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Conference and Expo5-6 March, 2025
Awards6 March, 2025

Agenda 2025 Day 2

#9:30 AM - 9:45 AM
Welcome !

#9:45 AM - 10:15 AM
Keynote

9:45 AM - 10:15 AMThe New Media Plan

How evolving technology, consumer behaviour, shift in growth markets, evolution of channels and measurement criterion affecting the media mix modelling.

  • Complexity of data & evolving consumer behaviour will impact media planning.
  • How is technology helping agencies build more efficient plans and also taking the grunt work away. What kind of models and platforms are your building/adopting here?
  • Discuss latest technological advancements to create more efficient measurement criteria.

#10:20 AM - 10:40AM
Spotlights

Democratizing video advertising

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Video advertising has historically been a playfield reserved for brands with big advertising budgets and capabilities. An important pillar for brand building, video advertising remains relevant for all brands irrespective of size. This session will uncover opportunities for brands of all sizes to drive meaningful and measurable connections with your shoppers through video ads.

#10:40 AM - 11:05 AM
Spotlight

Commerce Media: ​Joining the dots in the new Consumer Buying Journey

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Technology has revolutionized how people shop and thus evolved the shopper journey. Every moment is now a commerce moment, this upends how advertisers need to reach and address consumers.

In this session, Taranjeet Singh, Managing Director for Venture Markets (APAC) at Criteo, will unpack how the shopper journey has changed, along with key drivers behind retail media growth. Whether you’re a brand marketer, or an advertiser, find out how you can evolve your media buying practices to include a broader commerce media strategy to capture the constant consumer.

#11: 05 AM - 11:15 AM
Spotlight

#11:15 AM - 11:45 AM
Keynote

11:15 AM - 11:45 AM[Omnichannel] Will Quick Commerce replace eCommerce?

A conversation about the growth of Commerce in the country, that is revolutionizing customer journeys and brand priorities, almost overnight. This session will discuss the evolving ‘commerce’ space and how brands are strategizing to make the best of it. The session will discuss: … Read More

#11:50 AM - 12:10 PM
Spotlight

#12:20 PM - 12:45 PM
Keynote

12:20 PM - 12:45 PMThe Delivery Revolution

Building a profitable Quick Commerce business – scalability, profitability, viability of this business model, and how take it beyond Tier 1 & 2 cities. Big Basket already has good in-roads into Tier 2 & tier 3 (in their current business), and they could potentially use that network to expand the QC model. It will be good to hear from a leader like him on how to build a profitable QC model, given that current successful QC businesses are posting losses in millions… Read More

#12:50 PM - 1:15 PM
Expo Hall Visit

#1:15 PM - 2:15 PM
Networking lunch

Track 2: Attention by Design - how to steal the spotlight

Venue: The Mainstage, Keynote Hall

Selling from Center Stage’ track – This track focuses on the emergence of new-age retail & ecommerce strategies, going direct to consumer and how technology is empowering companies to transform the customer journey, optimizing at every touchpoint and overall keeping the customer truly at the center of their business.

2:30 PM - 2:50 PM Featured Session: How Unilever is Navigating the Attention Conundrum through new Sales Channels and Media plans

2:55 PM - 3:25 PM [Connected Television] Unlocking CTV: Delivering Value to Media Buyers and Consumers

CTV has rapidly become a favoured channel for marketers over the past four years, with nearly 50 million households now accessing the platform. The demonstrated effectiveness of CTV advertising, evidenced by increased keyword searches and product purchases following ad exposure, has solidified its appeal for both media buyers and programmers. However, the current CTV ecosystem presents challenges. Media buyers struggle with accurate… Read More

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM [Content Personalization] CPaaS and AI: A Powerful Duo for Marketers

CPaaS tools have been godsent for marketers leveraging consumer attention to improve lifetime values of consumers and improve sales focus. This session will try to understand trends and opportunities that an AI based CPaaS can bring for marketers answering questions such as:

  • How can CPaaS be used to improve customer retention and loyalty?

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4:00 PM - 4:30 PM [Martech] Building a 360-Degree View of the Customer

A single customer view (SCV) is a unified, comprehensive profile of a customer that consolidates data from various sources into a single, actionable view. It provides a 360-degree view of the customer, enabling businesses to understand their needs, preferences, and behaviors more deeply.

While theoretically this is an important strategy for marketers, fragmentation of channels and martech platforms, creates various challenges. In this segment we discuss: … Read More

4:30 PM - 5:00 PM [Social Media Measurement] Balancing Emotions & Data in your Social Commerce & Influencer Marketing Strategy

How can brands drive personalization at scale esp on social media with influencers, multiple formats, length of videos and continuous storytelling strategies? To top this, metrics of measurement for influencer marketing are under the radar.

This session chooses to address challenges like:

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Track 3: Selling from Center-stage: The future of D2C, eCommerce and Retail

Venue: Big Ideas Stage, Expo Hall

This track focuses on the emergence of new-age retail & ecommerce strategies, going direct to consumer and how technology is empowering companies to transform the customer journey, optimizing at every touchpoint and overall keeping the customer truly at the center of their business.

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM [SME & Retail Media] Leveling the playground – eCommerce and Ad Tech

eCommerce has democratized the seller business and built opportunities that were unheard of till a few years ago.

  • How are SMEs and MSME’s looking at ad technology to drive business for them?
  • What is the role of retail media in building D2C brands,
  • Is retail media a long term strategy?

3:05 PM - 3:20 PM Marketing Masters - Capturing the Trust and Interest of GenZ

3:20 PM - 3:40 PM Marketing Masters - Use Cases for Gen AI in Marketing

3:40 PM - 3:50 PM Power Gummies: Building a Strong D2C Brand for the Modern Consumer

04:15 PM - 4:45 PM [Gen AI] Foundational to Transformative – GenAI’s functions in retail

    Product development

  • Media planning
  • Measurement
  • LLMs + GPT + SSOT – is this the holy grail?
Partner Events
(by Invite Only)

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Partner Perspective by Truecaller Ads

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2:30 PM – 2:40 PM We will kick things off with an introduction to Criteo and an overview of what to expect for the day

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2:40 PM – 3:00 PM Commerce Media: The Best of Retail Media and Performance Marketing for the Future of Advertising

The digital advertising landscape is more complex than ever, with fragmentation across platforms, shifting measurement standards, and an always-on shopping journey. Discover how Commerce Media is cutting through this complexity—enabling brands, agencies, and retailers to work smarter, not harder.

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3:00 PM – 3:30 PM Panel – Retail Media

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3:30 PM – 3:50 PM Partner Spotlight Session

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3:50 PM – 4:00 PM QnA and Closing Remarks

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4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Networking Drinks

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#5:30 PM onwards
VVIP Mixer

#8pm onwards
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