Everyone with a social media account can be a content creator, but only a few transition from creating to making a living from the content they produce. Digital creators and social media platforms present and discuss the two sides of this conversation.
| Speakers | Ajit Mohan, Satya Raghavan, Tanmay Bhat, Samir Bangara, Ashwin Suresh |
| Moderator | Ajay Nair |
As more brands utilise digital mediums to generate and present content worthy of “going viral”, they discuss what they are looking for, the monetisation opportunities they provide and how content creators can use a brand’s guidelines to their benefit.
| Speakers | Ashish Lingamneni, Mahesh Narayanan, Maneesha Khanna, Ashwath Swaminathan, Manav Sethi |
| Moderator | Arjun S Ravi |
Indie content creators discuss their process of creation, building their own brand, actively engaging their audience and the formats they employ; whether video, images, written posts, et al.
| Speakers | Arunabh Kumar, Rhea Gupte, Malini Agarwal |
| Moderator | Rega Jha |
When content is only measured by its share count, identifying trends and jumping on them is what differentiates one creator from another. This panel explores what the Indian internet is most excited to consume and how to give them just that.
| Speakers | Ritu Kapur, Nishant Radia, Sattvik Mishra |
| Moderator | Bianca Ghose |
The DIY guide to organising, promoting, ticketing and making a profit, whether you’re a comedian or an organiser.
| Speakers | Jeeveshu Ahluwalia, Ashish Shakya, Amar Agrawal, Daniel Fernandes |
| Moderator | Kunal Rao |
The President of Live Nation Comedy discusses the workings of the global comedy scene, touring the international circuit and how Indian comics can break through.
| Geof Wills in conversation with Vijay Nair |
There's more to a comedy than live shows. How comedians can create alternate revenue sources for themselves through brands, content, writing and other mediums.
| Speakers | Abish Mathew, Tanmay Bhat, Vikram Sathaye, Kanan Gill |
| Moderator | Ajay Nair |
Navigating creative, business, financial and personal branding choices; this panel tackles the benefits and drawbacks of working in a comedy collective vs going solo.
| Speakers | Radhika Vaz, Neville Shah, Kaneez Surka |
| Moderator | Rohan Joshi |
What does 'free speech' really mean when telling a joke can get you in trouble? What is allowed by law, what lines can you cross, how to step around the “offended” and what to do when the FIRs start coming in; this panel answers all.
| Speakers | Karuna Nundy, Samm Farai Monro aka Comrade Fatso, Gursimran Khamba, Jaideep Varma |
| Moderator | Rishi Majumder |
From big budget music festivals to smaller club shows, production heads, artists and designers talk about how artists, promoters and venues can create unique and innovative experiences at their gigs.
| Speakers | Deepak Gattani, Avinash Kumar, VJ KayCee, Raghu Dixit, Udyan Sagar (Nucleya) |
| Moderator | Dhruv Jagasia |
Hear about the importance of community in the evolving contemporary music landscape. The role that technology plays in developing audiences, building a sense of loyalty and running commercially successful businesses.
| Speakers | Raj Chaudhuri, Nikhil Barua, Ruth Daniel, Karan Singh, Dev Bhatia |
| Moderator | Munbir Chawla |
Talent managers talk about their evolving role in charting an artist’s career, factors that compel their creative direction and how Indian artists can break through into international territories.
| Speakers | Sumit Bothra, Stephen Budd, Josh Javor, Sonya Mazumdar, Laura Taylor |
| Moderator | Gaurav Vaz |
Entrepreneurs give you an honest and insightful look into different aspects of the music business.
| Speakers | Scott Cohen, Samara Chopra, Khodu Irani, Shreyas Srinivasan, Taru Dalmia |
Vishwesh Krishnamoorthy, Musician, in conversation with Music Producer Flood,the man behind the sound of artists such as U2, Depeche Mode, The Killers,PJ Harvey, Thirty Seconds to Mars, Warpaint, Nine Inch Nails, Sigur Rós, The Smashing Pumpkins, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Editor Amit Gurbaxani helps you create the best bio while photographer Naman Saraiya hooks you up with the perfect band shot you've always needed. You walk out with a ready press kit!
| Team | Amit Gurbaxani, Naman Saraiya |
Richard Nash talks about how to capture market space in the independent publishing industry, get writers on board and be identified in the traditional publishing market.
| Speakers | Richard Nash |
This panel explores current trends in reading and publishing across South Asia and how popular literature changes with the social backdrop of the region.
| Speakers | Ameena Saiyid, Kanak Dixit, Mahrukh Mohiuddin |
| Moderator | Urvashi Butalia |
Nermin Molloaglu, who almost single-handedly made Turkish literature available in different corners of the world, discusses the potential of foreign literature in untapped countries.
| Nermin Mollaoglu in conversation with Urvashi Butalia |
The significance of graphic novels and comics, their evolution and their universal appeal to people across age-groups; hear from some of the best in the business.
| Speakers | Vidyun Sabhaney & Sourav Dutta |
| Moderator | Vishwajyoti Ghosh |
This panel takes a look at how Indian language publishing has grown over the years, with a steady increase in their visibility aided by young writers, translations and literature festivals.
| Speakers | Rizio Yohannan Raj, Tultul Biswas, Kannan Sundaran, Manisha Chaudhry |
| Moderator | Somi Roy |
The extraordinary story of Baby Halder and how writing became her salvation, serving as a cathartic process but eventually putting her on best- seller lists.
| Baby Halder in conversation with Urvashi Butalia |
Industry mavericks discuss how online retailing and mobile publishing spurred the growth of the sector and the challenges that came along with it.
| Speakers | Anish Chandy, Malcom Neil, Vishal Anand |
| Moderator | Arpita Das |
Why should one self-publish and how do you go about it? Journalist Rana Ayyub, who self-published her book on Amit Shah and his role in Gujarat’s police world, takes you through her journey.
| Rana Ayyub in conversation with Arpita Das |
An interactive workshop with Kavi Bhansali on the fundamentals of digital video journalism for reporters and editors.
A look at the art of sportswriting through the journey of Cricinfo; one of the earliest success stories in digital sports media.
| Speakers | Sharda Ugra, Sambit Bal |
| Moderator | Supriya Nair |
Digital entrepreneurs and editors discuss business models, ratings and numbers, ideas for sustainable growth and the challenges that lie ahead.
| Speakers | Samir Patil, Nikhil Pahwa, Dhanya Rajendran |
| Moderator | Pragya Tiwari |
Padma Bhushan award-winner Shekhar Gupta takes centerstage to talk about his work in the field of journalism and reporting
The editors of India’s most influential front pages discuss the compulsions and interests that they must deal with to make the best daily news product.
| Speakers | Sonia Singh, Raj Kamal Jha, Meenal Baghel |
| Moderator | Amrita Tripathi |
Industry mavericks discuss how online retailing and mobile publishing spurred the growth of the sector and the challenges that come along with it.
| Speakers | Anish Chandy, Malcolm Neil, Vishal Anand |
| Moderator | Arpita Das |
Why should one self-publish and how do you go about it? Journalist Rana Ayyub, who self-published her book on Amit Shah and his role in Gujarat’s police world, takes you through her journey.
| Panelist | Rana Ayyub |
| Moderator | Arpita Das |
For young graduates interested in video game development, Nobert Cellior's session will take you through some of the courses available, opportunities in the gaming industry and how to make it a full-fledged career.
Discussing the dramatic growth of the Indian gaming industry and what the future holds for Indian gamers, developers and publishers.
| Speakers | Amit Goyal, Surojit Roy, Arvind Raja Yadav, Roby John |
| Moderator | Amitesh Rao |
T.L. Taylor analyses how and why E-Sports have quickly become one of the richest and most popular sporting competitions in the world.
Understanding the process behind creating the perfect pitch for your entertainment product and funding its launch.
| Speakers | Arvind Raja Yadav, Saurabh Aggarwal, Satish Kataria, Samir Bangara |
| Moderator | Laxmi Desai-Khanolkar |
The secret behind the success of social casino gaming and predictions for the billion dollar casino gaming market.
| Speakers | Rahul Bhardwaj, Manav Arya, Srikanth Reddy Peru |
| Moderator | Poornima Seetharaman |
From an idea to a game, from a game to a franchise, Angry Birds has taken over the world. Scaling and attempting to change the way the world sees a creative project, Anurag Sachdeva talks on how Angry Birds did it.
| Speakers | Sahil Mehta, Vaibhav Chhabra |
Many people talk about the maker movement being the spark for the next industrial revolution. We discuss what the movement is all about and its context in India.
| Speakers | Tudor Tarlev, Kshitij Marwah, Suvarchala Narayanan |
| Moderator | Allan Rodrigues |
Discussing intellectual property and the pros and cons of Open Sourcing vs Patenting ideas.
| Speakers | Neeraj Gupta, Anool Mahidharia, Rahul Goel |
| Moderator | Madanmohan Rao |
Tudor Tarlev talks about his prolific journey as a maker.
Thought leaders from the industry discuss the business of creativity- its impact, the need and demand, how the maker movement effects existing industries and where the movement is headed.
| Speakers | Anirudh Sharma, Anna Warrington |
| Moderator | Allan Rodrigues |
Dhairya Pujara, Founder of Ycenter discusses his maker philosophy with us.
The 21st century increasingly demands alternate education in order to appeal to a wider variety of students. The panel will discuss how different education techniques across the country have been implemented.
| Speakers | Meghna Bhutoria, Dhairya Pujara, Premankan Seal, Vaibhav Chhabra, Prashant Venkatasubban |
| Moderator | Tudor Tarlev |
Understand how art residencies create platforms for creativity and experimentation and their importance in shaping careers.
| Speakers | Saloni Doshi, Sitara Chowfla, Ratna Khanna, Suresh Jayaram |
| Moderator | Bhavna Kakar |
A glimpse of what working in the art world entails including opportunities as cultural programmers, critics and artists.
| Speakers | Andrea Fernandes, Poonam Jain, Rosalyn D'Mello, Sairandhri Raut |
| Moderator | Elise Foster Vander Elst |
The Bangladeshi photographer and activist, Shahidul Alam speaks about the power of photography in bringing about social change.
An exploration of how art can be made accessible to a wider audience, its potential to break barriers of language and class and the future of urban art in India.
| Speakers | Hanif Kureshi, Dr. David Osrin, Shilo Shiv Suleman |
| Moderator | Benita Fernando |
Renowned photographers discuss how they built their careers, what motivates them and the power of photography to preserve the past, document the present and change the future.
| Speakers | Nishant Shukla, Chirodeep Chaudhuri, Anusha Yadav |
| Moderator | Elise Foster Vander Elst |
Ayaz Basrai introduces the concepts and considerations that go into delivering a memorable culinary experience that goes beyond what is on your plate.
Entrepreneurs share their thoughts on the growing pains of pursuing a scalable, sustainable business with design products in India.
| Speakers | Rajat Tuli, Ajay Shah |
| Moderator | Harsh Purohit |
Amardeep Behl walks us through his discovery of the ‘Indian’ narrative in his work and its significance in telling stories that are evocative and relevant.
Addressing challenges and opportunities for all sizes and types of design studios, this panel discusses how scale impacts delivery, quality, and growth.
| Speakers | Amit Krishn Gulati, Emilia Bergmans, Kriti Monga |
| Moderator | Harsh Purohit |
Discussing the need for a shift from traditional feedback and pitch models, to participatory and insightful client-designer dialogue as a differentiator for businesses.
| Speakers | Samrat Som, Madhav Raman, Anthony Lopez |
| Moderator | Rajesh Dahiya |
Going out for a meal no longer involves just table reservations or sit-down dinners as the food industry expands to include food trucks, pop-up restaurants and home chefs.
| Speakers | Vikrant Misra, Paresh Chhabria, Chaitanya Mathur, Anoothi Vishal |
| Moderator | Insia Lacewalla |
Chef Garima Arora, previously of Noma, Denmark and currently from Gaggan, Bangkok, tells us what it’s like to be in the kitchen of the world’s best restaurants.
From food delivery and listing apps to curated recipes and home-chef services; we discuss business models and the scope for growth in this fast- paced industry.
| Speakers | Bal Di Ghent, Alok Jain, Sahil Jain, Aman Gupta, Pramod Rao |
| Moderator | Anand Lunia |
A simple guide to starting and running your own restaurant from the ground up.
| Speakers | Riyaaz Amlani, Thomas Fenn, Karishma Dalal, Arjun Sagar Gupta |
| Moderator | Karen Anand |
Five women take us through their journey of making it in the male-driven hospitality industry.
| Speakers | Pooja Dhingra, Naina De Bois-Juzan, Kainaz Contractor, Shobita Kadan |
| Moderator | Deepali Gupta |
Pablo Naranjo Agular and Saransh Goila whip up a quick dish as they take us through their culinary journey.
Restaurants are moving away from traditional drinks to create inventive alcoholic beverages. In this panel, we discuss new-age breweries, mixology and other successful innovations.
| Speakers | Suketu Talekar, Yangdup Lama, Aneesh Bhasin |
| Moderator | Pankil Shah |
Discover how to harness your USP, bring consistency to your product and content, and navigate social media to make your mark in the fashion world.
| Speakers | Deep Kailey, Vandana Verma, Cheryl-Ann Couto |
| Moderator | Malika V Kashyap |
As more and more fashion retail moves online, we discuss buyer behaviour, design and user interface, the importance of an editorial voice and how to create a loyal customer base.
| Speakers | Puneet Chawla, Pernia Qureshi, Raul R Rai |
| Moderator | Sonam Savlani |
Sustainability in fashion; what it means, what are the challenges labels face and how to balance your ethics with the commerce of it.
| Speakers | Jitendra Kumar, David Abraham, Rashmi Varma, Anita Dongre |
| Moderator | Shefalee Vasudev |
Styling, photography, make up and modelling: we discuss the skills and opportunities available for those indispensable individuals helping make fashion look good.
| Speakers | Mark Luburic, Elton Fernandez, R. Burman |
| Moderator | Nidhi Jacob |
What does the future look like for artists and entrepreneurs across creative fields? Where is the music, comedy, publishing, F&B and digital content business headed? Our expert panel discuss industry-wide practises and evolving trends in each field.
| Speakers | Geof Wills, Richard Nash, Riyaaz Amlani, Scott Cohen, T. L. Taylor |
| Moderator | Vijay Nair |
| 11:00 am | Opening speech on Culture, Languages and Tourism by Minister Kapil Mishra |
| 11:10 am | Making Business Easy and Awesome by Roshan Shankar |
| 11:15 am | Making Delhi a world-class Tourist and Event Destination by Rahul Bhasin |
| 11:20 am | Keynote Speech by CM Arvind Kejriwal |
From finance to fashion, technology to chocolate, it’s no longer a moonshot idea to imagine that your business can change the world. But in reality, can a business keep social purpose at its core and still scale up in a competitive environment?
| Speakers | Jane Mason, Kunal Shah, Prukalpa Sankar, Shyam Sukhramani, Florian Klaass |
| Moderator | Vijay Nair |
- Adam Weber & Jimmy Goldblum “Tomorrow We Disappear”
- Deepak Ramola, "Let's Happen to this World"
- Abish Mathew, “Mom, Dad, I want to be an Artist”
- Roshan Abbas, "The Power of Yes"
How brand stories come alive through different art forms like music, comedy, design, radio and gaming.
| Speakers | Neelesh Misra, Arunabh Kumar, Sanket Avlani, Amitesh Rao |
| Moderator | Rohan Joshi |
Comedy Collective All India Bakchod talks to actors, directors and producers to crack the ultimate code: how to “make it” in Bollywood.
| Speakers | Anurag Kashyap, Richa Chadha, Neil Bhoopalam, Hussain Dalal |
- From An Idea To A Business (Soumitra Bhat) - How To Build Your Creative Business Plan (Nishant Bhaskar, Godrej Labs) - How To Crowdfund Your Creative Idea (Anshulika Dubey) - The Art Of Selling & Negotiating (Ajit Mohan, Hotstar; Roshan Abbas, Geometry Global Encompass Network; Ajay Nair, OML) - Learn Everything You Need To Know About Taxes (Desai & Kinare Chartered Accountants)
- Crisis Management (Vijay Nair, OML) - How To Use Open Data To Market Your Business (Christine Garcia, SocialCops) - Storytelling & Pr For Start-ups (Parekhit Bhattarcharjee, StepUp) - Basics Of Booking Talent (Josh Javor, X-Ray Touring)
Managing, mothering and marketing creative talent, artist managers get down to the brass tacks.
| Speakers | Sumit Bothra, Stephen Budd, Vijay Subramaniam, Tarsame Mittal, Laura Taylor |
| Moderator | Vijay Nair |
Funding start ups as a partner at Trinity Ventures, supporting the UN Foundation’s Girl Up Campaign and charting Priyanka Chopra’s Hollywood, it’s all in a day’s work for this extraordinary woman.
| Anjula Acharia-Bath in conversation with Vijay Nair |
How to take an independent movie from inception to release. Indian and international filmmakers discuss the process of producing, marketing and distributing an indie film.
| Speakers | Guneet Monga, Anadil Hossain, Vivek Gomber, Jimmy Goldblum, Fazeelat Aslam |
| Moderator | Pragya Tiwari |
Heads of India’s biggest start ups discuss collaborating and working with the creative industry in an off-the-cuff chat.
| Speakers | Vijay Shekhar, Ritesh Agarwal, Priya Paul, Sachin Bhatia |