Amazon’s Kelly Day, Canal+ Group’s Manuel Rougeron, Bodhi Tree’s Uday Shankar Among APOS 2023 Speakers

Liz Shackleton
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Media Partners Asia has announced the full line-up of speakers for its APOS Summit in Bali, which includes Canal+ Group’s Asia Pacific chief Manuel Rougeron, Bodhi Tree Systems director Uday Shankar and Amazon Prime Video head of international Kelly Day.

Canal+ Group recently acquired a 26% stake in Asian regional streamer Viu, which will also be present at the Asia-focused media, tech, telecoms and streaming conference, with Viu CEO Janice Lee among the confirmed speakers.

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The heavy duty roster also includes Warner Bros Discovery CEO and president, Global Streaming, JB Perrette; Paramount president & CEO, International, Pam Kaufman; Netflix Japan vice president of content Kaata Sakatomo; BBC Studios’ SVP & GM Phil Hardman; Candle Media co-CEO and founder Kevin Mayer; Foxtel CEO Patrick Delany; Nine Entertainment CEO Mike Sneesby; and Saugata Mukherjee, head of content at Indian streamer SonyLIV.

Leading figures from the tech world include Animoca Brands executive chairman Yat Siu; Google Play VP & GM Sam Bright; Snap APAC president Ajit Mohan; and Jaeson Ma, chairman of EST Media Holdings and CEO of OP3N.

High-profile speakers from Indonesia’s booming media industry include Clarissa Tanoesoedibjo, managing director of Vision+ and MNC Group; Sutanto Hartono, managing director of Emtek and CEO of Surya Citra Media and streamer Vidio; and Manoj Punjabi, founder and CEO of MD Pictures. Also attending the summit from Southeast Asia are Ernest L. Cu, president & CEO of the Philippines’ Globe, and Euan Smith, CEO of Malaysia’s Astro.

APOS organizer MPA noted that the summit taking place at a time when “macroeconomic volatility combined with the impact of technology and growing importance of scale continues to disrupt leading Asia Pacific entertainment economies and companies in their post-pandemic phase of growth.” The panels cover a wide range of subjects but aim to explore how value can be best created for consumers, advertisers and shareholders.

“This year’s APOS Summit brings together a diverse group of industry stakeholders including leading platforms, brands, creators and investors as we focus on the next stage of value creation, disruption and innovation in APAC’s US$150BN entertainment industry over three days of keynotes, briefings, networking and receptions,” said MPA executive director Vivek Couto.

The summit is taking place September 26-28 at the Ayana Estate in Bali, Indonesia.

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