| Sam Pitroda
Advisor to the Prime Minister of India on Public Information Infrastructure & Innovations |
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
| 8:00 – 08:30 | Registration | |
| 8:30 – 08:45 | Inauguration | |
| 08:45 – 09:30 | Key Note Address: “Innovation: The Engine for Growth” |
Dr. Sam Pitroda Advisor to the Prime Minister of India on Public Information Infrastructure & Innovations |
| 09:30 – 10:30 | Panel Discussion: “Need for innovative processes in IT Companies” |
Mr. PWC. Davidar IAS IT Secretary, Government of TN Mr. Arun Jain Founder ,Chairman & CEO, Polaris Software Dr. Sandhya Shekhar CEO, IITM Research Park Mr. P. Ananthakrishnan Director Intellectual Ventures |
| 10:30 – 10:45 | Watts Humphrey Award Distribution | |
| 10:45 – 11:15 | Tea Break | |
| 11:15 – 12:00 | Session 1 - TRIZ - Theory of Inventive Problem Solving | Mr. Navneet Bhushan Founder, Crafiti Consulting Bangalore |
| 12:00 – 12:45 | Session 2 - Inventive Problem Solving for Customer Value Creation – case study | Mr. Raja Bavani Technical Director of Software Product Engineering (SPE) group MindTree |
| 12:45 – 13:45 | Lunch Break | |
| 13:45 – 14:00 | Special Presentation – “DNV and Risk Management” | S. Nandakumar Zonal Chair - South India and Sri Lanka DNV |
| 14:00 – 14:45 | Session 3 - Theory and Practice of Innovation | Dr. LS Ganesh Professor Department of Management Studies IIT Madras |
| 14:45 – 15:30 | Session 4 - Innovation Framework | Dr. Sandhya Shekhar CEO, IITM Research Park |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Tea Break | |
| 16:00 –16:45 | Session 5 - Measuring and Managing Innovation | Ms. Mahua Roy Chowdhury Managing Partner Solomon & Roy Mumbai |
| 16:45 – 17:45 | Improvement vs innovation – Panel Discussion | Dr.L.N Rajaram CEO, Expert Software Consultants Ltd Mr. V. Kannan Vice President, HCL Technologies Mr. Navneet Bhushan Founder, Crafiti Consulting Mr. KK Raman Executive Director, KPMG Dr. Ananth Seshan Chairman Fifth Generation Technologies |
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
| 09:00 – 09:45 | Session 7 -The Opposable Mind: How Innovators Innovate | Mr. Navyug Mohnot CEO, QAI Global Services |
| 09:45 – 10:45 | Session 8 - Panel Discussion: - “How to identify opportunities for innovation?” | Mr. M. Rajamanickam SPIN Chennai Mr. Aditya Bhalla Head, Innovation Practice, QAI Global Services Mr. Pavan Soni Innovation Evangelist, Wipro Mr. Udayan Banerjee CTO NIIT Technologies |
| 10:45 – 11:15 | Tea Break | |
| 11:15 – 12:00 | Session 9 - Innovative IT Project management practices | Mr. Tathagat Varma Head, Corporate PMO and Business Operations Yahoo! India |
| 12:00 – 12:45 | Session 10 - Innovative Software Engineering (Requirements Design, Coding & Testing) | Ms. Vijayalakshmi Gopal Head, Corporate Tools Group TCS |
| 12:45 – 13:45 | Lunch Break | |
| 13:45 – 14:00 | Special Presentation | Speaker from Feedback Consulting |
| 14:00 – 14:45 | Session 11 -Innovation for the Innovator - People Practices that drive an Innovation Culture | Mr. Bhaskaran Srinivasan Former Director Philips India |
| 14:45 – 15:30 | Session 12 - Watts Humphrey Award - Paper presentations | Mr. R.Srinivasan GM – Technology Ramco Systems Mr.M.Raghuraman Quality Specialist Ramco Systems Ms. Elizabeth Koshy Head, SEPG iGate Ms. Manjusha Gupta Delivery Assurance Group Cognizant Technologies |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Tea Break | |
| 16:00 – 16:30 | Session 13 - Innovation with Virtualization | Mr. Suresh Kumar
Enterprise Architect VMWare Software |
| 16:30 – 17:30 | Panel Discussion:– “Institutionalizing Innovation culture in an organization” | Mr. Rajaram Principal Research Analyst Infosys labs Rajashree Head Process and Tools, CTS – (Moderator) Mr. Tathagat Varma Head ,Corporate PMO and Business Operations Yahoo! India Mr. Bhaskaran Srinivasan Former Director Philips India Mr. Bhaskar CTS |
| 17:30 – 18:00 | Valedictory Function |