South Asia News Media Conference

Media professionals should join the South Asia News Media Conference because INMA offers something no other organisation in India can: a truly cross-functional, future-focused view of South Asia’s media transformation, curated through a global lens and delivered with unparalleled access to the region’s top leaders.

Across two days, INMA will unpack the forces reshaping journalism, product, data, advertising, and AI in one of the world’s most explosive media markets — with clarity, candour, and practical takeaways you won’t find elsewhere.


What sets INMA’s 2026 Delhi conference apart


1. A global perspective applied to South Asia

INMA connects India’s innovations to global trends — reader revenue, product thinking, AI acceleration, first-party data, programmatic disruption, licensing and IP protection — showing not just what is happening but why it matters internationally.

2. Coverage across the full media value chain

No Indian conference bridges editorial, product, technology, data science, subscriptions, advertising, and business strategy as seamlessly as INMA. Participants get the complete picture — how teams work together, how companies rewire, and how growth happens.

3. Inside access to India’s most influential media leaders

INMA’s reputation and relationships bring CEOs, product chiefs, editors, revenue heads, and innovators to the stage for conversations they don’t have at other events. Expect transparency, big bets, and strategic reveals.

4. A front-row seat to India’s AI-first reinvention

South Asia is racing ahead in AI-driven personalisation, content workflows, habit loops, video acceleration, dynamic paywalls, and multilingual product design. INMA will show the experiments, the frameworks, and the results — not just the hype.

5. A focus on revenue growth that goes beyond theory

Advertising reinvention, creator ecosystems, commerce, SME demand, first-party data activation, outcomes-based selling, and subscription scale-ups — all grounded in case studies and real P&L impact, not panels of platitudes.

6. The only event where South Asia meets the world

INMA attracts global experts — innovators from Europe, the U.S., the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific. The cross-pollination of ideas is unlike anything at domestic Indian events.

7. Community and connection — the INMA advantage

The INMA community is small enough to be intimate, large enough to be influential. Conversations in hallways, at meals, and between sessions are as valuable as what’s on stage.


Closing argument


If you want to understand where the South Asian media industry is heading next — in AI, product, data, advertising, newsroom transformation, and where print smartly fits — this is the room to be in. INMA brings the right leaders together, asks the hard questions, and delivers the most actionable insights in the region.

Preliminary conference agenda


Wednesday, July 22

8:30 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.

Registration and networking lounge

Get your credentials from the conference registration desk before settling into the networking lounge for tea, coffee, and snacks. Meet peers and connect with INMA speakers and news and tech industry solution providers. Schedule meetings with INMA experts.

9:15 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.

South Asia News Media Conference

Day one of the conference will focus on strategy and trends - the best keynotes, panels, and interviews.

6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

South Asia News Media Festival Welcome Reception

Join us for the evening Welcome Reception, a high-powered networking platform. Unpack the day with colleagues, decision makers, and industry partners, over drinks and light bites.

Thursday, July 23

8:30 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.

Morning energiser over tea & coffee in networking lounge

Exchange notes from the previous day over breakfast, tea and coffee. Meet the exhibitors, connect, share, and learn while interacting with the speakers, colleagues, the INMA initiative leads, or just a quiet start to a soon to be packed day.

9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

South Asia News Media Conference

Maximise your time at the conference as you meet face-to-face with colleagues and solution providers and make the most of being in-person.






Questions? Contact INMA

Madhavi Sekhri

Head - South Asia Division
Strategy and Special Projects Lead - Asia Pacific
New Delhi, India
Hindi, English
Tel.: +91 99716 00632

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