Welcome address by Anurag Batra, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief, BW Businessworld

Opening address by Sonica Malhotra Kandhuri, Joint Managing Director, MBD

TOPIC: Smartening Up Hotels

PRESENTER: Bikramjit Ray, Executive Editor, BW Hotelier

TOPIC: Heat, Light and Power: Spending less to get more

PANELISTS: *David Hopcroft, General Manager, Le Meridien Gurgaon; *Tristan Beau de Lomenie, General Manager Delegate, Pullman and Novotel, New Delhi Aerocity; *Anirban Sarkar, General Manager, Country Inn & Suites; Ranjan Banerjee, General Manager, Crowne Plaza Okhla; Michel Koopman, General Manager, The Leela Ambience Gurgaon; Vishva Preet Singh Cheema, General Manager, Radisson Blu Plaza, Mahipalpur;

MODERATOR: Sourish Bhattacharyya, Consulting Editor, BW Hotelier

*Mehfooz Siddiqui, Regional Director-Design & Technical Services (South Asia), Starwood Hotels & Resorts; *Rajat Sethi, General Manager, Radisson MBD Noida Hotel; *Harish Chandra, GM (IT), Sarovar Group; *Nitin Nagarale, General Secretary, HPMF, and Director of Materials, Radisson Blu Plaza, Powai (Mumbai); *Rothin Banerjee, Chief Engineer, Taj Palace; Rajesh Chopra, Senior VP, Corporate IT, The Oberoi Group (TC); H.C. Vinayaka, General Manager, Technical & Sustainability, ITC Hotels (TC);

MODERATOR: Bikramjit Ray, Executive Editor, BW Hotelier

Keynote address by *Sanjay Sharma, Area General Manager (India), Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide.

TOPIC: How innovations are the game changers in the hospitality industry today?

PRESENTER: Sourish Bhattacharyya, Consulting Editor, BW Hotelier

*Sunil Relia, President, Awesome and Vice President (Technical), JLL; *Sareena Kochar, Vice President (Housekeeping), Lemon Tree Hotels; *Reetha Thomas, Executive Housekeeper, Radisson Blu MBD Noida Hotel; *Vanita Arora, Director (Housekeeping), The Park New Delhi;Gurpreet Chadha, Executive Housekeeper, ITC Maurya.

MODERATOR: Bikramjit Ray, Executive Editor, BW Hotelier

*Arindam Chakraborty, General Manager, Radisson MBD Ludhiana; *John Samuel, Chief Engineer, ITC Green Bharat; Harish Chandra, GM (IT), Sarovar Group; Rothin Banerjee, Chief Engineer, Taj Palace. One more name to be added.

PRESENTER: Sourish Bhattacharyya, Consulting Editor, BW Hotelier

New technologies that'll define the future of hotels

PANELISTS: *Kanwal Walia, Complex Director (Engineering), The Westin Gurgaon / Sohna; *Gopal Parathaman, Director of Engineering, Pullman-Novotel, New Delhi Aerocity; *Rahul Prabhakar, Chief Engineer, ITC Maurya;Sunil Relia, Vice President (Technical), JLL; Rakesh Kumar, Director of Engineering, Hyatt Andaz (TC).

MODERATOR: Bikramjit Ray, Executive Editor, BW Hotelier

Does fiscal prudence work against smart technologies

PANEL:*Naresh Chhabra, Purchase Manager, Vivanta by Taj - Gurgaon; *Asheem Suri, Purchase Manager, Crowne Plaza New Delhi Rohini; Nitin Nagarale, General Secretary, HPMF, and Director of Materials, Radisson Blu Plaza, Powai (Mumbai); Sanjay Verghese, Director (Materials), The Imperial (TC); Need two more names

PRESENTER: Sourish Bhattacharyya, Consulting Editor, BW Hotelier

Vote of thanks by Bhuvanesh Khanna, CEO, BW Communities.