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Ashish Pherwani is an Associate Director in the Risk Advisory Practice & also the Events Segment Champion at Ernst & Young. During his tenure at EY, he launched events risk management practice in 2000 and since then has worked on over 100 different events for over 20 event companies. Ashish has been involved in defining business processes and performing internal audits for several event management companies and also developed events concepts, designed and reviewed processes, managed event-related risk and validated results of awards, contests, pageants, lotteries, TV game shows, talent hunts, etc.

Some of the key events Ashish has been associated with: Femina Miss India, KaunBanegaCrorepati, Filmfare, Mrs World Pageant, India Fashion Week, Mirchi Music Awards, Indian Idol, ET Retail Awards, Times Travel Honours, Autocar India Awards.

Ashish is a chartered accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (1999) and a certified internal systems auditor from ISACA.

Bharat Gandhi currently Heads Trade Marketing for India Sub Continent & Gulf at Remy Cointreau India Pvt Ltd. Bharat Gandhi is an insightful person with more than 16 years of extensive experience in Liquor & Event Industry specializes in Trade Marketing, Brand Management, Integrate Marketing, Brand Launches & Activations, Business Development, and Event Management. He is an effective communicator with excellent competence in creativity, imagination and the ability to visualise with sound technical knowledge.

An International Marketing Post Graduate from United Business Institutes Belgium(Europe) and FDCT graduate from NIFT he started his career in Event Industry with G2Rams – Formally known as Rams Relationship and has grown up to corporate level senior marketing professional by working previously with organisations like Unitech Ltd, Diageo India and Pernod Ricard India.

He is the first & only marketer in Indian liquor Industry to head & manage the global launch project in India for the most luxurious & the most expensive cognac “Louis XIII- Rare Cask 42.6” He has proficiently managed more than 1500 national & international projects like Global Brand Launch of Louis XIII – Rare Cask, Asia’s biggest Golf championship Johnnie Walker Classic 2008 and Blender's Pride Fashion Tour 2006, Royal Stag Corporate Carnival, Smirnoff Experience etc. to name few. He has efficiently handled global brands like LouisXIII, Remy Martin, Cointreau, Mount Gay Rum, Johnnie Walker, Ciroc, Chivas Regal, Smirnoff,Glenlevit,100Pipers ,Blenders Pride, Royal Stag etc

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Michael Menezes

Sanjoy K Roy

Trained initially at the National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad in visual communication & exhibition design, he went on to study theatre, opera design and scenic techniques in London; and then puppetry and lighting design in France. He subsequently spent time in New York as an installation artist and also as a visiting scholar at NYU. He has been a recipient of the Charles Wallace India Trust Arts Award (1994), the Sanskriti Award (2001), and the Fulbright Arts Fellowship (2002).

Some of his projects include Deepa Mehta’s film “Water” (Art Direction), Tim Supple’s multilingual play “The Midsummer Nights Dream” (Stage and Costume Design), The India Art Fair as also extensive work as a set designer in the world of Indian Fashion (Fashion Weeks and also individual designer shows) and the Indian wedding (both in India and abroad).

He has also been the designer for launch and conceptual events and of Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Moschino, Dior, Steinmetz, Swarovski and Bulgari in India.

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Mr.Shubho Sengupta

Since joining CPM in 2007, Mandeep has been responsible for the establishment, strategic planning and development of CPM in India. CPM has made itself an established brand name with distinct style in 7 year span in India. With over 20 years of experience and strong skills of Profit Center Management, New Initiatives Development, planning and implementation Mandeep has effectively lead his team. He has ensured an environment to effectively use the international experience of CPM and leverage it with the local expertise to give efficient solution to their local, regional and global clients. Under his leadership, CPM India has broadened its offerings while maintaining a focus of strong execution at the ground level.

Prior to joining the Omnicom group, Mandeep spent 2 years with the Forbes group and 12 years with the Tata’s group in India. Innovation and creativity is what he is known for and have used them to spearhead the teams responsible for pioneering the leading photography and audiovisual exhibitions in India amongst lot of other things.

Rajesh did his high school from St.Xaviers Delhi and graduated in B.Com (h) from Delhi university. After a short stint with the Tata’s, he turned an entrepreneur and founded CRI Events Pvt.Ltd. in 1998, and turning the enterprise into one of the top experiential agencies of India, with a pan India and Global footprint.

Rajesh is also one of the founder members of EEMA (Event and Entertainment Management Association) which represents the interests of the experiential agencies across the public and private domains.

He is currently the General Secretary of EEMA and looks after the running of the association. An avid reader, music lover and tech geek, his other interests are travelling and trekking. He is married to Meenu and is blessed with two children Ansh and Myra.

Anurag Batra is an entrepreneur, media expert and a journalist rolled into one. Batra is a B. Tech in Computer Sciences, from the prestigious The Technological Institute of Textile and Sciences Bhiwani a degree, which he acquired before joining Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon, one of India's leading business schools. Batra is the Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of exchange4media group which includes exchange4media.com, PITCH, IMPACT, Realty Plus and Franchise Plus.

In early 2005 Indira Group of Institutes in Pune awarded the Young Marketer of the year award to Anurag Batra. Early in 2006 the prestigious Management Development Institute (MDI) and Batra's Alma mater awarded Batra the "Most Distinguished Alumni of the Decade Award". Anurag Batra is also a member of the Sales & Marketing committee of the Delhi Management Association and is the Past President of the Franchising Association of India, Northern chapter. Anurag Batra was also instrumental in setting up the India sports equity foundation along with Mr. Harish pal Singh. Batra is passionate about Magazines and is on the Executive Committee of the Association of Indian Magazines (AIM). Batra wants to give back to the industry and his love for teaching comes into play in his position as the Chairman of the Advisory Board of FMCC (Futuristic Media Communication Centre), a leading Media, Advertising, Communication and Journalism School in India which is into its fifth year.

Batra is also on the core group of TIE's (The Indus Entrepreneurs), a special interest group focused on Internet. He is also advising the government through his white papers on Internet, Media and Television and their impact on society. Batra also writes a monthly column on Entrepreneurship, in India's only Entrepreneurship magazine, Dare. He is also a regular speaker on National and International Conferences on Media, Internet, Television, Media policy and Entrepreneurship. In April, Batra was invited to speak on Indian Broadcasting at National Association of Broadcasters conference at NAB in Las Vegas. In September, Batra spoke at the prestigious American Business Media conference in New York.

Anurag Batra is an entrepreneur, media expert and a journalist rolled into one. Batra is a B. Tech in Computer Sciences, from the prestigious The Technological Institute of Textile and Sciences Bhiwani a degree, which he acquired before joining Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon, one of India's leading business schools. Batra is the Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of exchange4media group which includes exchange4media.com, PITCH, IMPACT, Realty Plus and Franchise Plus.

In early 2005 Indira Group of Institutes in Pune awarded the Young Marketer of the year award to Anurag Batra. Early in 2006 the prestigious Management Development Institute (MDI) and Batra's Alma mater awarded Batra the "Most Distinguished Alumni of the Decade Award". Anurag Batra is also a member of the Sales & Marketing committee of the Delhi Management Association and is the Past President of the Franchising Association of India, Northern chapter. Anurag Batra was also instrumental in setting up the India sports equity foundation along with Mr. Harish pal Singh. Batra is passionate about Magazines and is on the Executive Committee of the Association of Indian Magazines (AIM). Batra wants to give back to the industry and his love for teaching comes into play in his position as the Chairman of the Advisory Board of FMCC (Futuristic Media Communication Centre), a leading Media, Advertising, Communication and Journalism School in India which is into its fifth year.

Batra is also on the core group of TIE's (The Indus Entrepreneurs), a special interest group focused on Internet. He is also advising the government through his white papers on Internet, Media and Television and their impact on society. Batra also writes a monthly column on Entrepreneurship, in India's only Entrepreneurship magazine, Dare. He is also a regular speaker on National and International Conferences on Media, Internet, Television, Media policy and Entrepreneurship. In April, Batra was invited to speak on Indian Broadcasting at National Association of Broadcasters conference at NAB in Las Vegas. In September, Batra spoke at the prestigious American Business Media conference in New York.

He is known as the father of rural marketing in India. He is recognized as a thought leader and is a regular speaker at CEO forums in India and abroad. He has authored the most definitive ‘Rural Marketing Book’ for students and practitioners alike.

In 1993 he started MART as a transparent, team based, non-hierarchical, flat organization based on ethical and spiritual principles. MART has emerged as India’s leading rural consultancy organisation. He has been Marketing Advisor to Ministry of Rural Development and has served on Prime Minister Office and Chief Minister Committees on rural development. He is a World Bank and United Nations consultant.

He co-created Project Shakti with Hindustan Unilever to appoint 46,000 poor women from micro finance groups as company dealers. He has pioneered another low cost, last mile rural distribution model using village volunteers on bicycles for Colgate, Heinz and others. He has advised many Fortune 500 companies including Coke, Pepsi, GE, Intel, John Deere, Shell on rural strategy.

He was the only speaker from India at Cannes Lions 2008 among the 50 Global speakers who addressed the 2,000 participants in France. His topic ‘Rural India: The Emerging Market’. He was the key note speaker at an International conference in 2010 on inclusive marketing in Chicago. He has given talks at University of Cambridge and London Business School, UK.

He is a recipient of the Indian Merchants Chamber Award 1991 for his outstanding contribution to rural development. He was honored by Star News with the Talent Management Leader 2011 award. He was also chosen for the Spandan Award 2011 for inculcating Human Values in Management. He was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award 2013 by RMAI. His marketing career spans 45 years. He is President, Rural Marketing Association of India.

Sanjeev Pasricha is the Managing Director and CEO of CS Direkt Group of Companies which includes

C S Direkt Events & Exhibitions Pvt. Ltd (Experiential marketing), Destination Direkt (Destination and incentives Programme management) Design Matrix (Exhibitions and Retail) and Vision Direkt (Films and Corporate identity creation).

Sanjeev started C S Direkt in 1994 and is responsible for creating vision for the organisation and constituting the blue print of future growth for all the group companies. Under his leadership, the company has diversified into multi-faceted marketing solution provider and executed over 4000 projects across globe. Over the next 3 years, the company is expected to double its revenue under his guidance.

As Director for Design Matrix incepted in 2007, Sanjeev Pasricha has been the driving force behind the 25 strong team of architects, designers who execute 80 projects annually and consistently in Retail and Exhibition Arena. Design Matrix has more than 400,000 square feet of Fabrication Unit , with state –of- the –Art Machines and Tools to service its Fortune 500 clients.

A believer of business practices ahead of times, Sanjeev has been instrumental in propagating the ROI (Return on Investment) and MOBD (Motivation, Objective, Benchmark & Differentiator) models in the experiential marketing verticals that he has established.

As an Industry leader, he was largely instrumental for instituting the industry framework of EEMA – Events and Exhibitions Management Association of India. The EEMA is today a common platform where the industry comes together to discuss, deliberate and celebrate.

With his visionary leadership skills, Sanjeev has garnered high recognition & respect within the industry.

As a well known face, he has been a recipient of various industry level recognitions such as

•“Best Brand Builder of the Year” by CMO Council Singapore,

•“Best Event” for Cisco India”

•“Best Activation All India for Sales Volume”

•“Exhibition Presence Of the year” for Canon India.

•Consulted for UP Tourism for 350 years celebrations for Taj Mahal.

•Former Gen. Secy of EEMA - Responsible for organizing many events and conferences, thereby promoting entrepreneurship and encouraging new talent, events and entertainment industry.

Education, Career and Family

•Born on 28th February, 1968, Sanjeev is a Maths (Hons) graduate from Delhi University (1990 batch) who discovered his passion for helping brands create live experiences through MICE and experiential marketing.

•Prior to this Sanjeev has also worked with corporate such as RPG Ricoh and Xerox which has contributed to his understanding the needs of the corporate.

•He is passionate about his work and his other interests include experimenting and upgrading to the latest technology and gadgets and reading.

•He believes in perfection and the adage that ‘God lies in detailing’.

•His other passion – his family has his wife Anjali Pasricha, he Partner in Business , and two beautiful daughters Gauri and Manya Pasricha aged 16 and 9 years.

Dilip Cherian is known as the Image Guru of India and is founder & Group Chairman of Perfect Relations, South Asia’s top public relations and public affairs consultancy.

For the past 20 years, Perfect Relations with 500 professionals, 16 offices has worked with a large catchment of corporations both Indian as well as global. Besides them, political parties and NGO’s also consult Dilip.

Dilip is in addition, a widely read and prolific columnist and a highly respected commentator on television. His weekly columns include ‘dillikababu’ in the mainline daily ‘Asian Age’, Dharitri (leading Oriya Daily) and Punjab Kesari (largest newspaper in Punjab). He also has monthly columns in Newsroompost.com and ‘Bureaucracy Today’ addressing topical issues on bureaucracy, policy and governance. He tweets enthusiastically 36,000 folks and follow him dilipthecherian@twitter !!

Amit Tiwari is the Country Head Media for Philips India with over 13 years of experience in Media. He has extensive experience, expertise & vision in media planning/buying/optimization along with revenue expansion in entertainment and media sectors, all of which enabled him to help, build and shape giants like Hero Honda, Nestle, Perfetti, ITC and many more.

Amit received a Commerce degree from Bhopal University; followed by a 2 years MBA programme in Marketing and Advertising from Modinagar. After that, he went to London and pursued his certificate programme in International Media Management (IMM) and subsequently did a certification course in Integrated Marketing Communications from ISB (Indian School of Business, Hyderabad).

In his current role at Philips, Amit successfully increased the retail presence of the brand and helped it launch new categories, which include Personal care – Grooming , Shaving and Beauty products, LED Lighting , Home Decorative Lighting, Modular Switches and Accessories. As a result of Amit’s initiatives and guidance, the Indian official Facebook page for Philips is the second most liked page among official Facebook pages of all other countries.

An alumna from St Stephen's College and post-graduate from Kingston University, London, Yamini Singh is the Editorial Head at Everything Experiential, an initiative of the Business World and Exchange4media family. Yamini's core industry focus is to observe trends in experiential marketing within India and gain insight across the spectrum of face-to-face marketing.

Joseph Eapen is the Senior Vice President – South Asia-Repucom, leading the management team in India. Mr. Eapen joined Repucom from Media Research Users Council (MRUC), an industry body in India, where he was CEO and responsible for the Indian Readership Survey 2010. He has 20 years’ experience in marketing research and media measurement, and previously worked for AGB Gulf (now an AGB Nielsencompany). Prior to MRUC, he was CEO of aMap, the second largest overnight TV ratings company in the world. As Senior Vice President South Asia, Mr. Eapen assumes responsibility for the introduction and development of all Repucom products and services across South Asia.

Mr. Manu Seth, Marketing Director, HTC India has been formulating and implementing HTC’s marketing initiatives in India, to effectively communicate the HTC brand values. He has a rich experience in architecting and constructing new marketing organizations. Manu is an innovative marketing professional leader, who comes with more than 19 years with a proven track record in groundbreaking 360-degree consumer marketing; including building brands like HTC, Motorola and BlackBerry, Tata Indicom (Tata Teleservices), Idea Cellular, Times of India and Tata Infomedia in the Indian market, across the full spectrum of marketing disciplines.

A graduate in science from Ramjas College, Delhi University, and Manu completed his masters in Business Management from Amity Business School, Noida along with significant Diploma courses in Export Management from Institute of Management Technology (IMT) and Diploma in Sales and Marketing from National Institute of Sales.

Manu strongly believes in identifying cost effective & innovative solutions, Go to Market Strategy while planning and budgeting to sync with organization objectives. A modest person at heart Mr. Manu relates well to people at all levels contributing to success in establishing a wide network of excellent business relationships.

15 years of Seasoned Marketing & Communications Experience Green Belt – Lean Six Sigma

Has a decade and half experience in Marketing & Communication across Industry Verticals. As a Green Belt, Lean Six Sigma, Sharad currently is General Manager, Head- Corporate Marketing Communications & Services Marketing for Xerox India across segments & International Distribution Operations including Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Srilanka & Maldives. Before Xerox, he was the Group Brand Director, Marketing Strategy team in Team Microsoft India, Wunderman. He has 15+ years of Industry experience across Advertising, CRM, Brand Marketing & Strategy across Tata Infomedia, BBDO, Bates Clarion focussed on Brand Communications and Customer Relationship Management. The career span composition been a mix of Above the Line, Online Activation, BTL, Through The Line activities across Brand Management, Brand Strategy, Go To Market Strategy, Corporate Communication, Brand Mapping, CRM(Customer Relationship Management)/CMR(Customer Managing Relationship), Budgeting and ROI analysis, Digital/Social media strategy, online web mapping, PR Strategy, Advertising, Product Marketing, Channel Segmentation/Marketing/Engagement, Sales Driven Marketing or Marketing Driven Sales Strategy, Visual Merchandising/ product retail display, retail marketing & visibility, footfall mapping and movement, Feet on Street, Market Intelligence or MIS mapping & Customised Researches, Mystery Shopping Mapping, Loyalty Programs&Incentive driven Marketing Strategy. MBA-Marketing, Advertising & Public Relations Post Graduate. An avid Golfer and a photography enthusiast.

Rajdeep Chatterjee, Digital Marketing Manager, Nokia India comes with 15 years of marketing experience. Prior to working at Nokia, he was General Manager -Marketing, McDonald’s. He has worked with Network18 and Times Internet.

Chetan Vohra, MD and Founder of Line Communications & Weddingline is a seasoned and well- known professional in the event and entertainment industry. Having spent over 15 years in the industry and being associated with some of the biggest events India has seen, his experience and know-how of the trade has won him many accolades.

The former Executive Vice President of Wizcraft, Chetan set up The Line Network, a group of closely associated companies in the Event Management and Wedding Industries, to chase a long-standing dream "to bring global event standards to Indian shores". Wearing the ideas hat, Chetan is the company's creative architect and his focus on creating Intellectual Properties and Strategy Development is the foundation this organization is built on. His forte is bringing seemingly insane ideas to fruition and turning them into truly exceptional events.

Line is a platform for like-minded individuals to come on board and work towards achieving their dreams he says. It is the mantra that has perhaps, won Line Communications its many well-wishers.

Globally-celebrated for his unique ability to transform ordinary spaces into lush, theatrical environments, Preston Bailey is known as the premier event designer for a client roster that includes celebrities, royal families, CEO’s and athletes.

With 35 years of experience in the industry, Preston is often sought out to create one-of-a-kind, transformative designs that serve as backdrops for some of the most memorable moments of his clients’ lives. His Art Installations have been featured across the world with showcases in New York, Las Vegas, Hong Kong, Jakarta, and London.

The author of six books–five of them bestsellers—he is often asked to share his experience through speaking engagements, seminars, editorial profiles and television and radio interviews.

Preston is very excited to announce his current collaboration with Nuage Designs, a personally designed tabletop linen collection and his PB and Friends and PB Protégé programs in which he and his staff mentor new and seasoned event industry professionals.

Nicky Balestrieri joined BMF Media in 2013 as managing creative director. Before BMF, he held the same position at Paper magazine’s marketing division, ExtraExtra. During his five-year tenure, Balestrieri helped transform the back-of-house consulting business into a formidable event design and strategic marketing company.

He has conceptualized, designed, and produced thousands of large-scale marketing initiatives and events for clients such as Target, American Express, Cole Haan, and Lanvin. In 2013, he was named among BizBash’s Top 35 Event Designers as well as Fashionista.com’s 50 Most Influential People in Fashion; he was also featured in The Wall Street Journal.

Jon Burton, FOH Sound Engineer for The Prodigy and Bombay Bicycle Club, runs through a show day from a pro audio perspective, including what happens during the final soundcheck. Jon explains the different ways to approach common problems and how to deal with them, whether you are working on a club show or an arena tour.

David Stark is a renowned New York-based event producer as well as President and Creative Director of David Stark Design and Production. This full-service event design and planning firm is celebrated for the innovative, imaginative events it creates for a wide range of high-wattage celebrity clients such as Beyoncé Knowles, Martha Stewart, Mariska Hargitay, Glenn Close and Jon Stewart, major corporations such as Target, TBS and Condé Nast, as well as high-visibility fund-raising galas for the nation's most elite not-for-profit organizations including The Museum of Modern Art, The Joyful Heart Foundation and The Robin Hood Foundation.

Stark's first product line, a holiday decorating collection with West Elm, debuted in stores late summer 2009. Inspired by Stark's trademark approach of turning everyday materials into glamorous and unexpected installations, the collection included ornaments, garlands, table décor, and other elements made from natural, recycled, and eco-friendly materials. Stark continued to collaborate with West Elm for 2010 holiday and 2011 summer collections.

"CBS' The Early Show," "The Today Show," "The View," "Martha Stewart" and "The Nate Berkus Show" are several television shows that often call upon David to serve as a guest expert on décor, party planning, holiday decorating and home planting projects. David and his work are often featured in publications including the New York Times, ELLE DECOR, Glamour, Interior Design, In Style, House Beautiful, and Town & Country, as well as on a number of design-focused blogs. In 2011, David was recognized a one of BizBash's Top 2011 Event Innovators and was honored as a Garden Design Advisory Board Member and Best Events' Editorial Board Member.

Jennifer Collins of The Event Planning Group believes (http://www.tepgevents.com) that events and meetings are the most powerful form of communications. In this Conversations in Public Relations video, Mary Fletcher Jones interviews this public relations and event planning professional.

Jennifer provides useful event planning advice for communicators.

The marketing and communications incubator for Event Tech Start Ups. Offering advice on marketing proposition and strategy, and promoting event technology, globally. Linking start-ups with promotional and distribution opportunities and creating visibility for event technology. Event Tech Lab provides advice on a route to a global marketplace as well as engages with developers interested in creating the event technology of the future. www.eventtechlab.com @eventtechlab

Winner of Business Spirit award. Business owner award in 2008. 2011 voted to the top 100 women in eCommerce. IAHMP education award in 2009. Meeting Industry Mentor for 3 universities namely in Russia, USA and UK. Board Member of New World Leaders Association, Board Member of Labor er Dignitas, Board Member of WECAI, President of APPEN, and Member of Advisory Board of Meetings Show UK. Winner of the WE Magazine USA award for Global Marketing in 2013.

In 1982 Mr Vanneste founded ABBIT in Belgium. The company grew towards an audiovisual supplier with a turnover of 2 million Euros doing 66% export and almost 50% for US based clients. In 1999 Maarten became member of MPI (Meeting Professionals International), he was president of the Belgian chapter in ‘02-’03 and attained his CMM in 2004 (Global certification in Meetings Management). He is also involved in many other associations as a speaker and author.

In 2006 Maarten founded the Meeting Support Institute, based on his CMM business plan. This not for profit institute groups meeting support companies and educates, informs and motivates meeting planners about the Meeting Support side of their meetings. Maarten Vanneste won the IMEX Academy award 2005.

For more than 30 years, Greg Bogue has been dedicated to creating messages and experiences that move people. As vice president of experience design, Bogue is applying the latest in neuroscience to help Maritz Travel Company transform the way it designs and delivers exceptional meeting and event experiences for its clients.

In his role, he is focused on improving the guest experience in meetings, events and incentive travel programs to create better value for both organizations and their guests. Bogue works closely with client teams to elevate the guest experience and ensure the evolution of event design. He is creative catalyst who can quickly synthesize a message and help organizations deliver it to their guests at a higher level.

Bogue is a certified Experience Economy Expert by Jim Gilmore, a renowned experience expert and coauthor of The Experience Economy. In 2014, Bogue was awarded the prestigious Experience Management Achievement Award by Strategic Horizons LLP for his significant contributions in creating new-to-the-world experience offerings and approaches to Maritz Travel Company. In addition, Bogue is a certified Master Designer by The Maritz Institute.

Philosopher and comedian Paul Smit is one of the most in demand speakers in the corporate world.

He gives custom made interactive and humorous presentations about human behaviour, the brain, creativity, innovation, leadership and marketing.

Mr. Piyush Pandey has been a Co-Executive Chairman of Ogilvy & Mather Pvt. Ltd. (known as Ogilvy India) at Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide, Inc. since June 2006 and also serves as its National Creative Director of India & South Asia. Mr. Pandey served as the Chairman of Ogilvy & Mather Pvt. Ltd. He serves as Vice Chairman of O&M Asia-Pacific at Ogilvy & Mather Pvt. Ltd.

He has been a Non-Executive Independent Director of D. B. Corp Limited since November 28, 2007. He serves as a Director of Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide, Inc. He serves as a Director of Ogilvy & Mather Pvt. Ltd. In 2004, Mr. Pandey became the first Asian to serves as the President of the Cannes jury. Mr. Pandey achieved international recognition in 2002 with his work for Cancer Pateints Aid Association (2 Grand Prix at the London International Advertising Festival, 2 Gold Lions at Cannes, a One Show pencil, a Clio bronze) and Fevicol adhesive (Silver Lion, One Show and Clio finalist). In the same year, Media Asia named him Asia's Creative Person of the Year. Mr. Pandey obtained his Master's degree from St Stephen's College, Delhi. He is a Post Graduate in History from Delhi University.

Mark Addison’s personal style and experience as a top New York City event planner creating spectacular events for the likes of Shiseido, Procter & Gamble and “Super Saturday,” has made him a a topical voice on all things chic and clever – from home design and cooking to entertaining, travel, holidays, and beyond.

His eye for detail lends simple objects unexpected pop, and his skill at scouring for the unusual and extraordinary to compose stunning montages, enchanting tableaux and whimsical juxtapositions underlines his approach to vibrant , relevant design, attracting the attention of celebrities, charities, fashion houses and innovative companies.

Author of The Freelancer’s Guide to Corporate Event Design – Focal Press 2010, Troy Halsey introduced the first guide for experience design to the live event industry. With a broad range of creative specialties and experience, he has evolved into one of the leading professional experience design pioneers.

Troy is an award-winning Event Designer and Creative Director who has worked in the field of Theatrical and Corporate Event Design for over 10 years as a professional freelance Event and Video Producer, Scenic and Environment Designer, Technical Director, and Creative Director. He holds a BA in Dramatic Media from Texas Lutheran University.

Jeremy Nicholas is a writer and broadcaster in London, UK, who’s much in demand as an after dinner speaker, MC (emcee) and compere.
Keeping audiences awake since 1994 he’s built up an international reputation as an entertaining speaker who will add huge value to your event.
Based in London, he speaks regularly in the UK, Ireland and South Africa.

Victor is creative & strategy partner at MOVE People & Experience Marketing in the Netherlands. He works for clients like Heineken International, Google, Nintendo, Ebay, Adobe, Kentucky Fried Chicken and YouTube.He is the winner of several creativity and effectiveness awards and an experienced trainer and speaker on content strategy, client relationships, creativity, change management and ROI.

Victor acquired his experience by working as a senior marketing manager at Procter & Gamble, Hallmark and Heinz and as a senior strategist for communication agencies Publicis and TBWA.He believes that events can only change organizations when meeting designers better understand the needs of attendees and set more specific objectives for the event owners. Events can only create real value when they provide stimulating learning experiences, evoke emotions and are designed to change participant behavior. Victor knows how to touch, move and inspire his audiences to see new possibilities and puts learning into actions.