| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 09:00 am - 09:55 am | Registration & Networking Breakfast |
| 09:55 am - 10:00 am | Lamp Lighting & Inauguration |
| 10:00 am - 10:30 am |
Keynote Address: Building Resilient, Intelligent, and Scalable Digital Infrastructure Sanjay Shripatrao Katkar, Managing Director, Maharashtra Information Technology Corp. Ltd., Govt. of Maharashtra Digital Infrastructure Transformation in Oil & Gas: Challenges, Innovation & Opportunities Jayant Gupta, Executive Director - Information Systems, Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd. |
| 10:30 am - 11:00 am |
Fireside Chat: Vision 2030 - Building the Digital Backbone for India’s AI-Driven and Energy-Efficient Future Moderator: Srikanth RP, Editor, Express Computer Panelists: Alok Bajpai, Managing Director - India, NTT Global Data Centers Sharad Agarwal, CEO, Sify Data Center Kalyan Muppaneni, Founder & CEO, Pi Datacenters |
| 11:00 am - 11:20 am |
Keynote Address: AI Data Centers: Powering the Future of Digital Transformation Gitesh Mahajan, Business Head, Data Center Services, Sify Technologies. |
| 11:20 am - 11:35 am |
AI-Ready Datacenters to Power Your Transformation: Suresh Rathore, President, CtrlS Datacenters |
| 11:35 am - 11:50 am | Stall Visit & Networking Tea Break |
| 11:50 am - 12:30 pm |
Panel Discussion: Fueling the Digital Age: Why Data Centers Are India’s New Powerhouses Moderator: Benjamin Issac, Senior Director - Markets, JLL Panelists: Rupesh K Shah, ED - IT, HUDCO Anil Tembe, CGM - IT (Infra & PE), State Bank of India Prakash Gupta, Data Centers Lead, HDFC Securities Ltd. Nitin Kamble, Senior Director, IT Infrastructure Technology, Piramal Enterprises Limited Rohith Chintawar, Chief Digital Officer, H & R Johnson (India) - Prism Johnson Group Ranish Jaiswal, CEO (West), Sify |
| 12:30 pm - 01:00 pm |
Empowering customers to build scalable & resilient Data Center infrastructure for their Digital Initiatives: Vinay H. P, Director - IT Business Unit, Rittal |
| 01:00 pm - 01:10 pm |
Energy Monitoring and Sustainability: Sadhana Padwal, Vertical Lead - LV Switchgear, Siemens Limited |
| 01:10 pm - 02:10 pm | Neworking Lunch |
| 01:10 pm - 02:10 pm | Power Lunch: Mission - Critical Data, Open Source future by Percona |
| 01:10 pm - 02:10 pm | Power Lunch: Agentic AI - Automate with AI by Syndrome NewEdge Pvt Ltd |
| 02:10 pm - 02:20 pm | Data Center Champion & Innovation Excellence Awards Ceremony |
| 02:20 pm - 03:00 pm |
Panel Discussion: From Outages to Attacks - Designing Security-First Disaster Recovery Strategies Moderator: Srikanth RP, Editor, Express Computer Panelists: Sunil Nair, Head - IT Infrastructure & Information Security, Aster DM Healthcare Pradipta Patro, Head IT & Global CISO, RPG Group Amandeep Singh, Head - IT Infrastructure, CITSO & ADM, Edelweiss Life Insurance S N Shrivastava, Additional General Manager - Digital Transformation Group, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited |
| 03:00 pm - 03:20 pm |
Data Centers - The Pillars of Autonomy, Resilience & Innovation Jagat Ram, Head - Datacenter Operation and Delivery, Larsen & Toubro |
| 03:20 pm - 03:30 pm | Water Mist Fire Protection Solution for Critical Infrastructure: Nirmal Gandhi, Regional Manager- APAC Countries, Siemens Limited |
| 03:30 pm - 03:45 pm | Stall Visit & Networking Tea Break |
| 03:45 pm - 04:30 pm |
Panel Discussion: Sustainability Champions - Best Practices for Striving a Balance Between Technological Innovation & Energy Equation Moderator: Nivedan Prakash, Dy. Associate Editor, Express Computer Panelists: Udit Pahwa, Chief Information Officer, Blue Star Ltd. Vipin Jain, President, Datacenter Operations, CtrlS Rohan Sheth, SVP & Head - Colocation, Hyperscalers and Expansion, Yotta Data Services Ajit Awasare, AVP & Head Operations & Technology, Godrej Infotech Ltd. Rajesh Choudhary, Chief Technology Officer, CSB Bank Anuradha Bhatia, Chief Technology Officer, Standard Chartered Bank Vivek Upman, Enterprise Lead - South Asia, Seagate |
| 04:30 pm - 04:45 pm |
The Great Digital Awakening: A Vision for Tomorrow's India Jitesh Karlekar, Director Research - Data Centre (APAC), JLL India |
| 04:45 pm - 05:00 pm |
The AI Revolution: India's Rise as Enterprise Innovation Hub Siddharth Mehta, Director, Data Centre (Leasing), JLL India |
| 05:00 pm - 05:30 pm | Closing Note, Partner Fecilitation & Lucky Draw |
| 05:30 pm - 06:30 pm | Exclusive Wine & Cheese Session on AI at Scale : Blueprint for Data Center Innovatgion with Sify |
| 05:30 pm - 07:00 pm | Networking over Beer & Snacks |
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