Conference programme

ET ICT Vision 2009 : 12 &13 November 2009, Mumbai (2-day Summit & Expo)

Renaissance Hotel & Convention Centre, Powai, Mumbai

ADVANCE CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

Day-I : Thursday 12th November 2009

 

 

Visit to Exhibition and Ribbon Cutting (10.30 am – 11.00 am)

SESSION – I

INAUGURAL SESSION  (11.00 am - 12.30 pm)

Welcome

Ms. Suchitra Sengupta, Asst. Vice President, The Economic Times

About the Event

Mr. Indra Mohan, President, India-Tech Foundation

Lighting of the Lamp and Presentation of Flowers

Theme of the Conference

Mr. Shyamal Ghosh (Former Secretary – Telecom), Convenor ET ICT

Special Address

Mr. Jay Gopal, Exec. Director, MTNL

Keynote Address

Mr. Arvind Mathur, Sify Technologies Ltd

Guest of Honour

Mr. R Chandrashekhar, Secretary – IT, Ministry of Communications

Presentation of ET-ICT Excellence Awards 2009

Chief Guest

Hon’ble Mr. Sachin Pilot, Union Minister of State for Communication & IT

Vote of Thanks

Mr. Ashish Gupta, Project Director, Winmark Services Pvt. Ltd.

 

Networking Lunch 12.30 pm -1.30 pm

SESSION – II

Broadbanding Rural India (1.30 pm – 2.45 pm)

Session Chairman

Mr. S.K. Gupta, Advisor-CN, TRAI

Paper 1

Providing ‘Internet’ Connectivity to the Unconnected

Mr. Vivek Vashishtha, Director – Technical Policy & Standards, Intel South Asia

Paper 2

Innovations@NSN.RuralMarkets.Com

Mr. Ajay Ranjan Mishra, Global Head - Innovations Management, Nokia Siemens Networks

Tea Break (2.45 pm - 3.15 pm)

 

Session III

Internet for All – Next Billion from India (3.15 pm – 6.00 pm)

 

(Challenges of Penetration: Consumer Premises Equipment (CPE’s), Content, Language, Assisted Technologies – e Governance / e Commerce Solutions)

Session Chairman

Mr. Subodh Kumar, Addl. Secretary, Department of Telecommunications

Paper 1

IP Telephony

Mr. S.K. Gupta, Advisor-CN, TRAI

Paper 2

Challenges of Penetration

Mr. Naresh Ajwani, Managing Director, SV Teletech Pvt. Ltd

Paper 3

Dr. C.S. Rao, MD, Intel – India, South Asia & Middle East 

Paper 4

Rural ICT – Changing Dimensions

Mr. Sivarama Krishnan, Executive Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers Pvt. Ltd

Interactive Panel Discussion

Chaired By

Mr. Subodh Kumar, Addl. Secretary, Department of Telecommunications

Other Panelists

Mr. S. K. Gupta, Advisor–CN, TRAI

Mr. Naresh Ajwani

Managing Director, SV Teletech Pvt. Ltd

Dr. C.S. Rao, Chairman, Wimax Forum

Mr. Anil Prakash

President, Telecom Users Group of India

Thursday, 12th November 2009

7.00 pm Onwards : CXO's Forum

THEME : "Roadmap ICT 2020–Perspectives and Policy Issues"

AGENDA for CXO’s Forum

A Panel Discussion

Moderator

Mr. Shyamal Ghosh, (Former Chairman – Telecom Commission), Chairman, DSCI

Co-Chairman I

Mr. Subodh Kumar, Addl. Secretary (T), Department of Telecommunications

Co-Chairman II

Mr. Uday Kumar Varma, Addl. Secretary, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting

Technology Perspective

Mr. P.J. Nath, Executive President-Enterprise Business, Sify Technologies Ltd

 

Consumer Group Perspective

Mr. Anil Prakash, President, TUG India & Secretary General, IPTV India Forum

Service Provider’s Perspective

Mr. Sunil Joshi

President – Enterprise Business Unit

(India & Emerging Markets), Tata Communications

Film Perspective

Mr. Jai Maroo
Director, Shemaroo Entertainment Pvt Ltd

TV Media Perspective

Mr. Kapil Dev Kumar

COO, Smart Digivision Pvt Ltd

Ms. Sujata Dev, MD & CEO, Times Broadband Services Pvt Ltd and

Chairman, ASSOCHAM Media Committee

Other Panelists

Dr. D.P.S. Seth, Former Member, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India

Mr. Hara Kar

Director – BD, CanvasM Technologies Limited

Mr. Taron Mohan

CEO, Mobisoft Telesolutions Pvt Ltd 

Mr. Vivek Vashishtha, Director–Technical Policy & Standards, Intel South Asia

Mr. Yogesh Kochhar, Director-BD, Microsoft Corporation India

Mr. Himanshu Sahu, Asst. Director & Head-Sales Engg, UTStarcom, India

Print Media Perspective

Mr. Bhaskar Das, Executive President, The Economic Times

Summing Up by Chairman

Day - II : Friday, 13th November 2009

Session IV

Challenges of E-Governance (10.00 am – 11.45 am)

Session Chairman

Mr. K. Sanjay Murthy, Vice President, NISG

Paper 1

Economic Development = Financial + Market Inclusion

Mr. Yogesh Kochhar, Director, Microsoft Corporation (I) Pvt. Ltd

Paper 2

Gujarat State : Award Winning Case Study (All-India Winner) – ICT in Gujarat State Judiciary: The Journey so far

Dr. Neeta Shah & Ms. Sonia Gokhani, Gujarat Informatics Ltd & Gujarat High Court

Paper 3

Karnataka State : Award Winning Case Study (All-India Runners-Up)

Enabling Transformation in Karnataka – Dept. of IT – Mr. HS Shankar, Project Officer-HRMS, Department of IT

Tea / Coffee (11.45 am – 12.00 noon)

SESSION – V

Induction of IPTV & Mobile TV  (12.00 noon – 1.45 pm)

Session Chairman

Mr. Uday Kumar Varma, Addl Secy, Ministry of I&B

Paper 1

Content & New Generations Platforms

Ms. Sujata Dev, MD Time Broadband

Paper 2

The Next Revolution - Video Communication

Mr. Himanshu Sahu, Asst. Director & Head-Sales Engg, UTStarcom, India

Paper 3

IPTV & Mobile TV Deciphering the Content Piece

Mr. Jai Maroo, Director, Shemaroo Entertainment Pvt Ltd

Paper 4

Steps Needed for Successful Induction of IPTV & Mobile TV in India

Dr. D.P.S. Seth, Former Member, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India

Lunch (1.45 pm – 2.30 pm)

SESSION – VI

VAS including MVNO (2.30 pm – 4.15 pm)

Session Chairman

Mr. Jay Gopal, Exec. Director, MTNL

Paper 1

mVAS – Indian Perspectivefrom all parts of the Value Chain

Mr. Manoj Dawane, CEO, Mauj Telecom

Paper 2

Mobile Social Networks

Mr. Mohit Kapoor, Founder Director & CEO, Goolel Technologies Pvt. Ltd

Paper 3

An Opportunity for New Growth Avenues

Mr. Jagdish Mitra, CEO, CanvasM Technologies Ltd

Paper 4

Service Discovery on Mobile VAS – Key to Revenue and ARPU growth

Mr. Taron Mohan

CEO, Mobisoft Telesolutions Pvt Ltd 

Tea / Coffee (4.15 pm – 4.30 pm)

SESSION – VII

Next Generation Networks (4.30 pm – 6.30 pm)

Session Chairman

Mr. R.N. Prabhakar, Member, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India

Paper 1

Next Generation Networks and Telecom Regulation

Dr. D.P.S. Seth, Former Member, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India

Paper 2

NGN - Heralding an Era of Unbridled Connectivity

Mr. R.N. Padukone, Principal GM-CP&M, BSNL

Paper 3

Service Providers - An enabler for growth despite current climate

Mr. Sunil Joshi, President – Enterprise Business Unit, India & Emerging Markets, Tata Communications

Paper 4

Managing IP Telephony as a Service with Dynamic QoS and Robust SLAs

Mr. Harish Lalapeth, Sales Consultant - South Asia, Info Vista