Goafest 2014 announces their speaker line-up

The first list of speaker for the annual gathering of the advertising fraternity includes Preethi Mariappan, executive creative director, Razorfish (Germany); Melanie Varley, chief strategy officer, Global, MEC; Norm Johnson, chief digital officer, Mindshare; Alicia Souza, illustration designer/artist/ e-commerce entrepreneur; Shravan Kumaran and Sanjay Kumaran, youngest app developers in India; a group known as AIB (All India Bakchod); Devdutt Pattanaik, mythologist, author and leadership guru; and DK Hema and Hema Hari, founders, Bharathgyan.

Unlike previous editions, when the focus was on international speakers, this year’s Knowledge Seminars will have a good mix of international speakers, inspirational speakers, spiritual speakers and speakers on innovative aspects. These changes were based on the survey among Goafest delegates over the last three years.

Srinivasan Swamy, chairman, Goafest Committee said, “We are delighted that we have been able to get some very inspiring speakers on a cross section of subjects which delegates are normally not exposed to.”

Goafest is organised by Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAAI) along with The Advertising Club.