Indian Magazine Congress 2008
September 22-23, 2008
Hotel Taj Lands End, Bandra, Mumbai
Magazines:Where is the next Big Opportunity”?
Schedule
September 22, 2008 (Day 1)
9.00 - 10.00 am
Registration in Expo Area
10.00 - 10.10 am
“Welcome Address” by Mr. Maheshwer Peri,President, Association of Indian Magazines (AIM); President and Publisher, Outlook Group
10.10 – 10.30 am
“Key note address” by Smt. Sushma Singh, Secretary, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
10.30 – 11.00 am
“Interactive Session with Smt. Sushma Singh Secretary, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
11.00 – 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- 12:00pm
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The Great Content Debates
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Keynote
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Mr. George Green, President and Chief Executive Officer, Hearst International
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12.00- 1.00pm
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Do readers know what
they want? OR
Who decides what is good content for readers – Editors or marketers or advertisers
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Mr. Vir Sanghvi, Hindustan Times
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Mr. Vinod Mehta, Outlook
Mr. Aroon Purie, India Today Group
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1.00-2.00 PM
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Building a brand and the role of magazines
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Ms. Meenakshi Madhvani, Spatial Access
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Mr. Vikram Sakhuja, Group M
Mr. Sam Balsara, Madison
Communications
Mr. Shashi Sinha, Lodestar
Ms. Lynn DeSouza, LMG
Mr. Pradeep Srivastav,Idea
Cellular
Mr. LV Krishnan, TAM
Mr. Girish Shah, Reliance ADAG
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2.00 – 3.00 pm
Lunch
Time
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Session
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Moderator
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Panelists
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3.00 PM to
3.30 PM
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Magazines in a Multi-
media environment
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Key Note
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Mr. Peter Phippen, BBC
Worldwide |
3.30-4.30 pm
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Exploiting the digital
opportunity
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Mr. Ravi Kiran,
Starcomm
MediaVest Group
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Mr. Neville Taraporewalla,
Publicitas
Mr. Pat Kenny, Qiosk.com
Ms. Alexandra Solomon, Zinio
Mr. Anurag Batra,
exchange4media Group
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4.30-5.10 pm
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Mobile Platform:
Optimising the content
revenue streams
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Keynote
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Mr. Rajesh Jain, MyToday,
Netcore
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Time
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Session
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Moderator
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Panelists
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5.10-6.00 pm
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Magazines: Value and
wealth creation
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Keynote
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Mr. Mukesh Gupta – Ernst & Young |
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7.30 pm onwards
Cocktails and Dinner
End of Day 1
September 23 (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 pm
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The Future of Magazines
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Key Note
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Dr. Torsten-Joern Klein
Member of the Executive Board and President G+J International
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10.45-12.15 pm
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The Future of
Magazines: How to ride
the next big wave?
Strategies for taking
magazines to the next
level.
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Mr. Donald Kummerfeld,
FIPP
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Mr.Alex Kuruvilla, CEO,
Condenast India
Mr. Ashish Bagga, India Today
Group
Mr. Tarun Rai, WWM
Mr. Prakash Iyer, Infomedia India
Mr. Paresh Nath, Delhi Press
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12:15- 1:00pm: Mr. Mike Greehan, COO, Cue Ball, Licensing opportunities and Pitfalls
1.00-2.00 pm
Lunch
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Time
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Session**
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Moderator
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Panelists
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2.00-3.00 pm
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B2B Magazines: The next
big wave
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Mr. Pradeep Gupta, Cyber media
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Mr. Jim James, Haymarket
Mr.Suresh Ramakrisnan, Reed
Mr.Amitabh Taneja, Images
Multimedia
Mr.Alok Barara, India Infrastructure
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3:00-3.30pm 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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4.00- 5.00
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Language Publishing: A
trade backer
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Mr. B Srinivasan
Vikatan Group
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Mr. Anant Nath, Delhi Press | Mr. Mitrajit Bhattacharya,
Chitralekha | | Mr. Jwalant Swaroop, Lokmat |
| Mr. Prakash Johari, Maxposure Media |
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5.00 PM to 6.00 PM
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CEO’s Forum
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Ms. Jehangir Pocha, Businessworld
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Mr. Maheshwer Peri, Outlook
Mr. Smiti Ruia, Paprika Media
Mr. DD Purkayastha, ABP
Mr. Maneck Daver, Spenta
Mr. Phiroza Billimoria,Busines India
Mr. Lakshmi Narsimhan, Infomedia
Mr. Khusroo Bhadha, Nextgen
Mr. Xavier Collaco, Media Trasasia.
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6.30-7.00 pm
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Summing up and closing ceremonies
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Anurag Batra, Convener Events, AIM
Pradeep Gupta, Vice President
AIM
Maheshwer Peri, President AIM
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7.00 pm onwards
Cocktails & Gala Dinner
End of Congress
* Invited not yet confirmed
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