The IDEA Awards will celebrate the individuals and organisations across India that enable citizens to transform and enrich their lives through the benefits and opportunities created by digital technologies. The awards are set to recognize the most innovative projects, leadership and digital transformation cases that present a disruptive and innovative approach to customer experience, IT Management and new digital business models. Idea is an effort towards felicitating the diverse tech & digital communities who use technology in creating a better nation and inspiring other similar communities to shine.
Virtual
4 December, 2020
10:00 AM - 10:10 AM | Welcome Note by Ritu Marya, Editor-In-Chief, Entrepreneur Media- Asia Pacific & Franchise India |
10:10 AM - 10:30 AM |
Future Technology: Ideas That Would Emerge Post The Crisis
Key IT trends that would emerge post the crisis; Solutions that will come up for WFH or hybrid models of working; Dependence on Cloud; Cybersecurity norms
C.P. Gurnani, Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director, Tech Mahindra Followed by Awards |
10:30 AM - 11: 00 AM |
Changing Crisis to Opportunity: Top Technology Trends in 2020 & Beyond
Technology trends that have significant disruptive potential and set the stage for innovation over the next five years.
Padma Shri Saurabh Srivastava, Former Chairman - NASSCOM, IVCA, TIE , Co-founder - IAN Followed by Awards |
11:00 AM - 11: 30 AM |
How to Increase SME’s Business Model Resilience Through Digital Initiatives
In the Internet age—and especially amidst and Post COVID-19—Small and medium businesses need to leverage digital resources to have a distinct competitive advantage. Archana Vohra, Director, Small and Medium Businesses (SMB), Facebook India Followed by Awards |
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM |
What Should Move to Cloud Right Now for Businesses !
The decision to move the entire business to the cloud is to bring together numerous locations and thousands of employees on same page,however migrating your entire business to the cloud or doing it stepwise is something to weigh up.
Taru Dahiya , Director, SMB, Asia Pacific, Google Cloud Shankar Venkitachalam, General Manager, Head of IT, Transworld Group Singapore Followed by Awards |
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM |
Panel: Driving Organization Wide Digital Transformational Growth at Scale with Speed
Digital transformation and Innovation at scale is a critical management challenge for every business that is focused on sustainable growth. discussion to learn the challenges, best practices and key elements needed for taking the journey from prototype to production. Jagdish Mitra, Chief Strategy Officer & Head of Growth, Tech Mahindra Ravi Mehta, Partner, Deloitte India Prasad Ramakrishnan, Chief Information Officer and Chief Information Security Officer at Freshworks Followed by Awards |
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM |
What are CEO Top Concerns 2020 and Implications and Actions Points for tech teams
What are the Business targets that CEOs will have for their companies in 2021 and how should tech teams build their readiness for it? What should CIOs and IT leaders do to rebuild the future of their enterprise? Manoj Madhavan, CIO, Blue Dart K N C Nair, CIO, The Muthoot Group Somick Goswami, Partner - Technology consulting, PwC India Followed by Awards |
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM |
"Consumer experience in 2020 and Beyond"
Followed by Awards |
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM |
The Future of Work
How to Build a Culture of Resilience In Hybrid Workplace (Remote + Onsite) in the Future. Sameer Raje, General Manager & Head of India, Zoom Video Communications Followed by Awards |
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM |
Small & Midsize Enterprise – Digital Reinvent and Rescale
Post the pandemic, the processes and practices must evolve for small- & mid-sized organizations to streamline digital growth. Bidhan Roy, Managing Director, Head of Commercial & Small Business Asia Pacific, Japan & Greater China (APJC), Cisco Followed by Awards |
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM |
How Young Tech is Changing the Business Technology of Tomorrow
How are startups in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Digital Transformation, SaaS, productivity, cloud thinking differently from big tech? Akash Singh, Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer, Observe.AI Khadim Batti, Whatfix Arvind Pani, Co-Founder & CEO, Reverie Language Technologies Sudhanshu Mittal, Head - CoE Gurugram & Director - Technical Solutions, NASSCOM Centre of Excellence Followed by Awards |
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