Invest Karnataka 2025 - Agenda

Date Time Venue Type of session Topic Speaker 1 Speaker 2 Speaker 3 Speaker 4 Speaker 5 Speaker 6 Speaker 7 Moderator
Inaugural
11-Feb 4pm onwards Plenary
Ceremony
Ann Dunkin,
AI, cybersecurity
Former Chief
and government: Simon Long,
Information
12-Feb 10:35 - 11:05 Hall A Fireside chat building digital editor-at-large,
Officer, U.S.
resilience in an The Economist
Department of
uncertain world
Energy
Jitendra Rangesh
Hitesh Garg Santhosh Kumar
Chips on the Chaddah (MD & Vrinda Kapoor Raghavan
(Vice President (President and
Table: India's turn India Country (CEO, 3rdiTech (Corporate Vice
& India Managing
12-Feb 10:30 - 11:45 Hall E Panel discussion to lead the Head and VP of & Bharat Semi President and
Managing Director, Texas
semiconductor GFES (Global Systems Private General Manager
Director, NXP Instruments
revolution Fab Engineering Limited) Lam Research
Semiconductors) India)
Services)) India)
Bhagwan Thaker
Dharmi Magdani (Vice Chairman
(Regional of Commercial
Bahrain: Gateway Director of Market
12-Feb 10:30 - 11:00 Hall C Country Session
to the Gulf Bahrain Committee at
Development Bahrain
Board- India) Chamber of
Commerce)
Shalini Goyal
Rami Ahola,
SUSTAINABLE Bhalla,
Partner and
MANUFACTURING Daisy managing Burjis Godrej,
Global Industry Simon Long,
- DRIVING Chittilapilly, director, executive
12-Feb 11:05 - 12:00 Hall B Panel discussion leader, editor-at-large,
GROWTH IN THE president, Cisco International director, Godrej
Industrial The Economist
GLOBAL GREEN India and SAARC Council for Agrovet
manufacturing,
ECONOMY Circular
IBM Consulting
Economy (ICCE)
Dr. h.c. Nik
Gugger
Reimagining Vidya Matthew
(President- Swiss
Investment for Annapragada, Mohit Kochar, Stephenson,
Venkat Raju, India
Growth: 5 areas Managing Chief Marketing Head,
12-Feb 11:00 - 12:00 Hall D Panel discussion CEO, Turbostart Parliamentary
to help achieve Director, Vital Officer, KPIT Investment and
Global Group &
Karnataka Vision Capital Technologies Services, World
Member of
2030 in 5 years Environment Economic Forum
Parliament -
Switzerland)
Date Time Venue Type of session Topic Speaker 1 Speaker 2 Speaker 3 Speaker 4 Speaker 5 Speaker 6 Speaker 7 Moderator
Wan Ahmad
Tarmizi Wan Idris
Trade Shazri Hidayat
H.E. Dato’ Shamilah Suresh Nair
Commissioner Abd Shukor
Muzafar Shah Perumal, General
Malaysia External Director
MALAYSIA: THIS IS Mustafa, Minister Manager- India,
Trade Malaysian
12-Feb 11:00 - 12:30 Hall C Country Session WHERE GLOBAL High (Economic Sri Lanka,
Development Investment
STARTS Commissioner of Affairs), High Bangladesh &
Corporation Development
Malaysia to the Commission of Nepal
(MATRADE), Authority
Republic of India Malaysia AirAsia Group
Chennai (MIDA), Mumbai
Promotion
Corporation
The New India Prashanth
Playbook: Shekhar Gupta Prakash
12-Feb 11:05 - 12:00 Hall A Fireside chat Entrepreneurship, (Editor-in-Chief, (founding
and the Digital The Print) partner, Accel
Revolution Partners)
Montek Singh
Ahluwalia
Resilient
(Indian
Pathways:
Economist, Salman Soz
Charting India’s
12-Feb 12:00 - 13:00 Hall A Fireside chat Former Deputy (Economist and
Economic Growth
Chairman, author)
Amid Global
Planning
Challenges
Commission of
India)
Karthik
Ganesan, fellow
Rob Boyd (Head
Driving change: and director - Michelle
– Global Aravind Mani
The future of strategic Santosh Iyer, Mahesh Babu, Hennessy,
sustainability (Co-founder &
12-Feb 12:05- 13:00 Hall B Panel discussion mobility in a partnerships, MD, Mercedes- CEO, Switch graphic detail
policy and CEO, River
rapidly urbanizing Council on Benz India Mobility editor, The
partnerships, Mobility)
world Energy, Economist
Boeing),
Environment and
Water (CEEW)
Murali Chandru Iyer,
Subrahmanyam British Deputy
UK & Karnataka: Andrew Cole
(MD& Group Jayakumar Doshi James Glavey High
12-Feb 12:00 - 13:00 Hall E Country Session Partners in (MD,
Head-Data (MD & CIO, BT) (COO, TESCO) Commissioner to
Economic Growth Micronclean)
Analytics Karnataka &
Operations, LSEG) Kerala
Ganesh Krishnan
(Serial
Mastering Madan Padaki
Entrepreneur,
Disruption & (Social
Promoter: Big
12-Feb 12:10 - 12:55 Hall F VentuRISE Understanding Entrepreneur,
Basket,
New Age Business President TiE
Homelane,
Models Bangalore)
Portea Medical,
Bluestone)
Date Time Venue Type of session Topic Speaker 1 Speaker 2 Speaker 3 Speaker 4 Speaker 5 Speaker 6 Speaker 7 Moderator
Akis Evangelidis
Shiv Aroor -
Innovating the (Co-founder &
12-Feb 14:00 - 15:00 Hall A Fireside chat Indian Journalist
Future Head-Marketing,
and writer
Nothing)
Sudeep Dalvi
Guruprasad (Senior Vice
Chaitanya N Venu (MD &
Aravind Melligeri Mudlapur, President,
Make in India for Sarawate (South CEO - India and
12-Feb 14:00 - 15:15 Hall D Ted-style talks (Chairman & President of Director & Chief
the world Asia head, GE South Asia,
CEO, Aequs) Bosch Group Communication
Healthcare) Hitachi Energy)
India Officer – Toyota
Kirloskar Motor)
H.E. Mr. Keiichi Manish Bhasin Kingshuk Satoshi Uchida
Future expansion Toshihiro
Ono (Head of India Toru Tsuruta Banerjee (Director, Mana Ono
of R&D function Mizutani
(Ambassador of Product (COO, Fujitsu (Director and Marketing (Senior Director,
12-Feb 14:00 - 15:30 Hall C Country Session for Japanese (Director
Japan to India, Innovation and Research of Head of R&D Support JETRO
manufacturing General, JETRO
Embassy of R&D Center, India) Center, Hitachi Department - Bengaluru)
companies Bengaluru)
Japan in India) Pioneer) India) SMRJ Japan)
Corporate Smita Malipatil,
Swapnesh Maru, Vishakha
partnerships & Managing
12-Feb 14:10 - 14:55 Hall F VentuRISE Deputy Managing Bhagat,Lead
innovation Director, Startup
Director,Toyota CampX Hub India
strategies Genome
Mythily Ramesh
Thomas Muthoot
(Co-founder &
John (Executive Lakshmi Pratury,
CEO,
12-Feb 15:00 - 16:15 Hall E Panel discussion Beyond urban Director, Founder & CEO -
NextWealth
Muthoot INKtalks
Entrepreneurs
Microfin)
Pvt. Ltd.)
Real-world Ankit Vishal Krishna,
insights from Vidit Aatrey, Fatehpuria, Co- Founder,
12-Feb 15:00 - 15:45 Hall F VentuRISE
successful Founder, Meesho Founder, UpStreamLife
entrepreneurs Zetwerk Media
Understanding Murali Krishna
investment Gunturu, Co- Arjun Rao,
12-Feb 15:50 - 16:35 Hall F VentuRISE dynamics and Founder, Partner,
Current market Inflexor Speciale Invest
opportunities Ventures
Sashi Kant
Mishra
Advancing
(Associate Dr. Varun
Renewable Kishor Nair, Chintan Shah
Director - Jyothiprakash
Energy: Pathways Chief Executive (Group
12-Feb 16:15 - 17:30 Hall D Panel discussion Business Senior Program
to a Sustainable Officer, Avaada President,
Development, Manager
and Resilient Group ReNew)
Ampin Energy WRI India
World
Transition
Private Ltd.)
Date Time Venue Type of session Topic Speaker 1 Speaker 2 Speaker 3 Speaker 4 Speaker 5 Speaker 6 Speaker 7 Moderator
K-Tech CoE IoT
SME Connect - & AI powered by
12-Feb 16:00 - 17:00 Hall C Panel discussion
Industry 4.0 MeitY and
NASSCOM
Avinash Avula,
The Future of Joan Concannon, President
Skilling: Driving Director for Applied Joerg
Day Veerlapati,
Academia, External Materials India & Hildebrandt (MD
12-Feb 15:15 - 16:30 Hall B Panel discussion President and
Industry and Relations, VP & Sr. Partner,
CEO S2Tech
Government University of Semiconductor BCG)
Collaboration York Products Group
Asia
Suzannah
Leading the Muthoot Nikhil Kamath
Charge: Young Parth Jindal (Executive (Co-founder,
Jay Kotak (Co-
12-Feb 16:30 - 17:30 Hall A Panel discussion Innovators (MD, JSW Director, Zerodha, True
head, Kotak811)
Shaping India’s Cement) Muthoot Housing Beacon, and
Future Finance Gruhas)
Company)
The Next Giant
Aravind
Leap: India's Role
Melligeri,
12-Feb 16:40 - 16:50 Hall F VentuRISE in Shaping the
Chairman &
Future of Deep
CEO, Aequs
Tech
18:00 PM Invest Karnataka
12-Feb Plenary
onwards Awards
Chanakya
The Next Mile: Martin Lundstedt Sandeep Hridaya (Co- T. M.
Innovations (President, AB Deshmukh (Co- Founder & Chief Veeraraghav
13-Feb 10:30 - 11:45 Hall D Panel discussion
Shaping the Volvo & CEO, founder & CEO, Operating (Executive
Future of Logistics Volvo Group) ElasticRun) Officer, Editor, NDTV)
Blackbuck)
Global Capability
Centres: Growth
engine driving the
13-Feb 10:30 - 11:45 Hall E Panel discussion
next wave of
economic growth
and innovation
Michelle
Pioneering the AI
Sebastian Thrun, Hennessy,
frontier: from
13-Feb 11:05 - 11:45 Hall A Fireside chat founder, Google graphic detail
moonshots to
X editor, The
real-world impact
Economist
Date Time Venue Type of session Topic Speaker 1 Speaker 2 Speaker 3 Speaker 4 Speaker 5 Speaker 6 Speaker 7 Moderator
Manish Gupta,
senior director,
Google
REIMAGINING Dominik Ranganath
DeepMind; co- Michelle
INTELLIGENCE- Heinrich, global Avinash Joshi, Sadasiva, chief Caleb Munigety,
founder and Hennessy,
USING CORE AI head of AI chief executive, technology head, Bosch
13-Feb 11:35 - 12:45 Hall B Panel discussion chief executive graphic detail
FOR A design, The NTT DATA Group officer, Hewlett India Enterprise-
VideoKen Inc. editor, The
TRANSFORMATIVE Coca-Cola Corporation Packard AI
and Infosys Economist
FUTURE Company Enterprise
Foundation chair
professor, IIIT
Bangalore
Sangita Devi
Aigana Gali,
Anavila Misra, Kathiwada,
From Heritage to Renowned
13-Feb 11:45 - 13:00 Hall D Panel discussion Pioneering Serial Culture
Haute Couture Fashion and
Fashion Designer and Design
Design Expert
Entrepreneur
Srinivasan
Dwarakanath
Jean-Noel Savyasachi
Huw Morgan - Director
India at the Core: Mahieu (EVP Srinivas, Vice
Michel Narchi Senior Vice General,
Shaping the Operations, President,
13-Feb 11:45 - 13:00 Hall E Panel discussion (Head of Int. President, Aerospace India
Future of Global Safran, Engineering at
Ops, Airbus) Aerospace Association and
A&D Sourcing Electronics and Collins
Procurement Former CEO &
Defence) Aerospace
MD of Airbus
India
Nipun Sahni
Italy - Europe's Fabio Fedel
Nitik Ratnakar (Vice President –
hub for your (Managing
13-Feb 11:00 - 12:00 Hall C Country Session (Director,NIR International
strategic Director, SILMAX
Group) Business, Tejas
expansion group)
Networks Ltd.)
Irfan Malik
Australia and Gaven Standon (National
Hilary McGeachy Michelle Wade
Karnataka: where (President, Indo- Associate Chair
(Australian (Commissioner -
13-Feb 12:00 - 13:00 Hall C Country Session are we now and Australia and President on
Consul General, South Asia,
what are the Chamber of NSW Chapter,
Bengaluru) Global Victoria)
opportunities Commerce) Australia India
Business Council)
Dr Bertie Muller,
director for
Charles Ross,
INDUSTRY 5.0 - computer
principal,
REDEFINING Bhuwan Lodha, science, Swansea
Lingraju Sawkar, technology and
MANUFACTURING chief executive - University; chair,
13-Feb 13:35 - 14:30 Hall B Panel discussion chief executive, society, Asia-
FOR THE HUMAN- AI division, Society for the
Kyndryl India Pacific,
CENTRIC Mahindra Group Study of Artificial
Economist
REVOLUTION Intelligence and
Impact
Simulation of
Behaviour AISB
Date Time Venue Type of session Topic Speaker 1 Speaker 2 Speaker 3 Speaker 4 Speaker 5 Speaker 6 Speaker 7 Moderator
Leanne
Chukoskie
(Associate
Professor, Dept.
of Physical
Therapy,
Movement, and
The Power of
13-Feb 14:00 - 14:15 Hall E Flash talk Rehabilitation
Different
Science - Bouvé
College of
Health Sciences
& Games
Program, CAMD
Northeastern
University)
India's Next Devi Prasad Rao Munukutla,
Vikrant Shrotriya
Innovation Aditya Virwani Shetty Chief Executive Anshul Gupta,
Ranch Kimball (Managing
Powerhouse: (Chief Operating (Chairman, Officer, Partner, Boston
13-Feb 14:00 - 15:15 Hall D Panel discussion (Trustee, Boston Director, Novo
Karnataka’s Officer, Embassy Narayana Bengaluru Consulting
University) Nordisk India
Blueprint for Group) Hrudayalaya Airport City Group
Pvt. Ltd)
KWIN City Limited) Limited - BACL
Udayant
Malhoutra (CEO
Yvonne Watson
& Managing Lakshmi Pratury,
Executive Dean,
13-Feb 14:15 - 15:15 Hall E Fireside chat Design matters Director, Founder & CEO -
Parsons School
Dynamatic INKtalks
of Design
Technologies
Limited)
Australia-India Denise Eaton, K P Rudrappaiah
Malini Dutt , Vinod Irfan Malik,
bilateral Gaurav Gupta, Australian Trade , Managing
NSW ( Subramaniam, President NSW &
opportunities for IAS, Additional and Investment Director,
Australia)Trade Director, Always National
Global market Chief Secretary, Commissioner Karnataka
13-Feb 14:00 - 15:00 Hall C Country Session and Investment Carbon & Associate Chair,
needs in the Energy Dept., for Austrade in Renewable
Commissioner - Bhouma Australia India
Clean Energy and Govt of South Asia Energy
India, Envirotech Pvt Business Council
Green Economy Karnataka (Clean Energy & Development
Investment NSW Ltd (AIBC)
sectors Green Economy) Ltd (KREDL)
James Ong, Abhivardhan,
Gillian Lester, founder and chairperson and
CRAFTING NEW Dean and Lucy Var Shankar, managing managing
Anka Reuel, Leo Mirani, Asia
RULES - A GLOBAL G. Moses chief AI and director, trustee, Indian
13-Feb 14:35 - 15:30 Hall B Panel discussion founding correspondent,
APPROACH TO AI Professor of privacy officer, Artificial Society of
member, KIRA The Economist
REGULATION Law, Columbia Enzai Intelligence Artificial
Law International Intelligence and
Institute (AIII) Law
Rajeeb Kumar
Vivekanand Liane Ghosh –
Roy – Founder Venkatesan S - Sindhu Cherian - Abner Chin,
Israel country Orli Weitzman – Tiwari – Co- Coutry Head,
13-Feb 15:00 - 16:30 Hall C Country Session and CEO, Solar Edge (Head Director, Ayala chief agronomist
session Consul General founder, Climate Dronacharya
Agriplast Tech of Sales) Water & Ecology of AutoAgronom
Crop Ltd Tech-Hub
India Pvt. Ltd
Date Time Venue Type of session Topic Speaker 1 Speaker 2 Speaker 3 Speaker 4 Speaker 5 Speaker 6 Speaker 7 Moderator
Paving the way
for Bioeconomy
with BioE3 Policy
13-Feb 15:15 - 16:15 Hall E Panel discussion
and Karnataka
Biotechnology
Policy 2024-2029
Dr. Sonal Asthana
(Clinical Lead
Indu Bhushan and Program
Future of Care:
Ashutosh (President - Director, HPB
Revolutionizing
Raghuvanshi (MD Shashank ND iLEAP, Ex-CEO, and Multiorgan
Healthcare
13-Feb 15:30 - 16:45 Hall D Panel discussion & CEO, Fortis (Co-Founder & Ayushman Transplant
Through Digital
Healthcare CEO, Practo) Bharat/National Surgery - Aster
Innovation &
Limited) Health Integrated Liver
Collaboration
Authority) Care (ILC) Group
& Aster Group of
Hospitals)
Jacob Gullish,
Executive
Husain
Director, Digital S. Somanath,
Suterwala,
Economy, Media, Former Abhishek
Senior Policy
Entertainment, Chairman of the Malhotra,
Future of Advisor, Office
13-Feb 16:15 - 17:30 Hall E Panel discussion and Satcom, Indian Space Managing
Commercial Space of the Secretary
U.S.-India Research Partner, TMT
of Defense,
Business Organisation Law Practice
Space Policy –
Council, U.S. (ISRO)
Partnerships
Chamber of
Commerce
Kiran Rao
From Diverse (Mumbai-based Sukhi Singh Lakshmi Pratury,
Irina Ghose (MD,
13-Feb 16:30 - 17:30 Hall A Panel discussion Paths to a Film Director, Founder, Sukhi’s Founder & CEO -
Microsoft India)
Common Goal Producer, and Gourmet Foods INKtalks
Writer)
Parvathi Moorthy
- Associate Vice
Unlocking Growth: Pankaj Gupta, President Sreenivas M.,
K Ullas Kamath
Financing Chief Executive Head of SME General Manager
13-Feb 16:30 - 17:30 Hall C Panel discussion Founder,
strategies for Officer, Godrej listing MSME, Karnataka
UK&Co.
MSMEs in India Finance Ltd. National Stock Bank
Exchange of
India Ltd.
18:00 PM SME Connect
13-Feb Plenary
onwards awards
Date Time Venue Type of session Topic Speaker 1 Speaker 2 Speaker 3 Speaker 4 Speaker 5 Speaker 6 Speaker 7 Moderator
Shashi Tharoor
George
(Fourth-term
Papandreou
Member of
(Former Prime
Parliament (Lok
Minister of
Thriving in Sabha) for
Greece & Lakshmi Pratury,
Turbulence: How Thiruvananthapu
14-Feb 10:30 - 11:30 Hall A Fireside chat Member of Founder & CEO -
Nations Can Build ram and the
Parliament, INKtalks
Lasting Resilience Chairman of the
Panhellenic
Parliamentary
Socialist
Standing
Movement/Move
Committee on
ment of Change)
External Affairs)
Madan Padaki
From Idea to Radhika Gupta
Pavan Guntupalli (Social
Impact: Building (MD & CEO,
14-Feb 10:30 - 11:30 Hall B Fireside chat (Co-founder, Entrepreneur,
Businesses that Edelweiss
Rapido) President TiE
Matter Mutual Fund)
Bangalore)
12pm Valedictory
14-Feb Plenary
onwards ceremony