Media & Entertainment
When & Where
Media & Entertainment
Track Agenda
- 05/07/2022 | 9:00 am – 9:30 am PDT
- 30 mins Hall BSpeakers
Head, Content Disney+ Hotstar and HSM Entertainment Network, Disney StarDisney+Hotstar Gaurav BanerjeeHead, Content Disney+ Hotstar and HSM Entertainment Network, Disney Star
Disney+HotstarGaurav is Head, Content Disney+ Hotstar and HSM Entertainment Network, Disney Star. In this role, he oversees all entertainment content for Disney+ Hotstar, and for Hindi Entertainment channels of Star TV Network. Gaurav runs the Star Content Studio which has made 9 out of the top 15 digital and 6 out of the top 10 Hindi TV shows in the country.
Gaurav joined Star News as prime time anchor and senior producer and launched the Bengali news channel of the group, Star Ananda in 2005.
He moved on to lead the content strategy of the network’s regional entertainment channels in 2008 and expanded the company’s reach in two new markets, Bengal and Maharashtra with Star Jalsha and Star Pravah respectively. Within a year of launch, Star Jalsha became the number one Bengali language channel in India.
In October 2009, Gaurav moved on to Hindi entertainment as Head of Content Strategy at Star Plus, and he was responsible for Star’s widely popular shows like 'Diya aur Baati Hum' and 'Sasural Genda Phool'.
Gaurav took on the role of General Manager of Star Plus in 2013 and propelled Star Plus into a strong leadership brand with blockbuster shows like Mahabharata and Yeh Hai Mohabbatein.
Around 2015-2016, as Star’s entertainment became available across screens, Gaurav took charge as the leader of the Content Studio and refreshed the storytelling approach for Star Plus and Star Bharat. He has strengthened the Disney+ Hotstar library with world class content that appeals to unique tastes of audiences with Hotstar Specials like ‘Special Ops’ and the Emmy nominated ‘Aarya’.
Gaurav is dedicated to nurturing a pool of talented writers with Star Writers Program – one of India’s most immersive courses in television writing.
Gaurav believes that good stories provide context. It comes from his experience of being a journalist with Aaj Tak in 2000. As an anchor, he covered the Afghan war and the General Elections.
Gaurav has a Master’s in Film Making and Video from Mass Communications Research Centre, Jamia Milia Islamia University, Delhi.
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- 05/07/2022 | 9:30 am – 10:00 am PDT
- 30 mins Hall BSpeakers Vinita Sud BelaniCEO, Founding Artistic Director,
Akhyana Films & EnActe ArtsActor, director, producer, writer - Vinita Sud Belani is the Founding Artistic Director of US theatre production house EnActe Arts, and a Board member at several non-profits. Her recent directing credits include Go to your room, Mother!, Chaos Theory, The Conference of the Birds, Soundwaves: The Passion of Noor Inayat Khan, Queen and The Case of The Vanishing Firefish, which she co-wrote. Belani is trained in street theatre under the renowned director and playwright Badal Sircar. Belani transitioned to an Arts career after 20+ years in technology in the corporate world. She holds a CS degree from BITS, Pilani and an MBA from HEC, France. Apoorva BakshiFilm & TV Producer
Awedacious Originals & GoldenKaravanApoorva Bakshi is an International EMMY Award-winning producer, spearheading the production of most notably Sundance favorite & NFLX Original DELHI CRIME, National Award-winning films, SHUT UP SONA & LEECHES; NFLX Musical WHAT ARE THE ODDS?; and widely watched Facebook Original HOMESPUN. She serves as a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Golden Karavan, Awedacious Originals, and Project FUEL carving her niche as one of the youngest producers of prolific South Asian productions. A fierce guardian of independent voices, Apoorva has successfully acquired and distributed over 40+ award-winning independents, notably the Cannes favorites, GANGS OF WASSEYPUR; Golden Globe shortlists FANDRY & SIDDHARTH; IDFA winner PLACEBO and Indian Selection for the Oscars VISARANAI among others. She has also worked at Sony Pictures Entertainment Networks Asia on large-scale format productions AMAZING RACE ASIA, CYRIL SIMPLY MAGIC & INDIA'S MINUTE TO WIN IT. Juliet BlakeFilm Producer & Head of TV, TED Talks
TEDJuliet Blake is a British-American film, and television producer and serves as Head of Television for TED Talks. Blake executive produced the TED Talks Live TV series for PBS and produces TED Talks India Nayi Soch a TV series on Star Plus in India produced in Hindi, hosted by Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan. The show’s topics include some of the world’s most pressing issues, from climate change and the role of women in India, to pollution solutions and how technology can affect change for the better. The series has just been picked up for the next three years after reaching over 96 million people across India. In 2014, Juliet took a break from TED to join Steven Spielberg and Oprah Winfrey in producing the feature film “The Hundred-Foot Journey,” a film shot entirely in France and India starring Academy Award® winner Helen Mirren and the late Om Puri. Blake is currently developing a new film for Steven Spielberg’s company Amblin Partners: “Stolen Time” a feature film based on the life of Sonia “Sunny” Jacobs, a woman wrongfully convicted of murder who is later freed and starts a center to assist exonerees. In June 2018 she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Savannah College of Art & Design. Raghava KKArtist & Author
ArtRaghava KK is a multidisciplinary artist working at the intersections of art, science, technology, education, and entrepreneurship. A National Geographic Explorer and a multiple-time TED speaker, he has also conducted talks and workshops for visionaries such as Tom Hanks, Jeff Bezos and Oprah Winfrey, to think about the role of creativity in the future. Aside from working with traditional forms, including painting, installation and performance, his art practice involves inventing and employing media to express post-human contemporary realities. In keeping with this, he co-founded 64/1, along with his brother Dr. Karthik Kalyanaraman. A research collective focused on art for the post human age, their debut curatorial project, Gradient Descent, was recognized as the first AI Art exhibition in India. Raghava KK’s projects often work towards disturbing the limits of the social and the perceptual self through the friction between found digital elements. Apart from exemplifying ideas of distributed authorship and authenticity, his work can also be seen as re-evaluating our notions of transcendence and sublimity. Through his unique marrying of art and science, Raghava KK pushes the boundaries of both, compelling viewers to expand and challenge their socially and psychologically settled selves and perceptions. Artistic creativity is a deeply decentred enterprise shared with the users of the artwork for him, as is evident in his numerous collaborations with other artists, technologists, corporations, educationists, scientists and academics. Utkarshini VashishthaScreenplay Writer & Director
ArtUtkarshini Vashishtha is a renowned prolific writer and director most known for penning iconic poignant feminist titles like Gangubai Kathiawadi (2020), Tinki (2018), Sarbjit (2016), and Five (2020). She worked as an associate director for movies like Goliyon Ki Rasleela Ram Leela (2013), India's Got Talent (2011), and The X factor India (2011). Sarbjit (film) was an official selection at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival and was shortlisted for the 88th Academy Awards. Gangubai Kathiawadi, starring Alia Bhatt is a celebration of the art and anguish of being a woman.
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- 05/07/2022 | 10:00 am – 10:15 am PDT
- 15 mins Hall BSpeakers Incubate & grow strategic initiatives in the consumer space - Google Search, Maps, YouTube, and in the enterprise world at Oracle. Build strong engineering teams from the ground-up. Active in empowering and enabling women & girls in technology. PBS' Ready To Learn Advisory Board member & advice startups.
Shalini is General Manager and Vice President of Google TV, where she conceived, implemented and executed the company’s TV strategy and is also leading emerging platform technologies at Google.
Earlier, Shalini was the senior director for technology solutions at YouTube, where she led the distribution strategy for media creators - growing this cohort to have a billion monthly active users up 10X during her tenure. Shalini was technical director at Pixar, launching the blockbuster films: Toy Story and A Bugs Life, and worked with clients including Levi’s, Chips Ahoy and Listerine on award winning commercials.
Shalini is an industry thought leader and a frequent speaker on digital transformation. She was the keynote speaker at Google’s annual hardware event, IBC 2019 and at CES 2021. She was featured on NextTVs executive watchlist, Forbes, Vogue and Economic Times and writes frequently on leadership. Devoted to education, she is a board member of Pratham, an educational non-profit.
Shalini holds a BS in Computer Science from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay where she holds a Distinguished Alumni award, and a MS in Computer Science from Penn State from where she holds an Outstanding Engineering Alumni award.
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- 05/07/2022 | 10:15 am – 10:30 am PDT
- 15 mins Hall BSpeakers 25+ years in digital video, TV and ad tech, first as an engineer, and then in product, revenue and GM roles. After 9 amazing years at Roku, I'll be leaving in spring '22. Doing some board/advisory work (and taking a breather!), while I plot my next move Product Management leader with over 12+ years of experience in software development, design and product management. Strong technical background combined with a demonstrated ability to ship high quality products. Excellent communication skills, and a proven capability to influence and inspire.
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- 05/07/2022 | 10:30 am – 11:00 am PDT
- 30 mins Hall BSpeakers Since being named Vice President of Product in 2014, Todd’s role revolves around changing the way people find great streaming content to watch over the internet on their TVs, computers and mobile devices. He is responsible for leveraging vast amounts of information and best-in-class user interfaces across numerous viewing devices to create an easy, compelling way for Netflix members to find something great to watch. Todd also oversees member acquisition and how to best leverage social and messaging. His team is also responsible for leading our studio technology efforts from pitch to play. Before joining Netflix in 2006, he wrote and directed the feature film Brother’s Shadow, and the short film The Eternal Pitch. He also worked as a documentarian, filming political unrest in places like Tibet and Myanmar (Burma). Todd received a BA from the University of Pennsylvania, and an MFA in Film Production from USC.
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