Franchise India Expo 2018 - 16th International Franchise & Retail Show, Business ke 2 Acche Din, Ab Apna Business.

Opportunity India Summit Agenda

Day 1 - Oct 21, 2018
10:00 am - 10:30 am	Welcome Address: Ms. Ritu Marya, Editor-in-Chief, Franchise India Lighting Of Lamp & Inauguration
10:30 am - 11:30 am	Session 1: Future Of Starting Up How to Start a Business with the Future in Mind? Session Highlights: Building brands to shift industries: today, tomorrow, the future What it takes to be a successful entrepreneur in 2018, What helps Start-ups and SME's to scale rapidly The Investment and Its ROI - what you put and what to expect Sukh Tiwana, Group Commercial Director, SSP Group Arvind Varchaswi, Managing Director, Sri SriTattva
11:30 am - 12:30 pm	Session 2: The Future Of Business Of Brands Session Highlights: Moving from Push to Pull Strategy : Understanding Niche and emerging brands that are consumer customized What is the Narrative for a strong price/value proposition Building a Community around your brand - Addressing consumers need to belong Predicting the Numbers - How does the Brand become profitable and/or sustainable. Session Moderator: Ms Ritu Marya, Editor-in-Chief, Franchise India Media Satish Kumar Agarwal, Chairman & Managing Director, Kamdhenu Limited Hamza Patel, Managing Director, AP Group Jonathan Kwon, Managing Director, T BUN Ltd Shreevats Jaipuria, Vice Chairman, Seth M.R. Jaipuria Schools &Jaipuria Institute of Management Biren Surati, Chief Operating Officer, Zota Healthcare Ltd.
12:30 pm - 12:50 pm	Session 3: Keynote Session: Building A Global Brand How to Say Goodbye to Mediocrity & Hello to Excellence Session Highlights: What support needs to be in place? Where should you go first and what results can you expect? How to measure the marketing performance What is the ideal business model to expand into the global markets Growing from 1 to 10 units: How Teams & Franchisees should be aligned How to strike business partnerships? Katrina Liu, Managing Director, WK Life (South East Asia)
12:50 pm - 13:00 pm	Session 4: Keynote Session Mr. Sandeep Goyal, Managing Director, LAABHA (Gunno Knits Pvt ltd)
13:00 pm - 14:00 pm	Networking Lunch Break
	Future Of Ideas Unfolding The Megatrends in Consumer Business where consumer, investor and the franchisee wants to be seen
14:00 pm - 14:45 pm	Session 1: The Future of Retail Modern businesses and entrepreneurial leaders are driven by purpose - what you want to be known for and the emotional journey of the customer, rather than just the sales journey. Session Highlights: New Formats: Asset light and business sound Omni channel Business: Reaching out to consumer where they want, when they want and how they want Building small format experiential store Abhishek Mohla, Head E-commerce and Omni Channel-India, Asics Shivani Poddar, Co-founder, Faballey Dr. Samir Kapoor, Co-Founder and CMD, Multifit India Manu Nanda, President & MD, Pots & Pans Mayank Garg, Sanjivini Retail Pvt ltd. Devendra Singh, Director, Digital Mantra
14:45 pm - 15:30 pm	Session 2: The Future of FMCG Session Highlights: FMCG and New Consumer products that are changing shelves The growing gourmet experience- Small Batch, Big Appeal New age of everyday consumer products Mega Trends: Beverages, Personal Care, Dairy, Childcare and more Session Moderator: Anurag Mahajan, Director, Ernst & Young Aditya Bagri, Director, Bagrrys India Limited Hitesh Dhingra, Founder & MD, The Man Company Prabhtej Singh Bhatia, Founder and CEO, Simba Beer Prashant Parameswaran, Managing Director, Kottaram Agro Foods Pvt Ltd
15:30 pm - 16:15 pm	Session 3: The Future of Food Service Session Highlights: Delivery is the direction the customer is moving toward, and that restaurants need to accommodate that demand in order to be competitive. How some restaurant owners and operators are rethinking the layout of their locations The New Outlook to takeaway formats How Global Brands are at the top of the game How big brands are transforming their in-store experience Session Moderator: Karan Tanna, Founder & CEO, Yellow Tie Hospitality Joel Silverstein, CEO, East West Hospitality Rasesh Seth, Partner-The Archadin Group and Country Head-Surf N Fries, India Anand Thakkar, Chairman & Managing Director, Legends of Punjab Ajay Talwar, Partner, C House Italia
16:15 pm - 16:25 pm	Session 4: Keynote Session Mrinal Sharma, Partner, Director Sales & Marketing, Flipspaces
16:15 pm - 17:00 pm	Session 5: The Future of Service Businesses Session Highlights: Sharing Economy and New Service focus businesses Logistics, delivery & Distribution: New Day, New Way Home services & Consumer facing service business Ideas Business Services: A new Perspective on B2B & B2C Session Moderator: Sandeep Soni, Features Editor, Entrepreneur Media Dhruv Bhagat, Chief Revenue Officer, Rivigo Dr. Ritesh Malik, Founder, Innov8 Arunabh Sinha, Founder, UClean Sahil Kapoor, Regional Director, RE/MAX India
17:00 pm - 17:30 pm	Session 6: Keynote Session Harish Mehta, Mentor Coach Teacher, Founder & Owner, DiSRUPPt

Day 2 - Oct 22, 2018
	FUTURE OF GROWTH A Productivity led outlook for growth while Integrating aspects of strategy, entrepreneurship, management, marketing, and technology
10:30 am - 11:30 am	Session 1: How To Grow And Transition Your Business You have a successful business and it is time to grow it in fast mode. It is time to take the next step and involve other people, but executing this and making it happen is a daunting prospect. Get mentored, know what to outsource and judging timing can be challenging. This seminar will give you practical tips on how to manage this transition successfully. Session Highlights: How to Get Better & Faster both as Founder and Operator Understanding Staffing today for Tomorrow's Needs Super Growth: What drives the modern-day entrepreneur? Starting small, Thinking big Building a winning team: How do you design an optimal working environment? Session Moderator: Ms. Punita Kapoor, Deputy Editor, Entrepreneur Media Gagan Goyal, Partner, India Quotient Vikrant Batra, Owner, Cafe Delhi Heights Devangi Parekh, Director, Aza Fashions Muhummed Ibrahim, Founder, Chaiiwala
11:30 am - 11:45 am	Session 2: Keynote Session: The Future of Consumer Experience How to Ensure Your Organisation Is Truly Customer-Centric & Drive A Passion For Customer Experience Throughout Keynote By: Yash Parwani, Chief Executive Officer, Oppo India
11:45 am - 12:30 pm	Session 3: The Future of Investment Founder to Venture: Lessons from Both Sides of the Table Session Highlights: Funding 101: Navigating the VC Landscape in Consumer business VC Logic: What Investors Really Want to See and Hear Investing in the Next-Generation of Consumer Business: How and what Session Moderator: Aashika Jain, Associate Editor, Entrepreneur Media Gagandeep Bakshi, Director, Intellecap Karthik Prabhakar, Executive Director, IDG Ventures India Advisors Jagannath Samavedam, General Partner, Ventureast Farah Nathani, Co-Founder, The Mumum Co Rajesh Sehgal, Managing Partner, Equanimity Investments Prashant Chopra, Investment Director, Peepul Capital
12:30 pm - 13:15 pm	Session 4: Keynote Session How Encouraging innovation in franchising makes good business sense. How does it makes a business more resilient and more responsive to its customers' needs and for us, has been a key driver of our success. Debshankar Mukhopadhyay, CEO, Zee Learn Limited Troy Franklin, Chief Operating Officer, World Franchise Associates
13:15 pm - 14:00 pm	Networking Lunch Break
	Future Of Business Hybrid business models and "collaborative innovation" and better application of "bottom-up" as well as a "top-down" approach
14:00 pm - 14:50 pm	Session 1: Franchising your Business: Creates Strong Brand Positioning in the Marketplace Session Highlights: Hear from Successful Franchisees on how they grew their business Growing from 1 to 10 units & creating infrastructure to support 20-30 units Maintaining system standards and protecting the brand. Outsourcing Why, When, What, and How The Ins & Outs of Building Business & Brand Partnerships Session Moderator: Payal Gulati, Senior Editor, Franchise India & Retailer Media Yuvraj Aman Singh, CEO & Founder, Rocking Deals SK Rathor, Director, Sanfort Group of Schools Dr. Ankush Sabharwal, CEO, Body Building India Saurabh Dayal, Co-Founder, Clear Dekho Adnan Sarkar, Founder, Dr Bubbles Akshay Chopra, Co-Founder, Body Mechanics
14:50 pm - 15:45 pm	Session 2: The Future of Innovation in Franchising Session Highlights: How modern day franchise businesses are brand-led, asset-driven and a platform of change and yet accelerating growth and disrupting industries. How the entrepreneurial underpinning of franchising supports and nurtures innovation The Innovative Franchise Ideas for 2018 and Beyond Joel Silverstein, CEO, East West Hospitality Sanjay Coutinho, Co-founder & Jt. Managing Director, Mint Hotels & Suites Anmol Aggarwal, Zonal Head – North, RE/MAX India Sanjeev Arora, COO, PhonUp Jagjit Singh, COO, PindBalluchi Vijay Adhav, Director Sales, Ward Wizard Anand Aiyer, Senior Vice President and Business Head - Easybuy (Div of Max Retail), Landmark Group
15:45 pm - 16:30 pm	Session 4: Recreating and re-discovering the brand Session Highlights: How to make your brand voice more conversational Brand + licensing paving way for new innovations Global trends re-shaping in India Progressing with the needs & wants of new-age consumer Session Moderator: Rajat Wahi, Partner, Deloitte India Abhishek Sudhakar, Director - International Brands, Accessories and Men's Footwear, Myntra Permendra Singh, Head - Consumer Products, Mattel India Avneet Singh Marwah, Director and CEO, Super Plastronics Pvt. Ltd
16:30 pm - 17:30 pm	Session 5: Startup Kickoff The Mega Session: My Business, New Day, New Way Running a business in 2018? It can be tough to ignore outside pressures. Investors, mentors, advisors, your friends - seemingly everyone has an opinion. New Age Entrepreneurs will share their experiences on how they cut out adversities and unfavourable situations and finally tasted success, building their business their way Ravi Kaushik, Partner, WaterBridge Ventures Vishal Gandhi, Managing Partner & CEO, BIORx Venture Advisors Rajat Jain, Founder & Director, PadUp Ventures Sandro Stephen, Head North India Operations, Indian Angel Network Avelo Roy, MD, Kolkata Ventures Gaurav Kachru, Founder & Managing Partner, 5ideas Sanil Sachar, Co-founder, Huddle