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The Business Technology Conclave at ISB

The Business Technology Club (BTC) is doing something special this year – it’s organizing the first Business Technology Conclave! The event is scheduled for Friday, the 23rd of October. It’s a great opportunity for the attendees to learn about the technology industry landscape in India/Asia, and of course, to network! The theme of the conference is “Riding the Asian Elephant – Emerging opportunities in the Asian Technology Landscape”

The registration for the conference starts at 9:30 AM, followed by a keynote address by the dean of ISB. The first Panel Discussion on the Telecom Industry will discuss “Improving the bottom-line: Next generation Telecom business models” and will be graced by a mix of esteemed panelists. Then, we break for lunch. Post-lunch, we have the second Panel Discussion that will focus on the IT industry, around the theme of “Asian Markets – New Hotspots for IT companies”. Finally we have presentations by the winners of the BTC Business Competition, followed by the closing high-tea informal interaction.

The BTC has done a great job of leveraging its industry contacts and the conference is already generating a lot of excitement in the student community. Some of the of industry stalwarts with whom we’ll have a chance to interact are –

Telecom Panel:

  • Mohan Moghe, Executive Director, Verizon Communications USA
  • Vinay Goel, India Head, Product Management, Google
  • Manoj Kanagalu, Senior Director, Wireless and VOIP solutions, Nortel
  • Faisal Siddique, Motorola – Head (India and South-West Asia) Mobile Devices
  • Deepak Gulati, President, TataDoCoMo India.
  • Global Strategy head, Nokia-Siemens
  • Anshoo Gaur, GM and India Head, Amdocs India

IT/ITES Panel:

  • Ganesh Natarajan, CEO, Zensar Technologies Ltd.
  • Amit Sircar, General Manager, Microsoft Global Services India
  • N V Tyagarajan “Tiger”, COO, Genpact Ltd.
  • Haragopal M, Global Head – Finacle, Infosys Technologies Limited
  • Srini Komanduri, Director, Deloitte India
  • CEO, Logica India

The registration is free. So, if you can take time out, please register and drop by to enrich your knowledge and network! You can get further information on the conclave webpage at http://www.isb.edu/btc_conclave/

-Sankar G Vyakaranam

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