The AI Summit 2024

AI Summit 2024 Programme

July 8 Monday

12:00

Registration and Lunch

13:00

Welcome address

Speakers

Magdoom Mohamed

Managing Director, WAN-IFRA South Asia

13:05

Opening Remarks

Speakers

K.N.Shanth Kumar

Director, The Printers (Mysore) Pvt.Ltd and Member of the Board, WAN-IFRA

13:15

Opening keynote: Unlocking the power of GenAI for transforming reader experiences and harnessing its potential for news publishing business.

Speakers

Rajeev Batra

Chief Information Officer, Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.

13:50

The roles AI has taken in the newsrooms and how is it likely to evolve?

Speakers

Lakshmi Sivadas

Program Manager and Engagement Lead, Polis LSE

14:25

Networking break

14:55

Optimising editorial decision-making with AI-Driven story selection algorithms, the HT experience.

Speakers

Aviral Mathur

Head of Data Science, HT Media Ltd

15:30

AI experiments at The Hindu - A look at reader engagement using GenAI-powered meta description and social media tactics to analyse reader behaviour, preferences and increase reach.

Speakers

Nagaraj Nagabushanam

Vice President - Data and Analytics, The Hindu

16:00

Networking break

16:30

Panel: AI in the newsroom and how to handle it? Is the credibility of newsrooms at stake? How to spot synthetic media, deep fakes and ai content. Leading editors discuss the topic.

Chair

Krishna Prasad

Journalist

Speakers

Sannuta Raghu

Lead, AI working group-News & Journalism, Scroll Media India

Prince Thomas

Managing editor, The Morning Context

Chitranshu Tewari

Director, Product and Revenue, Newslaundry

17:30

Summary and end of day-One

July 9 Tuesday

10:00

Keynote: The key developments in AI and how it is reshaping the industry. And, what’s coming up next in AI and its likely application and impact on the media industry.

Speakers

Parankusha S

Director, E&Y

10:35

AI tools for journalists and newsrooms. Presentation on real life examples of tools for automating content generation, enhancing fact-checking processes, to personalising audience engagement strategies.

Speakers

Bal Krishna

Executive Editor - Fact Check, India Today Group.

11:10

Networking break

11:40

AI for revenue generation. A case study from Amar Ujala on personalisation, enhancing engagement and revenue growth.

Speakers

Vikas Shekhawat

AGM, Products, Amarujala.com

12:15

Roadmap on AI and the impact of AI in newsrooms globally. Some simple steps newsrooms have taken / can take for AI adoption. (Virtual)

Moderator

Pradyuman Maheshwari

Senior Editor and Media Commentator

Speakers

Pranav Dixit

Senior Editor, Engadget, United States

12:50

Lunch

14:00

Learning from the Gen AI & ML Playbook of new age tech companies. What does the stack look like, data security and value proposition for the company.

Speakers

Soumyadeep Mukherjee

Co-Founder and CTO, Dashtoon

14:30

AI News Anchor, AI Club and application of AI in various departments in the organisation. How did MediaOne Broadcasting achieve early success with the AI experiments, and what are the plans for the year.

Speakers

Roshan Kakkat

CEO, MediaOne

14:50

Networking break

15:30

Panel: Building a culture of adoption of technologies within the organisation and taking informed business decision making. What strategies required, and ideas to carry home.

Chair

Ritu Kapur

Co-Founder and CEO, The Quint, India

Speakers

L V Navaneeth

CEO-The Hindu Group

Deepak Saluja

Chief Executive Officer, Metropolitan Media Company Limited

Mayura Shreyams Kumar

Director - Digital Business | Mathrubhumi Printing and Publishing co. Ltd

Harsha Mathew

Chief Resident Editor & Director, Malayala Manorama Co Ltd

16:30

The AI Summit 2024

AI Summit 2024 Programme

July 8 Monday

Registration and Lunch

Welcome address

Speakers

Opening Remarks

Speakers

Opening keynote: Unlocking the power of GenAI for transforming reader experiences and harnessing its potential for news publishing business.

Speakers

The roles AI has taken in the newsrooms and how is it likely to evolve?

Speakers

Networking break

Optimising editorial decision-making with AI-Driven story selection algorithms, the HT experience.

Speakers

AI experiments at The Hindu - A look at reader engagement using GenAI-powered meta description and social media tactics to analyse reader behaviour, preferences and increase reach.

Speakers

Networking break

Panel: AI in the newsroom and how to handle it? Is the credibility of newsrooms at stake? How to spot synthetic media, deep fakes and ai content. Leading editors discuss the topic.

Chair

Speakers

Summary and end of day-One

July 9 Tuesday

Keynote: The key developments in AI and how it is reshaping the industry. And, what’s coming up next in AI and its likely application and impact on the media industry.

Speakers

AI tools for journalists and newsrooms. Presentation on real life examples of tools for automating content generation, enhancing fact-checking processes, to personalising audience engagement strategies.

Speakers

Networking break

AI for revenue generation. A case study from Amar Ujala on personalisation, enhancing engagement and revenue growth.

Speakers

Roadmap on AI and the impact of AI in newsrooms globally. Some simple steps newsrooms have taken / can take for AI adoption. (Virtual)

Moderator

Speakers

Lunch

Learning from the Gen AI & ML Playbook of new age tech companies. What does the stack look like, data security and value proposition for the company.

Speakers

AI News Anchor, AI Club and application of AI in various departments in the organisation. How did MediaOne Broadcasting achieve early success with the AI experiments, and what are the plans for the year.

Speakers

Networking break

Panel: Building a culture of adoption of technologies within the organisation and taking informed business decision making. What strategies required, and ideas to carry home.

Chair

Speakers

Summary and close of the conference

Sponsors

Supporting publishers

Thai Anban Chokkalingam

Manager - Business Development