Throwback
Digital Summit 2025
Two days at Water’s Edge, Colombo, where Sri Lanka’s digital community met the region’s sharpest minds in marketing, media, and technology.
That’s a wrap ✦ 2025
The minds on stage
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Pieter-Jan de Kroon Regional Managing Director - Aleph APAC -
Stephen Lay Founder, Envato -
Putri Luciana Kuswara Founder, Envato -
Ritesh Pai CEO - International Payments, PhonePe -
Amitha Amarasinghe Founding President of DMASL / Co-Founder & CEO of Asia Pacific Institute of Digital Marketing (APIDM) -
Chockalingam S Co-founder / Director - Opn Advertising Private Limite -
Masaya Asai Chief Creative Officer - Droga5 Tokyo -
Hiran Jayasekera Vice President - Global Digital Marketing, Platforms & CRM -
Rifki Novrian SEA KA Manager - Yango Ads -
Stephen Lay Regional Partner Director - TikTok
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Unmisha Bhatt Co-founder & Chief Strategy Officer - Tonic Worldwide -
Ovais Ahmad Senator We Run Ads - Digital Marketing Consultant & Trainer -
Vedansh Kumar Head of Brand Marketing - boAt -
Riaan J. George Content Creator-Content Strategist - Mediascope -
Luke Martin Creator - YouTuber -
Barış Aldanmaz Head of Business - ByteDance/TikTok Turkiye and Central & Southern Asia -
Baiba Matisone Brand & Creative Consultant -
Herbert Pradjaja Creative Director SEA - Monks Singapore -
Atiya Zaidi Chief Executive Officer & Chief Creative Officer - BBDO Pakistan -
Kryse Ynieto Head of Strategy SEA - Monks Singapore -
Junfeng Wang Head of Partnership and Business Development APAC - Yango Ads -
Dara Lynch CEO - D&AD -
Kem Suraphongchai Festival Director - ADFEST -
Harshik Suraiya Co Founder & Director - Vanilla Films -
Viren Noronha Co-founder & CEO - The New Thing
How it unfolded
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08.00 – 09.00
Registration Followed by Morning Snacks
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09.10 – 09.20
Welcome Note by Summit Project Chairs
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09:20 – 09:30
Address by the Chief Guest
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09:30 – 10:00
New Era of Content and Marketing
Kryse Ynieto — Head of Strategy SEA - Monks Singapore Masaya Asai — Chief Creative Officer - Droga5 Tokyo
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10:00 – 10:30
The Unified Lens - Rethinking Marketing, Brand & Advertising as One System
Baiba Matisone — Brand & Creative Consultant
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10:30 – 10:45
Power Break
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10:45 – 11:15
Winning in the Attention Economy - How to Earn, Keep and Repay Audience's Attention
Vishal Sagar — Director (Global): Brand & Creative Strategy
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11:15 – 11:45
Shaping the Shift - Leading in the age of intelligence
Dara Lynch — CEO - D&AD
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11:45 – 12:15
Social by Design
Shalini Seneviratne — Global Marketing Director – Baby & Child Care, Kimberly Clark
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12:30 – 13:30
Networking Lunch in Breakout Rooms
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13:30 – 16:00
Breakout Rooms with Tea Break
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16:00 – 16:30
Script To Scroll on Visual Storytelling
Harshik Suraiya — Co Founder & Director - Vanilla Films
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16:30 – 17:00
The Gen Z Scroll: Short-form Video for Brands
Stephen Lay — Regional Partner Director - TikTok
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17:00 – 17:25
You’re Competing with Cat Videos
Viren Noronha — Co-founder & CEO - The New Thing
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17:25 – 17:45
Main Stage – Interactive Session with Audience
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17:45 – 18:00
Day 01 Wrap Up
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08:30 – 09:15
Registration Followed by Morning Snacks
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09:15 – 09:30
Welcome for Day 02 – DMASL Summit Committee
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09:30 – 10:00
Day 02 Keynote - Storytellers at the Top and Performance Marketers at the Bottom
Umma Saini — Chief Creative Officer, Schbang
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10:00 – 10:30
The Trust Crisis in Digital Marketing and How to Fix it
Amitha Amarasinghe — Founding President of DMASL / Co-Founder & CEO of Asia Pacific Institute of Digital Marketing (APIDM)
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10:30 – 11:00
5x Your ROAS with AI Agents
Marisha Lakhiani — Chief Growth Officer, Mindvalley
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11:00 – 11:10
Power Break
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11:10 – 11:40
Era of Real-Time Brands
Herbert Pradjaja — Creative Director SEA - Monks Singapore Kryse Ynieto — Head of Strategy SEA - Monks Singapore
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11:40 – 12:05
AI Needs EI
Atiya Zaidi — Chief Executive Officer & Chief Creative Officer - BBDO Pakistan
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12:05 – 12:30
Phonepe's Formula for Fintech Success
Ritesh Pai — CEO - International Payments, PhonePe
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12:30 – 13:30
Networking Lunch
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13:30 – 16:00
Breakout Rooms with Tea Break
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15:45 – 16:00
Main Stage – Interactive Session with Audience
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16:00 – 16:30
Digital Dialects: Creativity Across Digital Asia
Kem Suraphongchai — Festival Director - ADFEST
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16:30 – 17:00
The Age of AI.. I Mean the Other AI.
Masaya Asai — Chief Creative Officer - Droga5 Tokyo
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17:00 – 17:40
Waterside Chat – from Mad Men to Machine. Learning: Marketing’s Next Chapter
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17:40 – 17:50
End Note by the DMASL President
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18:00 – 23:00
Summit Social. The Marquee at the Edge
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