The India Event Management Summit was held on 16 June, at Hotel Holiday Inn, New Delhi as a one-day, high intensity business event for marketers, planners and managers of live events.

IEMS was aimed at anyone who is involved, or wants to be involved in the face-2-face or interactive marketing space.

The program delivered relevant content for:

Event managers, organizers, owners, producers, promoters

Conference and MICE management agencies

Event organizing Committee Members of NGOs, associations and societies

Advertising and integrated marketing agencies

Event Management/Bid Consultants

Suppliers of products, services, facilities and equipment

Exhibition management companies

Event production companies/producers

Event property owners

The conference featured high value sessions delivered by experienced Indian and international practitioners who delivered tips on creating engaging experiences, building audiences and maximizing long term value.

Speakers at the event included Pradeep Kashyap, CEO, Mart Rural; Ashish Pherwani Advisory Partner (M&E), Ernst & Young; Sanjeev Pasricha MD, CS Direkt; Dilip Cherian, Founder, Perfect Relations; Amit Tiwari, Country Head Media, Philips India; Mandeep Singh, CEO & MD, CPM India; Chetan Vohra, Founder, Line Communications & Weddingline; Rajesh Varma, Director, CRI Events; Bharat Gandhi, Head Trade Marketing India Sub Continent, Remy Cointreau; Rajdeep Chatterjee, Digital Marketing Manager, Nokia; Atul S. Nath, Founder and Managing Director, Candid Marketing; Yamini Singh, Editorial Head, Everything Experiential; Joseph Eapen, Senior Vice President, South Asia – Repucom; Manu Seth, Marketing Director, HTC India; Sharad Gupta, General Manager, Head- Corporate Marketing Communications, Xerox India. The Keynote was delivered by Anurag Batra, Chairman, exchange4media.

Sponsors at the event included Modern Stage Services, One Up Productions, Expro Events, Surbhi Exhibitions and Crewonline.in

Geetika Ganju was the Emcee at the event.

Partners at the event were Everything Experiential, Imbue Solutions, Events Venues and Avenues Magazine, Razzle Audio Visuals, Event and Entertainment Management Association, Pragati Rental Services.

The event attracted close to 200 attendees who walked away with pages full of ideas and inspiration for lifting the bar using experiential marketing and live events to increase competitive advantage.