Goafest 2025 reveals line-up of industry leaders and celebrities for the show

The annual advertising, media, and marketing festival, Goafest 2025's organisers have announced the list of top industry leaders and celebrities who will attend the show this year. Co-hosted by The Advertising Agencies Association of India and The Advertising Club, the 18th edition of South Asia’s biggest creative festival will be held at the Taj Cidade de Goa Heritage and Horizon, Goa from May 21 to 23, 2025. The theme of the event this year is ‘IGNITE ____’. Amazon MX Player is the Title Sponsor of the upcoming event.

Commenting on the broad theme of Goafest 2025, Anupriya Acharya, South Asia CEO, Publicis Groupe and the immediate past president of The Advertising Agencies Association of India, said, “This year, we have designed the festival in a manner that delivers conversations that matter. Every session has been thoughtfully curated to offer value, be it through fresh perspectives, actionable insights, or future-facing ideas.”

Goafest 2025 will be attended by industry leaders including Rishad Tobaccowala, Youri Guerassimov (Marcel), Prasoon Joshi, Amarjit Singh Batra (Spotify), Geetika Mehta (Nivea), Vikram Mehra (Saregama), Karan Bedi (Amazon MX Player), PG Aditiya (Talented), Tejas Apte (HUL), Ankit Desai (Marico), Shubhranshu Singh (Tata Motors), Rajeev Jain (DS Group), Ajay Kakar (Adani Group), Arjun Choudhary (Swiggy), Sanket Prakash Tulangekar (MMT), Pragya Bijalwan (Voltas), Kanika Anand (Airtel), Aruna Daryanani (Amazon MX Player), Darshana Shah (Aditya Birla Capital), Satya Raghavan (Google), Ajit Verghese (JioStar), Bobby Pawar, Sonal Dabral, Rathi Gangappa (Starcom), Rashmi Sehgal (Zenith), Lulu Raghwan (Landor), Rajdeepak Das (Publicis), Deepak Dhar (Banijay), Yash Chopra (Amazon MX Player), Biprorshee Das (WARC), Sujeet Kulkarni (Andersen), Karthi Marshan, Nisha Singhania (Infectious), Rubeena Singh, Shekhar Narayanaswami (Times Innovative), Sandeep Bommireddy (Adonmo), and Promita Saha (Karukrit).

In addition, cricket legend and India Team Coach, Gautam Gambhir, and Bollywood celebrities including Kareena Kapoor Khan, Suniel Shetty, Jaideep Ahlawat, Vijay Varma, Vivek Anchalia, Luke Coutinho, and Ram Madhvani will be present at Goafest 2025. The event will also feature a live performance by Mika Singh. This year’s event will also introduce a new format, ‘Goafest Village’ featuring multiple stages and experiences, including advertising plays, advertising rocks, and GoaFresh.

The event will have Masterclass sessions featuring a diverse set of industry leaders, including Nick Eagleton (D&AD), Senthil Kumar (VML), Vara Prasad (ITC), Krishnendu Dutta (Ipsos), Jayesh Moorjani (Google), Jayant Rajan (Meta), Gowthaman Ragothaman, Shahad Anand (Media Kart), Amogh Dusad, Anoop Menon (Meta), Debapriya Dutt (Earthday.org), and Karuna Singh (Earthday.org).

Rohit Ohri, creative mentor, Goafest 2025, said, “Goafest has stood for creativity that breaks boundaries. With ‘IGNITE ____’ as our theme, we are spotlighting voices that inspire change and fuel bold thinking. This year’s line-up is designed to ignite new possibilities.”

Further details about the festival can be found at Goafest.com.