REGISTRATION
Opening Address
SREEKANT KHANDEKAR
Co-founder & CEO
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An overview of the online publishing market by Comscore
Where is the growth coming from? And how has the nature of it changed? Presentation by Comscore on trends in online content consumption.
GEET LULLA
Vice President - Sales and Head - Asia Pacific
Comscore
Are online publishers ready for a cookieless world?
After several delays Google is readying to do away with third-party cookies within the next 12 months. How will publishers, agencies and marketers target consumers in this new world?
GAURAV ARORA
SVP & Chief Revenue Officer
Jagran New Media
KUNAL SINGLA
Business Head
Amar Ujala Web
SHRIDHAR MISHRA
Chief Revenue Officer - Digital
Zee Media Corporation
SUNNY SEN
Founder & CEO
Conscent.ai
SANDEEP AMAR
Founder
PDLAB.ME
Face to Face with Bharat Gupta: A Journey to Profitability
BHARAT GUPTA
Chief Executive Officer
Jagran New Media
SREEKANT KHANDEKAR
Co-founder & CEO
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Break: Tea
Gaining Advertiser Trust by Way of Safety and Quality
In the ever-evolving world of digital advertising, gaining advertiser trust is paramount for publishers to strike a balance between revenue generation and brand safety. Likewise, concerted efforts are being made to develop cutting-edge industry standards and guidelines, implement new technology solutions, and collaborate with advertisers to create a safer digital ecosystem.
GAURAV ARORA
SVP & Chief Revenue Officer
Jagran New Media
HEMANT JAIN
President & Business Head Digital
Lokmat Media
RAVANAN N
Executive Director
Eterno Infotech
SANJAY SINDHWANI
Chief Executive Officer
Indian Express Digital
PANKAJ SHARMA
CEO and Director
MGID India
The Scale Game: Face to Face with Puneet Gupt
PUNEET GUPT
Chief Operating Officer
Times Internet
SREEKANT KHANDEKAR
Co-founder & CEO
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Break: Lunch
Monetisation: Is there life beyond online advertising?
Publishers have tried to generate revenue through other sources, including subscriptions, donations and more. What have been the lessons learnt?
ABHISHEK MARLA
Channel Partner Lead (Asia and Africa)
Chartbeat
CHITRANSHU TEWARI
Director, Product and Revenue
Newslaundry
HEMANT JAIN
President & Business Head Digital
Lokmat Media
RADHIKA SHUKLA
Head - Subscription Growth, Strategy
& Analytics, TOI Plus
Times Internet
SREEKANT KHANDEKAR
Co-founder & CEO
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The threat posed by AI
New AI tools from players like Microsoft and Google can provide summaries from articles rather than give links, as presently, to the articles themselves. Will search traffic be impacted? What can publishers do?
FAIZAN AHMAD
Business Head - Web Business
INDIA TV
IDRIS LOYA
Group Chief Technology Innovation Officer
Essel Group
MUKESH SINGH
Head Revenue - Digital
Indian Express Group
PUNEET SINGHVI
CEO - Digital & President - Corporate Strategy
Network18 Media & Investments
VENKATA SUSMITA BISWAS
Executive Editor
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The opportunities offered by AI
While publishers are right to fret about generative AI, it can also help them to personalise content in entirely new ways and thus increase audience engagement. It could also help cut costs.
DEEPAK AJWANI
Editor, The Economic Times Digital & AVP
Times Internet
KARTIK MALHOTRA
Executive Editor - Business, News9
TV9 Network
PRASANNA SINGH
Director and Group Editor
Green Pursuits
SHUBHO SENGUPTA
Marketing and Communications Head
Karmayogi Bharat
Break: Tea
Has video delivered on its promise for publishers?
Video is a comfortable online game to play for legacy TV broadcasters. But has it delivered on its promise for those publishers who have to create video specially for online? And what about short videos?
ABHIJEET RANJAN
Chief Revenue Officer - Public App
Inshorts Group
ADITI PRASAD
Editorial Head - Digital Videos
HT Digital Streams
RAKTIM DAS
Chief Growth Officer (Digital & Broadcast)
TV9 Network
SUNIL GOSWAMI
Editor - Digital News Videos
ABP Network
VENKATA SUSMITA BISWAS
Executive Editor
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Making podcasting mainstream
Podcasts are in vogue, but does audio content have a sizeable audience in India? What will make brands take notice of this emerging medium?
ADITYA KUBER
Co-founder and CEO
Ideabrew Studios
ANANT NATH SHARMA
Sr. PM - Multimedia (Audio & Video)
The Indian Express
RAMESH MENON
CEO, Radio and Digital Audio
Hindustan Times
ROHAN CHINCHOLI
Managing Partner - Digital
Havas Media India
VENKATA SUSMITA BISWAS
Executive Editor
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