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  SPEAKERS 2015


  • KEYNOTE SPEAKER : FREDERIQUE (FREDDIE) COVINGTON, International Marketing Director, APAC, MENA, Canada, Twitter
    Topic: "The Power of Now"

  • RAJESH CHAKRABARTI, ex CMO, CIO, Business Head and Head of Economic Intelligence, Reliance Capital, Marketing Professional & Patron, CMO Asia

  • ANDRAS KOSZEGI, Managing Partner, BrandTrend
    Topic: "NOW - Your time to be the gamechanger!"

  • TEODARA MIGDALOVICI, alchemist, ME.ALCHEMY, Founder, The Alternative School for Creative Thinking
    Topic: Where the magic happens: Time versus Duration in contemporary branding.

  • SILVINA RODRIGUEZ PICARO, Director, SRP Communication & Brand Design
    Topic: "Emotional Branding in the Digital Age: The power of the emotions, creating meaningful brand experiences through digital technology"

  • TOM VOIROL, Global Head of User Experience, Reading Room
    Topic: "Customer experience - how your brand lives or dies"

  • CHRIS J. REED, Global CEO & Founder, Black Marketing
    Topic: "10 Tips on How to Use LinkedIn for personal and company brand building (and some for what not to do)"

  • NANNE H.C. BOS, Head of Global Brand Management, ING Group
    Topic: "ING: Creating brand value in a changing organisation and context"

  • JONATHAN GELDART, Executive Director Markets Development, Grant Thornton International Ltd.

  • DAMIEN CUMMINGS, Global Head of Digital Marketing, Standard Chartered Bank

  • ZARINA L STANFORD, VP Segment Marketing, Asia Pacific, IBM Singapore Pte Ltd

  • BRUNO KISTNER, Commercial Director AsPaC Region, Glanbia Nutritionals Singapore Pte Ltd

  • LEE NG, PhD, Innovation Management Office Leader, MetLife Innovation Center
    Topic: "Innovate Now…But How?"

  • ASEEM PURI, Brand Director, Unilever Asia

  • DALIA FELDHEIM, VP marketing APAC, Electrolux

  • FIRDAUS SHARIFF, Head of Marketing, SAP South Europe, Middle East and Africa

  • STUART SPITERI, Managing Director Asia Pacific & Middle East, Krux Digital, Inc.

  • CHONG OI LIN, Head of Marketing, IRIS Corporation

  • LYNN HUANG FREEMAN, Senior Director, Head of Marketing & Strategy, Asia Pacific, Honeywell Scanning & Mobility

  • NADEEM AMIN, Regional Digital Marketing Manager, ANZ, Asia Pac and South Africa, Kellogg's

  • SAMIT MEHROTRA, Commercial Director, Asia Pacific Snacks, Kelloggs Asia Pacific

  • NILESH SHAH, Chief Marketing Officer, GE Healthcare

  • SIMON KEMP, Regional Managing Partner (Asia), We Are Social

  • HARYATI "FEY" LAWIDJAJA, VP Digital Advertising PT Telekomunikasi Selular

  • KOSUKE SOGO, Managing Director APAC, MicroAd Inc.

  • ANMOL ARORA, Managing Director APAC, Zedo Inc

  • NAVANEETA DAS, International Client President, Carat, Asia Pacific

  • SAMI OMAR AL ZADJALI, Head of Marketing & Corporate Communications, BankDhofar

  • HASRATH MUNASINGHE, Deputy General Manager - Marketing, Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC

  • RUPA RAJAMANI, Head, Digital Performance Marketing & Technology Strategy, Standard Chartered Bank

  • VIREN RAZDAN, Managing Director, Brand-Nomics

  • AROON KUMAR, Director - Marketing, mGage India


  ADVISORY COUNCIL 2015


  • MANDY SAVEN, Head of Food, Beverage & Hospitality Stylus
  • SHAMITA RAJANDRAN, Commercial Director, KW Group
  • SHANE D SHIRLEY SMITH, CMO, SBS Brands
  • SILVINA RODRIGUEZ PICARO, Founder, SRP Communication and Brand Design
  • SUZANNE VAN GOMPEL, Founder & Principal Consultant, STAND OUT FROM THE CROWD Brand Strategy & Communication Ltd.
  • MARC CLOOSTERMAN, CEO, VIM Group
  • SAURABH SINGHAL, Head of Marketing, APAC Jabra GN - Netcom
  • NEHAL MEDH, Managing Director, Gfk
  • SANJAYA SENARATH, Asst. Vice President of Sales and Marketing National Development Bank PLC
  • LEANNE MANCHANDA, Head of Marketing, Hamad International Airport
  • ZIA PATEL, Principal - Wolff Olins, Dubai Head of Strategy, Wolff Olins, India
  • ADRIAN HENG, Group Marketing Director, Asia Plantation Capital
  • SARMAD ALI, Group Managing Director, Jang Group
  • LESLIE BECKMAN, Director - APAC Marketing, Avaya Singapore Pty Ltd.
  • CHRISTOPHER LEES, Director, BrandLogic
  • DR. JAY W LEE, Brand Stylist, Into Franchise Systems
  • SLAMET SUDIJONO, Country Marketing, Brand and Comm Head, Bank CIMB Niaga
  • TRAN HOANG, Chairman, VietnamMarcom
  • AMOR MACLANG, Communications Strategist & Brand Architect, Geiser Maclang
  • CHEUK CHIANG, CEO (Asia Pacific), Omnicom Media Group
  • NITISH TIPNIS, Director Sales and Marketing, HAI - Nissan Motors
  • ANANTA SINGH RAGHUVANSHI, Executive Director-Marketing & Sales, DLF Universal Ltd.
  • SAKET V. RAO, Vice President and Head of Brand, Housing.com
  • SUCHITA VISHNOI, Head - Marketing, Trend Micro - India & SAARC
  • GAURAV SURI, Head of Marketing, UTI Asset Management Company Limited
  • SACHIN KAPUR, CMO, Groupon India
  • SHREYA KRISHNAN, Head - Marketing & Communications, First Advantage
  • SHALINI RAO, Director Marketing, Taj Group of Hotels
  • CHARMAINE BAUTISTA-PAMINTUAN, Chief Marketing Officer, Inquirer Group of Companies (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
  • WAITHERA NG'ANG'A, Chief Executive Officer, Marketing Society of Kenya
  • DANIEL SURYA, Chief Executive Officer, WIR Group
  • LENE TOURN, Partner, Uncomuns
  • KENNY THING, Chief Marketing Officer, Manulife Insurance Berhad
  • LILY MA, General Manager, X1R Global Sdn Bhd
  • NITIN BAHL, Country Marketing Manager - India Motorola Solutions India Pvt. Ltd.
  • SANDEEP AURORA, Director - Marketing and Market Development, Intel
  • AGATHA YAP, Director Sales and Marketing, Resorts World Sentosa
  • KATHRYN CAVE, Editor, IDG Connect International
  • MEERA RAMAN, Head of Marketing, Quick Heal Technologies
  • AYO OYEDEPO, CEO, Qustomax
  • ASHISH BHATLA, Head - UK & Europe, Hexaware BPS
  • MARK MALLARDI, Executive Director, Strategic Development, Natural Products Data & Insights, New Hope Natural Media
  • AKM MOINUL ISLAM (MOIN), Head of Marketing, PCL Brand, PRAN Confectionery Ltd (PRAN-RFL Group)
  • CHIBUIKE .I.E. KAFOR, Head of Marketing, Business Development and Strategy, Dansa Foods Limited - Dangote Group
  • KABIR M MALKANI, Head of Marketing Dept (Shopping Malls), Lals Group
  • VINIT KAPAHI, Head - Marketing & Luxury Business, Timex Group India Limited
  • JUN TANAKA, General Manager of General Affairs and Strategy, Kishu Giken Kogyo Co., Ltd.
  • ANWAR EHTESHAM, Head of Communications & Branding Division, Dhaka Bank Limited
  • FAROOQ SHAIKH, General Manager Marketing, Service Sales Corporation (Pvt.) Ltd.
  • SARANGA WIJEYARATHNE, Director - Marketing, Ceylon Newspapers (Pvt) Limited
  • ANAND PEJAWAR, Executive Director - Marketing, SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd.
  • SHATRUGHAN SINGH, Head - Global Alliances Strategy and Marketing, Wipro Limited
  • SAAD M KHAN, Head of Marketing, Pepsi-Cola (Thai) Trading Co., Ltd.
  • DIVYA TEKCHANDANI, Director, AirGlow Aviation Services
  • VIREN RAZDAN, Managing Director, Brand-nomics
  • LARRY LOGAN, CMO, Digimarc Corporation
  • ELIANNE RAMOS, Principal and CEO, Speak Hispanic Communications
  • GAURAV BURMAN, Director - Field Marketing, India & S.Asia Zone, Schneider Electric
  • KESHEN TEO, Creative Director, Pajama Consulting
  • AJAY CHANDRAN, Global Marketing & Sustainability Director, Pure Circle
  • PANKAJ BATRA, CMO, PizzaHut Asia
  • WENDY WALKER, Chief Growth Officer, Asia Pacific, Mindshare World
  • MOHAMAD RABIH ITANI, Chief Executive Officer, Best Choice Real Estate Development
  • KETAN KULKARNI, Vice President & Head- Marketing, Corporate Communications and Sustainability, Blue Dart Express Limited
  • H.E. Dr. AMBASSADOR TAL EDGAR, Chairman, GBSH Consult Worldwide
  • DORTE KROGH, Design & Brand Specialist, Castra
  • VIKAS MEHTA, Chief Marketing Officer | President - Group Marketing Services, Lowe Lintas & Partners, India
  • JANICE CHAN, Sr Director, Digital Marketing, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
  • MELISSA DAWN SIMKINS, President, Velvet Suite and Creator, Women In The Spotlight
  • HARESH KHOOBCHANDANI, Managing Director, Microsoft (Thailand) Limited
  • SELINA WU, General Manager, Topco Scientific
  • HAITHAM HAMMAD, Senior Director, Head of Marketing & Communication, Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E
  • HASAN FADLALLAH, Founder & CEO, Brand Lounge
  • PRERNA PANT, General Manager, Circus Social
  • RALPH BRUNNER, CMO - Asia, Metlife
  • MARGARET MOLLOY, Global CMO, siegel+gale
  • ANNELIZA HUMLEN, President and Founder, Social Voice LLC
  • HASRATH MUNASINGHE, Deputy General Manager- Marketing, Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC
  • ANOUK PAPPERS, Brand Anthropologist & Founder, Founder CoolBrands
  • SANDY CARTER, GM - Cloud Ecosystem & Developers, IBM
  • ERIK SAELENS, Executive Strategic Director, Brandhome
  • HAGEN FENDLER, CDO, ZTE Corporation
  • FLO JANIN, Co-founder and Executive Director, Brave
  • VERITY EVANS, Partner & Strategist, Venturethree
  • MANISHA RANA, Head of Marketing, Magicbricks.com
  • AFTAB MAHMUD KHURSHID, Group CMO, SSG
  • JULIE WOODS-MOSS, CEO-Nextgen Business and Chief Marketing Officer, Tata Communications Ltd.
  • CHHAVI LEEKHA, Director of Communications - India, Uber Technologies Inc.
  • NANNE H.C. BOS, Head of Global Brand Management, ING Group
  • BEENA KOSHY, Vice President& Head - Advertising and Brand Development, Bajaj Electricals Ltd.
  • MARY TSE, Regional Marketing Director, Fiskars Asia Pacific Limited
  • OLAOSEBIKAN OYESOLA KOFOWOROLA, CEO and Group Managing Director, Kofsol Group
  • AILEEN CHUA, Director of Global Partnership and Strategy, Appier Pte Ltd.
  • GABRIELLA ALBERONI, Founder, BrandGurus
  • BEN FOO, Marketing Director, McDonald's Malaysia (Golden Arches restaurants Sdn Bhd)
  • YASIR IMRAN, Vice President - Marketing, South Asia, MasterCard
  • YUSUF HASSAN, CEO and Creative Chief, Roop Bangladesh
  • MUSHFIQUE MANZOOR, Chief Operating Officer, Global Voice Telecom Limited.


  MEDIA PARTNERS 2015


  • Africa Details
  • Eye Of Riyadh
  • Easy Finder
  • Galerie Handlowe
  • Global Sustain
  • Jang Media Group
  • Ventures Africa
  • LEX WITNESS
  • The Brand Laureate
  • MediaBUZZ
  • Shopping Mall Expert