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  • The debate is scheduled for Friday, August 5, 2016 at ITC Grand Central, Parel, Mumbai, 6pm onwards

    IAA Debates to debate on quality of print advertising

    By A Correspondent

     

    The next IAA Debates, presented by the Dainik Bhaskar group will be on “The quality of creativity in print advertising today is adversely impacting the efficacy of Print Medium.”

     

    The debate is scheduled for Friday, August 5, 2016 at ITC Grand Central, Parel, Mumbai, 6pm onwards.

     

    Srinivasan K Swamy

    Srinivasan K Swamy, President IAA India Chapter and Senior Vice President IAA Global said, “IAA Debates is an important property of IAA. Many industry leaders have taken the stand and debated on subjects that the industry always felt uncomfortable with. It has therefore become a must-attend event from all section of the advertising, media and marketing fraternity. I look forward to an intelligent fight between seasoned professionals”.

     

    Speaking for the motion are, Mitrajit Bhattacharya, President & Publisher- Chitralekha Group, President – AIM and Sandip Tarkas, CEO, (Sports, Media & Special Projects) Future Group; and speaking against the motion are Rana Barua, CEO – Contract India and  Joy Chakraborthy, President, TV18 -Revenue & CEO Forbes. Nandini Dias, CEO – Lodestar UM – will moderate the debate.

     

  • Industry captains Sam Balsara, Ashish Bhasin, Sameer Satpathy and Shireesh Joshi to be engaged in a lively debate

    IAA ready with next debate featuring industry captains

    By A Correspondent

     

    The India Chapter of the International Advertising Association has announced the theme and speakers for its next debate. The topic of the discussion at the second of the new season of IAA Debates, presented by the Dainik Bhaskar group is: Agencies are not rapidly reinventing themselves to stay relevant to changing Advertiser needs.

     

    It will be held on Monday, February 16, 2015 at Blue Frog, Lower Parel, Mumbai, 6.30pm onwards, which will followed by cocktails and dinner.

     

    Speaking for the motion (that is Agencies are not reinventing themselves”) are Ashish Bhasin (of Dentsu Aegis) and Sameer Satpathy (of Marico)

    Speaking against the motion (that is “Agencies are reinventing themselves”) are Sam Balsara (of Madison) and Shireesh Joshi (of Godrej)

    The debate will be moderated by Anant Rangaswami, ‎Editor (CNBC – Storyboard).

     

    Srinivasan K Swamy

    Said Srinivasan K Swamy, President, IAA India Chapter & Vice President – Development, IAA Asia Pacific: “I am delighted to see some of the leading lights of Indian industry raise the stature of the IAA Debates even higher. The topic chosen has been in the minds of industry professionals and IAA decided to debate this in the open. I am sure many in the industry will be there to witness this”.

     

    Pradeep Dwivedi, Chief – Marketing & Corporate Sales Officer, D B Corp Ltd. added, “At Dainik Bhaskar Group, we are delighted to partner with IAA in furthering the spirit of discovery and engagement with-in all the stakeholders in our industry. The Indian economy is on the cusp of a significant growth curve and the innovation in our ideas will determine our success as marketing & advertising thought leaders, and hence the need to have serious introspection on our need to reinvent at a rapid pace. We are hopeful that our earnest attempt at being a harbinger of this change will be received very well.”

     

    The IAA Debates hosted so far have been in Mumbai, Goa, Delhi, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Chennai.

     

  • Industry captains to debate on Friday, November 28, 5-7pm, Mumbai

    IAA Debate in Mumbai to delve on Metro Markets

    By A Correspondent

     

    The first in a new season of IAA Debates, organised by the International Advertising Association (IAA) India Chapter and presented by the Dainik Bhaskar group, will be held on Friday, November 28, 2014 at Gallops, Mahalakshmi Race Course, Mumbai.

     

    Industry captains will speak for and against the motion on: Metro Markets are losing their sheen to Tier II & III Towns for Consumer Products/Services. The speakers are

    :: Sadashiv Nayak, CEO, Future Retail Ltd
    :: Ronita Mitra, Senior VP, Brand Communication & Insights, Vodafone India
    :: Amitabh Pande, Senior Director – Consumer Insights and Strategy, PepsiCo India Region
    :: Atul Phadnis, CEO, Whats-On and GM (APAC), Gracenote

     

     

    The debate will be moderated by Mini Menon, Executive Editor, Bloomberg TV India.

     

    Srinivasan K Swamy, President, IAA India Chapter & Vice President – Development, Asia Pacific, IAA and Chairman & Managing Director, R K SWAMY HANSA Group,  on the new season of IAA Debates said, “The IAA Debates has traditionally seen industry leaders deliberate on topics of vital importance to the stakeholders we serve. We have had debates on the relevance of print and TV in the digital age – whether social media is a good business, the role of creative becoming more critical with media fragmentation. I am happy that the new season of IAA Debates is kicking off with a topic of much relevance to the fraternity.”

     

    The IAA Debates hosted so far have been in Mumbai, Goa, Delhi, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Chennai. The Debates have featured senior advertising, media and marketing professionals such as Prasoon Joshi, Vikram Sakhuja, Lloyd Mathias, Josy Paul, Pratap Bose, Deepika Warrier, Anupriya Acharya, Arun Anant, Arunabh Das Sharma, Partha Sinha, Monica Tata, Vikram Chandra, Punitha Arumugam, Mahesh Murthy, Virginia Sharma, Ashok Lalla and Zerin Rahman, speaking for and against the motion.