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Starting 14th - 21st July 2021
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Event Agenda
14th, July 2021 (DAY 1)
Topic - Hey Robot
Wednesday
5:00 - 6:00 pm IST
Panel Discussion
Summary
Human-machine interaction - how it started and what we can experience in the near future
Panelists
Dr. Bharadwaj Amrutur - Professor, IISc
Balaji Vishwanathan - CEO Invento Robotics
Kalika Bali - Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research India
Ashwin Jaishanker - Co-Founder & CEO, AutoVRse
Anirud Thyagharajan - Research Scientist at Intel Labs
Vasu (Moderator) - CMO, Lumos Labs
Topic - Security in Public Blockchains
Wednesday
7:00 - 8:00 pm IST
Panel Discussion
Summary
Exploring user protection & AML, terror finance prevention, regulatory compliance
in public blockchainsExploring user protection & AML, terror finance prevention, regulatory compliance in public blockchains
Panelists
Sandeep Shukla - Professor at IIT Kanpur
Om Malviya - President, Tezos India
Arjun Kalsy - VP Growth, Polygon
Ganesha Upadhyaya - Senior Engineer & Researcher for Interoperability, Harmony One
Dharmen Dhulla (moderator) - Global tech lead, blockchain unit, Tech Mahindra
Topic - Smart Cities; Behind the Scene
Wednesday
6:00 - 7:00 pm IST
Panel Discussion
Summary
Exploring the role of developers, startups & innovators in building next gen smart cities in India
Panelists
Matthew Fontana - Head of Ecosystem, Streamr
Rama Iyer - Head - Innovation, GMR Group
Thiruvenkateswaran Ramachandran - Head of Digital and IoT - India, Planet Smart City
Dr. Manoj Kumar - Assistant Professor, UPES
Mohak Bhambry - Co-Founder & CEO, Smart Cities Wheel
Revathy Ashok (Moderator) - CEO, B.PAC
15th, July 2021 (DAY 2)
Topic - Making India Self Reliant on Electronics
Thursday
5:00 - 6:00 pm IST
Panel Discussion
Summary
What it takes to make India self reliant with its electronic requirements
Panelists
G.S. Madhusudhan - CEO, Incore Semiconductor
Ravi Subramanian - Partner at ekLakshya Innovation Labs
Ramanan Ramanathan - Senior Vice President, TCS
Madhura Purnaprajna - Professor, PES University
Rahul Chopra (moderator) - Editorial Director, (Electronics For You) EFY
Topic - Towards a Secure Defi
Thursday
6:00 - 7:00 pm IST
Panel Discussion
Summary
To make Defi the future with widespread adoption, what are steps needed to make it robust from regulatory, tech, solutions providers & users perspective
Panelists
Sreeram Kannan - Assistant Professor at University of Washington, Seattle
Sunny Jain - CEO, Krystal
Rachid Ajaja - CEO, AllianceBlock
Teddy Woodward - CEO, Notional Finance
Chandresh Aharwar - CEO, UniLend
Vishal Chawla (moderator) - Journalist, CryptoBriefing
Topic - Women in Tech. Code, Lead, Inspire
Thursday
7:00 - 8:00 pm IST
Fireside Chat
Summary
A womans jouney and perspective into Technology. What motives them to Code lead and inspire.
Panelists
Fereshteh Forough - CEO at Code to Inspire
Gnana Lakshmi T C - Product Manager, Emerging Technologies
16th, July 2021 (DAY 3)
TEZ DAY (Tezos Super Meetup)
Friday
5:00 - 5:05 pm IST
5:05 - 5:15 pm IST
Welcome Note
Katherine NG - Head of TZ APAC Marketing and Operations
Brief on Initiatives by Tezos India
Om Malviya - President Tezos India
Topic - Adoption of Blockchain in Manufacturing Sector
Friday
5:15 - 5:45 pm IST
Panel Discussion
Summary
To understand what it takes for blockchain technology to be adopted in discrete manufacturing, and explore real world blockchain use cases in this sector.
Panelists
Sunil Sanjeev - Senior Program Manager, Microsoft
Rajesh Duddhu - VP & Practice Leader - Blockchain & Cybersecurity, Tech Mahindra
Om Malviya - President Tezos India
Praphul Chandra - CEO, KoineArth
Raghu Mohan (Moderator) - CEO and Co-Founder, Lumos Labs
Topic - Tezos Project Showcase
Friday
5:45 - 6:45 pm IST
Startup Demo
Summary
5 Different projects from different geographies to present their demos and bring out how the Integration with Tezos helped.
Projects
Sandeep Sanghli - Co-Founder, KalaMint
Dorian Johannink - Co-Founder & Business Director, Sylo
Philipp Seifert - Marketing & Business Development Lead at imToken
Adam Cowherd - Founder, AmplifyX
Tam Nguyen - Operations Manager, ShuttleOne
Topic - Demystifying NFTs
Friday
6:45 - 7:15 pm IST
Panel Discussion
7:15 - 7:30 pm IST
Summary
Understanding the rise and relevence of NFTs in recent time and exploring it's usecases in different industries
Panelists
Gary Bracey - CEO, Terra Virtua
Luke Stokes - Managing Director at FIO
Ishita Srivastava - Research Associate, Woodstock
Ruanth Chrisley Thyssen (Moderator) - Creator and Sound designer
Vote of Thanks
Katherine NG - Head of TZ APAC Marketing and Operations
17th, July 2021 (DAY 4)
Topic - Balancing Data Privacy & Security in IoT Solutions
Saturday
4:00 - 5:00 pm IST
Panel Discussion
Summary
With IoT solutions becoming part of our daily lives how to balance data privacy issues & security threats without compromising the user experience from technology perspective
Panelists
Shivesh Ranjan - Distinguished Member Of Technical Staff at Dell EMC
Dilip Krishnaswamy - VP (New Tech R&D) at Reliance Jio Platforms Ltd
Chittaranjan Hota - Professor, BITS Pilani Hyderabad
Dr. A. Nagarathna- Associate Professor at National Law School
Aditi Agrawal (moderator) - Senior Correspondent, Forbes
Saturday
5:00 - 6:00 pm IST
Fireside Chat
Summary
In recent years technical innovations have combined to make artificial limbs much more comfortable, efficient, and lifelike than earlier versions. This discussion will expplore innovative new prostheses that are currently available and discusses future developments.
Panelists
Gururaj Parande - Co-founder & CTO, Magloy Tech
Dr. Srinivasan Rajappa MBBS. MD. - Orthopedician
Token - Incentivization & Community
Monday
6:00 - 7:00 pm IST
Panel Discussion
Summary
How to build an effective token incentivization structure in the evolving blockchain ecosystem. Exploring the ways where incentivization mechanism could be used to build a trusted community of investors & users
Panelists
Tarusha Mittal - Co-founder at OroPocket
Veronica Wong - CEO, Safepal
Shane Hong - Head of marketing,Kyber network
John Devdoss - Head of Development, Neo
Pareen Lathia (Moderator) - AVP Marketing at WazirX
Topic - Buiding Efficient Urban Mobility Dystem in India
Monday
7:00 - 8:00 pm IST
Panel Discussion
Panelists
Firdosh Sheikh - CEO, Drife
Mohan Ramaswamy - Terrago Logistics
Vishal Krishna (Moderator) - Editor, Business, Startup community head at KOO
19th, July 2021 (DAY 5)
Topic - How to Hypothesize well
Monday
5:00 - 6:00 pm IST
Fireside Chat
Summary
Before you can get data to prove your point, you need a point in the first place. How do top researchers and data scientists hypothise well and what are some of the best practices to do this well
Panelists
Anand S - CEO of Gramener
Ganesh Swami - CEO,Covalent
Topic - State of Web3.0 Startup Investments in India
Saturday
6:00 - 7:00 pm IST
Panel Discussion
Summary
Exploring Web 3.0 startup ecosystem in India from tech, talent, investability & market readiness perspectives
Panelists
Pranav Sharma - Founding Partner, Woodstock Fund
Luchang - Founding Partner, Arcanum Capital
Ravinder Singh - Partner, Kalaari Capital
Siddharth Pillai - Head of Partnerships, Fracton Ventures
Ajeet Khurana (moderator) - Serial Entreprenuer / Angel investor
20th, July 2021 (DAY 6)
Topic - Privacy in the realm of ubiquitous AI
Tuesday
5:00 - 6:00 pm IST
Panel Discussion
Summary
With miniaturized smart devices present every where in our daily lives how can user privacy issues be addressed through tech.
Panelists
Divya Gupta - Senior Researcher, Microsoft Research India
Prateek Jain - Sr. Staff Research Scientist, Google AI
Aditi Agrawal (moderator) - Senior Correspondent, Forbes
Tuesday
6:00 - 7:00 pm IST
Panel Discussion
Summary
How can you be invovled with blockchain at a technological, innovation and startup level
Panelists
Muthian Sivathanu - Partner Researcher, Microsoft Research
Ashish Anand - CEO, Whrrl Finance
Smt. Rama Devi - Director - Emerging Technologies | Officer on Special Duty (OSD)
Srivatsa Srinivasarao - TraceX
Naimish Sanghvi (Moderator) - CEO, Coin Crunch India
Tuesday
7:00 - 8:00 pm IST
Panel Discussion
Summary
How to incentivise developers in a web3 world, and how does it differ from Web 2
Panelists
Gabriel Cardona - Developer Evangelist at Ava Labs
Harish Raisinghani - Developer Relations Manager, Covalent
Urban Osvald - Growth Manager,Web3 Foundatio
Shreyas Narayanan Kutty - Head of Guilds, NEAR Protocol
Parth Oberoi - Co-founder, Gitopia
Raullen Chai - CEO, IoTeX
Raghu Mohan [Moderator] - CEO, Lumos Labs
21st, July 2021 (DAY 7)
Topic - State of Crypto Regulations Globally
Wednesday
5:00 - 6:00 pm IST
Panel Discussion
Panelists
Yosef Shaftal - Executive Director,Israeli Blockchain Alliance
Raj Kapoor - CEO,India Blockchain Alliance
Carol Van Cleef - Chair, Blockchain and Digital Assets Practice at Bradley Arant Boult Cummings
Gerard Dache - Executive Director, Global Blockchain Alliance
Kornel KALOCSAI - President, Hungary Blockchain Association
Tanvi Ratna (MODERATOR) - CEO, Policy 4.0
Topic - Moving from traditional banking to Web3.0
Wednesday
6:00 - 7:00 pm IST
Fireside chat
Panelists
Mohit Madan - CEO, Oropocket
Darshan Bhatija - Ceo, Vauld
Aishwarya Jaishankar- Co-Founder at Hyperface Technologies
Topic - State of Crypto in India (Coin Telegraph Report)
Wednesday
7:00 - 8:00 pm IST
Report Launch
Summary
Launch of the report on "The state of Crypto in India", this will be evolved in consultation with various stakeholders including academia, industry, government & startups.
To encourage the emerging tech ecosystem
Wednesday
8:00 - 8:15 pm IST
Closing Note
Initiatives taken by the Govt of Telangana to encourage the emerging tech ecosystem
Mr. Jayesh Ranjan - Secretary, Information Technology (IT); Government of Telangana
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