Adfactors PR, today launched a specialist offering, the Frontier Technologies practice, to address new and emerging technology sectors – from artificial intelligence and big data to machine learning and nanotechnology.
The offering will specifically serve the requirements and opportunities facing emerging technology companies, in addition to mainstream businesses deploying next-generation technologies such as Blockchain, artificial intelligence, machine learning and autonomous mobility across their operations.
This will deliver specially-designed services of particular relevance to this sector including concept and platform audits, ‘deep’ technical stakeholder engagement, and both ‘technical’ and ‘societal’ thought leadership. These products have been specifically developed for nascent sectors where, in many instances, purchase and partnership protocols, public sentiment, channels to market, regulations and, even, business models are yet to be defined.
The Frontier Technologies practice will be led nationally by the firm’s Chief Operating Officer (COO), Roger Darashah, supported by a dedicated team of specialists. In Mumbai, it will be led by Sandeep Ajgaonkar, Vice-President, Adfactors PR, who was formerly Senior General Manager, Digital & Direct Marketing at Sun Pharmaceutical; in Delhi by Priti Setia, Group Head, who recently joined the firm from Edelman where she was Co-Lead, Integration, Delhi. The new offering will be supported by Adfactors PR’s extended team including data scientists, programmers, and developers.
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Adfactors PR, Co-Founder, and Managing Director Madan Bahal explained that the new offering reflected the distinct communications challenges facing companies incorporating and deploying emerging technologies.
“In this field, technical understanding is a crucial but insufficient competence. Communicators also need to be able to understand the public sentiment – informed or otherwise, anticipate risks and opportunities, and navigate incomplete regulatory frameworks,” he noted.
Frontier Technologies National Lead and the firm’s COO, Darashah added, “While such technologies are becoming increasingly complex and impenetrable to non-specialists, discussions about their impact are actually becoming more mainstream. Today, the requirement for technologists to explain and address the societal implications of their offerings to broader audiences – customers, partners, and employees as well as regulators – has never been more crucial.”
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