| 08:30 |
Registration
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| 09:30 |
Welcome Address from The IET
Shekhar Sanyal, Country Head, IET India
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| 09:45 |
Chairperson's remarks
Prof. S. Sadagopan, Director, IIIT, Bangalore
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| 10:00 |
Opening Keynote session : Innovation for sustainability and growth
I. Vijayakumar, CTO, Wipro
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| 10:45 |
Keynote Session: IT as an enabler of business innovation and optimization
Dr. Nataraj Nagaratnam, CTO and Distinguished Engineer, IBM
• Shift from business automation to business optimization
• Planning the right IT strategy for achieving business goals
• Fostering business innovation through IT
• Case studies and examples
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| 11:30 Networking morning tea |
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| 11:45 |
Session 1: Innovation measurement – Importance & need
Ravishankar Ganesan, VP SoC IP Strategic Business Unit, Ittiam Systems (P) Ltd
• Measurement fundamental and critical to Innovation success
• Innovation metrics – Traditional v/s contemporary
• Adoption of holistic approach to Innovation measurement
• Case studies & examples
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| 12:30 |
Session 2: : Innovating in mature organisations - Insights from case studies
Rajiv Narang, Founder & CEO, Erehwon Innovation Consulting
• Best practices in innovations
• Overcoming challenges in innovations
• Managing innovation internally
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| 13:15 Lunch |
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| 14:00 |
Session 3: Intellectual Property Rights
Lokesh V., Sr.Executive - Intellectual Property Management Innovation & New Product Development Strategic Planning & Initiatives - Electrical & Electronics, Larsen & Toubro Limited
• IPR defined
• What does it mean to have patents?
• Can software be patented?
• Protection of IPR
• How to avoid infringement of other's patents?
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| 14:45 |
Session 4: Fostering Innovation Culture and Practice of Creativity within the organisation
Chintan Mehta, Director of Products, MPS-EM Incubation, Yahoo! India Research & Development
• How to build innovation culture within the organization
• Benefits of inculcating creative thinking in the organization culture
• Creative thinking for business innovation
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| 15:30 |
Session 5: Innovation Case Study – Learning from a Start up Venture
Padmanabhan Raghavan, Co-founder & Chief Evangelist, 8KMiles.com
• Innovation idea
• Key challenges faced
• Key learning for future innovators
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| 16:15 Refreshments break |
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| 16:30 |
Session 6: From Invention to Innovation
Arun Bhardwaj, Sr. Manager (Product Marketing),Enterprise Solutions and Regional Alliances, Dell India R&D Centre
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| 16:45 |
Session 7: Panel Discussion: How to become drivers of innovation than being driven?
Panel Chair - Arun Bhardwaj, Sr. Manager (Product Marketing),Enterprise Solutions and Regional Alliances, Dell India R&D Centre
Panelist – Sanjay Anandaram, Founding Partner, JumpStartUp Venture Fund; Savita Kini, Marketing Manager, CIsco; Dr. Shankar M V, Principal Scientist, Dow R&D India.
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| 17:30 |
Chairman’s Closing Remarks
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