DAY 1 — Wednesday, 20 May 2026
- Sponsors/ CategoryTimeProgramme / Speakers
NDTV Presents Inaugural Lunch
12:30 PM - 1:30 PMInaugural Lunch & Champagne Launch
Mediakart presents
Live Performance by Sukhbir
Streaming Partner Spotify Advertising
in associations with B4U
1:30 PM - 2:50 PMLive Performance by Sukhbir - Prince of Bhangra
Inauguration of Goafest
2:50 PM - 3:10 PMInauguration, Lamp Lighting, Welcome Address
- 3:10 PM - 3:20 PM
Tribute to Piyush Pandey & Arun Nanda
- 3:20 PM - 3:50 PM
Resetting Brand India: From Growth Story to Growth Strategy
Inaugural Session with
Dr Rajiv Kumar - Chairman of Pahle India Foundation and Former Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog
Padma Shri Prasoon Joshi - Chairman, Omnicom Advertising, India and Chairman Prasar Bharti
Nikhil Sharma - Managing Director, Perfetti Van Melle, India
in conversation with: Padmaja Joshi Managing Editor, NDTV
Sony LIV presents
Resetting the Rules: Building Brands That Don’t Play Safe in association with iAvatarZ Digital
3:50 PM - 4:20 PMResetting the Rules: Building Brands That Don’t Play Safe
Aman Gupta -Founder of boAt,Founder of OFF/BEAT, Shark of Shark Tank India Show
Moderated by Anuradha SenGupta - Independent journalist and producer
Sony LIV presents Resetting the Limits of What’s Possible Powered by Sakal Media Group in association with Dainik Jagran
4:20 PM - 5:00 PMResetting the Limits of What’s Possible
Harmanpreet Kaur - Cricket Captain & Legend of the Indian Women’s Cricket Team, in conversation with
Mandira Bedi - Actor, Anchor, Author & Fitness Enthusiast
Keynote by LinkedIn-
Meet the Indian Prosumer; Reaching High-Value Professional Consumers
5:00 PM - 5:15 PMMeet the Indian Prosumer; Reaching High-Value Professional Consumers
Dave Yang - Managing Director - SMB & Mid Market - APAC, LinkedIn Marketing Solutions
Spotify Advertising presents Sound-On Sundowner
5:30 PM - 6:30 PMBy Invite Only
Amazon Ads Presents Abby One Show Awards Powered by Z in association with Times Network & affle
6:30 PM - 8:30 PMPublisher & Media Abby
The Hindu Group presents Gala Dinner
8:30 PM OnwardsGala Dinner
JioStar presents After Hours Party
9:30 PM OnwardsAfter Hours Party with DJ Salil
DAY 2 — Thursday, 21 May 2026
- Sponsors/ CategoryTimeProgramme / Speakers
Mediakart presents
AI Washing: The Truth About AI
in association with The Times of India & Vijas Digital
10:30 AM - 11:10 AMAI Washing: The Truth About AI
Why using AI is easy, but becoming AI-first is hard
Gulrez Alam – Chief Revenue Officer, Affle
Niraj Ruparel – Creative Technology Lead, WPP & WPP Media
Puneet Gupt – Chief Operating Officer, Times Internet
Rohan Mehta – Chief Transformation Officer, Omnicom Advertising Group
Smriti Mehra – CEO English and Business News. Network18
Moderated by Shubhranshu Singh - Member of the Board of Directors, Effie LIONS Foundation & Forbes Most Influential Global CMO 2025
Keynote by Google-
There's an Agent for That - Excelling in the AI Era
11:10 AM - 11:25 AMThere's an Agent for That - Excelling in the AI Era
Satya Raghavan - Director, Marketing Partners at Google India
NDTV presents
All About Ads: The Hook Between Attention, Emotion And Recall
11:25 AM - 12:05 PMAll About Ads: The Hook Between Attention, Emotion And Recall
Darshana Shah – Chief Marketing Officer, Aditya Birla Capital Rahul Kanwal – CEO & Editor in Chief, NDTV Rana Barua – Group Chief Executive Officer, Havas India, SE Asia & North Asia (Japan & South Korea) Rohit Kapoor – Chief Executive Officer, Swiggy Sam Balsara – Chairman, Madison World in conversation with Alex Matthew - Associate Executive Editor, NDTV Profit
Keynote by Comscore-
AI, Audiences & Cross-Platform Clarity
12:05 PM - 12:20 PMAI, Audiences & Cross-Platform Clarity
Smriti Sharma - Executive Vice President, Analytics & Managing Director, Custom IQ, Comscore
mFilterIt presents
12:20 PM - 12:40 PMThe Resets That Shaped Indian Advertising
And the One We’re Living Through Now
Dheeraj Sinha - Chief Executive Officer, McCann Group
in conversation with Annurag Batra - Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of BW Businessworld group and the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the exchange4media group
Saptharushi presents
THE WAR ON DATA - Who Owns The Signal?
12:40 PM - 1:10 PMTHE WAR ON DATA - Who Owns The Signal ?
Mayank Shah - Vice President at Parle Products
Anjali Madan - Director, Consumer Experience, Global Marketing, Mondelez International
Sanjay Sindhwani - CEO, Indian Express Online
Saikat Sinha - Director, Consumer Experiences, The Coca Cola Company
Moderated by Gowthaman Ragothaman - Founding Chief Executive Officer, Saptharushi
Vijayavani presents Lunch
1:10 PM - 1:50 PMLunch
TV Is Dead. Long Live TV. in association with Think Result & B Natural
1:50 PM - 2:25 PMTV Is Dead. Long Live TV.
Resetting the Role of Television in the Age of Fragmentation
Akshay Agrawal - Head Linear Ad Sales, Sony Pictures Network India
Rajiv Dubey – Vice President Media & Marketing Activations, Dabur India Limited
Arpan Biswas - Chief Marketing Officer, Ajio
Avinash Pandey - Secretary General, IBDF
Moderated by Tamanna Inamdar - Managing Editor, NDTV profit
Keynote by Spotify Advertising-
2:25 PM - 2:40 PM"Make Some Noise: Why Your Next Big Idea Should Be SOUND-ON
Haran Ramachandaran - Head of Creative Lab JAPAC, Spotify"
Amazon Keynote : From Fragmentation to Integration: The Power of Full-Funnel Advertising
2:40 PM - 2:50 PMFrom Fragmentation to Integration: The Power of Full-Funnel Advertising
Gulshan Verma - Director, Amazon Ads
IAA Voice of Change: Resetting the Narrative to Break the Bias
Powered by Sun Neo & iAvatarZ Digital
2:50 PM - 3:30 PMIAA Voice of Change: Resetting the Narrative to Break the Bias
Amitesh Rao – Chief Executive Officer, South Asia Leo & VP – TAC
Preeti Jhangiani – Entrepreneur, Sports Leader
Prasun Kumar – Chief Marketing Officer & Business Head, MagicBricks
Riya Joseph – General Manager – Media, Britannia Industries Limited
Veetika Deoras – Senior Vice President – Marketing and Brands, IHCL
Moderated by Megha Tata - Strategic Advisor & Independent Director
New Games, New Gods: India’s Sporting Reset in association with Bingo
3:30 PM - 4:15 PMNew Games, New Gods: India’s Sporting Reset
Aditi Chauhan – Former Indian Women’s National Team Captain, Founder – She Kicks
Parvinn Dabass – Founder, Pro Panja League
Rahul Chaudhari – Indian Kabaddi Player
Sameer Pathak – President, Pickleball World Rankings, The Times Group company
Moderated by Anand Narasimhan - Managing Editor Spl Projects & Senior Anchor, CNN News18
BIG FM presents Advertising Rocks Grand Finale, Powered by BAE by ABP Network
4:15 PM - 5:30 PMAdvertising Rocks Grand Finale
judged by Neeti Mohan - Bollywood Singing Diva & Padma Shri Prasoon Joshi - Chairman, Omnicom Advertising, India Rajeev Raja - Founder & Soundsmith, BrandMusiq Merlin Dsouza - Founding Partner, Brand Musiq and Director of Music ModeComposer-Director, Pianist, and World Leadership Inspirational Award-winning Musician
LinkedIn presents "C Suite Soiree"
5:30 PM - 6:30 PMBy Invite Only
SET India & Sony SAB presents Abby One Show Awards, Powered By Republic, in Association with Mobavenue
6:30 PM - 8:30 PMBroadcaster, Public Relations, Design, Direct, Technology
Sharechat | MOJ presents Abby One Show Awards, Powered By Republic, in Association with Mobavenue
6:30 PM - 8:30 PMDigital & Digital Craft, Young Maverick Abby Award, Health Abby & Sustainable Development Goals Abby
Lemma presents Gala Dinner
8:30 PM OnwardsGala Dinner
Spotify Advertising presents After Hours Party
9:30 PM OnwardsAfter Hours Party with Lost Stories
DAY 3 — Friday, 22 May 2026
- Sponsors/ CategoryTimeProgramme / Speakers
The Client Who Also Became the Agency
Powered By Hindustan Times in association with Britannia NutriChoice
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM"The Client Who Also Became the Agency
When Brand Owners Take Creative Into Their Own Hands
Raj Kamble – Founder & CCO, Famous Innovations
Gaurav Ramdev - CMO - India & South Asia, Visa
Ajay Kakar – Head – Corporate Branding, Adani Group
Chandan Mendiratta – Chief Brand Officer, Zepto
Harsh Deep Chhabra – Global Head – Media, Godrej Consumer Products Limited
Moderator: Rohit Ohri - Founder, Ohriginal"
LinkedIn presents The Great Attention Reset: Because Growth Today Is Built on Trust, Not Traffic
11:15 AM - 11:45 AMThe Great Attention Reset: Because Growth Today Is Built on Trust, Not Traffic
Punit Dharamsi – Executive Vice President, Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI)
Tuhina Pandey – Director, APAC Communications & Chief Marketing Officer, India and South Asia, IBM
Jahid Ahmed - Senior Vice President and Head of Digital, HDFC Bank
Moderated by Devajit Roy - Head of India, Mid Market & Growth - Marketing Solutions, LinkedIn
From Platform-Defined to Brand-Aligned: A Reset in Measurement Powered By Mediakart & Times Network
11:45 AM - 12:15 PMFrom Platform-Defined to Brand-Aligned: A Reset in Measurement
Aditi Mishra – Chief Executive Officer, Lodestar
Dhiraj Gupta – Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer, mFilterIt
Neha Markanda – Chief Business Officer, ShareChat
Shahad Anand – Business Head, Mediakart
Moderated by Ashish Sehgal - Chief Executive Officer - Times TV Network & CGO - Times Media & Entertainment
Scale vs Soul: Creativity in the Age of Agency Consolidation Powered By CNN News18
12:15 PM - 1:00 PMScale vs Soul: Creativity in the Age of Agency Consolidation
In the race to get bigger, are we becoming better or just safer?
Ashish Chakravarty – Managing Partner & CCO, Garage Worldwide
Ashish Khazanchi – Managing Partner, Enormous
Senthil Kumar – Storyteller & Film Director
Tarun Bhagat – Chief Marketing Officer, PepsiCo
Moderated by Delshad Irani - Storyboard, Network18 Group
Dangal TV presents Lunch
1:00 PM - 1:45 PMLunch
Affle presents Live Entertainment in association with Sakal Media Group
1:45 PM - 2:45 PMLive Entertainment performance by Neeti Mohan- Bollywood Singing Diva
Resetting for Growth: Why Bravery Is the Only Real Strategy Powered By MakeMyTrip
2:45 PM - 3:30 PMResetting for Growth: Why Bravery Is the Only Real Strategy
Eugene Cheong - Creative Director & Partner, Euge Publishing
Age of Outrage Powered By Eenadu
3:30 PM - 4:15 PMAge of Outrage - AAAI Subhas Ghosal Memorial Lecture
Lecture by Santosh Desai - Founder & Director, Think9 Consumer Technologies Pvt Ltd. Author, Columnist, Social Commentator
Moderated by Anuradha SenGupta - Independent journalist and producer
- 4:30 PM - 4:45 PM
Keynote Session by Adam Izen, Chief Awards Officer – One Show
Advertising Plays Powered by Mediakart in association with Republic
4:30 PM - 4:45 PMAdvertising Plays Prize Distribution
News18 presents Yeh Dhurandhar Zindagi - Resetting to Stay Relevant in association with Amar Ujala
4:45 PM - 5:30 PMYeh Dhurandhar Zindagi - Resetting to Stay Relevant
Rakesh Bedi - Bollywood Legend
In conversation with Anand Narasimhan - Managing Editor Spl Projects & Senior Anchor, CNN News18
Snapchat presents Abby One Show Awards Powered by Z5 & Mediakart in association with Sakal Media Group
6:30 PM - 8:30 PMKeynote Session by Adam Thomas Eisenhut, Chief Awards Officer – One Show Video Craft, Audio & Radio, Social Content & Influencer Marketing, Creative Commerce, Use Of Data, B2B, Branded Content & Entertainment, Brand Experience & Activation, Outdoor, Print, Still Digital, Audio-Visual TV, Audio-Visual, Digital & OTT (Below 1 min & Above 1 min), Integrated.
Z presents Gala Dinner in association with Z5
9:30 PM OnwardsGala Dinner
Mediakart presents After Hours Party Powered by B4U
10:30 PM OnwardsAfter Hours Party with DJ Ganesh - Celebrity DJ
Integrated Media Partner
Hindustan Times
Signage Partner
Think Result
Travel Partner
MakeMyTrip
T-Shirt Partner
Eenadu
Cap Partner
Hook | MensXP | iDiva
Brew Zone
Britannia NutriChoice
Walk of Work
Pudhari Publications
Times Internet
Mediakart
Britannia NutriChoice
ShareChat | MOJ
LinkedIn
Hook | MensXP | iDiva
Google
ITC Foods
Times Network
BIG FM
Hindustan Times
LG Electronics
Day 1
Mathrubhumi
Day 2
Malayala Manorama
Day 3
Malayala Manorama
Day 1
Think Result
Day 2
Sakal Media Group
Day 3
Snapchat
Lunch Day 1
NDTV
Lunch Day 2
Comscore
Lunch Day 3
mFilterIt
Day 1
Dainik Bhaskar - Media
Day 1
Sakal - Publishers
Day 2
Think Result
Day 3
Sakal Media Group
Dinner Day 1
Mediakart
Dinner Day 2
NDTV
Dinner Day 3
Hindustan Times
Day 2
mFilterIt
Day 3
Rocketship Films
