SPEAKERS & TOPICS 2005-10
DELEGATES 2010


SPEAKERS & TOPICS 2005-2010  
   
Speakers and Topics at OAC - 2010  

"Inauguration & Keynote Address"
Raj Nayak - Managing Director - AIDEM Ventures

"Lets get OOH its place on the table"
Madhuri Sapru - Managing Partner - Kinetic and Dialect

"Promoting, protecting and advancing the outdoor industry since 1881 "
Jeff Golimowski - Communications Director - OAAA

"Building a healthy eco-system of Infrastructure development and Outdoor Advertising in India"
Adam Whitford - Director – Commercial Business Development - Second Harvest

"The Media's Medium"
Rameet Singh Arora - Head Marketing COLORS, Viacom 18

"10 Challenges for Outdoor Creative in India"
Agnello Dias - Co-Founder and COO - TapRoot India

"What will encourage more product & service categories to use OOH consistently in their marketing mix"
Ashish Bhasin - Chairman(India) & CEO(South East Asia) - Aegis Media

"Moving the OOH to next level- engaging the consumer through OOH” 
Praveen Vadhera - Country Head - OOH - 141 Wall Street

"A walk down memory lane!
Pratap Bose - Chief Operating Officer - Mudra Group

"Creating desire and building awareness with Outdoor Innovations"
Bishwajeet Samal - Head of Marketing Communication - Volkswagen Group Sales India

"The destiny of the outdoor market in Chennai" - What it was and where is it headed ? - D. Muralidharan - Managing Director - Metro Multimedia

"Too many specialists slicing the same pie! Are we causing our own destruction?" - Mandeep Malhotra - Senior Vice President- Mudra Max

"Relevance and impact of OOH among youth in India"
Samyak S.Chakrabarty - Managing Director - Concrea

“How Delhi got its groove back”
Mukesh Gupta - General Secretary - DOAA

“How Mumbai got its groove back”
Bimal Vora - Executive Committee - MHOA

“How Kolkata got its groove back”
Nirmal Thakur - General Secretary - KOAA



Panel Discussion : An ounce in name of commission, tons of expectations, Reasonability questioned

Moderated By : Sam Balsara
- Chairman & MD - Madison World


Panelists :
Arun Sharma –
General Manager - Marketing & Head Media- Bharti Airtel
Arminio Riberio –
CEO - Madison Outdoor Group
Ajay Dang – Head Marketing(West & South) - Hindustan Times
Nabendu Bhattacharya – Founder & Managing Director - Milestone Brandcom

Panel Discussion : I to Industry
Moderated By : Roda Mehta


Panelists :
Noomi D.Mehta -
Chairman - Indian Outdoor Advertising Association (IOAA)
Indrajit Sen -
Vice Chairman - Indian Outdoor Advertising Association (IOAA)

 

 
Topics and Speakers at OAC - 2009  

"Reallocating spends, by Media during a slowdown - and what Outdoor can do to get It's fair share"
Pradeep Shrivastava - Chief Marketing Officer - IDEA Cellular Ltd.

"Reallocating Outdoor Spends, by Geography - and what Outdoor can do to get It's fair share"
Lloyd Mathias - Chief Marketing Officer - Tata Teleservices Ltd.

"Optimising between regulation, infrastructure Development / beautification & advertising - The Delhi Case Study"
Amiya Chandra -
(Head of the Department of Outdoor Advertisement) - Additional Deputy Commissioner, Municipal Corporation of Delhi

‘Key Drivers required for growth of Outdoor Advertising Spends - or what Outdoor needs to do to remain relevant’
Sandip Tarkas -
President – Customer Strategy - Future Group

"The slowdown, the outdoor advertising industry & what the industry can do to cope - The impact, the implications and the imperatives"
Ashish Pherwani -
Senior Manager - Ernst & Young's Risk Advisory Practice

"IOS: Unlocking the Potential of Outdoor"
Sabina Solomon - General Manager - Media Research Users Council

"DO’s & DON’Ts for Concessionaires, Specialists & Regulators, especially in hard times – a Concessionaire’s perspective"
Noomi D Mehta -
Chairman & Managing Director - Selvel One Group

“Proprietary planning tools minus industry-wide data equals gut feel?” 
Ravi Kiran -
Chief Executive Officer-South Asia - Starcom MediaVest Group

“Investments in research and the expected payoffs” - A Media Buyer's perspective
Mallikarajuna Das - COO - Madison Media Infinity, Mumbai

"State of the Industry 2008 – 2009 – Spends, Trends, Growth, Categories & Projections "
Pratap Bose -
Chief Operating Officer - Mudra Group

The "Of course, but then...." Series!

"Can infrastructure development really be the industry's prerogative?"
Haseeb Faquih -
CEO - Captions Advertising

"Can specialists ever stop contributing to media owners' problems?"
 Sanjay Dhar -
Co-Founder & C.O.O. - Integrid Media

“Can Media Owners really benefit from Investing in Research ?" 
Arun Pinto -
Regional Vice President – South & West, BIG Street


Panel Discussion : ‘Fall out of the Slowdown - How to deal with it'

Moderated By : Sam Balsara
- Chairman & MD - Madison World


Panelists :
Vivek Lakhwara
- CEO - Aaren Initiative
Sunder Hemrajani
- Managing Director - Times Innovative Media
Gour Gupta - COO - Platinum Outdoor
Praveen Vadhera - Country Head - OOH - 141 Wall Street
Kalpesh Vora
- Director - Creations
Sanjiv Lall - CEO - Pioneer Publicity
Dipankar Chatterjee - Chief Operating Officer for Street Furniture Division- JCDecaux India

 

 
   
Topics and Speakers at OAC - 2008  


“Delivering engagement with outdoor creative”
Piyush Pandey - Executive Chairman and National Creative Director, India and South Asia - O & M

"The role of outdoor in building a global media brand"
Jacqui Kean -
Global Brand Communications Director - The Economist

"What brands need - Pitching a relevant outdoor strategy"
Meenakshi Madhvani -
CEO - Spatial Access Media Solutions Pvt Ltd

"The evolution of Outdoor Advertising research across the globe"
Mark Neely
- Regional Director - Research Asia/Pacific Nielsen Media Research

" Factors fuelling the boom in the outdoor market in China"
Jim Liu -
Managing Partner - Kinetic China

"Role of innovation in Out of Home-The ideal way"
Sunder Hemrajani - Managing Director - Times Innovative Media Ltd

"Creating spectaculars in the sky"
George Christidis - President / Co-founder - WILD ON MEDIA (Out-of-Home media company)

"Creating A Successful Partnership with Outdoor Media in Mumbai"
R.A. Rajeev -
Addl. Municipal Commissioner - Greater Mumbai

"Integrating FM radio and outdoor advertising - opportunities, challenges and obstacles"
Apurva Purohit - CEO - Radio City 91.1 FM

"Defining the legal framework for the outdoor industry"
Manoj Kumar
- Senior Partner - Hammurabi & Solomon

3 on 10
"Ten changes that I would like to see in the Indian Outdoor Advertising"
Ashish Bhasin
- Chairman (India) & CEO (South East Asia) - Aegis Media

"Ten things I love in Indian Advertising Assciation"  
 Subhash Kamat - Group CEO, Bates 141   

"Advertise less to Reach more"
Mukesh Manik
- M I C - EncycloMedia Networks Pvt. Ltd.

“The Creative possibilities of creating maximum impact with Fleet Graphics"
Yasmeen Bhat
- Executive Manager, MAC

"Apun ka ilaka - protecting regional turfs"
KD Maheshwari, CEO - N.S.Publicity Aninda Banerjee, Director
Enkon Imran Shaihk,
Director – Highlight Advertising

“Effecting growth, regulation and unity – OAAA and the US Outdoor Advertising”
( Recorded Presentation ) - Nancy Fletcher - President & CEO, OAAA

Big Fight "Outdoor worldwide is multi-format; is India also headed there or will it continue to be predominantly Hoardings Only ?"

Moderated by Sam Balsara, Chairman & MD - Madison World

Panelists :
Indrajit Sen -
CEO - Stroer Out-of-Home Media India P Limited
Soumitra Bhattacharyya - Chief Executive Officer, Laqshya Outdoors Pvt.
Mangesh Borse
, Symbiosis Advertising

Panel Discussion
" The changing economics of the industry - Increasing valuations, PE funding, higher bids and their combined effect on the outdoor industry “
Moderated by Sreekant Khandekar
Co-Founder - Afaqs.com

Panelists :
Ismail Dabhoya,
Sr. Vice President, Finance & Commercial - Big 92.7 FM
Noomi Mehta
, Chairman - Selvel One Group of Companies
N. Subramanian
, Chief Financial Officer – TIML
Alok P Jalan, Group CEO - Laqshya Media
Gaurav Deepak,
Managing Director - Avendus Capital

 

 
   
Topics and Speakers at OAC - 2007  


"The International Drivers For The Growth of the Outdoor Industry"
Alex Thompson - Chief Executive - Asia Pacific, Kinetic

"Out-of-Home : Out Of Mind or Top Of Mind"
Ajay Kakar - Head of Branding - Reliance Capital

"Increasing Out-of-Home share - What the Industry Needs"
A.P Parigi - MD and CEO - Entertainment Network (India) Limited

“Cows In Jackets - Ambient Media and It's Challenges To Impress "
Daniela Krautsack - Managing Director - Magic Moments/ A MediaCom Unit - MediaCom Vienna "

"The Power of Out-of-Home Media - Malaysian Perspective'"
En. Mohammad Azlan Abdullah - Director of Operations - Big Tree Outdoor, Malaysia

"Banking Big Bucks on Out-of-Home"
Lakshmi Goyal - Senior Vice President and Head, Brand, Research and the Marketing Communication - HSBC India


"Driving Outdoor Growth Through Innovative Digital Printing Solutions"
Patrick Turner - Business Development Manager - Large Format Printing, Industrial Solutions, HP Scitex - HP Imaging & Printing Group, Asia Pacific & Japan

"Increasing spends on OOH - The Role for Creative & Specialist Agencies"
Pratap Bose - Chief Executive Officer - Ogilvy & Mather Advertising India

"Creative Outdoor Media Planning in the Indian Context - Opportunities & Challenges"
Ravi Kiran
- Chief Executive Officer - South Asia, Starcom MediaVest Group

"When new rules change the game : Lessons from a mature OOH market"
Matthias Rumpelhardt - Chief Executive Officer - Stroer Media International

"Overview of Outdoor Industry "
Smita Jha - Principal Consultant - Entertainment & Media Practice, PricewaterhouseCoopers

"Relevance of OOH : Beyond Hoardings"
Sita Lakshmi Narayan Swamy - Network Marketing Head - Zee Network

PANEL DISCUSSION : "The Future of Indian OOH "
Roda Mehta - Chairperson - Technical Committee of the Media Research Users Council
Sandip Tarkas - Media Head - Reliance ADA Group, India
Sam Balsara - Chairman & Managing Director - Madison World
Noomi Mehta - Managing Director - Selvel Advertising

 

 
   
Topics and Speakers at OAC - 2006  


"Leveraging the social & financial benefits of Outdoor Advertising - The Hyderabad Example"

N V S Reddy, IRAS Project Director (Hyderabad MRTS) Government of AP & Additional Commissioner Traffic, Transportation & Advertisements Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad

“The need for self-regulation amongst media owners”
Amiya Chandra - (Head of the Department Outdoor Advertisement) Additional Deputy Commissioner Municipal Corporation of Delhi

"Self / Government regulation of the industry"
Les Holley - Executive Director - Out of Home Media SA

“The world of OOH insights and learnings from across the globe"
Eric Newnham- Global CEO, Kinetic

"Outdoor Advertising Paper - cost, quality, operation & environmental implications for industry"
Josep Codina - Business Development Director, ACONDA PAPER, S.A.

"Communicating, not just reaching - looking Beyond traditional media matrics"
Jasmin Sorabji - President – MediaCom South Asia

"OOH in Emerging Markets"
Jason Senior - Chief Operating Officer & Deputy CEO, News Outdoor Group

"Challenges for new entrants to build an outdoor media business in India"
Indrajit Sen - Chief Operating Officer & Business Head, Jagran Engage

"How to make outdoor a $1 billion Industry"
Rahul Welde - General Manager Media - Hindustan Lever & Head - Media Services, Unilever South Asia

"Outdoor Advertising developments in Asia"
Mark Thewlis - Regional President Asia Pacific, Clear Channel Outdoor

"The International success of Motorazr & Outdoor's strategic role in it "
Lloyd Mathias
- Marketing Director - India - Motorola Mobile Devices

"Outdoor Advertising Quiz"
Pratap Bose - CEO Designate, Ogilvy & Mather, India - Managing Director South Asia, Kinetic - President - Ogilvy Activation

 

 
   
Speakers and Topics at OAC - 2005  

 

Harish Bijoor - Chairman - Steering Committee OAC 2005

“Outdoor deliverables expected by a client”
Harit Nagpal
- Operations Director, Hutchison-Essar

“Factors that make UK the best Out-of-Home market in the world”
John Ellery
- Consultant - Poster Publicity – UK

“Innovative ways to Outdoor marketing”
Pratap Bose
- President - Ogilvy Activation

“Developing a currency for Outdoor Advertising – The IOS model”
Roda Mehta - Chairperson - Technical Committee – MRUC Ashok Das - Managing Director - Hansa Research

“Managing outdoor advertising for maximum aesthetic, social, informational & revenue benefits – The Dubai experience”
Mohammed Al Noori
- Head of Advertising Section - Dubai Municipality

“Consolidation, standardisation & regulation - A wish list for the future of the outdoor business”
Noomi Mehta
- Managing Director - Selvel Vantage Group

“The concessionare's role in developing the Outdoor Advertising market - The Middle East Experience”
Rehan Merchant
- Executive Director - Emirates Neon Group (Emirates Neon, Emirates Outdoor, ABC Digital Prints, ABC Industries, ABC Digital Network)

“TV & Outdoor - competing or complementing media?”
Tarun Katial - Business Head - SET, Sony Entertainment Television

“The creative possibilities & challenges of the ‘7 word 7 second medium'”
Josy Paul
- Country Head & National Creative Director - rmg david