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Agenda

29 July 2011
0900-1000 hrs Tea & Registration
1000-1115 hrs Inaugural Session: Patterns of Adoption and use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) by Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs)
1000-1005 hrs Welcome Address
N K Goyal, President, CMAI Association of India , Member Governing Council, Telecom Equipment & Services Export Promotion Council, Govt. of India
1005-1015 hrs Special Address by
Dinesh Agarwal, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, IndiaMART.com
1015-1025 hrs Address by
Desi Valli, Executive Director & Chief Operating Officer, Net 4 India Ltd
1025-1035 hrs Address by Guest of Honour
Abhay Bakre, Joint Development Commissioner (NMCP), MSME, Government of India
1035-1040 hrs Release of IAMAI-IndiaMART Report on "Free for SMEs" by Chief Guest
1040-1100 hrs Address by Chief Guest
N Ravi Shanker, Additional Secretary, Department of Information Technology, Government of India
1100-1110 hrs Q&A Session
1110-1115 hrs Vote of Thanks
1115-1120 hrs Change Over
1120-1245 hrs Session I: Technology and Infrastructure for the Growth of SME
What is the right technology for the growth of SMEs
Shared infrastructure business model for the growth of SME
Low cost and Free tools available
Cloud based applications and services
B2B market place for SMEs
1120-1125 hrs Session Moderator:
Soumya Sarkar, News Editor, Mint
1125-1220 hrs Panel Discussion
Atul Sharma, Co- Founder & Chief Technology Officer, KooKoo
Shyaam Sunder, Chief Knowledge Officer, Ramco Systems
Brijesh Agrawal, Chief Operating Officer, IndiaMART.com
Bikky Khosla, Chief Executive Officer, TradeIndia
1220-1240 hrs Q&A Session
1240-1245 hrs Summing up by Session Moderator
1245-1340 hrs Networking Lunch
1340-1505 hrs Session II: ICT enabled SME's in Developing Countries & Financial Needs:
Understanding the challenges faced by developing countries in implementing ICT for SMEs
Role of banks in driving ICT adoptions among SMEs
Branding building for SMEs
Build a mechanism to strengthen the economy using ICT tools
Devising business models to ensure success of SMEs using ICT
1340-1350 hrs Session Moderator
Laveesh Bhandari, Founder Director, Indicus Analytics
1350-1440 hrs Panel Discussion
Amirullah Khan, Deputy Director, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Kartik Taneja, Head India and SAARC Business & Govt Relations at VeriSign India
Dhiraj Garg, General Manager - Cloud Solutions, IBM India
Aakash Goel, Associate, Sequoia Capital
1440-1500 hrs Q&A Session
1500-1505 hrs Summing up by Session Moderator
1505-1520 hrs Networking Tea/Coffee break
1520-1645 hrs Session III: Moving to Mobile: Simple Strategies for Small and Medium Businesses to Digitize.
Mobile Apps/ Utilities for SMEs
How SMEs would benefit from Mobile Cloud Computing?
How to reach your target audience with precision and cost-efficiency?
How to improve business efficiency?
How to use Mobile for Commerce and trading
1520-1530 hrs Session Moderator
Ravi Visvesvaraya Prasad, Chief Executive Officer, Telecom Industry Consultants
1530-1620 hrs Panel Discussion
Romit Mitra, VP, Marketing and Alliances, 2ergo
Deepak Goyal, VP Sales, Air2Web India
Sanjay Diwan, Vice President Marketing, IMI Mobile
Rohit Gupta, VP & Head – Wireless , Tata Teleservices Ltd
1620-1640 hrs Q&A Session
1640-1645 hrs Summing up by Session Moderator


Conference Concludes