Technology is playing a pivotal role in bringing transformation. Be it providing services to the citizens or building infrastructure, technology is being leveraged in all spectrum to bring change. The Government of India, under the leadership of Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has embarked upon the journey of transforming lives through path breaking ‘Digital India,’ ‘ Smart Cities’, ‘Digital Initiatives in BFSI Sector,’ ‘Skill India’, ‘Make in India’, ‘StartUp India’ programs.
On the other hand, Government of Goa, under the leadership of Hon’ble Chief Minister, Shri Manohar Parrikar is contributing to make these programs successful. Realising this and continuing with its journey of creating knowledge sharing platforms to create awareness on the use of ICT for good governance, Elets Technomedia Pvt Ltd, Asia, Middle East’s premier Media Technology research organanisation is proud to organize ‘8th Knowledge Exchange’ in the picturesque setting of Goa.
| Day – 1 | |
| 09:00 am – 10:00 am | Registration |
| 10:00 am – 10:30 am | Visionary Session: New Age of Digital Governance through Technological Transformation: Importance of International Experience & Collaborations & Innovations |
| V K Gautam, Principal Secretary, Department of Information Technology, Government of Maharashtra | |
| Ulrica Sundberg, Consul General, Consulate General of Sweden | |
| Klaus Pendl, First Counsellor – ICT, Trade and Economic Section, Delegation of the European Union to India | |
| Kalthoom Al Balooshi, Executive Director of Education Development, Knowledge and Human Development Authorit, Dubai | |
| 10:30 am – 11:30 am | Inaugural: Digital Goa for a Smarter India |
| Welcome Address: Ravi Jha, Director, Department of Information Technology, Government Goa | |
| Guest of Honour Address: Rohan Khaunte, Hon’ble Minister of Information Technology, Government of Goa | |
| Industry Perspective: R Balaji, CEO, Indus Towers | |
| Industry Perspective: Hemant Kumar, Head-Business Development, Automotive Environmental Solutions | |
| Special Guest Address: Mridula Sinha, Hon’ble Governor of Goa | |
| Chief Guest Address: Manohar Parrikar, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Goa | |
| Ulrica Sundberg, Consul General, Consulate General of Sweden | |
| Klaus Pendl, First Counsellor – ICT, Trade and Economic Section, Delegation of the European Union to India | |
| Kalthoom Al Balooshi, Executive Director of Education Development, Knowledge and Human Development Authorit, Dubai | |
| Launch of Special Issue of eGov Magazine | |
| Awards Ceremony | |
| Vote of Thanks: Dr Ravi Gupta, CEO, Elets Technomedia Pvt Ltd | |
| 11:30 am – 11:45 am | Networking Tea & Visit to Expo |
| 11:45 am – 12:30 pm | Industry Roundtable with Rohan Khaunte, Hon’ble Minister of Information Technology, Government of Goa |
| 12:30 pm – 01:15 pm | Technology Driven Digital & Urban Transformation |
| Moderator: Amit Sharma, Regional Director, Survey & Land Records, Government of Jammu & Kashmir | |
| E Ravendiran, Commissioner, Skill Development Department, Government of Maharashtra | |
| George Kuruvilla, Chairman & Managing Director, Broadcast Engineering Consultants India Limited | |
| 01:15 pm – 01:30 pm | Banking Presentation: Ashish Modi, National Product Head, ICICI Bank |
| 01:30 pm – 01:45 pm | Industry Presentation on New Age Cloud & Data Centers for Building Smart Cities: Nitin Mishra, Senior Vice President, Product Management, Netmagic Solutions |
| 01:45 pm – 2:00 pm | Industry Presentation: Arun Kumar, General Manager, SME Enterprises, Vodafone India |
| 02:00 pm – 02:15 pm | Special Presentation on Innovation in Education: Ashutosh AT Pednekar, Special Secretary, Department of Higher Education & Commissioner, College Education, Government of Rajasthan |
| 02:15 pm – 02:30 pm | Special Presentation on Importance of Skill Development for Employment of Youth: E Ravendiran, Commissioner, Skill Development Department, Government of Maharashtra |
| 02:30 pm – 02:45 pm | Special Presentation: Anjum Parvez, Secretary, Department of Urban Development, Government of Karnataka |
| 02:45 pm – 03:30 pm | Networking Lunch |
| 03:30 pm – 04:15 pm | Smart Cities Mission: Building New India & Reaching out to Citizens with e-Governance: The Way Forward |
| Moderator: Chandramauli Shukla, CEO, Bhopal Smart City Development Corporation | |
| Neelesh Kelkar, Smart City Head, Indus Towers | |
| George Kuruvilla, Chairman & Managing Director, Broadcast Engineering Consultants India Limited | |
| Gaurav Antil, Joint Commissioner, Gurugram Municipal Corporation | |
| Dr B K Mamatha, District Commissioner & District Magistrate, Ramanagara, Government of Karnataka | |
| Sandeep Bhargava, Executive Vice President, Corporate Affairs and Public Policy, Vodafone India | |
| Amit Bansal, Business Lead-Smart Cities, HPE | |
| 04:15 pm – 05:00 pm | Tech led BFSI Revolution: Challenges & Opportunities |
| Moderator: Amit Sharma, Regional Director, Survey & Land Records, Government of Jammu & Kashmir | |
| Amod Kumar, Member-Board of Revenue, Government of Uttar Pradesh | |
| Padma Jaiswal, Secretary, Cooperation Department, Government of Goa | |
| Bipin Khot, Additional Director General, UIDAI, Government of India | |
| Neville Noronha, Cluster Head, HDFC Bank | |
| Day – 2 | |
| 09:00 am – 10:00 am | Registration |
| 10:00 am – 01:00 pm | Tech led Transport, Housing & Urban Landscape Revolution: Challenges & Opportunities |
| Sanjay Kumar, Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Housing, Government of Maharashtra | |
| Lalit Jain, Director, Department of Information Technology, Government of Himachal Pradesh | |
| Vipul Mitra, Principal Secretary (Transport), Ports & Transport Department, Government of Gujarat | |
| Frederick Roy Kharkongkor, Secretary, Department of Urban Development, Government of Meghalaya | |
| Nitin Mishra, Senior Vice President, Product Management, Netmagic Solutions | |
| Hemant Kumar, Head-Business Development, Automotive Environmental Solutions | |
| Kalthoom Al Balooshi, Executive Director of Education Development, Knowledge and Human Development Authorit, Dubai | |
| Arun Kumar, Chief Development Officer, Kanpur | |
| Padma Jaiswal, Secretary, Cooperation Department, Government of Goa | |
| Abhijit Dutta, General Manager-PSU Sales, Sodexo | |
| Shreekanth Muraleedharan, Deputy Project Manager, Bilaspur Municipal Corporation | |
| T Bhoopalan, Assistant Commissioner, Harapanahalli Sub Division, Devanagaree District, Government of Karnataka | |
| Revati Mujumder, CEO, Goa Electronics Limited | |
| Vikas Hooda, Country Leader – Solutions, Future Cities, Hewlett Packard Enterprise | |
| Mohammad Roshan, Assistant Commissioner, Savanur Sub-division Haveri, Karnataka | |
| Belina Rana, Additional Chief Executive Officer, Faridabad Smart City Limited | |
| 01:00 pm – 02:00 pm | Networking Tea & Visit to Expo |
| 02:00 pm – 03:00 pm | Industry Roundtable with Ameya Abhayankar, Secretary, Department of Information Technology, Government of Goa |
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