The Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) will host the 20th edition of its flagship Marketing Conclave (MarCon), co-powered by Google, on August 4-5, 2026, at Taj Lands End, Mumbai.
The conference will bring together founders, CMOs, brand leaders, marketers, technology innovators, and media professionals to discuss the latest trends, technologies, and ideas shaping the evolving marketing landscape.
With artificial intelligence transforming every stage of the marketing lifecycle, MarCon 2026 will focus on how organisations are building AI-first marketing functions, adapting to the evolving search and discovery ecosystem, leveraging AI-enabled media planning, rethinking marketing measurement, and balancing AI-driven efficiency with creativity, trust, and responsible innovation.
The two-day conclave will feature keynote addresses, fireside chats, panel discussions, masterclasses, and networking sessions, offering practical insights from industry leaders.
The speaker lineup includes Priya Choudhary, Director, Business Solutions & Insights, Google; Siddharth Shekhar, Director – Govt. & PSUs, BFSI, Fintech, Education & Auto, Google; Pushkar Gupte, Head of Industry, CPG, Google; Vinay Bhartia, Director Enterprise, MEA + West Asia at Semrush (An Adobe Company); Shwetha Iyer, SVP & Head of Marketing, Kissht; Aditya Das, Director, Head of Growth & Omnichannel Marketing, Cipla; Siddharth Bajaj, Chief Marketing Officer, Dr Batra’s Healthcare; Jahid Ahmed, Senior Vice President and Head Digital Acquisition, HDFC Bank; Priyanka Shah, Head of Digital Marketing, Bajaj Auto; and Somnath Mukherjee, Head of Programmatic and Performance Marketing, Reliance Retail.
Key discussions at the conclave will also cover data-driven personalised customer experiences, creator-led commerce, changing consumer behaviour, the future of media, strategies for taking Indian brands to global audiences, and building trust while delivering measurable business outcomes in an increasingly AI-driven ecosystem.
Partners for Marketing Conclave 2026 include Affinity Global Advertising, Consumr.ai, Connect Network, DoubleTick, Google, Helo.ai, mFilterIt, PubLive, Vonage, BC Web Wise, LS Digital, Truecaller, and Semrush (An Adobe Company), among others.
