Unleashing AI’s Potential

Nov. 22

10:00 AM

CONRAD BENGALURU

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OVERVIEW

The AI revolution is here, and it's changing everything. From healthcare to finance, education to defence, AI is driving innovation and transforming industries worldwide.

The second edition of the Global AI Conclave is set to be a ground-breaking event, bringing together industry leaders, innovators, and policymakers to discuss the transformative power of AI. This year’s theme will focus on the evolution of AI over the past year, showcasing real-world applications that are reshaping business models and industries.

Join us for thought-provoking discussions, networking opportunities, and inspiring keynotes. Don't miss your chance to be part of the future of AI.

SPEAKERS

Dr M. B. Patil

Minister for Commerce & Industries and Infrastructure-GoK

Rajeev Chandrasekhar

Former Union Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and Jal Shakti

Shri S. Krishnan

Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and IT

Gunjan Krishna

Commissioner for Industrial Development and Director, Department of Industries & Commerce, Government of Karnataka

M.N. Anucheth

IPS, Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic) for Bengaluru

Shri Nand Kumarum

IAS President and CEO,National e-Governance Division, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

Santhosh Viswanathan

Managing Director & Vice President, India Region, Intel

TK Kurien

CEO, Premji Invest

Hemant Taneja

CEO and Managing Director, General Catalyst

Urvish Thakkar

Vice President and General Manager, Global Commercial Strategy, Development and Transformation, Sales and Marketing Group, Intel

Kalika Bali

Senior Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research India

Dr H. Sudarshan Ballal

Chairman, Manipal Hospitals

Rahul Chari

Co-founder & CTO, PhonePe

Kailash Nadh

CTO, Zerodha

Girish Balachandran

Senior Director & Head of Digital Media Business - India / South Asia, Adobe

Manjot Pahwa

Head of early stage technology investments, Premji Invest

Prayank Swaroop

Parter, Accel

Hemant Mohapatra

Partner, Lightspeed India

Shailesh Lakhani

Managing Director, Peak XV Partners

Vivek Raghavan

Co-Founder, Sarvam.AI

Dr Geetha Manjunath

CEO and Founder, Niramai Health Analytix

Saumer Kumar Phukan

Director, Head - Customer & Partner Engineering, Intel India

Subram Natarajan

Director, Customer Engineering, Google Cloud India

Anoop Balakrishnan

Head AI – Product Management, Big Basket

Laina Emmanuel

Co-founder and CEO, BrainSightAI

Ganesh Ramakrishnan

Lead Bharat Gen, Chair Professor, Dept of CSE, IITB, Co-founder bbsAI

Mitesh M. Khapra

Head, AI4Bharat Research Lab, IIT Madras

Manish Gupta

Director, Google Deepmind

Manu Chopra

Founder, Karya

Sudiip K Goswami

Director & GM – Global Alliances, Service Providers & Startups, India, Dell Technologies

Siddharth Mukherjee

General Manager & Global Practice Head : Future of Work and FullStride Cloud Global Business Line, Wipro

Alok Kumar

Vice President Information Technology, Tata Tele Business Services

Harika Dronavalli

Indian chess grandmaster

Professor  Bharadwaj Amrutur

Executive Director of ARTPARK and Professor at IISc

Umakant Soni

Chairman of AI Foundry and Co-founder of ARTPARK

Srinath Narayanan

Grandmaster and India Chess Team Coach

Sameer Pathak

CEO, Tech Mahindra Global Chess League

Khadim Batti

Co-founder & CEO, Whatfix

Arvind Parthiban

CEO & Co-founder, SuperOps AI

Srividhya Srinivasan

Co-founder, Amagi

Aakrit Vaish

Advisor, IndiaAI Mission

Ashish Ipe Koshy

Chief Operating Officer, Inception

Prachura PP

Founder of Prachura Group and Former International Chess Player

Sasank Chilamkurthy

Founder & CEO, Von Neumann AI

WHY GLOBAL AI

THE DEFINING THEMES

Unleashing AI for Impactful Innovation: Explore how businesses can move beyond the hype to harness AI for sustainable growth and market leadership.

Fortifying Digital Boundaries with AI: Discover strategies to use AI for cyber resilience while staying ahead of evolving AI-driven threats.

Monetising the AI Edge: Explore innovative business models to unlock the full economic potential of generative AI.

Collaborative AI for Digital Sovereignty: Foster alliances that empower nations to secure digital futures and maintain technological independence.

What an entry to the Global AI conclave will guarantee

A Global Convergence to Unleash AI’s Potential. Be a part of it—Book your tickets now!

AI isn’t just a trend—it’s transforming everything:

AI is reshaping industries across sectors

AI is redefining business models and disrupting legacy systems

AI is changing creativity

AI is revolutionising transactions, making them smarter and faster

AI is rewriting the rules of digital identity and privacy

AI is inevitable. Are you ready?

Only those who embrace and channel AI's potential will thrive

Join us in driving the future of AI.

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SESSION

01

09:45
REGISTRATION

Regisration & Networking

SESSION

02

10:30
WELCOME NOTE

By Moneycontrol’s Managing Editor Nalin Mehta

SESSION

03

10:35
OPENING KEYNOTE

AI for an Amazing India

By Santhosh Viswanathan, VP and MD-India region, Intel

SESSION

04

10:50
FIRESIDE CHAT

Reimaging Governence with AI

Reimaging Governence with AI

  • Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Former Union Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and Jal Shakti
SESSION

05

11:15
FIRESIDE CHAT

View from Silicon Valley

Decoding the AI Gold rush

  • Hemant Taneja, CEO & Managing Director, General Catalyst
SESSION

06

11:40
FIRESIDE CHAT

View from UAE

Building an AI supercomputer and Jais, the first open - source Arabic language model: What next for G42

  • Ashish Ipe Koshy, Chief Operating Officer, Inception
SESSION

07

12:00
ASK ME ANYTHING

India’s AI promise: What are Indian VCs investing in?

India’s AI promise: What are Indian VCs investing in? AMA

  • Prayank Swaroop, Accel
  • Manjot Pahwa, Premji Invest
  • Hemant Mohapatra, Lightspeed India
  • Shailesh Lakhani, Managing Director, Peak XV Partners
SESSION

08

12:30
Panel Discussion

Inclusive AI: Bringing Best-in-Class AI to every Indian citizen

Inclusive AI: Bringing Best-in-Class AI to every Indian citizen

  • Saumer Kumar Phukan, Director, Head - Customer & Partner Engineering, Intel India
  • Subram Natrajan, Director, Customer Engineering, Google Cloud India
  • Anoop Balakrishnan Head AI – Product Management, Big Basket
SESSION

09

13:00
LUNCH & NETWORKING

SESSION

10

14:00
FIRESIDE CHAT

View from India

Inside the India AI mission

  • Shri S. Krishnan, Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and IT
SESSION

11

14:20
PANEL DISCUSSION

When Mind Meets Machine: AI, HI, and the Future of Chess

When Mind Meets Machine: AI, HI, and the Future of Chess

  • Harika Dronavalli, Indian Chess Grandmaster
  • Prachura PP, Founder of Prachura Group and Former International Chess Player
  • Srinath Narayanan, Grandmaster and India Chess Team Coach
  • Sameer Pathak, CEO, Tech Mahindra Global Chess League
SESSION

12

14:40
FIRESIDE CHAT

Digital transformation in the Era of Gen AI

  • Girish Balachandran, Senior Director & Head of Digital Media Business , India / South Asia, Adobe
SESSION

13

15:00
PANEL DISCUSSION

Can AI reshape healthcare and diagnosis

Can AI reshape healthcare and diagnosis

  • Dr H. Sudarshan Ballal, Chairman, Manipal Hospitals
  • Dr Geetha Manjunath, CEO and Founder, Niramai Health Analytix
  • Laina Immanuel, Co-founder & CEO, BrainSightAI
SESSION

14

15:20
PANEL DISCUSSION

Managing Modern Workplace with One-to-One AI

Managing Modern Workplace with One-to-One AI

  • Urvish Thakkar, Vice President and General Manager, Global Commercial Strategy, Development and Transformation, Sales and Marketing Group, Intel
  • Sudiip K. Goswami, Director & GM – Global Alliances, Service Providers & Startups, India, Dell Technologies
  • Siddharth Mukherjee, General Manager & Global Practice Head : Future of Work and FullStride Cloud Global Business Line, Wipro
  • Alok Kumar, Vice President Information Technology, Tata Tele Business Services
SESSION

15

15:45
PANEL DISCUSSION

Indic LLMs: The brains building AI for over a billion Indians

Indic LLMs: The brains building AI for over a billion Indians

  • Vivek Raghavan, co-founder, Sarvam AI
  • Ganesh Ramakrishnan, Lead Bharat Gen, Chair Professor, Dept of CSE, IITB, Co-founder bbsAI
  • Mitesh Khapra, Head of AI4Bharat Research Lab, IIT Madras
SESSION

16

16:05
PANEL DISCUSSION

Fintech & AI: Can AI disrupt financial services?

Fintech & AI: Can AI disrupt financial services?

  • Rahul Chari, co-founder and CTO, PhonePe
  • Kailash Nadh, CTO, Zerodha
SESSION

17

16:30
FIRESIDE CHAT

From India to the world: How Premji Invest built a world-beating global AI portfolio from Bengaluru

From India to the world: How Premji Invest built a world-beating global AI portfolio from Bengaluru

  • TK Kurien, Chief Executive Officer , Premji Invest
SESSION

18

17:00
PANEL DISCUSSION

AI for All: Building a Future where AI benefits everyone

AI for All: Building a Future where AI benefits everyone

  • Manish Gupta, Director, Google Deepmind
  • Kalika Bali, Senior Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research India
  • Shri Nand Kumarum, President and CEO,National e-Governance Division, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
  • Manu Chopra, Founder, Karya
SESSION

19

17:25
PANEL DISCUSSION

Inside IISc’s ARTGarage

How Indian startups are building robotics and autonomous systems for a range of industries

  • Professor  Bharadwaj Amrutur, Executive Director of ARTPARK and Professor at IISc
  • Umakant Soni, Chairman of AI Foundry and Co-founder of ARTPARK
SESSION

20

17:45
LIGHTNING DEMO

LIGHTNING DEMO: JOHNAIC, an economical alternative to cloud

LIGHTNING DEMO: JOHNAIC, an economical alternative to cloud

  • Sasank Chilamkurthy, Founder & CEO, Von Neumann AI
SESSION

21

17:55
PANEL DISCUSSION

RIP SaaS? Decoding the impact of AI on software as a service

RIP SaaS? Decoding the impact of AI on software as a service

  • Khadim Batti, Co-founder & CEO, Whatfix
  • Arvind Parthiban, CEO & Co-founder, SuperOps AI
  • Srividhya Srinivasan, Co-founder, Amagi
  • Aakrit Vaish, Advisor, IndiaAI Mission
SESSION

22

18:15
FIRESIDE CHAT

Can AI solve the traffic woes of India’s tech capital?

Can AI solve the traffic woes of India’s tech capital?

  • M.N. Anucheth, IPS, Joint Commissioner of Police (Bengaluru Traffic)
SESSION

23

18:40
SPECIAL ADDRESS

Karnataka’s Path to Becoming India’s AI Powerhouse: What does it take?

Karnataka’s Path to Becoming India’s AI Powerhouse: What does it take?

  • Dr M. B. Patil, Minister for Commerce & Industries and Infrastructure-GoK
  • Gunjan Krishna, Commissioner for Industrial Development and Director, Department of Industries & Commerce, Government of Karnataka
SESSION

24

19:15
NETWORKING AND DINNER

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FAQ’s

This year’s conclave will explore how AI is making a real difference across sectors like healthcare, finance, education, defence, and governance. It will explore monetising AI, ensuring cybersecurity, and building responsible governance frameworks. The event brings together innovators, policymakers, and investors to unlock AI’s potential while ensuring security, sovereignty, and sustainable growth.
The conclave will be held on 22nd November 2024 at CONRAD, Bengaluru.
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