Agenda

The Times Group presents ET Now Global Business Summit 2024

François Ortalo-Magné, Dean and CEO, London Business School
Anita Williams Woolley, Associate Dean, Research; Professor of Organizational Behavior and Theory; Tepper School of Business

Moderator: Ankush Wadhera, Managing Director & Partner, BCG

  • Ben Driggs, President & CEO, Global High Growth Regions, Honeywell
  • Bob Moritz, Global Chairman, PwC
  • Hans-Paul Bürkner, Global Chair Emeritus, BCG
  • Jean-Pascal Tricoire, Chairman & CEO, Schneider Electric
  • Jonathan Yap, CEO (Lifted Funds), CapitaLand Investment
  • Suneeta Reddy, Managing Director, Apollo Hospitals Group

Moderator: Ajit Ranade, Economist, Political Analyst & Vice Chancellor of Gokhale Institute of Politics

  • Ben Driggs, President & CEO, Global High Growth Regions, Honeywell
  • Bob Moritz, Global Chairman, PwC
  • Hans-Paul Bürkner, Global Chair Emeritus, BCG
  • Jean-Pascal Tricoire, Chairman & CEO, Schneider Electric
  • Jonathan Yap, CEO (Lifted Funds), CapitaLand Investment
  • Suneeta Reddy, Managing Director, Apollo Hospitals Group

Moderator: Ajit Ranade, Economist, Political Analyst & Vice Chancellor of Gokhale Institute of Politics

  • Ben Driggs, President & CEO, Global High Growth Regions, Honeywell
  • Bob Moritz, Global Chairman, PwC
  • Hans-Paul Bürkner, Global Chair Emeritus, BCG
  • Jean-Pascal Tricoire, Chairman & CEO, Schneider Electric
  • Jonathan Yap, CEO (Lifted Funds), CapitaLand Investment
  • Suneeta Reddy, Managing Director, Apollo Hospitals Group

Moderator: Ajit Ranade, Economist, Political Analyst & Vice Chancellor of Gokhale Institute of Politics

  • Ben Driggs, President & CEO, Global High Growth Regions, Honeywell
  • Bob Moritz, Global Chairman, PwC
  • Hans-Paul Bürkner, Global Chair Emeritus, BCG
  • Jean-Pascal Tricoire, Chairman & CEO, Schneider Electric
  • Jonathan Yap, CEO (Lifted Funds), CapitaLand Investment
  • Suneeta Reddy, Managing Director, Apollo Hospitals Group

Moderator: Ajit Ranade, Economist, Political Analyst & Vice Chancellor of Gokhale Institute of Politics

François Ortalo-Magné, Dean and CEO, London Business School
Anita Williams Woolley, Associate Dean, Research; Professor of Organizational Behavior and Theory; Tepper School of Business

Moderator: Ankush Wadhera, Managing Director & Partner, BCG

  • Ben Driggs, President & CEO, Global High Growth Regions, Honeywell
  • Bob Moritz, Global Chairman, PwC
  • Hans-Paul Bürkner, Global Chair Emeritus, BCG
  • Jean-Pascal Tricoire, Chairman & CEO, Schneider Electric
  • Jonathan Yap, CEO (Lifted Funds), CapitaLand Investment
  • Suneeta Reddy, Managing Director, Apollo Hospitals Group

Moderator: Ajit Ranade, Economist, Political Analyst & Vice Chancellor of Gokhale Institute of Politics

  • Ben Driggs, President & CEO, Global High Growth Regions, Honeywell
  • Bob Moritz, Global Chairman, PwC
  • Hans-Paul Bürkner, Global Chair Emeritus, BCG
  • Jean-Pascal Tricoire, Chairman & CEO, Schneider Electric
  • Jonathan Yap, CEO (Lifted Funds), CapitaLand Investment
  • Suneeta Reddy, Managing Director, Apollo Hospitals Group

Moderator: Ajit Ranade, Economist, Political Analyst & Vice Chancellor of Gokhale Institute of Politics

  • Ben Driggs, President & CEO, Global High Growth Regions, Honeywell
  • Bob Moritz, Global Chairman, PwC
  • Hans-Paul Bürkner, Global Chair Emeritus, BCG
  • Jean-Pascal Tricoire, Chairman & CEO, Schneider Electric
  • Jonathan Yap, CEO (Lifted Funds), CapitaLand Investment
  • Suneeta Reddy, Managing Director, Apollo Hospitals Group

Moderator: Ajit Ranade, Economist, Political Analyst & Vice Chancellor of Gokhale Institute of Politics

  • Ben Driggs, President & CEO, Global High Growth Regions, Honeywell
  • Bob Moritz, Global Chairman, PwC
  • Hans-Paul Bürkner, Global Chair Emeritus, BCG
  • Jean-Pascal Tricoire, Chairman & CEO, Schneider Electric
  • Jonathan Yap, CEO (Lifted Funds), CapitaLand Investment
  • Suneeta Reddy, Managing Director, Apollo Hospitals Group

Moderator: Ajit Ranade, Economist, Political Analyst & Vice Chancellor of Gokhale Institute of Politics

09:00 – 10:00

Registrations & Networking

10:00 – 10:05

Opening Remarks

10:05 - 10:30

Wealth of Wellbeing

Sadhguru, Yogi Mystic Visionary

10:30 - 10:45

Crisis to Creation – Navigating a Disruptive World

Jenny Johnson, President and Chief Executive Officer, Franklin Templeton in conversation with Ajaya Sharma, Senior Editor, ET Now

10:45 - 11:00

Digital Identity, Privacy and Our Shrinking World

Nami Zarringhalam, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, Truecaller

11:00 - 11:15

Age of Disruption: Power Shifts in a Multi-polar World

Walter Russell Mead, Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship, Hudson Institute

11:15 - 11:30

Mind, Machine, Mankind: AI and Us

Jason Kwon, Chief Strategy Officer, OpenAI

11:30 - 11:45

Sustain-O-Vation: Transformation, Transition, Transaction

Sanjiv Puri, Chairman & Managing Director, ITC in conversation with Nikunj Dalmia, Managing Editor, ET Now & ET Now Swadesh, Times Network

11:45 - 12:05

Masterclass: Venture Capitalist Perspective on AI and Fintech

Spiros Margaris, Venture Capitalist, Margaris Ventures

12:05 - 12:20

AI and Us: Crafting Tomorrow Today

David Hanson, CEO, Hanson Robotics

12:20 - 12:35

Unlocking Growth through Foreign Investment

Lord Gerry Grimstone, Chairman, Gemcorp Capital Management & former U.K. Minister for Investment
Moderator: TBA

12:35 – 13:00

Navigating AI Revolution: People and Machines as Collaborators and not Competitors
Michael Spence, Nobel Prize in Economics, 2001 and Professor and Dean Emeritus Stanford University
David Hanson, CEO, Hanson Robotics
Marc Effron, Founder & President, The Talent Strategy Group
Moderator: CP Gurnani, Former CEO & Managing Director, Tech Mahindra

13:00 - 14:00

Networking Luncheon

GBX

14:00 - 14:15

Humanity in Crisis: Navigating Challenges of A Fractured World

Safi Rauf, Afghan-American Humanitarian and Navy reservist

14:15 - 14:30

Myths, Mobility and the Metropolis

JoeBen Bevirt, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Joby Aviation

14:30 - 15:00

The Future of Mobility: Travelling in a Connected World

Andrés de León, Chief Executive Officer, Hyperloop TT
JoeBen Bevirt, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Joby Aviation
TBA
Moderator: Anmol Jaggi, Co-Founder & CEO, Matrix Gas and BluSmart

15:00 - 15:15

The Skill Symphony: Talent, Knowledge, Profit

Marc Effron, Founder & President, The Talent Strategy Group

15:00 - 15:15

The Skill Symphony: Talent, Knowledge, Profit

Marc Effron, Founder & President, The Talent Strategy Group

15:30 - 16:00

Power Shifts to Profits: The Age of Meritocracy

Hina Nagarajan, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Diageo India (USL)
Lingraju Sawkar, President, Kyndryl India
Lingraju Sawkar, President, Kyndryl India
Tapan Singhel, Chief Executive Officer, Bajaj Allianz General Insurance
TBA
Moderator: TBA

16:00 - 16:15

TBA

Raghu Sundaram, Dean, NYU Stern School of Business

16:15 - 16:30

Networking Tea Break

16:30 - 16:40

Plan to Fix a Fractured World

Michael Spence, Nobel Prize in Economics, 2001 and Professor and Dean Emeritus Stanford University in conversation with Abheek Barua, Chief Economist and Executive Vice President, HDFC Bank

16:40 - 17:00

Continental Drift: Navigating the Trade Waves

Roberto Azvedo, Former Director General, World Trade Organization
Velina Tchakarova, Geopolitical Strategist, Founder – FACE For A Conscious Experience
Robert Johnson, President, Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET)
Moderator: Ajaya Sharma, Senior Editor, ET Now

17:00 - 17:20

Special Address: Ascendent India: Power, Progress and Promise

Anurag Thakur, Minister for Information & Broadcasting and Youth Affairs & Sports, Government of India

17:20 - 18:00

The Brave New World: Venturing in Times of Uncertainty

Aadit Palicha, co-founder & Chief Executive Officer, Zepto
Mukesh Bansal, Founder, Cure.Fit and Myntra
Kunal Bahl, co-founder, Snapdeal and Titan Capital
Akis Evangelidis, co-founder, Nothing
Aman Gupta, co-founder and CMO, boAt
Moderator: Sanjeev Bikhchandani, Founder, Info Edge India

18:00 - 18:55

Special Address: Imagining India Unlimited

Amit Shah, Home Minister, Government of India

18:55 - 19:00

Close of Conference

09:00 – 10:00

Registrations & Networking

10:00 – 10:05

Opening Remarks

10:05 - 10:30

Wealth of Wellbeing

Sadhguru, Yogi Mystic Visionary

10:30 - 10:45

Crisis to Creation – Navigating a Disruptive World

Jenny Johnson, President and Chief Executive Officer, Franklin Templeton in conversation with Ajaya Sharma, Senior Editor, ET Now

10:45 - 11:00

Digital Identity, Privacy and Our Shrinking World

Nami Zarringhalam, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, Truecaller

11:00 - 11:15

Age of Disruption: Power Shifts in a Multi-polar World

Walter Russell Mead, Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship, Hudson Institute

11:15 - 11:30

Mind, Machine, Mankind: AI and Us

Jason Kwon, Chief Strategy Officer, OpenAI

11:30 - 11:45

Sustain-O-Vation: Transformation, Transition, Transaction

Sanjiv Puri, Chairman & Managing Director, ITC in conversation with Nikunj Dalmia, Managing Editor, ET Now & ET Now Swadesh, Times Network

11:45 - 12:05

Masterclass: Venture Capitalist Perspective on AI and Fintech

Spiros Margaris, Venture Capitalist, Margaris Ventures

12:05 - 12:20

AI and Us: Crafting Tomorrow Today

David Hanson, CEO, Hanson Robotics

12:20 - 12:35

Unlocking Growth through Foreign Investment

Lord Gerry Grimstone, Chairman, Gemcorp Capital Management & former U.K. Minister for Investment
Moderator: TBA

12:35 – 13:00

Navigating AI Revolution: People and Machines as Collaborators and not Competitors
Michael Spence, Nobel Prize in Economics, 2001 and Professor and Dean Emeritus Stanford University
David Hanson, CEO, Hanson Robotics
Marc Effron, Founder & President, The Talent Strategy Group
Moderator: CP Gurnani, Former CEO & Managing Director, Tech Mahindra

13:00 - 14:00

Networking Luncheon

GBX

14:00 - 14:15

Humanity in Crisis: Navigating Challenges of A Fractured World

Safi Rauf, Afghan-American Humanitarian and Navy reservist

14:15 - 14:30

Myths, Mobility and the Metropolis

JoeBen Bevirt, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Joby Aviation

14:30 - 15:00

The Future of Mobility: Travelling in a Connected World

Andrés de León, Chief Executive Officer, Hyperloop TT
JoeBen Bevirt, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Joby Aviation
TBA
Moderator: Anmol Jaggi, Co-Founder & CEO, Matrix Gas and BluSmart

15:00 - 15:15

The Skill Symphony: Talent, Knowledge, Profit

Marc Effron, Founder & President, The Talent Strategy Group

15:00 - 15:15

The Skill Symphony: Talent, Knowledge, Profit

Marc Effron, Founder & President, The Talent Strategy Group

15:30 - 16:00

Power Shifts to Profits: The Age of Meritocracy

Hina Nagarajan, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Diageo India (USL)
Lingraju Sawkar, President, Kyndryl India
Lingraju Sawkar, President, Kyndryl India
Tapan Singhel, Chief Executive Officer, Bajaj Allianz General Insurance
TBA
Moderator: TBA

16:00 - 16:15

TBA

Raghu Sundaram, Dean, NYU Stern School of Business

16:15 - 16:30

Networking Tea Break

16:30 - 16:40

Plan to Fix a Fractured World

Michael Spence, Nobel Prize in Economics, 2001 and Professor and Dean Emeritus Stanford University in conversation with Abheek Barua, Chief Economist and Executive Vice President, HDFC Bank

16:40 - 17:00

Continental Drift: Navigating the Trade Waves

Roberto Azvedo, Former Director General, World Trade Organization
Velina Tchakarova, Geopolitical Strategist, Founder – FACE For A Conscious Experience
Robert Johnson, President, Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET)
Moderator: Ajaya Sharma, Senior Editor, ET Now

17:00 - 17:20

Special Address: Ascendent India: Power, Progress and Promise

Anurag Thakur, Minister for Information & Broadcasting and Youth Affairs & Sports, Government of India

17:20 - 18:00

The Brave New World: Venturing in Times of Uncertainty

Aadit Palicha, co-founder & Chief Executive Officer, Zepto
Mukesh Bansal, Founder, Cure.Fit and Myntra
Kunal Bahl, co-founder, Snapdeal and Titan Capital
Akis Evangelidis, co-founder, Nothing
Aman Gupta, co-founder and CMO, boAt
Moderator: Sanjeev Bikhchandani, Founder, Info Edge India

18:00 - 18:55

Special Address: Imagining India Unlimited

Amit Shah, Home Minister, Government of India

18:55 - 19:00

Close of Conference

14:00 - 14:45

Registration

15:00 - 15:05

Welcome Address

 

15:05 - 15:25

Special Address

Piyush Goyal, Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Textiles, Government of India

 

15:25 - 15:40

In Conversation: Banking Beyond Borders: Risk, Resilience and Recovery

Bill Winters, Chief Executive Officer, Standard Chartered Bank in conversation with Ajaya Sharma, Senior Editor, ET Now

 

15:40 - 16:00

Fireside Chat: Upskilling, Reskilling and Learning for the Future

Jeff Maggioncalda, Chief Executive Officer, Coursera

Martin Raiser, Vice President, South Asia Region, World Bank

Moderator: Sunish Sharma, Founder & MD, Kedaara Capital

16:00 - 16:20

Panel Discussion: Money's Law: Least Resistance, Highest Growth?

Madhusudan Kela, Managing Director, MK Ventures

Rana Gupta, Managing Director, Manulife Investment Management

D.P. Singh, Deputy Managing Director, SBI Mutual Fund

Peter McGuire, Chief Executive Officer, XM Australia

Moderator: Nikunj Dalmia, Managing Editor, ET Now & ET Now Swadesh, Times Network

16:20 - 16:35

Generative AI: Steering the Future of Work

Ravi Kumar S, Chief Executive Officer, Cognizant

16:35 - 16:55

Special Address: Workforce of the Future: India at Work

Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Union Minister of State for Electronics & Information Technology and Skill
Development & Entrepreneurship, Government of India

16:55 – 17:10

Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order

Ray Dalio, American Investor in conversation with Nikunj Dalmia, Managing Editor, ET Now & ET Now
Swadesh, Times Network

17:10 - 17:30

In Conversation: Skybound: Security, Sustainability and Innovation at Work

Michael Schoellhorn, Chief Executive Officer, Airbus Defence and Space

Bosco da Costa Junior, President and Chief Executive Officer, Embraer Defense & Security

Dr. Vivek Lall, Chief Executive, General Atomics Global Corporation

Moderator: Maroof Raza, TV Commentator and Best-Selling Author

17:30 - 17:50

TBA

Manohar Lal, Chief Minister, Government of Haryana

Moderator: TBA

17:50 - 18:30

Fissures, Faultlines and Future – In Search of an Equilibrium

Bill Winters, Chief Executive Officer, Standard Chartered Bank

Ravi Kumar S, Chief Executive Officer, Cognizant

Jenny Johnson, President and Chief Executive Officer, Franklin Templeton

Rizwan Sajan, Founder and Chairman, Danube Group

TBA

Moderator: Nikunj Dalmia, Managing Editor, ET Now & ET Now Swadesh, Times Network

18:30 - 19:00

Special Address

Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Government of India

19:00 - 19:25

Navigating AI Revolution: People and Machines as Collaborators and not Competitors

Michael Spence, Nobel Prize in Economics, 2001 and Professor and Dean Emeritus Stanford University

David Hanson, Chief Executive Officer & Founder; Co-Founder, Hanson Robotics; SingularityNET

Marc Effron, Founder & President, The Talent Strategy Group

Moderator: CP Gurnani, Former CEO & Managing Director, Tech Mahindra

19:25 - 19:40

The Blueprint of Victory

Paddy Upton, Leadership, High-performance coach, Author, Speaker and Professor

Moderator: Chetan Bhagat, Author & Columnist

19:40 - 19:50

Silent Period

19:50 - 20:00

Special Address: Disruption, Development and Diversification - Will India Lead the Global March?

Vineet Jain, Managing Director, The Times Group

20:00 – 20:45

Chief Guest Address

Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India

20:45 – 22:00

Dinner Reception

09:00 – 10:00

Registrations & Networking

10:00 – 10:05

Opening Remarks

10:05 - 10:30

Wealth of Wellbeing

Sadhguru, Yogi Mystic Visionary

10:30 - 10:45

Crisis to Creation – Navigating a Disruptive World

 

Jenny Johnson, President and Chief Executive Officer, Franklin Templeton in conversation with Ajaya Sharma, Senior Editor, ET Now

10:45 - 11:00

Leveraging global partnerships and programmes for India's defence sector

Michael Schoellhorn, Chief Executive Officer, Airbus Defence and Space

11:00 - 11:15

Digital Identity, Privacy and Our Shrinking World

Nami Zarringhalam, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, Truecaller

 

11:15 - 11:30

Age of Disruption: Power Shifts in a Multi-polar World

Walter Russell Mead, Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship, Hudson
Institute

11:30 - 11:45

Mind, Machine, Mankind: AI and Us / Eye on AI: Future Perfect? / If Tomorrow Comes: AI and Our Future

Jason Kwon, Chief Strategy Officer, OpenAI

 

11:45 - 12:00

Sustain-O-Vation: Transformation, Transition, Transaction

Sanjiv Puri, Chairman & Managing Director, ITC

Moderator: Nikunj Dalmia, Managing Editor, ET Now & ET Now Swadesh, Times Network

12:00 - 12:20

Masterclass: Venture Capitalist Perspective on AI and Fintech

Spiros Margaris, Venture Capitalist, Margaris Ventures

12:20 - 12:40

AI and Us: Crafting Tomorrow Today

David Hanson, Chief Executive Officer & Founder; Co-Founder, Hanson Robotics; SingularityNET

 

12:40 - 12:55

Unlocking Growth through Foreign Investment

Lord Gerry Grimstone, Chairman, Gemcorp Capital Management & former U.K. Minister for Investment

Moderator: TBA

12:55 - 14:00

Networking Luncheon

14:00 - 14:15

Humanity in Crisis: Navigating Challenges of A Fractured World

Safi Rauf, Afghan-American Humanitarian and Navy reservist

 

14:15 - 14:30

Sports-O-Nomics: The Ground's P&L

Prathmesh Mishra, Chairman, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)

Smriti Mandhana, Indian Cricketer

Moderator: TBA

14:30 - 14:40

Myths, Mobility and the Metropolis

JoeBen Bevirt, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Joby Aviation

 

14:40 - 15:00

The Future of Mobility: Travelling in a Connected World

Andrés de León, Chief Executive Officer, Hyperloop TT

JoeBen Bevirt, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Joby Aviation

TBA

Moderator: Anmol Jaggi, Co-Founder & CEO, Matrix Gas and BluSmart

15:00 - 15:15

The Skill Symphony: Talent, Knowledge, Profit

Marc Effron, Founder & President, The Talent Strategy Group

15:15 - 15:30

India's New Map: Achieving Global Leadership in an Era of Climate Change and Demographic Transition

Dr. Thomas P. M. Barnett, Principal Business Strategist, Throughline, Inc

 

 

15:30 - 16:00

Power Shifts to Profits: The Age of Meritocracy

Hina Nagarajan, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Diageo India (USL)

Lingraju Sawkar, President, Kyndryl India

Tapan Singhel, Chief Executive Officer, Bajaj Allianz General Insurance

TBA

Moderator: TBA

16:00 - 16:15

TBA

Raghu Sundaram, Dean, NYU Stern School of Business

16:15 - 16:30

Networking Tea Break

 

16:30 - 16:40

Plan to Fix a Fractured World

Michael Spence, Nobel Prize in Economics, 2001 and Professor and Dean Emeritus Stanford University

Moderator: TBA

 

16:40 - 17:00

Continental Drift: Navigating the Trade Waves

Roberto Azvedo, Former Director General, World Trade Organization

Velina Tchakarova, Geopolitical Strategist, Founder – FACE For A Conscious Experience

Robert Johnson, President, Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET)

Moderator: TBA

17:00 - 17:20

Special Address: Ascendent India: Power, Progress and Promise

Anurag Thakur, Minister for Information & Broadcasting and Youth Affairs & Sports, Government of India

 

 

17:20 - 17:55

The Brave New World: Venturing in Times of Uncertainty

Aadit Palicha, co-founder & Chief Executive Officer, Zepto

Mukesh Bansal, Founder, Cure.Fit and Myntra

Kunal Bahl, co-founder, Snapdeal and Titan Capital

Akis Evangelidis, co-founder, Nothing

Aman Gupta, co-founder and CMO, boAt

Moderator: Sanjeev Bikhchandani, Founder, Info Edge India

17:55 - 18:05

TBA

TBA

18:05 - 18:55

Special Address: Imagining India Unlimited

Amit Shah, Home Minister, Government of India

18:55 - 19:00

Close of Conference

14:00 - 14:55

Registration

14:55 - 15:00

Welcome Address

15:00 - 15:20

Special Address

Piyush Goyal, Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Textiles, Government of India in conversation with Padmaja Joshi, News Editor, Times Now

15:20 – 15:35

Debasish Panda, Chairman, IRDAI

15:35 – 15:50

Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order

Raymond T. Dalio, Founder, CIO Mentor, and Member of the Bridgewater Board, Bridgewater Associates, LP in conversation with Nikunj Dalmia, Managing Editor, ET NOW & ET NOW – SWADESH

15:50 - 16:05

Banking Beyond Borders: Risk, Resilience and Recovery

Bill Winters, Chief Executive Officer, Standard Chartered Bank in conversation with Ajaya Sharma, Senior Editor, ET NOW

16:05 - 16:30

Upskilling, Reskilling and Learning for the Future

Raghu Sundaram, Dean, NYU Stern School of Business
Jeff Maggioncalda, Chief Executive Officer, Coursera
Joy Jones, Chief Executive Officer, Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC)
Martin Raiser, Vice President, South Asia Region, World Bank
Moderator: Sunish Sharma, Founder & Managing Partner, Kedaara Capital

16:30 – 16:50

Special Address – Workforce of the Future: India at Work

Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Union Minister of State for Electronics & Information Technology and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Government of India

16:50 - 17:05

Generative AI’s Power to Shape the Future of Work

Ravi Kumar S, Chief Executive Officer, Cognizant

17:05 - 17:25

Skybound: Security, Sustainability and Innovation at Work

Bosco da Costa Junior, President and Chief Executive Officer, Embraer Defense & Security
Dr. Vivek Lall, Chief Executive, General Atomics Global Corporation
Moderator: Maroof Raza, TV Commentator and Best-Selling Author

17:25 - 17:45

Manohar Lal, Chief Minister, Government of Haryana in conversation with Dinesh Gautam, Consulting Editor, Times Now Navbharat

17:45 - 18:30

 

Fissures, Faultlines and Future – In Search of an Equilibrium

Bill Winters, Chief Executive Officer, Standard Chartered Bank
Ravi Kumar S, Chief Executive Officer, Cognizant
Jenny Johnson, President and Chief Executive Officer, Franklin Templeton
Rizwan Sajan, Founder and Chairman, Danube Group

Moderator: Nikunj Dalmia, Managing Editor, ET NOW & ET NOW – SWADESH

18:30 – 18:55

Special Address

Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Government of India

18:55 – 19:05

Leveraging global partnerships and programmes for India's defence sector

Michael Schoellhorn, Chief Executive Officer, Airbus Defence and Space

19:05 – 19:15

The Future of Learning and Work

Jeff Maggioncalda, CEO, Coursera

19:15 - 19:30

Special Address

19:30 - 19:45

The Blueprint of Victory

Paddy Upton, Leadership, High-performance coach, Author, Speaker and Professor in conversation with Chetan Bhagat, Author & Columnist

19:45 - 19:50

Silent Period

19:50 - 20:00

Special Address: Disruption, Development and Diversification - Will India Lead the Global March?

Vineet Jain, Managing Director, The Times Group

20:00 – 20:45

Chief Guest Address

Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India

20:45 – 22:00

Dinner Reception

09:00 – 09:55

Registrations & Networking

09:55 – 10:00

Opening Remarks

10:00 – 10:30

Special Address: Imagining India Unlimited

Amit Shah, Home Minister, Government of India

10:30 - 11:00

Wealth of Wellbeing

Sadhguru, Yogi Mystic Visionary

11:00 – 11:30

Special Address

Ashwini Vaishnaw, Minister of Railways, Communications and Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India

11:30 - 11:45

Crisis to Creation – Navigating a Disruptive World

Jenny Johnson, President and Chief Executive Officer, Franklin Templeton in conversation with Ajaya Sharma, Senior Editor, ET NOW

11:45 – 12:00

Sustain-O-Vation: Transformation, Transition, Transaction

Sanjiv Puri, Chairman & Managing Director, ITC in conversation with Nikunj Dalmia, Managing Editor, ET NOW & ET NOW – SWADESH

12:00 - 12:15

India's New Map: Achieving Global Leadership in an Era of Climate Change and Demographic Transition

Dr. Thomas P. M. Barnett, Principal Business Strategist, Throughline, Inc

12:15 - 12:30

Masterclass: Venture Capitalist Perspective on AI and Fintech

Spiros Margaris, Venture Capitalist, Margaris Ventures

12:25 - 12:40

Digital Identity, Privacy and Our Shrinking World

Nami Zarringhalam, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, Truecaller

12:40 – 13:00

Navigating AI Revolution: People and Machines as Collaborators and not Competitors

Michael Spence, Nobel Prize in Economics, 2001 and Professor and Dean Emeritus Stanford University
David Hanson, CEO, Hanson Robotics
Marc Effron, Founder & President, The Talent Strategy Group
Moderator: CP Gurnani, Former CEO & Managing Director, Tech Mahindra

13:00 - 14:00

Networking Luncheon

GBX

14:00 - 14:10

Humanity in Crisis: Navigating Challenges of A Fractured World

Safi Rauf, Afghan-American Humanitarian and Navy reservist

14:10 - 14:25

Myths, Mobility and the Metropolis

JoeBen Bevirt, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Joby Aviation

 

14:25 - 14:45

The Future of Mobility: Travelling in a Connected World

Andrés de León, Chief Executive Officer, Hyperloop TT
JoeBen Bevirt, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Joby Aviation

Moderator: Anmol Jaggi, Co-Founder & CEO, Matrix Gas and BluSmart

14:45 – 14:55

Mind, Machine, Mankind: AI and Us

Jason Kwon, Chief Strategy Officer, OpenAI

14:55 - 15:20

Money's Law: Least Resistance, Highest Growth?

Peter McGuire, Chief Executive Officer, XM Australia
Ritu Arora, CEO & CIO Asia-Pacific, Allianz Investment Management
A. Balasubramanian, MD & CEO, Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC
D.P. Singh, Deputy Managing Director, SBI Mutual Fund*
Madhusudan Kela, Managing Director, MK Ventures*
Moderator: Nikunj Dalmia, Managing Editor, ET NOW & ET NOW – SWADESH

15:20 – 15:30

The Skill Symphony: Talent, Knowledge, Profit

Marc Effron, Founder & President, The Talent Strategy Group

15:30 - 15:55

Power Shifts to Profits: The Age of Meritocracy

Hina Nagarajan, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Diageo India (USL)
Lingraju Sawkar, President, Kyndryl India
Tapan Singhel, Chief Executive Officer, Bajaj Allianz General Insurance
Abhimanyu Munjal, MD, Hero Housing Finance
Moderator:

15:55 – 16:10

Unlocking Growth through Foreign Investment

Lord Gerry Grimstone, Chairman, Gemcorp Capital Management & former U.K. Minister for Investment in conversation with Abheek Barua, Chief Economist, HDFC Bank

16:10 - 16:20

Raghu Sundaram, Dean, NYU Stern School of Business

16:20 - 16:30

Networking Tea Break

10:00 - 11:15

The Global Energy Agenda: A look ahead in Shaping Tomorrow’s Energy Landscape

10:00 - 10:15

Inaugural Address:

Shri Raj Kumar Singh, Minister of Power and Minister of New & Renewable Energy, Government of India

10:15 - 11:15

Confirmed Speakers:

  • Christian Rakos, President and Chairman of the Board, World Bioenergy Association (Vienna)
  • Manish Bapna, President & CEO, Natural Resources Défense Council (USA)
  • Charlotte Morton, Chief Executive, World Biogas Association (London)
  • Cristian Valdes Carter, Country Director India, Innovation Norway & Commercial Counsellor,Royal Norwegian Embassy (Norway)
  • Aditya Sharma, Senior Vice President Asia, Boson Energy (Luxembourg)
  • Dan Shugar, Founder and CEO, Nextracker (USA)
  • Preeti Bajaj, CEO, Luminous Power Technologies (India)
  • Bryan Glover, Chief Growth Officer, Honeywell (USA)
  • Naveen Munjal, Director - Business Development and Commercial, Apraava Energy

Moderator:

  • Upendra Tripathy, Honorary Principal Advisor (Education) to HCM, Odisha; Founding Director General at the International Solar Alliance; Former Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India

11:10 - 12:10

 

Harnessing the Future with Innovation and Digital Transformation

Confirmed Speakers:

  • C Umashankar, IAS, Principal Secretary

12:20 - 13:20

 

Experience Led Growth leveraging GenAI

Confirmed Speakers:

  • Pranav Haridasan, CEO, Axis Securities
  • Nikhil Rajpal, CEO, Qubo (Hero Electronix)
  • Nitin Sethi, CDO, Adani Digital Labs
  • Satyen P. Momaya, CEO, Celio India
  • Dilip Kastala, Chief Information Officer, HIL Limited
  • Kunal Purohit, Chief Digital Services Officer, Tech Mahindra

Moderator:

Vyshak Venugopalan, Principal Solution Consultant, Adobe

13:30 - 14:30

 

Green Road Ahead: Challenges and opportunities in sustainable EV manufacturing

Confirmed Speakers:

  • Sudhendu J. Sinha, Adviser (Infra Connectivity & Electric Mobility), NITI Aayog
  • Satish Sundaresan, MD Elektrobit India
  • Shwetank Jain, Founder, Belectriq Mobility
  • Sameer Panda, CEO & Co-founder, TJ Tyres

15:50 - 16:50

 

Let’s Address the Elephant in the Room: Can Art Question Gender?

Confirmed Speakers:

  • Bose Krishnamachari, Indian painter, and art curator
  • Hanif Kureshi, British playwright, screenwriter, filmmaker
  • Aaquib Wani, Experiential designer and art director
  • Juhi Chaturvedi, Indian Screenwriter

Moderator:

Ruchira Jaitly, Chief Marketing Officer, Diageo India

10:15 - 11:15

Innovations Shaping Tomorrow: A Dialogue on the Symbiotic Bond between People and Technology

Confirmed Speakers:

  • Abhay Johorey, Head Digital Strategy,ICICI Bank
  • Rama Vedashree, Independent Director, Board,Jio Finance & Jio Payment Solutions
  • Sanjay Agarwal, CEO, AU Small Finance Bank
  • Rajiv Gupta, President, PolicyBazaar.com
  • Sreekrishnan Venkateswaran, CTO,Kyndryl India

Moderator:

Amitabh Bhardwaj, Joint Director (IT and Cyber Security),Government of India

11:10 - 12:10

Business Resilience in the Customer-Centric Era

11:05 - 11:15

Opening Address by Nikhil Mathur, Managing Director – India, GfK – An NIQ Company

Confirmed Speakers:

  • Satish N.S, President, Haier Appliances India
  • S. Sunil Kumar, Country President, Henkel Holdings
  • Preeti Bajaj, CEO & MD, Luminous
  • Manish Anandani, MD, Kenvue
  • Anurita Chopra, CMO, Haleon
  • Nikhil Mathur, Managing Director – India, GfK – An NIQ Company

Moderator:

12:20 - 13:2

 

Leveraging DEI as a Strategic Business Imperative: Optimizing Governance for Success

Confirmed Speakers:

  • Nadjia Yousif, BCG’s first Chief Diversity Officer, Managing Director and Partner, USA
  • Purnima Sen, Chief People and Impact Officer, Sparta Global, UK
  • Ada Dyndo, President, WICCI India-EU Business Council, Poland
  • Suki Dusanj-Lenz, Founder & CEO, Once Upon a Media & Partner of the Gentlemen’s Clinic
  • Runa Dhawan, People Director, AB InBev GCC
  • Dr Sulochana Segera, Founder & Chairperson, Women in Management, Sri Lanka
  • Kami Viswanathan, President, Middle East, Indian subcontinent, and Africa (MEISA), FedEx

Moderator:

Nipun Malhotra, Co-Founder & CEO, Nipman Foundation

13:30 - 14:30

Global Transformative climate action: Innovation! Leadership! Strategy

13:30 - 13:40

 

Opening Address: Enhancing cooperation and partnerships on climate change

H.E. Kimmo Lahdevirta, Ambassador, Embassy of Finland

13:40 - 14:00

 

Fireside Chat: Philanthropy and climate action: Uniting for inclusive development

Moderator:

  • Neha Kumar, Head- South Asia, Climate Bonds Initiative
  • Joe Phelen, Executive Director Asia Pacific & Member of the Extended Leadership Group, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
  • Srini Nagarajan, Managing Director and Head of Asia, British International Investment 

14:00 - 14:30

 

Panel Discussion: Aligning with global net zero targets: cross-domain and cross-disciplinary approach.
The session with the industry CEO’s will focus on the efforts to fast tracking the energy transition and slashing emissions before 2023.

  • Decarbonization
  • Reducing emissions
  • Climate finance
  • Climate Investing

Moderator:

  • Subrata Chakrabarty, Associate Director- Climate Program, WorldResource Institute
  • Fazil Abdul Rahiman, VP Sustainability & Climate Change, TAQA
  • Nikhil Chopra, CEO & Whole Time Director, JB Pharma
  • Jayant Singh, Adviser, Natural Resources, Environment, and IslandDevelopment, Niti Aayog
  • Rajat Saini, CEO & Managing Director, National Industrial CorridorDevelopment Corporation Limited
  • Kıvanç Görkem Üçlertoprağı, Chairperson, Transpasifik Enerji Mühendislik A.Ş.

14:30 – 14:40

 

Closing Keynote Address: SDG Localization: Building resilient ecosystem with Public-Private Partnership for Agenda 2030

  • Sanyukta Samaddar, Commissioner, NCR, Government of Uttar Pradesh

14:40 - 15:40

 

Igniting India's Growth: Business Transformation and the Rise of Emerging Enterprises

Opening Address

Confirmed Speakers:

  • Shashank ND, Co-Founder & CEO, Practo
  • Amit Khatri, Co-Founder, Noise
  • Kaivalvya Vohra, Co-Founder, Zepto
  • Sukant Mishra, MD, Octagon International
  • Stefano Angeli Founder & CEO Utoppia
  • Abhishek Gulyani, CEO, H+K India

Closing Address by ET Edge

17:00 - 18:00

 

Food for thought: Crafting strategies for a hunger-free tomorrow

Confirmed Speakers:

  • Shri Rohit Kumar Singh, Secretary, Department of Consumer Affairs, GOI
  • Temina Lalani-Shariff - Regional Director, South Asia, CGIAR
  • Temi Adegoroye – Managing Partner, Sahel Consulting Agriculture & Nutrition Ltd.
  • Insan Syafaat - Executive Director, Partnership for Indonesia’s Sustainable Agriculture (PISAgro)

Moderator

  • Sudhakar Tomar - President, India Middle East Agro Trade Industry

10:15 - 11:15

Navigating Business Complexity: A Terrain More Intricate than Geopolitics

Confirmed Speakers:

  • Thiago de Aragao, CEO, Arko International
  • Patrycja Pendrakowska, Head of the Boym Institute and analyst of China's foreign policy and economy
  • Rupesh Singh, CEO & Director Education Centre of Australia, ECA

Moderator:

Velina Tcharkova, Founder & Geopolitical Strategist, FACE For A Conscious Experience

11:10 - 12:10

Future Finance 5.0: Lending's Quantum Leap to a 5 trillion Economy

This session with talk about NBFC’s and Next- Gen Tech enabled Financial Services

Customer – centric Personalization of Services, Data-driven Decision Making, Financial & Digital Inclusion leading to credit inclusion, Lending Practices aligned to bridge MSME’s

12:20 - 13:20

Disruptors who broke the rules for positive change

Confirmed Speakers:

  • Pankaj Badhouria, Masterchef and TedEx speaker
  • Ira Sehgal, IAS topper
  • Ajay Chaudhary, Founder, HCL (Padma Bhushan)

14:40 - 15:40

 

Business for Global Peace: Nurturing Stability and Cooperation

Key Note – Ambassador Roberto Azevêdo, Founding partner at YvY Capital and former Director General World Trade Organization (WTO)

Confirmed Speakers:

  • Thiago de Aragao, CEO, Arko International
  • Ms. Patrycja Pendrakowska, Head of the Boym Institute and analyst of China's foreign policy and economy.
  • Bartosz Łopiński, CEO - Billennium
  • Mr. Chaminda Welegama, Country Director, Hyraxoil Sdn Bhd; Managing Director, Cimbalanka Holdings (Pvt) Ltd
  • Madhumalti Sharma, Founder and President - Workshop4me Luxembourg
  • Dan Shugar. Founder & CEO, Nextracker
  • Mr. Kosala Wickramanayake, President, International Business Council of Sri Lanka
  • Srini Nagarajan, Managing Director & Head of Asia, British International Investment (Singapore) Pte. Ltd
  • Cecilia Oldne, Founding partner - Visceral Capital
  • Anura Priyadarshana Yapa, Member of Parliament ; Former Cabinet Minister of Disaster Management, Government of Sri Lanka
  • Elliot Gold, Founder, Work Life
  • Aditya Chand, Founder & CEO, Through the Lens Entertainment
  • James Collin (Country Head University of Tasmania) ECA & UTAS
  • Rajesh Singh (Director Education Centre of Australia Global) ECA Global
  • Ricky Singh (CEO & Director Tans Entertainment)

Moderator:

H. E. Kenneth Nobrega, Brazilian Ambassador to India

11:10 - 12:10

 

Rethinking the Universal Health Landscape


Confirmed Speakers:

  • Sanjiv Navangul, CEO - Bharat Serums and Vaccines Ltd
  • Alexander Thomas, Founder - Association of Healthcare providers
  • Dr. Kiran Melkote, Orthopaedic Surgeon & Member of Association for Harm Reduction,
  • Education & Research
  • Dr. Karan Thakur, Group Lead, Sustainability & ESG and Vice-President, Public Affairs -
  • Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals , New Delhi
  • Dr. Madan Gopal, Advisor, NHSRC-MOHFW, GOI, Former Senior Consultant NITI Aayog
  • M.G.V Prasad, Co-Chairman & MD, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratory

Moderator:

Yugal Sikri, MD - RPG Life Sciences Ltd

12:20 - 13:20

 

CX in 2030: Orchestrating the Future of CX


Confirmed Speakers:

  • Saket Gaurav, CMD, Elista
  • Taranpreet kaur, Associate director CX, JungleeGames
  • Nikhil shankar, VP Customer experience and Product Business, Urban Company
  • Sunny Gulati, CX head, Bata
  • Hitesh Singla, Co-Founder & CIO, Square Yards
  • Manish Panjwani, CTO, Shriram Automall
  • Nirupam Srivastava, VP Customer experience, Hero Corp
  • Rahul Singh, Co-founder, Eco Soul home
  • Sanket Kumar Biswas, VP Technology, BeatO
  • Rakesh D Negi, Head Business Transformation and cx, FCM Travel
  • Chirantan Sharma, Head Product Management, FNP

14:00 - 14:55

Registration

14:55 - 15:00

Welcome Address

15:00 - 15:20

Special Address

Piyush Goyal, Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Textiles, Government of India in conversation with Padmaja Joshi, News Editor, Times Now

15:20 – 15:35

Debasish Panda, Chairman, IRDAI

15:35 – 15:50

Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order

Raymond T. Dalio, Founder, CIO Mentor, and Member of the Bridgewater Board, Bridgewater Associates, LP in conversation with Nikunj Dalmia, Managing Editor, ET NOW & ET NOW – SWADESH

15:50 - 16:05

Banking Beyond Borders: Risk, Resilience and Recovery

Bill Winters, Chief Executive Officer, Standard Chartered Bank in conversation with Ajaya Sharma, Senior Editor, ET NOW

16:05 - 16:30

Upskilling, Reskilling and Learning for the Future

Raghu Sundaram, Dean, NYU Stern School of Business
Jeff Maggioncalda, Chief Executive Officer, Coursera
Joy Jones, Chief Executive Officer, Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC)
Martin Raiser, Vice President, South Asia Region, World Bank
Moderator: Sunish Sharma, Founder & Managing Partner, Kedaara Capital

16:30 – 16:50

Special Address – Workforce of the Future: India at Work

Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Union Minister of State for Electronics & Information Technology and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Government of India

16:50 - 17:05

Generative AI’s Power to Shape the Future of Work

Ravi Kumar S, Chief Executive Officer, Cognizant

17:05 - 17:25

Skybound: Security, Sustainability and Innovation at Work

Bosco da Costa Junior, President and Chief Executive Officer, Embraer Defense & Security
Dr. Vivek Lall, Chief Executive, General Atomics Global Corporation
Moderator: Maroof Raza, TV Commentator and Best-Selling Author

17:25 - 17:45

Manohar Lal, Chief Minister, Government of Haryana in conversation with Dinesh Gautam, Consulting Editor, Times Now Navbharat

17:45 - 18:30

 

Fissures, Faultlines and Future – In Search of an Equilibrium

Bill Winters, Chief Executive Officer, Standard Chartered Bank
Ravi Kumar S, Chief Executive Officer, Cognizant
Jenny Johnson, President and Chief Executive Officer, Franklin Templeton
Rizwan Sajan, Founder and Chairman, Danube Group

Moderator: Nikunj Dalmia, Managing Editor, ET NOW & ET NOW – SWADESH

18:30 – 18:55

Special Address

Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Government of India

18:55 – 19:05

Leveraging global partnerships and programmes for India's defence sector

Michael Schoellhorn, Chief Executive Officer, Airbus Defence and Space

19:05 – 19:15

The Future of Learning and Work

Jeff Maggioncalda, CEO, Coursera

19:15 - 19:30

Special Address

19:30 - 19:45

The Blueprint of Victory

Paddy Upton, Leadership, High-performance coach, Author, Speaker and Professor in conversation with Chetan Bhagat, Author & Columnist

19:45 - 19:50

Silent Period

19:50 - 20:00

Special Address: Disruption, Development and Diversification - Will India Lead the Global March?

Vineet Jain, Managing Director, The Times Group

20:00 – 20:45

Chief Guest Address

Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India

20:45 – 22:00

Dinner Reception

09:00 – 09:55

Registrations & Networking

09:55 – 10:00

Opening Remarks

10:00 – 10:30

Special Address: Imagining India Unlimited

Amit Shah, Home Minister, Government of India

10:30 - 11:00

Wealth of Wellbeing

Sadhguru, Yogi Mystic Visionary

11:00 – 11:30

Special Address

Ashwini Vaishnaw, Minister of Railways, Communications and Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India

11:30 - 11:45

Crisis to Creation – Navigating a Disruptive World

Jenny Johnson, President and Chief Executive Officer, Franklin Templeton in conversation with Ajaya Sharma, Senior Editor, ET NOW

11:45 – 12:00

Sustain-O-Vation: Transformation, Transition, Transaction

Sanjiv Puri, Chairman & Managing Director, ITC in conversation with Nikunj Dalmia, Managing Editor, ET NOW & ET NOW – SWADESH

12:00 - 12:15

India's New Map: Achieving Global Leadership in an Era of Climate Change and Demographic Transition

Dr. Thomas P. M. Barnett, Principal Business Strategist, Throughline, Inc

12:15 - 12:30

Masterclass: Venture Capitalist Perspective on AI and Fintech

Spiros Margaris, Venture Capitalist, Margaris Ventures

12:25 - 12:40

Digital Identity, Privacy and Our Shrinking World

Nami Zarringhalam, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, Truecaller

12:40 – 13:00

Navigating AI Revolution: People and Machines as Collaborators and not Competitors

Michael Spence, Nobel Prize in Economics, 2001 and Professor and Dean Emeritus Stanford University
David Hanson, CEO, Hanson Robotics
Marc Effron, Founder & President, The Talent Strategy Group
Moderator: CP Gurnani, Former CEO & Managing Director, Tech Mahindra

13:00 - 14:00

Networking Luncheon

GBX

14:00 - 14:10

Humanity in Crisis: Navigating Challenges of A Fractured World

Safi Rauf, Afghan-American Humanitarian and Navy reservist

14:10 - 14:25

Myths, Mobility and the Metropolis

JoeBen Bevirt, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Joby Aviation

 

14:25 - 14:45

The Future of Mobility: Travelling in a Connected World

Andrés de León, Chief Executive Officer, Hyperloop TT
JoeBen Bevirt, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Joby Aviation

Moderator: Anmol Jaggi, Co-Founder & CEO, Matrix Gas and BluSmart

14:45 – 14:55

Mind, Machine, Mankind: AI and Us

Jason Kwon, Chief Strategy Officer, OpenAI

14:55 - 15:20

Money's Law: Least Resistance, Highest Growth?

Peter McGuire, Chief Executive Officer, XM Australia
Ritu Arora, CEO & CIO Asia-Pacific, Allianz Investment Management
A. Balasubramanian, MD & CEO, Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC
D.P. Singh, Deputy Managing Director, SBI Mutual Fund*
Madhusudan Kela, Managing Director, MK Ventures*
Moderator: Nikunj Dalmia, Managing Editor, ET NOW & ET NOW – SWADESH

15:20 – 15:30

The Skill Symphony: Talent, Knowledge, Profit

Marc Effron, Founder & President, The Talent Strategy Group

15:30 - 15:55

Power Shifts to Profits: The Age of Meritocracy

Hina Nagarajan, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Diageo India (USL)
Lingraju Sawkar, President, Kyndryl India
Tapan Singhel, Chief Executive Officer, Bajaj Allianz General Insurance
Abhimanyu Munjal, MD, Hero Housing Finance
Moderator:

15:55 – 16:10

Unlocking Growth through Foreign Investment

Lord Gerry Grimstone, Chairman, Gemcorp Capital Management & former U.K. Minister for Investment in conversation with Abheek Barua, Chief Economist, HDFC Bank

16:10 - 16:20

Raghu Sundaram, Dean, NYU Stern School of Business

16:20 - 16:30

Networking Tea Break

10:00 - 11:15

The Global Energy Agenda: A look ahead in Shaping Tomorrow’s Energy Landscape

10:00 - 10:15

Inaugural Address:

Shri Raj Kumar Singh, Minister of Power and Minister of New & Renewable Energy, Government of India

10:15 - 11:15

Confirmed Speakers:

  • Christian Rakos, President and Chairman of the Board, World Bioenergy Association (Vienna)
  • Manish Bapna, President & CEO, Natural Resources Défense Council (USA)
  • Charlotte Morton, Chief Executive, World Biogas Association (London)
  • Cristian Valdes Carter, Country Director India, Innovation Norway & Commercial Counsellor,Royal Norwegian Embassy (Norway)
  • Aditya Sharma, Senior Vice President Asia, Boson Energy (Luxembourg)
  • Dan Shugar, Founder and CEO, Nextracker (USA)
  • Preeti Bajaj, CEO, Luminous Power Technologies (India)
  • Bryan Glover, Chief Growth Officer, Honeywell (USA)
  • Naveen Munjal, Director - Business Development and Commercial, Apraava Energy

Moderator:

  • Upendra Tripathy, Honorary Principal Advisor (Education) to HCM, Odisha; Founding Director General at the International Solar Alliance; Former Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India

11:10 - 12:10

 

Harnessing the Future with Innovation and Digital Transformation

Confirmed Speakers:

  • C Umashankar, IAS, Principal Secretary

12:20 - 13:20

 

Experience Led Growth leveraging GenAI

Confirmed Speakers:

  • Pranav Haridasan, CEO, Axis Securities
  • Nikhil Rajpal, CEO, Qubo (Hero Electronix)
  • Nitin Sethi, CDO, Adani Digital Labs
  • Satyen P. Momaya, CEO, Celio India
  • Dilip Kastala, Chief Information Officer, HIL Limited
  • Kunal Purohit, Chief Digital Services Officer, Tech Mahindra

Moderator:

Vyshak Venugopalan, Principal Solution Consultant, Adobe

13:30 - 14:30

 

Green Road Ahead: Challenges and opportunities in sustainable EV manufacturing

Confirmed Speakers:

  • Sudhendu J. Sinha, Adviser (Infra Connectivity & Electric Mobility), NITI Aayog
  • Satish Sundaresan, MD Elektrobit India
  • Shwetank Jain, Founder, Belectriq Mobility
  • Sameer Panda, CEO & Co-founder, TJ Tyres

15:50 - 16:50

 

Let’s Address the Elephant in the Room: Can Art Question Gender?

Confirmed Speakers:

  • Bose Krishnamachari, Indian painter, and art curator
  • Hanif Kureshi, British playwright, screenwriter, filmmaker
  • Aaquib Wani, Experiential designer and art director
  • Juhi Chaturvedi, Indian Screenwriter

Moderator:

Ruchira Jaitly, Chief Marketing Officer, Diageo India

10:15 - 11:15

Innovations Shaping Tomorrow: A Dialogue on the Symbiotic Bond between People and Technology

Confirmed Speakers:

  • Abhay Johorey, Head Digital Strategy,ICICI Bank
  • Rama Vedashree, Independent Director, Board,Jio Finance & Jio Payment Solutions
  • Sanjay Agarwal, CEO, AU Small Finance Bank
  • Rajiv Gupta, President, PolicyBazaar.com
  • Sreekrishnan Venkateswaran, CTO,Kyndryl India

Moderator:

Amitabh Bhardwaj, Joint Director (IT and Cyber Security),Government of India

11:10 - 12:10

Business Resilience in the Customer-Centric Era

11:05 - 11:15

Opening Address by Nikhil Mathur, Managing Director – India, GfK – An NIQ Company

Confirmed Speakers:

  • Satish N.S, President, Haier Appliances India
  • S. Sunil Kumar, Country President, Henkel Holdings
  • Preeti Bajaj, CEO & MD, Luminous
  • Manish Anandani, MD, Kenvue
  • Anurita Chopra, CMO, Haleon
  • Nikhil Mathur, Managing Director – India, GfK – An NIQ Company

Moderator:

12:20 - 13:2

 

Leveraging DEI as a Strategic Business Imperative: Optimizing Governance for Success

Confirmed Speakers:

  • Nadjia Yousif, BCG’s first Chief Diversity Officer, Managing Director and Partner, USA
  • Purnima Sen, Chief People and Impact Officer, Sparta Global, UK
  • Ada Dyndo, President, WICCI India-EU Business Council, Poland
  • Suki Dusanj-Lenz, Founder & CEO, Once Upon a Media & Partner of the Gentlemen’s Clinic
  • Runa Dhawan, People Director, AB InBev GCC
  • Dr Sulochana Segera, Founder & Chairperson, Women in Management, Sri Lanka
  • Kami Viswanathan, President, Middle East, Indian subcontinent, and Africa (MEISA), FedEx

Moderator:

Nipun Malhotra, Co-Founder & CEO, Nipman Foundation

13:30 - 14:30

Global Transformative climate action: Innovation! Leadership! Strategy

13:30 - 13:40

 

Opening Address: Enhancing cooperation and partnerships on climate change

H.E. Kimmo Lahdevirta, Ambassador, Embassy of Finland

13:40 - 14:00

 

Fireside Chat: Philanthropy and climate action: Uniting for inclusive development

Moderator:

  • Neha Kumar, Head- South Asia, Climate Bonds Initiative
  • Joe Phelen, Executive Director Asia Pacific & Member of the Extended Leadership Group, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
  • Srini Nagarajan, Managing Director and Head of Asia, British International Investment 

14:00 - 14:30

 

Panel Discussion: Aligning with global net zero targets: cross-domain and cross-disciplinary approach.
The session with the industry CEO’s will focus on the efforts to fast tracking the energy transition and slashing emissions before 2023.

  • Decarbonization
  • Reducing emissions
  • Climate finance
  • Climate Investing

Moderator:

  • Subrata Chakrabarty, Associate Director- Climate Program, WorldResource Institute
  • Fazil Abdul Rahiman, VP Sustainability & Climate Change, TAQA
  • Nikhil Chopra, CEO & Whole Time Director, JB Pharma
  • Jayant Singh, Adviser, Natural Resources, Environment, and IslandDevelopment, Niti Aayog
  • Rajat Saini, CEO & Managing Director, National Industrial CorridorDevelopment Corporation Limited
  • Kıvanç Görkem Üçlertoprağı, Chairperson, Transpasifik Enerji Mühendislik A.Ş.

14:30 – 14:40

 

Closing Keynote Address: SDG Localization: Building resilient ecosystem with Public-Private Partnership for Agenda 2030

  • Sanyukta Samaddar, Commissioner, NCR, Government of Uttar Pradesh

14:40 - 15:40

 

Igniting India's Growth: Business Transformation and the Rise of Emerging Enterprises

Opening Address

Confirmed Speakers:

  • Shashank ND, Co-Founder & CEO, Practo
  • Amit Khatri, Co-Founder, Noise
  • Kaivalvya Vohra, Co-Founder, Zepto
  • Sukant Mishra, MD, Octagon International
  • Stefano Angeli Founder & CEO Utoppia
  • Abhishek Gulyani, CEO, H+K India

Closing Address by ET Edge

17:00 - 18:00

 

Food for thought: Crafting strategies for a hunger-free tomorrow

Confirmed Speakers:

  • Shri Rohit Kumar Singh, Secretary, Department of Consumer Affairs, GOI
  • Temina Lalani-Shariff - Regional Director, South Asia, CGIAR
  • Temi Adegoroye – Managing Partner, Sahel Consulting Agriculture & Nutrition Ltd.
  • Insan Syafaat - Executive Director, Partnership for Indonesia’s Sustainable Agriculture (PISAgro)

Moderator

  • Sudhakar Tomar - President, India Middle East Agro Trade Industry

10:15 - 11:15

Navigating Business Complexity: A Terrain More Intricate than Geopolitics

Confirmed Speakers:

  • Thiago de Aragao, CEO, Arko International
  • Patrycja Pendrakowska, Head of the Boym Institute and analyst of China's foreign policy and economy
  • Rupesh Singh, CEO & Director Education Centre of Australia, ECA

Moderator:

Velina Tcharkova, Founder & Geopolitical Strategist, FACE For A Conscious Experience

11:10 - 12:10

Future Finance 5.0: Lending's Quantum Leap to a 5 trillion Economy

This session with talk about NBFC’s and Next- Gen Tech enabled Financial Services

Customer – centric Personalization of Services, Data-driven Decision Making, Financial & Digital Inclusion leading to credit inclusion, Lending Practices aligned to bridge MSME’s

12:20 - 13:20

Disruptors who broke the rules for positive change

Confirmed Speakers:

  • Pankaj Badhouria, Masterchef and TedEx speaker
  • Ira Sehgal, IAS topper
  • Ajay Chaudhary, Founder, HCL (Padma Bhushan)

14:40 - 15:40

 

Business for Global Peace: Nurturing Stability and Cooperation

Key Note – Ambassador Roberto Azevêdo, Founding partner at YvY Capital and former Director General World Trade Organization (WTO)

Confirmed Speakers:

  • Thiago de Aragao, CEO, Arko International
  • Ms. Patrycja Pendrakowska, Head of the Boym Institute and analyst of China's foreign policy and economy.
  • Bartosz Łopiński, CEO - Billennium
  • Mr. Chaminda Welegama, Country Director, Hyraxoil Sdn Bhd; Managing Director, Cimbalanka Holdings (Pvt) Ltd
  • Madhumalti Sharma, Founder and President - Workshop4me Luxembourg
  • Dan Shugar. Founder & CEO, Nextracker
  • Mr. Kosala Wickramanayake, President, International Business Council of Sri Lanka
  • Srini Nagarajan, Managing Director & Head of Asia, British International Investment (Singapore) Pte. Ltd
  • Cecilia Oldne, Founding partner - Visceral Capital
  • Anura Priyadarshana Yapa, Member of Parliament ; Former Cabinet Minister of Disaster Management, Government of Sri Lanka
  • Elliot Gold, Founder, Work Life
  • Aditya Chand, Founder & CEO, Through the Lens Entertainment
  • James Collin (Country Head University of Tasmania) ECA & UTAS
  • Rajesh Singh (Director Education Centre of Australia Global) ECA Global
  • Ricky Singh (CEO & Director Tans Entertainment)

Moderator:

H. E. Kenneth Nobrega, Brazilian Ambassador to India

11:10 - 12:10

 

Rethinking the Universal Health Landscape


Confirmed Speakers:

  • Sanjiv Navangul, CEO - Bharat Serums and Vaccines Ltd
  • Alexander Thomas, Founder - Association of Healthcare providers
  • Dr. Kiran Melkote, Orthopaedic Surgeon & Member of Association for Harm Reduction,
  • Education & Research
  • Dr. Karan Thakur, Group Lead, Sustainability & ESG and Vice-President, Public Affairs -
  • Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals , New Delhi
  • Dr. Madan Gopal, Advisor, NHSRC-MOHFW, GOI, Former Senior Consultant NITI Aayog
  • M.G.V Prasad, Co-Chairman & MD, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratory

Moderator:

Yugal Sikri, MD - RPG Life Sciences Ltd

12:20 - 13:20

 

CX in 2030: Orchestrating the Future of CX


Confirmed Speakers:

  • Saket Gaurav, CMD, Elista
  • Taranpreet kaur, Associate director CX, JungleeGames
  • Nikhil shankar, VP Customer experience and Product Business, Urban Company
  • Sunny Gulati, CX head, Bata
  • Hitesh Singla, Co-Founder & CIO, Square Yards
  • Manish Panjwani, CTO, Shriram Automall
  • Nirupam Srivastava, VP Customer experience, Hero Corp
  • Rahul Singh, Co-founder, Eco Soul home
  • Sanket Kumar Biswas, VP Technology, BeatO
  • Rakesh D Negi, Head Business Transformation and cx, FCM Travel
  • Chirantan Sharma, Head Product Management, FNP

14:00 - 14:55

Registration

14:55 - 15:00

Welcome Address

15:00 - 15:20

Special Address

Piyush Goyal, Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Textiles, Government of India

15:20 – 15:35

Scripting A Tomorrow

 

Debasish Panda, Chairman, IRDAI

15:35 – 15:50

Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order

 

Raymond T. Dalio, Founder, CIO Mentor, and Member of the Bridgewater Board, Bridgewater Associates, LP
in conversation with
Nikunj Dalmia, Managing Editor, ET NOW and ET NOW – Swadesh

15:50 - 16:05

Banking Beyond Borders: Risk, Resilience and Recovery

Bill Winters, Chief Executive Officer, Standard Chartered Bank
in conversation with
Ajaya Sharma, Senior Editor, ET NOW

16:05 - 16:30

Upskilling, Reskilling and Learning for the Future

 

Raghu Sundaram, Dean, NYU Stern School of Business
Jeff Maggioncalda, Chief Executive Officer, Coursera
Martin Raiser, Vice President, South Asia Region, World Bank

Moderator:
Sunish Sharma, Founder and Managing Partner, Kedaara Capital

16:30 – 16:50

Special Address – Workforce of the Future: India at Work

 

Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Union Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Government of India
In conversation with
Madhavdas Gopalakrishnan, Executive Editor, Times Now

16:50 - 17:05

Generative AI’s Power to Shape the Future of Work

 

Ravi Kumar S, Chief Executive Officer, Cognizant

17:05 - 17:25

Leveraging global partnerships and programmes for India's defence sector

Michael Schoellhorn, Chief Executive Officer, Airbus Defence and Space

17:25 - 17:45

Special Address: Vision of Digital Public Infra

Manohar Lal, Chief Minister, Government of Haryana
in conversation with
Dinesh Gautam, Consulting Editor, Times Now Navbharat

17:45 - 18:15

Fissures, Faultlines and Future – In Search of an Equilibrium

 

Bill Winters, Chief Executive Officer, Standard Chartered Bank
Ravi Kumar S, Chief Executive Officer, Cognizant
Jenny Johnson, President and Chief Executive Officer, Franklin Templeton
Rizwan Sajan, Founder and Chairman, Danube Group

Moderator:
Nikunj Dalmia, Managing Editor, ET NOW and ET NOW – Swadesh

18:15 – 18:30

Skybound: Security, Sustainability and Innovation at Work

 

Dr. Vivek Lall, Chief Executive, General Atomics Global Corporation

18:30 – 18:50

Special Address

 

Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Government of India
in conversation with
Navika Kumar, Group Editor-in-Chief, Times Now Navbharat and Times Now

18:50 – 19:00

The Future of Learning and Work

 

Jeff Maggioncalda, CEO, Coursera

19:00 – 19:15

Money's Law: Least Resistance, Highest Growth?

 

Ritu Arora, CEO & CIO Asia-Pacific, Allianz Investment Management
Peter McGuire, Chief Executive Officer, XM Australia

Moderator:
Nikunj Dalmia, Editor-in-chief, ET NOW & ET NOW – Swadesh

19:15 - 19:30

Special Address

 

Brigadier Mark Anthony Phillips, Prime Minister, Prime Minister of Guyana

19:30 - 19:40

Search For Alpha in an Imperfect World

A. Balasubramanian, MD and CEO, Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC
Madhusudan Kela,Managing Director, MK Ventures
D.P. Singh, Deputy Managing Director, SBI Mutual Fund

Moderator:
Nikunj Dalmia, Editor-in-chief, ET NOW & ET NOW – Swadesh

19:40 - 19:55

Embrace the Silence

 

Anticipation Before the Inaugural Speech

19:55 - 20:05

Special Address: Disruption, Development and Diversification - Will India Lead the Global March?

Vineet Jain, Managing Director, The Times Group 

20:05 – 20:45

Chief Guest Address

Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India

20:45 – 22:00

Networking Dinner

13:30 - 14:30

Regenerate: A Future that Works for Everyone

Shivam Puri, Wholetime Director and Chief Executive Officer, Cipla Health Ltd
Vivek Bhatia, Managing Director & CEO and Member of the Board of Thyssenkrupp Industries India Pvt. Lt
Satyakam Arya, MD & CEO, Daimler India Commercial Vehicles
PV Ananthakrishnan,Executive Director -Country Head – India, United Overseas Bank Ltd.
Sanjiv Navangul, MD & CEO, Bharat Serums and Vaccines Ltd
Kaushika Madhavan, Managing Partner and Country Head, Kearney India

Session chair:
Arun Unni, Partner and Lead, Sustainability, Kearney – Asia Pacific

09:00 – 09:55

Registrations and Networking

09:55 – 10:00

Opening Remarks

10:00 – 10:30

Wealth of Wellbeing

 

Sadhguru, Yogi Mystic Visionary

10:30 – 10:40

Special Address: Imagining India Unlimited

 

Amit Shah, Union Home Minister and Minister of Co-operation, Government of India

10:40 – 11:15

Spotlight Dialogue

 

Amit Shah, Home Minister, Government of India
in conversation with
Navika Kumar, Group Editor-in-Chief, Times Now Navbharat and Times Now

11:15 – 11:25

Special Address

 

Ashwini Vaishnaw, Minister of Railways, Communications and Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India

11:25 – 11:35

Spotlight Dialogue

 

Ashwini Vaishnaw, Minister of Railways, Communications and Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India
in conversation with
Nikunj Dalmia, Managing Editor, ET NOW and ET NOW – SWADESH

11:35 - 11:45

Crisis to Creation – Navigating a Disruptive World

 

Jenny Johnson, President and Chief Executive Officer, Franklin Templeton
in conversation with
Ajaya Sharma, Senior Editor, ET NOW

11:45 – 12:00

Skybound: Security, Sustainability and Innovation at Work

 

Dr. Vivek Lall, Chief Executive, General Atomics Global Corporation

12:00 – 12:15

Digital Identity, Privacy and Our Shrinking World

 

Nami Zarringhalam, Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer, Truecaller

12:15 - 12:30

Plan to Fix a Fractured World

Michael Spence, Nobel Prize in Economics, 2001 and Professor and Dean Emeritus Stanford University
in conversation with
Abheek Barua, Chief Economist, HDFC Bank

12:30 - 12:45

Age of Disruption: Power Shifts in a Multi-polar World

 

Walter Russell Mead, Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship, Hudson Institute

12:45 – 13:00

Unlocking Growth through Foreign Investment

 

Lord Gerry Grimstone, Chairman, Gemcorp Capital Management and former U.K. Minister for Investment
in conversation with
Abheek Barua, Chief Economist, HDFC Bank

13:05 - 14:00

Networking Luncheon

GBX

14:00 - 14:15

Myths, Mobility and the Metropolis

JoeBen Bevirt, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Joby Aviation

14:15 - 14:30

Humanity in Crisis: Navigating Challenges of A Fractured World

Safi Rauf, Afghan-American Humanitarian and Navy reservist

14:30 – 14:45

Mind, Machine, Mankind: AI and Us

 

Jason Kwon, Chief Strategy Officer, OpenAI

14:45 – 15:00

AI and Us: Crafting Tomorrow Today

 

David Hanson, CEO, Hanson Robotics

15:00 – 15:15

Sustain-O-Vation: Transformation, Transition, Transaction

 

Sanjiv Puri, Chairman and Managing Director, ITC
in conversation with
Nikunj Dalmia, Managing Editor, ET NOW and ET NOW – SWADESH

15:15 - 15:30

India's New Map: Achieving Global Leadership in an Era of Climate Change and Demographic Transition

 

Dr. Thomas P. M. Barnett, Principal Business Strategist, Throughline, Inc

15:30 - 16:10

Power Shifts to Profits: The Age of Meritocracy

Hina Nagarajan, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Diageo India (USL)
Lingraju Sawkar, President, Kyndryl India
Tapan Singhel, Chief Executive Officer, Bajaj Allianz General Insurance
Kami Viswanathan, President, Middle East, Indian subcontinent, and Africa (MEISA), FedEx
Abhimanyu Munjal, MD, Hero Housing Finance

Moderator:
Vikram Oza, Media Consultant, Presenter, News Anchor, ET NOW

16:10 - 16:25

Masterclass: Venture Capitalist Perspective on AI and Fintech

 

Spiros Margaris, Venture Capitalist, Margaris Ventures

16:25 – 16:40

The Skill Symphony: Talent, Knowledge, Profit

 

Marc Effron, Founder & President, The Talent Strategy Group

16:40 – 16:55

Globalising Higher education

 

Raghu Sundaram, Dean, NYU Stern School of Business

16:55 - 17:10

The Blueprint of Victory

 

Paddy Upton, Leadership, High-performance coach, Author, Speaker and Professor
in conversation with
Chetan Bhagat, Author & Columnist

17:10 – 17:35

Navigating AI Revolution: People and Machines as Collaborators and not Competitors

 

Michael Spence, Nobel Prize in Economics, 2001 and Professor and Dean Emeritus Stanford University
David Hanson, CEO, Hanson Robotics
Marc Effron, Founder & President, The Talent Strategy Group


Moderator:
CP Gurnani, Former CEO & Managing Director, Tech Mahindra; Chairman, Mahindra Holidays

17:35 - 17:55

Continental Drift: Navigating the Trade Waves

 

Roberto Azvedo, Former Director General, World Trade Organization
Robert Johnson, President, Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET)


Moderator:
Ajaya Sharma, Senior Editor, ET NOW

17:55 – 18:10

Building innovative global brands through the power of community

 

Akis Evangelidis, Co-Founder, Nothing
In conversation with
Vikram Oza, Media Consultant, Presenter, News Anchor, ET NOW

18:10 - 19:00

The Brave New World: Venturing in Times of Uncertainty

 

Aadit Palicha, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Zepto
Namita Thapar, Executive Director, Emcure Pharmaceuticals
Mukesh Bansal, Founder, Cure.Fit and Myntra
Kunal Bahl, Co-Founder, Snapdeal and Titan Capital
Aman Gupta, Co-Founder and CMO, boat

Moderator:
Sanjeev Bikhchandani, Founder, Info Edge India

19:00

GBS 2024 Summit Concludes

10: 00 – 11:00

The Global Energy Agenda: A look ahead in Shaping Tomorrow’s Energy Landscape

 

 

 

Spotlight Session:
Shri Raj Kumar Singh, Minister of Power and Minister of New & Renewable Energy, Government of India
In conversation with
Padmaja Joshi, Senior News Editor, Times Now

Christian Rakos, President and Chairman of the Board, World Bioenergy Association (Vienna)
Manish Bapna, President & CEO, Natural Resources Défense Council (USA)
Charlotte Morton, Chief Executive, World Biogas Association (London)
Cristian Valdes Carter, Country Director India, Innovation Norway & Commercial Counsellor, Royal Norwegian Embassy (Norway)
Aditya Sharma, Senior Vice President Asia, Boson Energy (Luxembourg)
Dan Shugar, Founder and CEO, Nextracker (USA)
Preeti Bajaj, CEO, Luminous Power Technologies (India)
Bryan Glover, Chief Growth Officer, Honeywell (USA)
Naveen Munjal, Director - Business Development and Commercial, Apraava Energy


Moderator:
Upendra Tripathy, Honorary Principal Advisor (Education) to HCM, Odisha; Founding Director General at the International Solar Alliance; Former Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India

11:10 - 12:10

Digital Dawn: Pioneering the Future of Innovation and Transformation

 

V Umashankar, IAS, Principal Secretary to CM, Government of Haryana
Abhishek Singh, Additional Secretary, MeitY
Amitabh Bhardwaj, Joint Director (IT and Cyber Security),Government of India
Vijayant Gaur, Head of Security Operations Command Centre, NHA
Siddharth Sharma, Head IT Operations, Digi Yatra Foundation
Ganapathi Ramachandran, Chairman, Triygn Technologies

Moderator:
Achyuta Ghosh, Head of Nasscom Insights

12:20 – 13:20

Experience Led Growth leveraging GenAI

 

Opening Address:
Vyshak Venugopalan, Director Solution Consulting, Adobe India
Pranav Haridasan, CEO, Axis Securities
Nikhil Rajpal, CEO, Qubo (Hero Electronix)
Satyen P. Momaya, CEO, Celio India
Dilip Kastala, Chief Information Officer, HIL Limited
Kunal Purohit, Chief Digital Services Officer, Tech Mahindra


Moderator:
Vyshak Venugopalan, Director Solution Consulting, Adobe India


Closing Address by ET Edge

13:30 – 13:40

Global Transformative climate action: Innovation! Leadership! Strategy

 

Opening Address: Enhancing cooperation and partnerships on climate change

H.E. Kimmo Lahdevirta, Ambassador, Embassy of Finland

13:40 – 14:00

Fireside Chat: Philanthropy and climate action: Uniting for inclusive development

 

Joe Phelen, Executive Director Asia Pacific & Member of the Extended Leadership Group, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
Srini Nagarajan, Managing Director and Head of Asia, British International Investment

Moderator:
Neha Kumar, Head- South Asia, Climate Bonds Initiative

14:00 – 14:30

Panel Discussion: Aligning with global net zero targets: cross-domain and cross- disciplinary approach.

 

Fazil Abdul Rahiman, VP Sustainability & Climate Change, TAQA
Nikhil Chopra, CEO & Whole Time Director, JB Pharma
Jayant Singh, Adviser, Natural Resources, Environment, and Island Development, Niti Aayog
Rajat Saini, CEO & Managing Director, National Industrial Corridor Development Corporation Limited
Kıvanç Görkem Üçlertoprağı, Chairperson, Transpasifik Enerji Mühendislik A.Ş.

Moderator:
Subrata Chakrabarty, Associate Director- Climate Program, World Resource Institute

14:30 – 14:40

Closing Keynote Address: SDG Localization: Building resilient ecosystem with Public- Private Partnership for Agenda 2030

 

Sanyukta Samaddar,Commissioner, NCR, Government of Uttar Pradesh

14:40- 14:50

Special Address:

 

Dr. S.A.D. Susil Premajayantha, Minister of Education and the Leader of the House of Parliament, Government of Sri Lanka

15:00- 15:10

Special Address:

 

Arjun Vajpai, World's youngest Indian Mountaineer

15:10- 15:25

Fireside Chat:

 

Aryan Aswani (15-Year-Old Entrepreneur Changing the Game in Business)


Moderator:
Ashwani Mishra, Editor- Technology, ETEdge Insights

15:25 - 15:35

Featured Session:

 

Arun Yogiraj, Renowned Sculptor & Artist, the sculptor of “Ram Lalla” idol

15:35 – 15:45

Standalone Session:

 

Naman Mathur, Co-Founder and CMO of S8UL Esports, (He is the only Indian athlete to ever be nominated at the prestigious e-sports awards for four successive times.)

15:45 – 15:55

Featured Session:

 

Chef Shipra Khanna, (Indian celebrity chef, Won MasterChef India Season 2 and Founder of ‘Cooking for India’)

16:00 - 16:45

Let’s Address the Elephant in the Room: Can Art Question Gender?

 

Bose Krishnamachari, Indian painter, and art curator
Onir, Indian Film and TV Director, Editor, Screenwriter, and Producer
Aaquib Wani, Experiential designer and art director
Nupur Asthana, Indian Film Director and Writer


Moderator:
Ruchira Jaitly, Chief Marketing Officer, Diageo India

17:00 – 17:10

Special Address:

 

Michele Galetta, CEO and Co-founder, Oraigo (Tech enthusiast on brain science and AI)

17:10 – 17:20

Standalone Session:

 

Sudhanshu Mani, A mechanical officer of the Indian Railways with a 38-year career, was the mastermind behind the Vande Bharat Express train.

17:20 – 17:30

Featured Session:

 

Major DP Singh, India's First Blade Marathon Runner and Kargil War Veteran

17:40 – 17:50

Special Address:

 

Kanika Tekriwal, CEO & Founder, JetsetGo Aviation (Youngest richest woman in India and founder of an aviation startup to provide private jet and helicopter operator and aggregator services.)

17:50 – 18:00

Standalone Session:

 

Oliver Gregor Lichtenstein, Co-Founder, Beagle Systems (Germany) (specialized in unmanned aviation and sustainable commercial services, demonstrating a strong background in controlling, finance, and treasury.)

18:00 – 18:10

Featured Session:

 

Srinath Ravichandran, Co-founder and CEO, Agnikul Cosmos (Making space accessible and affordable by revolutionizing India’s foremost pvt spacetech startups)

18:10 – 18:20

Foundation Talk:

 

Yogesh Iyer, Founder and CEO, Vinata Aeromobility (Led development of Asia's first Hybrid Flying car, paving the way in advancing air mobility)

18:20 – 18:30

Spotlight Session:

 

Prathamesh Sinha, (11-year-old, visually impaired boy who has the clearest vision of life than anybody else and shark tank fame.)

18:30 – 18:40

Special Address:

 

Tarun Tahiliani, Renowned India Fashion Designer

18:50 – 19:00

Closing Session:

 

Hakan Lutz, CEO & Founder, Luvly AB (Urban Mobility Visionary looking to transform the way we move)

10:00 - 11:00

Innovations Shaping Tomorrow: A Dialogue on the Symbiotic Bond between People and Technology

 

 

 

Abhay Johorey, Head Digital Strategy,ICICI Bank
Rama Vedashree, Independent Director, Board,Jio Finance & Jio Payment Solutions
Ankur Tripathi, CIO, AU Small Finance Bank
Deepak Malhotra, CIO/IT Business Partner - India, Indonesia and South East Asia at Kimberly-Clark
Sreekrishnan Venkateswaran, CTO,Kyndryl India


Moderator:
Amitabh Bhardwaj, Joint Director (IT and Cyber Security),Government of India

11:10 - 12:10

Business Resilience in the Customer-Centric Era

 

 

 

Opening Address :
Nikhil Mathur, Managing Director – India, GfK – An NIQ Company
S. Sunil Kumar, Country President, Henkel Adhesives Technologies, India
Preeti Bajaj, CEO & MD, Luminous
Manish Anandani, MD, Kenvue
Anurita Chopra, CMO, Haleon
Nikhil Mathur, Managing Director- India, GfK – An NIQ Company


Moderator:
Sumita Kareer, Deputy Editor, ET Now

12:20 - 13:20

Leveraging DEI as a Strategic Business Imperative: Optimizing Governance for Success

 

Nadjia Yousif, Global Chief Diversity Officer, Managing Director and Partner, Boston Consulting Group
Purnima Sen, Chief People and Impact Officer, Sparta Global, UK
Ada Dyndo, President, WICCI India-EU Business Council, Poland
Suki Dusanj-Lenz, Founder & CEO, Once Upon a Media & Partner of the Gentlemen’s Clinic
Runa Dhawan, People Director, AB InBev GCC
Dr Sulochana Segera, Founder & Chairperson, Women in Management, Sri Lanka
Amit Ghosh, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India


Moderator:
Nipun Malhotra, Co-Founder & CEO, Nipman Foundation

13:30 - 14:30

Green Road Ahead: Challenges and opportunities in sustainable EV manufacturing

 

Satish Sundaresan, MD Elektrobit India
Sameer Panda, CEO & Co-founder, TJ Tyres
Aloksingh Jamdar, VP, Production & New Product Development, Wardwizard

Moderator:
Siddharth Sinha, Yale Climate Fellow, TEDex speaker, Ex-Niti Aayog

14:40 - 15:40

Igniting India's Growth: Business Transformation and the Rise of Emerging Enterprises

 

Amit Khatri, Co-Founder, Noise
Sukant Mishra, MD, Octagon International
Stefano Angeli, Founder & CEO Utoppia
Vidya Basarkod, MD, Ramboll India & Director, Ramboll Engineering Center
Rajeev Mahajan, Chairman, Sec1.io
Abhishek Gulyani, CEO, Hill & Knowlton India


Moderator:
Swatirupa Sasmal, Director, Median Research & Consulting


Closing Address by ET Edge

15:50 - 16:30

Solving the Issue of Protection Gap in India and its ramifications on the Indian Economy

 

Hitesh Kotak, Chief Executive India, Middle East and Africa at Munich Re
Amit Agarwal, CEO & MD at Howden Insurance Brokers India Pvt. Ltd.
Debabrata Satpathy, General Manager Finance at Petronet LNG Limited
Ajit Horra, Director, Prudent Insurance Brokers Pvt. Ltd.


Moderator:
T A Ramalingam, Senior President & CTO BAGIC

17:00 - 18:00

Food for thought: Crafting strategies for a hunger-free tomorrow

 

Shri Rohit Kumar Singh, Secretary, Department of Consumer Affairs, GOI
Temina Lalani-Shariff, Regional Director, South Asia, CGIAR
Temi Adegoroye, Managing Partner, Sahel Consulting Agriculture & Nutrition Ltd.
Insan Syafaat, Executive Director, Partnership for Indonesia’s Sustainable Agriculture (PISAgro)
Rajesh Srivastava, Chairman-Rabo/Ferns Equity Advisors/Prowess Advisors


Moderator:
Sudhakar Tomar - President, India Middle East Agri Trade Alliance

10:00 - 11:00

Navigating Business Complexity: A Terrain More Intricate than Geopolitics

 

 

 

Thiago de Aragao, CEO, Arko International
Patrycja Pendrakowska, Head of the Boym Institute and analyst of China's foreign policy and economy
Aditya Chand, Founder and CEO, Through The Lens Entertainment (TTLE)
Kallol Kundu, Group CFO (Global) & CRO, The Oberoi Group


Moderator:
Velina Tcharkova, Founder & Geopolitical Strategist, FACE For A Conscious Experience

11:10 - 12:10

Future Finance 5.0: Quantum Leap to a $5 Trillion Economy

 

Sudipta Roy, MD & CEO, L&T Finance Holdings
Deeksha Kaushal, Director of Banking and Financial Services Partnerships, Gpay
Rajesh Chopra, Senior Vice President & Head – Advisors, South Asia, Mastercard
Himanshu Chakrawarti, CEO, Snapdeal

Moderator:
Vivek Belgavi, Partner and India FinTech Leader, PwC India

12:20 - 13:20

Change Catalysts: Disruptors who broke the rules for positive change

 

Pankaj Bhadouria, India's 1st MasterChef
IAS Ira Singhal, The first differently abled woman to top the civil services exam.
Pradeep Sampath, CEO & founder nStore
Deepa Pant, Founder & CEO, Svatanya
Sammi Cannold, Director, Forbes 30 Under 30 in Hollywood & Entertainment

Moderator:
Murtaza Ali Khan, Indian Film Critic and Journalist

14:40 - 15:40

Business for Global Peace: Nurturing Stability and Cooperation

 

Keynote Address:
Ambassador Roberto Azevêdo, Founding partner at YvY Capital and former Director General World Trade Organization (WTO)


Ms. Patrycja Pendrakowska, Head of the Boym Institute and Analyst of China's Foreign Policy and Economy, Poland
Bartosz Łopiński, CEO - Billennium, Poland
Mr. Chaminda Welegama, Country Director, Hyraxoil Sdn Bhd; Managing Director, Cimbalanka Holdings (Pvt) Ltd, Sri Lanka
Madhumalti Sharma, Founder and President - Workshop4me, Luxembourg
Dan Shugar. Founder & CEO, Nextracker, USA
Mr. Kosala Wickramanayake, President, International Business Council of Sri Lanka
Cecilia Oldne, Founding partner - Visceral Capital, India
Anura Priyadarshana Yapa, Member of Parliament; Former Cabinet Minister of Disaster Management, Government of Sri Lanka
Elliot Gold, Founder, Work Life, UK
Rupesh Singh , Founder and Group CEO of the award-winning Education Centre of Australia (ECA)
Ricky Singh, CEO & Director Tans Entertainment, Australia


Moderator:
H. E. Kenneth Nobrega, Brazilian Ambassador to India

11:10 - 12:10

Rethinking the Universal Health Landscape

 

Sanjiv Navangul, CEO, Bharat Serums and Vaccines Ltd
Dr. Kiran Melkote, Orthopaedic Surgeon, and Member of Association for Harm Reduction,
Education and Research
Dr. Karan Thakur, Group Lead, Sustainability and ESG and Vice-President, Public Affairs -
Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi
Dr. Madan Gopal, Advisor, NHSRC-MOHFW, GOI, Former Senior Consultant NITI Aayog
Anand K., Managing Director and CEO, Agilus Diagnostics Ltd


Moderator:
Yugal Sikri, MD - RPG Life Sciences Ltd

12:20 - 13:20

CX in 2030: Orchestrating the Future of CX

 

Saket Gaurav, CMD, Elista
Taranpreet Kaur, Associate director CX, JungleeGames
Nikhil Shankar, VP Customer experience and Product Business, Urban Company
Sunny Gulati, CX head, Bata
Hitesh Singla, Co-Founder & CIO, Square Yards
Manish Panjwani, CTO, Shriram Automall
Rahul Singh, Co-founder, Eco Soul home
Sanket Kumar Biswas, VP Technology, BeatO
Rakesh D Negi, Head Business Transformation and cx, FCM Travel
Chirantan Sharma, Head Product Management, FNP      
Raja Lakshmipathy, Vice President and Managing Director, Genesys-India & SAARC
Anil Porter, Chief technology officer, ITQ

Disclaimer: The agenda is a continuous work in progress and may be subject to change