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| INFOCOM - The Journey |
| What began in 2002 as a forum for India’s quest to be the IT superpower, has turned into a forceful and dynamic event that sets the pace for development in this sector, brings potential partners together and helps the industry connect with partners and customers. |
| INFOCOM 2002: A concept is born |
| Theme: Enabling business with IT for value creation and growth |
With small but steady steps the event began its big journey. Inaugurated by the then Union Minister for IT – Mr. Pramod Mahajan, the three day event showcased the business potential of the region to industry leaders in India and abroad.
The West Bengal Chief Minister’s interaction with top decision-makers was a highlight while other major speakers included James Duckworth, Chief Auditor, Unilever Plc; Keith Budge, Regional Managing Director (South Asia), Oracle Corporation; YC Deveshwar, Chairman & Managing Director, ITC; and Roopen Roy, Executive Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers. |
| INFOCOM 2003: The idea takes root |
| Theme: IT enablement for sustainable competitive advantage |
The success of INFOCOM 2002 paved way for INFOCOM 2003.
Achieving national dimension was the key focus for the three day event. The Exhibition grew to include leading IT Services, IT Software, and IT Hardware & Telecom companies like IBM, HCL, Canon, TCS, LG Electronics, Trend Micro, Samsung, HP, IBM, Nortel, Reliance Infocomm, Microsoft, Avaya, and Siemens Information Systems. Leading IT specialists, consultants, and academia from abroad provided the global perspective at the conference. Speakers included names like Harris Miller, President, IT Association of America, Rajat Gupta, Senior Partner Worldwide, McKinsey & Company; Chris Luxford, Director (Portfolio Management Enterprise, VOIP, Asia Pacific), Nortel Networks, and Prof. Ramayya Krishnan, Professor of Management Science and Information Systems, Carnegie Mellon University. |
| INFOCOM 2004: Growing aspirations |
| Theme: Harnessing ICT for global competitiveness |
The rising of brand INFOCOM – by then the third largest event for the ICT industry – coincided well with the explosive global growth path being forged by “Brand India”.
The Exhibition drew support from the best known companies in the business including Apple, Cisco Systems, Citrix, Dell, EMC, HCL, Oracle, IBM, Microsoft, Wipro and Sun Microsystems. Infrastructure companies like Millennium City, RDB Boulevard, Infinity Infotech and DLF also participated, using the event to market their projects. Bangladesh sent a 12-company trade delegation to the event.
The Conference covered emerging ICT issues with special focus on verticals like banking and finance, and energy. Some of the prominent speakers included Nandan M Nilekani, CEO, President & Managing Director, Infosys Technologies; Balu Doraisamy, Managing Director, Hewlett-Packard India; Malcolm Wagget, COO, HSBC Electronic Data Processing India; Raman Roy, Chairman & Managing Director, Wipro Spectramind. The event was inaugurated by Mr. Mukesh Ambani, Chairman, Reliance India – one of India’s largest business enterprises. |
| INFOCOM 2005: Fulfilling the promise |
| Theme: IT everyday, for everyone |
It had by then become the largest such event in India – the annual meeting ground for the exhibitors of cutting-edge technologies, visionaries, and thought leaders from the corporate world.
There was participation from the US, the UK, Germany and Taiwan in the exhibition as well as the conference, thus turning INFOCOM into a global IT event well rooted in India.
The 5-day exhibition saw participation from TCS, Reliance Infocomm, Nokia, Tata Indicom, Sun Microsystems, IBM, Nortel Networks, Texas Instruments, Canon, Hewlett-Packard India, Tyco Electronics, APC, Siemens Information Systems, Red Hat and EMC Corporation amongst others
.Highlights at the 3-day conference were, a special session on Global IT Value Chain by the European Business School; a specially chartered INFOCOM flight bringing 180 delegates from Chennai and Bangalore, and participation from 13 Indian states at the IT Ministers’ Roundtable.
Key speakers at the conference included Sridar Iyengar, President, TiE Global; Prof. Dr. Gerold Riempp, European Business School; KV Kamath, Managing Director & CEO, ICICI Bank; B Ramalinga Raju Founder & Chairman, Satyam Computer Services; Bhaskar Pramanik, Managing Director, Sun Microsystems; and Lakshmi Narayanan, President and CEO, Cognizant. |
| INFOCOM 2006: Going global |
| Theme: Innovate to differentiate |
Inaugurated by His Excellency, the President of India, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, INFOCOM 2006 had attained international flavor with participation from China, Malaysia, Germany, UK & Bangladesh.
The Exhibition was spread over 150,000 sq.ft of space had 8 focus pavilions where best-of breed companies showcased their latest offerings. These include Intel, Apple, HCL, Canon, Dell, HP, LG, Logitech, Moser Baer, Ricoh, Sharp, Armorize, Mercury, SAP, Wipro, Trend Micro, Reliance Communications, Emerson, Epitom Networks, Rittal, BSNL, Software Technology Parks of India, IT Infrastructure companies, State Governments of Kerala, West Bengal & Bihar and many more.
The 4-day conference had 75 speakers including Dr. GJ Huang, Executive Vice President, Institute for Information Industry, Taiwan; Reginald Hutcherson, Head– Sun Technology Evangelism Group, Sun Microsystems; Stephen J. Felice, President – Asia Pacific & Japan, Dell USA; Dr. David Steier, Head of Centre for Advanced Research, PwC, USA; Firdose Vandrevala, Chairman, Motorola India & Corporate Vice President, Motorola Inc; Niru Mehta, Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Avaya GlobalConnect; Ramamurthy Sivakumar, Country Manager, Intel Technology India; Bobby Varanasi, Vice Chairman – Marketing & Branding, Outsourcing Malaysia.
Special sessions at the Conference included The CEO Conclave, the Innovators Forum, Global Forum, BPO-KPO Forum and the Future Technology Forum.
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INFOCOM 07-08 Exploring new locations
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| Theme: Service excellence through ICT |
The event in it’s sixth year was held at two locations selected for their growing importance in the ICT world: Hyderabad and Calcutta
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| Hyderabad: November 28 - December 1, 2007 |
| The 4-day Conference was held at the Hyderabad International Convention centre and had over 90 speakers |
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There were forums on Global ICT, ITES-BPO, Business Continuity, Data Security, Services, Infrastructure and E-Governance. |
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Some key speakers included: Bala Mahadevan, President and Managing Director, CSC India; Vivek Marla, VP and Head, Oracle Solution Services India;Dr. M Vidyasagar, Executive Vice President (Advanced Technology), TCS; Partha Iyengar, Vice President and Research Director, Gartner Research, India and many others. |
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A special Interactive session was held on Aviation which brought together stalwarts like V Thulasidas, CMD, Air India and Olivier Houri, President & General Manager - Global Transportation Industry, Unisys Corporation. |
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A new addition was the "BankIT Forum" which saw participation from the CIOs of top banks in the country. |
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The ISCe India SatCom Forum was a new initiative with a Theme of "Inclusion and E-connectivity via Satellites" which hosted over 20 speakers from USA, Singapore, India and Other parts of Asia. Some of the participating organizations were ISRO, Boeing, Intelsat, Protostar, Hughes Network, Orbital Sciences and others. |
| The 4 day exhibition was held at HITEX exhibition centre and encompassed 70,000 sq. ft of air-conditioned space, 125 exhibitors and over 10,000 visitor footfalls. |
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Broad category of segments included Hardware, Software, Communications, Services, Infrastructure and Digital Lifestyle. |
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Participation was seen from companies like Xerox, Canon, Logitech, Siemens Information Systems, TVS Electronics, Emerson Network Power, APW President, Locuz, Navteq, Vodafone, Reliance World and many others. |
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There was also a special CeBIT Pavilion with 45 exhibitors from China, Korea, Taiwan,Turkey and Australia. |
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| Calcutta: February 21 -24, 2008 |
| The event was also held at its original location and comprised of a 3-day Conference at the ITC Sonar, Calcutta and a 4-day Exhibition at the Salt Lake Stadium Grounds. |
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The Conference hosted over 60 speakers at focus Forums on the theme of the event, Innovation, ITES, Manufacturing and E-Governance. |
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Some of the luminary speakers included: Mikito Kiname, CEO, Fujitsu India; Dr. Godfrey Gaston, Operations Director, The Institute of Electronics, Communications and Information Technology (ECIT); R K Amar Babu, MD, Lenovo India ; Ramamurthy Sivakumar, Country Manager, Intel Technology India and many more |
| The Exhibition was spread over 150,000 sq. ft of space and had 5 air conditioned pavilions. |
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There were 6 focus segments on Hardware, Software, Communications, Services, Infrastructure and Digital Lifestyle. |
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The Exhibition attracted over 133,000 visitor footfalls and 227 exhibitors from across the country. |
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Some of these exhibitors included names like Apple, Canon, Logitech, HP, LG, Panasonic, Philips, SAP, Wipro, Capgemini, Siemens, Citrix, Rittal, TVS Electronics, Sansui, Tata Communications and many more. |
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There were other activities also held at the exhibition like Jobs Mart, Edu Fair, Knowledge Workshop, Innovation Hub and Quizzit with focus on IT, ITES and BPO. |
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