| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 9:55am – 10:00am | Welcome Address |
| 10:00am – 10:25am | Fireside Chat : Topic : Best practices for optimizing, modernizing and transforming your Data Center Speakers : Mohit Kapoor, Group CTO, Mahindra & Mahindra Group Srikanth RP, Editor, Express Computer & CRN India, Indian Express Group (Moderator) |
| 10:25am – 11:05am | Fireside Chat : Topic : The future of IT infrastructure Speakers : Gopi Thangavel, Head of IT Infrastructure, Reliance Industries Ltd Vikram K, Senior Director, Industry Verticals, HPE Srikanth RP, Editor, Express Computer & CRN India, Indian Express Group (Moderator) |
| 11:05am – 11:25am | Topic : NVMe - The Key to Faster Cloud and Edge Performance Speaker : Bhavin Shah, Regional Sales Manager, Western Digital |
| 11:25am – 11:45am | Topic : Scale & save with Cloud Data Protection in the new normal Speaker : Bakshish Dutta, Country Manager-India & SAARC, Druva |
| 11:45am – 12:30pm | Panel Discussion : Topic : Preparing your Data Center for the Data Tsunami Panelists : Parna Ghosh, Vice President & Group CIO, Minda Industries Ltd Sharad Kumar Agarwal, CDIO, JK Tyre & Industries Ltd Deepak Keni, Executive Vice President – Special Projects and Enablers, Deepak Fertilisers And Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd KV Dipu, Head – Operations & Customer Service, Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Akshay Dhanak, Group Chief Information Officer, Magma Fincorp Naresh Rana, Sr. Sales Manager – Enterprise & Embedded Storage, Western Digital Zainab Lakdawalla, Director Sales, ST Telemedia Global Data Centres India Pvt Ltd |
| 12:30pm – 12:50pm | Topic : Assess, Migrate, Manage and Optimise your Data Center with Crayon Speaker : Rajesh Thadhani, Executive Director, Digital Transformation & Services, Crayon Software Experts India |
| 12:50pm – 1:05pm | Topic : Why India's Data Center market is set for exponential growth Speaker : Rachit Mohan, India Head, Data Center Advisory, JLL |
| 1:05pm – 1:30pm | Awards |
| 1:30pm – 2:00pm | Lunch Break |
| 2:00pm – 2:20pm | Fireside Chat : Topic : A glimpse into how India's Largest Bank is using the power of emerging technologies for improving Data Center efficiencies Speakers : Amit Saxena, Global Deputy CTO, State Bank of India Srikanth R P, Editor, Express Computer & CRN India, Indian Express Group (Moderator) |
| 2:20pm – 2:40pm | Topic : Making Postgres Central in your Data Center Speaker : Bruce Momjian, VP, PG Evangelist, EDB and co-founder & core team member of the PostgreSQL Global Development Group |
| 2:40pm – 3:00pm | Topic : Securing your Data Center Speaker : Harishchandra Rana, Data Security Consultant, Patwa Kinarivala Electronics Ltd |
| 3:00pm – 3:40pm | Panel Discussion : Topic : Taking your Data Center efficiencies to the next level with automation and other emerging technologies Panelists : Mathew Varghese, Regional Manager, HPE Dr. Avadhut Parab, Global CIO, Wockhardt Ltd Rohit Sarda, GM, Finance, Hindustan Zinc Ltd Vilas Pujari, CIO, ACG Worldwide Vaibhav Palan, Head - Digital, APAC, LafargeHolcim N. Raman, Group GM - CISO, ONGC |
| 3:40pm – 4:00pm | Topic : Revolutionizing the Data Center landscape with AMD Epyc Speaker : Ajay Krishna Thokala, Data Center Specialist, AMD India Pvt. Ltd |
| 4:00pm – 4:40pm | Panel Discussion : Topic : Best practices for data protection and recovery Panelists : R Srinivas, General Manager, IT Infrastructure & Security, The Himalaya Drug Company Sendil Kumar Venkatesan, CTO, Shriram Capital Ltd Ravi Kalla, Head IT, Automation and Instrumentation, Anthem Biosciences Pvt Ltd GP Ashok Kumar, GM IT & CTO, Karur Vysya Bank Jitendra Panchal, VP-IT, CDSL Bakshish Dutta, Country Manager - India & SAARC, Druva |
| 4:40pm – 5:00pm | Topic : Enterprise Edge Data Center : Leveraging Cloud and interconnection Speaker : Manoj Paul, Managing Director, GPX India Pvt Ltd |
| 5:00pm – 6:00pm | Awards |
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