Event Schedule

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 - 4:45 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

**Event schedule may be subject to change for date and timings.

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 - Chief Executive Officer, Digital Business, India Today Group.
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 Santhanam - CMO - HDFC, Vipul Prakash - COO - MakeMyTrip
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

Moderator : Subhash Kamath - Former CEO, BBH & Publicis Worldwide, India | Former Chairman - ASCI
Panelists : Rajdeepak Das - Chief Creative Officer and CEO, Leo Burnett, SouthAsia, India & Chairman, Creative Council, Publicis Groupe - South Asia & Shreya Agarwal - Head of FilterCopy, Pocket Aces
Smruthi Rajagopalan -AGM Maybelline, L’Oreal
Prableen Kaur Bhomrah Beauty, Fashion, Body Positive & Lifestyle Influencer
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
Mathrubhumi 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

**Event schedule may be subject to change for date and timings.

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

**Event schedule may be subject to change for date and timings.

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
Amazon Ads 12:15 pm - 1 pm Pratik Udeshi Driving Relevant Reach through Video Salao 1
Havas Media 3 pm - 3:45 pm Rohan Chincholi & Sanchita Roy Cracking the Code: How India buys and unlocks growth via smart planning and buying on e-commerce Salao 2
Convosight 3 pm - 3:45 pm Tamanna Dhamija, Rajan Anandan & Shuvadip Banerjee Unleashing the Voice of Your Customers: Building Brand Advocacy in Communities Salao 1
Flipkart 3:45 pm - 4:30 pm Vaibhav Kapur 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

**Event schedule may be subject to change for date and timings.

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.


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