Indiantelevision.com Team

(25 June 2007 6:30 pm)

MUMBAI: The International Advertising Association (IAA) headquartered in New York, is hosting the IAA's European Summit 2007 which is slated to take place from 26 to 28 September in Romania.

For the first time in an Eastern European country, the IAA European Summit 2007 will unfold under the motto "Europe. Continuous Change."

Confirming the already high interest around the IAA European Summit 2007, large international and national media organizations are supporting the communication around Europe of the summit (e.g. BBC World, Financial Times, inter-national-ist magazine, Pro TV, Pro FM, Info Pro, Ziarul Financiar, Media & Advertising, Business Magazin, Campaign, Business Week, Biz, Capital, the Economist), states an official release.

The line-up of international speakers for the event include:

- Alan Rutherford (Vice President, Global Media, Unilever)
- Nick Waters (Chief Executive Officer, MindShare EMEA)
- Steve Garton (Global Head of Media, Synovate)
- Adrian Sarbu (Regional Director, Central Media Enterprise, Chairman and CEO, PROTV Romania, Czech Republic and Slovakia)
- Deborah Malone, Publisher, inter national ist
- Jean-Pierre Teyssier (Chairman, European Advertising Standards Alliance)
- Santiago Gowland (Global Director of CSR, Unilever)
- Solange Montillaud Joyel (Project Director, United Nations Environment Program)
- Wally Olins (The Branding Guru)
- Diana Verde Nieto (Founder, Clownfish)
- Anthony Kleanthous (Strategic Advisor, WWF)
- Karin Lailani (Senior Vice President Marketing, Interface Flor)
- Tony Pigott (Global CEO, EthosJWT )
- Richard Hunt (Founder, Registrra - Czech Republic)
- Mihaela Ungar (President, Romanian Advertising Counsel)
- Joseph Ghossoub (President, IAA Worldwide)
- Erich Buxbaum (President, IAA Europe)
- Carla Michelotti (IAA VP Government Affairs and Self Regulation, Executive Vice President - Leo Burnett Worldwide)

The IAA, with its 56 chapters in 76 countries, is a global partnership whose members comprise advertisers, media, advertising and public relations agencies, media companies, and academics. The IAA is a platform for industry issues and is dedicated to protecting and advancing freedom of commercial speech, responsible advertising, consumer choice, and the education of marketing professionals.