DAY 1 : DECEMBER 8, 2011

While inclusion means active participation of the largest number of  people both in the creation and sharing of wealth and prosperity to the greatest equitable benefit of all, this session will bring together stalwarts who will deliberate on:

• Reaching the unreached through technology driven system
• How education and awareness building can be an instrument for social empowerment
• Promoting innovations and entrepreneurship for low cost technology driven solution
• Promoting gender inclusivity through social media
• Promoting  technology as a tool for employment generation, poverty reduction and human development
  
  

TRACK A: STRATEGY FORUM

• Pending leadership shortage
• Day to day challenges
• Identifying potentials and inclusion in  the pool

A13 1600 hrs - 1730 hrs CXO CONCLAVE: Transforming organizational culture through inclusivity

Join this candid discussion about how to create a positive mental model of power and privilege and explore ways to engage leadership to create a culture of inclusion through:

• Promotion of the idea of equality of opportunity
• Embedding inclusivity in corporate governance
• Internalizing inclusivity as a process
• Contributing significantly to the corporate environment

TRACK B: INDIA INC. FORUM

B11 1400 hrs - 1545 hrs Managing Financial Inclusion: Identity Management & CRM The demand to achieve financial inclusion as nearly as 50% of the country’s population is yet to be covered under the formal system of banking and at the other end lies the task to fulfill the needs of the existing customer.  The discussion will be on the following:

• How to reap the benefits of CRM as it would help the banks to select and reach the target customers using the right channels
• How to ensure that benefits of technology to percolate to  the weakest link
• Combating the completion of the inclusivity process by elevating to next generation banking

B12 1600 hrs - 1730 hrs Digital Inclusion: Connecting the Dots "You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards." - Steve Jobs
How our leaders are inspired by this and work towards 'connecting the dots’ in the space of Digital Inclusion would be our point of discussion at this session. UIDAI will emerge as a major game changer as it would transform the management of identity of citizens into a digital mode.

The discussion would be on:

• How India and neighboring countries are handling this phenomenon for their economic development
• Use of technology for security and insurgence
• Elimination and prevention of fraud

DAY 2: DECEMBER 9, 2011

TRACK A: TECH FORUM

A21 1000 hrs – 1130 hrs

Unified Communication – The new life line of business

Meaning of Unified Communications (UC) is more than integrating voice, data, video and mobility. In this session the focus would be to define:

• The trends within UC
• How the market is defining UC
• What technology companies are using and what is driving UC purchase decisions
• How other players are growing their businesses in this emergent area

A22 1145 hrs – 1315 hrs

Analytics at work: Measuring and monitoring bottom line performance

Organisations are armed with the capabilities and technologies to transform huge amount of transactional data into actionable insights. Analytics technology has grown increasingly sophisticated in recent years. Leaders will be deliberate on how:

• The CFO’s will drive their organizations in a more analytical direction
• To Identify the gap between what they need and what they have
• To involve cross functional teams for improving financial performance

A23 1400 hrs - 1545 hrs

CIO CONCLAVE: Re-imagining IT – What CIOs need to know?

IT has been becoming increasingly integrated into the enterprise. As enterprises concentrate on growth, they remain vigilant about costs and operational efficiencies. CIO’s and business leaders will debate on “re-imagining IT” :

• To leverage existing infrastructure to support business for new growth areas
• Leverage virtualization and cloud computing for innovation, growth and strategy without compromising risk
• To address areas outside their direct control and being more disciplined about benefits realization

A24 1600 hrs - 1730 hrs

Global Universities Forum: Universities have always been global – India has fallen behind

The Global Universities Forum will bring together the Industry and Academic community to brainstorm on the future of education. With the globalization of the education industry, students across the globe are not restricted to educating themselves within their country’s boundaries. As cross country education gathers a faster pace all universities across the world have gone global. However, with India’s vast talent pool and young population, universities in India have miles to leap before they go global.

This year’s Global Universities Forum will aim:

• To bridge the gap between Universities across the globe and the standard of education provided by them and the Universities in India.

• Global academicians and thought leaders will collaborate at this Forum to layout action plans for Indian Universities to take a stand in the global education scenario to build next generation entrepreneurs and leaders.

TRACK B: INFRASTRUCTURE FORUM

B21 1000 hrs – 1130 hrs

Building tomorrow's Smart City

This session will bring together experts and gurus who will share their experiences in using technology to build a dynamic and robust infrastructure for creating next generation technology enabled economy. Connectivity, technology, communication and structural enhancements are segments which will be the focus areas at this session. Focus areas at the session will include:

• Urbanization challenges being met by city planners by investing in smart technologies that can improve both the efficiency and effectiveness of urban systems—a move that results in the saving of money, time and, in some cases, lives.
• How Urban planners, real estate developers, utility companies, infrastructure providers, telecommunications firms, and IT developers and service providers are working together to build the cities of tomorrow, today.
• How legacy infrastructures in place are using modern technologies and know-how to improve quality of life, environmental impact, economic development and services within city limits.

B22 1130 hrs – 1315 hrs Emergence of Cloud: Delivering business value and agility

The digitally networked economy is transforming the way in which companies conduct business, enabling new business models of partnerships for the purpose of value-creation and growth. Speakers will deliberate on how:

• Cloud computing will provide a platform to form new business models and collaborate with business partners in a more powerful way
• A unified enterprise architecture will emerge for doing transactions in a more secured way
• The convergence of the paradigms of service-oriented architecture and cloud computing will constitute the business technology platforms of the future

B23 1400 hrs - 1545 hrs Emergence of Virtual Office – Video & Content Delivery and Security

A virtual office is a combination of off-site live communication and address services that allow users to reduce traditional office costs while maintaining business professionalism. This session will focus on:

• The advantages of the concept of virtual office to help many businesses operate within flexible schedules and efficiency
• Allowing people to stay in self-employment and those who work from remote locations to share files and become office mates even though they work from locations far apart.
• How work can be handled by the employees and delivered to respective clients’ accounts just like in a traditional office setting through the use various technology

B24 1600 hrs - 1730 hrs Indo-American Business Opportunities

India Vs. Asia – Preferred choice for Global Sourcing?

• An interactive session with Sean Randolph, CEO, San Francisco Bay Area Economic Council

DAY 3: DECEMBER 10, 2011

TRACK A: INFOCOM-ASSOCHAM MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT FORUM

Theme: Convergence towards Inclusive Growth

Convergence of rural and urban India has been the dream of the father of our nation.

'Growth' in its true sense can only be appreciated when it includes all sections of its population and the economy as a whole. Digitally today is bridging the gap between rural and urban India through its inherent inclusiveness. With 850+ Mobile phones, each screen on hand is turning into a personal ICT device.

India is also enroute to all digital cable homes by the end of 2014.

Undoubtedly, India is poised to be the leading nation benefiting out of convergence. Which will lead to a boost in the consumption of Media & Entertainment (M&E), using innovative technologies.

On this platform there would be deliberations on different aspects of convergence taking place in Media & Entertainment, its eco-system and challenges; from a global perspective.

Our endeavour is to see the rural-urban divide fade, by creating a convergent platform for industrialists, decision makers, creative community and the government policy makers.

A31 1100 hrs – 1130 hrs

International Keynote: Animation and Gaming – The Global Perspective

A32 1130 hrs – 1300 hrs

Global Forum: Animation, Gaming & VFX: Creating Global Icons & Content

The session will address the following points:

• Dowe have an icon or a character that is of Indian origin and globallyaccepted
• India'spositioning as a servicing destination for international market,through high end facilities and studios
• Whereare we in the value curve? Does our Industry capture sizeable marketshare in terms of money spent on production, post-production?
• Asfar as domestic consumption of animation and VFX isconcerned...where are we?
• Whatit takes to make India a destination for Animation and VFX...

B31 1130 hrs – 1300 hrs

Social Networking – A Channel for Distribution

The session will address the following points:

• Dowe have a matured Social networking system?
• Arethe users aware of the potentials of the social Networking system?
• Arethey mere virtual chatting platforms or there are possibilities ofbusiness generation through these platforms?
• Howare they different: Linked in, Facebook & Twitter
• Howdangerous are social networks? We have seen many a wicket fall oversweets...

A33 1400 hrs – 1530 hrs

Super Session: Policy Incentives Positioning & Trade Festivals

Panel Discussion - Point of View from Government Agencies

The session will address the following points:

• Therole of policy in creating a growth oriented M&E Industry
• Challengesof policy making in a world of 'disruptive technology' and 'quickredundancy’
• AreIndian policies geared to attract FDI in M&E?
• Howeffective are the trade fairs?
• Needto create forums between nations as business platforms throughbilateral Exhibitions & Trade fairs.

A34 1545 hrs – 1630 hrs

Spotlight Session: Monetizing Digital Opportunities – Trends and Challenges

The session will address the following points:

• Seamlesstransition of content to different screens can only happen in atotal digital environ ... content, platform & devices  
• Isan log going to co-exist with digital
• Isdigital a solution to piracy?
• Areour regulations ready to face the digital challenge, in a world ofconvergence
• Whatabout copyright?

A35 1630 hrs - 1715 hrs

Spotlight Session: Content creation in the digital era – What it takes?

The session will address the following points:

• Hascontent creation changed in this age, driven by technology?
• Howimportant is story telling in this digital era?
• Howhas consumption of content changed?
• Whereis India in the global scene of content creation and revenue earningfrom global sell?
• Whatwe need to create globally acceptable, Indian origin content?

TRACK B: ICT IN HEALTHCARE FORUM

B33 1415 hrs - 1545 hrs

Technology. Healthcare. Life – The balancing act

This session being the opening session of the ICT in Healthcare Forum will give a generic view of how human life has become more dependent on technology. With advancements in healthcare services on a global level, technology has become a key driver in maintaining the balance of life and care for life. This session will bring together visionaries from the ICT industry and the Healthcare professionals who will help shed greater light on the impact of technology for better and advanced healthcare. Case studies will be explored at this session and stalwarts will share their experiences.

B34 1600 hrs - 1800 hrs

Innovative ICT solutions for healthcare services

This session will focus on new developments in field of healthcare services using technological advancements:

• Newtrends in various areas of healthcare will be explored
• Moderninventions and innovations will be featured which have impact humanlife care on a global scenario
• Latesttechnologies will be showcased in focus areas