Speakers
Blake Chandlee is VP & Commercial Director, EMEA, at Facebook where he is responsible for the commercial sales and sales support teams designed to expand Facebook’s EMEA presence and relevance within the overall marketing community.
Prior to Facebook, Blake worked at Yahoo! UK Ltd, where he was Commercial Director, UK and played an instrumental role in setting the strategic direction of the organization and managing the various sales teams calling on agencies and clients in the UK marketplace.
Ganesh Kumar Bangah is the Group CEO of MOL Global as well as the CEO for MOL AccesPortal and Friendster. Earlier this year, Ganesh led MOL Global in the acquisition of Friendster, the pioneer in social networking.
Pooja is a Regional Brand Manager with P&G in Singapore. Her work with P&G spans brand management, new brand development and channel marketing. Currently she is responsible for Pampers in South East Asia. 
Brian Solis is globally recognized as one of the most prominent thought leaders and published authors in new media. A digital analyst, sociologist, and futurist, Solis has influenced the effects of emerging media on the convergence of marketing, communications, and publishing. He is principal of FutureWorks, an award-winning New Media agency in Silicon Valley,
As Asia-Pacific director of 360 Digital Influence for Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide, Thomas Crampton heads a team stretching across 23 cities in 15 Asian territories that helps companies conceive, develop and execute strategies in Social Media.
Prior to joining Ogilvy, Mr. Crampton spent 18 years as a globetrotting newspaper correspondent, mainly for the International Herald Tribune and The New York Times, reporting from five continents and dozens of countries.
Making women all over the world look and feel beautiful. Reynold is responsible for global brand strategy, innovation, advertising and communication development for the core product range of Pond’s – Unilever’s leading beauty & face care brand. He has been responsible for a range of global brand campaigns from straightforward functional ads to integrated campaigns with retail theatre, digital engagement and PR. He has led global and regional brand innovation for skin care and home care brands of Unilever.
Kyle Kim has 13 years extensive experience in all aspects of product management in social media industry. He has strong, professional and innovative background in strategic planning, product design and product management regarding the social media. He is currently leading Cyworld/NATE open platform team at SK Communications in Korea to accomplish goals and mission.
Robbie Hills is recognized as one of the region’s most authoritative digital marketing experts.
Lito’s scope of responsibility spans 12 countries within the region, and covers Advertising, Events Management, CRM, Product and Price Planning, and Training and Development. He was previously involved in public relations with a strong background in crisis management and political strategy in the Philippines. 
Robert Goldberg is Zynga's SVP of Corporate Development. He brings over 25 years of senior management experience at industry leading media, e-commerce, enterprise software companies and venture capital firms, including Idealab and NBCi.
Having worked both in the agency and in-house across Asia Pacific over the past 10 years, he brings with him a wealth of experience in providing practical marketing solutions that prove to be smart investments for businesses that he has consulted with. His diverse experience includes working with industries like IT, Petroleum, Banks, Alcoholic Beverages, Automotive and Luxury Watches. Most recently, Lawrence has been instrumental in driving digital and relationship marketing brand strategies for Diageo in Asia Pacific – the most connected but diverse consumer environment that continues to be heavily regulated.
Since he graduated from NUS in 1995, Winston has enjoyed a varied career that has had the benefit of a varied career in different functions relating to consumer technology. This experience and insight has helped Winston drive Samsung Mobile’s market share in Singapore to almost twice the level it was before. As product marketing manager, Winston’s role is to manage the various complexities inherent in the business, integrate the multiple functional roles and ultimately drive the business to meet its key matrices.
Damien has over 14 years experience in the digital industry, covering all aspects of sales/business development, media, search marketing, email marketing, CRM, social media, content management and technology commercialisation.
Saumil is the co-founder and CEO of Chlkboard. As a pan-continental serial digital media entrepreneur from Silicon Valley to Asia Pacific, he manages sales, marketing, and operations at Chlkboard, the local mobile ad network.
Ed Mapa established Media Contacts in the Philippines in December 2008. In under 12 months, he shook the industry by winning at the Philippine Advertising Congress the 2009 Araw Media Agency Of The Year, Gold for Best Use Of Internet for “Awesome Philippines”, and Bronze for Best Viral Campaign and at the Internet and Mobile Marketing Association Of the Philippines, the Gold Innovative Boomerang for “ The 7,108th Island: The Philippines on Second Life”.
Whether launching and leading his own company or steering the marketing strategies for global blue chip brands, Freddie Laker has always focused on his two biggest passions: emerging technologies and emerging markets. Throughout his impressive career, he has helped marketers gain share by beating their competition to the future, by identifying upcoming opportunities before they are commonly understood. 
Dr. Gang LU is an independent Asia/China Internet business observer and adviser, known speaker and open concept/technology evangelist. As an entrepreneur, he is the co-founder of kuukie.com and established MOBINODE Networks which is a popular blog focusing on China/Asia web industry with English and Chinese version as well as a TV channel. Dr. Lu co-founded OpenWeb.Asia Workgroup, the first independent workgroup focusing on Asia Internet industry with support of local communities around Asia.
Michael is a faculty member at Singapore Management University teaching digital media and reputation management. Named a 2010 research fellow with the Society for New Communication Research, he explores Asia’s fragmented media markets, how communication technologies develop in each, and how we can better communicate across the region. Working outside the academy, he consults and frequently speaks at corporate events. You can read his thoughts at the CommunicateAsia blog and Digital Media across Asia wiki, and listen to his weekly Asia report on the For Immediate Release podcast.
Laurel has been named Head of Industry, Social Media (Marketing Magazine) and her blog LaurelPapworth.com has made her the #5 blogger in Australia (B&T Magazine) and in the Top 150 Media/Marketing blogs in the world (AdAge USA). She has been creating and managing online communities for over 20 years, including IRC, Usenet, Ultima Online forums and inworld game moderator management.
Ryan is a founder and Business Director of Blugrapes. Blugrapes is a performance driven marketing company based in Singapore providing Facebook marketing, mobile marketing, media tracking and integrated digital marketing solutions across ASEAN. He joined the company in 2008 and has grown the company to provide Facebook and marketing solutions for leading Fortune 500 companies.
Lars advises leading public relations and corporate communications professionals in Asia Pacific on media and reputation management. At Dow Jones, he leads the PR & Corporate Communications segment in Asia Pacific, looking after business in excess of USD$5 million across the region. This includes strategic development, thought leadership initiatives and key client advisory.
Airin Zainul, the General Manager for ntv7 who graduated with an Executive MBA in International Marketing from Berne University of Applied Sciences in Switzerland first started her career as an executive in Brand Network for the established private television network, ntv7 during its inception in 1998 and later moved on to the pioneer television station TV3 as a Senior Executive in TV3’s Brand Management Group.
As the Regional Head of Marketing and CRM at Toys LiFung (Asia) Ltd, the Asia franchise of Toys R Us – the world’s #1 toy retailer - Argha Sen is responsible for managing Toys R Us marketing programs across 8 countries, spanning more than 100 retail stores. He also directs the multi-country Toys“R”Us Star Card CRM program, which was recently named the Best Loyalty Program in the ASIAN BRAND MARKETING EFFECTIVENESS Awards for the third year in a row.
Fotini Paraskakis has been living and working in Asia since 1993, experiencing first hand huge changes in the region’s television industry. Fortunate enough to have had lived, worked or visited almost every country in Asia, she has been able to put all this acquired knowledge to good use, contributing greatly to the industry’s rapid growth and expansion. 
Benjamin Joffe (@benjaminjoffe –
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) is a renowned expert on Asia’s digital scene. During the past 10 years, he has been part of Japan’s mobile revolution, Korea’s Internet boom, China’s mobile crash and web 2.0 revival.
Anshul is the CEO and Founder of ThoughtBuzz and responsible for developing the Asia Pacific market for the company. In this role Anshul overseas strategy, product management as well as sales activities for APAC. 
At 17 Sarah joined the workforce as a taxi driver and remembers her roots well, so you can expect an interesting tour through the ins and outs of Social Networking and Web 2.0. Anecdotes and customer stories are of course inevitable. (and gratuities are expected) It took a stint with IBM, a software developer in Canada before she moved to the UK IT security market some (ahem) 12 years ago, where she joined the management team of a UK security integrator, floated the company on AIM, acquired others and then sold it. 
Fernanda Romano is the Global Creative Director, Digital and Experiential. Prior to joining Euro RSCG Worldwide, she served as Creative Director at JWT London where she worked with clients like Cadbury, Kellog's, Unilever, Nestlé, HSBC and Diageo. In addition to her role, she was the Executive Creative Director on the Nokia account.
As Commercial Director of Nielsen’s online business in Singapore, Kerry is responsible for providing custom research to help clients understand the digital consumer and prove the effectiveness of their offering. 
Andy Oliver is SVP for LEWIS Public Relations in Asia Pacific. He has 15 years of experience in communications and public relations. A veteran of LEWIS, he has spent 13 years with the company working on three continents. He was the founder of LEWIS PR in the US, spending 10 years helping to build the business from one office to present day network of eight offices.
Joerg is the Director of Business Development for the APAC region and as such responsible for developing the Asia Pacific market for Netbiscuits. In this role, Joerg overseas the strategy
Shalabh Pandey is an avid marketing and communications enthusiast. Having spent 11 years in the field of integrated marketing communications, his passion and specialisation lies within multi-disciplinary digital marketing- with focus on Asia.
Shalabh is a published author and relishes creating content on his site - http://chasingthestorm.com, where he converses on constructive rebellion, ideas, entrepreneurship and digital media trends.
Simone Brunozzi is a technology enthusiast, involved in IT and computing since an early age.
Greg Joy is a 27-year industry veteran who has held a wide range of executive positions in software sales and marketing.
A geek, thinker, and constant learner, Nicholas is a technopreneur and digital media enthusiast who blogs with CNET Asia. Besides serving as Honorary Secretary for Singapore Computer Society’s Interactive Digital Media Chapter and Chairman of Singapore's Cybersports and Online Gaming Association which he co-founded, Nicholas is also a member of the IT Committee at the National Crime Prevention Council as well as the Internet and Media Advisory Committee for the Ministry of Information,
Julio Romo is a PR, communications and social media consultant. He's also a freelance journalist and a respected blogger who focuses on social media's impact on the changing media landscape. 
Jeremy Woolf has worked in public relations and marketing in Asia Pacific for more than 18 years, with proven expertise in a wide range of communications disciplines.
At Lenovo, Derrick is the region's social media advocate, pioneering branding, PR, customer service and demand generation efforts via traditional and social media. Prior to his current designation, Derrick was Communications Manager ASEAN at Lenovo, with 13 years combined experience across PR, social media and marketing. In order to fathom the joys and pains of a typical online content generator, he co-authors a beer blog at www.175proof.com.
Fueled by a passion for social media and online intelligence, Alvin builds and continuously improves on Brandtology’s proprietary social media intelligence system with the latest technologies. Prior to Brandtology, Alvin was a senior research scientist with Singapore's DSO National Laboratories.
Roderick Low is currently a principal trainer from Adonai Training. He has been a social media trainer, coach and consultant since 2008. Before getting into Information Technology, Roderick was a facilitator at Talentpreneur Hub, a training organization that teaches entrepreneurship.
Mahesh Murthy is one of India's recognised experts in youth marketing - having helped launch MTV India, run Channel V and managed offline and online marketing efforts for brands like Pepsi, Nike, Idea Cellular, Lipton and The Economist.
An international telecommunications & media executive with marketing, strategic planning, revenue and operational management responsibility in wireless, fixed line, media & entertainment sectors with over 9 years experience in India, the USA, Sri Lanka and the Jersey Islands.
Has experience in consumer, business and enterprise marketing and operations for wireless, fixed line and the media business.
Nicholas is responsible for a brand’s digital roadmap based on brand and target audience researched insights, leading digital conversations with clients, growing and keeping the brand abreast in digital media innovations. Provide client understanding of the usage of online mediums and their respective applicable performance metrics.
Clients Worked With:
Unilever SG (Dove), Lenovo SG, Economic Development Board, Hewlett Packard (Regional & Local), WildLife reserve Singapore
Dubbed by Indonesian media as the ‘Father of Indonesian Bloggers’, he is the first Indonesian Contributor to GlobalVoicesOnline.org, a Harvard Law project in global blogging, a delegation to Asia’s Society’s, Asia 21 Young Leader Summit (2006) in Seoul, South Korea. After 10 years creative and online experience in Indonesia and the region he’s now combining his creative talent and technical skill to help corporations and brands communicate effectively to the new audiences. He believes building long lasting relationship between brand and consumers by empowering consumers to communicate between themselves and to speak their minds freely.
Ranjeet has been in the digital field for the past 10 years focusing on Interactive, Digital and Social media as well as project management. He has managed several large-scale portfolios (developing, implementing and managing) for several multi-national clients. 
Derek Yeo is currently Head of Corporate Marketing & Ancillary Revenue at Tiger Airways, a leading Low-Cost-Carrier in Asia. From just 2 aircraft when Tiger’s inaugural flight took off in Sep 2004, the fleet has now expanded to 16, flying to 37 cities in Asia and Australia. He started his career with IE Singapore, an economic agency in Singapore, leading trade and investment missions into Africa. He has also had stints as a Planner in Publicis Singapore, Internet Marketing at Creative Technology, Marketing and Sponsorship at the National Arts Council and in the Singapore Tourism Board looking after the MICE business.
Christina drives the branding and retail marketing strategies for its various retail banners – the main supermarket brand (FairPrice), gourmet banner (FairPrice Finest), hypermarket (FairPrice Xtra), convenience store (Cheers and FairPrice Xpress) and FairPrice Online.
Francis is responsible for social media and online advertising at the Singapore Turf Club, where he plans and manages strategised campaigns to increase brand equity, online awareness, and initiate interest in horse racing.
Since joining MRM Worldwide (Singapore) in 2008, he has been a speaker and panelist in various social media conferences. He has also developed and deployed web analytics, digital & social web strategies across various coveted brands include Intel, Exxon Mobil, Johnson & Johnson, Microsoft, Goodyear and Sony Ericsson leading them to better understand their customer and community needs, redefining their business goals, integrating their marketing practices with digital & social technologies, to formulate and deliver successful strategic plans that impact their businesses.
James is based in Hong Kong, and his role encompasses programming sales, licensing and formats activity, as well as new media and TV channels. |
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