Navigate the pandemic induced new playbook for South Asia as you future ready your company for growth, sustainability, and transformation

Strategy + innovation

Growth + monetisation

Audience development

About the Summit

This two-day virtual event will showcase cutting-edge best practices in strategies, transformations, and inspirations of the news media scene that are shaping the future of news publishing with a focus on South Asia. Get ideas as we look to re-defining rules to better navigate and monetise the new media ecosystem.

Gain insights into the prevailing and pertinent tenets of the new playbook: business viability and business models, product, distribution, data and discovery, and people.

The conference will attract executive teams from India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates, and others.

Speakers


Pawan Agarwa

Pawan Agarwal

Deputy Managing Director
Dainik Bhaskar

Mahfuz Anam

Mahfuz Anam

Editor and Publisher
The Daily Star

Stephen Dunbar Johnson

Stephen Dunbar Johnson

President International
New York Times

Pradeep Gairola

Pradeep Gairola

VP & Business Head, Digital
The Hindu

Sohini Guharoy

Sohini Guharoy

Head - Audience Engagement and Social Strategy
NDTV

Bharat Gupta

Bharat Gupta

CEO
Jagran New Media

Nimisha Jain

Nimisha Jain

Managing Director and Partner
BCG

Ritu Kapur

Ritu Kapur

Founder & CEO
The Quint

Jaideep Karnik

Jaideep Karnik

Content Head & Editor
Amar Ujala Digital

Vanita Kohli Khandekar

Vanita Kohli Khandekar

Columnist & Writer
Business Standard

Thomas Lue Lytzen

Thomas Lue Lytzen

Head of Ad Sales
JP/Politikens Hus

Nalin Mehta

Nalin Mehta

Dean, School of Modern Media
UPES

Kumar Nadesan

Kumar Nadesan

Managing Director
Express Newspapers Ceylon Ltd

L V Navaneeth

L V Navaneeth

CEO
The Hindu

Deepit Purkayastha

Deepit Purkayastha

Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer
InShorts

Rohit Saran

Rohit Saran

Executive Editor
Times Internet

Sanjay Sindhwani

Sanjay Sindhwani

CEO
Indian Express Online

Praveen Someshwar

Praveen Someshwar

CEO & Managing Director
HT Media Ltd

Sivakumar Sundaram

Sivakumar Sundaram

Chairman Executive Committee
Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd

Rishad Tobaccowala

Rishad Tobaccowala

Advisor, Author and Former Chief Strategy Officer
Publicis Groupe

Robert Whitehead

Robert Whitehead

Platform Initiative Lead
INMA

Earl J. Wilkinson

Earl J. Wilkinson

Executive Director & CEO
INMA

I Venkat

I Venkat

Director
Eenadu

Key themes

Business model sustainability

Audiences of the 21st century

Media consumption patterns

Unlocking advertising

Understanding data potential

Innovation in storytelling

Digital Subscriptions

Fair value vis a vis publishers and platforms

Global media outlook

Who should attend

The programme focuses on strategy and best practices. It is designed for CEOs, CXOs, heads of marketing, brand, strategy, digital, finance, and programming; consumer insight and editorial teams; audience builders; revenue drivers; thought leaders; investors; policy makers; and technology partners in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Pakistan.

About the Summit

Dates
Thursday and Friday, August 12-13

Times each day
4:30 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. (Indian Standard Time)

Registration fee
Free for members
INR 7,500 for non-members

What you receive
Livestreams August 12-13
Recording of Summit
All Summit presentations


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About INMA


The International News Media Association (INMA) is a global community of market-leading news media companies reinventing how they engage audiences and grow revenue in a multi-platform environment.

The INMA community consists of more than 16,000 members at 850+ news media companies in 73 countries, representing tens of thousands of news brands.

INMA is the news media industry’s foremost ideas-sharing network with members connected via conferences, reports, Webinars, virtual meetings, awards competitions, and an unparalleled archive of best practices.


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Questions? Contact INMA

Madhavi Sekhri

Head - South Asia Division
Tel.: +91 99716 00632

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