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Hello Tomorrow. Building the next new normal.
Electronic World Marketing Summit · 6-7 November 2021 · Naqeebz WMS Regional Partner, Pakistan

Hello Tomorrow. Building the next new normal.

Convened by
Dr. Philip Kotler · World Marketing Summit Group
When
6 & 7 November 2021 · 48 hours non-stop
Theme
“Hello Tomorrow — Building the Next New Normal” · A Big Bang by Kotler & Partners
Country partner
Naqeebz Consulting · WMS Regional Partner, Pakistan
Global partners
Kotler Impact · WMS · Japan Marketing Association · AMA · CIM
Strategic & knowledge partners
ACCA (Strategic) · ICMA Pakistan (Knowledge)
Scale
100+ participating countries · 100+ world-renowned speakers

The brief

After the first fully electronic WMS in 2020, the 2021 edition carried the summit into its “next new normal”: a 48-hour global broadcast under the “Hello Tomorrow” theme, structured around Dr. Philip Kotler’s MECQ framework (Marketing Excellence/Empathy, Competitiveness/Creativity Quotient), and reaching a tiered partner stack from Country (Naqeebz) through Global (Kotler Impact, WMS, JMA, AMA, CIM), Strategic (ACCA) and Knowledge (ICMA Pakistan) partners on one programme.

What we did
  • Country-partner responsibility for the Pakistan edition and WMS Regional Partner for South Asia
  • Head-of-state and ministerial outreach across nine participating countries
  • Business-leader programme under Dr. Philip Kotler with Sadia Kibria, Kozo Takaoka, David Reibstein and Mauro Porcini on the main stage
  • Four speaker tracks — Government Leaders, C-Suite Marketing Executives, Marketing & Business Consultants, and Academics — across the two-day broadcast

Outcomes

  • 48 hours of non-stop global broadcast, 6 & 7 November 2021
  • 100+ world-renowned speakers across government, C-suite marketing, consulting and academia
  • Sitting Presidents, Prime Ministers and Ministers from nine countries on the Government Leaders tier
  • Delivered as the WMS Regional Partner for Pakistan under the Kotler Impact / WMS global-partner framework, with ACCA as Strategic and ICMA Pakistan as Knowledge Partner
Speaker lineup

On the
programme.

Main Speakers

The headline stage. Chaired by Dr. Philip Kotler with Kozo Takaoka, Sadia Kibria, David Reibstein and Mauro Porcini.

  • USA
    Dr. Philip Kotler
    Founder, World Marketing Summit Group
  • Canada
    Sadia Kibria
    CEO, World Marketing Summit Group
  • Japan
    Kozo Takaoka
    Founder, Innovation School
  • USA
    Prof. David Reibstein
    Wharton Business School
  • USA
    Mauro Porcini
    Chief Design Officer, PepsiCo

Government Leaders

Sitting heads of state, deputy heads and ministerial-level participation across nine countries.

  • Pakistan
    H.E. Dr. Arif Alvi
    President
  • Indonesia
    H.E. Joko Widodo
    President
  • Bangladesh
    H.E. Sheikh Hasina
    Prime Minister
  • Sri Lanka
    H.E. Mahinda Rajapaksa
    Prime Minister
  • Italy
    H.E. Prof. Romano Prodi
    Former Prime Minister
  • Philippines
    H.E. Leni Robredo
    Vice President
  • Pakistan
    H.E. Faisal Javed Khan
    Senator
  • Bangladesh
    H.E. Dr. AK Abdul Momen
    Foreign Minister
  • Malaysia
    H.E. Dr. Adham Baba
    Health Minister

C-Suite Marketing Executives

A selected cut from the full C-suite tier — ~65 marketing and brand chief executives across North America, Europe, LATAM, the Middle East, Africa and Asia.

  • Germany
    Prof. Hermann Simon
    Founder, Hermann Simon
  • USA
    David Aaker
    CEO, Prophet Inc.
  • Japan
    Tatsuhiko Fukatani
    President, Nesté Japan
  • Germany
    Prof. Marc Oliver Opresnik
    CRO, Kotler Impact
  • Malaysia
    Imri Mokhtar
    CEO, Telekom Malaysia
  • Italy
    Mauro Bombacigno
    Head of Corporate Engagement, BNP Paribas
  • Pakistan
    Sikandar Tiwana
    CEO, Shan Foods
  • Pakistan
    Ariful Islam
    Deputy CEO, Meezan Bank
  • Pakistan
    Ammar Hassan
    CMO, Daraz / Alibaba
  • Pakistan
    Amir Paracha
    CEO, Unilever
  • Pakistan
    Irfan Wahab Khan
    CEO, Telenor
  • Japan
    Asako Hoshino
    Executive President, Nissan Motors
  • Japan
    Haruo Naito
    President, Eisai Co.
  • Sri Lanka
    Dilhan Fernando
    CEO, Dilmah Tea
  • Thailand
    Jirayut Srupsrisopa
    CEO, Bitkub
  • Italy
    Francesco Venturini
    CEO, Enel X
  • USA
    Robert Wolcott
    CEO, TWIN
  • Saudi Arabia
    Dr. Khalid Al Rajhi
    Chairman, Rajhi Group
  • Qatar
    Hamad Al Hajiri
    CEO, SNOONU

Marketing & Business Consultants

Advisors and senior consultants on strategy, AI, negotiation and leadership — selected from the Consultants tier.

  • Indonesia
    Hermawan Kartajaya
    Founder, Mark Plus
  • USA
    Marshall Goldsmith
    Executive Training Coach
  • USA
    Milton Kotler
    CEO, Kotler Marketing Group
  • USA
    Nancy Lee
    Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
  • UK
    Prof. Luiz Moutinho
    Futurist & Marktech Guru
  • USA
    Howard Tullman
    Serial Entrepreneur
  • USA
    Dr. V. Kumar
    International Marketing Company
  • France
    Denis Rothman
    AI Expert
  • Philippines
    Francis J. Kong
    Leadership Guru
  • Pakistan
    Dr. Atta ur Rehman
    Advisor to the Prime Minister

Academics

University faculty and researchers across business schools worldwide — selected from the Academic tier.

  • Canada
    Prof. Henry Mintzberg
    McGill University
  • USA
    Prof. Hirotaka Takeuchi
    Harvard Business School
  • USA
    Salim Ismail
    Founding Executive Director, Singularity University
  • USA
    Dr. Saad Andleeb
    Penn State University
  • USA
    Prof. Dominique Hanssens
    UCLA Anderson
  • UK
    Prof. Michael Jacobides
    London Business School
  • USA
    Prof. Jagdish Sheth
    Emory University
  • USA
    Prof. Moran Cerf
    Kellogg School of Management
  • Switzerland
    Dominique Turpin
    Dean of External Relations, IMD
  • Kyrgyzstan
    Dr. Sohail Naqvi
    Rector, University of Central Asia
  • Egypt
    Dr. Ahmed Tolba
    American University in Cairo
  • Pakistan
    Obaid Bin Zakriya
    Vice Chancellor, University of Lahore
eWMS 2021 · programme overview · founded by Dr. Philip Kotler
eWMS 2021 · programme overview · founded by Dr. Philip Kotler
eWMS 2021 · Government Leaders tier
eWMS 2021 · Government Leaders tier
eWMS 2021 · Main Speakers tier
eWMS 2021 · Main Speakers tier

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