  • Pradyumna Vyas, Director National Institute of Design
  • Preeti Vyas, Chairwoman and Chief Creative Officer Vyas Giannetti Creative (VGC)
  • Rajesh Chakrabarti, Chief Marketing Officer & Chief Innovation Officer Reliance Commercial Finance Ltd. & Reliance Home Finance Ltd.
  • Rajesh Jejurikar, Chief Executive - Automotive Division Mahindra & Mahindra
  • Rohan Vaidya, GM - Strategic Sales Wipro Infotech
  • Rohit Dadwal, Managing Director Mobile Marketing Association Asia Pacific Ltd.
  • Prof. Rohit Deshpande Sebastian S. Kresge, Professor of Marketing Harvard Business School
    Topic: The Provenance Paradox and Country-of-Origin Branding
  • Sandeep Sharma, Sr. Vice President, Marketing & Sales TIMES NOW & ET NOW
  • Sandipan Ghosh, Global Head of Marketing Tiffany Foods (UAE)
    Topic: Brand New World - A Talk on Sustainable Innovation and Differentiated Products... key to Success
  • Sanjay Vijayakumar, Chief Executive Officer MobME Wireless Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
  • Sanjeev Kotnala, VP Brand Communication and National Head The Dainik Bhaskar Group
  • Satish Gokhale, Director - Industrial Design Design Directions Pvt. Ltd.
  • Shameek Chakravarty, Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer OHANA Media
  • Shane Gibson, International Speaker & Author -"Guerrilla Social Media Marketing"
  • Shantanu Sirohi, Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer Interactive Avenues
  • Shauna Li Roolvink, Founder & Principal Consultant – BrandHub Director of Strategy, Asia - Brand Finance
  • Shaziya Khan, Executive Planning Director JWT
    Topic: Luxury Brand Dynamics - How to walk and talk Luxury.
  • Shivnath Thukral, Group President - Corporate Branding and Strategic Initiatives Essar
  • Siddharth Hegde, Managing Director, Ethinos Digital Marketing
  • Takayuki Hoshuyama, CEO, D2 COMMUNICATIONS INC.
    Topic: Visions for the Future of Mobile Marketing
  • Tom Sitati, Director and Brand Strategy Consultant, Interbrand Sampson (East Africa)
    Topic: The Role of New Media in Africa's Brand Development
  • Tony Hertz, Managing and Creative Director, Hertz Radio and other clever advertising Ltd.
    Topic: Making Waves - The Sound of Successful Brands
  • Verity Evans, Strategy Director, Venture Three
    Topic: Winning in India
  • Vineet Kanaujia, GM – Marketing, Safexpress Pvt. Ltd.
  • Vineet Narang, CEO, MobiQuest
  • Virginia Sharma, Vice President, Marketing and Communications, India / South Asia IBM

  ADVISORY COUNCIL 2011


  • Helene Blanchette, Go-to-market Strategy Manager (International Business Group), Fuji Xerox Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd.
  • Crispin Reed, Managing Director, Brandhouse
  • James Brasher, Managing Director, LewisPR
  • Sayyad Ahmad Masud, Managing Director, Channel 7 Communications (Pvt.) Ltd.
  • William Harald-Wong, Principal, William Harald-Wong & Associates Sdn. Bhd.
  • Sean McCoy, Chief Executive, HKLM Group
  • Dheeraj Sinha, Regional Planning Director, Bates141 Asia
  • Sarmad Ali, Managing Director - Marketing and Advertising Sales, Jang Group
  • Alex Morrison, VP Consumer and Brand Strategy, AgencyNet Interactive
  • Deepak Mahnot, VP - Marketing, VLCC Healthcare Ltd.
  • Hampton Bridwell, President and CEO, BrandLogic LLC
  • Joe Nguyen, Vice President (South East Asia), Comscore Inc.
  • Krishnan Varadarajan, GM - Consumer Sales (IPG), Hewlett Packard
  • Sanjay Diwan, Vice President - Marketing, IMI Mobile
  • Salil Kapoor, Chief Operating Officer, DISH TV India Ltd.
  • Manish Vij, Founder, Vun Network
  • Piyush Mathur, President (India), The Nielsen Company
  • Andrew Campbell, Chief Brand Officer, Reliance Industries Ltd.
  • Himanshu Khanna, Director - Marketing, Wrigley India Ltd.
  • Dr. Nathan Eagle, Professor - Co-Founder and CEO, txteagle
  • Stephen Remedios, Head - Customer Marketing (Personal Products and Modern Trade), Hindustan Unilever Ltd.
  • Atul Hegde, Chief Executive Officer, Ignitee
  • Rajneesh Chopra, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer, Online Recharge Services Pvt. Ltd.
  • Ray Knight, Chief Envisioneer Officer, RaynMaker Inc.
  • Sandip Somany, Joint MD, Hindustan Sanitaryware and Industries Ltd.
  • Itai Talmi, Founder and Director, Itai Talmi & Co.
  • Tarek Sultani, Co-Managing Director Europe, Middle East and Africa, Siegel+Gale
  • Balaji Vaidyanathan, AVP - Marketing and Communication, Franklin Templeton Asset Management (India) Pvt. Ltd.
  • Yaseer Al-Kharobi, Head Corporate Marketing, Rotana Media Group
  • Gaurav Gupta, Director Marketing, General Motors India
  • Manoj Chandra, VP - Marketing and Customer Service, Bata India Ltd.
  • Sandeep Suvarna, Head of Marketing, Linkedin India
  • Ramakanth Akula, Managing Director, Nippon Paints
  • Rahul Sharma, Executive Director, Micromax Informatics Ltd.
  • Vivek Bali, Group President (Global Brand and Marketing), Spice Global
  • Shubhra Sinha, Managing Director (Marketing Globalisation), Cisco Systems Inc.
  • Rajesh Mehta, Director Marketing, Western Union Financial Services Ltd.
  • Vanitha Jain, Head - Marketing and Communications, Adecco India
  • Rob Campbell, Regional Head of Strategy, Wieden + Kennedy
  • Andrew Solmssen, Managing Director, Possible Worldwide Swati Jain, Head Marketing, Danone India Pvt. Ltd.
  • Ranjivjit Singh, Chief Marketing Officer (Personal Systems Group), Hewlett Packard India Sales Pvt. Ltd.
  • Seth Grossman, Managing Director, Carat China
  • Shirley Brady, Editor, Brandchannel
  • Rameet Arora, Senior Director - Marketing, McDonalds India (West and South)
  • Brendan Inns, Vice President - Brand Communications, Shangri-La International Hotel Management Ltd.
  • Rajendra Dhandhukia, President - Sales and Marketing, Abbott Healthcare Pvt. Ltd.
  • Aditya Save, Head Media, Marico Ltd.
  • Ankur Bhatia, Executive Director, Bird Group
  • Ravinder Pal Singh, Regional Communications Director (Digital), Starcom MediaVest Group
  • Sameer Satpathy, EVP and Head Marketing Consumer Product Business, Marico Ltd.
  • Aman Narain, Group Head of Remote Banking, Standard Chartered Bank
  • Christina Lim, Director Brand and Marketing, NTUC FairPrice Co-operative Ltd.
  • Sugato Banerji, CMO, Airtel Digital TV
  • Nandana Wickramage, Group Director and Head of Marketing, Ceylon Biscuits Ltd.
  • Virginia Sharma, Director - Marketing and Communications, IBM Software, India/ South Asia
  • Glenda Venn, Founding Member, It's a Go!
  • K. P. Unnikrishnan, Director of Marketing, Asia Pacific, Brocade Communications Systems, Inc
  • Sangeeta Sundaram, Head Marketing and Communications (India), CapGemini India
  • Rajeev Lal, CEO, Infotech Enterprises Information Technology Services Pvt. Ltd.
  • Kinshuk Kunwar, Marketing Director, Mead Johnson Nutrition
  • Thomas Labarthe, Vice President, Mobile Advertising, Alcatel-Lucent
  • Lulu Raghavan, Country Director, Landor Associates
  • Nipun Singhal, President, Lloyd Electric & Engg Ltd.
  • Ameer Ismail, Executive Director, Lowe Lintas and Member, Lowe Lintas Management Committee
  • Aftab Mahmud Khurshid, Head - Marketing (Consumer Banking), Standard Chartered Bank Bangladesh
  • Leimei Julia Chiu, President Elect, Icograda; Executive Director, Japan Institute of Design Promotion (JDP); Professor, Musashino Art University.
  • Melissa Dawn Johnson, President, Velvet Suite Marketing
  • Shumone Jaya Chatterjee, Vice President Marketing, Asia Pacific, Levi Strauss Asia Pacific Division
  • Vivek Malhotra, Vice President - Marketing, Bloomberg UTV