17 March 2007 Build-up of 15th Convergence India 2007 commence in 6 exhibitions hall.
20 March 2007
1000 hrs
Official opening of the 15th Convergence India 2007 exhibition and conference by Chief Guest Dr. Abid Hussain, Former Indian Ambassador to U.S.A. and former member of planning commission. Other dignitaries on dias included
Welcome Address
Mr. T.V. Ramachandran, Director General, Cellular Operators Association of India
Guest Of Honour
Mr. Akhil Gupta, Managing Director, Bharti, Telecom Division
On the Dias
Mr. R.S.P. Sinha, CMD, MTNL
Vote of Thanks
Mr. Prem Behl, Chairman, Exhibitions India Group
Inagural Conference Session
Panel discussion: “Convergence: The Future-Fuelling the Indian Economy”
Chair & Opening Remarks
Shri Pradip Baijal, Former Chairman, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
Distinguished Panelists
Shri S. N. Zindal, Direcor General, Software Technology Park of India
Shri S. D. Saxena, Director Finance, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd.
Dr. Nikhil Jain, Chief Technology Advisor, Qualcom India Pvt. Ltd.
Mr. Brian Caskey, Vice President, Worldwide Marketing & Advanced Technology, UTStarcom Inc.
Mr. John Giere, CMO, Alcatel-Lucent Worldwide
Track I - Session: “NextGen Telecom”
Chairperson
Shri Shrikant Sharma, Chief General Manager, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, HP Circle
Track 2 - Session “ Wireless Delivery- Broadband for all”
Chairperson
Dr. Mahesh Uppal, Director, Com First India Pvt. Ltd.
Track 3 - Session “Services on Demand: Business & Infotainment”
Chairperson
Mr. Gerard Charpentier, Director - CPI Satcom Division
Track 4 - Session “Next Gen Telecom”
Chairperson
Mr. Ramdev Sharma, Chief Technology & Marketing Officer, Huawei Technologies
Session Continued (Post Lunch)
Chairperson
Shri N.K. Joshi, General Manager - Planning, Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited
Track 5 - Session “Towards Mobile Information Society”
Keynote Address
Shri Syamal Ghosh, IAS (Retd.)
Special Address
Mr. Sham Banerji, Director - Corporate Business, Texas Instruments (India) Limited
Session: “Improving Coverage & Services for Rural”
Chairperson
Mr. Shantanu Consul, Administrator USF, DoT
Panel Discussion:
“Role of Various Stakeholders in propagating the growth of Cellular Mobile Communications in Rural Area”
Moderator
Mr. Shantanu Consul, Administrator USF, DoT
Session: “Beyond 2G”
Chairperson
Mr. H.K. Gupta, DDG - Department of Telecommunications, Government of IndiaPanel Discussion
Moderator
Mr. H.K. Gupta, DDG - Department of Telecommunications, Government of India
Session: “VAS & Mobile Entertainment”
Chairperson
Mr. Rajesh Sawhney, President, Reliance Entertainment
Session: “Handset & New Innovations”
Chairperson
Mr. Pankaj Mohindroo, President, ICA
Track 6 - Session “Security Challenges for the Enterprise”
Chairperson & Speaker
Mr. Sivarama Krishnan, Executive Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Track 7 - Session “Next Gen Telecom”
Chairperson
Shri S.K. Seth, Deputy Director General, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
Track 8 - Session “Enabling SMB’s SME’s for tomorrow’s growth”
Chairperson
Mr. Partha S. Banerjee, Executive Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers
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