
Mint Digital Innovation Summit 2019 - An Overview
2 min read . Updated: 15 Mar 2019, 08:27 AM ISTMeet the minds that are driving the next generation of technological breakthroughs and changing the world

Meet the minds that are driving the next generation of technological breakthroughs and changing the world
The first edition of the Mint Digital Innovation Summit will be a place where technology meets business. It has been designed for C-level and senior executives responsible for information, technology, strategy, and marketing, who are charged with driving innovation and new product development—across industries and sectors.
The broad themes of this first edition comprises digital life, cutting edge technologies–machine learning, deep learning, computer vision and a suite of other artificial intelligence technologies–virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality, smart cities and connected health.
Summit Agenda
9.15 AM Special Address by Guest of Honour
Gaurav Gupta, IAS, Principal Secretary, Department of Technology, Biotechnology and Science & Technology, Government of Karnataka
9.25 AM Setting the Context
Leslie D’Monte, Sr. Associate Editor, Mint
9.30 AM First Keynote: AI for Flood Forecasting
Sella Nevo, Lead, Flood Forecasting Initiative, Google
9.55 AM Second Keynote: Privacy positively impacts the bottom line
Barry Cook, Privacy & Group Data Protection Officer, VFS Global
10.20 AM Short Keynote: Understanding Blockchain’s impact on Payments
Navin Gupta, MD, South Asia & MENA, Ripple
10.40 AM Startup Innovators Presentations
11.10 AM Connected Care, the future of Healthcare
Srinivas Prasad, VP and Head, Philips Innovation Campus
11.40 AM Keynote: Industrialized Innovation and its significance in riving better business outcomes
Roger Park, EY Partner, Principal, Americas Advisory and FSO Innovation Leader
12.00 PM AI and the Law
N S Nappinai, SC lawyer and Cyberlaw Expert
12.15 PM How 5G will help Digital India
Rajan S Mathews, Director General, Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI)
12.30 PM Fireside Chat: How to make Emerging Tech work for you
-K S Viswanathan VP-Industry Initiative, Nasscom
-Mahesh Makhija, Partner & Leader-Digital & Emerging Technology, EY India
-Praveen Hari, Fellow, iSPIRT
-Jayanth Kolla, Founder and partner, Convergence Catalyst
-Moderator: Leslie D’Monte, Sr. Associate Editor, Mint
2.05 PM Digital Transformation through New Business Models
Jaspreet Bindra, Founder, Digital Matters
2.20 PM Futurism of personnel tech and transportation
Sauvik Banerjee, VP-Digital Initiatives, Advisory to Group Co’s & CTO of TATACLIQ at Tata Industries Ltd
2.35 PM Customer Experience 4.0: Using behavioural science to win new customers
David McCann, Founder, BCX Design
2.50 PM Short Keynote: How to maximize ROI on advertising in the cross-platform era
Kedar Gavane, Vice President, India, Comscore
3.10 PM The Post Digital Wave
Siddharth Pai, Founder, Siana Capital
3.25 PM Power of the local language internet
Ankush Sachdeva, co-founder & CEO, ShareChat
3.35 PM NeuroTechnology based Brain Assessment
Kumaar Bagrodia, Founder, NeuroLeap
4.00 PM CEO Panel: Digital India — The Way Forward
-Sanjeev Sharma, Managing Director, ABB India Ltd & ABB R&D India
-Rajesh Janey, President & MD, India Enterprise, Dell EMC
-Sashikumar Sreedharan, Managing Director, Microsoft India
-Rahul Agarwal, CEO & MD, Lenovo India
-Karan Virwani, CWeO, India, WeWork
-Piyush Shah, Co-Founder, InMobi Group and President, Marketing Cloud and TruFactor
-Moderator: Rajrishi Singhal, Consulting Editor, Mint
5.00 PM Innovation for Everyone: Building the World’s Largest Consumer IoT Platform with Xiaomi
Manu Kumar Jain, VP, Xiaomi and MD, Xiaomi India
5.25 PM Smart Policy through Rich Data : Air Pollution use case
Arvind Tiwary, Founder,SangEnnovate, co-chair of IoTNext
5.40 PM Digital Entertainment for Rural India
Ali Hussein, Chief Operating Officer, Eros Digital
5.55 PM Connected Health: Gene Editing for Better Health
Dr. Suresh Subramani, Global Director, Tata Institute for Genetics and Society
6.15 PM Diet, DNA and AI
Pranav Alam, Founder & CEO, Gene Box & part of CII Biotech Committee
6.30 PM Startup Innovators Presentations
7.00 PM Road to Emerging Tech
Prof. S Sadagopan, Director IIIT-Banglaore
EY-MINT EMERGING TECHNOLOGY AWARDS
Fireside: Mahesh Makhija, EY Partner with Leslie
Awards Ceremony
Other details about the summit here