day-wise conference schedule
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 1
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INAUGURATION – 9:45AM to 11:30AM |
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09:45 AM – 09:46 AM |
Video Introduction to IMC 2020 |
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09:47 AM – 09:48 AM |
National Anthem of India (Abridged version) |
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09:49 AM – 09:59 AM |
Welcome Address |
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10:00 AM – 10:20 AM |
Industry Address |
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10:21 AM -10:31 AM |
Shri Sanjay Dhotre |
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10:32 AM -10:42 AM |
Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad |
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Inaugural Address (10:45 AM) |
Inaugural Address by Hon’ble Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi (Recorded) |
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After Inaugural Address |
Vote of Thanks |
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National Anthem of India (Abridged version) |
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Break 2 mins |
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Thought Leadership Session |
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11:00 AM -11:10 AM |
Partner Address |
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11:11 AM -11:26 AM |
Industry Address |
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11.27 AM -11.30 AM |
Opening of IMC Thought Leadership Report |
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11:31 AM -11:33 AM |
Vote of Thanks |
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DECEMBER 8, 2020 – DAY 1 |
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11:33 – 12:30 PM – Industry 4.0 – Smart Workspaces and Industries, the Automation Way |
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SPEAKER NAME |
DESIGNATION |
COMPANY NAME |
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Mr. Chris Johnson |
Senior Vice President |
Nokia Enterprise |
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Mr. Anil Nair |
Managing Director , Country Digital Acceleration, APJC |
Cisco Systems, Inc. |
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Moderator- Mr. Sushant Rabra |
Partner |
KPMG in India |
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Mr. Xavier Kurian |
Director Solutions & Alliances |
Dell EMC |
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Mr. Thomas Noren |
Head of Dedicated Networks and Vice President |
Ericsson |
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Mr. Arnab Das |
Vice President Global Service Line Advanced Networks and IoT |
Altran Technologies |
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Mr. Neeraj Bhatia |
Sr. Director Enterprise Sales |
Red Hat Inc |
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Mr. Sanjiv Kapur |
Co-founder & Chief Technology Officer |
Truminds Software Systems |
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Mr. Digvijay Sharma |
Senior Director Sales |
Ciena India |
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Mr. Sundereshwaran Raman |
Sr. Vice President Digital Products and IoT |
Bharti Airtel Limited |
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Moderator – Mr. Akhilesh Tuteja |
Head Global Cyber Security practice, Head Digital & Technology practice, Partner |
KPMG in India |
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12:30 – 01:30 PM – CTO Conclave – Networks of Tomorrow – Transforming Networks for 5G Enablement |
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Mr. Manish Gupta |
Senior Director – Infrastructure Solutions Grp |
Dell Technologies |
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Mr. Ivan Bykov |
5G Solution Product Manager |
Ribbon Communications |
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Mr. Nitin Bansal |
Head of Networks, Ericsson South East Asia, Oceania and India |
Ericsson |
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Mr. Darren Yong |
Executive Director, ASPAC Head for Technology, Media and Telecommunications |
KPMG Asia Pacific |
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Mr. Azhar Sayeed |
Chief Architect |
Red Hat Inc |
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Mr. Randeep Raina |
Chief Technology Officer |
Nokia India |
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Mr. Randeep Sekhon |
Chief Technology Officer |
Bharti Airtel Limited |
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Mr. Shyam Mardikar |
President & Group Chief Technology Officer Mobility |
Reliance Jio Infocomm |
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Mr. Rajinder Singh |
Chief Technology Officer, Executive Vice President Technology |
Vi |
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Dr. Badri Gomatam |
Group Chief Technology Officer |
STL |
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Mr. Dan Rabinovitsj |
Vice President |
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Moderator – Ms. Amrita Gangotra |
Managing Director |
Ityukt Digital Solutions |
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01:30- 02:30 PM – BREAK |
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02:30 – 02:40 PM – Converging & Simplifying Networks for 5G |
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Mr. Suhas Mansingh |
Vice President Engineering |
Cisco Systems, Inc. |
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02:40 – 02:50 PM – India’s Pivotal Role in the Next Phase of Digital Transformation |
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Mr. Satya Easwaran |
India Head for Technology, Media and Telecommunications and Senior Partner |
KPMG |
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02:50 – 03:00 PM – India to Ride the Next Wave of Technology |
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Mr. Sanjay Malik |
Senior Vice President and Head of the India Market |
Nokia |
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03:00 – 04:00 PM – CEO Conclave – Inclusive Innovation – Bridging the Digital Divide |
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Dr. Ajay Kumar (IAS) |
Union Defence Secretary |
Ministry of Defence |
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Mr. Bruce McClelland |
President & Chief Executive Officer |
Ribbon Communications |
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Mr. Sanjay Kaul |
President, Asia Pacific, and Japan, Service Provider Business |
Cisco Systems, Inc. |
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Mr. Darren Yong |
ASPAC Head for Technology, Media and Telecommunications and Executive Director |
KPMG Asia Pacific |
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Mr. Ankit Agarwal |
Chief Executive Officer, Connectivity Solutions |
STL |
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Mr. Sanjay Malik |
Senior Vice President and Head of the India Market |
Nokia |
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Mr. Sanjeev Bedekar |
Chief Executive Officer |
Ranext Technologies Pvt. Ltd. |
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Dr. Magnus Ewerbring |
Chief Technology Officer APAC |
Ericsson |
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Mr. Marshal Correia |
Vice President & Managing Director, India/SA |
Red Hat Inc |
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Moderator – Mr. Alex Holt |
Global Head for Technology, Media and Telecommunications and Partner |
KPMG |
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04:00 – 05:20 PM – Telco Cloud – Frontier for Network Transformation *In association with Accenture |
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Mr. Chris Wright |
Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer (CTO), |
Red Hat Inc. |
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Mr. Berjesh Chawla |
Managing Director – Communications and Media |
Accenture |
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Mr. Sandeep Gupta |
Executive Vice President Network Strategy |
Bharti Airtel Limited |
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Mr. Mudit Agarwal |
Executive Vice President Technology Planning |
Vi |
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Mr. Purushothaman KG |
Head Telecommunications & Partner |
KPMG in India |
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Mr. Anuj Jain |
President| Network and Jio Fiber Business |
Reliance Jio Infocomm |
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Mr. Ludvig Langdren |
Head of Digital Services , Ericsson South east Asia , Oceania and India |
Ericsson |
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Mr. Purushothaman KG |
Head Telecommunications & Partner |
KPMG in India |
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Mr. David Stokes |
Senior Manager, Solutions Marketing |
Ribbon Communications |
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Mr. Suresh S |
Senior Vice President, Platform Engineering |
Mavenir |
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Mr. Samar Mittal |
Head Software Market India |
Nokia |
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Mr. Ryan Perera |
Vice President & Country Head |
Ciena India |
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Mr. Sandeep Dhingra |
CTO, Network Software and Services |
STL |
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Moderator – Mr. Vikram Tiwathia |
Deputy Director General |
Cellular Operators Association of India |
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05:20 – 05:30 PM – 5G the next of Everything |
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Mr. CP Gurnani |
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer |
TechMahindra |
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05:30 – 07:30 PM – Beyond 5G : Developing EU-IN Cooperation for the Next Generation of Standards *In association with ETSI/ INDICO (CLOSED) |
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Mr. Tonnie De Koster |
International Advisor, EC |
DG Connect |
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Dr. Archana G. GulatiI |
Joint Secretary (Digital Communication) |
NITI Aayog |
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Mr. Xavier Piednoir |
Head of External RelationsI |
ETSI |
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Mr. Adrian Scrase |
3GPP |
ETSI |
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Shri YGSC Kishore Babu |
DoT |
DDG(S-R-I) |
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Dr. Pamela Kumar |
Director General |
TSDSI |
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Dr. Rajesh Sharma |
Director |
C-DOT |
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Lt. Gen Dr. SP Kochhar AVSM**, SM, VSM, ADC, KIGA. |
Director General |
Cellular Operators Association of India |
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Mr. Bernard BaraniI |
Deputy Head of Unit, EC |
DG Connect |
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Dr. Colin Willcock |
Chairman of the Board |
5G IA |
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Mr. David Boswarthicket |
Director of New Technology |
ETSI |
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Mr. Benoît Sauveroche |
First Counsellor |
EU Delegation |
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Moderator: Emilio Davila -Gonzalez |
Head of Sector, ICT Standards, EC |
DG Connect |
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07:30 – 08:30 PM – CANADA HOUR (CLOSED DOOR MEETING) |
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Day 2
| 10:00:00 | Telco’s CEO Conclave – Prioritizing Technology to Generate Sustainable Value | ||
| Mr. Nunzio Mirtillo | Head of Ericsson South East Asia, Oceania and India | Ericsson | Keynote |
| Mr.Bruce McClelland | President and Chief Executive Officer | Ribbon Communications | FSC |
| Ms. Marjet Andriesse | Vice President Sales, APAC | Red Hat | FSC |
| Moderator – Mr. Aditya Rath | Partner and Digital Customer | KPMG in India | FSC |
| Mr. Mahendra Nahata | Director | Reliance Jio | Panel |
| Mr. Ajai Puri | Chief Operating Officer, India and SE Asia | Bharti Airtel Limited | Panel |
| Mr. P Balaji | Chief Regulatory and Corporate Affairs Officer | Vi | Panel |
| Mr. Neeraj Sharma | Managing Director, Strategy & Consulting, CMT India Business and Head of Media CoE ASIAM | Accenture | Panel |
| Mr. Saurabh Tewari | Director & Chief Technology Officer (Telecom) | Dell Technologies | Panel |
| Mr. Manish Sinha | Chief Marketing Officer | STL | Panel |
| Moderator- Mr. Purushothaman KG | Partner & Head – Telecommunications, KPMG in India | KPMG in India | Panel |
| 11:21:53 | 5G Use Cases + IoT – Innovation for the 5uper Generation of Mobile Technology | ||
| Shri Bharat Kumar Jog | Member (Services) | Department of Telecommunications | Keynote |
| Mr. Anand Bhaskar | Managing Director, Service Provider Business, India & SAARC | Cisco Systems, Inc. | Keynote |
| Mr. Abhay Savargaonkar | Chief Technology Officer – Global Business | Nokia Software | FSC |
| Mr. Rakesh Vij | Chief Executive Officer | Truminds Software Systems | FSC |
| Moderator- Mr. Vinod Kumar | KPMG Global Lead, Industry 4.0 | KPMG in India | FSC |
| Ms. Matangi Sandilya | Global Technology Lead, Communications & Media Industry Group | Accenture | Panel |
| Dr. Thiaw Seng | Head of NS Network Evolution, Ericsson South east Asia , Oceania and India | Ericsson | Panel |
| Ms. Sigal Barda | VP Product, Head of 5G Portfolio | Ribbon Communications | Panel |
| Mr. Kuldeep Malik | Director Corporate Sales | MediaTek Inc. | Panel |
| Mr. Girish Bhatia | SE Lead | Ciena Corporation | Panel |
| Mr. Shamik Mishra | Vice President-Research and Innovation – Global Industry Chief Architect – Communications Industry | Altran Technologies | Panel |
| Moderator- Mr. Sunil David | Regional Director IoT | AT&T | Panel |
| 13:05:52 | AI on the Edge – The Next Wave of AI Innovation | ||
| Shri Ajay Prakash Sawhney (IAS) | Secretary (Electronics & Information Technology) National e-Governance Division, Ministry of Communications & Information Technology | Government of India (MeitY) | Keynote |
| Hon’ble Mr. Victor Fedeli | Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade | Government of Ontario | Keynote |
| Dr. Sudhir Mittal | Chief Architect, Engineering | Bharti Airtel Limited | FSC |
| Dr. Shailesh Kumar | Chief Data Scientist | Reliance Jio | FSC |
| Moderator- Mr. Dipayan Ghosh | Executive Director | KPMG in India | FSC |
| Ms. Ameeta Roy | Chief Technology Officer, India/SA | Red Hat Inc. | Panel |
| Mr. Rohit Kaw | Director- Systems Engineering, Global Service Provider, India & SAARC | Cisco Systems, Inc. | Panel |
| Mr. Vijay Thomas | Founder & Chief Executive Officer | Tangentia | Panel |
| Mr. Manish Sinha | Chief Marketing Officer | STL | Panel |
| Mr. Kuntal Chowdhury | Senior Vice President and General Manager, AI & Analytics BU | Mavenir | Panel |
| Mr. Sachin Desai | Head of Global AI Accelerator | Ericsson | Panel |
| Moderator- Mr. Dipayan Ghosh | Executive Director | KPMG in India | Panel |
| 14:36:27 | Skilling for India – New Age Skills for Inclusive and Sustainable Careers | ||
| Mr. Wolf Richter | Chief Technology Officer | Epic Semiconductors | Keynote |
| Mr. Vikram Motiani | Senior Director, Learning Services – APAC | Red Hat Inc | |
| Mr. Arvind Bali | Chief Executive Officer | Telecom Sector Skill Council (TSSC) | |
| Dr. M.P. Poonia | Vice Chairman | All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) | |
| Mr. Sam Freeman | Founder – Queensland Skills & Education Consortium Australia Member Governing Council – Academy for Workplace Excellence | Australian HC | |
| Mr. Tilak Raj Dua | Director General | Tower And Infrastructure Providers Association (TAIPA) | |
| Moderator- Mr. Narayan Ramaswamy | Partner, and Head of Education, Office Managing Partner for Kolkata | KPMG in India | |
| 15:43:27 | Smart Devices – Redefining Devices for the Future *In Association with MediaTek – Bringing 5G to Everyone | ||
| 1. Mr. Anuj Sidharth. 2. Mr. Kuldeep Malik | 1. Deputy Dorector Marketing & Corporate Communications 2. Director Corporate Sales | MediaTek 5G Dimensity (Product launch) | Product Launch |
| Lt. Gen Dr. SP Kochhar AVSM**, SM, VSM, ADC, KIGA. | Director General | Cellular Operators Association of India | Panel |
| Mr. Anku Jain | Managing Director | MediaTek Inc. | Panel |
| Mr. Madhav Seth | Chief Executive Officer | realme | Panel |
| Mr. Sunil Dutt | President, Devices | Reliance Jio | Panel |
| Moderator – Mr. Sushant Rabra | Partner | KPMG in India | Panel |
| 16:51:43 | Security & Data Privacy Ethics – Trust, Test and Assure; a Multi-pronged Approach | ||
| Mr. Ronen Shpirer | Director CSP Solutions Marketing | Fortinet | Keynote |
| Mr. Manish Tiwari | Sr. Vice President & Global CISO | Bharti Airtel Limited | FSC |
| Moderator- Mr. Atul Gupta | Partner, and Head of Cyber Security in India and Global Lead, Cyber in Telecom | KPMG in India | FSC |
| Mr. Jayachandran Vishak Raman | Director- Security Business, India & SAARC | Cisco Systems, Inc. | Panel |
| Ms. Nandini Jolly | Founder, President & Chief Executive Officer | CryptoMill CyberSecurity Solutions | Panel |
| Mr. Andrew Fisk | Executive Advisor | GRC | Panel |
| Mr. Stiepan Kovac | Founder and President | ITK | Panel |
| Mr. Anjan Das | CPAO | STL | Panel |
| Moderator- Mr. Atul Gupta | Partner, Head of Cyber Security in India and Global Lead, Cyber in Telecom | KPMG in India | Panel |
| 18:26:31 | 5G Regulations: Light Touch Regulation; Finding the Right Balance | ||
| Mr. Ajit Pai | Chairman | Federal Communications Commission | Panel |
| Dr. PD Vaghela (IAS) | Chairman | Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) | Panel |
| Ms. Monica Desai | Director Public Policy | Panel | |
| Mr. Rob Weisbord | President – Broadcast | Sinclair | Panel |
| Mr. Rajesh Gangadhar | Chief Technology Officer & Head 5G Access Solutions | STL | Panel |
| Mr. Rahul Vatts | Chief Regulatory Officer | Bharti Airtel Limited | Panel |
| Mr. Ravi Gandhi | President & Chief Public Policy & Regulatory | Reliance Jio | Panel |
| Mr. P Balaji | Chief Regulatory and Corporate Affairs Officer | Vodafone Idea Limited | Panel |
| Mr. Marc Vancoppenolle | Global Head of Government Relations | Nokia Corporation | Panel |
| Moderator – Mr. Shobhit Aggarwal | Partner | KPMG in India | Panel |
| 20:24:54 | 5G Broadcasting – From Fallow to High-throughput: Opportunities for India to Leverage ATSC 3.0 Technology | ||
| Prof. Abhay Karandikar | Director | IIT Kanpur | keynote |
| Brendan Carr | Commissioner | Federal Communications Commission | keynote |
| Mr. Shashi Shekhar Vempati | Chief Executive Officer | Prasar Bharti | Panel |
| Mr. Parag Naik | Cofounder and Chief Executive Officer | Saankhya Labs | Panel |
| Mr. Manish Vyas | President, Communications, M&E Business | TechMahindra | Panel |
| Moderator – Ms. Madeleine Noland | President | ATSC | |
| Prof. Abhay Karandikar | Director | IIT Kanpur | Panel |
| Mr. Brendan Carr | Commissioner | Federal Communications Commission | Panel |
Day 3
| 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM | Enterprises Connect – Smart, Secure, Sustainable | ||
| STL | Nathan Rawles | EMEA Sales Director, Datacentre Business | Keynote |
| Intel Corporation | Thomas Sennhauser | Regional Technical Director APJ/PRC, Networking & Communication, Data Center Customer Unit | Fireside Chat |
| Ciena Corporation | Vikram Anand | Senior Director Sales | Fireside Chat |
| KPMG in India | Moderator- Aditya Rath | Partner | Fireside Chat |
| Fortinet | Alain Sanchez | EMEA CISO, Senior Evangelist | Panel |
| Tech Mahindra | Jagdish Mitra | Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Growth | Panel |
| Ribbon Communications | Greg Zweig | Director, Solutions Marketing | Panel |
| Bharti Airtel Limited | Ganesh Lakshminarayanan | Chief Executive Officer-Enterprise Business | Panel |
| Reliance Jio | Prateek Pashine | President Enterprise Business | Panel |
| Vi | Kartik Narayan | EVP – Business Services (Strategic Accounts) | Panel |
| KPMG | Moderator- Aditya Rath | Partner KPMG in India | Panel |
| 12:00 PM – 01:10 PM | 5G Policies and Spectrum – Spectrum and Regulatory Policies Impacting the Mobile Revolution in India | ||
| Department of Telecommunications | K Ramchand | Member (Technology) | Keynote |
| Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) | S. K. Gupta | Secretary | Keynote |
| Alan Norman | Director Public Policy | Panel | |
| Bharti Airtel Limited | Amit Kushwaha | Vice President – Regulatory | Panel |
| STL | Col. Bharat Gupta | Head of Corporate Affairs | Panel |
| Reliance Jio | Ms. Vishakha Saigal | Vice President & Head – Strategic Initiatives, Regulatory Policy & Research | Panel |
| Vi | Sundeep Kathuria | Executive Vice President, Policy and Regulation, Regulatory Affairs | Panel |
| Ericsson | Subrata Kumar Mitra | Head – Government & Industry Relations | Panel |
| KPMG in India | Moderator- Shobhit Aggarwal | Partner | Panel |
| 01:15 PM – 02:27 PM | Open RAN – Revolutionizing the Open Access Network from Procurement to Performance | ||
| Mavenir | Bejoy Pankajakshan | Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer | Keynote |
| Red Hat | Benjamin Panic | Senior Director – Telco, APAC | Fireside Chat |
| Dell Technologies | Saurabh Tewari | Director & Chief Technology Officer (Telecom) | Fireside Chat |
| KPMG | Moderator- Purushothaman KG | Head Telecommunications and Partner | Fireside Chat |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. | Bob Everson | Senior Director 5G Architecture | Panel |
| Bharti Airtel Limited | Manish Gangey, | Sr, VP, Networks | Panel |
| Vi | Rajesh Singh | EVP Radio Planning | Panel |
| CommScope Inc | Amar Mandhyan | Director – Technical Sales, Mobility Solutions, Asia Pacific | Panel |
| Dr. Robert Pepper | Director Public Policy | Panel | |
| KPMG in India | Moderator- Purushothaman KG | Head Telecommunications and Partner | Panel |
| 02:30 PM – 03:35 PM | Make In India, Make for World | ||
| Ericsson | Nitin Bansal | Head of Networks, Market Area South East Asia, Oceania and India | Panel |
| Nokia Corporation | Amit Marwah | Head of Marketing and Corporate Affairs (CMO) | Panel |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. | Harish Krishnan | Managing Director, Public Affairs & Strategic Engagements, India & SAARC | Panel |
| J S Deepak | Former Secretary (Telecom) DoT and Secretary MeitY | Panel | |
| Corning Incorporated, India | Mr. Sudhir Pillai | Managing Director | Panel |
| KPMG in India | Moderator – Chaitanya Gogineni | Partner TMT | Panel |
| 03:40 PM – 4:45 PM | Shaping Sustainable Digital Future through Telecom and Technology | ||
| National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) | Manish Kumar | Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer | Keynote |
| MediaTek Inc. | Anuj Sidharth | Deputy Director – Marketing & Corporate Communications | Panel |
| Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry FICCI | Dilip Chenoy | Secretary General | Panel |
| Nokia Corporation | Amit Marwah | Head of Marketing and Corporate Affairs (CMO) | Panel |
| NitiAayog | Dr. Archana G. Gulati | Joint Secretary Digital Communications | Panel |
| KPMG in India | Moderator- Sachin Arora | Partner & Head – Data and Analytics Practice | Panel |
| 04:45 PM – 06:10 PM | SDN + NFV – Buliding Smarter Networks for Resilience and Efficiency | ||
| Ciena India | Nihar Panda | Head- Business Development and Solutions Architecture, Blue Planet | Keynote |
| Mavenir | Brandon Larson | Senior Vice President and General Manager, Multimedia Business Unit | Fireside Chat |
| KPMG in India | Moderator- Rahul Hakeem | Director | Fireside Chat |
| Truminds Software Systems | Sanjiv Kapur | Chief Technology Officer | Panel |
| Ericsson | Bernie Trudel | Lead – NFVi Cloud South East Asia, Oceania and India | Panel |
| Vi | Mudit Agarwal | EVP – Technology Strategy & Planning | Panel |
| Ribbon Communications | Jonathan Homa | Senior Director, Solutions Marketing | Panel |
| Red Hat Inc. | Krithiga Thakkar | Director Consulting India/SA | Panel |
| Tech Mahindra | Manish Mangal | Chief Technology Officer Network Services | Panel |
| KPMG in India | Moderator- Rahul Hakeem | Director | Panel |
| 06:15 PM – 06:45 PM | A Tryst with Technology – Trends & Practices at the Intersection of Blockchain, AI and IoT | ||
| Mr. Gurvinder Ahluwalia | Founder and CEO, Digital Twin Labs | Digital Twin Labs | Keynote |
| 06:45 PM – 07:30 PM | OTT and Content Play – Futureproofing OTT for India | ||
| Manish Chopra | Director and Head of Partnerships, India | Keynote | |
| MXPlayer | Gautam Talwar | Chief Content Officer | Fireside Chat |
| KPMG in India | Moderator- Girish Menon | Head Media and Entertainment and Partner, KPMG in India | Fireside Chat |