1,000+ Attendees and 100+ CMOs Expected at the 8th Edition of Brand World Summit

MUMBAI, India, April 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — ETBrandEquity.com, India’s main platform for advertising and promoting information, is bringing again its flagship occasion — the Model World Summit (BWS) 2026. The eighth version might be held on July 3, 2026, in Mumbai, at Grand Hyatt, bringing collectively the nation’s high CMOs, model leaders, and advertising decision-makers below one roof.

India’s promoting market is at an inflection level — crossing the $1 trillion mark for the primary time, powered by 971 million web customers and a media panorama that’s evolving quicker than ever. Towards this backdrop, BWS 2026 will function the definitive platform for advertising leaders to navigate the collision of mass media, precision concentrating on, and Synthetic Intelligence.

With India rising on the centre of the model world, this 12 months, the summit will concentrate on how international manufacturers are renewing their belief within the Indian market and shopper whereas addressing a key problem – reaching 1.4 billion Indians and nonetheless making every one really feel seen.

What to Count on at BWS 2026:

• Excessive-Influence Conversations — Keynotes, sharp panel discussions, and real-world case research from India’s most influential model and international enterprise leaders
• A number of Content material Tracks — Deep dives into AI-led advertising, mass media evolution, and breakthrough inventive technique — constructed for each model builders and efficiency entrepreneurs
• The Startup Area — A high-energy showcase of 30+ of revolutionary startups throughout ad-tech, D2C, and shopper engagement
• The Shark Awards — Recognising daring advertising excellence that cuts by means of the noise with sharp technique, fearless creativity, and plain affect

“Over the past seven years, Model World Summit has advanced into the ringside view of the Indian advertising trade,” stated Amit Kumar Gupta, Enterprise Head, Financial Occasions Enterprise Verticals. “In 2026, the battleground is shifting from easy digital presence to classy, AI-led buyer journeys. That is the place the trade’s brightest minds will collect to draft the brand new guidelines of brand-building.”

The summit expects 1,000+ delegates, together with CEOs, CMOs, and Company Heads. A few of the notable previous audio system included Sanjiv Mehta (L Catterton India), Late Piyush Pandey, (Ogilvy), Prabha Narasimhan (Colgate), Sudhansu Vats (Pidilite), Sudhir Sitapati (Godrej), Daniel Kim (Tinder), Aman Gupta (boAt) and Bollywood actors like Alia Bhatt and Vicky Kaushal — reflecting the summit’s distinctive mix of enterprise technique and cultural relevance.

Registration is now open.

For agenda particulars, audio system, and partnership alternatives, go to: brandequity.economictimes.indiatimes.com/brand-world-summit 

About ETBrandEquity

Advertising and marketing is a enterprise driver in addition to a social changemaker. ETBrandEquity.com is a celebration of this spirit and energy of selling to make the world a greater place. We convey to fore the largest questions, challenges, developments: all that elevates advertising as a driving pressure for a person, a enterprise and the community-at-large. By means of our wealthy portfolio of content material in addition to in-house occasions, conclaves and extra, we’re right here that can assist you construct affect, improve your effectiveness and turn out to be the very best marketer you select to be.

In the present day, ETBrandEquity has grown right into a globally-networked media model specializing in knowledge and evaluation, individuals and tradition, and innovation and forecasting. Moreover, we switch our core values of honesty, curiosity, high quality, and integrity to the occasions, conclaves, periods, and different such gatherings within the fields of MarTech, AdTech, PR, company communications and extra. The DigiPlus Conclave and Awards, Martech Asia, India Communication Summit, Kaleido Awards, Model World Summit, Shark Awards, iStream Congress, SPOTT Awards, Model Disruption Awards, Model Bharat Summit, CX+ Summit, are simply a few of our landmark properties which have grown from power to power lately.

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