Join Us at the 3rd Edition of Technology Senate - North 2025
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 09:00 am - 10:00 am | Registration & Networking Breakfast |
| 10:00 am - 10:15 am | Lamp Lighting & Inauguration |
| 10:15 am - 10:30 am |
Keynote Address: Shaping the Future of An Enterprise: Convergence of Technology, Ethics & Innovation Manoj Gautam, Chief Information Officer, Maruti Suzuki India |
| 10:30 am - 10:45 am |
Real Use Cases and Business Benefits Realised by Manufacturing Companies After Experimenting with AI: Parna Ghosh, President & Group CIO and DPO, Uno Minda |
| 10:45 am - 11:00 am | Architecting Readiness: How to Embrace Change with Confidence : Rajat Bhasin, Manager, Solutions Architect at MongoDB |
| 11:00 am - 11:45 am |
Panel Discussion: The AI-First Enterprise - Evolving Role of the CIO in Driving Scalable, Responsible Innovation Moderator: Srikanth RP, Editor, Express Computer Panelists: Varun Bansal, VP & Head - IT, Bata India Ltd. Vinay Kumar, CIO, McDonald's India - North & East Saurabh Gupta, Group CIO, SAR Group Mohit Gupta, Head - Products, IndiaMart Anandrup Basu, CIO, Usha International Vipin Kumar, CIO - Global, UFLEX Group Dr Subroto Kumar Panda, CIO & CTO, Anand and Anand |
| 11:45 am - 12:00 pm | Networking Tea Break |
| 12:00 pm - 12:15 pm |
Ethical AI - Creating Responsible Frameworks for Governance, Bias Mitigation, and Explainability: Harnath Babu, Chief Information Officer, KPMG |
| 12:15 pm - 12:30 pm |
Agentic AI: Microservices on steroids : Vijay Narayanan, Agentic AI Evangelist- India, Confluent |
| 12:30 pm - 01:00 pm |
Empowering customers to build scalable & resilient Data Center infrastructure for their Digital Initiatives Rakesh Prajapathi, Head- Datacenter, Rittal |
| 01:00 pm - 02:15 pm | Neworking Lunch |
| 02:15 pm - 03:00 pm |
Panel Discussion: Building Global Leaders: GCCs as C-Suite Incubators Moderator: Rahul Ranade, Partner, PwC India Panelists: Manish Mittal, Managing Principal & Country Head, India, Axtria Josh Everett, CEO - Zinnia India & Head of Global Operations, Zinnia Jaspreet Singh, Partner & GCC Industry Leader, Grant Thornton Bharat Rajarshi Chakravorty, Centre Head, Amdocs Pankaj Sachdeva, Managing Director, Pitney Bowes Rajat Vibhas, Head of Operations, Sun Life Global Solutions |
| 03:00 pm - 03:15 pm |
Versa One : Unified Sase Platform : Nilesh Wadhwani, Director, Enterprise Sales, Versa Networks Apoorva Goyal, Manager, Systems Engineering, Versa Networks |
| 03:15 pm - 03:30 pm |
Future of Audio : Balagopal C, National Sales Manager, Business Communication, Sennheiser Electronics India Pvt. Ltd |
| 03:30 pm - 03:45 pm |
Driving Innovation from GCCs: Beyond Cost Arbitrage to Value Creation Fireside Chat between Kapil Behl, MD, WM India and Sayantan Mondal, Correspondent, Express Computer |
| 03:45 pm - 04:30 pm |
Panel Discussion: Reimagining Security with Zero Trust Architecture, XDR, SASE, and Behavioral Analytics Moderator: Kapil Madaan, CISO & DPO, Max Healthcare Panelists: Gunjan Mody, CISO, IIFL Home Loans Vinit Sinha, Director Cybersecurity SME (APAC Lead), Mastercard Vivek Shankar, CITSO & VP-IT, Max Life Insurance Ajay Yadav, Head IT Security, SBL (Homeopathy) Pvt. Ltd. Mosharraf Imam, CISO & Divison Head - IT, Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India Saurabh Gugnani, Global Head - CyberSecurity Engineering, Architecture & Projects, TMF Group Rajan Khanna, VP - Head IT and CISO Indian Energy Exchange |
| 04:30 pm - 04:45 pm | Networking Tea Break |
| 04:45 pm - 05:00 pm |
Integrating IT-OT to Unlock Smart Factory Capabilities Sharad Kumar Agarwal, Chief Digital & Information Officer, JK Tyre & Industries Ltd |
| 05:00 pm - 05:15 pm |
CISO 2.0 – Driving Cybersecurity Excellence in the Digital Broking Era: Fireside Chat between Amit Bhatia, Chief Information Security Officer, Religare Broking Ltd. & Nivedan Prakash, Dy. Associate Editor, Express Computer |
| 05:15 pm - 05:30 pm |
Empowering Frontline Industries with Smart Automation, IoT, and Data-driven Insights Atul Govil, Chief Transfotmation Officer & Head (SAP & IT) - Corporate, India Glycols |
| 05:30 pm - 06:15 pm |
Panel Discussion: Reinventing Business Models with Emerging Technologies: Real-World Use Cases of Innovation & Impact Moderator: Nivedan Prakash, Dy. Associate Editor, Express Computer Panelists: Abhinav Arya, CIO, India Shelter Finance Corporation Ranganathan Vaidyanathan Iyer, Group CIO, JBM Group Arun Goyal, CIO, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital Sidhwartha Roy Choudhary, AVP - Enterprise IT Infrastructure Technology, Air India |
| 06:15 pm - 06:30 pm |
Our Learnings of SOC Transformation: Baidyanath Kumar, CISO & DPO, JK Lakshmi Cement |
| 06:30 pm - 07:00 pm |
CIO War Stories - What Complex Projects Teach About Leadership, Agility, and Resilience: Speakers: Munender Soperna, Group CDIO, Dr Lal PathLabs Rohit Shukla, Executive Director & CDO, Khaitan & Co. Prasenjit Mukherjee, CIO, JWIL Infra Ltd. |
| 07:00 pm - 07:15 pm |
AI as the New Operating Layer for Business - When Intelligence Moves from the Margins to the Core of Strategy: Fireside chat between Rohit Jetly, Head of Global Platform Solutions Delivery, Fidelity International and Sayantan Mondal, Correspondent, Express Computer |
| 07:15 pm - 07:45 pm | Technology Senate Awards |
| 07:45 pm - 08:00 pm | Closing Note |
| 08:00 pm onwards | Networking Cocktail & Dinner |
Express Computer is one of India's most respected IT media brands and has been in publication for 33 years running. We cover enterprise technology in all its flavours, including processors, storage, networking, wireless, business applications, cloud computing, analytics, green initiatives and anything that can help companies make the most of their ICT investments. Additionally, we also report on the fast emerging realm of eGovernance in India.
