Fuelling the future of creativity and innovation for the advertising, media, and marketing fraternity with its theme ‘The Future of Creativity is Here’, Goafest 2023 unveils its stellar speaker line-up and the agenda for the festival.
The 3-day symposium will see over 60 prestigious Global and Indian speakers and performers across 20 power-packed knowledge seminars and 11 interactive Master-Classes.
The festival aims to create a platform of valuable insights spanning across creativity, brand building, the future of connected devices and cross-channel measurement, the evolving economy, the future of startups, the effectiveness of campaigns, and data-driven marketing.
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Leading Global Advertising personalities like Nick Law – Global Creative Chairperson – Accenture Song and Ed Pank – Managing Director – WARC APAC will address the audiences. Besides this, iconic celebrities from Indian Sports and Bollywood like Harbhajan Singh, Tabu and Rana Daggubati will inspire delegates with their achievements and stories of strength.
The panels will see participation of leading corporate personalities like Hemant Malik of ITC Foods, Rohit Kapoor of Swiggy, Prabha Narasimhan of Colgate-Palmolive, Chandan Mukherji of Nestle India, Priyanka Gill of Good Glamm Group, Ravi Santanam of HDFC and Vipul Prakash of MakeMyTrip.
The sessions will also see industry stalwarts like Rajan Anandan of Sequoia Capital, Sam Balsara of Madison, Josy Paul of BBDO, Rohit Ohri of FCB, Anusha Shetty of Grey, Dheeraj Sinha of Leo Burnett, Vikram Sakuja of Madison, Subhash Kamath, Anupriya Acharya of Publicis, Tarun Katyal of Coto, Lata Venkatesh of CNBC TV18, T Gangadhar of Quotient, Aditi Mishra of Lodestar UM, Amin Lakhani of Mindshare, Mohit Joshi of Havas Media, Naveen Khemka of Essence Mediacom, Geet Lulla of Comscore, Pankaj Krishna of Chrome DM and Salil Kumar of ITGD sharing their invaluable insights.
The valuable sessions will be moderated by eminent personalities like Rajdeep Sardesai, Rajeev Masand, Manish Batavia and Anuradha SenGupta.
Special sessions curated by the Advertising Standards Council of India on Creator Calling Creator, by the IAA on Voice of Change on Gender Bias and Ad Asia 2023 Seoul Roadshow by AFAA will further enhance the experience.
Advertising Rocks – a unique industry initiative and Musical Contest, will further add to the width and depth of the festival.
The Masterclasses this year will include topics like ‘Media planning in a digital India’, ‘Driving Relevant Reach through Video’, ‘Communicators as storytellers’, and many more interesting workshops from AFAA, Flipkart, Vserv, and Convosight to name a few.
To amp up the entertainment quotient at the festival will be – Indian Singer, Composer, Performer Kanika Kapoor, Indian Playback Singer Papon, Indian Playback Singers Divya Kumar and Asees Kaur and Digital Creator & Stand Up Comic, Aiyoo Shraddha.
It doesn’t end there! To keep the party going, leading DJ artists – Suketu, Savio and DJ AJ will keep the After Hours Party mood on.
Festival:
Day 1 – 24th May, Wednesday
Sponsors/ Category | Time | Programme / Speakers |
|---|---|---|
| Warner Bros Discovery Lunch | 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm | Lunch |
| Champagne Launch & Welcome | 1:45 pm – 2:00 pm | Champagne Launch & Welcome |
| India Today Group and Disney Star presents Live Entertainment in association with Shemaroo | 2:15 pm – 3:00 pm | Live Performance by Kanika Kapoor – Singer, Composer, Performer |
| Inauguration of Goafest | 3:00 pm – 3:15 pm | Inauguration, Lamp lighting & Welcome address by Key dignitaries |
| News18 Network presents “Future of Creativity” | 3:15 pm – 4:00 pm | Future of Creativity – Moderated by Rohit Ohri Chairman & CEO – FCB Ulka Panelists: Anusha Shetty – Chairperson & Group CEO – Grey Group India, Josy Paul – Chairman & Group CCO – BBDO, T Gangadhar Co Founder and Group CEO Quotient Ventures, Dheeraj Sinha – CEO & Chairman – Leo Burnett & BBH |
| Industry Conclave powered by ABP News & Zee TV | 4:05 pm – 5:20 pm | Brand Love Suffering At The Altar Of Short Term Sale Moderator: Anuradha SenGupta – Independent Journalist Panelists: Hemant Malik – Divisional Chief Executive – ITC’s Foods Business & Member of Corporate Management Committee of ITC Ltd, Rohit Kapoor – Chief Executive Officer – Swiggy, Prabha Narasimhan – MD & CEO – Colgate-Palmolive India Ltd |
| News18 Network Mixer | 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm | By Invite Only |
| Abby One Show Awards powered by India Today Group & ZEE5 | 6:30 pm onwards | Publisher & Media Abby |
| Sakal Gala Dinner | 9:30 pm onwards | Gala Dinner |
| JioCinema After Hours Party | 10:30 pm onwards | After Hours Party with DJ Suketu |
Day 2 – 25th May, Thursday
Sponsors/ Category | Time | Programme / Speakers |
|---|---|---|
| Times Network presents Live Entertainment in association with Shemaroo | 10:30 am – 11:30 am | Live performance by Divya Kumar – Indian Playback Singer and Asees Kaur – Indian Playback Singer |
| India Today presents Panel on Future of Connected Devices and Cross Channel Measurement | 11:30 am – 11:55 am | Future of Connected Devices and Cross Channel Measurement Moderator: Rajdeep Sardesai – Consulting Editor – India Today Televsion. Panelists: Geet Lulla – VP Sales & Head Asia Pacific – Comscore, Pankaj Krishna – Founder and CEO – Chrome DM, Salil Kumar – CEO – ITGD |
| Disney Star presents Knowledge Seminar | 12:00 – 12:30 pm | The Evolving Economy And The Future Of Startups Rajan Anandan – Managing Director – Sequoia Capital & Surge in conversation with Anuradha SenGupta – Independent Journalist |
| Knowledge Seminar powered by The Hindu Group | 12:35 pm – 1:05 pm | Supercharging Creative Effectiveness: Unleash The Potential Of Your Campaigns by Ed Pank – Managing Director – WARC APAC |
| Dangal TV Lunch | 1:05 pm – 2:05 pm | Lunch |
| Live Entertainment – Stand Up powered by MIQ | 2:15 pm – 2:45pm | Live performance by Aiyoo Shraddha – Digital Creator & Stand Up Comic |
| Knowledge Seminar – Panel Discussion powered by – Inmobi in association With Dainik Jagran | 2:50 pm – 3:35 pm | Data-Driven Marketing – Are We Walking The Talk? Moderator: Vikram Sakhuja – Group CEO Madison Media & OOH Panelists: Chandan Mukherji – Director & Executive VP – Nestle India, Priyanka Gill – Group Co-Founder – Good Glamm Group – CEO – Good Media Co, Ravi Santanam – CMO – HDFC, Vipul Prakash – COO – Make My Trip |
| OMS Digital – A part of the Times Group presents ASCI Creators Session | 3:35 pm – 4:15 pm | Creator Calling Creator a session curated by the Advertising Standards Council of India |
| Disney Star presents Knowledge Seminar | 4:15 pm – 5:10 pm | Unearthing Future Talent: The Rise of Indian Cricketers from the Grassroots Harbhajan Singh – Indian Cricket Legend & Member of Parliament in conversation with Manish Batavia – Sports Presenter & Commentator |
| Times Network presents Roadshow | 5:10 pm – 5:25 pm | Ad Asia 2023 Seoul Roadshow |
| Convosight Digital Soiree | 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm | By Invite Only |
| Dangal TV presents Abby One Show Awards | 6:30 pm onwards | Broadcaster, Public Relations, Design, Direct & Technology |
| Zee News presents Abby One Show Awards | Digital and Mobile Abby | |
| Matrubhumi Gala Dinner | 9:30 pm onwards | Gala Dinner |
| After Hours Party powered by MASTIII in association with Absolut Glassware | 10:30 pm onwards | After Hours Party with Dj Savio Joseph Mendez |
Day 3 – 26th May, Friday
Sponsors/ Category | Time | Programme / Speakers |
|---|---|---|
| India Today Group presents Live Entertainment in association with Criteo | 11:15 am – 12:15 pm | Live performance by Papon – Indian Playback Singer |
| Anymind presents Knowledge Seminar | 12:15 pm – 1:00 pm | Seven Principles For The Future Of Creativity by Nick Law – Global Creative Chairperson – Accenture Song |
| Vijayavani Lunch | 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm | Lunch |
| Radio City presents Advertising Rocks! | 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm | Advertising Rocks – Industry Musical Contest Judges: Papon – Indian Playback Singer, Rajeev Raja – Founder & Soundsmith – Brandmusiq, Merlin D’Souza – Founding Partner & Principal Composer – Brandmusiq, Curator – Subhash Kamath – Former CEO, BBH & Publicis Worldwide, India |
| MTV presents Understanding Young India | 3:30 pm – 3:45 pm | Understanding Young India by Utsav Chaudhari – Head – Marketing, YME, Viacom18 |
| Sports18 presents Knowledge Seminar | 3:45 pm – 4:30 pm | Media Agencies Panel – Breaking the Old Mould Moderator: Sam Balsara – Chairman – Madison World Panelists: Aditi Mishra – CEO – Lodestar UM, Amin Lakhani – CEO – South Asia – Mindshare, Mohit Joshi – CEO – Havas Media Group India, Naveen Khemka – CEO South Asia – Essence Mediacom |
| News18 Network presents Knowledge Seminar | 4:30 pm – 5:00 pm | IAA – Voice Of Change on Gender Bias Moderated by Megha Tata – CEO – Cosmos Maya India Pvt Ltd, Panelists: Anupriya Acharya – CEO Publicis Groupe, South Asia, Kailashnath Adhikari – Business Head – Sri Adhikari Brothers Network, Lata Venkatesh – Executive Editor – CNBC TV 18, , Tarun Katial – Founder & CEO – Coto |
| Rajasthan Patrika presents Knowledge Seminar | 5:00 pm – 5:45 pm | Future of Indian Cinema: Exploring Artistic Freedom and Challenging Conventions. Tabu – Actress Extraordinaire & Rana Daggubati – Indian Actor & Producer in conversation with Rajeev Masand – Former Critic, COO of Dharma Cornerstone Agency |
| Sony Liv presents Abby One Show Awards powered by Daily Hunt in association with Google | 6:30 pm onwards | Video Craft, Audio, Branded Content & Entertainment, Green Award, Brand Activation & Promotion, Diversity, Equality & Inclusion, Out of Home (Ambient Media), Still Print, Still Digital, Audio-Visual TV, Cinema, Digital, OTT(Below 1 min duration), Audio-Visual TV, Cinema, Digital, OTT (1 min and above), Young Abby Awards, Young Maverick, Red Abby & Integrated Abby |
| Avinashi Ads presents Gala Dinner in association with Dainik Savera | 9:30 pm onwards | Gala Dinner |
| After Hours Party powered by B4U in association with Jameson Glassware | 10:30 pm onwards | After Hours Party with DJ AJ |
Masterclass List 2023
Day 2 – May 25th, Thursday
Masterclass By | Timings | Speaker | Topic | Venue |
| Madison World | 11:30 am – 12:15 pm | Sam Balsara | Media planning in a digital India | Salao 1 |
| Havas Media | 12:15 pm – 1 pm | Rohan Chincholi & Sanchita Roy | Cracking the Code: How India buys and unlocks growth via smart planning and buying on e-commerce | Salao 1 |
| Amazon Ads | 3 pm – 3:45 pm | Pratik Udeshi | Driving Relevant Reach through Video | Salao 2 |
| Convosight | 3 pm – 3:45 pm | Tamanna Dhamija & Rajan Anandan | Unleashing the Voice of Your Customers: Building Brand Advocacy in Communities | Salao 1 |
| Flipkart | 3:45 pm – 4:30 pm | Sudarshan Sarma | Maximizing Your Advertising Potential on Flipkart | Salao 2 |
| Vserv AudiencePro | 3:45 pm – 4:30 pm | Saurabh Khanna Chintan Soni Kosal Malladi Chinmay Chandratre | Data & Creativity: A Match Made In Heaven: Vserv AudiencePro & Madison World together Unlock this divine match | Salao 1 |
| India Today Group: The Lallantop Adda | 4:45 pm – 5:30 pm | Saurabh Dwivedi | Future of Video Content | Salao 1 |
Day 3 – May 26th, Friday
Masterclass By | Timings | Speaker | Topic | Venue |
| AFAA | 10:45 am – 11:30 am | Bharat Avalani | Communicators as storytellers | Salao 1 |
| Silverpush | 11:45 am – 12:30 pm | Rahul Joshi | Dynamic Video Optimization: Unlocking the Full Potential of Video Advertising | Salao 1 |
| Flipkart | 3:30 – 4:15 pm | Sudarshan Sarma | Unleashing the Power of Flipkart’s Shopper Intelligence | Salao 1 |
| Publicis Groupe | 4:15 pm – 5:00 pm | Varun Shah Vikram Pandey | Data, Creative, Production & Technology are at the core of everything we produce in branded content today. | Salao 1 |
**Event schedule may be subject to change for date and timings.