Meet the Top IT Gurus at CIO Leadership Forum, Bangalore

Bangalore: Technology has been called the gamechanger of this millenium, and from an organizational perspective; it has changed the way every enterprise functions. Every organization has realized the importance of technology, and has decided to increase the budget for IT. Gartner claims that worldwide enterprise IT spending is predicted to be a total of $2.679 trillion in 2013, a 2.5 percent increase over projected 2012 spending of $2.603 trillion.

This means that the CIO has been given a big role and also that the expectations from him are high. To sum it up succinctly, a CIO would have to face more pressure to show how he has invested wisely in the most apt technology. To boost his organization or help it survive in the cut throat competition, an IT exec would have to also decide where to expend his efforts.

The CIO Leadership Forum, Bangalore focuses on an interactive experience to facilitate an open flow of ideas and gain strategic insights from renowned CIOs of established organizations. The summit enables the IT executives to discover the present failings of the IT sector and discusses where energy needs to be allocated, in order to improve the overall performance.

Topics for the panel discussion:

· Enabling Revenue: The CIO's role in supporting top-line growth

· The State of the Indian CIOs

Some of the other eminent speakers lined up are:

· Sivaram Tadepalli, CIO- Airport Sector, GMR Group
· Sandip Chakraborty, Sr. Vice President – IT & PMO, Bharti AXA General Insurance
· Uma Mohan, CIO & Lean Leader, GE Healthcare India
· Ravishanker N, CIO, Tata Sky
· Prabhakar Madhiraju, CIO, Advinus Therapeutics
· Nandkishor Dhomne, CIO, Manipal Health Enterprise
· Karunakar Killamsetty, CIO, Global Green
· Dharmendra Kumar, President - India & SAARC, Aruba Networks
· Thirumal Nagarathnam, Director - IT SBAM, HARMAN International
· Sunil Kunders, CIO, Arvind Brands
· Sunil Sharma, VP Operations, Cyberoam
· Sriram Krishnan, EVP-IT, ING Life Insurance

It will be a gratifying opportunity for CIOs and senior IT leaders to acquire knowledge, share experiences and meet face-to-face with top industry thought leaders to understand the trio of mega-trends in mobility, social media and cloud computing among other neoteric concepts pertaining to IT sector.

DATE: January 24, 2013 (Thursday)
TIME: 05:30 PM to 09:00 PM (Followed by cocktail and dinner)
VENUE:  The Lalit Ashok, Hall:Grand Ball Room, Kumarakrupa High Grounds Bangalore-560001

The CIO Strategy Summit is an INVITE only event. To request an invitation, kindly reach out to Vimala at vimala@siliconindia.com or call at 080 43112194.

The event is sponsored by Aruba Networks, Cyberoam, and Hathway.