Goafest 2019 Announces Speaker Lineup
Renowned cricketer Virender Sehwag, Bollywood actors Pankaj Tripathi, Kalki Koechlin and Siddhant Chaturvedi of the recent Gully Boy fame, boxing legend Mary Kom, will be amongst many others to address the knowledge sessions.
Goafest 2019 has announced its list of speakers for 2019. Renowned cricketer Virender Sehwag, Bollywood actors Pankaj Tripathi, Kalki Koechlin and Siddhant Chaturvedi of the recent Gully Boy fame, global advertising maven Gordon Bowen, boxing legend Mary Kom, creative genius Madonna Badger and authors Navi Radjou and Jaideep Prabhu, will be amongst many others to address the knowledge sessions.
Nakul Chopra, Chairman, Goafest, said “At Goafest our aim has been to create a platform that provides learning, inspiration, collaboration and celebration. Content is the heart of the festival. Jaideep and his team have laboured from August last year to put up this stellar list of speakers. I am sure all delegates – especially the young guns – will have a lot to learn and be inspired from.”
Jaideep Gandhi, Chairman Industry Conclave and Knowledge Seminars said “Every year we try and bring an array of speakers that will provide a window to the current global perspectives in our ever-changing industry. As we do, to bring speakers, from allied fields and other arenas like sports who can inspire our young talent. I am confident that this year too the width and depth of our speaker panel will cover all of these facets.”
Here is a glimpse into Goafest 2019’s speaker list:
Knowledge Seminars
Name | Designation | Company |
Madonna Badger | Chief Creative Officer/Founder | Badger and Winters |
Harshwardhansinh Zala | Founder & CEO | Aerobotics7 |
Barry Wacksman | Vice Chairman and Global Chief Strategy Officer | R/GA |
Gordon Bowen | Founder and Global Chairman | McGarryBowen |
Lt. Gen. DS Hooda | Lt. General – Indian Army | |
Virender Sehwag | Renowned Indian Cricketer | |
Kalki Koechlin | Indian Born French Actress and Writer | Duo Session |
Siddhant Chaturvedi | Bollywood Actor & Writer | |
Phil Kemish | Co-Founder | Disrupt Media LTD |
Mary Kom | Boxing Legend | |
Navi Radjou | Author of famous books: Jugaad & Frugal Innovation | |
Jaideep Prabhu | Authors of famous books: Jugaad & Frugal Innovation | |
Noelle LaCharite | Director, Developer Evangelism | Dev Collective- Microsoft |
Matt Eastwood | Global Chief Creative Officer | McCann Health |
Ambarish Mitra | CEO and Founder | Blippar |
Pankaj Tripathi | Ace Actor |
Industry conclave
Name | Designation | Company |
Dr. A. Velumani | Creator & Managing Director | Thyrocare |
Ravi Desai | Director, Mass and Brand Marketing | Amazon |
Vijay Sharma | Associate Director, Brand Marketing & Heads Digital Media | Flipkart |
Achint Setia | Vice President, Marketing | Myntra |
Presented by the Advertising Club and AAAI the Goafest 2019 will once again see the entire advertising and marketing fraternity come together in Goa from 11th April, 2019 to 13th April 2019.