Agenda: Pitch CMO Summit 2025 Bengaluru Edition

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PITCH CMO SUMMIT - BENGALURU 2025 THEME: Brand Reinvention in the Age of Disruption Friday, August 1, 2025 Taj MG Road, Bengaluru TENTATIVE AGENDA
Session	Topic	Speaker
08:15 a.m. to 09:15 a.m.	REGISTRATION & NETWORKING BREAKFAST
09:15 a.m.	SUMMIT OPENS
Session 1 09:20 a.m. - 09:30 a.m.	WELCOME ADDRESS	DR ANNURAG BATRA Chairman & Editor-in-Chief BW Businessworld & exchange4media
Session 2 09:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.	SPOTLIGHT SESSION Reimagining The Role of Marketing in Flipkart	PRATIK SHETTY Vice President - Growth & Marketing Flipkart
Session 3 10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.	SPOTLIGHT SESSION From Beer to Brand IP: Creating Culture, Not Just Campaigns	VIKRAM BAHL Chief Marketing Officer United Breweries Limited
Session 4 10:30 a.m. - 10:50 a.m.	SPOTLIGHT SESSION TV Starts with Streaming	NISHIT KANCHAN Head of Sales Samsung Ads
Session 5 10:50 a.m. - 11:40 a.m.	THE BRAND STRATEGY PANEL The New Age Brand Funnel: Navigating Nonlinear Consumer Behaviour	Sridhar Hariharasubramanian Senior Director Salesforce DIPTAKIRTI CHAUDHURI Chief Marketing Officer Casagrand RATHIN LAHIRI Chief Marketing Officer SBI General Influence SMARAJIT MISHRA Head - Marketing and Strategy Brigade Group SESSION CHAIR: VARUN MOHAN Chief Commercial Officer - India MiQ
Session 6 11:40 a.m. - 12:10 a.m.	SPOTLIGHT SESSION Building The Playbook of Modern Marketing for a Legacy Brand	SIDDHARTH GUPTA General Manager - Marketing Britannia
Session 7 12:10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.	FIRESIDE CHAT Has The AI Buzz Reached Marketing? Decoding How Marketers Are Using AI to Drive Growth	CHETAN SIYAL Founding Member & Chief Marketing Officer Snitch SESSION CHAIR: JAYANT BASANTANI VP - India Business Mobavenue
Session 8 12:30 p.m. - 12:50 p.m.	FIRESIDE CHAT Gaming & Esports: Unlocking new consumer connections in India	MANAS GUPTA Marketing Head India Region – Consumer PCs, Accessories, Services & Tablets Lenovo SESSION CHAIR: SAMEER MITHA Associate Director - Marketing 91mobiles
Session 9 1:00 p.m. - 01:20 p.m.	FIRESIDE CHAT Gaming & Esports: Unlocking New Brand Territories and Consumer Connections in India	SOORAJ BALAKRISHNAN Associate Director & Head – Marketing Acer India SHAHAD ANAND Business Head Mediakart
01:20 p.m. – 02:10 p.m.	Lunch
Session 10 02:15 p.m. - 02:45 p.m.	FIRESIDE CHAT How ITC Cracked The Code in the Snacking & Noodle Category	SURESH CHAND Vice President Marketing & Executive Committee Member - Snacks, Noodles & Pasta ITC Foods Limited SESSION CHAIR: DEV BATRA CEO and Chief Culture Guardian Lyxel&Flamingo
Session 11 02:45 p.m. - 03:15 p.m.	PRESENTATION & FIRESIDE CHAT The Hindu’s Playbook: Marketing that Moves the Needle- Presentation and Fireside Chat	TUHINA PANDEY Director - APAC Communications & Marketing, India and South Asia IBM SESSION CHAIR: APARAJITA BISWAS Head of Marketing The Hindu Group
Session 12 03:15 p.m. - 03: 35 p.m.	SPOTLIGHT ADDRESS Right Place, Rich Format: Winning with Contextual Ads	Session Chair: SHAHAD ANAND Business Head Mediakart
Session 13 03:35 p.m. - 04:30 p.m.	THE CULTURE ECONOMY PANEL Creators, Collabs & Community: Building Brands in the Culture Economy	ARSH GOYAL AI & Tech Content Creator JANANI KANDASWAMY Head Of Marketing Preethi Kitchen Appliances (Versuni - Philip Appliances) KARTIK PATIAR Senior Director – Business ShareChat and Moj ULLAS VIJAY Chief Marketing Officer Duroflex RANJANI KRISHNASWAMY Chief Marketing Officer - Watches and Wearables Titan SESSION CHAIR: MANAN KAPUR Senior Partner YAAP
Session 14 04:30 p.m. – 05:25 p.m.	THE REINVENTION PANEL Reinventing for the Next Billion Consumers	ANAND THAKUR Co-Founder \| Product Development footprynt AKHILA CHANDRASEKAR Sr. General Manager & Head – Marketing TTK Prestige SAURABH SHARMA Head of Marketing Ather Energy Limited SHAWN CHANDY Chief Marketing Officer Paragon NITIN KHANNA Vice President Marketing Acko VIDHU SHANKAR AVP - AD Sales The Hindu Group Session Chair: MIHIR JOSHI Co-founder 1702 Digital
05:45 p.m.	TEA
06:30 p.m. onwards	INDIA MARKETING AWARDS SOUTH 2025

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