Asia is the fastest growing region in the world for Internet dating and matchmaking. The Internet Dating Excellence Association will host this not-for-profit international gathering of by-invitation-only CEOs and executives of leading online dating and matchmaking companies.
Fly in Friday. Depart Tuesday morning. We'll stay at the amazing beachside 5 star Leela Palace. The IDEA World Officers Weekend is designed to help you get to know other CEOs in the dating industry. For IDEA WOW we'll explore the culture and best parts of Chennai, have some amazing and authentic culinary experiences, and learn and share with each other over the weekend. IDEA WOW dovetails perfectly with IDEA SUMMIT.
Then IDEA SUMMIT will take place in the board room of the Matrimony Worldwide HQ on Monday 8th April, led by Muru and Mark. IDEA SUMMIT will be small and focused and like no other dating industry gathering you've ever attended. There are 15 seats in the Matrimony boardroom. You'll meet fellow CEOs and top flight executives from a diversity of leading dating and online matchmaking companies from around the world.
The most unusual thing about IDEA SUMMIT is there are no attendees. Just presenters. Everyone is a presenter. So please bring your best ideas on how we can improve and grow the effectiveness of the dating industry as a whole. Presentations will be 15 to 30 minutes, on matters currently affecting the growth of the industry, challenging issues worthy of collaboration, opportunities for collective growth, and highly inspirational and informative growth stories.
This event is for senior executives personally and professionally invested in the dating industry. This will be a unique, uplifting and essential event that will inform your strategy, and help align you and your company with the best of what this industry will become.
This is a closed-door session. So no video, no reporters, and no blogging about the details of the event.
*** PLEASE NOTE: THIS EVENT IS NOW FULL. (It actually filled up 72 hours after release) ***
IDEA WOW + IDEA SUMMIT is a not-for-profit gathering hosted by Mark & Muru. A unique opportunity to get to know your peers, the most senior managers of leading Internet dating and matchmaking and matrimony services in the world. Compare notes, learn and share, and form meaningful business relationships.
COST - There is no event fee. Matrimony provides the IDEA SUMMIT venue. You'll cover taxis, meals, WOW outings. and hotel.
GROUP - 15 people are along for IDEA WOW / IDEA SUMMIT. 13 are CEO/MDs, 12 have 15+ years in dating, 12 are founders.
*Murugavel Janakiraman - The Making of Matrimony.com
*Ritesh Bhatnagar - The changing landscape of India’s Dating industry
*John Adams - The Importance of Customer Service in Building Your Brand
- Break, and lunch orders
*Carsten Boltz - How to Build a Premium Brand for Open-minded Singles
*Maria Avgitidis - Matchmaking Methodologies: Compatibility in 2019
*Mark Brooks - How to Hire Superteamz: Debiasing the Agency Hiring Decision
*Pawan Gupta - A.I. and Internet Dating
*Violet Lim - From Online to Offline: Building a Fully Integrated Dating Ecosystem
*Saichithra Swaminathan - Matrimony for the New Era
*Andrey Bronetskiy - Product Architecture and User Data Issues
*Michael O'Sullivan - What We Do, Dating Company Autopsy
*Ken Agee - Premium International Dating and the LoveMe Business Model in 2019
*Jason Du - The Future of Niche Dating in Mobile Times
*Gloria Diez - The Nuances of Female Internet Dating, and Mamba
*Murugavel Janakiraman & Mark Brooks - Closing Remarks
Muru and Mark are your hosts.
Muru is the CEO of Matrimony.com and is co-hosting and leading the first ever IDEA WOW + IDEA SUMMIT.
Mark is the CEO of Internet dating agency-consultancy Courtland Brooks and is organizing and co-hosting.
The event is by-invitation-only for the most senior members of IDEA.gp.
Online Personals Watch is the media sponsor. See www.OPW.news.
Chennai's fabulous Leela Palace is a great place for us to get to know each other better, and be our base for exploring Chennai for IDEA WOW (World Officers Weekend). IDEA SUMMIT is at Matrimony's worldwide HQ , which is a few minutes walk from Leela Palace.
This is a very special initiative designed to bring the industry together. No vendors. No media. Just us, for a fun weekend, followed by a serious meeting of minds on the Monday.
*** PLEASE NOTE: THIS EVENT IS NOW FULL. (It filled up 72 hours after release) ***
