This third track, spread over two days, will focus on the Manufacturing vertical and will dwell on how the Indian Manufacturing Segment is negotiating the Pandemic & using Technology to stay afloat especially in these troubled times amidst repetitive lockdowns. There will be enriching business technology strategy sessions pertaining to the Manufacturing sector, best practices from sector leaders and case studies of effective technology implementations will be showcased. Featuring domain & technology focused views and perspectives from thought leaders entrenched in the Manufacturing segment, each session will have a different focus and will present and showcase best practices and lessons learnt.
Chairman & Managing Director, Kent RO Systems
Director, Asia Pacific, Salesforce
Senior Director – Solution Consulting, ServiceNow
Principal Solution Engineer, Salesforce India
Lead Solution Engineer, Salesforce India
Regional Head - Solution Consulting, ServiceNow
Vice President, India Domestic Business, UiPath
CEO, Neovatic Technologies
Senior Principal Sales Consultant, UiPath
Senior Technical Evangelist, ManageEngine
EMEA CISO, Senior Evangelist, Fortinet
Senior Director, Transformation strategy, APJ, Zscaler
Regional Director, SAP Concur
Senior Director APAC, MongoDB
General Manager-Sales,North,Eaton
President, Pidilite Industries
Head - IT and CISO, Sterlite Technologies Limited
Head Systems, HiMedia Laboratories Pvt Ltd.
CEO, Mahindra & Mahindra Business Solutions
Vice President - IT, Wonder Cement Limited
CIO, Electrotherm India
Group CIO, JBM Group
CDIO, JK Tyre & Industries
Executive Vice President - Special Projects & Enabler, Deepak Fertilisers & Petrochemicals Corporation
CIO, Essar Group & Head Business - India & SAARC , AGC Networks
Asst Vice President – Aditya Birla Group, Grasim Industries
Global CIO, Tata Steel
Executive Director, Strategic IS, IOCL
Group CIO, Kirloskar Brothers Ltd
Chairman - Advisory Board & Chief Mentor, MentorKart & Ex-CIO, Hero MotoCorp
Global Head - Digital, UPL
General Manager - IT & CRM, Penna Cement Industries Limited
Head of Digital initiatives for ESP, L&T EAIC, Division of Schneider Electric
CIO, Escorts Ltd
CIO, Voltas
Group CIO, Uno Minda Group
VP & Country General Manager, India & SAARC, Secure Power Division, Schneider Electric
IT Leader-Digital Transformation, Strategic Program Management, Cyber Security & Service Delivery, Adani Enterprises
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 10:30am – 10:35am | Opening Address by Moderator |
| 10:35am – 11:00am | Fireside Chat : Topic : AI and Cloud enabled digital transformation at Tata Steel Speakers : Jayanta Banerjee, Global CIO, Tata Steel Moumita Deb Choudhury, Special Correspondent, Express Computer, Indian Express Group |
| 11:00am – 11:05am | Moderator Closing & Speaker Welcome |
| 11:05am – 11:25am |
Topic : The Path to Operational Excellence: Optimize your manufacturing operations with ServiceNow Speaker : Venugopal S Arcot, Senior Director – Solution Consulting, ServiceNow |
| 11:25am – 11:30am | Moderator Closing & Speaker Welcome |
| 11:30am – 12:15pm | Panel Discussion : Topic : Leading IT through a pandemic: How Manufacturing CIOs can help in turning adversity into an advantage during times of crisis Panelists : Richard DeSouza, CEO, Mahindra & Mahindra Business Solutions Arun Attri, Vice President - IT, Wonder Cement Limited Vishad Rahangdale, CIO, Electrotherm India V Ranganathan Iyer, Group CIO, JBM Group Vinay Morje, Asst Vice President – Aditya Birla Group, Grasim Industries Vivek Ganesh, Regional Director, SAP Concur Anil Kakkar, CIO, Escorts Ltd Vishwas Dass, Special Correspondent, Express Computer, Indian Express Group (Moderator) |
| 12:15pm – 12:20pm | Moderator Closing & Speaker Welcome |
| 12:20pm – 12:50pm |
Topic : Digital Acceleration in the Manufacturing Sector Speaker : Siddharth Gupta, Principal Solution Engineer, Salesforce India |
| 12:50pm – 12:55pm | Moderator Closing & Speaker Welcome |
| 12:55pm – 1:15pm |
Topic : Re-imagine InfoSecurity Speaker : Sudip Banerjee, Senior Director, Transformation strategy, APJ, Zscaler |
| 1:15pm – 1:20pm | Moderator Closing |
| 1:20pm – 2:00pm | Lunch Break |
| 2:05pm – 2:30pm |
Topic : Seven tips for digital transformation Speaker : Vijay Sethi, Chairman - Advisory Board & Chief Mentor, MentorKart and Ex-CIO, Hero MotoCorp |
| 2:30pm – 2:35pm | Moderator Closing & Speaker Welcome |
| 2:35pm – 3:35pm |
Topic : The Value of Automation in Manufacturing Speakers : Murli Mohan, Vice President, India Domestic Business, UiPath Arun Sasidharan, Senior Principal Sales Consultant, UiPath Ajay Chawla, Head - IT & CISO, Sterlite Technologies Limited |
| 3:35pm – 3:40pm | Moderator Closing & Speaker Welcome |
| 3:40pm – 4:00pm | Special Address :
Topic : Digital transformation at KENT RO Speaker : Dr. Mahesh Gupta, Chairman & Managing Director, Kent RO |
| 4:00pm – 4:05pm | Moderator Closing & Speaker Welcome |
| 4:05pm – 4:25pm |
Topic : Aligning your IT to business Speaker : Praveen Das, Senior Technical Evangelist, ManageEngine |
| 4:25pm – 4:30pm | Moderator Closing & Speaker Welcome |
| 4:30pm – 4:50pm |
Topic : OT : Digital Transformation & Cybersecurity Speaker : Alain Sanchez, EMEA CISO, Senior Evangelist, Fortinet |
| 4:50pm – 4:55pm | Moderator Closing & Speaker Welcome |
| 4:55pm – 5:15pm |
Topic : Avoiding Unplanned Downtime and Improving Operational Efficiency Speaker : Rohit Bahl, General Manager - Sales, North, Eaton |
| 5:15pm – 5:20pm | Moderator Closing & Awards Welcome |
| 5:20pm – 5:50pm | Salesforce presents Digital Technology Senate Awards 2021 |
| 5:50pm – 5:55pm | Moderator Closing |
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 10:30am – 10:35am | Opening Address by Moderator |
| 10:35am – 11:00am | Special Address : Topic : How to approach digital transformation : The IOCL Experience Speaker : Alok Khanna, Executive Director, Strategic IS, IOCL |
| 11:00am – 11:05am | Moderator Closing & Speaker Welcome |
| 11:05am – 11:35am |
Topic : Digitisation and automation in Manufacturing sector Speaker : Biplav Sarkar, Lead Solution Engineer, Salesforce India |
| 11:35am – 11:40am | Moderator Closing & Speaker Welcome |
| 11:40am – 12:00pm | Fireside Chat : Topic : The digital transformation story at Kirloskar Brothers Speakers : Amit Shukla, Group CIO, Kirloskar Brothers Ltd Sandhya Michu, Principal Correspondent, Express Computer, Indian Express Group (Moderator) |
| 12:00pm – 12:05pm | Moderator Closing & Speaker Welcome |
| 12:05pm – 1:05pm |
Topic : Accelerate Digital Transformation with RPA for Manufacturing Speakers : Arun Sasidharan, Senior Principal Sales Consultant, UiPath Venu Gopal Uppalapati, CEO, Neovatic Technologies Shankarram Srinivasan, Head Systems, HiMedia Laboratories Pvt. Ltd. |
| 1:05pm – 1:10pm | Moderator Closing |
| 1:10pm – 2:00pm | Lunch Break |
| 2:00pm – 2:05pm | Moderator Opening & Speaker Welcome |
| 2:05pm – 2:30pm | Special Address : Topic : The Agri-tech transformation at UPL Speaker : Shantanu Chatterjee, Global Head - Digital, UPL |
| 2:30pm – 2:35pm | Moderator Closing & Speaker Welcome |
| 2:35pm – 2:55pm |
Topic : MongoDB and IoT Speaker : Suvig Sharma, Senior Director APAC, MongoDB |
| 2:55pm – 3:00pm | Moderator Closing & Speaker Welcome |
| 3:00pm – 3:50pm | Panel Discussion : Topic : Digital Transformation: Learnings from thought leaders Panelists : Sharad Kumar Agarwal, CDIO, JK Tyre & Industries Deepak Keni, Executive Vice President - Special Projects & Enabler, Deepak Fertilisers & Petrochemicals Corporation Alain Sanchez, EMEA CISO,Senior Evangelist, Fortinet Sanjay Sinha, CIO, Voltas Sandhya Michu, Principal Correspondent, CRN India & Express Computer, Indian Express Group (Moderator) |
| 3:50pm – 3:55pm | Moderator Closing & Speaker Welcome |
| 3:55pm – 4:25pm | Fireside Chat : Topic : Delivering customer centric business transformation for manufacturers and their channel partners Speakers : Vamsee Mohan Kanneganti, General Manager - IT & CRM, Penna Cement Industries Ltd. Sibasish Pani, Head of Digital initiatives for ESP, L&T EAIC, Division of Schneider Electric Rajkumar Ravuri, Director, Asia Pacific, Salesforce |
| 4:25pm – 4:30pm | Moderator closing & Awards Welcome |
| 4:30pm – 5:00pm | Salesforce presents Digital Technology Senate Awards 2021 |
| 5:00pm – 5:05pm | Closing Address |
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