6:00 PM to 6:20 PM: Registration
6:20 PM to 6:30 PM: Welcome note
6:30 PM to 7:15 PM: Panel 1:
What CEOs and the Board expect from the CIO?
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
Avinash Sankhe, Group Head, IT, Karvy Computershare
Shirish Godbole, President IT, Suzlon Energy
Moderator
Manoj Arora, Global CIO, Bilcare
7:15 PM to 7:45 PM: Key role of Transformational CIO in Driving Innovation and Generating Business Growth in a Reset World
Speaker
M.S Unnikrishnan, Managing Director & CEO, Thermax
7:45 PM to 8:30 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
Rajeev Jorapur, Head - IT, Mercedes Benz India
Sharat Airani, Chief of IT, Forbes Marshall
Moderator
Aroon Mehta, HEAD-IT/SAP, Serum Institute of India
8:30 PM Onwards: Cocktails & Dinner.
