18 March 2006
Build-up of 14th Convergence India 2006 commences in
6 exhibition halls. It is one of the fastest build-ups in the country.
21 March 2006
1000 hrs
Official opening of the 14th Convergence India 2006 exhibition and conference by Chief Guest, Dr. Shakeel Ahmad, Minister of State, Communication & IT, Government of India Other dignitaries on the dias included:
Welcome Address
Mr. T.V. Ramachandran, Director General
Cellular Operators Association of India
Guest of Honour
Dr. J. Sreedhara Sarma, IAS, Secretary - Telecom,
Ministry of Communications & IT, Govt. of India
On the dais
HE Sun Yuxi, Ambassador, Embassy of the People’s Republic of China
HE David Danieli, Ambassador, Embassy of Israel
Shri A.K. Sinha, CMD, BSNL
Vote of Thanks
Mr. Prem Behl, MD, Exhibitions India Pvt. Ltd.
Inaugural Conference Session
Panel Discussion: “Ushering the ICT Revolution”
Chairperson & Panelist
Shri S.D. Saxena, Director - Finance, BSNL
Distinguished Panelists
Mr. Alan Mottram, CMO - Worldwide, Alcatel
Mr. C.S. Rao, President & CEO, Lucent Technologies
Mr. Vijay Yadav, MD, South Asia, UTStarcom
Mr. Bo Ribbing, GM, Ericsson India Pvt. Ltd.
Mr. Ben Cardwell, Director - System Engineering-APAC, Andrew Corporation
Track I - Session: “ICT Revolution”
Chairperson
Shri S.K. Seth, Dy. Director General, BSNL
Track II - Session: “Cellular Going Rural”
Chairperson & Keynote Speaker
Mr. Umang Das, Managing Director, Spice Communications Ltd.
Session : “Future Technologies”
Chairperson
Mr. Ran Mitra, VP - Business Development
Real Time Billing Division - Comverse
Track III - Workshop: “WiMAX Technologies”
Chairperson & Speaker
Mr. Patrick Veron, CEO, C-DOT Alcatel Research Center
22 March 2006
Round Table Conference: “Convergence - Bridging the Digital Divide”
Dr. G.D. Gautam, IT Sec. West Bengal
Mr. Praveen Kumar, Sp. Sec. IT & Comm. Govt. of Andhra Pradesh
(with many experts from the industry)
Track IV - Session: “ICT Revolution”
Chairpersons
Shri NK Joshi, GM - Planning, MTNL
Shri A.K. Bhargava, GM - IT, MTNL
Track V - Session: “3G”
Chairperson & Speaker
Mr. Naresh Gupta, CTO, Hutch
Keynote Speaker
Mr. Anil Nayar, Director - Chairman’s Office, Bharti Tele-Ventures Ltd.
Session : “Value Added Services”
Chairperson & Speaker
Mr. Rajat Mukarji, VP - Corporate Affairs, Idea Cellular
Keynote Speaker
Mr. Pradeep Srivastava, VP - Marketing, Idea Cellular
Track VI - Session: “Securing Networks for Applications”
Chairpersons
Dr. Gulshan Rai, Director - CERT IN & ERNET
Ministry of Communications & IT, Government of India
Mr. Sivarama Krishnan, Associate Director, Global Risk Management Solutions
PricewaterhouseCoopers Pvt. Ltd.
23 March 2006
Track VII - Session: “Role of ICT in SMB/SME Segment”
Chairperson & Keynote Speaker
Mr. Sidharth Shakdher, Country Category Manager - Digital Convergence,
HP India Sales Pvt. Ltd.
Track VIII - Session: “Broadcast Technologies/ Digital Entertainment”
Chairperson
Shri A.S. Guin, Engineer-in-Chief, All India Radio
Track IX - Session: “Securing Networks for Applications” (Cont.)
Chairperson & Speaker
Mr. Anirban Sengupta, Principal Consultant - Business Solutions
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