Indian Magazine Congress 2006 (October 30th & 31st 2006, Taj Palace,
New Delhi)
A. Schedule
OCTOBER 30, 2006 (Day 1)
9.00 - 10.00 am
Registration in Expo Area
10.00 - 10.10 am
"Welcome Address" by Mr. Ashish Bagga, Chairman, Periodicals &
Magazine Committee, INS;
President, Association of Indian Magazines (AIM); CEO, Living Media India Ltd.
10.10 - 10.40 am
"Key note address" by Mr. P.R. Das Munsi, Union Minister for
Information & Broadcasting
10.40 - 11.20 am
"Interactive Session with Mr. P.R. Das Munsi, Union Minister for
Information & Broadcasting
11.20 - 11.45 am
Coffee Break
Time
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Session
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Moderator
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Panelists
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11.45-12.30 pm
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The Future of Magazines
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T N
Ninan
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Aroon Purie, India Today Group
Vinod Mehta, Outlook Group
Donald Kummerfeld, FIPP
Jacob Mathew,Malayala Manorama
|
12.30-1.15 pm
|
Powering Growth strategies for
magazines in English and Indian Languages
|
Rahul Sen
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Paresh Nath, Delhi Press
Mahesh Peri, Outlook Group
Ashish Bagga, India Today Group
Pramath Sinha, ABP Group |
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1.15 - 2.00 pm
Lunch hosted by the OUTLOOK GROUP
Time
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Session
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Moderator
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Panelists
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2.00-2.45 pm
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Winning editorial strategies in
today's digital environment
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Sanjoy
Narayan
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Shankar Iyer, India Today
Shefalee Vasudev, Marie Claire
Shyam Malhotra, Cybermedia
|
2.45-3.30 pm
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Mass to Niche: Strategies for
success for today and tomorrow
|
Santosh
Desai
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Ashutosh Bishnoi, Readers
Digest
Anurag Batra, Impact/Pitch Hormazd Sorabjee, Haymarket
Archana Pillai, Ogaan
B. Srinivasan, Anand Vikatan
|
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3.30 - 3.45 pm
Coffee Break
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Time
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Session
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Moderator
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Panelists
|
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3.45-4.30 pm
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How the world views the Indian Magazine opportunity?
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Donald
Kummerfeld
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Mike Brennan, Reader's Digest
Carel Limburg, Axel Springer
Tim Pinnegar, The Economist
Russ Haderer, BPA
|
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4.30-5.15 pm
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Licensing to JVs; Courtship to Marriage: Successful Indian case studies
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Jayesh Desai
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Jim James, Haymarket
Smiti Ruia, Paprika Media
Hoshang Billimoria, Nextgen
|
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7.30 pm onwards
Cocktails and Dinner hosted by Paprika Media
End of Day 1
OCTOBER 31, 2006 (Day 2)
9.00 - 10.00 am
Coffee Reception
|
Time
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Session
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Moderator
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Panelists
|
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10.00-10.45 am
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Driving Growth of Magazines through Policy initiatives initiated by the
Government of India
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Prabhu Chawla
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Mr. S K Arora*, Secretary,
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India |
|
10.45-11.30 am
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Leveraging magazines successfully with consumers and advertisers
|
Ashutosh Khanna
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Malcolm Mistry, India Today
Pheroza Billimoria, Business India
R. Rajmohan, Outlook
Pavan Varshnei, Men's Health
|
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11.30-11.45 am
Coffee Break
|
Time
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Session
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Moderator
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Panelists
|
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11.45-12.30 pm
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Subscriptions Vs Single copy (Newsstand Sales)- What works?
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Rahul Kansal
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Regina Ng, Time Inc
Sanjeev Beckaya, Outlook Group
Vivek Gaur, India Today Group
Ashish Chadda, Reader's Digest |
|
12.30-1.15 pm
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Sustainable digital strategies for content, creation and delivery, customer
acquisition and engagement for driving a successful business model
|
Shreekant
Khanderkar
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Rohit Saran, Money Today
Ashish Kashyap, MIH Group
Deepender Sehajpal, Media Estate
|
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1.15-2.00 pm
Lunch hosted by Images Multimedia
|
Time
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Session
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Moderator
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Panelists
|
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2.00-2.45 pm
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"Magazines more engaging and cost-effective than other media forms" - a media
user's perspective
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Vikram Sakhuja
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| Sam Balsara, Madison Media | |
Alok Bhardwaj, Cannon | | Lynn D' Souza, Initiative Media | | Tarun Joshi, Brand House Retails |
|
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2.45-3.30 pm
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Leveraging the B-to-B opportunity in Indian Magazine Publishing
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Anurag Batra
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Prakash Iyer, Infomedia
Pradeep Gupta, Cyber Media
M Jasubhai, Jasubhai Digital Media
Bringi Dev, IDG
|
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3.30 - 3.45 pm
Coffee Break
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Time
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Session
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Moderator
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Panelists
|
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3.45-4.30 pm
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Readership trends and opportunities:- Insights and Learnings from Readership
Research
|
Meenakshi
Madhvani
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L V Krishnan, TAM/Adex
Partha Rakshit, AC Nielsen
Ashok Das, Hansa
|
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4.30-5.15 pm
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Summing up and closing ceremonies
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**
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Mahesh Peri, Vice President
AIM
Ashish Bagga, Chairman, Magazines, INS and President,
AIM
|
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7.30 pm onwards
Cocktails & Gala Dinner hosted by the INDIA TODAY GROUP
End of Congress
* Invited
** To-be-Invited
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