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AWARDS
& CONFERENCE
March 15, 2024
Fairfield by Marriott, Mumbai
agenda
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
REGISTRATIONS
12:00 PM - 12:50 PM
LUNCH
12:50 PM - 01:00 PM
OPENING ADDRESS
Sreekant Khandekar
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer afaqs!
1:00 PM - 1:35 PM
How has the rise of social media impacted PR firms' relationship with the mainstream media?
Do PR firms need mainstream media much less than before? Also, has the relationship changed in other ways?
Shashikant Someshwar
Managing Director The Weber Shandwick Collective
Rajiv Banerjee
Group Head - Corporate Communications Piramal Enterprises
Aniruddha Bhagwat
CEO & Co-Founder Ideosphere
Nitin Mantri
Group CEO Avian WE
Moderator
Sreekant Khandekar
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer afaqs!
1:35 PM - 2:10 PM
Do PR firms use data as well as they should - or could?
The availability of data can pose a problem - there is too much of it. Have PR firms settled on how it can be best used?
Dr Navneet Anand
Founder & Director GreyMatters Communications & Consulting
Deepshikha Dharmaraj
Chief Executive Officer BCW India Group
Nitin Mantri
Group CEO Avian WE
Smita Basu Roy
Head - Corporate Communications Godrej & Boyce
Aakriti Bhargava
Co-founder Wizikey
Moderator
Venkata Susmita Biswas
Executive Editor afaqs!
2:10 PM - 2:45 PM
The HR challenge in PR
PR firms are struggling to attract talent even as many of their employees are migrating to corporate communications. What can be done?
Pooja Chaudhri
Executive Director Concept PR
Diana Fernandes
Founder & CEO Bloomingdale Public Relations
Dr Navneet Anand
Founder & Director GreyMatters Communications & Consulting
Arwa Husain
Director Adfactors PR
Moderator
Sreekant Khandekar
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer afaqs!
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM
TEA Break
3:15 PM - 3:50 PM
Crisis management in the age of social media
When unexpected events take place, companies have a horrible time staying in control as news takes on a life of its own on social media. What does experience teach us?
Bibek Chattopadhyay
Chief Communications Officer ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India
Aanchal Chachra
Director - Marketing & Innovation PR Pundit
Vineet Handa
Founder & CEO Kaizzen
Gayathri Pradeep
General Manager - Corporate Communications Bangalore International Airport
Moderator
Venkata Susmita Biswas
Executive Editor afaqs!
3:50 PM - 4:25 PM
What role can influencer marketing play in moulding public perception?
It is tempting to add this to the arsenal of a corporate communications effort. What are the limits of what influencers can do?