Events
Karnataka Talks OOH Conference 2018 will bring all major industry stakeholders – Karnataka Government Officials, Regional Media Owners, Brand Marketers, National & Regional Specialist Agencies & OOH Solution Providers – on a common platform to:
- Forge industry partnerships to effectively leverage the new & emerging business & investment opportunities
- Further the dialogue between OOH policy makers and industry leaders on PPP project opportunities & business regulation
- Broadbase the buyer-seller interactions
- Create attractive OOH formats across regional markets that draw the attention of great many advertising brands
- Employ the latest technologies to enhance OOH competitiveness
The Conference will feature Individual Presentations, Panel Discussions & Group Discussions involving Senior Government Officials, Brand Marketers, OOH Consultants and National and Regional OOH Business Leaders. The Knowledge Sessions will begin at 3PM and the event will conclude with Cocktail Dinner.Don’t miss the opportunity to actively participate in the Karnataka Talks OOH Conference.
Register as a Delegate, participate in the proceedings, engage in knowledge sharing sessions & network with all OOH stakeholders.
Surendra Shenoy
Principal General Manager, Karnataka Circle, BSNL
‘Dialling into consumer mindspace through OOH’
Surendra Shenoy drives the marketing of different services of BSNL in Karnataka, accounting for annual revenues of Rs 2,000 crore. He is central to BSNL’s brand building in the circle and undertakes major brand visibility initiatives that include OOH advertising on traditional and digital formats.
Sridharamurthy N S
Sr. Divisional Commercial Manager, South Western Railway (SWR)
‘How OOH industry can tap into Railway media opportunities’
Sridharamurthy is credited with several pioneering initiatives that have contributed to the growth of commercial revenues for the Railways. As the Senior Divisional Commercial Manager, Bangalore Division, South Western Railway (SWR), he is assiduously creating attractive avenues for railway media investments.
Suresh Balakrishna
CEO, South Asia and Middle East, Kinetic Advertising India Private Limited
‘What pulls brand advertisers to Karnataka OOH’
Suresh Balakrishna began his career with The Times of India in the advertising department in 1987. In 1996, Suresh joined Lintas. He worked as Associate VP in charge of Initiative Media and was later promoted to Executive VP. He had set up Linterland which specialised in Rural Communications. In 2003, Suresh joined Hindustan Times, Delhi as VP - Media Marketing, In March 2005, Suresh joined Zee Telefilms Limited as Executive VP, Head of Marketing for Zee Network and then was seconded to Diligent Media Corporation Limited (DNA) as CMO - Head of Sales and Marketing. In 2007, Suresh joined the India Today Group as COO of Mail Today. In January 2011, he joined the Lintas Media Group and initially was CEO-BPN. Subsequently, he led Initiative Media and Rapport. In January 2016, he moved to the WPP Group and took over as CEO, South Asia and Middle East at Kinetic Advertising India Private Limited.
Ashish Bajaj
Head of Media , Ola
‘How best can OOH drive brand campaigns in Karnataka – Opportunities & challenges’
Ashish is currently with Ola (ANI Technologies Pvt Ltd) cabs as head of media and was previously with Microsoft India. He is a marketing professional with expertise in not only creating consumer facing communication but also with complete knowledge of media and key expertise across consumer understanding, touch point planning and optimisation.
Abhijit Sengupta
CEO, OAP
‘What will it take for brands to plan big for Karnataka OOH’
Abhijit Sengupta’s early media years were spent in the hothouse sales rooms of Selvel Vantage Group, where he successfully learnt the outdoor trade with one of India’s leading outdoor media contractors. A high performer whose creative urges were still somewhat unfulfilled, Abhijit was headed to the agency side with O&M. He was a crucial component in forming the early outdoor approach of Primesite and MOMS, but felt the art and science of media planning was at the time still missing from the world of OOH Advertising.
Atul Shrivastava
Group CEO, Laqshya Media Group
‘What will it take for brands to plan big for Karnataka OOH’
As the Group CEO, Atul spearheads the group’s business growth where he had a long and highly successful tenure. Atul started his professional career with Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd. (Formerly Indian Rayon & Industries Ltd.) in Kolkata as a Management Trainee. He later joined Shaw Wallace & Co. Ltd. In Kolkata and later shifted to Delhi, where he took up Sales job in the Breweries division. His next assignment was Group Product Manager with Som Distilleries and Breweries Ltd., Mumbai and later at the Co.’s H.O. At Bhopal. Atul had his first brush with advertising industry during his association with Som Distilleries, which worked with different agencies.
Fabian Trevor Cowan
President, Posterscope India
‘What will it take for brands to plan big for Karnataka OOH’
Fabian Cowan, is President, Posterscope India, the OOH specialist agency of the Dentsu Aegis Network. With offices across 34 countries Dentsu Aegis Network is the 3rd largest media conglomerate in the world and is currently ranked number 2 in India. Over the 20 plus years of his media experience Fabian has been associated with the Print media, Radio, Television, and out of home media and has worked on brands like Samsung, Mondelez, Star TV network, Microsoft, Apple, General Motors, Nissan, Toyota, Tourism Australia, Honda, Puma, Philips, Panasonic, Levi Strauss, Hitachi, Micromax, Parle Agro, Hindustan Unilever, and more.
Jayesh Yagnik
COO, MOMS Outdoor Media Services
‘What will it take for brands to plan big for Karnataka OOH’
Jayesh Yagnik, COO, MOMS Outdoor Media Services, with over 18 years of domain experience, started his career with MOMS as an Asst. Manager and eventually grew into the role of heading the organisation nationally. He has been with MOMS for 15 years now. He has worked with clients across categories including Asian Paints, Raymonds, OPPO, BJP, McDonalds’, Kotak Bank, India Bulls, Bandhan Bank, Godrej, Marico, Pidilite, Toyota, and many others. Jayesh’ s great interpersonal skills and inbuilt leadership quality has made him reached to the stage where he is currently. Today when outdoor has become OOH, Jayesh has been involved in transformation of MOMS from an execution agency to strategic partner to the clients on entire OOH solutions in all these years.
Naqhi Mohammed Khan
head of Brand & Marketing Communications , Bharti Airtel
‘How OOH can be pivotal to brand campaigns in Karnataka’
Naqhi has over 10 years of work experience in the field of marketing communications. Currently, he heads the brand and marketing communications for Bharti Airtel across Karnataka.
Dharanikota Rajesh Kumar
Director, Srishti Outreach
'Is consolidation the real growth catalyst for Karnataka OOH market?'
Dharanikota Rajesh Kumar has held independent charge of the Srishti Group of Companies at different locations in the country viz Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai & New Delhi. He is a Director in Srishti Outreach Pvt Ltd, an outdoor media agency of the Srishti Group.
Pawan Bansal
COO, Jagran Engage
'Is consolidation the real growth catalyst for Karnataka OOH market?
Pawan Bansal is the Chief Operating Officer for Jagran Engage. Pawan joined JPL in July 2007. He also leads the group’s BTL division: Jagran Solutions (a unit of JPL) and is responsible for consolidating the group’s presence in the sector. In December 2011 he took additional charge of Jagran Solutions as COO. Pawan has over 23 years of experience in Sales and Marketing functions. He had worked with Castrol, Bausch and Lomb & Rave Entertainment earlier. He has a vast understanding of Sales and Marketing, and has worked across categories for Activation and OOH. As a COO of Jagran Solutions, his major responsibilities include growing the business nationally, aligning all the 4 regional operations and managing top line as well as bottom line. Pawan is an alumnus of FMS BHU and Kanpur University.
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