Wed, 28th April 2021, 10am – 4.30pm (GMT +5.30)
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The combined compounding rate of the digital market in India is higher than that of the Asia Pacific region. With this we can say that India is the future for Data Center & Cloud for Asia & for tech organizations who have or are yet to enter this diversified market.
As a tech enthusiast In order to make sure you are well versed with these updates W.media has created the largest platform for South Asian tech enthusiasts to join together and get insights from the top experts from across the world.
Welcome to W.Media’s Digital Week – India edition starting from the 28th of April covering India & also other countries like Bangladesh and Sri Lanka from 29th April.
The tech developments happening in India: –
- Research and Markets forecast that India’s data center market would achieve a value of $4billion by 2024.
- Research studies done during the last 5 years indicate that Indian businesses are willing to spend over 36% of their IT costs on public cloud services due to its business flexibility and low costs
- Researches have further predicted that by 2027, over 900 million Indians will have a digital presence and coupling it with the unscrupulous use of personal data and information by service providers, it is vital to implement stringent cybersecurity laws and technology.
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Our Conference Agenda:
| Time(IST) | Topics |
|---|---|
| 10:00 AM | Welcome Address By W.Media |
| 10:05 AM | Power Panel Session How the Indian Data Center market will look by 2025 – Challenges & Outlook The data center growth in India is currently exceeding the annual growth rate of American and European data center market. There are yet many cloud computing companies who have not yet made their entry in India, so this says that the data center market in India is bright. However the question is how do we reach there and what would the data center market in India by 2025 look like. Moderator: – Jabez Tan, Head of Research, Structure Research Panelists: – Pankaj Agrawal, Partner, Capitel Alex Perkins, Chief Development Officer, Stratus DC Kamal Nath, CEO, Sify Technologies Darren Hawkins, CEO & Founder, SPACE DC Sanjay Bhutani, Senior Vice President , AdaniConnneX |
| 10:45 AM | Keynote Address from the Gov of India 5G and Edge – India’s next trillion dollar opportunity India’s next trillion dollar digital opportunity is 5G and Edge computing. Currently 5G & Edge are thought to be trends to benefit connectivity for mobile technologies. However it is more than that, 5G and Edge is the technology that can change the way enterprises in India can operate mission critical functions with zero latency data processing, efficiency and computing power. This keynote will deliver insights on how 5G and Edge can affect technology investments as well industry infrastructure, manufacturing units, smart cities and harbors, automation, government and public infrastructure. Speaker: – Atul Bist, Senior Assistant Vice President, Invest India |
| 11:00 AM | Power Panel Session What is driving demand of data centers in India – Internal or outsourcing The data center growth in India is expected to grow by 4% during the 2019- 2015 cycle. While business in India is adopting hybrid cloud systems at a growing rate. The main question is whether internal growth in business or outsourcing of IT systems in India is growing the demand for data centers. Moderator: – NK Singh, Founder & CEO, Data Center Guru Panelists: – Vinod Nair, Service Head of Data Centre Ops, HDFC Ergo Dhaval Pandya, Corporate CIO, Piramal Enterprises Limited Suppan Saravanamuthu, Director of Operations – APAC, Iron Mountain Data Centers |
| 11:40 AM | Presentation Session Data Center Of The Future Today’s world are complex, uncertain and data center is the heard to drive all the digitation across the world. This need a holistic approach when we look out for Data Center Design not only looking at our current requirement but how it will be sustainable in the future. Schneider Electric’s Data center of the future vision has four vectors: Sustainability to meet business needs responsibly; Efficiency to optimize cost, speed, space, and capital; Adaptability to be designed for new technologies; and Resiliency to reduce vulnerability to unplanned downtime. Please attend our session to know more about it. Speaker: – Ankesh Kumar, GM – Marketing, Schneider Electric |
| 11:50 AM | Presentation Session Optimizing floor space Floor space usage in the data center is an important consideration, whether planning a retrofit or a greenfield build. With the ever-growing demands for computing power, more data centers are beginning to become capacity constrained. Floor space can be full, whilst, ironically, compute capacity is under-utilized, a phenomenon caused by a fragmented, siloed approach to the procurement of new capacity, often sized for peak loads. How can we improve the utilization of available floor space, optimize the floor space for maximum output and overcome the challenges of over-procurement and increased operational management? Watch us answer this question and more. Speaker: – Sanjay Motwani, Business Head, Legrand Data Center Solutions |
| 12:00 PM | Power Panel Session Cloud Computing priorities & outlook for new decade The IT environments for organizations in India are becoming more complex with multiple public clouds, private clouds, and traditional systems needing to be interconnected, integrated, and collectively managed. Most of Indian organizations are clustered around early stages of cloud maturity and find it challenging to move ahead in the adoption curve. As Indian organizations move towards a cloud-first strategy, enterprises will now have to decide on the cloud priorities and how they see the use of cloud for challenges of the next decade. Moderator: – Gaurav Khera, Director – Digital and Technology Advisor, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Panelists: – Mohit Kapoor, Group CTO, Mahindra Group Mayuresh Purandare, Head – IT Infra & Cyber Sec, Marico Ltd Rohit Chatter, CTO, Inmobi Dave McCrory, VP of Growth, Global Head of Insights & Analytics, Digital Realty Manish Gaur, Head of IT, Patanjali Ayurved |
| 12:45 PM | 12:45 PM Power Panel Session Accelerating Data Center sustainability to the forefront with new age power & cooling Technologies In the dynamic, fast-paced data center industry, a passion for change is essential. Enhanced data center cooling system reliability, with best-in-class cooling control technology is now demand of the hour and this session will share insights on recent trends, mechanisms and how to overcome challenges. Moderator: – Venkatesh G, Deputy Editor, W.media Panelists: – Kevin Kant, CEO, Critical Facilities Efficiency Solutions Marcel Jacobs, Managing Director, Circl8 N.K.Jain, Founder, N.K. Jain Consulting Engineers Sudhanshu Datt, Sector Lead – DC & Mission Critical Infra, AECOM Venkataraman Swaminathan, VP & Country GM Secure Power Division INDIA & SAARC, Schneider Electric |
| 01:30 PM | Networking Break |
| 02:00 PM | Power Panel Session How digital transformation in the right way can refresh your business If your organization is busier than ever “digitizing,” you’re not alone. Digital efforts have been proliferating for years as companies strive to catch up with technological innovation. However, this accelerated wave must not be confused with the real business transformation needed for success in the digital age. The former is mostly about enabling business as usual and “staying in the game,” while the latter is about building real, long-term competitive advantage to succeed and that’s what this session is all about. Moderator: – Shalil Gupta, Chief Business Officer, Mosaic Digital Panelists: – Eric Vas, President – Electric Vehicles, Bajaj Auto Ltd Anindya Karmakar, Head – Digital Transformation, Aditya Birla Capital Rajat Teotia, CTO, Junglee Games Ankur Arora, Director & Head – Digital & Innovation, Sodexo India Arvind Sekar, Lead- Partner Sales Engineer, Freshworks |
| 02:40 PM | Power Panel Session Creating a highly efficient Data center for the future with 5G, Edge Computing and Next gen Infrastructure Management In a hyper connected world no enterprise would like to use a Data Center with efficiency & infrastructure issues. The demand is growing for an enterprise Data Center which can push network and data center processing to the edge. This session will discuss how organizations can overcome Data Center Infrastructure, efficiency issues in a hyper connected world where speed is the new demand with the help of next gen Infrastructure & technology so that Data Center & Operation heads can stay ahead in the race. Moderator: – Mahesh Trivedi, SVP, NTT Panelists: – Kamlesh Harchandani, Head – DC Designs and Development, CapitaLand Vikram Tiwathia, Deputy Director General, COAI Sanjay Bhutani, Senior Vice President , AdaniConnneX Manish Israni, EVP & CIO, Yotta Infrastructure Sreejith G, AVP – Data Center Operations, STT GDC |
| 03:20 PM | Power Panel Session Dealing with cloud migration challenges Cloud migration can be an extremely daunting task for enterprises especially with vendor lock – in issues, migration of critical workloads or legacy applications. This session will bring together experts to discuss their experiences and how they went about successfully migrating their business applications from on-prem to cloud, the challenges they faced and how they overcame them. Moderator: – Arun Gupta, Technology Advisor, Shalby Hospitals Panelists: – Shobhana Lele, CIO, The Bombay Dyeing Manufacturing Company Limited Atanu Pramanic, CIO, Hindalco Industries Arivuvel Ramu, CTO, Tonik Bank Ajay Meher, Group CIO, Ampersand Group |
| 04:00 PM | Dialogue Session How cloud will decide the future of India’s banking & financial sector for 2021 The earlier reluctance to move core activities to the cloud has softened. Many banks are putting strategies in place to migrate their core services such as consumer payments, credit scoring, wealth management, and risk analysis to the cloud. However the role of cloud in enhancing the financial services sector is not over yet. Join us for our dialogue session and learn the future of cloud for India’s BFSI sector. Moderator: – Sanjeev Assudani, Senior Architect – Cloud, Wipro Limited Panelists: – Anil Sinha, CTO, Early Salary Pinkes Ambvat, CIO & IT Director, CRIF India |
| 04:30 PM | Closing Remarks |
Data Center, Cloud and Digital Transformation
Cybersecurity/Tech Strategy
Data Center, Cloud and Digital Transformation
| Time(IST) | Topics |
|---|---|
| 10:00 AM | Welcome Address By W.Media |
| 10:05 AM | Power Panel Session How the Indian Data Center market will look by 2025 – Challenges & Outlook The data center growth in India is currently exceeding the annual growth rate of American and European data center market. There are yet many cloud computing companies who have not yet made their entry in India, so this says that the data center market in India is bright. However the question is how do we reach there and what would the data center market in India by 2025 look like. Moderator: – Jabez Tan, Head of Research, Structure Research Panelists: – Pankaj Agrawal, Partner, Capitel Alex Perkins, Chief Development Officer, Stratus DC Kamal Nath, CEO, Sify Technologies Darren Hawkins, CEO & Founder, SPACE DC Sanjay Bhutani, Senior Vice President , AdaniConnneX |
| 10:45 AM | Keynote Address from the Gov of India 5G and Edge – India’s next trillion dollar opportunity India’s next trillion dollar digital opportunity is 5G and Edge computing. Currently 5G & Edge are thought to be trends to benefit connectivity for mobile technologies. However it is more than that, 5G and Edge is the technology that can change the way enterprises in India can operate mission critical functions with zero latency data processing, efficiency and computing power. This keynote will deliver insights on how 5G and Edge can affect technology investments as well industry infrastructure, manufacturing units, smart cities and harbors, automation, government and public infrastructure. Speaker: – Atul Bist, Senior Assistant Vice President, Invest India |
| 11:00 AM | Power Panel Session What is driving demand of data centers in India – Internal or outsourcing The data center growth in India is expected to grow by 4% during the 2019- 2015 cycle. While business in India is adopting hybrid cloud systems at a growing rate. The main question is whether internal growth in business or outsourcing of IT systems in India is growing the demand for data centers. Moderator: – NK Singh, Founder & CEO, Data Center Guru Panelists: – Vinod Nair, Service Head of Data Centre Ops, HDFC Ergo Dhaval Pandya, Corporate CIO, Piramal Enterprises Limited Suppan Saravanamuthu, Director of Operations – APAC, Iron Mountain Data Centers |
| 11:40 AM | Presentation Session Data Center Of The Future Today’s world are complex, uncertain and data center is the heard to drive all the digitation across the world. This need a holistic approach when we look out for Data Center Design not only looking at our current requirement but how it will be sustainable in the future. Schneider Electric’s Data center of the future vision has four vectors: Sustainability to meet business needs responsibly; Efficiency to optimize cost, speed, space, and capital; Adaptability to be designed for new technologies; and Resiliency to reduce vulnerability to unplanned downtime. Please attend our session to know more about it. Speaker: – Ankesh Kumar, GM – Marketing, Schneider Electric |
| 11:50 AM | Presentation Session Optimizing floor space Floor space usage in the data center is an important consideration, whether planning a retrofit or a greenfield build. With the ever-growing demands for computing power, more data centers are beginning to become capacity constrained. Floor space can be full, whilst, ironically, compute capacity is under-utilized, a phenomenon caused by a fragmented, siloed approach to the procurement of new capacity, often sized for peak loads. How can we improve the utilization of available floor space, optimize the floor space for maximum output and overcome the challenges of over-procurement and increased operational management? Watch us answer this question and more. Speaker: – Sanjay Motwani, Business Head, Legrand Data Center Solutions |
| 12:00 PM | Power Panel Session Cloud Computing priorities & outlook for new decade The IT environments for organizations in India are becoming more complex with multiple public clouds, private clouds, and traditional systems needing to be interconnected, integrated, and collectively managed. Most of Indian organizations are clustered around early stages of cloud maturity and find it challenging to move ahead in the adoption curve. As Indian organizations move towards a cloud-first strategy, enterprises will now have to decide on the cloud priorities and how they see the use of cloud for challenges of the next decade. Moderator: – Gaurav Khera, Director – Digital and Technology Advisor, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Panelists: – Mohit Kapoor, Group CTO, Mahindra Group Mayuresh Purandare, Head – IT Infra & Cyber Sec, Marico Ltd Rohit Chatter, CTO, Inmobi Dave McCrory, VP of Growth, Global Head of Insights & Analytics, Digital Realty Manish Gaur, Head of IT, Patanjali Ayurved |
| 12:45 PM | 12:45 PM Power Panel Session Accelerating Data Center sustainability to the forefront with new age power & cooling Technologies In the dynamic, fast-paced data center industry, a passion for change is essential. Enhanced data center cooling system reliability, with best-in-class cooling control technology is now demand of the hour and this session will share insights on recent trends, mechanisms and how to overcome challenges. Moderator: – Venkatesh G, Deputy Editor, W.media Panelists: – Kevin Kant, CEO, Critical Facilities Efficiency Solutions Marcel Jacobs, Managing Director, Circl8 N.K.Jain, Founder, N.K. Jain Consulting Engineers Sudhanshu Datt, Sector Lead – DC & Mission Critical Infra, AECOM Venkataraman Swaminathan, VP & Country GM Secure Power Division INDIA & SAARC, Schneider Electric |
| 01:30 PM | Networking Break |
| 02:00 PM | Power Panel Session How digital transformation in the right way can refresh your business If your organization is busier than ever “digitizing,” you’re not alone. Digital efforts have been proliferating for years as companies strive to catch up with technological innovation. However, this accelerated wave must not be confused with the real business transformation needed for success in the digital age. The former is mostly about enabling business as usual and “staying in the game,” while the latter is about building real, long-term competitive advantage to succeed and that’s what this session is all about. Moderator: – Shalil Gupta, Chief Business Officer, Mosaic Digital Panelists: – Eric Vas, President – Electric Vehicles, Bajaj Auto Ltd Anindya Karmakar, Head – Digital Transformation, Aditya Birla Capital Rajat Teotia, CTO, Junglee Games Ankur Arora, Director & Head – Digital & Innovation, Sodexo India Arvind Sekar, Lead- Partner Sales Engineer, Freshworks |
| 02:40 PM | Power Panel Session Creating a highly efficient Data center for the future with 5G, Edge Computing and Next gen Infrastructure Management In a hyper connected world no enterprise would like to use a Data Center with efficiency & infrastructure issues. The demand is growing for an enterprise Data Center which can push network and data center processing to the edge. This session will discuss how organizations can overcome Data Center Infrastructure, efficiency issues in a hyper connected world where speed is the new demand with the help of next gen Infrastructure & technology so that Data Center & Operation heads can stay ahead in the race. Moderator: – Mahesh Trivedi, SVP, NTT Panelists: – Kamlesh Harchandani, Head – DC Designs and Development, CapitaLand Vikram Tiwathia, Deputy Director General, COAI Sanjay Bhutani, Senior Vice President , AdaniConnneX Manish Israni, EVP & CIO, Yotta Infrastructure Sreejith G, AVP – Data Center Operations, STT GDC |
| 03:20 PM | Power Panel Session Dealing with cloud migration challenges Cloud migration can be an extremely daunting task for enterprises especially with vendor lock – in issues, migration of critical workloads or legacy applications. This session will bring together experts to discuss their experiences and how they went about successfully migrating their business applications from on-prem to cloud, the challenges they faced and how they overcame them. Moderator: – Arun Gupta, Technology Advisor, Shalby Hospitals Panelists: – Shobhana Lele, CIO, The Bombay Dyeing Manufacturing Company Limited Atanu Pramanic, CIO, Hindalco Industries Arivuvel Ramu, CTO, Tonik Bank Ajay Meher, Group CIO, Ampersand Group |
| 04:00 PM | Dialogue Session How cloud will decide the future of India’s banking & financial sector for 2021 The earlier reluctance to move core activities to the cloud has softened. Many banks are putting strategies in place to migrate their core services such as consumer payments, credit scoring, wealth management, and risk analysis to the cloud. However the role of cloud in enhancing the financial services sector is not over yet. Join us for our dialogue session and learn the future of cloud for India’s BFSI sector. Moderator: – Sanjeev Assudani, Senior Architect – Cloud, Wipro Limited Panelists: – Anil Sinha, CTO, Early Salary Pinkes Ambvat, CIO & IT Director, CRIF India |
| 04:30 PM | Closing Remarks |
Cybersecurity/Tech Strategy
| Time(IST) | Topics |
|---|---|
| 10:00 AM | Welcome Address By W.Media |
| 10:05 AM | Power panel session Assessing enterprise cyber resilience – Why cyber security matters? Enterprise cybersecurity is not only the biggest elephant in the room, It’s the biggest elephant in the digital world. In 2020 the losses due to cybersecurity have been in trillions which is more than the GDP of half of the countries in the world. Data and technology is exploding in India. This session will focus on why endpoint security becomes absolutely essential for your enterprise. What are the advanced endpoint security tools that can enable enterprises to prevent and manage security threats? Moderator: – Dr. Burzin Bharucha, Advisor, EY Panelists: – Bharat Panchal, CRO – India, Middle East & Africa, FIS Gary Brantley, CTO, Beazer Homes Naseem Halder, CISO, ACKO General Insurance Deepak Talwar, National Security Officer, Microsoft Pawan Chawla, CISO, Future Generali Life Insurance |
| 10:45 AM | Fire Side Chat The current cyber security policy in India and what we needs to change to manage the decade’s security challenges? The current cybersecurity policy was established in 2013 with a vision to build secure and resilient cyberspace for citizens, businesses and the government. Anticipating the boom in the IT industry and the resulting need of a cyberspace policy, the document was published with a mission to protect information and information structures, prevent and respond to cyber threats, and minimize the damage from cyber incidents. However with recent years going away the threats have multiplied. This discussion will share insights on the new requirements for cyber tech space in India. Speakers: – Khushbu Jain, Advocate, Supreme Court of India Brijesh Singh, Inspector General of Police, Government of Maharashtra |
| 11:00 AM | Power Panel session How Digitization is affecting the flow of opportunities & Funding in India The digital market in India is going to grow by more than 30% by 2025.Foreign entities are now investing in India as the country rises to the forefront of the technology landscape in Asia. However these figures are possible to reach only through help from internal and external investments. Learn from top experts on how the favorable digital climate in India is attracting investments from within and outside India. Moderator: – Vikram Upadhyaya, Founder, GHV Accelerator Panelists: – Amit Kumar, CEO, OLX Autos India Vikram Gupta, Founder & Managing Partner, IvyCap Ventures Deepak Sharma, President and Chief Digital Officer, Kotak Mahindra Bank |
| 11:40 AM | Presentation Session Enhancing Security and Optimizing Your Cloud Infrastructure As technology and business success grow more embraced, IT leaders must strive to address issues including the complexity of hybrid environments, cybersecurity threats, increasing availability and performance while managing support and cost. Join us to learn how to enhance the security and optimize your cloud infrastructure using the same Linux to power your “on-prem cloud” or “public cloud”. Speaker: – Chia Zyn Loo, Director – Sales Engineering, Oracle Corporation |
| 12:00 PM | Power Panel Session Talent, Skills & Next gen technologies – Is your workforce ready to manage the threats & create resilience Although technology has advanced. Upskilling the workforce with essential skills is a major challenge. Learn more about how technology leaders can work together on filling this gap. Moderator: – Khushbu Jain. Advocate Supreme Court of India Panelists: – Vinit Sinha, Director – Cybersecurity SME, Mastercard Ajay Bakshi, Global Transformation Head, Xerox Samir Khare, Group CDIO, FMB Capital Holdings PLC Sharad Kumar Agarwal, CDIO, JK Tyre & Industries Ltd R. Ramamoorthy, Head – IT & IS, TTK Prestige |
| 12:40 PM | Power Panel Session Securing your cloud environment – What are the challenges and how to overcome them. With cloud computing becoming a necessary business strategy for enterprises today, cloud security has become indispensable. However, having the same approach that we have towards cybersecurity for an on-prem facility cannot be lifted and shifted to a cloud environment. So what are the different challenges and approaches to ensuring cyber security in the cloud environment. Moderator: – Sujit Christy, Group CISO, John Keells Holdings PLC, Sri Lanka Panelists: – Jayram Ramesh, Head – Cyber Security, AIA Sakshi Vidur, Head – Information Security – Asia Pacific, Yum Brands Shashank Bajpai, CISO, ECGC India Chia Zyn Loo, Director – Sales Engineering, Oracle Asia Pacific and Japan |
| 01:20 PM | Closing Remarks |
Our Speakers:
CEO
OLX Autos India
Group CIO
Ampersand Group
Global Transformation Head
Xerox
GM – Marketing
Schneider Electric
Head – Digital Transformation
Aditya Birla Capital
CTO
Early Salary
Lead- Partner Sales Engineer
Freshworks
Technology Advisor
Shalby Hospitals
CTO
Tonik Bank
Director & Head – Digital & Innovation
Sodexo India
CIO
Hindalco Industries
Senior Assistant Vice President
Invest India
CRO – India, Middle East & Africa
FIS
Inspector General of Police
Government of Maharashtra
Director – Sales Engineering
Oracle Corporation
CEO & Founder
SPACE DC
Corporate CIO
Piramal Enterprises Limited
National Security Officer
Microsoft
President and Chief Digital Officer
Kotak Mahindra Bank
VP of Growth, Global Head of Insights & Analytics
Digital Realty
Director – Digital and Technology Advisor
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
CTO
Beazer Homes
President – Electric Vehicles
Bajaj Auto Ltd
Advisor
EY
Head- Data Center Design and Development
Capitaland India, Data Centre Group
CEO
Sify Technologies
Head – Cyber Security
AIA
Head of Research
Structure Research
Advocate
Supreme Court of India
CEO
Critical Facilities Efficiency Solutions
Managing Director
Circl8
EVP & CIO
Yotta Infrastructure
Head of IT
Patanjali Ayurved
SVP
NTT
CISO
ACKO General Insurance
Founder
N.K. Jain Consulting Engineers
Group CTO
Mahindra Group
Head – IT Infra & Cyber Sec
Marico Ltd
CIO & IT Director
CRIF India
CISO
Future Generali Life Insurance
Partner
Capitel
Founder & CEO
Data Center Guru
Director, Enterprise IT Security
Philips
CTO
InMobi
Head – IT & IS
TTK Prestige Limited
CTO
Junglee Games
Group CDIO
FMB Capital Holdings PLC
Senior Vice President
AdaniConnneX
CDIO
JK Tyre & Industries Ltd
Chief Business Officer
Mosaic Digital
Business Head
Legrand Data Center Solutions
Senior Architect - Cloud
Wipro Limited
CIO
The Bombay Dyeing and Manufacturing Company Limited
Director of Operations - APAC
IRON MOUNTAIN DATA CENTERS
Group CISO
John Keells Holdings PLC, Sri Lanka
Director - Data Centers
AECOM
VP- Datacentre Operations
STT GDC INDIA
Director & Head of Public Policy - India &South Asia
Sequoia India
Service Head of Data Centre Operations
HDFC Ergo
Director - Cybersecurity SME
Mastercard
Deputy Director General
Cellular Operators Association of India
Founder
GHV Accelerator
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