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

He has been named the most influential man in Indian advertising five years in a row by The Economic Times, India’s premier business paper. Under his leadership, O&M India has won fourteen Lions.

In 2004, Piyush became the first Asian to be the president of the Cannes jury

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

Jacqui Kean is Brand Communications Director at The Economist where she is responsible for all of The Economist’s brand marketing around the globe.

Jacqui began her career in the travel industry, running advertising at the P&O Group, she moved to utilities to launch the Amerada brand when the gas and electricity markets were de-regulated in the UK.

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

Over 26 years in Advertising, Marketing and Media.

  • Started in 1980 with Lintas (now Lowe) in Account Management & Account Planning. Handled Levers (Personal Products, Soaps and Detergents) for many years along with a host of other clients such as J&J, Diners, Lipton & Ministry of Commerce/TDA.
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  "The evolution of Outdoor Advertising research across the globe"
 
Mark Neely - Regional Director - Research Asia/Pacific Nielsen Media Research
Mark Neely heads up the Nielsen Media Research Client Services Team in Asia/Pacific focussing specifically on new audience measurement methods for the Outdoor and Radio industries. He began his career in the Fire and General Insurance area, becoming State Manager before taking a Sales and Marketing role with WIN-TV.
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  " Factors fuelling the boom in the outdoor market in China"
 
Jim Liu - Managing Partner - Kinetic China
Jim Liu is a 20-year veteran in the marketing and communications industry, with a career focused on building high-value integrated marketing platforms for leadership brands.

As Managing Partner of Kinetic China, Jim has been a strong driver to promote out-of-home communications in China.
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  "Role of innovation in Out of Home-The ideal way"
 
Sunder Hemrajani - Managing Director - Times Innovative Media Ltd
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.
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  "Creating spectaculars in the sky"
 
George Christidis - President / Co-founder - WILD ON MEDIA (Out-of-Home media company)
Media include - Video Billboards - Mobile advertising vehicles - Aerial advertising (Helicopter towed murals and helicopter mounted Digital night signs) - Wall projections - In-Store advertising. INFINITY COMMUNICATIONS GROUP INC. (Television Corporate Sponsorship Sales)
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  "Creating A Successful Partnership with Outdoor Media in Mumbai"
 
R.A. Rajeev - Addl. Municipal Commissioner - Greater Mumbai
R.A. Rajeev is at present working as Addl. Municipal Commissioner with Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai. Earlier he has worked as Managing Director with The Maharashtra State Co-op. Cotton Growers’ Marketing Federation Ltd.
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  "Integrating FM radio and outdoor advertising - opportunities, challenges and obstacles"
 
Apurva Purohit - CEO - Radio City 91.1 FM
Apurva Purohit is the CEO of MBPL - which owns and operates Radio City, one of India's leading FM radio networks. She is a specialist in the field of media businesses and brands. An alumnus of IIM Bangalore, she has spent over 18 years in advertising and media. Her expertise as a media brand specialist is the guiding force behind transforming Radio City
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  "Defining the legal framework for the outdoor industry"
 
Manoj Kumar - Senior Partner - Hammurabi & Solomon
After graduating in Law from the prestigious National Law School, Manoj has witnessed and led the transformation of Corporate Legal Practice over the past decade.

As founder Partner of Hammurabi & Solomon (and before), Manoj is well known for his immense expertise in providing cutting edge solutions to often complex,
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  "Advertise less to Reach more"
 
Mukesh Manik - M I C - EncycloMedia Networks Pvt. Ltd.
Successfully managing both the creative and the business side of things, Man in Charge and the face of Encyclomedia Networks Pvt. Ltd., Mukesh Manik, is as creative and passionate about his work as he is about advertising and connecting with his clients, making sure he is involved in each and every campaign that is churned out of the Encyclomedia stable,
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  "The Creative Possibilities of creating maximum impact with Fleet Graphics"
 
Yasmeen Bhat - Executive Manager - MAKS MEDIA GROUP, Dubai
Yasmeen Bhat is a digital signage enthusiast with over 5 years of experience helping professionals use technology to more effectively communicate their unique marketing messages. MAKS MEDIA GROUP - DUBAI specializes in Total Signage Solutions viz digital signage creation,
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  Effecting growth, regulation and unity - OAAA and the US Outdoor Advertising Industry ( Recorded Presentation )
 
Nancy Fletcher - President and CEO - Outdoor Advertising Association of America (OAAA)

Nancy Fletcher has been the President and CEO of the Outdoor Advertising Association of America (OAAA) since 1990. She is responsible for advancing the legislative, marketing, and product improvement goals for the outdoor advertising industry.

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

Schooled in Bombay in Campion and Cathedral School. B.Sc. (Hons) in Biochem and Zoology from St. Xavier’s College, Bombay. MMS (Marketing) from the Sydenham Institute, Bombay.

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  "Ten things I love about Indian Outdoor Advertising"
 
Subhash Kamat - Group CEO, bates 141

Subhash started his 23 yr advertising career with Ogilvy, Mumbai and then spent many fruitful years with Trikaya Grey across various cities in India. He then joined Ambience Publicis as the Chief Operating Officer,

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  Straight Talk
  "Apun ka ilaka - protecting regional turfs"
 
KD Maheshwari,CEO - N.S.Publicity

K.D. Maheshwari is Chief Executing Officer (CEO) of N.S. publicity Agencies, having experience of last 13 years in the field of Outdoor Industries. Mr. Maheshwari had done his Masters Degree in Commerce from Rajasthan University, Jaipur.

 

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Aninda Banerjee, Director - Enkon
Aninda Banerjee is the Director of Enkon Pvt. Ltd., one of the leading OOH Advertising agencies in India. Aged 32, he brings with him 14 years of experience in the field.
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Imran Shaikh - Director, Highlight Advertising
Imran Shaikh is a passionate entrepreneur who likes to belive that impossible is nothing. He joined Highlight Advertising to grow the established family business in 2005.
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  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
"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,
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Panelists

 
Indrajit Sen - CEO - Stroeer Out-of-Home Media India P Limited
Indrajit has been in media since 1990; first as Regional Head of The Times of India Group's Response Department for about 10 years, followed by nearly 6 years as CEO and then President of Primesite,
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Soumitra Bhattacharyya - Chief Executive Officer, Laqshya Outdoors
Soumitra Bhattacharyya, Chief Executive Officer, Laqshya Outdoors and Founder member of IOAAA (Indian Outdoor Advertising Agencies Association) and on the advisory board of "Outdoor Today". He is respected in the Outdoor advertising circles as a leader who has consistently shown that knowledge,
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Mangesh Borse - Director, Symbiosis Advertising and Media
After finishing his Engineering and an MMS from Welingkar, Mumbai, Mangesh got into advertising because of his passion for the profession, and has been there for 22 years.
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  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, Director - Afaqs.com
Mr Khandekar, after being part of the early team that created the India Today magazine in the late seventies, went on to helm the launch and success of Advertising and Magazine magazine A&M, in the process virtually creating a new category for business media in India.
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Panelists

 
Ismail Dabhoya, Sr. Vice President, Finance & Commercial - Big 92.7 FM
A ‘hands on’ finance professional with over fifteen years of work experience, Ismail has worked with multinational companies like John Wyeth, Hutchison Max, Raptakos, Brett & Co., and Star Network.
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Noomi Mehta, Chairman - Selvel One Group of Companies

Personally negotiated the first Private Equity placement in an outdoor advertising company in India. This was Citibank Investment in Mauritius. Established two Joint Ventures with Metromedia Group (a ten billion dollar group).
Introduced large format digital printing in India which pioneered a huge 'face' in outdoors.

 
N. Subramanian, Chief Financial Officer - TIML
Mr. N. Subramanian joined ENIL in December 2006 and is the Company's Chief Financial Officer. Before joining ENIL, Mr. N. Subramanian was the Chief Financial Officer of SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd. He has around 18 years of experience in the finance and management domain,
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Alok P Jalan, MD - Laqshya Media

Alok P Jalan, MD, 'Laqshya Media,' is the `engine' that has taken his company from being a start-up in the out of home space in1997 to a stage where it is virtually leading the out of home media industry in India.

 

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Gaurav Deepak, Managing Director - Avendus Capital

Gaurav is one of the founding members at Avendus and was instrumental in setting up the IT Enabled services practice for the firm. He currently heads the Consumer Products and Services team.

 

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