EEMA Announces Eduposium 2020 on 11th & 12th May to Encourage Event Students and Educationists
by EVENTFAQS Bureau Business Events | May 11, 2020 | Press Release
EEMA Eduposium 2020
The brightest event industry leaders and creative minds will come together to engage with event educationists and students at the EEMA Eduposium 2020 being held on May 11th and 12th 2020. The virtual event and would commence from 1 pm IST.
Every year, the EEMA Eduposium brings together educationists, students wherein event entrepreneurs take center stage and present the industry in its larger-than-life form along with intricate details so that students get exposure to the opportunities in the industry, encouraging and guiding them to choose event management as a career. EEMA Eduposium would highlight the role youth need to play in the development of the country and world. While doing so, speakers would share lessons from their own lives and provide a perspective on education, skills development, and entrepreneurship.

Beating the Lockdown period caused by COVID-19, this year the EEMA Eduposium is being held as an interactive program on EEMA’s digital platforms. EEMA is playing the role of a catalyst for change as a driving force for event education with its “Mentorship of Event Educationists”, “Train the Trainer” and EEMA Future Ready sessions and EEMA master classes. Topics that will be tackled involve ‘Developing the Next Generation of Professionals’, ‘How Technology is driving the future’ and ‘Social Events and Wedding sector’
The EEMA Eduposium is being led by industry icons, Sanjoy Roy, President-EEMA and Managing Director Teamwork Arts, Sabbas Joseph, Founder-Director, Wizcraft International Entertainment, Brian Tellis, Managing Director, FH-MKTG, Roshan Abbas, MD, Geometry Encompass, Sameer Tobaccowalla, MD, Shobiz Experiential, Vivek Singh, Joint MD, Procam Sports, Mandeep Singh, CEO, CPM International, Atul Nath, Founder-Director, Candid Communications, Sushma Gaikwad, Founder-Director, WizcraftMIME, among several others.

Sanjoy Roy, President-EEMA and Founder-Managing Director, Teamwork Arts commented on the event saying, “Education and the free flow of knowledge is the need of the moment! Eduposium will provide a dais from which we can help aspiring event and media management professionals form an intrinsic view of the breadth and scope of the Creative industry and create tomorrow's pioneers that will shape the future.”

Sabbas Joseph, Former President-EEMA and Founder-Director, Wizcraft International Entertainment said, “The EEMA Eduposium is the perfect platform for students to engage with and get a deeper understanding about the fast-growing sector that is employing youth and also creating next-generation entrepreneurs”.
According to Vipul Pandhi, Vice President North – EEMA and Founder – Managing Director, Workaholics Event Solutions Pvt. Ltd. and one of the core team members driving Eduposium along with other Education initiatives for EEMA, “Experiential Marketing is one of the fastest-growing industry in India while growing at 16% GAGR which is much higher than the television, print, radio, etc. There is a huge demand for trained and qualified professionals to fulfill the ever-increasing requirement of the industry. An event like Eduposium plays an important role in connecting us with the future leaders of the industry while giving them insights into the world of Experiential Marketing.”
Here is a list of topics that will be discussed at the EEMA Eduposium 2020:
Topics
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Personalities
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Developing the Next Generation of Professionals. Educationists
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Mukulika Bannerji, from London School of Economics -Head of South Asian Department,
Lord Karan Bilimoria, CBE, DL FCA, Chancellor- University of Birmingham,
Dr. Nageshwar Rao, Vice-Chancellor- IGNOU, Prof Ujjwal Chowdhury,
Pro VC Adamas University, Dr. Indu Shahani, President & Chair- ISDI, ISDI-WPP School of Communication & Indian School of Management and Entrepreneurship (ISME)
Filmmaker and teacher, Subhash Ghai, Founder-Whistling Woods International
Ashish Kulkarni- mentor and evangelist of India’s Animation, VFX, gaming, and comics industry.
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How Technology is driving the future
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Oum Pradutt, Founder, Phase-1
Sam Panchamukhi, Creative Director, Wizcraft International
Albert Almeida, COO- BookMyShow
Ankur Kalra, MD, Vibgyor
VG Jairam, Director, FH MKTG, who championed the “I for India” fund-raiser.
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Social Events and Wedding sector
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Samit Garg, Founder-Director, E-Factor
Chetan Vohra, Founder, Wedding line
Aarti Manocha, Founder- Milestones to Memories
Aarti Mattoo, Founder- Momentum Events
Vijay Arora- MD, Touchwood Experiences
Aditya Motwane, Founder Motwane Events and Weddings
Kainaz Sethna, Director, Seven Steps
Neha Seth Arora, Director, Varvadhu.
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Young leaders part of the program: Apart from the industry leaders mentioned in the schedule of the events, several young entrepreneurs are featured in the program that highlights employment opportunities in the events sector. Some of the prominent ones are Poonam Lal, Founder, Marketing Solutions, Reema Sanghavi, Director, Maximus Events, Tabassum Modi, Founder-Director- Victor Tango, Atul Chabra, Founder-Enthuse Answers, Deepak Choudhary, Director, Event Capital, Deepak Pawar, MD, Midas Next, Pramod Lunawat, Director, Millennium Events, Siddharth Ganeriwala, MD- Aura Integrated, Vipul Pandhi, Founder, Workaholics, Prerna Saxena, Founder-Theme Weavers, and Ruchin Kohli
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Global and Indian leaders come together for one of the biggest event education initiatives - the EEMA Eduposium 2020 held on May 11th and 12th 2020.