A set of luminaries  Senator  Hillary  Clinton,  Jeff  Immelt  (CEO,  GE)  & Arun Sarin (CEO, Vodafone)  will  be  keynote  speakers  at  the  IIT  2007 Global alumni conference,  to  be  held  in San Clara (Bay Area, California) on July 6-8, 2007.  Over  4000  attendees  are expected to attend the conference that is being  organized  by  PanIITInc. Conference chair Sanjiv Sahay said,  "The theme of the 2007 conference is Transforming the World through Technology".

Sanjiv  added,  "It  will showcase the impact of the IITs and its alumni in driving   innovation,   creating   new  enterprises,  and  enabling  social transformation in both India and the US".

Some  of  the  finest  brains including Nobel Laureate Arno Allan Penzias (1978  Nobel  Prize  in  physics), CMU President Jared L. Cohon, McKinsey's Rajat  Gupta,  Keynote CEO Umang Gupta, leading VC Vinod Khosla, Headstrong CEO  Arjun  Malhotra, entrepreneur and philanthropist Kanwal Rekhi, iGATE's Sunil Wadhwani and other luminaries from around the world will look hard at the  future,  explore  the  frontiers  of  new  thought and technology, and identify  the  next big forces and trends that will sweep across the world. In  addition,  the  conference  will  provide an opportunity to discuss the cutting edge technology issues like Clean Technology and Web 2.0.

It's  not  all work though. This three day conference will serve as a forum for  IITians  from all over the world to re-establish old bonds, create new friendships  and network with fellow alumni, faculty, and their families. " Day  2  of  the  conference is focused on alumni interactions. In addition, there  are  batch  reunions  and  fun  events  for  spouses",  says  Sachin Maheshwari, a conference organizer.

"The  2007 conference will build on the very successful IIT 2006 conference in  Mumbai  that  was  inaugurated  by Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam (President of India)"  said  another  organizer,  Ashu  Garg.  Ashu  added,  "The Pan IIT movement  is  rapidly  picking  up  steam.  In  2006, we had conferences in Mumbai,  Singapore  and  Toronto,  and  in  2007, there are regional events planned  in  Paris and Tokyo, in addition to the Global Conference in Santa Clara".

We  have  already seen a large number of registrations from outside the bay area  as  people are looking to make travel plans over the July 4th weekend as  soon  as  possible.  We are encouraging people to register early and to lock  down their travel plans to avoid disappointment. Registration for the conference is open at http://www.iit2007.org.

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