“Inspire and Be Inspired”at “D-CODE” – The debut edition of The Advertising Club’s India Digital Review
13 Champions X 10 Minutes each….crack the code on the best performing Digital Campaigns
Mumbai: Indian brands have undergone a digital awakening with digital engagement and innovation being an integral part of every brands core marketing strategy.With over 400M Indians online, digital is now well and truly mainstream. And brands are leveraging this massive reach to drive business impact. The Governments call for a technology conscious and savvy “Digital India” coupled with the increased penetration of phones and affordability of data has given further impetus to the digital growth agenda.
Addressing the drivers of the tectonically shifting brand ecosystem, The Advertising Clubhas announced the debut edition of its India Digital Review – D-CODE.The review will be held on 1st August, 2018, 5.30.00pm onwards @ Taj Lands End, Mumbai.
A refreshing new format where 13 Industry champions do a show and tell for 10 minutes each about:
- One piece of work that they are proud of
- One piece of work another brand has done that inspires them
- Three pieces of advice for marketers for winning in digital
- The stalwarts speaking at the review include:
- Agnello Dias, Chairman & Co-Founder, Taproot
- Ajit Mohan, CEO, Hotstar
- Anupriya Acharya, CEO, Publicis Media
- Anuradha Aggarwal, CMO, Marico
- ArunIyer, Chairman & CCO, Lowe Lintas
- Juhi Kalia, Head of Creative Shop – India & Indonesia, Facebook
- Rahul Johri, CEO, BCCI
- Ravi Desai, Marketing Director, Amazon
- Sam Singh, CEO – South Asia, GroupM
- Sapna Chadha, Marketing Director – India & SEA, Google
- Shoumyan Biswas, Vice President, Marketing, Flipkart
- Siddharth Banerjee, EVP Marketing, Vodafone
- Tanmay Bhat, Co-Founder, AIB
The review will be moderated by industry veteran and President, The Advertising Club – Vikram Sakhuja.
Speaking about the maiden edition of the review Vikram Sakhuja, Group CEO, media and OOH, Madison Communications & President, The Advertising Club said“Brands are today operating in a globally competitive landscape making it imperative to ensure clutter breaking conversation and presence across dynamic digital mediums. With knowledge platforms like the Digital review, The Advertising Club endeavours to create awareness, facilitate ideas exchange and enable the Indian media and advertising fraternity to stay ahead of the curve on digital innovation and engagement. “
Speaking about the need for a Digital Review,Aditya Swamy, Head, Agency Partnerships at Google&Managing Committee member, The Advertising Club said“It’s exciting to create a forum where the best can inspire and be inspired themselves to unleash the power of digital. With advertisers, publishers and agency leaders speaking, we will have a very real look into the many faces of the digital eco system ‘
Punitha Arumugam, Platform Evangelist – Hotstar and Managing Committee member, The Advertising Club added “In shaping this Annual Digital Review, we at the AdClub were focussed on ensuring the maximum possible learning for the audience in the shortest time. With 13 diverse industry leaders, each presenting 2 best of class examples and 3 learnings on using digital, the audience will see 26 break-through digital work done in India and get 39 tips for the year ahead. And all this in 150 minutes! We hope that this annual review will become the best learning ground for everything digital in India.”
The Digital Review 2018 will reflect on the work presented by brands across digital platformsfrom April 2017-June 2018. The Review is slated to be presented on 1st August, 2018, 5.30pm onwards @Taj Lands’ End, Mumbai
