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| INFOCOM 08-09: Highlights |
Now in its seventh year, INFOCOM 08-09 will celebrate the spirit of Information Technology that is surging through the world. The event will continue its drive in showcasing the immense potential waiting to be explored in India by hosting the largest gathering of industry professionals, users and key policymakers who will come together to define India's role as a global ICT player and carry the agenda of INFOCOM forward. |
INFOCOM 08-09
Theme: Innovate to Integrate
Innovation - the successful exploitation of new ideas - incorporating new technologies, design and best practices is the key that enables businesses to compete effectively in the global environment.
The challenge for companies is to bring to the market integrated packages comprising of new, improved products and value added services that cater to different requirements of the business. Advances in technology, communications and networking capabilities today offer organisations almost unlimited opportunities to create business advantage by conducting business anywhere, anytime, using multiple types of devices and communications. Organisations have the potential to create and support innovative new business models-from advanced collaboration environments to customer self-service to mobile workforce support.
Taking a leap forward from last year, INFOCOM, now in its seventh year, will celebrate the spirit of Information Technology that is surging through the world. The event will continue its drive in showcasing the immense potential waiting to be explored in India by hosting the largest gathering of industry professionals, users and key policymakers who will come together to define India's role as a global ICT player and carry the agenda of INFOCOM forward. Thought leaders, Visionaries and Innovators will converge to discuss the importance of innovation to bring integration in order to stand out in the ever changing world of ICT. |
| INFOCOM 08-09 will be your window of opportunity to: |
- NETWORK and DISCUSS with leaders, policymakers & industry stalwarts
- COLLABORATE with the “Best of Breed” in ICT
- BUILD BRANDS through high decibel media publicity
- LAUNCH your innovations and new brands
- EXHIBIT cutting edge developments in ICT
- INTERACT and CONNECT with users, providers and complementary minds
- REACH-OUT to relevant audiences
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Dates: January 15-18, 2009
Event Format: 3-day Conference (ITC Sonar, Calcutta) and 4-Day Exhibition (Salt Lake Stadium Grounds) |
| Location: Calcutta, West Bengal, India |
Calcutta due to its excellent manpower, low operational cost, and supportive state IT policy has the potential to be the most important ICT destination - especially for the Asia Pacific region. Calcutta boasts of India's first fully integrated Electronics Complex in Salt Lake City which is spread across 150 acres of green, pollution-free land near the airport and houses over 250 IT companies and 45,000 professionals.
Calcutta also boasts of a US$ 25 million India Design Center (IDC) which is the first of its kind infrastructure in the country. The IDC will have a built-up area of six million square feet, and will house prototype fab units, incubators for start-up companies, apart from the semiconductor & semiconductor driven companies. It is expected to become operational by mid 2009.
The state is benchmarking itself against the best in the country and is aiming to rank among top-3 IT States of India by 2010. The fastest growing Software Technology Park in the country is located here.
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| INFOCOM 08-09 Exhibition |
Slated to be the largest showcase for business & consumer technology products in India, INFOCOM 08-09 will offer the world's best technology vendors a quality platform to exhibit, connect and conduct business with partners, buyers and sellers from India.
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Venue : Salt Lake Stadium Grounds, Calcutta
Dates: January 15-18, 2009 |
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150,000 sq. ft of exhibition space |
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Over 250 exhibitors |
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Over 130,000 expected footfalls |
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The exhibition is strategically located at the Salt Lake Stadium grounds in Calcutta- which is close to the emerging business and technology hub in the city. |
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Special attractions at the exhibition: |
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- INFOCOM Quizzit 08-09
- The Telegraph Knowhow Innovation Hub
- The Telegraph Jobs Mart
- The Telegraph Careergraph IT Edufair
- Special interactive sessions, product launches/demos etc
- Media Coverage – Print, T.V. Radio and Online
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| Product segments: |
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Hardware: Servers, Desktops, Laptops, Printers, Scanners, Storage, Projectors, Power backup solutions, Server Racks. |
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Software: System software, Application software, Custom & Packaged software, Security (anti virus, access control, etc |
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Communications: Telecom (Mobile, Fixed Line), Video Conferencing, VOIP, Network components, Internet services |
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Electronics: Components, PCBs, wires & cables, microprocessors, consumer electronics |
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Services: System Integrators, Data Storage, Network Security, Network Integrators, Public Utility, Education & Training, Banking & Finance |
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Infrastructure: T Parks, Partner States, Partner Countries, Realty companies |
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Digital Lifestyle: Personal computing and communication, Entertainment, Imaging, Digital music and sound, Gaming |
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| Visitors: Visitors are likely to comprise buyers, sellers, decision makers, and influencers from top-ranking companies across the country & abroad |
| For more details on the exhibition kindly contact us at exhibit@indiainfocom.com |
| INFOCOM 08-09 Conference |
INFOCOM reflects and embodies the dynamic ICT community – connecting leaders and technologists to discuss and debate the most important issues and strategies driving the ICT economy and what we might expect in the coming years. |
Venue : ITC Sonar, Calcutta
Dates: January 15- 17, 2009 |
| Highlights: |
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Over 20 sessions in 3 days of conference, running on 2 parallel tracks |
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Over 1000 delegates from large corporate, SMEs, policymakers, bureaucrats, academia and media |
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Over 100 speakers from amongst well known thought leaders, industry stalwarts, top corporates, think tanks, entrepreneurs, government and academia from across the world |
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Discussions by Top executives from platform businesses |
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Focus areas: Emerging and Future Technologies , Telecom, ITES-BPO |
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Presentation of Business Models by innovative entrepreneurs |
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A variety of unique networking events including a CXO Golf, Peer-to-Peer Groups, Networking Dinners and Entertainment Evenings |
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| For more details kindly contact us at network@indiainfocom.com |
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