6:50 PM to 7:30 PM: Panel 1:
What CEOs and the Board Expects from the CIOs?
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
Suneel Aradhye, CIO, Essar Steel & Minerals Business
Rajiv Sharaf, VP-IT, Reliance Infrastructure
Abhay Karhade, CIO, Bombay Dyeing
Moderator
Kalyan Prasath, Head - IT, ICICI Prudential AMC

7:30 PM to 7:50 PM: Building on the Cloud: Why should CIOs consider moving to the Cloud
Speakers
Aviraj Ajgekar, Technology Evangelist, Microsoft Corporation
Pramod Rao, Head - Microsoft Solutions, Dimension Data

7:50 PM to 8:05 PM: Innovative DLP, GRC & SMM Solutions for Indian Enterprises
Speaker
Alexander Zarovsky, Chief of International Business Development, InfoWatch

8:05 PM to 8:45 PM: Panel 2:
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
Manoj Nigam, Vice President, CS-IT, Vodafone
Ashish Pachory, CIO, Tata Teleservices
Moderator
Ritu Madbhavi, Sr. Vice President - IT, Draft FCB Ulka Adverting

8:45 PM Onwards: Cocktails & Dinner.