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18th November 2022, Hotel Hilton, Chennai

ABOUT

Straight Talk is an unique knowledge forum that draws from the experiences of brand owners from the south of India who have their fingers firmly on the pulse of consumers.

The forum also decodes the new age consumption story across channels ranging from modern retail to neighbourhood stores and multiple online modes.

Straight Talk will not just capture success stories but also the trials and tribulations of retail and regional brands, personal and organisational learnings therefrom, besides their growth aspirations regionally, nationally and globally.

THEME

Re-engineering to remain relevant to the omni-channel consumer.

Great Speakers

● Retail Brand Owners / Entrepreneurs ● Brand Owners / Entrepreneurs – Regional Brands ● CEOs/Directors/Business Leaders ● CMOs / Brand Custodians ● Advertising/ Digital / Marketing / Media Thought Leaders ● Digital Experts

Speakers

Karthik Nagarajan

Chief Content Officer - Wavemaker & National Head - Branded Content, GroupM

Mathew Joseph

COO & Co- founder, FreshToHome

Krishnan Kutty

EVP and Business Head, Disney Star - Tamil , Malayalam & Marathi Cluster

Jahabar Sadique

Co-Founder & CEO, Chai Kings

Kiran James

AVP - Marketing & Product Management, Muthoottu Mini

Vignesh Murali

Head - Marketing, Brand & Corporate communication, Equitas Small Finance Bank

Krishna Prasad

VP - Processed Food Division, Suguna Foods

Kavitha Srinivasan

Founder & CEO, Coeus Communications

Sindu Raghavan

Principal Partner, Investment Planning & Strategy, Mindshare.

Vishal Vyas

AVP - Marketing, TTK Healthcare

K Ramakrishnan

MD - South Asia, Worldpanel Division, Kantar

Ayushman Chiranewala

CMO, Dr. Agarwals Eye Hospital

Yesudas S Pillai

Founder and CEO, Y&A Transformation

M K Machaiah

Chief Client Officer and Head- South, Wavemaker India

Suman Saha

CEO, Arrow

Bikash Kundu

Head - Revenue (Regional Entertainment) - Viacom18

Monaa Kannan

Director - Marketing, Naga foods

Vikas Bysani

Founder, Off & On

Rajiv Dubey

Head - Media, Dabur

Pravin Menon

Chief Marketing Officer, Veranda Learning Solutions

Prakash Sankaranarayanan

Co - Founder & CMO, @The Idea Factory

CVL Srinivas

Country Manager - WPP India

Srinivasan K Swamy

Chairman - R K Swamy Hansa Group

Partho Dasgupta

CEO - BARC India

B Srinivasan

MD - Vikatan Group

Pankaj Krishna

Founder & CEO - Chrome DM

Avinash Kaul

CEO & MD - Network 18 & A+E Networks - TV 18

Navaneeth L V

CEO, Hindu Group

Pradeep Hejmadi

CEO - Aidem Venture

Vishnu Mohta

Founder & CEO - Hoichoi

Sanjay Reddy

Founder – Sillymonks Entertainment

Kishan Kumar

Vice President – Wavemaker

Senthil Kumar

Chief Creative Officer - Wunderman Thompson India

Mahesh Anand

President - Nippon Paints

Anirudh Pandita

Founder - Pocket Aces

Aarti Iyer

Head Marketing - Unibic Foods

Abhinav

CEO - Asianet News Media and Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.

Sumanth Sudarshan

Head of Marketing - Acer India

Prashant Deshpande

Head - Marketing at Kurlon Enterprise Ltd

Dilip Venkatraman

Founder & CEO - VideoTap

Sunder Muthuraman

CEO APAC and Global Chief Client Officer, Analytics Practice - Kantar

Venkatesh Adavi

Vice President - Monetization Strategy - Dailyhunt

LEADER SPEAK 2ND EDITION

What is our Goal

How you transform your business as technology, consumer, habits industry dynamic s change? Find out from those leading the charge.

STRAIGHT TALK 2022 Agenda

10.05 AM
Inauguration

Straight Talk

Inauguration

10.05 - 10.25 AM
Individual Knowledge Session

Straight Talk

Individual Knowledge Session

Monaz Todywalla – Vice-President, Wavemaker India: ''Market Share Vs Mind Share? What is critical for Regional Brands in Cash Strapped and Competitive Economy ?"

10.25 - 10.45 AM
Individual Knowledge Session

Straight Talk

Individual Knowledge Session

Vikram Thanna - Head of Advertising Sales & Business Head of Regional Clusters, South Asia at Discovery Inc:

Key Note on “Regional Content: Driving Relevance in an Evolving Regional Content Ecosystem”

10.45 - 11.00 AM
Individual Knowledge Session

Straight Talk

Individual Knowledge Session

Anup Chandrasekharan - Business Head, Colors Tamil: ''Television Content With Purpose "

11.00 - 11.30 AM
Fire Side Chat

Straight Talk

Fire Side Chat

Varun Pothy - Director, Pothys in Conversation with Shriram Sanjeevi – Founder, Miles2Go, Consulting Services: ''Integrating Brands into Culture"

11.30 - 11.45 AM
Tea Break

Straight Talk

Tea Break

11.45 - 12.45 PM
Panel Discussion

Straight Talk

Panel Discussion

On “Is it Time for Retail Brands to shift from creating 360-degree Campaigns to Creating 365 Days experience?”

  • Rajendra Prasad - General Manager, Wavemaker Chennai
  • C.K.Kumaravelu - CEO & Co Founder, Naturals Saloon & Spa
  • Rahul Row - CMO & Head of Sales, GoColors
  • B.S.Vishal - Vice President Marketing, Viveks
  • Sandeep Gupta – DGM Marketing Personel Care TTK Healthcare

Moderator – Shriram Sanjeevi – Founder Miles2Go, Consulting Service

12.45 - 01.00 PM
Individual Knowledge Session

Straight Talk

Individual Knowledge Session

N.Sugumar – Executive Director, Top Anil Marketing Company: ''Challenges of Building a brand from the hinterland"

01.00 - 02.00 PM
Lunch Break

Straight Talk

Lunch Break

02.00 - 02.20 PM
Individual Knowledge Session

Straight Talk

Individual Knowledge Session

Majid Khan – Chief Business Strategist, Ananda Vikatan: ''Decoding Digital Tamil Nadu"

02.20 - 03.10 PM
Panel Discussion

Straight Talk

Panel Discussion

On “Reinventing Cinema as a Medium and Leveraging its reach and Impact”

  • Dhananjayan – Founder, BOFTA
  • Suresh Kalpathi - Chairman & CEO
  • Sab John Edathattil
 - Screen Writer
  • Muni Kannaiya – Independent Consultant Cinema Screens

Moderator – A.J Christopher – Founder Nimbuzz Consulting

03.15 - 03.45 PM
Individual Knowledge Session

Straight Talk

Individual Knowledge Session

Nandita Raman - Associate Vice President - SEO & Content Marketing, Social Street : "Regional Content = More Customers!!!"

03.45 - 04.05 PM
Individual Knowledge Session

Straight Talk

Individual Knowledge Session

Blessings A Manigandan – CEO, Tony & GUY: "Understanding the Millenials - Lessons from Lifestyle Consumption"

04.15 - 04.30 PM
Tea / Coffee Break

Straight Talk

Tea / Coffee Break

04.30 - 05.30 PM
Panel Discussion

Straight Talk

Panel Discussion

On “Purpose led Communication? Is it time for Regional & Retail brands to jump into it?”

  • Dr. SakthiVel - Managing Director, Challege Ads
  • Abhishek Shah – Founder, be positive 24
  • Sharath – General Manager, ARS Steel
  • Bupesh Nagaraj – Founder Indira Projects
  • Kavitha Ganesan - Head – Brand Marketing TVS eurogrip
  • Antony Savio.P – Senior Brand Manager, TTK Healthcare

Moderator – Sathish Anbarasan - Founder, AKKU

05.30 - 06.15 PM
Fire Side Chat

Straight Talk

Fire Side Chat

Ma Foi K.Pandiarajan - Hon’ble Minister for Tamil Official Language, Tamil Culture and Archeology (Government of Tamil Nadu) in conversation with K Ramakrishnan - Senior Managing Director, Strategic Relationships at Spark Capital Advisors (India) Pvt. Ltd ''Building, creating value & pivoting a brand in an uncharted business - Dynamics & Challenges"

10.05 AM
Inauguration

Straight Talk

Inauguration

10.05 - 10.25 AM
Individual Knowledge Session

Straight Talk

Individual Knowledge Session

Monaz Todywalla – Vice-President, Wavemaker India: ''Market Share Vs Mind Share? What is critical for Regional Brands in Cash Strapped and Competitive Economy ?"

10.25 - 10.45 AM
Individual Knowledge Session

Straight Talk

Individual Knowledge Session

Vikram Thanna - Head of Advertising Sales & Business Head of Regional Clusters, South Asia at Discovery Inc:

Key Note on “Regional Content: Driving Relevance in an Evolving Regional Content Ecosystem”

10.45 - 11.00 AM
Individual Knowledge Session

Straight Talk

Individual Knowledge Session

Anup Chandrasekharan - Business Head, Colors Tamil: ''Television Content With Purpose "

11.00 - 11.30 AM
Fire Side Chat

Straight Talk

Fire Side Chat

Varun Pothy - Director, Pothys in Conversation with Shriram Sanjeevi – Founder, Miles2Go, Consulting Services: ''Integrating Brands into Culture"

11.30 - 11.45 AM
Tea Break

Straight Talk

Tea Break

11.45 - 12.45 PM
Panel Discussion

Straight Talk

Panel Discussion

On “Is it Time for Retail Brands to shift from creating 360-degree Campaigns to Creating 365 Days experience?”

  • Rajendra Prasad - General Manager, Wavemaker Chennai
  • C.K.Kumaravelu - CEO & Co Founder, Naturals Saloon & Spa
  • Rahul Row - CMO & Head of Sales, GoColors
  • B.S.Vishal - Vice President Marketing, Viveks
  • Sandeep Gupta – DGM Marketing Personel Care TTK Healthcare

Moderator – Shriram Sanjeevi – Founder Miles2Go, Consulting Service

12.45 - 01.00 PM
Individual Knowledge Session

Straight Talk

Individual Knowledge Session

N.Sugumar – Executive Director, Top Anil Marketing Company: ''Challenges of Building a brand from the hinterland"

01.00 - 02.00 PM
Lunch Break

Straight Talk

Lunch Break

02.00 - 02.20 PM
Individual Knowledge Session

Straight Talk

Individual Knowledge Session

Majid Khan – Chief Business Strategist, Ananda Vikatan: ''Decoding Digital Tamil Nadu"

02.20 - 03.10 PM
Panel Discussion

Straight Talk

Panel Discussion

On “Reinventing Cinema as a Medium and Leveraging its reach and Impact”

  • Dhananjayan – Founder, BOFTA
  • Suresh Kalpathi - Chairman & CEO
  • Sab John Edathattil
 - Screen Writer
  • Muni Kannaiya – Independent Consultant Cinema Screens

Moderator – A.J Christopher – Founder Nimbuzz Consulting

03.15 - 03.45 PM
Individual Knowledge Session

Straight Talk

Individual Knowledge Session

Nandita Raman - Associate Vice President - SEO & Content Marketing, Social Street : "Regional Content = More Customers!!!"

03.45 - 04.05 PM
Individual Knowledge Session

Straight Talk

Individual Knowledge Session

Blessings A Manigandan – CEO, Tony & GUY: "Understanding the Millenials - Lessons from Lifestyle Consumption"

04.15 - 04.30 PM
Tea / Coffee Break

Straight Talk

Tea / Coffee Break

04.30 - 05.30 PM
Panel Discussion

Straight Talk

Panel Discussion

On “Purpose led Communication? Is it time for Regional & Retail brands to jump into it?”

  • Dr. SakthiVel - Managing Director, Challege Ads
  • Abhishek Shah – Founder, be positive 24
  • Sharath – General Manager, ARS Steel
  • Bupesh Nagaraj – Founder Indira Projects
  • Kavitha Ganesan - Head – Brand Marketing TVS eurogrip
  • Antony Savio.P – Senior Brand Manager, TTK Healthcare

Moderator – Sathish Anbarasan - Founder, AKKU

05.30 - 06.15 PM
Fire Side Chat

Straight Talk

Fire Side Chat

Ma Foi K.Pandiarajan - Hon’ble Minister for Tamil Official Language, Tamil Culture and Archeology (Government of Tamil Nadu) in conversation with K Ramakrishnan - Senior Managing Director, Strategic Relationships at Spark Capital Advisors (India) Pvt. Ltd ''Building, creating value & pivoting a brand in an uncharted business - Dynamics & Challenges"

10.05 AM
Inauguration

Straight Talk

Inauguration

10.05 - 10.25 AM
Individual Knowledge Session

Straight Talk

Individual Knowledge Session

Monaz Todywalla – Vice-President, Wavemaker India: ''Market Share Vs Mind Share? What is critical for Regional Brands in Cash Strapped and Competitive Economy ?"

10.25 - 10.45 AM
Individual Knowledge Session

Straight Talk

Individual Knowledge Session

Vikram Thanna - Head of Advertising Sales & Business Head of Regional Clusters, South Asia at Discovery Inc:

Key Note on “Regional Content: Driving Relevance in an Evolving Regional Content Ecosystem”

10.45 - 11.00 AM
Individual Knowledge Session

Straight Talk

Individual Knowledge Session

Anup Chandrasekharan - Business Head, Colors Tamil: ''Television Content With Purpose "

11.00 - 11.30 AM
Fire Side Chat

Straight Talk

Fire Side Chat

Varun Pothy - Director, Pothys in Conversation with Shriram Sanjeevi – Founder, Miles2Go, Consulting Services: ''Integrating Brands into Culture"

11.30 - 11.45 AM
Tea Break

Straight Talk

Tea Break

11.45 - 12.45 PM
Panel Discussion

Straight Talk

Panel Discussion

On “Is it Time for Retail Brands to shift from creating 360-degree Campaigns to Creating 365 Days experience?”

  • Rajendra Prasad - General Manager, Wavemaker Chennai
  • C.K.Kumaravelu - CEO & Co Founder, Naturals Saloon & Spa
  • Rahul Row - CMO & Head of Sales, GoColors
  • B.S.Vishal - Vice President Marketing, Viveks
  • Sandeep Gupta – DGM Marketing Personel Care TTK Healthcare

Moderator – Shriram Sanjeevi – Founder Miles2Go, Consulting Service

12.45 - 01.00 PM
Individual Knowledge Session

Straight Talk

Individual Knowledge Session

N.Sugumar – Executive Director, Top Anil Marketing Company: ''Challenges of Building a brand from the hinterland"

01.00 - 02.00 PM
Lunch Break

Straight Talk

Lunch Break

02.00 - 02.20 PM
Individual Knowledge Session

Straight Talk

Individual Knowledge Session

Majid Khan – Chief Business Strategist, Ananda Vikatan: ''Decoding Digital Tamil Nadu"

02.20 - 03.10 PM
Panel Discussion

Straight Talk

Panel Discussion

On “Reinventing Cinema as a Medium and Leveraging its reach and Impact”

  • Dhananjayan – Founder, BOFTA
  • Suresh Kalpathi - Chairman & CEO
  • Sab John Edathattil
 - Screen Writer
  • Muni Kannaiya – Independent Consultant Cinema Screens

Moderator – A.J Christopher – Founder Nimbuzz Consulting

03.15 - 03.45 PM
Individual Knowledge Session

Straight Talk

Individual Knowledge Session

Nandita Raman - Associate Vice President - SEO & Content Marketing, Social Street : "Regional Content = More Customers!!!"

03.45 - 04.05 PM
Individual Knowledge Session

Straight Talk

Individual Knowledge Session

Blessings A Manigandan – CEO, Tony & GUY: "Understanding the Millenials - Lessons from Lifestyle Consumption"

04.15 - 04.30 PM
Tea / Coffee Break

Straight Talk

Tea / Coffee Break

04.30 - 05.30 PM
Panel Discussion

Straight Talk

Panel Discussion

On “Purpose led Communication? Is it time for Regional & Retail brands to jump into it?”

  • Dr. SakthiVel - Managing Director, Challege Ads
  • Abhishek Shah – Founder, be positive 24
  • Sharath – General Manager, ARS Steel
  • Bupesh Nagaraj – Founder Indira Projects
  • Kavitha Ganesan - Head – Brand Marketing TVS eurogrip
  • Antony Savio.P – Senior Brand Manager, TTK Healthcare

Moderator – Sathish Anbarasan - Founder, AKKU

05.30 - 06.15 PM
Fire Side Chat

Straight Talk

Fire Side Chat

Ma Foi K.Pandiarajan - Hon’ble Minister for Tamil Official Language, Tamil Culture and Archeology (Government of Tamil Nadu) in conversation with K Ramakrishnan - Senior Managing Director, Strategic Relationships at Spark Capital Advisors (India) Pvt. Ltd ''Building, creating value & pivoting a brand in an uncharted business - Dynamics & Challenges"

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