Near and Long Term Trends Shaping IT in Manufacturing

Bangalore: Manufacturing is slowly but surely sweeping back in the national economic space. The current IT surge in the manufacturing sector is touted to be much more promising than the first wave. With this new manufacturing opportunity slated to be more skills intensive,  the Siliconindia is coming with “Manufacturing IT Summit”. This dynamic forum will bring together C-level executives, innovative solution providers and analyst thought leaders to discuss the critical technology issues affecting today's manufacturing organizations.

The event will kick start with an Inaugural Keynote session, which will be addressed by Vijay Sethi, Vice President-IS and CIO, Hero MotoCorp. Vijay has won several prestigious awards. Some of the awards in 2009-10 include India Best CIOs 2010 and CIO - The Ingenious 100 ~ 2009 Award. He also led the organization to get CIO Green Edge Awards 2008 and 2009 and Top 10 Green I.T. Enterprise Award - 2010.

The agenda for the Summit will focus on ‘Changing Landscape of Manufacturing and Role of Technology to Bolster Growth’ and ‘Do More with Less: The New Manufacturing Strategy’. The conference brings together CIOs, VP ITs, CTOs and other top IT executives to understand the trio of mega-trends in mobility, social and cloud computing in manufacturing industries.

Some of the other eminent speakers lined up are:

•    Sudhir K Mittal, CIO, Samtel
•    Dr. Mahesh Taneja, V.P. (Finance & I.Tech.), Munjal Showa
•    Virendra Bansal, Group CIO, Luminous Power Technologies
•    S.P. Arya, Sr.VP Corporate(IT), Amtek Group
•    Kavita Arora, Software Development Head, IFS India
•    Venkata Lavu, General manager, Schneider Electric
•    Ramasamy, Executive Director - IS, Indian Oil Corporation
•    Atul Govil, Head (SAP & IT), India Glycols
•    Balwant Singh, Head - IT, C&S Electric

You wouldn't want to miss listening to these speakers at the summit. The summit is an opportunity to share successes, failures and new ideas in a comfortable, yet focused business setting.

DATE: August 9, 2012 (Thursday)
TIME: 05.30 PM to 09.00 PM (Followed by cocktail and dinner)
VENUE: Hotel: The Claridges, Hall: Vice Regal Hall, 12 Aurangzeb Road, New Delhi -110011

The CIO Strategy Summit is an INVITE only event. To request an invitation please reach out to sharmila@siliconindia.com or call 080 43112176.

The event is sponsored by Scheider Electric, IFS and Epicor.