Agenda

3:30 PM to 4:15 PM: Registration

4:15 PM to 4:30 PM: Welcome note

4:30 PM to 5:15 PM: What CEOs and the Board Expects from the CIO and IT Head
Panel 1:
IT management can become saturated by supply-side thinking, about what the IT industry will offer next and how best to assimilate that. Instead, this session looks at the demand side from the top down — what are boards and CEOs thinking and what business agenda must IT leaders deliver to? You will find out what they CEOs are thinking about technology at the strategic level, what they think about CIOs and what needs to be done as a result.
Speakers
  • Chandrasekaran N, CIO, Ashok Leyland
  • Manavalan MK, DGM- Technology, Sankara Nethralaya
  • Amol Vidwans, Group Head - Information Technology, MARG
  • Moderator
  • Biji Varughese, Head IT (West & South), McDonald's India

  • 5:15 PM to 5:35 PM:
    Business drivers, Strategy and Solution for next-generation Enterprise IT

    Speaker
  • Sethu Madhavan, Director Marketing & Strategy, Huawei

  • 5:35 PM to 5:55 PM: Design – Bringing Efficacy To Enterprise Solutions
    Speaker
  • Shoaib Ahmed, President, Tally Solutions

  • 5:55 PM to 6:40 PM: Panel 2:
    The Competitive CIO: Driving Business Forward

    How do CIOs bring the business acumen and core values they have gained from the experience back into the IT department? How can CIOs retain their IT role, while effectively using their skills and passion to provide value within several divisions of the company?
    Speakers
  • Senthil Nathan, General Manager-Information Systems, CavinKare
  • Jaya Vaidhyanathan, Executive Vice President & Head - Chennai Technology & Strategic Transformation, GSSCs
  • Prem Kamble, Management and IT Consultant
  • Moderator
  • Balakrishnan Venkataraman, Ex CIO, Polaris Software
  • 6:40 PM to 7:10 PM: Tea Break

    7:10 PM to 7:45 PM: Panel 3:
    Emerging Technologies and Trends: The Game Changer?
    New technologies such as cloud based services, social media and virtualization give CIOs tools to change IT's direction, strategy and operational profile to pursue growth and continued cost reduction strategies. Adoption of these technologies has accelerated and is accelerating changes in the role, structure and purpose of IT. The time to act is now as CIOs expect broad scale adoption of these technologies within the next four years. In this panel, get a peek into how some of the forward thinking CIOs are betting on new technologies to enable faster growth in their businesses.
    Speakers
  • Chandran R, CIO, Daimler India Commercial Vehicles(Benz)
  • Ramalingam Thyagarajan, GM - Information Technology, Madura Micro Finance
  • Arvind Sivaramakrishnan, CIO, Apollo Hospitals
  • Harinath Chakravarthy, CIO, TVS Logistics
  • Moderator
  • Sethu Madhavan, Director Marketing & Strategy, Huawei

  • 7:45 PM to 8:10 PM: Session: CIO Skill sets to meet Management Expectations
    Speaker
  • Chandran R, CIO, Daimler India Commercial Vehicles(Benz)

  • 8:10 PM to 8:30 PM: Closing Keynote: How can technology contribute in the changing phase of today's business
    Speaker
  • Harinath Chakravarthy, CIO, TVS Logistics
  • 8:30 PM to 9:30 PM: Cocktail & Dinner