Melissa McVicker - Intel
Profile:
Melissa McVicker is the Asia Pacific Regional Manager of the Internet and Software Relations Group. She oversees Intel's relationships with the Internet and software community, and manages Intel's alliances with systems integrators, applications developers and e-Business solutions providers. McVicker joined Intel in 1996 as a senior product marketing manager. She has focused on a variety of enterprise marketing & sales activities while at Intel, and prior to her current position in Asia Pacific, she was the Technical Assistant to Senior Vice President and Director of Sales & Marketing, Sean Maloney, at Intel's headquarters in Santa Clara, California. McVicker joined Intel after spending 8 years in the Information technology industry at a variety of companies. From 1994-96, she was a product marketing manager in Silicon Valley at Compaq Computer Corporation and Avance Logic, Inc., as well as Marketing Operations Manager at The Intouch Group in San Francisco. She started her career in 1988 as a Supplier Engineer for the San Diego Printer Division of Hewlett-Packard Corporation. McVicker is a graduate of the University of New Mexico where she earned her B.S. in Electrical Engineering, magna cum laude, in 1988. She completed her MBA at UCLA's Anderson School of Management in 1994

Synopsis:
This presentation will give and overall overview on what’s happening in the Internet world, market place, businesses are transitioning to the web to conduct business , B2B , B2C , also talks about the trends that are shaping up , what does the future hold in this very dynamically changing market place , also focuses on what are the different technologies that have come up to address various constantly changing requirements at the business place, the presentation will also highlight the role of Intel Corporation, the e-business implementation at Intel , the building blocks that are being manufactured and promoted by Intel , finally it will give a very clear insight on what is Intel's mission and end objective, on addressing the Internet economy, the Surge economy

Titoo Ahluwalia - ORG-MARG
Profile:
K. M. S (Titoo) Ahluwalia is Chairman of ORG-MARG, the largest market and social research company in South Asia, with over 1600 employees spread across 115 cities and towns of India and over 400 employees in Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka.

Titoo Ahluwalia graduated in History from Delhi University and then obtained a post-graduate Diploma in Management Sciences in Britain. He holds the unique distinction of having headed the three largest market research companies in India - IMRB, of which he became Chief Executive at the age of 30; then MARG, which he set up in 1983, and subsequently ORG, which merged with MARG in 1996.

He was India's first National Representative to ESOMAR, the world body representing the market research and opinion polling professions

Jerry Rao - Mphasis-BFL
Profile:
Jerry Rao was named the Chairman of Mphasis-BFL on 01 April 2000. Prior to being named the Chairman of Mphasis - BFL, he has held several positions in Citicorp. In a career spanning over 20 years, Jerry served in various capacities in Asia, Middle East, Europe, South America and North America, including Head of Development Division of Citicorp based out of California. In addition to being Chairman and CEO of Transaction Technologies International, earlier positions included Country Manager and Divisional Manager for Consumer Banking in India, the Middle East, Europe and the United Kingdom

Venkat Subbarao - Computer Associates
Profile:
Venkat Subbarao is Computer Associates’ Senior Vice President responsible for CA’s operations in South and Southeast Asia. Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE: CA), the world's leading business software company, delivers the end-to-end infrastructure to enable eBusiness through innovative technology, services and education. CA has 18,000 employees worldwide and had revenue of $6.3 billion for the year ended December 31, 1999.

Mr. Subbarao has been with Computer Associates for the last 12 years, and has played a key role in a spectrum of strategic initiatives, including product management, sales, marketing and operations. His foray into internet-enabled services started in 1995, when he was made responsible for the cable internet business in Long Island, NY. He was then named as the Vice President & General Manager of CA’s internet business unit.

Ranjit Limaye - IBM India Ltd.
Profile:
Mr. Ranjit Limaye is the Managing Director & CEO of IBM India Limited. IBM India Limited markets the entire range of IBM products, solutions and services in the country. IBM Global Services India concentrates on executing IT services that include networking services, strategic outsourcing, education, system integration, consulting, software development & hardware design.

Mr. Limaye has been with IBM for 22 years and has worked in various IBM functions including Sales, Marketing, Finance & Planning, Education and General Management. Prior to his current assignment he was General Manager, Personal Systems Group, IBM Australia/New Zealand, based in Sydney. Mr.Limaye joined IBM in January 1970 and worked in India for eight years, prior to leaving for an overseas career with IBM in Australia. He is a Graduate in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pune, India.

J Rajagopal - KPMG
Profile:
MMr. Rajagopal has been appointed Managing Director of KPMG’s management consultancy division in July 1998. He is responsible for consolidating KPMG’s growing consulting practice in India.

Prior to joining KPMG, Mr. Rajagopal was Managing Director of Coopers & Lybrand Private Limited where he successfully built the firm’s practice in India. In his career span of over 15 years, he has advised over 200 corporates, both multinationals and large Indian business houses. He has traveled extensively in North America, Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand and has spoken extensively on the subject of “Doing Business in India”.An MBA from the United States and a Chartered Management Accountant from the U.K., Mr. Rajagopal is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary. He has also completed his Advanced Management Programme from the Harvard Business School.

Synopsis:
The collision of the world’s two fastest growing industries-Internet and Mobile communications- is creating an environment of Massive change. Over the next few years the vast majority of Europeans and soon the rest of world will be using mobile communications as part of their everyday lives; for communicating with others; for accessing inter and intranets; for leisure and for information. Over the next few years, there will be more wireless connections to Internet than fixed, and the majority of e-commerce transactions will terminate or originate on a wireless device. Tomorrow 2.5 & 3G technologies will enable the mobile user to access the same spectrum of services as a fixed lines user and in addition a host of location based and mobile specific services changing the role of a mobile phone to that of a unique “Personal Identifier and Assistant”.

Pramod Saxena - Motorola NSS India
Profile:
Mr. Pramod Saxena is the General Manager and Executive Director of the South Asia Network Solutions Division, Motorola India Limited. This division is responsible for manufacturing, selling and integrating Motorola's wireless (GSM cellular and CDMA) infrastructure. Pramod has been with Motorola for the past 3 years.

A Chemical Engineer from Roorkee University, Pramod worked in various capacities spanning over 23 years and was largely associated with Essar and the DCM Group. His rich and varied experience spans Telecom, Steel, Petro Chemicals & Fertilizer industries where he had responsibility for acquisitions and mergers, setting up green field projects, joint ventures and running business operations.

Dhruv Nath - NIIT
Profile:
Dr. Dhruv Nath heads the IT Consulting Division at NIIT Ltd., India's premier IT services company. Born in 1955, Dr. Nath had a distinguished academic record. He topped the All India Higher Secondary Exam in Physics and followed through with a first class degree in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. He capped his education with a Doctorate in Computer Science for his work on state-of-the-art VLSI networks and algorithms. He worked at IIT before joining NIIT in 1982.

He established and headed the National Institute of Sales (NIS) in 1991, the first institute of its kind in the world which conducts specialised programmes in sales and provides a qualification for Sales Professionals. Subsequently in 1995, he created and headed the LEDA project, which addresses all Learning needs of the entire family through the use of Multi Media Technology. Before taking up the current assignment, Dr Nath headed the Internet Commerce Group at NIIT. He is also a visiting faculty in the Computer Science Department at IIT Delhi.

Synopsis:
In today's business environment, there are a host of organisations that are going the eCommerce route. Unfortunately, 9 out of 10 have either already failed or are likely to fail. And the key reason for failure has to do with business rather than technical reasons. Most organisations getting into the arena of eCommerce do not have a clearly thought out Strategy. They do not have a business plan and are not clear how one needs to be constructed. Revenue Models are at best "Wish - Lists". This session covers the need for a comprehensive eStrategy focuses on how an Organisation can go about creating such a Strategy for eCommerce.

Partha Iyengar - Gartner Group
Profile:
Mr. Iyengar 38, Country Manager (India) for the Gartner Group. Has been instrumental in establishing Gartner’s operations in India.

Prior to this, Mr. Iyengar was Director of Applications Development within Gartner Group’s internal IT organization at Gartner Group HQ in Stamford, CT. While in the United States, Mr. Iyengar held a number of technical and managerial posts at major corporations including James River Corporation, UNC Aerospace and the Gartner Group. Since his return to India in 1996, Mr. Iyengar has been a frequent speaker at various industry and academic forums, where he has contributed by sharing his knowledge and experience on various topics across the entire spectrum of IT. His research interests in IT cover Enterprise Applications, IT in government, Return on IT and Advanced Technology trends. Mr. Partha Iyengar holds a B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from the College of Engineering, Pune, where he was adjudged the “Best Outgoing Student”. He has also completed his M.S. and M.B.A. (MIS) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in New York.

Anand Sudarshan - Planetasia.com Ltd.
Profile:
Anand Sudarshan is the President of Planetasia.com Limited since May 1999. A founder member of the Microland Group, Anand has, over the last 10 years, been an integral part of the team that has been responsible for building the Microland Group.

A leading speaker on the Internet and e-Commerce in India, Anand has spoken in several major industry events including the Intel Developer Forum 2000 at Palm Springs, USA, and as a keynote speaker at India Internet World, India’s largest Internet Exhibition. Anand has over 16 years of experience in the field of Information Technology. Prior to Microland, he was with Computer Point India Ltd., India’s first national computer retail chain as Head, National Franchise Business. Anand has a post graduate degree in Management from Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta and a degree in Electronics & Communications Engineering from Regional Engineering College, Tiruchirapalli.

Shailesh Haribhakti - Haribhakti & Co.
Profile:
Deputy managing partner in Messrs Haribhakti & Co., Chartered Accountants since 1978. He has led the practice into becoming fully Information technology enabled. He specialises in risk management with a special emphasis on change facilitation. Special products innovated include - IT enabled convergent auditing, financial, operational and management audit, e-taxation, mergers and acquisitions, and support and implementation of good corporate governance.

He has worked as a consultant with small and medium enterprises in Poland in the year 1993-94. He has visited as Faculty for Management Accounting, Indian Institute of Management - Ahmedabad in the years 1981-83.

Synopsis:
It explains the utilization of PKI technology in enabling the e-commerce revolution and the need for PKI in India. It also states how it will be beneficial to the enterprises from diverse fields like capital markets, banking, insurance, etc playing the role of Commercial Certification Authorities and Enterprise Certification Authorities. The focus is on making all the electronic transactions secure with respect to integrity, confidentiality, non repudiation and authentication. It also focuses on how cross certification will benefit the various industries.

Bhaskar Menon - Mphasis - BFL
Profile:
An assertive, strategic, result oriented business professional with extensive experience in diverse businesses, functions and geographies in areas of International Banking, Investments, Product Development and Electronic Distribution & Delivery of Financial Services. Expertise and experience in building and managing businesses with profit center responsibilities, from sound strategy to successful and profitable execution within tight time lines.

Professional Experience: Company: Citibank - Citigroup/E-Citi & Global Consumer Internet Business, Singapore Position: Head of International Period: November 1999 - Present

Job Content: Responsible for helping Citigroup’s Consumer and Corporate businesses develop and implement their Internet strategies and to deliver Internet and E-Commerce capabilities; including promoting Internet banking, Internet brokerage, Internet Card, e-wallet, portals, e-mail broadcast capabilities, etc. In this position represent E-Citi and CIB internationally to Citigroup’s franchises in Asia Pacific, EMEA and Latin America.

Srinivas Polisetti - Mahadev.com
Synopsis:
The keynote will cover the dynamics involved in eBusiness implementation and why a Integrated approach is necessary for success of any eBusiness Project. The bottlenecks involved when one does not take a Integrated development approach. The speaker will share insights from a development and implementation point of view to develop a high impact, rapidly implementable eBusiness Site. The speech will cover the need for speed and precision in developing a ebusiness Product. The speaker will help technology experts and business men understand the mantra for choosing the right technology and the right insight for ebusiness Ventures.

Aamod Wagh - LGCommerzNow
Profile:
Aamod Wagh is the President & CEO of LG Commerznow - a part of the $80 Billion LG Group - which has been established to focus on provisioning of world class eBusiness solutions for Indian clients. Aamod holds a degree in Physics & Computer Science and has been involved in the IT solutions industry in Indian and International markets for the past 18 years. He has spent the past 4 years in the eBusiness arena and brings forward his experience in implementing complex eBusiness projects for some of the largest corporations in the USA

Synopsis:
Quick start strategies to transition enterprises seamlessly & cost effectively to e-Business

The immediate thoughts that come to mind when one hears about eBusiness are - high technology, extensive investments in hardware, software, skilled technical resources to put the solution together, building gateways with banks, technology obsolescence risks, minimum timeframes of atleast 6 months for the solution to be implemented and the list goes on.

LGCN attempts to change the above by bringing to the fore the Commerce Service Provider (CSP) model a suitable alternative which - for the customers - ensures, almost no investments, very quick turnaround time for implementation, ready access to world class infrastructure as against buying your own, secure internet payment systems and a clear vision about what eBusiness should mean to an organisation. LGCN's mission also includes evolving a seamless transition strategy for its customers for them to move painlessly into the realms of eBusiness

Aamod Wagh - LGCommerzNow
Profile:
Bhaskar Bose is heading the Talisma Professional Services initiative for Talisma Corporation in the Asia Pacific region as Director - Talisma Professional Services. Bhaskar is responsible for adoption, implementation and assimilation of Talisma products in the Asia Pacific region. His responsibilities also include development of strategic connector products, which seamlessly integrate the Talisma Enterprise eCRM software with complementary e-business applications which enterprises may also choose to deploy. The charter of Talisma Professional Services is to help clients implement world class e-CRM strategies, systems and processes.

Prior to this appointment, Bhaskar worked at Oracle Software India Limited as Business Development Manager for e-Business Applications. He was also responsible for identifying partners for Oracle Applications and for ensuring their growth in the applications market. Bhaskar’s IT industry experience spans 13 years including a 10 year tenure at Digital Equipment (India) Ltd, where he was responsible for Consulting and System Integration business in Manufacturing Industries. Bhaskar is a Bachelor in Engineering (Computer Science) from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra.

Synopsis:
Last year, customer interaction via telephone declined for the first time in history. Customer service centers no longer just mean telephone-based call centers; they’re becoming customer interaction centers where Web, e-mail, fax, two-way pager, video conferencing, and Internet chat all come together, allowing customers to move fluidly among communication channels and service agents to have one single view of the customer relationship history. From your company’s perspective, it means you will have more ways to reach your customers, more ways to turn your assets into revenue streams, and more ways to conduct business.

With the emergence of the “e-Customer,” prompt and accurate e-service in Internet time is the area where e-businesses will compete to gain competitive advantage. The e-customer will reach you on his own terms - when he wants to; where he wants to. As the Web erodes the geographical distance between your e-customer and your organisation, and the competition waits only a mouse click away, do you have an e-service strategy in place yet?

Ambarish Dasgupta - PWC
Profile:
Mr. Dasgupta has around 12 years of experience in IT Consulting and over 7 years of experience in Project Management. He has successfully led both Custom Software development and ERP implementation projects in India. In addition, he has handled major domestic and offshore development projects both in public and private sectors.

Currently, Mr. Dasgupta is an Executive Director at PricewaterhouseCoopers Limited, one of the big Five Consulting firms. He is in-charge of the E-Business SBU in PwC’s Management Consulting Services division and is also looking after Consumer & Industrial Products sector within the SAP SBU. He is responsible for spearheading PwC India’s activities in the E-Business application space. Presently, his clientele include L&T, ITC, Pepsi, Goodyear, Grasim, HPL, BOC, Alstom, among others. Mr. Dasgupta is also a part of the PwC Global Leadership team responsible for IT initiatives in Supply Chain Management. He is a certified SAP SD consultant.
Mr. Dasgupta is the partner-in-charge for CommerceOne practice in India.
Mr. Dasgupta did his graduation and Post Graduation in Electrical Engineering in Jadavpur University and started his career in CMC Limited, the largest public sector in IT.

Synopsis:
The topic will involve the various types of emarkets - buyer driven, seller driven or neutral meta market creator. It will cover the characteristics of the different market places and what are the success factors of such. It will also explore the possible buying/procurement benefit obtained from a buyer perspective and how a Full value Procurement methodology could be integrated with the implementation an e-procurement the methodology , risks and challenges of an e-market will also be covered. It will explore the technologies associated with e-markets and what are the comparative strengths and limitations of the various products available today.

Sudhakar Ram - Mastek Ltd
Profile:
A Founder-Director of Mastek, Sudhakar Ram is responsible for the India and Asia-Pacific operations, software processes, HR and Finance. Committed to breakthrough ideas and innovations, Sudhakar has handled the R & D Center leading the efforts on products like ERP, EIS, Securities Back-Office, Object Oriented Case Tools and the like. Currently, he is leading the CMM initiative and Process Automation efforts. A silver medallist from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, Sudhakar was the CIO for an Advertising Agency, before joining Mastek.

Synopsis:
The current b2b portals do not at times capture or create self sustaining values for the portals in business world. The new paradigm of B2B2B creates an ideal atmosphere for realizing the hidden intrinsic values in the business networks. He can use a case study example to illustrate this.