what's happening
Navigate Your Journey with D-Conference 2025
- 07:30 AM
Registration
- 08:30 AM
Introduction
welcome speech
MDA President
Nicholas Sagau
REV Media Group
- 08:35 AM
Keynote #1
Authenticity in a Synthetic World
As the world becomes filled with synthetic media, what does it mean to be authentic?
Red Hong Yi
Malaysian Artist-Architect
- 09:25 AM
Debate #1
AI: The death of creativity or its greatest tool?
Kartik Mehta
Channel Factory
Kiron Kesav
PHD APAC & OMG Malaysia
Stanley Clement
Mediabrands Content Studio
Syahriza Badron
FCB SHOUT
Woei Hern Chan
VaynerMedia Asia Pacific
- 10:00 AM
Presenter #1
The Future of Advertising in an AI Era
Arshan Saha
WPP Media
- 10:20 AM
Panel discussion #1
AI vs Search
Reinventing discovery or breaking the system?
Gurmeet Gill
Dentsu Malaysia
Pranav Jha
WPP Media
Neeraj Mishra
Vinda Malaysia
Aaron Rigby
Taboola
- 10:45 AM
Debate #2
Creators vs Tech Platforms
Hot take, hot debate
Chris Wee
Omnia
Tan Guan Sheng
ITTIFY
Yumi An king
AWW.INC
Nandini
Rev Media
Yazmin Aziz
Artist
- 11:20 AM
Panel discussion #2
New Era of Creativity in ASEAN
A Transformative Era Where Creativity and Innovation Converge to Redefine Its Cultural and Economic Landscape
Andi Sadha
Asia Pacific
Media Forum
Dian Gemiano
Indonesian Digital Association
Eakchai Parichatikanon
Martech Association of Thailand
Eileen Ooi
PHD Asia Pacific
Geoff Tan
The Association of Advertising & Marketing SIngapore
Miko David
Digital Marketing Association of the Philippines
- 12:20 PM
Presenter #2
The Creative Spark: Google AI in a New Era
In an era of micro screens and fleeting attention, discover how Google AI is fueling the next wave of creativity—from next-generation video to the future of search.
Rohan Raghavan
Google Malaysia
- 12:40 PM
Lunch Break
- 01:40 PM
Keynote #2
The Rise of Virtual Humans
yumi an king
aww.inc
- 02:30 PM
Presenter #3
The AI takeover
Is UX as we know it over
Peter Kua
Growth.Pro Data Science
- 02:50 PM
Panel discussion #3
Rise of the Agentic Era
How will AI Agents drive the next chapter of marketing personalisation?
Serm Teck Choon
Antsomi
Vincent Pang
Locala
Saravanan Asogan
Publicis Media
Cindy Eliza
IPG Mediabrands
- 03:15 PM
Debate #3
In-house creative vs external agencies
Do brands sacrifice quality for control?
Tai Kam Leong
Astro
Faizal Azlan
TM
Mohd Fazli Ibrahim
petronas
Wang Ie Tjer
FCB SHOUT
Adzam Bahrin
GrowthOps Asia
- 03:50 PM
Panel discussion #4
Synthetic media and the currency of trust
Azeem Abu Bakar
Free Malaysia Today
Diogo Andrade
Teads
Lydia Wang
Star Media Group Berhad
Nik Justin Nik Ariffin
Karangkraf
Rafiq Razali
Media Prima Berhad
- 04:15 PM
Presenter #4
Scroll-Stopping Creativity: What Actually Works in 2025
Is creating great content enough today?
Shivani Pant
Taboola
- 04:35 PM
Panel discussion #5
Audience-First Influence: Responding to Evolving Consumer Expectations
Who decides what's offensive?
Stephanie Looi
Hepmil Malaysia
Prem Anand
Rocketfuel Entertainment
Chi Howe
Lifestyle Content Creator
HouYin
Gushcloud
Mark O Dea
TV host and content creator
- 05:00 PM
Panel discussion #6
AI Integration in Organizations: Where Are We, and How Do We Keep Up?
what is the next step for AI?
Nicholas Sagau
REV Media Group
Joseph Chin
Docuask.ai
Warren Leow
Konsortium AI Negara
Abdul Sani Abdul Murad
RHB Bank
- 05:25 PM
End
Closing
MDA d Conference & d Awards 2025 Co-Organizing Chairperson
Sue-Anne Lim
UNIVERSAL McCANN MALAYSIA