"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.
Idea is one of the fastest growing Cellular Service Providers in India where Telecom is the theatre of action across industries.Pradeep’s academic spell includes a post graduation from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi and an MBA from IIM, Ahmedabad
"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
Mr. Chandra joined the Municipal Corporation of Delhi in September 2005 as Additional Deputy Commissioner where he is working at present. His mandate includes regulation
‘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
Graduating with a degree in Chemical Engineering from IIT Bombay and Business Management from IIM Bangalore, Sandip worked in areas as diverse as oil production (ONGC) and Selling toys (Mattel) before drifting into marketing and media planning.
"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
He has served clients in the media and entertainment sector for 10 of his 13 years of work experience. His areas of specialisation include business and operating risk identification, risk mitigation, efficiency improvement and process documentation.
Sabina Solomon - General Manager - Media Research Users Council
She is an advertising professional with over 20 years of experience in the field of Advertising Media, Direct Marketing and Media Research combined. She started her media career in 1988 with Ogilvy and Mather and worked on some blue chip clients such as Johnson & Johnson, Cadbury’s Hindustan Lever Ltd and AT&T for five years.
"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
A group of companies owning and managing the largest share of outdoor advertising in India. Personally negotiated the first Private Equity placement in an outdoor advertising company in India. This was Citibank Investment in Mauritius
“Proprietary planning tools minus industry-wide data equals gut feel?”
Ravi Kiran - Chief Executive Officer-South Asia - Starcom MediaVest Group
Proud of being a lifelong student of marketing and communications, Ravi Kiran is one of the founding members in India of Starcom MediaVest Group, one of the largest marketing communication networks in the world. A respected media executive, Kiran joined Starcom in 1998 and has performed several country and regional roles within the network over 10 years, working
"Can infrastructure development really be the industry's prerogative?"
Haseeb Faquih - CEO - Captions Advertising
Did his schooling at St. Peter’s School Panchgani, a renowned Anglo-Indian school. At school was an all rounder, excelling in academics as well as various sports disciplines. Haseeb has represented the school and college at various inter-institutional tournaments.
"Can specialists ever stop contributing to media owners' problems?"
Sanjay Dhar - Co-Founder & C.O.O. - Integrid Media
Integrid Media, is a media sales and integrated solutions company offering media assets and solutions across various media platforms which include OOH, TV ad sales, In flight entertainment, Internet, Events and promotions and Mobile advertising.
“Can Media Owners really benefit from Investing in Research ?"
Arun Pinto - Regional Vice President – South & West, BIG Street
Arun Pinto is currently designated as Regional Vice President – South & West, BIG Street. In his last assignment prior to BIG Street he was heading the Marketing Function at Total Lubricants India Ltd where he served for 11 years in building the ELF brand in India.
Panel Discussion : ‘Fall out of the Slowdown - How to deal with it'
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Sam Balsara - Chairman & MD - Madison World
"A slight man who performs giant deeds and has decades of achievement behind him", says The Brand Reporter describing Sam Balsara. The magazine further says,
Sunder Hemrajani - Managing Director - Times Innovative Media
Sunder Hemrajani is a senior executive with over 25 years experience in Sales,Marketing and General Management functions in leading consumer goods companies(PepsiCo, Whirlpool, Hindustan Lever).He had a 14 year stint with HLL where he handled senior assignments in HPC (Home & Personal Care) and Foods businesses.
Mr Gour Gupta is an Arts Graduate from Jadavpur University, Kolkata and a Post-graduate Diploma in Sales and Marketing from NIS. He has over 14 years in the ooh industry
Praveen Vadhera - Country Head - OOH - 141 Wall Street
Has spent over 15 years in the field of Out of Home Communications & Brand Activation. Set up 141 Wall Street the OOH unit of Bates 141 as "rmg david outdoors " in 2001 to make it grow as one of the leading OOH agencies in the country. Set up Primesite Delhi as part of Mudra
Kalpesh Vora - Director - Creations
Director of Creation Publicity Pvt Ltd, a Flagship Company of Vora Group which is in the business of outdoor Advertising since over 55 years. Presently handling marketing and sales of Creation Publicity Pvt Ltd - OOH division and visual merchandising.
Sanjiv started his professsional career in 1980 as a Management Trainee in a renowned North India based Fan Company. Thereafter in 1984, he joined Polar Fans as Marketing Executive and rose to the level of Vice President - Marketing by 1996.
Dipankar Chatterjee - Chief Operating Officer for Street Furniture Division- JCDecaux India
Dipankar Chatterjee joined JCDecaux India as Chief Operating Officer for the Street Furniture Division. He has come from Portland where he was the national head. He has expertise in Outdoor Advertising for more than 17 years and has spent considerable time in both- Media ownership as well as media buying side.
