Goafest 2009 is back!!!!! Knowledge Sharing, Great Learning, Renowned International speakers and muc
Added: (Thu Feb 26 2009)
Pressbox (Press Release) -
The Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAAI) and The Advertising Club Bombay today announced the commencement of Goafest 2009. Currently in its fourth year, Goafest 2009 will kick off on the 2nd April and will go on till the 4th of April ‘09 at the Cavelossim beach, Goa. The Goafest 2009 Chairman is Colvyn Harris, CEO, JWT India. The committee is co-chaired by Shashi Sinha, CEO- Lodestar Universal and Suman Srivastava, CEO, Euro RSCG. The other key members of the Goafest committee are Madhukar Kamath, President- Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAAI) & MD& CEO Mudra Group , Bhaskar Das, President, The Advertising Club Bombay & Executive President Benett & Coleman, Ajay Chandwani, Director, Percept/H and Subhash Kamath, Managing Partner, BBH India.
Speaking on the occasion Mr. Colvyn Harris, Chairman, Goafest 2009, said “Goafest provides an unparalleled platform for the Indian Advertising industry to celebrate our work and people. The scale of arrangements, celebrations and list of international speakers is only getting better with each passing year. This year the focus will be on the Knowledge & Learning seminars and we have some internationally famous legends from the global advertising world speaking at the three-day festival.”
The Industry Leadership Conclave and Knowledge & Learning seminars:
Goafest 2009 will see the coming together of the advertising fraternity discussing the issues that are most important and relevant in today’s day and age. The Industry Leadership Conclave will be held on 2nd April 2009, the theme for this year - “This is too Good a recession to waste”. The industry should come together to deliberate on the issues facing the industry and therefore chart a way by which marketing and advertising can play a role in this current market slowdown.
The Knowledge & Learning seminars will be held on 3rd and 4th April, 2009.
Keynote Speakers
The key speakers include:
Sir John Hegarty, BBH
Bob Scarpelli, DDB
Jean-Marie Dru, TBWA
Additionally, Goafest 2009 also expects participation from other leading national and international speakers, which will be announced shortly.
Registration
The registration for participation opens on the 1st of March ‘09 and will close on the 25th of March 2009. The registration for entries can be done by logging on to www.goafest.com
Participation fees
The participation fees for Goafest 2009 this year have been reduced. Goafest 2009 endeavours to motivate young members in the fraternity and keeping this in mind, this year too, the under- 30’s participation is being encouraged by offering a special price. The delegates in the Under- 30 years category limited to 1000 will pay Rs 4500/- and fees for over 30 years category will be Rs 9000/-
The ABBY Awards
Media Abby Awards to be held on 3rd April 2009 will have the best brands from across India fighting for top honours. The entries will be judged by a jury of India’s best and brightest.
Creative Abby Awards which recognizes creative excellence, wii be judged by jury of the best from the advertising and communications industry. The Awards are meant for those responsible for the creative work-as seen by the clients. The categories will be in the field of print, film, radio, out-of home and integrated advertising. The Creative Abby Awards will be held on 4th April 2009.
About Goafest:
India’s only truly national advertising awards festival, organized by the AAAI in association with The Advertising Club Bombay, will offer a unique opportunity for all marketing & advertising professionals to meet and celebrate great work.
About Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAAI):
The Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAAI) is the official, national organization of advertising agencies, formed in 1945, to promote their interests. The Association promotes professionalism, through its founding principles, which uphold sound business practices between advertisers and advertising agencies and each of the various media. The AAAI today is truly representative, with a very large number of small, medium and large-sized agencies as its members, who together account for almost 80% of the advertising business placed in the country. It is thus recognized as the apex body of the advertising industry at all forums – advertisers, media owners and associations, and even Government, as the spokesperson for the advertising industry. Only such agencies that are independent, unbiased, objective, committed to advertising, ethically operated, financially sound and who offer professionalism and expertise in order to fulfill their obligations to consumers, advertisers and media are accepted as a members of AAAI
About The Advertising Club Bombay:
The Advertising Club Bombay, which was incorporated in the year 1954, is arguably the biggest Advertising Club of its kind in the world. It has over 1600 members from the Advertising, Marketing, Public Relations, Media and Research fraternity.
The Ad Club’s endeavour is to “Help raise the professional standards of the Indian Advertising Industry”, and the Club attempts to do this through awards, seminars, meetings and more.
Besides the ABBYs, EFFIEs, EMVIEs, Ad Review, Media Review, M.Ad Quiz and Young Achievers’ Awards, the Ad Club is also involved in a number of other activities. Over the years, Ad Club has become a catalyst in developing the industry. It routinely organizes CEP Workshops and events for industry professionals and students. It has become a dynamic platform for professionals from different fields to interact and gain from each other’s expertise. This is a Club that maintains a high level of activity and, unlike other clubs, has no bars!