It is important to understand the term ‘Digital’ and what it takes to become ‘Digital Ready’. When organizations start investing in digital, they must monitor and track the journey to ensure they are on track. What role do the CIO and the CDO play in this journey?

The panel comprising CIOs and CDOs would discuss the following:

• Are you digitally ready? How to measure your digital readiness?
• Who is driving digital? CIO or business owners?
• How to get all stakeholders ready to adopt digital?
• Next 5 imperative steps for Digital

Speakers

N Jayantha Prabhu

Rajnish Khare

Uma Talreja

Deepak M Sharma

Neetika Chhabra

Rajesh Garg

Sevantika Bhandari

Blockchain – the much talked about shared ledger technology -- is set to transform the financial services industry by making transactions faster, cheaper, more secure and transparent. Essentially, the lure of Blockchain is its method of verifying and tracking transactions. Rather than being stored in a single database, blocks of time-stamped transactions are stored on all systems across a value chain and rely on consensus among a peer-to-peer network of computers, based on complex algorithms, instead of a trusted central authority or third-party.

However, Blockchain is in the nascent stages of adoption in India. We now see private blockchains within an organization, addressing a specific functions .For instance, Bajaj Electricals and Yes Bank have implemented a blockchain-based vendor financing solution for real-time settlement.

The panel comprising blockchain practitioners will discuss:

• The significance of Blockchain technology as a disruptive and fundamental technology.
• Scaling up – what does it take to get it right?
• Other blockchain inspired platforms lie R3 Corda (how do they compare?)
• Taking blockchain beyond banking (other potential applications in Government, Manufacturing etc).

Speakers

Prasanna Lohar

Shiv Kumar Bhasin

Rajesh Dhuddu

GST (Goods and Services Tax) is set to overhaul the system of indirect taxation in India. The roll out of this initiative was postponed several times and is finally here. Indian companies have been preparing for GST for months, but even a month before the roll-out, companies were seeking help from consultants. GST is going to create both positive and negative impact on industries.

A panel of industry experts would discuss the following:

• Role of Technology in getting ready for GST.
• What is the state of readiness of India Inc?
• Compliance and associated costs.
• Transition time.
• Transition steps.
• Ensuring all stakeholders adopt GST
• Cost of adoption?
• What would be the positive and negative impact of GST on the IT industry?
• How would GST disrupt business in the short term?
• How are businesses upgrading systems like ERP in prep. For GST?

Speakers

Anand Desai

Chintan Shah

Prashant Pillai

Biren Vyas

Rituparno Mukhopadhyay

M. S. Mani

Have a digital strategy and plan in place is a good idea. But how do you go about executing it swiftly? You need to instill a culture of digital within the organization. Your employees must be trained, empowered and motivated to take the digital agenda forward.

What would it take for leaders to succeed in the digital world? What traits would separate the winners from the also-rans? What would we all need to do to remain relevant - as individuals and in our teams?

Building on his experience as a business leader - and a leadership coach - Prakash will share lessons and insights, inspiration and wisdom to help you be an effective digital-era leader.

Speakers

Praksh Iyer