Tag: Goafest 2016

  • Speaker lineup at Goafest 2016 shows great promise

    Speaker lineup at Goafest 2016 shows great promise

    New Delni, 31 March: For those in the media, advertising and marketing sector, attendance at Goafest has become compulsory for the sheer number of people they get to interact with and perhaps finalise deals with.
    And this is apart from the knowledge imparted by veterans and even newcomers in these fields.

    Goafest 2016, which is less than a week away will come to grips with some of the major problems facing these sectors and speakers from across the sectors will give their viewpoint. The organisers promise that this year’sexemplary speaker’s line-up at Goafest is set provide an enriching experience by emerging as a great melting pot of ideas and vision.  

    Presented by the Advertising Club and AAAI, the Goafest ABBYs 2016 will be held from 7 to 9 April at The Grand Hyatt, Bambolim, North Goa.

    This year, industry stalwarts will include some innovators like Crispin Porter and Bogusky Strategy head Benny Thomas, FCB Global CEO Carter Murray, ace Indian filmmaker and television personality Karan Johar, and leading filmmaker and advertising guru and Mullen Lowe Lintas group Chairman R Balki.

    Sri Lankan Minister of Ports and Shipping and former cricket captain Arjuna Ranatunga will be seen in conversation with veteran journalist Rajdeep Sardesai,

  • Speaker lineup at Goafest 2016 shows great promise

    Speaker lineup at Goafest 2016 shows great promise

    New Delni, 31 March: For those in the media, advertising and marketing sector, attendance at Goafest has become compulsory for the sheer number of people they get to interact with and perhaps finalise deals with.
    And this is apart from the knowledge imparted by veterans and even newcomers in these fields.

    Goafest 2016, which is less than a week away will come to grips with some of the major problems facing these sectors and speakers from across the sectors will give their viewpoint. The organisers promise that this year’sexemplary speaker’s line-up at Goafest is set provide an enriching experience by emerging as a great melting pot of ideas and vision.  

    Presented by the Advertising Club and AAAI, the Goafest ABBYs 2016 will be held from 7 to 9 April at The Grand Hyatt, Bambolim, North Goa.

    This year, industry stalwarts will include some innovators like Crispin Porter and Bogusky Strategy head Benny Thomas, FCB Global CEO Carter Murray, ace Indian filmmaker and television personality Karan Johar, and leading filmmaker and advertising guru and Mullen Lowe Lintas group Chairman R Balki.

    Sri Lankan Minister of Ports and Shipping and former cricket captain Arjuna Ranatunga will be seen in conversation with veteran journalist Rajdeep Sardesai,

  • Publicis’s Nakul Chopra is chairman of Goafest 2016 Organizing Committee

    Publicis’s Nakul Chopra is chairman of Goafest 2016 Organizing Committee

    MUMBAI The Advertising Club and Advertising Agencies Association of India have announced Goafest 2016 with Publicis South Asia, CEO Nakul Chopra as the chairman of Goafest Organizing Committee.

    Commenting on his appointment, Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAA’s of I) president Ambi M G Parameshwaran said “Nakul has been in this industry for over 30 years now. He has been leading Publicis in India through this last decade. I am very excited to see what plans he has in store for us this year.”

    The Advertising Club  president Raj Nayak too welcomed the appointment saying, “This is wonderful news. Nakul has been instrumental in driving Goafest to success in the recent past. With his proven track record in managing high performing agencies, he is truly the best man for the job! I look forward to work with him to make Goafest 2016 a roaring success.”

    To have been given the opportunity to Chair the Goafest Organizing Committee is an honor. There’s still a lot of work to do in strengthening Goafest and together, I hope we can build upon the good work of the past years,” added Chopra on his new role.

    The other members on the committee are:

    President, Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAA’s of I) & Advisor, FCB Ulka Advertising | Ambi M G Parameshwaran

    Founder, Chairman and MD at Madison World  | Sam Balsara

    Chief Executive Officer at Contract Advertising  | Rana Barua

    Chairman and CEO at Dentsu Aegis Network  | Ashish Bhasin

    Managing Director at Jaya Advertising  | Jaideep Gandhi

    CEO at Group M, South Asia  | CVL Srinivas

    CEO at LHAMPL  | Shashi Sinha

    CEO at JWT  | Tarun Rai

    Group CEO at Madison Media | Vikram Sakhuja

    Group CEO at Zee Media Corporation | Bhaskar Das

    Chief Corporate Sales and Marketing Officer at Dainik Bhaskar Group | Pradeep Dwivedi