AVIA hosts first virtual summit

The Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA) held its first virtual conference, the OTT Virtual Summit held from 29 June to 3 July.The virtual event featured a lineup of speakers and thought leaders from across the video, advertising, and tech industry.

The conference touched on seven subject matters that are relevant to today’s industry including Challenges and Opportunites of Going D2C, the Woes and Wins of Advertising in the time of COVID, and what the Future of the Video Buy look like, and the challenge of Connecting with Consumers during and post the pandemic.

Yang Xianghua, the President of Membership and Overseas Business Group from iQIYI headlined this year’s keynote conversation. Other key speakers of the OTT Virtual Summit included Simon Robinson, President of APAC, Discovery Asia Pacific & Chief Financial Officer of Discovery International; Viu; Clément Schwebig, MD, Southeast Asia, Pacific and China, WarnerMedia Entertainment Networks; Tarun Katial, CEO of ZEE5 India, among others.

Delegates to the OTT Virtual Summit got to access a full event platform that featured meeting rooms, virtual networking opportunities, and an ondemand platform for delayed viewing.