Agenda: e4m-automotive-conference-2026

Agenda

Registration

Opening Address
Unveiling e4m Auto Marketing Conference 2.0

Dr. Annurag Batra
Chairman & Editor in Chief
exchange4media

Nawal Ahuja
Co-Founder
exchange4media

In Conversation With The MD of Volvo Car India

In Conversation with

Dr. Annurag Batra
Chairman & Editor in Chief
exchange4media

Jyoti Malhotra
MD
Volvo Car India

Big Screen. Bigger Impact.

Nishit Kanchan
Head of Sales
Samsung Ads

Panel Discussion
Immersive CTV Environments: Powering Next Era of TV Advertising

Key Discussion Points:

Changing landscape of home entertainment
Understand CTV audience dynamics
Adding CTV in the media mix
Targeting viewers with more precision
Emerging strategies & best practices

Moderator: Chehneet Kaur

e4m

Rahul Pansare
Group Marketing Head
Stellantis India

Udit Malhotra
Head of Marketing - CMO
MG Motor

Monaz Todywalla
CEO
PHD India

Priyanka Bisen Shah
Head of Digital Marketing
Bajaj Auto

Santosh P Kumar
COO
Innocean

Nishit Kanchan
Head of Sales
Samsung Ads

Contextual and Immersive Ads: Creating High-Impact Automotive Experiences

Shahad Anand
Business Head
Skylight Mediakart

Fireside Conversation:

Driving Brand Hyundai: Marketing at Scale in a Digital-First India

In Conversation with

Vivek Malhotra
Group CMO & COO Strategy
India Today

Virat Khullar
Head Marketing
Hyundai Motor India

Lunch Break & Networking

AI-Powered Zero-Leakage Auto Sales Funnel

“The Zero-Leakage Funnel: Transforming Automotive Mid-Funnel Economics with AI & Data Enrichment"

Ankur Mittal
Founder & Chief of Strategy, Swiftex
CEO, Axeno

Spotlight Session

Aashish Midha
Head of Marketing
Hero MotoCorp

Fireside Conversation

In Conversation with

Aashish Midha
Head of Marketing
Hero MotoCorp

Arjun Ravi Kolady
Head of Sales
Spotify

Panel Discussion

DOOH + Regional Marketing & CTV: Driving Growth Across Bharat Winning hyperlocal markets through language, culture, and high-impact physical-digital media
Panel angles:

DOOH as a performance and branding medium
Regional language creativity & local relevance
Dealer-led, city-level and festive marketing strategies
Measuring impact beyond impressions
The Power of CTV

Sonali Singh
Head of Marketing
Switch Mobility

Remus D’cruz
Global Head - Brand Strategy
Apollo Tyres

Ravindra Jain
CMO
JSW Motors

Minal Kasturia
National Sales Head
Sakal Media

Moderator: Russhabh R Thakkar
Founder & CEO
Frodoh

Fireside Conversation: Cracking the Auto Media Mix

In Conversation with

Nawal Ahuja
Co- founder
exchange4media

Kartik Sharma
CEO
Omnicom Media India

From Demographics to Cultural Signals: Rethinking Auto Marketing in India

Kartik Patiar
National Head - M&E, ACHT, Online
ShareChat & Moj

Panel Discussion

Digital Strategy, AI, Data & Performance Marketing: The New Growth Stack for Auto Brands How digital strategy, automation, first-party data, and AI-led intelligence are reshaping marketing effectiveness, customer journeys, and business growth for automotive brands.
Discussion Focus:

Role of digital strategy in driving full-funnel automotive growth
AI in media planning, audience targeting & creative optimisation
Performance marketing vs brand building: finding the right balance
Leveraging first-party data for personalisation and measurable impact
Attribution, privacy, and cross-platform measurement challenges
How AI is transforming customer journeys, retail, and ownership experience
Skills and capabilities the next-generation auto marketer must build in the AI era