The NABShow 2008 to hold a Super Session on ‘India Entertainment’ April 09, 08 The NABShow 2008, which will be held at Las Vegas from April 11- 17, 2008, will feature an India Entertainment Super Session on April 16. The session would have some eminent speakers like Sunil Lulla, CEO, Alva Brothers; Jagdish Kumar, COO, Star India; AP Parigi, Managing Director & CEO, Entertainment Network (India) Ltd; Anurag Batra, promoter & CEO, exchange4media; Ken Naz, President-Americas, Eros International; and Zohra Chatterj ....
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8.30 – 9.30 am : Registration & Coffee
9.30 – 9.45 am : Welcome Address by Mr. Bahubali Shah, INS President Followed by lighting of the lamp
9.45 - 10.00 am : Address by Mr. Anurag Batra – Editor-in-chief, exchange4media group on the relevance of Newspaper Congress
10:00 - 10:40 am : Keynote address
10:45 –11.15 am : Coffee Break
Time Session Moderator* Panelists*
11:15-12:30 pm Audiences – are they still glued to newspapers? How do newspapers and news organisations re-invent themselves in the convergence era? Govindraj Ethiraj, UTV Mr. Rajdeep Sardesai, CNN-IBN
& IBN 7
Ms. Lynn De’Souza, Lintas
Mr. Sam Balsara, Madison
Communications
Mr. Tariq Ansari, Mid-Day
Mr. Tarun Tejpal - Tehelka
Mr. Vinay Chhjajlani, Nai Duniya
Mr. Harindra Singh, Percept
Holdings Mr. V Ramachandran, LG
Ms. Anisha Motwani, Max New
York Life Insurance
12:30–1:45 pm The power of regional Newspapers . Mr. Bharat
Kapadia, Jagran
18
Ms. Ambika Srivastava, Zenith
Optimedia
Mr. Amit Chopra, Punjab Kesari
Mr. Jayant Mathew, Malayala
Manorama
Mr. Rishi Darda, Lokmat
Mr. Kumar Ketkar, Loksatta
Ms. Mrinal Pande, Himdustan
Mr. Hemant Mallik,ITC

1:45–2:30 pm Lunch
Time Session Moderator* Panelists*
2:30-4:00 pm Are we headed for a
free newspaper era?
Mr. Pramath Raj
Sinha, 9.9 Media
Mr. Hormusji Cama. Bombay
Samachar
Mr. PN Balji, Today Newspaper
Mr. Vikram Sakhuja, Group M
Ms. Paulomi Dhawan,
Raymonds
Chandan Mitra, Pioneer
Mr Shishir Joshi , Mid-Day
Mr. Shashi Sinha, Universal
Lodestar
4:00-5:00 pm Research Surveys - Are
they catalyst in growth
of newspapers or a
hindrance ?
Mr. NP
Satyamurthy,
Initiative Media
Mr. Partha Rakshit, AC Nielsen
Mr. Ashok Das, Hansa Research
Mr. Amit Ray, Bag Films
Mr. Atul Maheshwari, Amar Ujala
Mr. Dupinder Sandhu,
Pantaloons
Ms. Sabina Solomon, MRUC
Mr. I Venkat, Nimmagadda
Foundation
Mr. Praveen Tripathi, Hansa
Consulting
Mr. Chandradeep Mitra, OMS
5:30–6:00 pm Coffee Break
Time Session Moderator* Panelists*
6:00 - 7:15pm CEO Conclave Mr. Pradeep
Guha, Zee
Network and Past
President INS
Mr. Ashish Bagga, India Today
Mr. Rajiv Verma, Hindustan Times
Mr. Ravi Dhariwal, Bennett and
Coleman
Mr. Shekhar Gupta, Indian Express
Mr. Sanjay Gupta, Jagran Prakashan
Mr. Sarmad Ali, Jang
Newspaper
Mr. K U Rao, DNA
7:15pm – 7:45pm: Vote of Thanks – by Mr. Paresh Nath, Deputy President, INS
8:00pm onwards: Cocktails followed by Dinner


 
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