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Date: November 25-27, 2008
Venue: Intercontinental Hotel, Sydney, Australia

Event Overview | Session Details | Speaker Profiles

Event Overview
Infosys BPO is the silver sponsor of the Australasian Media and Broadcasting Congress 2008, which is an annual summit where leading media companies review trends, develop strategies and partnerships.

Attend this conference to:

• Interact with industry leaders on the trends in global media and broadcasting industries
• Analyze partnering models with content and technology
• Discover the latest compliance and regulatory updates
• Understand the developments in delivery systems, hardware platforms, audience metrics and analysis tools

Session Details

Session 1

Media leaders' panel discussion

Topic: Managing growth in a competitive, dynamic market
Date: Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Time: 11.30 Australian Time
Speakers: Subrat Mohanty, SBU Head, Media, Entertainment and Publishing, Infosys BPO
Peter Wiltshire, National Sales Director, Nine Network
Michael Anderson, Chief Executive Officer, Austereo
Nic Cola, Chief Operating Officer, Fairfax Digital
Tony McGuinn, Chief Executive Officer, MCM Entertainment

Session Description
The panel discussion will discuss issues such as:

• Sustaining growth in Australia: Curse of economies of scale?
• Benchmarking Australia’s media and broadcasting industries
• Features for success: Innovation, ability and fearlessness
• Australia ’s media and broadcasting utopia

Session 2

Media Roundtable

Topic: Media in a Flat World: Digitize, monetize, engage, personalize and compete by making the world your talent pool
Date: Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Time: 15.25 Australian Time
Moderator: Magan Arthur, Senior Principal Solutions Consultant, Media & Entertainment Practice, Infosys
Participant: Subrat Mohanty, SBU Head for Media, Entertainment, Broadcasting & Publishing, Infosys BPO

Session Description
How are studios, newspapers, TV networks, advertisers and new media players coping with increasing pressure on costs while at the same time finding new audience? The roundtable discusses the business challenges facing Australian media companies and examines the global delivery model.

Speaker Profiles

Subrat has been an integral part of Infosys BPO's leadership team from its start-up days and has a decade-long experience in outsourcing. He has played key roles in solution design, transition and managing operations. He was instrumental in planning and building the company's Enterprise Services practice and initiated several key client relationships. Subrat is on the Apex Council for Operation Excellence Audits within Infosys BPO.

Magan Arthur is an authority on Digital Content Management. He has led the implementation of large-scale digital asset management systems for Global 1000 companies. At Infosys, he advises media and entertainment companies around the world on digital strategy and the future of the Digital Media Enterprise.

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