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Coimbatore IT - Programme Structure

03 – 04 March 2011: Hotel The Residency, Coimbatore


0830 Hrs - Registration

0930 – 1050 hrs Inaugural Session

0930 – 0935 hrs Welcome Address Mr J Balamurugan
Chairman, CII Coimbatore Zone & Director, Unity Electro Systems P Ltd
0935 – 0940 hrs Lighting of Kuthuvilakku  
0940 – 0950 hrs Theme Address Mr Ashok Bakthavathsalam
Chairman – Connect Coimbatore & MD,
KG Information Systems (P) Ltd
0950 – 0955 hrs Special Address          

Ms Nandini Rangaswamy
Chairperson – CII Tamil Nadu &
MD, Chandra Textiles Ltd

0955 – 1010 hrs Special Address

Dr Santhosh Babu IAS
Managing Director
Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu

1010 – 1030 hrs Keynote Address Mr Lakshmi Narayanan
Vice Chairman
Cognizant Technology Solutions
1030 – 1050 hrs Inaugural Address Mr P W C Davidar IAS
Principal Secretary – Department of Information Technology
Government of Tamil Nadu
1050 – 1055 hrs Concluding Remarks Mr R Venugopal
Convenor – ICT Panel,
CII Coimbatore Zone & GM & Centre Head, Robert Bosch Engineering & Business Solutions

1050 – 1115 hrs Networking & Break for Refreshments

1115 – 1300 hrs Session 1: Trends in Convergence

1115 – 1120 hrs Opening Remarks by Session Chairman Mr Prashant S
Member – ICT Panel,
CII Coimbatore Zone & CEO,
Quadra Systems.net India P Ltd
1120 – 1140 hrs Future Enterprise Scenarios in 3G Mr K V P Baskaran
Operations Director – South
Aircel Cellular Ltd
1140 – 1200 hrs           Emerging Trends in
IT Infrastructure and IT
Infrastructure Management         
Mr Jothiganesh Nagarajan
Vice President – Infrastructure Management Services (IMS)
Mahindra Satyam
1200 – 1220 hrs           Day of Devices Mr Gopal Swaminathan
Director – Sales & Marketing
Intel Technology India P Ltd
1220 – 1240 hrs Governance Risk & Compliance Mr Sougat Ghosh
Security Technical Sales Leader
IBM ISA
1240 – 1300 hrs Discussions & Close     

1240 – 1400 hrs Lunch Break & Networking

1400 – 1530 hrs Session 2: Embedded Systems

1400 – 1405 hrs Opening Remarks by Session Chairman Mr K Thangaraj
Past Chairman,
CII Coimbatore Zone & Managing Director, AGT Electronics Ltd
1405 – 1425 hrs Internet of things & the Embedded World Mr Sri Krishnan
General Manager – Embedded Systems Business Unit Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions Limited
1425 – 1445 hrs Semiconductors: Launch pad
For Embedded Systems

Mr Rajesh Velu
Area Sales Manager
Texas Instruments India P Ltd

1445 – 1505 hrs Innovative Embedded Solutions Mr Nataraj Kumar
Director – Philips Consumer Lifestyle
Philips Electronics India Ltd
1505 – 1525 hrs Discussions & Close  

1525 – 1550 hrs Tea / Coffee Break

1550 – 1630 hrs Session 3:Special Plenary on Scaling Software Product Businesses


1550 – 1555 hrs Opening Remarks
by Session Chairman
Dr K Sabapathy
Co-Convenor - ICT Panel,
CII Coimbatore Zone & Director,
Seyyone Software Solution P Ltd
1555 – 1615 hrs Keynote Address Mr Kumar Vembu
Founder & CEO
GoFrugal Technologies
1615 – 1630 hrs Discussions & Close  

1630 – 1730 hrs Session 4: Emerging Opportunities


1630 – 1635 hrs Opening Remarks
by Session Chairman
Mr Prashant R Nair
Member – ICT Panel,
CII Coimbatore Zone & Vice Chairman – IT, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
1635 – 1655 hrs Emerging Trends & Technologies Mr Dorai Thodla
Founder
Imorph
1655 – 1715 hrs Transform IT Services to
Cloud Services & Opportunities
In Cloud Computing
Mr Suresh Sambandam
Founder & CEO
OrangeScape
1715 – 1730 hrs Discussions & Close  

Day 2 0915 hrs Reporting Time

0930 – 1030 hrs Session 5: Enterprise Applications for Cloud

0930 – 0935 hrs Opening Remarks
by Session Chairman
Mr Venkat Mangudi
Founder & CEO
Venkat Mangudi Consulting P Ltd
0935 – 0955 hrs Cloud Computing – A
Practical Approach to Adoption
Mr Anand Ramakrishnan
General Manager – Cloud Computing Services Wipro InfoTech
0955 – 1015 hrs Cloud Computing for  SMB Mr Rajiv Sodhi
Director – Online Business Microsoft Corporation India Ltd
1015 – 1035 hrs Discussions & Close  

1035 – 1055 hrs Tea / Coffee Break

1055 – 1215 hrs Session 6: ERP for the SME

1055 – 1100 hrs Opening Remarks
by Session Chairman
Mr N Raveendran
Member – ICT Panel,
CII Coimbatore Zone & GM – Enterprise Wide Solutions,
Sakthi Finance Ltd
1100 – 1120 hrs SME Experience in ERP Mr C N Srivatsan
Chairman
Astral Consulting Ltd
1120 – 1140 hrs Experience Sharing in ERP
Transition
Mr R Ramesh
Corporate Head – Global Marketing & IT Janatics India P Ltd
1140 – 1200 hrs Open Source ERP       Mr Prassadh Shanmugam      
Vice President – Corporate Solutions
KGISL Group
1200 – 1215 hrs Discussions & Close  

1215 – 1315 hrs Session 7:Social Media Trends in the Enterprise

1215 – 1220 hrs Opening Remarks by Session Chairman Mr Anand Purusothaman
Managing Director
Payoda Technologies P Ltd
1220 – 1240 hrs Social Media and Communities:
Collaborating to Scale
Mr Gautam John
Manager – New Projects
Pratham Books
1240 – 1300 hrs Engagement on Social Media Mr Advit Sahdev
CEO
Odigma
1300 – 1315 hrs Discussions  
1315 hrs Concluding Remarks & Lunch  

* Yet to confirm

End of Connect Coimbatore 2011

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