ASIA FAST FORWARD

Programme


MONDAY 7 APRIL
09.00 - 17.00 WORKSHOPS
 

Web 2.0 research & beyond

The hidden art of interviewing

Current and emerging trends in qualitative research

Advance quantitative techniques

16.00 - 18.00 CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
19.00 - 20.00 WELCOME RECEPTION (Sponsored by Survey Sampling International) 
TUESDAY 8 APRIL
  Conference day one
09.00 - 09.10 Opening
Frits Spangenberg, ESOMAR President
09.10 - 09.15 Introduction to the programme and Keynote
Susan Burrell, Programme Committee Chair
09.15 - 10.00 KEYNOTE
Successful business in Asia
Tony Fernandes, Entrepreneur and founder of the no-frills airline AirAsia, Malaysia
10.00 - 10.15 Q&A
10.15 - 11.00 Refreshment break
10.40 - 10.55 COMPANY PRESENTATION
MARKET XCEL DATA MATRIX
The powerful small drop in the mighty ocean!
Presented by: Ashwani Arora, Sr. VP Research, Market Xcel Data Matrix
  KALEIDOSCOPE OF ASIAN CONSUMERS (1)
11.00 - 11.05 Introduction by session chair
Susan Burrell, Director, Standard Chartered Bank, Singapore
11.05 - 11.25 Inside the affluent space
A view from the top to anticipate the future mass market
Mun-Hong Chin and Geoffrey Yan, American Express International, Singapore
Sue Philips and Sharanya Sitarama, Synovate, Singapore
11.25 - 11.45 Measuring the business elites of India and China
Powerhouse methodology meets powerhouse economies
Andrew Green and Simon Staplehurst, Ipsos, UK
Jenny Heak, Ipsos, Hong Kong
11.45 - 12.05 India – One in a billion!
Predicting future trends by studying Prosumers
Suman Srivastava, Euro RSCG, India
Nikhil Rawal, IMRB International, India
12.05 -12.25
From bullock carts to techno-toys
The telecom explosion at the base of the pyramid
Ruchika Gupta, Nokia, India
Anjali Puri, The Nielsen Company, Asia Pacific

12.25 - 12.45 Discussion
12.45 - 14.30 Lunch
14.10 - 14.25 COMPANY PRESENTATION
SURVEY SAMPLING INTERNATIONAL
New Dimensions in Panel Quality
Presented by: Jackie Lorch, Vice President, Global Knowledge Management-Survey Sampling International
  THE BIG DEBATE

14.30 - 15.30

India, China, Australia, Japan
Who is leading research growth and how?
Moderator: John Marinopoulos, DVL Smith Group, Australia and ESOMAR Council Member
Panel: Tom Kojima, InterfaceASIA, Japan
Marcus Pritchard, Stancombe Research & Planning, Australia
Pravin Shekar, Dexterity KPO Services Business Analysts, India
Matthew Wang, MAP Research & Consultancy, China
15.30 - 16.15 Refreshment break
15.55 - 16.10 COMPANY PRESENTATION
CONFIRMIT
The Future of Market Research is On-Demand
Presented by: Wale Omiyale, Business Development Director - Market Research, Confirmit
Kjell Øksendal, Vice President of Marketing, Confirmit
  THE RISE OF ONLINE AND WEB 2.0 RESEARCH
16.15 - 16.20 Introduction by session chair
Aseem Puri, Regional Brand Manager, Unilever Asia, India
16.20 - 16.45 The quest for on-line quality research
Australian “best practice”
Travyn Rhall, Millward Brown, Australia
Brian Fine, The Online Research Unit, Australia
16.45 - 17.10 Using global online panels
A comparative study on the Beijing 2008 Olympics
Charles Pearson, Emma Smith, Rich Ridlen, Heaven Zhang and Andrew Cooper, Research Now, UK
17.10 - 17.35 Homogeneity or heterogeneity?
Social networks and Asia Pacific
Ray Poynter, The Future Place, UK
John Shanahan, Colmar Brunton, Australia
Jason Ho, Colmar Brunton, Singapore
17.35 - 18.00 Discussion
20.00 - 23.00 Networking Dinner (Sponsored by TNS) 
WEDNESDAY 9 APRIL
  Conference day two
  KALEIDOSCOPE OF ASIAN CONSUMERS (2)
09.00 - 09.05 Introduction by session chair
Rebecca Wong, Director, Business Research and Strategic Planning, Dow Chemical Pacific, Hong Kong
09.05 - 09.25 “A tale of two cities"
Working and Living in Mumbai & Shanghai
Sandeep Budhiraja, Millward Brown, China
Kalyan Karmakar, The Nielsen Company, India
09.25 - 09.45 Three generations, one big market
A new segmentation of India
Dheeraj Sinha, Bates David Enterprise, India
09.45 - 10.05 Real environments
Video ethnography for true understanding
Kunal Sinha, Ogilvy and Mather, China
Prashant Ramachandran, Ogilvy and Mather, Singapore
10.05 - 10.25 A global method, a local approach
How the Japanese group can gain focus
Drago Djourov, Flamingo Tokyo, Japan
10.25 - 10.45 Discussion
10.45 - 11.15 Refreshment break
  TOMORROW’S CONSUMERS
11.15 - 11.20 Introduction by session chair
Rebecca Wong, Director, Business Research and Strategic Planning, Dow Chemical Pacific, Hong Kong
11.20 - 11.45 Circuits of cool
How technology is changing young attitudes and behaviours
Ian Stewart, MTV Asia, Singapore
Graham Saxton, OTX Research, USA

11.45 - 12.10 Image subjectivities
Technology and images enabling a new form of self expression
Jerry Clode and Jim Poppelwell
Anovax Market and Research Consultants, China
12.10 - 12.25 Discussion
12.25 - 13.50 Lunch
  BRAND EXPERIENCES – FROM PERCEPTIONS TO CONNECTIONS
13.50 - 13.55 Introduction by session chair
Vibhas Ratanjee, Principal Consultant of Gallup South East Asia & Hong Kong, Singapore
13.55 - 14.20 Me _dia or You_dia?
New media trends across UK, Singapore and Thailand
John Coll, Synovate Censydiam, UK
Radhecka Roy, Synovate, Singapore
Duncan Dodds, Synovate, Thailand
14.20 - 14.45 Dreaming of red mansions
Brand experience, emerging stories and the digital world
Lee Ryan, TNS, Singapore
Lisa Li, TNS, China
14.45 - 15.10 Of heads and hearts and cultures apart!
How a billion minds consume communication
Sangeeta Gupta, PepsiCo, India
Ranjan Samanta, TVS Motor Company, India
15.10 - 15.25 Discussion
15.25 - 15.55 Refreshment break
15.55 - 16.45 Panel Discussion
ASIA FAST FORWARD: SO WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN?

Moderator: John Sergeant, Head of Public Affairs, Ipsos, Australia
Panel:
Nicholas Kwan, Regional Head of Economic Research, Standard Chartered Bank
Michihiro Ota, President's Office Director, INTAGE
David Lowden, Chief Executive, TNS
Travyn Rhall, CEO, Millward Brown Africa Asia Pacific
16.45 - 16.55 Programme summary 
Susan Burrell, Programme Committee Chair
16.55 - 17.00 Closing
John Marinopoulos, ESOMAR Council Member
 

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