11th December 2024 | Gurugram

Agenda 2024

  • Delegate Reception and Breakfast
  • Welcome & Opening Remarks
  • Keynote Address
    Reinventing Marketing in the Age of AI: Future of Customer Engagement
    • How AI is reshaping Marketing and the value potential from the same
    • Lessons from successful (and failed) AI adoption journeys
    • Implications of AI in Marketing for the future of customer engagement and experience

    Parul Bajaj, India Lead: Marketing, Sales and Pricing Practice, and Managing Director & Partner, Boston Consulting Group

  • Spotlight Session
    The Art of Personalized Marketing in a Data-Driven World
    • Leveraging data to craft bespoke customer journeys.
    • Overcoming challenges in delivering personalization at scale.
    • The impact of evolving consumer expectations on marketing strategies.

    Manoj Adlakha, Founder & CEO, RedBeryl Lifestyle Services Pvt Ltd

  • Panel Discussion
    AI in Marketing: Hype vs Reality
    • How AI is transforming marketing processes and strategies
    • Use cases for AI in content creation, hyper-personalization, contextual targeting, and customer service
    • The ethical implications of AI in marketing including bias, transparency, and the ethical use of customer data and brand safety practices

    Dimpy Yadav, Head of Strategy - Digital, Mindshare India
    Priyanka Shah, Head of Digital Marketing, Bajaj Auto Ltd.
    Puravansh Maitreya, Marketing Head, Lava International Ltd.
    Rahul Bharde, SVP and Chief Analytics Officer, Jubilant Foods
    Sushant Chopra, Director of Sales, North India and Gujarat, Hybrid
    Vrijesh Nagathan, Chief Digital and Information Officer, Marico Ltd
    Session Chair: Manpreet Singh Ahuja, Partner, PwC

  • Expert Presentation
    CDP Past, Present, and Future: Where Are We Headed?
    • The Evolution of CDPs: How Customer Data Platforms have evolved from solving data silos in their early days to becoming foundational tools for unified customer experiences.
    • Current Trends and Challenges: How businesses are navigating the shift toward composable architectures, the role of AI in CDPs, and the myths versus realities.
    • The Future of CDPs: Looking ahead, how CDPs are transforming into decisioning and orchestration hubs, enabling smarter, more agile customer engagement strategies.

    Apoorv Durga, Vice President, Research & Advisory, Real Story Group

  • Panel Discussion
    Personalization At Scale: Strategies & Tools
    • Indian Context: Tackling the unique challenges in personalizing customer experiences for India, with actionable insights from case studies
    • Data & Technology: Exploring the tools that enable large-scale personalization while ensuring ethical data use and privacy
    • Emerging Trends & Measurement: The future of personalization, including hyper-personalization and voice tech, and learn how to measure success with clear KPIs

    Ishika Sharma, Associate Director, Sales, Blis
    Mitali Maheshwari, Head of Product and Marketing, Tata Starbucks
    Neelima Burra, Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer, Luminous Power Technology
    Neha Kant, Founder and Director, Clovia Lingerie
    Varun Dhamija, Lead Data Scientist, Caratlane
    Session Chair: Udit Verma, Co-Founder & CMO, Trackier

  • Lunch Break
  • Fireside Chat
    Data Privacy and Compliance: What Marketers Need to Know
    • Regulatory Changes: Impact of global data privacy laws (like GDPR, CCPA, and India’s Personal Data Protection Bill) on Martech strategies
    • Building Trust: How to balance personalization with privacy, ensuring customer trust in an increasingly data-driven world.

    Akshayy S Nanda, Partner, Saraf and Partners
    Shantanu David, Special Correspondent, exchange4media

  • Success Story Presentation
    Mastering Martech: Inside the Success Story of a Marketing Automation Stack

  • Panel Discussion
    Customer Experience in the Age of AI
    • AI-Powered Journeys: How AI transforms every customer touchpoint, from personalized recommendations to 24/7 support.
    • Data-Driven Personalization: Leveraging AI to deliver hyper-personalized experiences at scale, based on individual preferences and behaviors.
    • The Human-AI Partnership: Finding the optimal balance between AI automation and human empathy

    Amit Jain, Sr Vice President - Customer Experience, IndiaMART, InterMESH
    Amit Verma, CEO and Founder, Digitup
    Pooja Baid, Chief Marketing Officer, Versuni
    Saurabh Mangal, Analytics Practice Leader, Aditya Birla Management Corporation
    Himanshu Sirohi, Head of Digital Marketing, Apollo 24|7
    Session Chair : Himank Tripathi, Chief Communications Officer & Spokesperson, Baazi Games

  • Coffee Break & Networking
  • DoubleVerify: Quality and Performance Insights Across India

    Abbhishek Chadha, Executive Vice President, Interactive Avenues
    Mayank Prabhakar, Head of Digital & Media, Vivo India
    Nitin Yadav, Digital Experience & Marketing Lead (ICE Category), MG Motors India
    Samir Karpe, Group Director, India, DoubleVerify
    Moderator: Ishan Kapoor, Sr. Manager, ISD, DoubleVerify

  • Networking Break & Registrations for e4m Influencer Award 2024
  • Opening & Introduction for e4m Influencer Awards 2024
  • Welcome Address by Dr Anurag Batra, Chairman and Editor in Chief, exchange4media Group & Nawal Ahuja, Co-founder & Director, exchange4media Group
  • Audio Visual Presentation of the Legacy and Winner Announcement
  • Fireside Chat with Winners Moderated by Dr Anurag Batra
  • Drinks & Dinner