More speakers have joined this year’s Radiodays Asia, the leading radio and podcasting conference in the Asia-Pacific, to be held 5-6 September in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Kenny Ong, CEO Astro Radio
Kenny Ong is CEO of Astro Radio and Rocketfuel Entertainment overseeing strategic direction and artist management. He is Director of Astro Media Solutions (AMS) spearheading integrated media solutions, drive advertising revenue and increase adex share.
Richard Fidler, Radio Host
Richard Fidler is an Australian radio presenter and writer, best known for his hour-long interview program, Conversations with Richard Fidler on ABC’s Radio National, and as a former member of the Australian comedy group the Doug Anthony All Stars.
Emily Copeland, Director, Audience Innovation and Music Partnerships, ARN
Emily is a strategic brand builder, who has led creative and content-driven organisations in reimagining traditional business and commercial models.
Currently Director, Audience Innovation and Music Partnerships at ARN, she is responsible for uncovering and championing strategic projects which provide opportunities for audience and brand innovation and growth, while also leading partnerships across the Australian music industry.
Valerie Geller, President, Geller Media International
Valerie Geller’s company, Geller Media International, is a broadcast consulting firm which trains broadcasters & podcasters throughout the world to help each become more a powerful communicator. Geller is also a former program director of WABC in New York, was executive producer of KFI in Los Angeles and news director of K-101 in San Francisco. She served as an elected board member of the Associated Press and the Radio & TV News Directors Assn. and was honoured with a Rockwell lifetime achievement award for broadcasting. She has long held a place on Radio Ink’s “Most Influential Women in Radio” list and serves on the board of MIW, to help mentor women in Radio.
Norma Jean Belenky, Head of Events, Podbean
Norma Jean empowers and educates both podcasters and companies to tell their story to succeed with their podcasting initiatives. Serving as Podbean’s Head of Events, Norma Jean produces Podbean’s virtual events and hosts, produces Podbean’s official podcast, Podcasting Smarter and supports Podbean’s enterprise and internal podcast customers in APAC. Podbean has been providing innovative podcasting services as an industry leader since 2006. Along with their popular podcast app and hosting services, Podbean offers monetization, and private podcasting services for businesses and organizations.
Abe Thomas, CEO, Reliance Broadcast Network
Abraham Thomas is an experienced leader and digital entrepreneur, a brand strategist and an audio entertainment specialist with a proven track record of building and running large media businesses in a competitive environment. A media evangelist, he has over two decades of experience in building and scaling youth media platforms (across TV, Radio, Digital, Print) in India, China and South Asia. During his long-standing career, he has held various leadership positions across brands in the media and broadcast space.
Radiodays Asia is a collaboration between Radiodays Europe, the world´s largest and leading conference for radio, audio and podcast, and broadcasting and podcast partners in Asia and Australia. The 2023 edition will run over two days in two tracks with 50 sessions. Top international speakers and industry leaders as well as successful producers and market experts will share their insights.
Register for Radiodays Asia at Super Early Bird prices before June 1.
This story first appeared on RadioInfo.asia