Goafest 2019: Speakers announced

The list of speakers for Goafest 2019 have been announced. 

 

The three-day festival that begins on 11 April 2019 will feature names such as Gordon Bowen, Madonna Badger, Matt Eastwood, Virender Sehwag, Pankaj Tripathi, Kalki Koechlin, Siddhant Chaturvedi, Navi Radjou and more.

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Nakul Chopra, chairman, Goafest 2019, said “At Goafest our aim has been to create a platform that provides learning, inspiration, collaboration and celebration. Content is the heart of the festival. Jaideep and his team have laboured from August last year to put up this stellar list of speakers. I am sure all delegates – especially the young guns – will have a lot to learn and be inspired from.”        

 

Jaideep Gandhi, chairman industry conclave and knowledge seminars, said, “Every year we try and bring an array of speakers that will provide a window to the current global perspectives in our ever-changing industry. As we do, to bring speakers, from allied fields and other arenas like sports who can inspire our young talent. I am confident that this year too the width and depth of our speaker panel will cover all of these facets.”

 

Here's the full list of speakers:

• Madonna Badger, chief creative officer/founder, Badger and Winters
• Harshwardhansinh Zala, founder and CEO, Aerobotics7
• Barry Wacksman, vice chairman and global chief strategy officer, R/GA
• Gordon Bowen, founder and global chairman, McGarryBowen
• Lt. Gen. DS Hooda, Indian Army
• Virender Sehwag, Former Indian cricketer
• Kalki Koechlin, actor
• Siddhant Chaturvedi, actor 
• Phil Kemish, co-founder, Disrupt Media
• Mary Kom, boxer
• Navi Radjou, author 
• Jaideep Prabhu, author
• Noelle LaCharite, director, developer evangelism dev collective, Microsoft
• Matt Eastwood, global chief creative officer, McCann Health 
• Ambarish Mitra, CEO and founder, Blippar
• Pankaj Tripathi, actor
• Dr. A. Velumani, creator and managing director, Thyrocare
• Vijay Sharma, associate director, brand marketing and head digital media, Flipkart
• Achint Setia, vice president, marketing, Myntra
• Ravi Desai, director, mass and brand marketing, Amazon