Colvyn Harris is chairman of GoaFest 2009
09 Sep 2008
Plans for the forthcoming annual GoaFest 2009 are already underway. The Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAAI) has named Colvyn Harris, CEO, JWT, as the chairman for the GoaFest. Jagdip Bakshi, who chaired the last Goafest has now moved on to a new role in JWT as global business director on Unilever.
The main emphasis this year will be on content and international participation. Harris is working on forming the committee that would be working on the festival's preparations.
GoaFest 2008 had seen the participation of Steve Gatfield, CEO, Lowe Worldwide; Craig Davis, former CCO, JWT Worldwide; Donald Gunn of The Gunn Report; and Kevin Swanepoel, president, The One Club, amongst many others.
The aim of the festival is to celebrate the spirit of advertising, encourage new ideas, to bring together like-minded people and create a platform that encourages the best.