MISSION: ACCELERATE FOOD RETAILING EXCELLENCE BY GENERATING IDEAS, INSIGHTS, INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR

PROFITABLE GROWTH
THEME:CHARTING THE GROWTH MAPFOR FOOD GROCERY, FOOD SEVICE AND FOOD START UP IN THIS FAST, TECH SAVVY, DIGITALLY
CONNECTED, DEMANDING CONSUMER DRIVEN ERA

AGENDA WITH SPEAKERS & SESSEION BRIEFS

DAY ONE : 5th FEBRUARY 2019

09:00 – 09:30 : Breakfast Meet

Participants:
Modern Trade Heads of Food & FMCG majors.
Buying/ Sourcing/ Merchandising/ Category heads of Food & FMCG retailers.

09:30 – 09:55: KNOWLEDGE SERIES 1 :CATEGORY MANAGEMENT IN ONLINE RETAILING :

This session will share the fundamentals of category management in the online space aided by powerful and real case studies.

Lead:Geetha Mahadevan, Head Brand Intelligence and Consumer Insights, Bigbasket

09:55 – 10:00 : HAPPILO PRODUCT LAUNCH

Vikas D Nahar, MD, Happilo International

10:00 – 10:15 :KNOWLEDGE SERIES 2 : CONSUMER INSIGHTSON GROCERY RETAIL:

Session
Partner:
Lead: Ajay Macaden, ED, Nielsen
§ What are the emerging trends in Grocery retail ?
§ What are the categories to look out for?
§ How the new age consumer thinks?
§ How important is personalization in marketing?
§ Convenience or price? Which one is preferred?
§ Omni channel affects customer retention, Is Omni Channel as a trend here to
stay?
§ Is the language of communication changing among Millennial’s and GenZ ?
§ By 2020, India will have the largest population of Gen Z. How will it shape and
direct the grocery shopping?

10:15 – 10:22 : Future of Retail Distribution

Presenter: Lalit Bhise CEO - Bizom

Retail distribution is on the brink of undergoing a massive overhaul in the coming years, accelerated
with evolving cloud & mobile technologies. As retailers get digitally empowered and consolidated
distribution systems are put in place, consumerism will move from push-based to demand based. How
will technology & data drive this change & what does this mean for consumer goods brands?

Insights :

§ Why strong individual distribution networks will no longer be a competitive advantage & how distribution will be
consolidated amongst a few key players?
§ Why direct Brand-to-Retail reach is going to be key to ensuring product placements, availability & successful product
launches?
§ How brands can leverage data, identify trends & patterns to create great products that appeal to local tastes instead of
mass market product?

Food & Grocery Forum Continued - Day 1 of India Food Forum – 5th February, 2019

10:22 – 10:45 : Intro &Inaugural Keynote:

Krish Iyer, President & CEO, Walmart India, Chairman, India Food Forum

For over a decade now, India Food Forum has gathered key decision makers from every component of the
food supply chain — from producers, processors to distributors, marketers, service providers, restaurant and
hospitality companies and retailers — to push for best-practices in food and grocery retail and food service
sectors in India. Every year, thousands of exhibitors, delegates and visitors from India and overseas have
collaborated to create new business opportunities for not just domestic food brands, but also scores of foreign
food and FMCG businesses.

As an economy with a strong agricultural base, India is blessed

with immense natural resources, which if harnessed in a
Chairman, India Food Forum responsible and far-reaching manner, have the potential
to add significantly to our economic growth. India is also a land of huge opportunities for
international consumer brands, which are developing variants to cater to the taste and offer
enhanced choices to the ever evolving and growing base of Indian consumers. Our
honorable Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has already spelt out his dream of a strong, self-
reliant nation through his visionary 'Make in India' initiative. As businesses directly or indirectly
connected to the Food, we should now take it upon ourselves to imbibe global best practices,
innovation and bold initiatives to facilitate the evolution of India into a world-class food
market. This will only be possible with the collective thought and effort of global experts, policy makers, private enterprises and all those who
have invested in any component of the Food & FMCG supply chain of India.

10:45 - 11:55 : CATEGORTY CONCLAVE

Discussion on insights from Knowledge Series Presentations

Moderators:
Ø Kabir Gossain, Customer Director – Modern Trade, Unilever
Ø Kamaldeep Singh, President, Food Business, Future Group

10:45 – 11:15 : Session with Food & Grocery Brands
Amitabh Singh, Head – Modern Trade & Enterprise Business, Dabur
Dheeraj Arora, VP – MT, Ecom and IB, HUL
Krishna Rao, Senior Category Head, Parle Products
Sahil Gilani, Director Sales & Marketng, Gits
Saurabh Makhija, Head – Modern Trade, Nestlé India
Rahul Khandelwal, Head – Modern Trade, Britannia
Sunil Chourasia, Asso. Director Sales, Abbott Nutrition Int, India
Prashanth Gowriraju, MD, Timla Foods
Naveen Gupta, CMO, Bikaji Foods
Vikas D Nahar, MD, Happilo International
11:15 – 11:45 : Session with Food & Grocery Retailers
Avinash Tripathi, AVP, Head – Buying & Merchandising, Godrej
Natures Basket
Rajiv Sharma, Group Head-Staples, Future Value Retail
Sunil Sanklecha, Nuts n Spices
Vallabh Soudagar, SVP & Group Business Head-FMCG, DBFE,
Reliance Retail (Value Format)

11:45 – 11:55 : Q&A WITH BRANDS & RETAILERS

11:55 – 12:55 : FOOD & GROCERY RETAILING IN THE “PHYGITAL ERA” - Transformations In The
Food Economy & Implications For Policy Making : Food industry leaders, visionaries and policy
makers to present keynotes on the subject followed by panel discussion by Retail & Brand
CEOs.

Panelists:

Saurabh Kumar, Founder, Grofers

Arvind Varchaswi, Managing Director, Sri Sri Tattva
Sudhir Sitapati, Executive Director, Food & Refreshments, Hindustan Unilever
Ian Wright, Chairperson Food & Drink Federation UK

Moderator:Sadashiv Nayak, CEO, Food Business, Future Group

12:55 – 13:00 : Dukes Product Launch

Food & Grocery Forum Continued - Day 1 of India Food Forum – 5th February, 2019

13:00 – 14:00 : BRINGING ALIVE THE FUTURE OF FOOD : CEO’s 2020 VISION FOR THE GROCERY SECTOR : Food and Grocery is one of the
highest contributor to the the growth of Indian retail market and is expected to exceed 512 (USD^ bn) by 2021 at 14.2 percent CAGR. To
grab the immense opportunity and potential , one should have the right business strategy, plan, tools,techniques and the capability to
execute. How to transform challenges into winning opportunities ? How are the leaders preparing for the rapid rise in ecommerce and
digital ecosystem management ? Join a conversation with industry leaders that may alter your approach to change. You’ll leave energized
with thought-provoking, actionable insights to share with your team.

Panel Mohit Anand, MD, Kellogg India and South Asia

Sadashiv Nayak, CEO, Food Business, Future Group Oliver Mirza, MD, Dr. Oetker India
Mohit Kampani, CEO, Aditya Birla Retail Arvind Kumar, CEO, Dukes
C Gopalakrishnan, Founder N Supermarkets Aseem Soni, CEO, Modern Foods
Ramesh Menon, Fromer CEO, HyperCity Akash Goenka, Director, Goldiee Group

Moderator:Damodar Mall, CEO, Reliance Retail (SupermarketWala)

14:00 – 14:45 : LUNCH

Post Lunch – Parellel Sessions in Grand Ball Room & Powai Ball Room

Grand Ball Room Powai Ball Room - FOOD START UPS & INNOVATION CONCLAVE
14:45 – 15:45 : 14:45 – 15:15 : PRESENTATIONS
FIFI SESSION 1 :INTELLIGENCE & INSIGHTSFROMINTERNATIONAL FOOD OUTSTANDING INNOVATIONS -
BRANDS & RETAILERS: IN FOOD & GROCERY :
Brand Development/ Food
The millennial population
Production, Display & Presentation/ Ordering, Payment &
and rising disposable Delivery/ Marketing & Promotions
incomes across India have
created a upsurge in the Nominees include:
international food v Food Hall
category not only in the Saibal Banerjee, Category Head – FMCG, Staples & Diary
metros but also in small
v Nutty Gritties
towns and cities. The
By Dinika Bhatia, Founder & CEO, DRB Foods
appetite for the new and
different grows day-by –day and at times seems insatiable. Yet while v BritanniaTreatanaut Activation
the scope is ample and the opportunities for growth loom large, the Rahul Khandelwal, Head– Modern Trade, Britannia
hurdles of labeling, safety norms, governing laws and other regulations
hinder this growth. With the objective ‘How to make the ride smoother v Britannia Bluewall and Blueforce
for international food headed to India,this panel delves into the Rahul Khandelwal, Head– Modern Trade, Britannia
opportunities, challenges and proposes the way forward for this
v PopiCorn
important food category. By Prashanth Gowriraju, CEO & Founder, Timla Foods

Panel: v Golden Harvest Recipe Ready

Avinash Tripathi, AVP, Head – Buying & Merchandising, Godrej Natures
Basket
Dhruv Meid, Director, Fine Foods Retail Pune
Gunjan Jain, MD, VKC Nuts and Nut Lounge Retail
Gianluigi Peduzzi, President, RUSTICHELLA D'ABRUZZO SPA &Director,
Gustora Foods
Sanjey Bajoria, MD, Bajoria Foods
Sanjay Tandon, MD, Epicure Frozen Foods
Amit Agarwal, Director, Ashokasha Exim
By Ranjan Baheti, Sr. Manager, Future Consumer
v FalhariProto-typedRecommendation Engine
By Gulshan Sharma, Founder, Falhari
Finalists to present :
2 Minutes (AV) Video – showcasing concept, execution and
results - Followed by 2 minutes interaction with JURY and
Audience.

Moderator: JURY:
Amit Lohani, Convener, FIFI (Forum of Indian Food Importers) & MD,Max Ajay Macaden, Executive Director, Nielsen India
Foods Dhiren Kanwar, President & MD- India and Middle East -
Griffith Foods
Viswanath P, ED, Advisory Consumer Markets, KPMG
Dr. Prabodh Shirish Halde, Head-Global Regulatory, Marico

Food & Grocery Forum Continued - Day 1 of India Food Forum – 5th February, 2019

Powai Ball Room – 15:15 – 16:45: FOOD START UPS & INNOVATION CONCLAVE Continued
PRODUCT LAUNCH by ON THE RUN

Opening Comments by Harshita

Gandhi, Director, Tree of Life

Followed by
PRESENTATIONS BY
PROMISING STATRTUPS operating in
Food & Grocery Business.

Finalists to present : 3 Minutes (AV)

Video - showcasing their ideas,
execution strategy, implementation
stages and results - a valuable
learning for all - followed by 2 minutes
interaction with JURY and Audience.

Presenters:
C.S JADHAV, Director, Inner Being
wellness
Archit Kaushik, Brand Marketing Head,
Vahdam Teas
Aswani Chaitanya, Founder & CEO,
Timios
Bhuman Dani & Shariq Ashraf,
Founder & Partner, The Good Life
Company
Farah Nathani Menzies & Shreya
Lamba, Co Founders, The Mumum
Company
Kajal Bhatia, Founder, eighty20 Foods
Kiran Gali, Founder & CEO,
Numbermall
Rahul H. Kakkad, Founder & Partner,
Poshn
Shashidhar Reddy Muppidi, MD,
Muyum Milk Foods
Shilpa Phadke, Founder, On The Run

JURY
Ajay Macaden, Executive Director,
Nielsen Comoany
Dr. Prabodh Shirish Halde, Head-
Global Regulatory, Marico
Vinay Singh, Founding Partner -
Fireside Ventures & Co-Founder,
Stepni
Viswanath P, ED, Advisory Consumer
Markets, KPMG
Piyush Surana, Principal @ Tomorrow
Capital
Prasad P, Group Executive Vice
President, Yes Bank
Dhiren Kanwar, President & MD- India
and Middle East - Griffith Foods
Dhaval Agarwal, Tuscan Ventures

Followed by Panel Discussion

“7 REASONS WHY FOOD STARTUPS WILL GAIN MOMENTUM IN 2019 & BEYOND”.
Brainstorming on startups, new ideas, scope and challenges, successes and failures, participants of this session share their innovations, stories and the
reasons why they are in it.
Startups Panel:
Chirag Gupta, CEO, 4700 BC
Himanshu Vyas, Founder & Director – Lunn (Global Brand Resources)
Prasoon Gupta, Co Founder & Director, Sattviko
Sabina Gulati, Co-founder, Serapheena

Moderator: Ameesha Prabhu, CEO, TRRAIN – Trust for Retailers and Retail Associates of India

Food & Grocery Forum Continued - Day 1 of India Food Forum – 5th February, 2019

Grand Ball Room – 15.45 to 17.30 Powai Ball Room –

Foopd Tech
15.45 to 16.15 : REGULATIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL FOOD

Panel:
Jean Marc, Intl Business Director, Yabon, France/
Ruslan Cashaev, Director , Petrovector Malaysia
Nitin Verma, Agricultural counsellor for regulatory affairs, Consul General of Canada
Virginie Fulcrand, Sales & Marketing Director, La Tourangelle, France
Svetlana CashaevaSales Specialist, Petrovector Malaysia
Dr Krishna Methekar, Dy Director, FSSAI - Imports

Moderator:
Dr. Prabodh Shirish Halde, Head-Global Regulatory, Marico

16:15 : – 16:22 : EVOLVING REFRIGERATION DEMANDS FROM

THE RETAIL INDUSTRY
Increased demand for maintaining freshness is throwing
logistical and refrigeration challenges to retailers and manufacturers. eCommerce
growth is further propelling the demand for cold storage and refrigeration.Smaller
supermarkets & grocers demand innovative refrigerated merchandising solutions.

How refrigeration companies are gearing up to offer flexible refrigeration solutions with
ease of merchandising that meet the evolving demands of retailers keeping in view the 17:00– 17:30 :
need to conserve energy and protect the environment. MOST EFFECTIVE TECH IMPLEMENTATIONS OF
Presenter: Srikant Subramanian, GM- Marketing , Blue Star India 2018 IN FOOD RETAIL

16:22 : – 16:27 : ZOFF PRODUCT LAUNCH

Presenters include:
v SPAR
By Vivek Harikrishnan, Manager - Omni
16:27 : – 17:30 : CATEGORY INSIGHTS FROM GROCERS:
Channel, SPAR

v Perpule
By Jignesh Barfiwala, VP & Business Head,
Perpule

v Big Bazaar- Future Pay

By Chennakrishnan.Subramanian, Big
Bazaar

Regional grocers face several challenges as they seek to defend market share from
national chains and digital companies—rising labor costs, the rise of e-commerce, and Finalists to present 3 Minutes (AV) Video -
changing consumer desires are just a few of those challenges. Their biggest strength is showcasing concept, execution and results
their local connect. This session will bring insights from some of the most forward looking - followed by 2 minutes interacton with
regional chains - How progressive grocers are capturing additional value by focusing on JURY and Audience.
their relationships and adding more convenience and choice.
Jury:
Mega Roundtable with Progressive Super Market Chains:
Kiran Gali, Founder & CEO, NumberMall
Lalit Bhise CEO - Bizom
Anil Kankariya, Managing Partner Navjeevan Super Shop, Jalgaon
Mukul Bafana, CEO, Arvind Internet
Dharmender Matai, CEO, JMart (Delhi NCR)
Manish Bhartiya Director, Ratnadeep Super Markets, Hyderabad
K Radhakrishnan, Co-
Niren Shah, Advisor, Jalans Supermarkets, Varanasi founder,Tata STARQUIK
Rajesh Francis, Proprietor, MagSon Fresh and Frozen, Ahmedabad
Silas Paul, CEO, Miraj Retail, Rajasthan
Sunil Sanklecha, Managing Partner, Nuts 'n' Spices, Chennai
Vajirali Momin, Group Director, Hearty Mart, Ahmedabad

Moderators: Dhananjay Sen Gupta, CEO (Small Formats) Future Group

C Gopalakrishnan, Founder N Supermarkets, Karnataka, Kerala & Tamilnadu

Food & Grocery Forum Continued - Day 1 of India Food Forum – 5th February, 2019

Grand Ball Room – FIFI Conclave Powai Ball Room : Food Retail Tech Continued
17:30 – 18:30 : FIFI SESSION 2 :
17:30 – 18:30 : TECHNI GROCERY –
ALLIANCE AVENUES WITH FOREIGN PARTNERS TO EXPAND THE FOOD MARKET LEVERAGING TECHNOLOGY TO BUILD
IN INDIA : YOUR BUSINESS :Five ways
technology is transforming grocery
This session with Ambassadors, Trade Commissioners& Consul Generals of shopping
several countries will identify avenues for partnerships in food, beverages and
food service industry and how Embassies and Trade Commissions can play a
more pro-active role to facilitate such alliances.

Emerging major market of the world, India offers huge opportunities for
manufacturers, producers and providers of products and services from across
the globe to sell here or partner with Indian companies to serve this market.
Acceptance of multinational culture, a growing taste for foods from across
the globe, increasing inflow of foreign nationals, willingness to experiment
new cuisines and more over avenues to market new products further add to
the opportunity.
The evolving consumer landscape is bringing more
and more technology advances and convenience
at the grocery store. Everybody is investing in
technology whether it is in home delivery or new
ways to keep stock and produce fresh. Personalized
offerings is now popular amongst the grocers.
Checkout efficiency, gauging footfalls, analyzing
consumer data. In fact, technology is being infused
into everything for business growth and profitability.
The tech experts share some deep and valuable
insights and the future with AI.

Panelists:
Sunil Nair, CTO, Spar
Embassies and Trade Commissions of foreign countries in India are well Kiran Gali, Founder & CEO, NumberMall
placed to capture these opportunities for business organization in their Lalit Bhise CEO - Bizom
respective countries. How effective have been their efforts and what more Mukul Bafana, CEO, Arvind Internet
can be done? Rakshit Daga, VP and Head Technology, Big Basket
Girish Rao, Chief Digital Transformation officer,
Future Group
Panelists: Udayraj Prabhu, EVP, Business Process Transformation
H.E. Ms. Melba Pria, Ambassador of Mexico to India & IT, Marico
Damian Irzyk - Consul General , Consulate General of the Republic of Poland
Ali Tolga Kaya - Consul General , Consulate General of Turkey
Nitin Verma - Counsellor Agriculture & CFIA Technical Specialist, High Moderator: K Radhakrishnan, Co-
Commission of Canada founder,Tata STARQUIK.COM
Marika Jakas - Counsellor – Head of Trade and Economic Affairs, Delegation (Omnichannel Retail, Tata Fiora Hypermarkets)
of the European Union to India
Françoise Moreau Lalanne - Agriculturre Counsellor, Embassy of France to
India
Jurgen Maer S Chad- - Trade and Investment Commissioner, Consulate
General of Blegium, Mumbai
Margaux PAVONCELLO, Trade Officer - Agribusiness Department at the Trade
commission at the Embassy of France in India
Guy Bromley, Head of Trade & Investment Northern India/First Secretary Trade
& Investment, Dept. for Int. Trade, British High Commission

Moderator: Amit Lohani, Convener, FIFI (Forum of Indian Food Importers) &
MD,Max Foods

6


Food & Grocery Forum Continued - Day 1 of India Food Forum – 5th February, 2019

18:30 – 18:37 : DIGITAL SUPPLY CHAIN TRANSFORMATION FOR FMCG BRANDS

Presenter: Kiran Gali, CEO – NumberMall

Consistent Execution with Cost Controlwill be the key to designoperating models for FMCG brands that provides insights and eedback from
retailers.
We have hit the tipping point where technology is pervasive for best experience among brand, distributors and retailers directly to create
a convenience for all the stake holders.Digitalisation adds wing to the sales people and they can fly to cover 5x no. of stores in a day.
Retailers can experience 24/7 on demand restocking experience. Can you really imagine this? The "Why" of slow scale up of sales or
degrowth is not enough, FMCG brands have to figure out the "How" to make it grow with the power of technology.

Insights in just 7 minutes:

ü How to cover the outlets where sales team never visit to collect the order?
ü How to ensure service when the sales team is on leave or resigns?
ü How to get feed back on the new launches and on your sales team directly from the retailers?
ü How to increase the strike rate, productivity and outlets coverage per executive ?
ü Time to break the shackles of 100% dependency on team to visit the stores and get orders.
ü Empower the retailers to be able to order directly without waiting for someone to come and collect the order.
ü Time to say goodbye to old methods of "push sale" and change to new concept of "order by demand"

How to achieve above, collaborate and communicate better in real time and build direct Brand to Retail relationship.

18:37 – 18:42 :PRODUCT LAUNCH BY SARAPHEENA

GRAND FINALE v Big Bazaar & Bru Coffee

18:42 – 20:00 : BRAND RETAILERSSUCCESS STORIES : Retailers and brands share Dhiraj Kumar, Sr Manager- FMCG Foods, Beverages
their stunning success stories of collaboration in building new consumption/ & Int. Foods, Big Bazaar
product categories or transforming a traditional category with innovation. Vishal Telange, Bru Coffee

Finalists to present v Star Bazaar & Desi Atta Co.

5 Minutes (AV) Video - showcasing concept, execution and Shalu Zala, Head - Retail Media & Visibility, TRENT
results - followed by 3 minutes interaction with JURY and Hypermarket
Audience.
Shridhar Taparia, Desi Atta

v Reliance Retail & Pepsodent

Anchor: Damodar Mall, CEO, Reliance Retail
(SupermarketWala) Rahul Choudhury, Reliance Retail
Nikhil Pandey, Pepsodent
JURY:
Ajay Macaden, ED, Nielsen Company v Health & Glow and Ponds
Ameesha Prabhu, CEO, TRRAIN – Trust for Retailers and Retail Associates of India Rathin M, Sr. Category Manager, Health & Glow
Viswanath P, ED, Advisory Consumer Markets, KPMG Ayush Kumar Agarwal, Ponds
Dr. Prabodh Shirish Halde, Head-Global Regulatory, Marico
Prasad P, Group Executive Vice President, Yes Bank v Amazon & Brylcreem
Richa Gupta, Senior Category Manager, Amazon
Sreyoshi Maitra, Executive Director, IPSOS
Aalekh Tripathi, Management Trainee, Unilever
Nominees Include:
v Apollo & Lifebuoy
Madhava Krishnan, Apollo
v Reliance Retail& Lovely Bake Studio
Swati Maheswari, Ntional Accounts Manager,
Johnson John,G M- Buying & Merchandising, Reliance Retail
Unilever
Shaishav Mittal, Lovely Bake Studio
v More & Cornitos
v MK Retail & HUL Anniversary
Niyas KN, Director, MK Retail Sneha Kumar, Category Manager - More, ABRL
Swati Maheswari, Unilever Jagjot Singh Mann, National Sales Manager –
Cornitos
v Future Group & McVitie's
Prem Singh, Category Manager , Future Goup v Reliance Retail & Britannia
Abhishek Verma, Sales Head, McVitie's Rahul Khandelwal, Head – Modern Trade, Britannia

20:00 onwards :

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DAY TWO:6th FEBRUARY 2019– India Food Service Forum, Renaissance, Powai. Mumbai

09:00 – 09:30 : Breakfast Meet

Participants: Chefs & Restauratiers

09:30 – 10:30 : KNOWLEDGE SERIES 3: BUILDING BRANDS THROUGH TOUCH,

TASTE, SMELL, SIGHT, AND SOUND

As children, we learn the names of all sorts of shapes, colors and sounds. But
when it comes to the way things smell or taste, the only language we ever
hear is qualitative — good and bad, yummy and yucky, delicious and
disgusting. And in adulthood, we learn that putting language to our sensory
experiences such as flavors is not easy. While companies use sensory
evaluation to engineer better products and meet bottom lines, but are we
really leveraging all our basic senses?

Our industry’s real thought leases speak mainly on the authority of tradition and common sense. Most of what we need to
know about food, we already know, or once did until we allowed the experts and the advertisers to shake our
confidence in common sense, tradition, the testimony of our senses, and the wisdom of our mothers and grandmothers.
Let’s look at real life examples of how good brands have been leveraging all our senses to their fullest advantage.

Presenter: Jaspal Singh Sabharwal, Co-Founder-TagTaste Foods

Panel:
Sumit Nair, Country Manager - India, Newly Weds Foods
Sudhir Tamne, VP – Innovation, Burger King
Dinika Bhatia, Founder & CEO, DRB Foods
Chef Rahul Kulkarni, VP, Chiliad Procons
Chef Ashok Meena, Executive chef, ITC Fortune Select Exotica
Chef Rakhee Vaswani, Celebrity Chef, Culinary Expert, Food Consultant, Teacher, Author, Cooking Show Host & Entrepreneur
Aditi Prabhu, Consulting Nutritionist, Certified Diabetes Educator, Nutrigenomics counselor, and Food & Travel Blogger
Kunal Yadav, Director– Food Service, McCain Foods
Chef Baranidharan P, Director, Culinary, Griffith Foods – India & Middle East

10:30 – 11:15 : FOOD SERVICEINSIGHTS: How consumers are making choices&tradeoffs in this new crowded environment?

Presenter:
Sreyoshi Maitra,
Executive Director, IPSOS
Panel:
Anurag Katiar, ED & CEO, deGustibus Hospitality
Karan Kapur, ED, K Hospitality
Rohit Malhotra, Business Head India, Barcelos
Shweta Ravi, Director, Nandhana Group of Restaurants

Moderator: Mohit Khattar, CEO, Graviss Foods – Baskin Robbins

The Indian food service world has left consumers spoilt for choices. Eating out
options are increasing by the day and the consumer today has a wide variety of international and local cuisines to choose from.At the
same time, technology is transforming the "restaurant of the future" driving online ordering - encouraging home cooks and restaurants to
expand the food industry in a big way.

New entrants in the market have often fared well, riding on the excitement of new launches. Therefore, while the appetite for consumption
continues, it is critical to understand how consumers are making choices and most importantly how are they making tradeoffs in this new
crowded environment.The other important factor to understand how different consumer cohorts are reacting to this fast changing
environment and thus identify what’s critical for the food service players to focus on to target these consumer segments.

India Food Service Forum Continued – 6th February, 2019, Renaissance, Powai. Mumbai

Innovation Launch by McCain Foods

11:15 – 12:20 Inaugural : 10 KEY LEARNINGS OF 2018

Panel Discussion
Henrik Osterstrom, Country Food Manager, Ikea India
Sagar Daryani, Founder, Wow! Momo
Navin Gurnaney, CEO, Tata Starbucks
Subroto Gupta, SVP, Head - Innovation & Business Excellence, Jubilant FoodWorks
Chintan Dholakia, GM, Unilever Food Solutions, Hindustan Unilever

Moderator:Rahul Singh, Founder, Beer café & Presdent NRAI

12:20 – 13.05 :
INAUGURAL PANEL DISCUSSION 2: SUCCESS MANTRAS: THE FLAVORS OF THE FUTURE : TOMORROW’s FOOD, Session Partner
TOMORROW’s CONSUMER
The foodservice landscape is shifting across the globe. The supply chain is evolving, consumer needs and
tastes are changing, the channels offering foodservice are plentiful, and technology is enabling
convenience and service at the speed of light. Navigating the new landscape and driving away the bottlenecks can be a challenge.
Sustainability, health & nutrition are the new buzzwords.How the Food Connoisseurs are doing it ? Join CEO’s & leaders in an interesting
‘Future Gazing’ session and finally how they are
increasing customer visits and growing their bottom line.

Panel :
Priyank Sukhija, CEO & MD, First Fiddle Restaurants
Gautam Gupta, CEO, Paradise Food Court
Manjunath Patil, GM- Ops, Vista Processed Foods
Vikram Kamat, MD, VITS hotels & Kamats Restaurant
Anurag Katiar, ED & CEO, deGustibus Hospitality
Sagar Daryani, Founder, Wow! Momo
Chef GreshamFernandes, Impresario Entertainment
Hospitality

Moderator: Dhiren Kanwar, President & MD- India and Middle East - Griffith Foods

Parellel Sessions in Grand Ball Room & Powai Ball Room

Grand Ball Room: 13:05 – 14.00 : CHEFS MEGA ROUNDTABLE Powai Ball Room: 13:05 – 14.00 : UK India
Business Council Conclave
BUILD A MENU WHICH SETS YOU APART : CREATING A WOW CULINARY EXPERIENCEAND
SPEARHEADING A CULINARY TRANSFORMATION:
Exposure to international cultures through travels, satellite content and digital media
have increased urban India’s appetite for authentic cuisines – both foreign and
regional.And to feed them,chefs are constantly experimenting and coming out
with new hyper local cuisines and
Panel:
dishes to satisfy the evolving food
Lex Rushmore, ERM, Greene King
palate of the modern day diners. Jacine Rutasikwa – CEO & Co-founder,
Hear the eminent chef’s secret Matugga Distillers
ingredient for a winning recipe Scott Taylor, Ramsden International
when it comes to customer Alex Hannon, Director, MangaJo
satisfaction, experience, and long Andrew Niedzwiecki – CEO, Worsley Gin
term strategy Milind Akre, MD, APMC, Govt. of Maharashtra
Panel: Dr. Prabodh Shirish Halde, Head-Global
Regulatory, Marico
Chef Nitin Puri, Executive Chef, P Muthumaran, Director FSSAI Western Region
Unilever Dr Krishna Methekar, Dy Director, FSSAI -
Chef Tushar Malkani, MD, Malknai Hospitality Imports
Chef Jerson Fernandes, Executive Chef, Sea Princess Soumen Bose, Commercial director, Booker
Chef Vivek Kadam,Executive Pastry Chef,ITC Maratha India (part of Tesco plc)
Mita Chopra, Lead F&D, UK India Business
Chef Gresham Fernandes, Culinary Director, Impresario
council
Chef Sudhir Pai, WICA
Ian Wright, Chief Executive, The Food and
Chef Altamsh Patel, Executive Chef, The Park Mumbai Drink Federation (FDF)
Chef Varun Inamdar,Celebrity Chef and Master Chocolatier Moderator: Amit Lohani,
Chef Baranidharan P, Director, Culinary, Griffith Foods – India & Middle East Convener, FIFI (Forum of Indian Food
Moderator:Harpal Singh Sokhi, Celebrity Chef, Restaurateur and presenter of TURBAN Importers) & MD,Max Foods
TADKA

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India Food Service Forum Continued– 6th February, 2019, Renaissance, Powai. Mumbai
14:00 – 14:45 : LUNCH
Grand Ball Room – Food ServiceInsights
14:45 – 15:45 : NEW MARKETS ON THE RADAR OF FS CHAINS.
- Insights from Regional Masters, global and National FS
Operators
Panel:
Vishnu Shankar, Director, Adyar Ananda Bhavan Sweets &
Snacks
Dr. A K Tyagi, ED, Haldiram’s
Varun Kapur, ED, TFS
Kumar Gaurav, VP, Billionsmiles Hospitality
Sam Chopra, Chairman & Founder, CybizCorp
Vikram Kamat, MD, VITS hotels & Kamats Restaurant
Devinder Verma, Operations Head, Nando's
Dheeraj Gupta, MD, Jumbo King
Anchor: K.S. Narayanan, Food Service Industry Expert
15:45 – 16:30 : HPMF CONCLAVE
WILL PROCURE TO PAY (P2P) SYSTEMS REPLACE PURCHASING
DEPARTMENTS EVENTUALLY?
Moderator: Jaideep Gupta, Director, Aanyah Management
Panel:
Nitin Shankar Nagrale, Founder & General Secretary HPMF
and VP, Materials - Foodlink Restaurants and Catering India
Sunil Kuttan, DGM - SCM, Gourmet Investments (PizzaExpress,
TheProject, Typhoon Shelter, Ministry of Crab India)
Harvey Rodrigues, Director Materials, Hotel Meluha The Fern
Mukund Vichare, VP Procurement, JSM Corporation
Ramvriksha Dwivedi,Materials Manager, Ammby Valley
Vijayanand Thantri, GM Purchase, Mango Hotels
Mohan Deshpande, Chairman, HPMG
Powai Ball Room
14:45 – 16:30: FOOD SERVICE STARTUPS & INNOVATION CONCLAVE
INVESTORS’ ASSESSMENT OF STARTUPS IN FOOD SERVICE BUSINESS
Past few years has seen an
exponential growth in food
startups with increasing interest of
investors. Also businesses from
different niche have also
decided to experiment in this
lucrative business. This session
with investors and felicitators will
deliberate on how investors are
looking at the opportunities and
what is their assessment of the developments so far.
Followed by Presentations by
SUCCESSFULSTATRTUPS IN FOOD SERVICE BUSINESS THAT CHANGED THE
TASTE OF INDIA
Finalists to present
3 Minutes (AV) Video - showcasing concept, execution and results -
followed by 2 minutes interaction with JURY and Audience.
Presenters:
Panel & Jury:
Ashish Agrawal, MD, Avaana Capital
Nitin Puri, Sr President & Global Head- Food & Agri Strategic, Advisory &
Research, Yes Bank
Pankaj Karna, Managing Director, Maple Capital Advisors
Saurabh Kochhar, Co-Founder and Ex-CEO, Foodpanda
Viswanath P, ED, Advisory Consumer Markets, KPMG
Dhaval Agarwal, Tuscan Ventures
Anchor: Samir Kuckreja, Founder & CEO, Tasanaya Hospitality
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India Food Service Forum Continued – 6th February, 2019, Renaissance, Powai. Mumbai

LUNN Product Launch

Grand Ball Room – Food Service Presentations Powai Ball Room – Food (FS) Retail Tech& Innovation
16:30 – 17:30 : MOST VIBRANT FOOD COURTS OF INDIA 16:30 – 17:30 : MOST EFFECTIVE INNOVATIONS OF 2018 IN FOOD
SERVICE – Product/ Process Innovation/ Tech Implementaion
Nominees include:

v Frshly
By Neha dave,B2B PR- Travel Food Services

v Perpule
Finalists to present Jignesh Barfiwala, VP & Business Head, Perpule
2 Minutes (AV) Video - showcasing concept, execution
and results - followed by 2 minutes interaction with JURY v Pizza Hut
and Audience Ashish Agarwal Design, Director – Technology and eCommerce
Deepak Chawla – Sr Manager – Technology and eCommerce
Nominees include:
v DLF Mall of India, Noida v Thick Shake Factory
M Yeshwanth Nag, Founder
v Food Quest, Elante, Chandigarh Mrityunjai M, Brand Marketing Specialist
Puneet Gupta, Director

v Inorbit, Malad
Kshitija Vernekar, Public Relations & Corporate
Communications Manager

v Phoenix United Mall, Lucknow

Sanjeev Sarin, Centre Head

v Inorbit, Vadodara
Kshitija Vernekar, Public Relations & Corporate Finalists to present
Communications Manager
3 Minutes (AV) Video - showcasing concept, execution and results -
followed by 2 minutes interaction with JURY and Audience
v Select CityWalk, New Delhi
Vidhur Takru-Asst. Manager
Followed by Panel Discussion
Rohit Bakshi-Unit Manager

v Inorbit, Whitefield, Bengaluru WINNING IN FOOD SERVICE WITH TECH & INTELLIGENCE.
Kshitija Vernekar, Public Relations & Corporate Subroto Gupta, SVP, Head - Innovation & Business Excellence,
Communications Manager Jubilant FoodWorks
Anil Menon, Head IT - Tata Starbucks
Sreyoshi Maitra, Executive Director, IPSOS
Jury Pankaj Sharma IT Head Kwals Group & Founder Phylo
Bijou Kurien, Member-Strategic Advisory Board, L Capital Udayraj Prabhu, EVP, Business Process Transformation & IT, Marico
Asia
Nitin Puri, Sr President & Global Head- Food & Agri Moderator:Saurabh Kochhar, Co-Founder and Ex-CEO, Foodpanda
Strategic, Advisory & Research, Yes Bank
Pankaj Karna, Managing Director, Maple Capital Advisors
Viswanath P, ED, Advisory Consumer Markets, KPMG
Ajay Macaden, ED, Nielsen
Dr. Prabodh Shirish Halde, Head-Global Regulatory,
Marico

Go to NEXT PAGE to See the the agenda of the GRAND FINALE of India Food Service Forum& Food Service
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India Food Service Forum Continued – 6th February, 2019, Renaissance, Powai. Mumbai

17:30 – 19:30 : GRAND BALL ROOM

FOOD SERVICE AND THE RETAIL SPACES OF TOMORROW.
Mega Round Table with fastest growing restaurant chains and retail space Developers

Food Service is emerging as the key driver of footfalls and conversions at shopping malls and
moreover F&B really contributes a lot towards creating the shopping centre experience.
However the paradox that we F&B sector faces is that while restaurateurs are all in expansion
mode, want to grow stores and also expand into newer cities specially Tier 2 and Tier 3 with
substantial capital backing but they have no clue of quality spaces that are available or
upcoming. Spaces outside planned shopping & leisure centres are negligible and the ones
available may not attract restaurant operators due to compliance and license issues.

So, simply said the shopping centres are for the future but we need to have a framework of
number of shopping malls, which are coming up, which are all zoned, dedicated, properly
planned for F&B. Also we keep hearing about F&B only spaces like Cyber Hub but where are
they and when are they going to launch?

There may be dozen odd NOIDA like places coming up all over India. There could be
tremendous scope for developing new food centric spaces also and bring in F&B players of all regions to create mega food zones. F&B is
flourishing in south and it would be important to get some of them too in such collaborations. F&B players would be keen to hear more on
the new emerging spaces like airports, Metro, Rail and Bus stations, highways, institutional campuses, hospital etc etc. The Grand Finale
of India Food service Forum brings together some of most vibrant retail space creators and restaurateurs to dive deep in to the subject
with facts and figures and chart out a road map for all stakeholders to plan future expansion.

Moderators: Samir Kuckreja, Founder & CEO, Tasanaya Hospitality and Anuj Kejriwal, CEO & MD, Anarock Retail

Panel of Restaurants: Panel of Retail Real Estate:

Anurag Katiar, ED & CEO, deGustibus Hospitality
Dr. A K Tyagi, ED, Haldiram’s
Gautam Gupta, CEO, Paradise Food Court
K T Srinivasa Raja, MD, Adyar Ananda Bhavan Sweets & Snacks
Kanishka Mazumdar, CBO, Barbeque Nation
Priyank Sukhija, CEO & MD, First Fiddle Restaurants
Raghunandan Dole, CFO, Lite Bite Foods
Rahul Singh, Founder, Beer café & Presdent NRAI
Riyaaz Amlani, MD, Impresario Entertainment Hospitality
Rohit Malhotra, Business Head India, Barcelos
Sagar Daryani, Founder, Wow! Momo
Sam Chopra, Founder & Chairman, CybizCorp& RE/MAX India
Vishal Gupta CFO, Nando's
Vishnu Shankar, Director, Adyar Ananda Bhavan Sweets & Snacks
Arjun Shyam Sumaya, Head, West India - Retail & Leisure, JLL
Bimal Sharma, Head – Retail, CBRE South Asia
M G Gopala Krishna, MD, MGB Group, Nellore
Mohit Pruthi, Head - Retail Leasing, Bharti Realty
Mukesh Kumar, CEO, Infiniti Malls
Munish Khanna, CRO, Express Avenue
Nayan Raheja, MD, Raheja Group
Nirzar Jain, Chief Leasing Officer, Nexus Malls
Pankaj Renjhen, COO, Virtuous Retail
Pankaj Jain, Director, KW Group
Santosh Pandey, Director R City Mall, Runwal Group
Shashie Kumar, COO RETAIL, Brigade Group
Shibu Philips, Business Head, Lulu Mall
Bipin Gurnani, President & CEO, Prozone
Vikas Shetty, Mall Head, Growel
Yogeshwar Sharma, Executive Director, Select CITYWALK

19:30 onwards

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