INFOCOM, the annual flagship B2B Conference from the house of ABP, India’s leading media conglomerate was started in 2002 and over the last 19 editions of the event, INFOCOM has evolved to be an important platform that focuses on the convergence of Business, Technology and Leadership elements that are essential for driving India to the next phase of growth.
As the world emerges from the impact of the pandemic, the digital transformation journey also gets into a faster track. The pandemic forced organizations to adopt new technologies and find new ways of working at a rapid speed. These rapid digital transformations may have been reactive to the changing situations, but have pushed us into the fast-paced era of the Digital Revolution.
To compete in the new normal, we need to move to a mindset of Accelerating Digital. The economic scenario continues to bring in new challenges with fresh waves of outbreak. Businesses whose behaviour has been reactive to the pandemic could still be in the downturn mindset when the upturn finally arrives, and miss the opportunity to rebuild for profitability. Organisations need to strategise to capitalize on new opportunities. This emphasizes the need of accelerated digital transformations even further.
INFOCOM 2021 virtual conference will provide a platform for various industry stalwarts and leaders to talk about the various strategies that organizations are adopting in “Accelerating Digital”, the theme for this year. INFOCOM 2021 will aim to unite the world in pursuit of digital transformation in every field of business and all aspects of life. We will hear the success stories, the new hurdles and opportunities and the lessons that we must learn to prepare for the challenging times in the future.
13:30 hrs – 13:35 hrs |
Introductions |
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13:35 hrs – 13:40 hrs |
Welcome Address by Dhruba Mukherjee, CEO, ABP Pvt. Ltd. |
13:40 hrs – 13:45 hrs |
Address by Guest of Honour, Siddharth Sharma, CEO – West Bengal & Odisha, Bharti Airtel Ltd. |
13:45 hrs – 13:50 hrs |
Address by Guest of Honour, Kamal Arora, Senior Director, Sales – Government, Dell Technologies | Commercial |
13:50 hrs – 13:55 hrs |
Address by Guest of Honour, Dr. Bhaskar Ghosh Chief Strategy Officer, Accenture |
13:55 hrs – 14:00 hrs |
Address by Guest of Honour, Dr. Omkar Rai, Director General, STPI |
14:00 hrs – 14:30 hrs |
Address by Chief Guest: Mamata Banerjee, Hon’ble Chief Minister of West Bengal |
14:00 hrs – 14:05 hrs | Introductions |
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A1 14:05 hrs – 14:30 hrs |
Opening Spotlight: Accelerating Digital – The India Growth Story Spotlight Speaker: Sanjeev Bikhchandani, Padma Shri (2020), Founder and Executive Vice Chairman, Info Edge India Ltd. In Conversation with: Aparup Sengupta, Executive Chairman and Global CEO, Startek |
14:30 hrs – 14:35 hrs | Introductions |
A214:35 hrs – 14:55 hrs |
Special Address by Guest of Honour: Digital Adoption for Industrial Growth in Bengal Keynote Speaker: Dr. Partha Chatterjee, Hon’ble Minister for IT & Electronics; Industry, Commerce & Enterprises; and Parliamentary Affairs, Govt. of West Bengal |
14:55 hrs – 15:00 hrs | Introduction to the session |
A3 15:00 hrs – 15:20 hrs |
Leadership Keynote: Fast track the Digital Journey for your Enterprise Keynote Speaker: Ganesh Lakshminarayanan, CEO – Enterprise Business, Airtel Business |
15:20 hrs – 15:25 hrs | Introduction to the session |
A4 15:25 hrs – 15:45 hrs |
Leadership Keynote: Accelerate Digital to Drive 360º Value Keynote Speaker: Dr. Bhaskar Ghosh, Chief Strategy Officer, Accenture |
15:45 hrs – 15:50 hrs | Introduction to the session |
A5 15:50 hrs – 16:50 hrs |
SAARC Panel: Post Pandemic Growth Strategies Accelerated by Digital Chairperson: Ambarish Dasgupta, Senior Partner and Founder, Intueri Consulting LLP Panelists: |
16:50 hrs – 16:55 hrs | Introduction to the session |
A6 16:55 hrs – 17:15 hrs |
Leadership Keynote: Accelerating Digital Infrastructure - The Key to the Connected Future Keynote Speaker: Sharad Sanghi, CEO, NTT Ltd in India |
17:15 hrs – 17:20 hrs | Introduction to the session |
A7 17:20 hrs – 17:50 hrs |
Technology Insights: Innovations in Flexible Workplace Solutions Speaker: Praveen Kumar T, Head - Field Marketing, Client Solutions Group (India), Dell Technologies |
17:50 hrs – 17:55 hrs | Introduction to the session |
A8 17:55 hrs – 18:15 hrs |
Leadership Keynote: The Phoenix and the Unicorn - The Why, What and How of Corporate Innovation Keynote Speaker: Peter Hinssen, Digital Entrepreneur and Keynote Speaker, Executive Lecturer at London Business School & MIT Sloan School of Management, Member of Advisory Board, Ergon Capital |
18:15 hrs – 18:20 hrs | Introduction to the session |
A9 18:20 hrs – 19:00 hrs |
Spotlight Session: Learning for Life - Creating a Better Future Spotlight Speakers: S P Kothari, Padma Shri (2020), Gordon Y Billard Professor of Accounting and Finance, MIT Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, MA, USA In Conversation with: Dr. Suborno Bose, Founder, YTO (Young Tech Olympiad) and Founder and Chief Mentor, IIHM & Indismart Group Worldwide |
14:00 hrs - 14:05 hrs |
Introductions |
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B1 14:05 hrs – 14:25 hrs |
Leadership Keynote: Accelerating Digital for the Next Phase of Growth Keynote Speaker: Manoj Chugh, ICT Expert and President – Group Public Affairs, Mahindra & Mahindra |
14:25 hrs – 14:30 hrs | Introductions |
B2 14:30 hrs – 15:00 hrs |
Leadership Keynote: China's New Normal - Innovations that will impact Global Business Keynote Speaker: Pascal Coppens, Technology Entrepreneur, Sinologist and Author of “China’s New Normal – How China sets the standard for innovation”, Belgium |
15:00 hrs – 15:05 hrs | Introduction to the session |
B3 15:05 hrs – 15:25 hrs |
Leadership Keynote: The Changed Hybrid Work Environment: Employee & Customer Experience Keynote Speaker: Johnson Varkey, Sales Director - Intelligent Workspace, NTT Ltd in India |
15:25 hrs – 15:30 hrs | Introduction to the session |
B4 15:30 hrs – 16:10 hrs |
Spotlight Session: Winning against all Odds – The Indian Unicorn Boom Spotlight Speakers: In Conversation with: Avinash Deepak, Senior Vice President, Vertical Head – IT/ITES & StartUps, Airtel Business, Bharti Airtel Ltd. |
16:10 hrs – 16:15 hrs | Introduction to the session |
B5 16:15 hrs – 17:10 hrs |
Technology Panel: Shaping the Digital Revolution – The Future Roadmap Chairperson: Harish Agarwal, Partner, Ernst & Young LLP and COO, Ernst & Young India Consulting Panelists: |
17:10 hrs – 17:15 hrs | Introduction to the session |
B6 17:15 hrs – 17:35 hrs |
Keynote: Digital Transformation at BharatGas-Easing lives Keynote Speaker: Mona Srivastava, Chief Digital Officer - LPG Business, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. |
17:35 hrs – 17:40 hrs | Introduction to the session |
B7 17:40 hrs – 18:00 hrs |
Leadership Keynote: Inclusive Digital Acceleration and Innovation Keynote Speaker: Prof. Soumitra Dutta, Professor of Management and Former Founding Dean, SC Johnson College of Business, Cornell University |
18:00 hrs – 18:05 hrs | Introduction to the session |
B8 18:05 hrs – 19:00 hrs |
Spotlight Session: Sustainable Healthcare in a Post Pandemic World Spotlight Speakers: In Conversation with: Dr. Kunal Sarkar, Senior Vice Chairman and Chief Cardiac Surgeon, Medica Hospitals Pvt Ltd, Kolkata ; Chairman - Kolkata Heart Foundation (KHF); MBBS, FRCS (ED), FRCS (Glasg), MNAMS |
14:00 hrs - 14:05 hrs |
Introductions |
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C1 14:05 hrs - 14:25 hrs |
Technology Keynote: How To Create New Value by Innovating with Data Keynote Speaker: Srinivas Rao Lingamneni, Senior Director - Systems Engineering, Dell Technologies |
14:25 hrs - 14:30 hrs |
Introductions |
C2 14:30 hrs - 14:50 hrs |
Leadership Keynote: ICT for Inclusion Keynote Speaker: Amitabh Ray, Managing Director, Ericsson India Global Services |
14:50 hrs - 14:55 hrs |
Introduction to the session |
C3 14:55 hrs - 15:15 hrs |
Leadership Keynote: Securing the Digital (R)evolution Keynote Speaker: Vivek Srivastava, Regional Sales Director – India & SAARC, CrowdStrike |
15:15 hrs - 15:20 hrs |
Introduction to the session |
C4 15:20 hrs – 16:00 hrs |
Security Panel: Evolving Cybersecurity Priorities in the Digital Decade Chairperson: Siddharth Viswanath, Partner – Risk Advisory & Cyber Security Leader, PwC India Panelists: |
16:00 hrs - 16:05 hrs |
Introduction to the session |
C5 16:05 hrs - 17:05 hrs |
Entrepreneurship Panel: Promoting Innovations and Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Chairperson: Bimal Patwari, Founder and CEO, Pinnacle Infotech Solutions Panelists: |
17:05 hrs - 17:10 hrs |
Introduction to the session |
C6 17:10 hrs - 17:55 hrs |
Gaming Pane: Gaming Industry in India – Visions for the Future Chairperson: Raghav Anand, Segment Leader Digital Media - Africa, India, Middle East (AIM), Ernst & Young LLP Panelists: |
17:55 hrs - 18:00 hrs |
Introduction to the session |
C7 18:00 hrs - 19:00 hrs |
Spotlight Session: The Future of Media & Entertainment Spotlight Speakers: In Conversation with: Govindraj Ethiraj, Founder, IndiaSpend & BOOMLive, Television and Print Journalist, Media Executive and Entrepreneur, Founder-Editor in Chief of Bloomberg TV India (Past) |
19:00 hrs - 19:05 hrs |
Closing Remarks |
SANJEEV BIKHCHANDANI Founder and Executive Vice Chairman
Info Edge (India) Ltd. Padma Shri (2020)
AJAY CHITKARA Director & CEO - Airtel Business
Bharti Airtel Limited
PETER HINSSEN Digital Entrepreneur, Author and Keynote Speaker
Executive Lecturer at London Business School, MIT Sloan School of Management and Paul Merage School of Business at UC Irvine
DR. BHASKAR GHOSH Chief Strategy Officer
Accenture
DR. S P KOTHARI Gordon Y Billard Professor of Accounting and Finance
MIT’s Sloan School of Management
Padma Shri (2020)
SHARAD SANGHI CEO
NTT Ltd. in India
SOUMITRA DUTTA Professor of Management and Former Founding Dean
SC Johnson College of Business, Cornell University, New York Founder and President, Portulans Institute
APARUP SENGUPTA Executive Chairman and Global CEO
Startek
PASCAL COPPENS Author, Sinologist and Technology Entrepreneur
Author of “China’s New Normal - How China sets the standard for Innovation”
GANESH LAKSHMINARAYANAN CEO - Enterprise Business
Airtel Business
MEENA GANESH Co-Founder, MD & Chairperson
Portea Medical
MANOJ CHUGH ICT Expert
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DR. RAMANAN LAXMINARAYAN Founder, HealthCube
Director of the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy, Washington DC Covid-19 Advisor to the Governments of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu
GIRI BALASUBRAMANIAM (aka “PICKBRAIN”) Renowned Educator, Quizmaster and Harvard Alumni
Indian Administrative Fellow (IAF), Dept. of Education, Govt. of Karnataka
JANINE TEO CEO
Solve Education!, Singapore
AVINASH DEEPAK Sr. VP, Vertical Head – IT/ITES & StartUps
Airtel Business, Bharti Airtel Ltd.
ARJUN MOHAN CEO India
UpGrad
GAJENDRA JANGID Co-Founder & CMO
CARS24
BIMAL PATWARI Founder and President
Pinnacle Infotech Solutions
DR. SUBORNO BOSE Founder, YTO (Young Tech Olympiad)
Founder and Chief Mentor, IIHM & Indismart Group Worldwide
ALOK SHUKLA Sr. VP, Head - Product Management & Business Solution Group
Airtel Business, Bharti Airtel Ltd.
DR. KUNAL SARKAR Senior Vice Chairman and Chief Cardiac Surgeon, Medica Hospitals Pvt Ltd, Kolkata
Chairman - Kolkata Heart Foundation (KHF)
MBBS, FRCS (ED), FRCS (Glasg), MNAMS
JOHNSON VARKEY Sales Director, Intelligent Workplace
NTT Ltd. in India
KAUSTUBH PATEKAR Founder, The ProdZen
Product Champion and Mentor to Deep Tech / AI Startups
NINAD RAJE Director & CIO
HealthAssure
KRISHNENJIT ROY SVP - Technology
Bankbazaar.com
NAVANEETHAN M Senior Vice President - Chief Information Security Officer & Head-IT
Groww
KUMAR P SAHA Founder, NDHGO
Founder and MD, Senrysa Technologies
ANIRUDDHA ROY CHOWDHURY Film-Maker
Producer
TANYA BAMI Series Head
Netflix India
MONA SRIVASTAVA Chief Digital Officer - LPG Business
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.
AMBARISH DASGUPTA Senior Partner and Founder
Intueri Consulting LLP
ATIF RAIS KHAN Founding Managing Partner & Chairman
LMKR and LMKT
ALLEN BAILOCHAN TULADHAR CEO
E-Dheba SuperApp of iPay P Ltd.
Nepal
MILIND G. MUNGALE Executive Vice President and CISO
NSDL e-Governance Infrastructure Limited
ALKESH AGARWAL Co-Founder & CEO
Re-feel
ASHOK CHERIAN CIO
Page Industries Ltd. (Jockey & Speedo Brands)
VIVEK SRIVASTAVA Regional Sales Director - India & SAARC
CrowdStrike
VIPUL PAREKH Co-Founder, CFO and CMO
Bigbasket, A TATA Enterprise
GOVINDRAJ ETHIRAJ Founder, IndiaSpend & BOOMLive
Television & Print Journalist, Media Executive and Entrepreneur
HARISH AGARWAL Partner, Ernst & Young LLP
COO, Ernst & Young India Consulting
RASIKA DUGAL Actor
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KAMAL ARORA Senior Director, Sales - Government
Dell Technologies | Commercial
SUDIPTA BASU General Manager (Telecom)
Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd.
ANMOL SINGH NARULA Director
JIS Group Educational Initiatives
PAAVAN NANDA CEO and Co-Founder
WinZO
AMITABH RAY Managing Director
Ericsson India Global Services
RICHA CHADHA Actor
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SHAFQUAT HAIDER Chairman, Council for Communication & IT, SAARC CCI
AMBASSADOR for Bangladesh , World Union of SMEs (WUSME)
DR. OMKAR RAI Director General
Software Technology Parks of India (STPI)
DR. PRASAD SAMARASINGHE Managing Director
Lanka Bell (Pvt) Ltd., Bell Vantage (Pvt) Ltd and Bell Solutions (Pvt) Ltd. Sri Lanka
SIDDHARTH VISHWANATH Partner - Risk Advisory & Cyber Security Leader
PwC India
NITIN GOEL Country Manager - Indian Sub-Continent
Gameloft
SRINIVAS RAO LINGAMNENI Senior Director - Systems Engineering
Dell Technologies
PRAVEEN KUMAR T Head - Field Marketing, Client Solutions Group (India)
Dell Technologies
NAMRATHA SWAMY General Manager - India
Mobile Premier League
RAGHAV ANAND Segment Leader - Digital, Media & Convergence
Africa, India & Middle East (AIM)
Ernst & Young LLP