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March 26, 2026 | The Westin, Gurgaon

Master Track Boardroom Discussion

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09:00 - 10:00 hrs

Registration and Networking

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10:00 - 10:10 hrs

Welcome Address by afaqs!

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Sreekant Khandekar
Co-Founder & CEO
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10:10 - 10:30 hrs

Keynote Address: Meaningful, Memorable, and Measurable: Decoding the Next Decade of Digital

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Anuradha Aggarwal
Director and CMO
Amazon India

10:30 - 11:00 hrs

Keynote Interview: Selling Wanderlust: Building a Travel Brand in a Click-First World

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Raj Rishi Singh
CMO & CBO (Corporate, Flights & GCC)
MakeMyTrip
Sreekant Khandekar
Co-Founder & CEO
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11:00 - 11:30 hrs

Panel Discussion: Next-Gen Performance Marketing: Building Brands, Not Just Metrics

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Chandan Singh Parihar
Digital Marketing Lead
Somany Ceramics
Sonal Shrivastav
Head of Digital Marketing
KENSTAR
Samir Sethi
Head of Brand Marketing
Policybazaar
Nikita Malhotra
Head of Digital
Woodland
Siddharth Dabahade
Chief business officer
Lemma
MODERATOR
Shreyas Kulkarni
Associate Editor
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11:30 - 11:45 hrs

Special Address - From Meme Pages to Media Company: Lessons in Modern Marketing

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Abhinay Bisht
Director of Brand Strategy
Creativefuel

11:45 - 12:00 hrs

Networking Coffee Break

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12:00 - 12:30 hrs

Panel Discussion: AI, Data & Personalization: The Game-Changers in Video Advertising

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K. Ganapathy Subramaniam
Chief Marketing Officer
LT Foods
Pooja Baid
CMO
Versuni
Shilpi Kapoor
Head of Marketing
BharatPe
Kautilya Pandey
Head of Marketing
Shiprocket
Vivek Jaiswal
Country Manager – APAC
Comscore
MODERATOR
Rekha Motwani
Senior Vice President
Arm Worldwide

12:30 - 13:00 hrs

Panel Discussion: The Creator Economy – From Collaborations to Long-Term Partnerships

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Shruti Arora
India Marketing Lead at MINI
BMW
RJ Kisna
Sports Broadcaster | Actor | Singer-Songwriter
Rakhi Sharma
Vice President
Jovees Herbal Care India Ltd
Ashish Kaushik
Content Creator
Abhishek Mehta
Digital Marketing Lead - Health Care & Foods
Dabur
MODERATOR
Aviral Varshney
Group Head- Influencer Marketing and Brand Strategy
Socioclout

13:00- 14:00 hrs

Lunch

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14:00 - 14:15 hrs

Digies Quiz

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14:15 - 14:45 hrs

Panel Discussion: CTV & Premium Screens – Cracking the Video Advertising Opportunity

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Sajit Gopal
Head of Media
Dominos
Kanika Anand
General Manager Media Marketing
Airtel
Shweta Kumar
APAC Digital Head
Tupperware
Mimi Deb
COO
Madison Media Plus
MODERATOR
Karan Khanna
Co-Founder and COO
Huella Services

14:45 - 15:15 hrs

Panel Discussion: AI in Action – Personalization, Efficiency & Predictive Marketing

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Zubin Kutar
Founder
AI Fluency Labs
Prasun Kumar
CMO
Magicbricks
Gyan Gupta
Chief AI Officer
Jindal Steel Ltd
Sonali Tripathi
Vice President Marketing
Groupe SEB India
Hansveen Kaur
Vice President - Brand Marketing
B'spoke & eGenome.ai
MODERATOR
Satrajit Sen
Chief Operating Officer - Events
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15:15 - 15:30 hrs

Networking Break

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15:30 - 16:00 hrs

Panel Discussion: Creative Innovation: Interactive, Shoppable, and Immersive Video Ads

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Uday Dayal
Creative Head
Bharti Airtel
Manoj Singh
Head of Marketing
Cornitos
Chanpreet Arora
Chief Business Officer
Wholsum Foods
Nasheet Shadani
Founder/Creative Head
Nash8
Gopa Menon
Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer
Theblurr
Tharun Jimani
Creative Head
SocioClout
MODERATOR
Shreyas Kulkarni
Associate Editor
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16:00 - 16:20 hrs

Closing Keynote: The Future of Agencies – Thriving in a World of AI & Automation

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Amit Wadhwa
Chief Executive Officer
Dentsu Creative

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12:00 - 13:00 hrs

Exploring how India’s shift from Linear TV to Connected TV is reshaping media plans

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Nikita Malhotra
Head of Digital
Woodland
Rahul Chhetry
Senior Vice President
Dentsu India
Sonali Tripathi
Vice President Marketing
Groupe SEB India
Ankur Garg
Executive Creative Director
FCB Kinnect
Nishant Arora
Chief Marketing Officer
MODERATOR
Anusha Modi
Director - Account Management
MiQ
MODERATOR
Ribhu Mishra
Vice President - Revenue
MiQ

14:30 - 15:30 hrs

Event-Based Optimization: From Installs to Revenue Intelligence

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Tushar Garg
Head of Marketing & User Growth
HT Media
Saifullah Hamid
Head - Sales and Revenue Acceleration
Pronto
Bhavay Pruthi
SVP, Ecommerce & Product Management
Libas
Kiranpreet Kaur
DGM-Marketing
Del Monte Foods Private Limited
Eiti Singhal
Independent Marketing Consultant, Angel Investor and Wellness Leader
Nitin Malu
Co-Founder
SalaryTopUp
Ashish Bhotey
Head of Marketing & D2C Growth
French Essence
MODERATOR
Rahul Pant
Associate Director Sales
Apptrove
MODERATOR
Ayush Mishra
Sr.Customer Success Manager
Apptrove

16:00 - 17:00 hrs

AI, Relevance & Narrative Building in a Culture-First World

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Vivek Das
Chief Digital Officer
Madison World
Mohit Gosain
Assistant Vice President - Brand Marketing
HDFC Bank
Arjun Singh
DGM Brand Marketing
Jubilant FoodWorks Ltd.
MODERATOR
Tushar Sukhramani
Founder
Creativefuel
MODERATOR
Tanmay Sinha
AVP – Business Solutions & Operations
Creativefuel

*Note: The timings of this agenda are subject to change.

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