BWI: Goafest 2009 Announces the Impressive Line-Up of Sponsors for This Year

Press release from Business Wire India
Source: Goafest 2009
Wednesday, April 01, 2009 06:35 PM IST (01:05 PM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Media & entertainment
Release no: 19600
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Goafest 2009 Announces the Impressive Line-Up of Sponsors for This Year


Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Wednesday, April 01, 2009 -- (Business Wire India) -- Goafest 2009, the three day festival in sunny Goa that recognises and applauds excellence in Indian advertising announced the impressive lineup of sponsors for this year. Over a stretch of three eventful days, Goafest will host a conclave, seminars, awards, knowledge sharing and learning. The theme for this year is "Why Waste a Good Recession?"

The lists of sponsors at Goafest 2009 comprise of five Gold Sponsors and a host of Silver Sponsors:

-- The five Gold sponsors at Goafest 2009 are Discovery Channel, Videocon, SBI, Nirmal Lifestyle and Aspen.

-- The Silver sponsors include UB Group, USL, PepsiCo, Airtel, Times Now, ET Now, Google, Aaj Tak, NDTV, Real TV, Hindustan Times, MT Educare, Zoom and Indian Oil to name a few.

Participants can surely look forward to some exciting gifts this year in their goodie bags courtesy of the sponsors!

Amongst the prestigious Gold sponsors;

-- Discovery Channel is the sponsor of the 'Discovery Channel Industry Leadership Conclave'

-- Videocon for the Creative Abby Awards

-- Aspen for the Rain Dance

-- SBI for the Knowledge and Learning seminar

-- Nirmal Lifestyle for adrenaline- rushing water sports!

Speaking on the occasion Mr. Colvyn Harris, Chairman, Goafest 2009 & CEO, JWT said, "Goafest has evolved into a multi-faceted convention for the advertising industry. This year the Goafest committee has ensured that knowledge and learning takes precedence and we are confident that every individual in the field of advertising and marketing in India will not want to miss the opportunity to interact with such noteworthy international speakers. We are overwhelmed with the incredible response we have received towards sponsorship and are grateful to our sponsors for their active support. We look forward to a continued and fruitful association with them."

Goafest is Asia's most prestigious festival for marketing and advertising professionals and a powerful platform to celebrate the work and the people in Indian advertising.

Day 1 starts with the Discovery Industry Leadership Conclave where keynote speakers from across the globe reflect and debate issues and challenges facing advertising and marketing and share their learnings and thoughts on the future. The keynote International speakers at Goafest 2009 include:

-- Sir John Hegarty, Chairman & Worldwide Creative Director of Bartle Bogle Hegarty (BBH)

-- Jean-Marie Dru, Chairman, TBWA

-- Sean Finnegan, President, Chief Digital Officer, Starcom MediaVest Group

-- Dan Wieden, Founder, Wieden+Kennedy

-- Neeraj Nayar, President, Contagious Communications, India

Day 2 and 3 have the SBI Knowledge and Learning Seminars followed by the prestigious Abby Awards - Media on Day 2 and Creative on Day 3.

About Goafest 2009:

Currently in its fourth year, Goafest is India's most prestigious national advertising awards festival, organized by The Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAAI) in association with The Advertising Club Bombay. More than 3000 delegates from the advertising and allied industries attend the event to witness the high-profile seminars, workshops and listen to keynote speakers from across the globe. Over 4500 ads from all over the country are showcased and judged at the Festival. Goafest is India's largest intellectual & information exchange in the world of Advertising & Media and provides an opportunity for professionals in marketing and advertising to meet, exchange ideas and recognize creative talent. For more information, log on to www.goafest.com


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