HeadStart 2009 will feature the following panel discussions. We will be adding speakers as we continue to receive confirmations from invitees.
Jan 9th – Entrepreneur RoundTable
[11:15 am – 12:15 noon]
- Jay Pullur, CEO, Pramati : talking on ‘The shift from Enterprise to Consumer markets : Opportunities, Challenges and Experiences’
- Sanjay Swamy, CEO, MChek : talking on ‘Building sustainable businesses : High growth vs High margin business models’
- Bhavin Turakhia, CEO, Directi : talking on ‘How to bootstrap your business and run it profitably without VC ?’
- Sujai Karampuri, CEO, Sloka Telecom : talking on ‘Fund raising : where are VCs failing in India ?’
- K Srinivasan, CEO, Amagi : talking on ‘Exits : When do you know it is the right time ?’
Jan 9th – Innovation in Consumer Services
[12:15 pm – 1:15 pm]
Consumer Internet and Mobile – Lessons from the Past and Opportunities for the future.
- Harish Gandhi, Executive Director, Canaan Partners
- Rajesh Sawhney, CEO, Reliance Entertainment
- Amit Dayal, VP, Yahoo
Jan 9th – Innovation in action : Interactions with the Demo pit
[3.15 pm – 4.30 pm]
- Online services : Alok Mittal, Partner, Canaan Partners
- Mobility : Dr Vishy Poosala, Head, Bell Labs India
- Telecom : Karthee Madaswamy, Qualcomm Ventures
- Consumer products : to be confirmed (tbc)
- Social enterprise : NK Ramakrishna, VP Technology, ICICI Foundation
Jan 9th – Investor networking and Press meet
[5.00 pm – 6.00 pm][ Demo pit and Lounge ]
Jan 10th – Software-as-a-Service delivered from Clouds
[11.15 am – 12.15 noon]
- Ramesh Loganathan, Managing Director, Progress Software India
- Kiran Datar, Managing Director, Cisco-Webex
- Arvin Babu, Partner, Greylock Ventures
Jan 10th – The Big Opportunities ahead : Technology talks by start ups
[12.15 pm – 1.15 pm]
- Search and Social media
- Clean Technology
- Application Virtualization
- Mobility
Jan 10th – Innovation in action : Interactions with the Demo pit
[3.15 pm – 4.30 pm]
- Heathcare and Biotech: Naveen Kulkarni, Business development director, Philips
- Aerospace and Automation : Harsha Ramesh Angeri, Head Strategy & New initiatives, Honeywell
- Retail and Logistics : tbc
- Semiconductors : tbc
- Automotive and Transportation systems : tbc
Jan 10th – Investor panel : Investment trends, opportunities and challenges for 2009
[5.00 pm – 6.00 pm]
- RJ Sridhar, Partner, Jafco Asia
- Rajesh Srivatsa, Partner, Ojas Ventures
- Samir Kumar, Inventus Capital Partners
- MJ Aravind, Artiman Ventures
- Varsha Tagare, Intel Capital