InfoComm India 2021 GoVIRTUAL Summit
15 – 16 September 2021
InfoComm India goes fully digital on 15-16 September on GoVIRTUAL. Look forward to a diverse range of summit tracks from high-level strategic discussion to technology and industry-focused sessions addressing the critical pain points of AV and IT Channel players and institutional business end-users.
About the Summit
Hear about industry trends, technology updates and future forecasting across an array of learning platforms featuring experts in the Professional AudioVisual and Integrated Experience Technologies industries.
2021 Summit Program
- WED, 15 SEP 2021
- THUR, 16 SEP 2021
DAY 1 • 15 SEPTEMBER 2021
技术演讲 （三层310室）
INDUSTRY FORUMS
Urban Development and Planning
10:00 – 10:15
Keynote Address
C K Varma, Additional Director-General, Central Public Works Department (CPWD)
10:15 – 10:45
Case Study: How does Covid Shape Urban Planning and Design for New India?
The pandemic we face today has thrown challenges to how buildings and infrastructure need to cater to crowd control and monitoring and air quality management, among other issues. This will inform our future approach to public infrastructure planning and design.
Nisha Mathew Ghosh, Founding Co-Partner, Mathew and Ghosh Architects, India
10:45 – 11:30
Panel Discussion: Key Considerations for Future Urban Development and Planning in India
- How does COVID-19 push urban planners to think about redesigning more resilient cities?
- Invest in green and energy-efficient infrastructure for a sustainable city?
Moderator:
- Abhishek Pandey, Editor, Urban Update
Panelists:
- Golagani Hari Venkata Kumari, Mayor, Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation
- Saleha Sapra, Co-Founder, City Sabha
- Sanyukta Bhatia, Mayor, Lucknow Municipal Corporation
- Prof (Dr) Ashwani Luthra, Director, Centre for Sustainable Habitat, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar
Digital Government
11:45 – 12:15
Digital Government Transformation Post Covid-19
Reopening government will not mean returning to business as usual; the next normal will be different. COVID-19 has disrupted nearly every area of governance, from public transit to welfare services to law enforcement.
Brijendra Kumar, Partner and Lead, Government Technology, KPMG India
12:15 – 13:00
Panel Discussion: Contactless Economy & Need for Digitalisation
- What it takes for your business to become digitally ready, resilient against challenges, and built for the future?
- Re-evaluate and accelerate IT initiatives and digital infrastructure strategies
Moderator:
- Vihang Vinod Shah, Executive Advisor, SynFiny Advisors
Panelists:
- Mehjabeen Taj Aalam, CIO, Tata Capital Housing Finance Ltd.
- KRC Murty, Senior Vice President & Head – IT Apps RTB, Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited
- Shantanu Srivastava, Regional Director, Professional Risk Managers’ International Association (PRMIA) Mumbai
The Future of Tourism
14:15 – 14:45
Case Study: The Essential Components of Memorable Projection Mapping Installations
What it takes to make a monument come to life? This session will illustrate projection mapping, design practices and associated installations of completing son et luminaire.
Rishubh Nayar, Director, Christie Digital Systems (India) Private Limited
14:45 – 15:30
Panel Discussion: The Future of Tourism in India
- Domestic tourism economy – promotions, challenges, and possible solutions?
- It won’t be business as usual when India reopens, how do you revive enthusiasm and build confidence in the minds of travelers to Indian tourism sites?
Moderator:
- Amaresh Tiwari, Vice Chairman, India Convention Promotion Bureau; Director & Board Member FAITH, CEO, Meetings and Incentives World; Managing Director, A.T. Seasons & Vacations Travel Pvt. Ltd
Panelists:
- Jyoti Mayal, President, Travel Agents Association of India
- Professor Ramesh C. Gaur, Dean & Head, Kalanidhi Division, Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts
- Yuvraj Padole, Deputy Director – Events & Marketing, Madhya Pradesh Tourism Board
Future Workplace Design
15:30 – 15:40
Opening Remarks
Hasmukh Shah, Chairman-elect, Institute of Indian Interior Designers, Mumbai Regional Chapter
15:40 – 16:30
Panel Discussion: The Future Workplace Realities
- What will be the changes of future workplace in terms of design, space and technology adoption accelerated by COVID-19?
- How is AV driving innovation and what does the future of AV in the workplace look like?
Moderator:
- Ar. Prashant Sutaria, Principal Architect, Prashant Sutaria Architects
Panelists:
- Ar. Alhad Gore, Managing Partner, Beyond Design Architects and Consultants
- Ar. Kartik Punjabi, Managing Director, Vijay Punjabi Consultants Pvt Ltd
- Ar. Kulin Kapadia, Founder at Alcove Design Consultants, Director Paperspace Asia
16:30 – 17:00
Case Study: Hybrid Workspace – Trends, Challenges, and Installations in Action
To prepare for a flexible remote and in-person work options, 73% of Indian business decision makers are considering redesigning physical spaces to better accommodate hybrid work environments. This session will examine the key challenges and installation tips through 2 practical case studies.
Johnny Lin, Senior Director of Sales, APAC, Screenbeam Inc.
Albert Chen, FAE Manager, Screenbeam Inc.
AVIXA SEMINARS
10:30 – 12:00
AV LEADERS CONNECT
Welcome Address
Richard Tan, Executive Director, InfoCommAsia Pte Ltd
Global Pro AV Outlook: Charting a Path Out of the Pandemic
At the start of this year’s AV Leaders Connect, AVIXA shares its latest intelligence on industry trends to help AV leaders navigate the disruptions & opportunities brought about by the pandemic. Gain a competitive edge & the data needed to steer business growth.
Jonathan Seller, Sr. Director, Development APAC, AVIXA
Panel Discussion: Emerging Trends – What the Industry is Going to Look Like After 2021?
In the second part of AV Leaders Connect, AVIXA will moderate a panel of industry experts. These experts can speak to how technology is working in the real world. Attendees will get a sense of which shifts will impact them whether they are in education, corporate, or retail. Join the group of leading consultants in discussing where the AV industry is headed.
Moderator:
- Jonathan Seller, Sr. Director, Development APAC, AVIXA
Panelists:
- Abdul Waheed, CTS, Managing Director, EYTE Technologies PVT, LTD
- Kelvin King, Consultant
- Mradul Sharma, Managing Director & Principal, 3CDN
- Sangya Gupta, CEO, ASK Consultants
- Vineet Singh, Managing Director, HMPL Consulting
12:00 – 13:00
Technologies for New Commercial Real Estate – Methods and Applications for Post COVID
The covid pandemic has impacted commercial real estate negatively around the world. We have a bit of a corporate workplace space but up to which technologies may go up to commercial real estate in a much more productive as well as may stimulate the remote workers to go back to the office safely and securely as well as improving their productivity.
Kuldip Kamat, Managing Director, All Wave AV Systems
13:00 – 14:00
Escalation for Fast Decision Making
How often should your team escalate? Likely more often than they do! It can be effective to use fast and friendly escalation to resolve conflicts and make high-velocity decisions. Disagreements and conflicts among teams arise due to misaligned goals, competing interest, and sometimes different ways of thinking. In these situations, your teams could easily spend weeks or even months on debate and negotiation without results. This interactive course demystifies escalations and covers “why, when, and how-to.”
Rakesh Kumar, CTS – D, CTS – I, Technical Program Manager, Amazon
14:00 – 15:00
Collaboration Equity – Just a buzz?
Hybrid work environment has brought about a new tech-jargon, Collaboration Equity. With this presentation, we hope to gather views from various corners of our industry to understand hybrid work environments in general and how Collaboration Equity will be a key design driver moving forward.
Mradul Sharma, Managing Director & Principal, 3CDN
15:00 – 16:00
How to Design & Setup Video Meeting Rooms for Hybrid Working
Video Meetings have become a necessity in today’s world and have become a lynchpin for Hybrid or Flexible working arrangements. Video is increasingly pervasive in organizations of every size and type due to compelling improvements in AV quality, flexibility, ease of use, and affordability—plus the simple fact that face-to-face collaboration through video conferencing is the next best thing to being there in person. In the post pandemic world, modern video meetings are a game-changer, allowing remote workers and distributed teams to talk face to face, share files and screens, and whiteboard. Businesses that do not adopt the new way of working with Video Conferencing will fail to build relationships with the new supply chain, miss out on creativity and productivity that thrives on better communications between employees, and will be less agile and innovative.
As adoption rates steadily increase, so do expectations about the overall video meeting experience. This presentation will cover the key points on how to setup the perfect video conferencing solution in all sizes of rooms.
Varun Nair, B2B Product Manager – India & SWA, Logitech India
16:00 – 17:00
Basics of Illumination
In this session we will learn about the basics of Light & its components, Important Lighting terminologies, Lux measurements for a space and Color mixing techniques.
Annie Dafni, Applications Engineer, Harman
DAY 2 • 16 SEPTEMBER 2021
技术演讲 （三层310室）
INDUSTRY FORUMS
Reimagining Education
10:00 – 10:15
Keynote Address: National Education Policy 2020 – Reimagine Education in India
Narayanan Ramaswamy, Office Managing Partner for KPMG Kolkata; National Lead for Education & Skill Development Sector
10:15 – 10:45
Case Study: Lecture Capture and Digital Libraries for Educational Institutions
This session will showcase solutions that help colleges record lectures, live stream and store for future reference by both students and staff. Different systems were created for small classrooms, lecture halls and auditoria. Students benefitted because they could access lectures at any time, from anywhere, at their convenience. The digital library that stores recorded lectures have become the mainstay for students during their revisions.
Koreth Mathew, Director, A&T Video Networks Pvt. Ltd.
10:45 – 11:30
Panel Discussion: Rising above the COVID-19 Challenges in India’s Education Sector
- Key challenges of hybrid learning faced by the higher education sector and how organizations are dealing with them
- Moving forward, what it takes to build a robust and sustainable learning system in the context of a pandemic?
- Changes to expect in the next 3 years, what do you see the biggest challenge is in the education sector
Moderator:
- Narayanan Ramaswamy, Office Managing Partner for KPMG Kolkata; National Lead for Education & Skill Development Sector
Panelists:
- Dr. B. Anbuthambi, President, ICT Academy
- Dr. Vivek Kumar, Vice Chancellor, Quantum University
- Dr. S.N. Sridhara, Vice Chancellor, Hindustan University
Cyber Security for Defence and Homeland Security
11:30 – 11:35
Opening Remarks by Computer Society of India, Mumbai Chapter
Cybersecurity incidents jumped from 3,94,499 in 2019 to 11,58,208 in 2020, according to the data shared by the Indian government. The information tracked by the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) showed that such attacks saw a four-fold jump in 2018 and recorded an 89 per cent growth in 2019.
Dr. Suresh A. Shan, Chairman, CSI Mumbai Chapter
11:35 – 11:40
Inaugural Address
Dr. Gautam Mahapatra, President, Computer Society of India
11:40 – 11:55
Keynote – ‘Cyber Security Challenges’
In the era of hybrid working, security breaches stemming from work-from-home will be a major challenge facing data-sensitive organizations. How do such organizations prepare themselves for such an impending future while maintaining the highest-level security?
Nagesh Shastri, Deputy Director General, National Informatics Centre (NIC)
11:55 – 12:25
How to Protect & Secure Critical Data
Murali Rao, Cyber Leader, Ernst & Young
12:25 – 13:10
Panel Discussion: Strategies for Building Resilient Networks for National Defence and Homeland Security
- Strategies for proactive network defense
- Reducing cyber risks on an increasingly indefensible network
- Shaping a culture of resilience among cyber operators
Moderator:
- Govind Korekar, Director, Deloitte Digital
Panelists:
- Dr. Balsing Rajput, IPS, DCP, Technology and Crime Prevention, Mumbai Police
- Dr. Suresh A. Shan, Chairman, CSI, Mumbai Chapter
- Amit Ghodekar, Global Head of Cyber Security, Covermore Group
The Future of Elections in India
14:00 – 14:15
Opening Remarks
Elections in India are the biggest National Event and how technology plays a dominant role in Indian elections.
Roshan Abbas, President, Event and Entertainment Management Association
14:15 – 15:00
Panel Discussion: The Future of Elections in India
- Planning for Digital Campaigns
Moderator:
- Roshan Abbas, President, Event and Entertainment Management Association
Panelists:
- Samit Garg, CEO & Co-Founder, E-Factor Entertainment Pvt. Ltd
- Vijay Bokaria, Director, Moksh Events Pvt. Ltd.
- Khantil Mehta, Co-founder and Creative Head, Go Bananas
AVIXA SEMINARS
10:30 – 11:30
Experiential Installation – Technologies and Trends
The session will provide examples of Digital Narrative Experience Centers, such as Dr B.R. Ambedkar National Memorial, to showcase how AV can be used to create immersive experience for visitors. Applications on technologies used to enhance visitor expereince access and trends on future technologies and applications will be discussed.
Harbir Singh, Director, Pan Intellecom Ltd
11:30 – 12:30
Panel Discussion: The Current State of Conferencing and Collaboration
A panel of the foremost manufacturers and service providers share their insights on where conferencing and collaboration are now, a year and a half after the COVID-19 pandemic reshaped our world. Plus, their predictions on where we are going next.
Moderator:
- Abdul Waheed, CTS, Managing Director, EYTE Technologies Pvt Ltd
Panelists:
- Avinash Johri, Vice President, MAXHUB
- Varun Nair, B2B Product Manager – India & SWA, Logitech India
- Jayaprakash Chinnamuthu, Director – Customer Experience, Crestron India.
- Anand Anupam, Global EVP for Sales & Marketing, Cyviz AS
12:30 – 13:30
Today’s Cookbook for AV System-Integration
This session outlines changing business model and practices for AV system integration in today’s context. It will also provide guidance for system-integrators to tailor their approach towards changing technology and business landscape.
Edzil Deniz, Senior Consultant – IT, 3C Design Networks
13:30 – 14:30
Get the Best of Both Worlds with Hybrid Technology
With COVID-19 peaking in 2020, companies had to decide on how to keep their businesses engaged. It is imperative to keep the communication & collaboration going among all the relevant stakeholders without disruption. With changing times & trends, people settled for a different video conferencing solution that was readily available to keep the business going, however these solutions had their own issues & threats in terms of security and other technological challenges.
In today’s hybrid world people need not be in the same room to accomplish a common task. With hybrid solutions, you get the best of both worlds – the advantages of meeting in person & technology that allows people to tune-in virtually from the safety and comfort of their home. Hybrid solution is the future and is here to stay. Corporate and Education spaces have changed on a foundational level. Both office space and classrooms are required to equip with technology that is versatile and flexible for remote and in-room participation. It is time to adjust your existing workspace and education infrastructure with effective Hybrid solutions to create a safer, more flexible and engaging business/learning environment.
Varun Agrawal, Business Head – West, Kramer India Pvt. Ltd
14:30 – 15:00
10 AV Standards You Should Know About – Updates
Standards boost business. As a designer, installer, or system user, AV standards are written to help you improve quality and efficiency. Learn about 10 you should be using right now.
Ratnesh Javeri, Managing Director, Innovative Systems & Solutions
15:00 – 16:00
AV LEADERS CONNECT
Challenges for Business Leaders Today and How to Overcome Them
(Session is cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances)
16:00 – 17:00
AVIXA Women’s Forum
Women and Leadership in a Predominately Male Industry
The mission of the AVIXA Women’s Council is to provide a platform for the global community of female AVIXA members and other professionals who are committed to supporting and empowering women in the technology and AV industry. Come join us at this forum and hear from highly accomplished female industry leaders, as they share their personal experience on they forged successful careers in a male-dominated tech industry sector by driving gender parity, inclusivity in the workplace and how they challenge the status quo. During an open discussion, you are invited to engage with these female trailblazers to receive advice and ideas for your own career.
Moderator:
- Annu Jamloki, Co-founder & Director, Lewminadio Technologies
Panelists:
- Sangya Gupta, CEO, ASK Consultants
- Kirti Shetti, Director – Operations, Kramer Electronics India Pvt Ltd
- Roopa Krishnamurthy, Acoustical Consultant
- Kiran Dham, Managing Director & CEO, Globus Infocom
18:05 – 18:50
Systems Integration India Awards Programme (Virtual)
* Welcome Speech
* Tribute Video. Remembering those that have passed on.
* Showcasing the resilience of our industry:
- Awards Winners Announcement
- Congratulatory Speech by Richard Tan, Executive Director, InfoCommAsia Pte Ltd
- Resilience Video – “Darkness before Dawn, this too shall pass”
- Speech from David Labuskes, CEO, AVIXA
* Closing Thank You Speech
Register to get link to view the programme on 16th September at 6.05pm (IST) / 12.35pm (GMT)
Diverse Summit Tracks
Choose from a variety of learning platforms offering an exciting educational line-up form high-level strategic discussion to technology and industry-focused sessions.
AVIXA Seminars
AV technical personnel and professional end-users from various industries can learn technical skills and knowiedge directly from experts from AVIXA, the organization representation Pro-AV and Integrated Experience Solutions professionals worldwide.
Industry Forums
Industry Forums hone in on major industry projects in Asia, as well as factors impacting the industry. Presentations will also include the developments of AV in the industries, as well as new technologies that will affect the industry in the near future.
3-Day Webinar Agenda on GoVIRTUAL
- Wed, 18 Nov 2020
- Thu, 19 Nov 2020
- Fri, 20 Nov 2020
DAY 1 • 18 November 2020, Wednesday
VIRTUAL THEATRE 1
Panel Discussion:
Emerging Trends – What the Industry is Going to Look Like After 2020?
Moderator: T S Gopalakrishnan, CTS-D, CTS-I, Adjunct Faculty Member, AVIXA
AVIXA Panelists:
- Abdul Waheed, CTS, Managing Director, EYTE Technologies Pvt Ltd
- Sachin Prabhudesai, CTS, Vice President – Projects, Actis Technologies Pvt Ltd
- Bharath Kumar. A, Board of Director, 2019 AVIXA and Managing Director, Kramer Electronics India Pvt. Ltd
- Nitin Joshi, Asia-Pacific IT Audiovisual and Mobility, 3DS.COM
10:30 – 11:30AM
Emerging Trends - What the Industry is Going to Look Like After 2020?
Moderator: T S Gopalakrishnan, CTS-D, CTS-I, Volunteer Instructor, AVIXA
AVIXA Panelists:
- Abdul Waheed, CTS, Managing Director, EYTE Technologies Pvt Ltd
- Sachin Prabhudesai, CTS, Vice President – Projects, Actis Technologies Pvt Ltd
- Bharath Kumar. A, Managing Director, Kramer Electronics India Pvt. Ltd
- Nitin Joshi, Asia-Pacific IT Audiovisual and Mobility, 3DS.COM
Abdul Waheed will lead a panel of industry experts in the discussion on “Emerging Trends – What the Industry is Going to Look Like After 2020?”. These experts can speak to how technology is working in the real world. Attendees will get a sense of which shifts will impact them whether they are in education, corporate, or retail. Join technology managers, manufacturers, and other AV professionals in discussing where the AV industry is headed.
AVIXA SEMINAR
Industry 4.0 – What does it Mean for AV?
by Alec Graham • AV Solutions Architect, Citadel Technology, Australia
IoT, Big Data, AI, Cobots. The Fourth Industrial Revolution has begun and it will change our lives. A generation ago the tech we use every day was science fiction. One more generation and what seems implausible will be ubiquitous. Read More
12.30 - 1:00PM
Industry 4.0 - What does it Mean for AV?
by Alec Graham, • AV Solutions Architect, Citadel Technology, Australia
IoT, Big Data, AI, Cobots. The Fourth Industrial Revolution has begun and it will change our lives. A generation ago the tech we use every day was science fiction. One more generation and what seems implausible will be ubiquitous.
What does this mean for Pro AV? - How can we ride the wave of change? We don’t have all the answers yet but at least let us start asking the right questions. Fortune favors the prepared.
Impact of Machine Learning, Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence in Today’s Economy
by Kuldip Kamat • CTS, Managing Director, All Wave AV
Today, disruptive innovations from AI, ML, and IoT play an important role in shaping the Workspace, Enterprise and Government Application. Read More
1:00 – 1:30PM
Impact of Machine Learning, Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence in Today's Economy
by Kuldip Kamat • CTS, Managing Director, All Wave AV
Today, disruptive innovations from AI, ML, and IoT play an important role in shaping the Workspace, Enterprise and Government Application. This presentation aims to get a few ground rules on these technologies and explore how they would have an impact for helping the organisation today and tomorrow.
Digital Signage Post-Pandemic: New Market Opportunities for Smart Displays
by John Wang • Co-Founder and CEO, IAdea Corporation
The COVID-19 pandemic is impacting digital signage in an unprecedented way and posing great risks for the future of our industry. Public displays are losing their glitter as people are advised to stay home and avoid touching surfaces to avoid contamination. Read More
1:00 – 1:30PM
Digital Signage Post-Pandemic: New Market Opportunities for Smart Displays
by John Wang • Co-Founder and CEO, IAdea Corporation
The COVID-19 pandemic is impacting digital signage in an unprecedented way and posing great risks for the future of our industry. Public displays are losing their glitter as people are advised to stay home and avoid touching surfaces to avoid contamination. However there is also new hope on the horizon. New demands are forming that require the use of digital display technology in completely new ways. In this session, we will explore some of these new opportunities to pave the road for a quick recovery of our industry.
Line Array Basics
by Sudhagar Padmanabhan, Manager, Application Engineering, Harman Professional Solutions
The purpose of this presentation is to explore the fundamentals of line array theory. It will also help to differentiate the perceived and measured audio performance and improvements in large venues. Read More
4:00 – 4:45PM
Line Array Basics
by Sudhagar Padmanabhan, Manager, Application Engineering, Harman Professional Solutions
The purpose of this presentation is to explore the fundamentals of line array theory. It will also help to differentiate the perceived and measured audio performance and improvements in large venues. The session will also talk about physical and safety challenges while setting up and configuring the line array.
Virtual Theatre 2
Project Case Study by Crestron India
Project Case Study by Leyard
CREATIVE LED SOLUTIONS
by Firdosh D. Balsara, Regional Senior Business Director, Leyard Hong Kong Interntional Co. Ltd
The process for developing a creative custom LED solution begins with your vision and your requirements. Read More
12.30 - 1:10PM
Project Case Study by Leyard CREATIVE LED SOLUTIONS
by Firdosh D. Balsara, Regional Senior Business Director, Leyard Hong Kong Interntional Co. Ltd
The process for developing a creative custom LED solution begins with your vision and your requirements. The design for creative custom LED solutions of any shape or size, large or small projects, indoor or outdoor, variety of pixel pitches, bespoke and custom designs can be developed, built and successfully implemented.
A broad range of product capabilities can be offered for a wide variety of applications.
SMART URBANIZATION
(in partnership with All India Institute of Local Self Government)
Panel Discussion: Smart Urbanization in Indian Cities
Opening Remarks and Introduction of the topic by Mr Abhishek Pandey , AIILSG
Panellists:
Prof.Tathagata Chatterji, Professor, Urban Management and Governance, Xavier School of Human Settlement
Mr Shubhagato Dasgupta, Senior Fellow, Centre for Policy Research Read More
2:00 - 3:20PM
SMART URBANIZATION
Indian government’s ambitious Smart Cities Mission to develop 100 smart cities across the country is propelled by a desire to make urban governance and management efficient and improve livability in cities. The mission has encouraged most of the urban local bodies in India to look towards technological innovation to make their urban operations smart and efficient. This requires finances, access to functional technological options, capacity building of municipal staff, and effective leadership at the local level.
A series of initiatives at the global level suggest that cities will need to harness real-time urban intelligence to power their smart mobility, energy, utilities, and city commerce programs, connecting all their smart urban applications and scaling these with ease. The collection of real-time data and optimizing the same for rendering civic services is of critical importance. All India Institute of Local Self-Government in association with InfoComm India is organizing the panel discussion on 'Smart Urbanization in Indian cities' to underline the importance of smart urbanization system and the find a way forward to implement the idea on the ground.
DAY 2 • 19 November 2020, Wednesday
VIRTUAL THEATRE 1
HEALTHCARE
(in partnership with India Chamber of Commerce)
Sustainable Preparedness of Indian Healthcare Sector & Telemedicine
10:00 AM – 10:05 AM
Welcome Address
By Prashant Sharma, Chairman, ICC National Healthcare Committee & MD, Charnock Hospital
10:05 AM – 10:25 AM
Presentation on Healthcare Landscape in India
By Dr. Alexander Thomas, President, AHPI
Opportunities in the post pandemic scenario & Government focus
10:45 AM – 11:25 AM
Panel Discussion:
New Opportunities in Healthcare – Telemedicine & Contactless Technology
Moderator: Sanjay Prasad, CEO, Mission of Mercy Hospital, Kolkata, Member, ICC National Healthcare Committee
Panelists:
- Dr. Mohammad Eakub Ali, Consultant Biomedical Engineer, Director, Telemedicine Labs and Research Private Limited
- Dr. Vikram Singh Raghuvanshi, Healthcare Leader, Past Chairman, ICC, National Healthcare Committee
Project Case Study by Harman
Case Study of End-to-end Integration at Mayfair Lake Resort
by Ashish Bajaj, Director, Enterprise Sales, Harman International (India) Pvt. Ltd.
Mayfair Lake Resort equipped with world-class audio, video, lighting and control systems that feature an array of products from Martin, JBL Professional, Crown, AMX, BSS, dbx, Soundcraft and AKG. Read More
11.30AM - 12:10PM
Project Case Study by Harman
Case Study of End-to-end Integration at Mayfair Lake Resort
by Ashish Bajaj, Director, Enterprise Sales, Harman International (India) Pvt. Ltd.
Mayfair Lake Resort equipped with world-class audio, video, lighting and control systems that feature an array of products from Martin, JBL Professional, Crown, AMX, BSS, dbx, Soundcraft and AKG. Opened in 2019, the luxurious MAYFAIR Lake Resort features over 124 rooms and suites, the MAYFAIR Spa, salon, fitness center, swimming pool and Kids Play area. Adding stunning lighting displays, pristine sound and high-tech control systems and signal distribution that match the hotel's luxurious facilities, MAYFAIR Lake Resort was outfitted with premium solutions from HARMAN Professional, including a wide range of Martin lighting fixtures and JBL Professional loudspeakers.
11:30AM – 12:10PM
AVIXA SEMINAR
10 AV Standards You Should Know About
by T S Gopalakrishnan • CTS-D, CTS-I, Adjunct Faculty Member, AVIXA
Standards boost business. As a designer, installer, or system user, AV standards are written to help you improve quality and efficiency. Learn about 10 you should be using right now.
Collaborate. Be distant. Be heard.
by Devraj Panicker • Market Development Manager, Shure South Asia
This presentation will throw light on key aspects to be considered for creating future meetings spaces which are flexible, efficient and safe for interactions especially based on speech.
Opportunity in Adversity – Impact of Online Coaching in Education
by Karthik Narayanan • General Manager, Newline Interactive Inc.
The effects of the pandemic have had a significant impact on the education sector in India and this has led to a rise in the number of online coaching institutes offering a variety of courses in India. Read More
12.30 - 1:00PM
Opportunity in Adversity - Impact of Online Coaching in Education
by Karthik Narayanan • General Manager, Newline Interactive Inc.
The effects of the pandemic have had a significant impact on the education sector in India and this has led to a rise in the number of online coaching institutes offering a variety of courses in India. The presentation will delve on the dynamics of designing a comprehensive solution for online coaching institutes and the challenges faced in doing so. The presentation will also analyze the way forward for the interactive flat panel segment to explore non-traditional verticals like healthcare, home entertainment etc. in these testing times.
EDUCATION
(presented by AVIXA)
Higher Education Technology Programme
2:00 – 2:10PM
Welcome Address
by Jonathan Seller • Senior Director of Development – Asia Pacific, AVIXA
Keynote Address: Interactive Education Spaces Configurator
by Piet van der Zanden, • Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), Netherlands
Continuously, universities want to obtain new education buildings, for instance to cope with student growth numbers, to facilitate modern teaching and learning practices, or to replace premises that cannot be renovated any longer. Read More
2:10 – 2:40PM
Keynote Address: Interactive Education Spaces Configurator
by Piet van der Zanden, Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), Netherlands
ABOUT THE SESSION
Continuously, universities want to obtain new education buildings, for instance to cope with student growth numbers, to facilitate modern teaching and learning practices, or to replace premises that cannot be renovated any longer. Daily practices have shown a persistent number of errors and misconceptions in such building processes. Regular examples are construction artefacts placed within lecture hall sightlines and insufficient clear heights within classrooms delivering severe readability problems. Moreover, similar misconceptions between related disciplines occur more often than expected with refurbishment and transformation projects.
Delft University of Technology has been deciding to put education first with such projects. Teaching and learning practices are today’s leading factors when new build and refurbishing projects occur. A twofold strategy was followed to implement new policy, 1) governance structure containing parties from real estate, education affairs, facility services and AV-IT departments, and 2) Cookbook Education Spaces describing requirements for lecture halls, classrooms, and study workplaces.
An interactive configurator tool for education spaces was developed to support university staff and contractors with determining proper readability and sightlines for educational content, next to seat capacity and accessibility. TUDESC (TU Delft Education Spaces Configurator) helps to obtain optimum figures by altering several parameters with instant visual feedback.
2:40 – 3:20PM
Panel Discussion – Next Generation Education Technology
Moderator: H. R. Mohan • Chair, ACM Chennai & Member of AVIXA
Panelists:
- Piet van der Zanden, Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), Netherlands
- Mr BK Sahoo, Head AV, Indian Institute of Technology
- Santosh Chary, Sr Manager, Kramer Electronics India Pvt Ltd
- Jayaprakash Chinnamuthu, Director – Customer Experience, Creston India
- Amit Ghagare, Consultant Liaison Manager, Harman International India Pvt. Ltd
Virtual Theatre 2
GOVERNMENT / SECURITY AND DEFENSE
(in partnership with Computer Society of India)
Panel Discussion:
Uncovering new age of cyber-attacks generated by nation state-actors
Moderator: Burgess Cooper, Partner Information & Cyber Security, Ernst & Young
Panelists:
- Lt. Gen (Dr.) Rajesh Pant (retd), Coordinator, National Cyber Security, Govt of India
- Dr. Triveni Singh, IPS, SP Cyber Crime, Uttar Pradesh
- Subramanyam Gupta Boda, CIO, Brigade Group
10:00 – 11:20PM
Panel Discussion:
Uncovering new age of cyber-attacks generated by nation state-actors
Moderator: Burgess Cooper Partner Information & Cyber Security, Ernst & Young
Panelists:
- Lt. Gen (Dr.) Rajesh Pant (retd), Coordinator, National Cyber Security, Govt of India
The growing importance of cyberspace to modern society, and its increasing use as an arena for dispute, is becoming a national security concern for governments and armed forces globally. The special characteristics of cyberspace, such as its asymmetric nature, the lack of attribution, the low cost of entry, the legal ambiguity, and its role as an efficient medium for protest, crime, espionage and military aggression, makes it an attractive domain for nation-states as well as nonstate actors in cyber conflict.
11:30AM – 12:30PM
SAMSUNG 85″ Flip 2 Launch
Agenda
Moderator: Simran Grover
- Welcome message and overall business preview by Mr. Puneet Sethi
- Introduction of Samsunf Team of product launch
- Product unveiling by Mr. Puneet Sethi and Mr. Jang
- Product videos
- Product overview by Mr. Sourav Chakrobarty and Mr. Vikas Sanwal
- Thank you note by Mr. Puneet Sethi
Project Case Study by Globus Infocom
Reimagining the Role of Technology in Making Advanced Higher Education Accessible
by Akash Singh , Manager, Product Training & Development , Globus Infocom Limited
The case study of our project “Implementation of advanced Smart- Classroom & Virtual Classroom Solution in colleges under Directorate of Higher Education, Government of Goa” has been designed to highlight the fact how the colleges… Read More
12:30 – 1:10PM
Project Case Study by Globus Infocom
Reimagining the Role of Technology in Making Advanced Higher Education Accessible
The case study of our project “Implementation of advanced Smart- Classroom & Virtual Classroom Solution in colleges under Directorate of Higher Education, Government of Goa” has been designed to highlight the fact how the colleges are adopting to the advanced learning practices to make quality education accessible regardless of location and time. Through this project Globus Infocom successfully executed advanced Virtual classroom solution in 4 different Government colleges of Goa through which students can get best of the pedagogical practices without leaving their city. All four colleges are also interconnected virtually for resource sharing & mutual learning making Goa ahead in education.
ENTERPRISE IT
(in partnership with Computer Society of India)
Panel Discussion:
Redefining the Enterprise in the Cloud
Moderator: Dr Suresh A. Shan, Chairman, CSI Mumbai, CTO, Mahindra Finance
Panelists:
- Nitin Sawant, Partner, IBM India
- Govind Korekar, Director, Deloitte Digital
- Sanil Nadkarni, CISO I VP, SLK Global
DAY 3 • 20 November 2020, Wednesday
VIRTUAL THEATRE 1
AVIXA SEMINAR
Building of the Future – Smart Building Integrated Solutions
by Essam Refai • Senior Technology Consultant, AV Team Lead, Aurecon, Australia
Many solutions and platforms are either available now or being developed to enable what we call the (Building of the Future) providing automated and optimized integrated control solutions for the building occupants such as desks agility management, people locating, meeting & huddle spaces control, digital wallet and more providing an actual smart space experience to the users. Read More
10:00 - 11:00AM
Building of the Future - Smart Building Integrated Solutions
by Essam Refai • Senior Technology Consultant, AV Team Lead, Aurecon, Australia
Many solutions and platforms are either available now or being developed to enable what we call the (Building of the Future) providing automated and optimized integrated control solutions for the building occupants such as desks agility management, people locating, meeting & huddle spaces control, digital wallet and more providing an actual smart space experience to the users. The session intention is to navigate through a few of the current and future solutions and discuss what really makes a building smart and what affects the experience of the users inside the building and make it more optimized, efficient, and friction-less. A case study of the Aurecon Group Consultants Building in Brisbane will be discussed as a real life example of a building of the future utilizing the latest smart building control platforms technology.
Technological Trends for Enhanced Visitor Experience in Asian Museums, Theme Parks and Experiential Venues
by Joe Fong • Deputy Managing Director, Electronics & Engineering Group of Companies
Understanding the differentiation of audio-visual design between experiential spaces for theme parks, Museum and experiential venues as compared to other AV spaces. Read More
11:00 - 11:30PM
Technological Trends for Enhanced Visitor Experience in Asian Museums, Theme Parks and Experiential Venues
by Joe Fong • Deputy Managing Director, Electronics & Engineering Group of Companies
Understanding the differentiation of audio-visual design between experiential spaces for theme parks, Museum and experiential venues as compared to other AV spaces. In the recent years AV technology have been challenged to fulfil the dreams of creative designers and producers, making breakthrough with innovative technologies.
The trend of social media can be an advantage to venues, which it can capitalized onto increase visitors as well as visitor participation. Some case studies on how AV hardware can fit into the design of “Defining the indefinite”. Technology will simplify the hardware element but yet challenges the big data of content management and delivery.
AES67
By Elisha Gladson Yeshwant, Senior Application Engineer, Harman Professional Solutions
With the advent of the networked audio, along came loads of challenges and desires. These shortcomings/limitations forced the industry keep improving the technologies. Various expensive equipment with propriety protocols, did not allow the users to purchase new technology straight off. Read More
11:00 - 11:30PM
Technological Trends for Enhanced Visitor Experience in Asian Museums, Theme Parks and Experiential Venues
by Joe Fong • Deputy Managing Director, Electronics & Engineering Group of Companies
With the advent of the networked audio, along came loads of challenges and desires. These shortcomings/limitations forced the industry keep improving the technologies. Various expensive equipment with propriety protocols, did not allow the users to purchase new technology straight off.
AES67 is a technical standard for audio over IP and/or Audio over Ethernet (AoE) interoperability. With small hardware add-ons, AES67 opened the horizons for further networking of Audio over Ethernet and made managing audio signals simpler with the help of Lan networks.
How AV Standards Grow Business, Meet Expectations and Control Cost – 3 Steps for End Users and Integrators
by Jonathan Tulip • Principal Audio-Visual Consultant, Venav Media & Technology Consultants, Qatar, UK
Standards boost business. As a designer, installer, or system user, AV standards are written to help you improve quality and efficiency. Learn about how you should be using the standards right now.
How to Design the Perfect Video Conferencing Setup for Any Space?
by Varun Nair • B2B Product Manager – India & SWA, Logitech India
Video meetings are increasingly pervasive in organizations of every size and type due to compelling improvements in AV quality, flexibility, ease of use, and affordability, plus the simple fact that face-to-face collaboration through video conferencing is the next best thing to being there in person. Read More
1:00 - 2:00PM
How to Design the Perfect Video Conferencing Setup for Any Space?
by Varun Nair • B2B Product Manager - India & SWA, Logitech India
Video meetings are increasingly pervasive in organizations of every size and type due to compelling improvements in AV quality, flexibility, ease of use, and affordability, plus the simple fact that face-to-face collaboration through video conferencing is the next best thing to being there in person. In the post pandemic world, modern video meetings are a game-changer, allowing remote workers and distributed teams to talk face to face, share files and screens, and whiteboard. Businesses that do not adopt the new way of working with Video Conferencing will fail to build relationships with the new supply chain, miss out on creativity and productivity that thrives on better communications between employees, and will be less agile and innovative. As adoption rates steadily increase, so do expectations about the overall video meeting experience. This presentation will cover the key points on how to setup the perfect video conferencing solution in all sizes of rooms.
Designing for User Experience
by T S Gopalakrishnan • CTS-D, CTS-I, Adjunct Faculty Member, AVIXA
Digital art and interactive media are common encounter one can experience while playing an AR game on the cell phone, visiting a museum, or shopping in a mall. Read More
2:00 - 3:00PM
Designing for User Experience
by T S Gopalakrishnan • CTS-D, CTS-I, Volunteer Instructor, AVIXA
Digital art and interactive media are common encounter one can experience while playing an AR game on the cell phone, visiting a museum, or shopping in a mall. What if we add lighting, sound, and motions to the environment or the very seat you are sitting in - that’s right, you are in a theme park. But wait, this is an ordinary week day in an office building, some well suited up business executives are experiencing exactly that. When a multi-billion dollars real estate development needed a place to conduct business, to showcase the products, to immerse the potential clients in their brand value, a venue will be built – the show suite. Thissession introduces the concepts, design, hardware and software tools, and the team of collaborators of some not so typical show suite projects.
AVIXA Women’s Council Keynote
Keynote Address: Women in Technology: Where We Are and Where We Need to Go
by Chris Schyvinck • CEO and President, Shure
3.30 – 4.00PM
Fireside Chat with India AVIXA Women’s Council
Moderator: Prabha Lakshmi, Director & Chief Sales Officer, O2K
Panelists:
- Mahua Mukhopadhyay, Director, AVID India
- Roopa Krishnamurthy, Acoustical Consultant
- Sonali Singh, CTS-D, Senior Project Manager, HMPL Consulting
- Monalisha Thakur, Sales Manager India Enterprise, Christie Digital India Pvt. Ltd
- Kirti S Shetti, CTSDirector Operations, Kramer Electronics India Pvt Ltd
- Annu Jamloki, Founder and Director, LEWMINADIO Technologies LLP
AVIXA Awards Ceremony
Join us for the second AVIXA India awards virtual ceremony on Friday, 20 November 2020. This year’s awards will be announced in six categories and honor individuals who have shown outstanding achievements in this past year to help their peers, business or the industry grow.
GoVIRTUAL 2020 Speakers
Alec Graham
AV Solutions Architect
Citadel Technology
Alec Graham
AV Solutions Architect
Citadel Technology
Alec is an AV Solutions Architect with Citadel Technology. Citadel delivers large scale AV and VC projects and managed services for the education, government and commercial sectors. An industry professional with over 20 years' experience, Alec holds a Bachelor of Science from Monash University, CTS-D and CTS-I from AVIXA, Grad Cert in Management and Cisco CCNA. Alec is passionate about enabling enterprises to communicate effectively using AV. He serves on the AVIXA CTS-I technical committee and is a member of the task group revising the AVIXA Audio Coverage Uniformity Standard. Alec was awarded the AVIXA Oceania ‘Volunteer of the Year’ award at the 2017 Integrate Expo.
Sessions
18 November 2020, Wednesday
12:30 pm – 1:00 pm
Industry 4.0 - What does it Mean for AV?
Abdul Waheed
CTS Managing Director
EYTE Technologies Pvt Ltd
Abdul Waheed
CTS Managing Director
EYTE Technologies Pvt Ltd
Abdul has rich experience in all aspects of Technology services in workspace for Audio, Visual, Acoustics, IT infrastructure, IOT & Project Management. Handlining Different Business Verticals Corporate Offices, Hospitality, educational, research, health care, Entertainment. Conduct training activities for educational sector & FMS. Responsible for more than 100+ projects. Through listening to the needs of the clients and owners, keeping an eye on the big picture, and maintaining open communication.
Sessions
- 8 November 2020, Wednesday
- 10:30 am – 11:30 am
- EMERGING TRENDS - WHAT THE INDUSTRY IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE AFTER 2020?
Akash Singh
Manager, Product Training & Development
Globus Infocom Limited
Akash Singh
Manager, Product Training & Development
Globus Infocom Limited
Experienced professional in product training delivery with a potent knowledge of products & solutions. Demonstrated history of working in the education industry with relevant experience. Skilled in product & development, Content creation, Instructional Design, Curriculum Development, and E-Learning.
Sessions
- 19 November 2020, Thursday
- 12:30 pm – 1:00 pm
- REIMAGINING THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY IN MAKING ADVANCED HIGHER EDUCATION ACCESSIBLE
Ashish Bajaj
Director, Enterprise Sales
Harman International (India) Pvt. Ltd.
Ashish Bajaj
Director, Enterprise Sales
Harman International (India) Pvt. Ltd.
Ashish Bajaj has invested more than 10 years with Harman International India and comes from a very strong technical background. Having spent his initial years with the Application Engineering team aides him in understanding the technology needs and accordingly drive the team to deliver solutions to meet the needs of the Customer. His strong business acumen has enabled Harman in acquiring a significant mindshare in the market in the install AV space. He has put together and continues to nurture a strong and focused team to overlook Enterprise Sales and has effected an excellent Go-to-Market strategy for Harman Professional.
Sessions
- 19 November 2020, Thursday
- 11:30 am – 12:10 pm
- CASE STUDY OF END-TO-END INTEGRATION AT MAYFAIR LAKE RESORT
Bharath Kumar A
Managing Director
Kramer Electronics India Pvt. Ltd.
Bharath Kumar A
Managing Director
Kramer Electronics India Pvt. Ltd.
Academically, Bharath holds Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering and Masters in Business Administration. He has over 21 years of experience out of which 18 years has been in AV Industry. He has worked for Systems Integrator (Esco Audio Visual India Pvt Ltd) for over 3 years followed by AMX for a year and at Kramer for last 14 years. He has set up Kramer Operations in India in 2006.
Sessions
- 18 November 2020, Wednesday
- 10:30 am – 11:30 am
- EMERGING TRENDS - WHAT THE INDUSTRY IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE AFTER 2020
Christine Schyvinck
President and CEO
Shure Incorporated
Christine Schyvinck
President and CEO
Shure Incorporated
Chris Schyvinck is Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer at Shure Incorporated, the world’s leading manufacturer of microphones and audio electronics. As the highest-ranking officer at the Company, she is one of a few women to hold an executive position in the pro audio industry. Her leadership has been integral to the steady growth and profitability of Shure.
During her tenure, Chris has led critical initiatives for the Company, including reducing material costs without sacrificing product quality, dramatically improving on-time delivery, and globalizing manufacturing operations. She joined Shure in 1989 as Quality Control Engineer. After several promotions, she moved into Process Engineering, becoming manager in 1997. In 1998, she was made Vice President of Corporate Quality.
Sessions
- 20 November 2020, Friday
- 3:10 pm – 3:30 pm
- WOMEN IN TECHNOLOGY: WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE WE NEED TO GO
Devraj Panicker
Market Development Manager
Shure
Devraj Panicker
Market Development Manager
Shure
Devraj joined Shure 3 years ago and has been part of the UC/AV community for more than 13 years. In his various roles ranging from support, Presales and now Market Development, he's enjoyed learning about rich collaboration tools and sharing that knowledge with industry partners and customers.
Sessions
- 19 November 2020, Thursday
- 1:00 pm – 1:30 pm
- Collaborate. Be distant. Be heard.
Elisha Gladson Yeshwant
Senior Application Engineer
Harman Professional Solutions
Elisha Gladson Yeshwant
Senior Application Engineer
Harman Professional Solutions
Elisha Gladson Yeshwant comes with 17+ years of Audio industry experience. He has been involved in all verticals of the audio industry be it Theater, Tour, Studio or Corporate. With his versatility in setting up very large venues (indoor and outdoor) comes his experience to manage digital networked audio and automation.
Back to All Speakers
Essam Refai
Senior Technology Consultant, AV Team Lead,
Aurecon, Australia
Essam Refair
Senior Technology Consultant, AV Team Lead,
Aurecon, Australia
Essam Refai is an Award Winner Technology and Audio Visual Consultant with experience in Audio Visual Solutions, Digital Engineering, and Smart Buildings Systems. He is also a Certified Technology Specialist for both Design and Installation (CTS-D & CTS-I) from the AVIXA (Audio Visual Integrated Experience Association) organization (formally known as Infocomm) among less than 600 certified professionals worldwide. Throughout his career, Essam designed and delivered a variety of smart and collaborative buildings in different sectors including and not limited to commercial, entertainment, educational, and government locally and internationally up to the latest technology standards supported by his passion for technology and delivering an exceptional Integrated User Experience to his clients.
Essam delivers high quality design solutions through direct engagement with the user groups and stake holders to develop a holistic approach and clarify the desired user experience to be delivered and tasks to be performed. Through this design methodology, Essam provides solution designs that are commensurate to the project scope, budget, and most importantly, the end user requirements.
Currently Essam is leading the Audio Visual team at Aurecon Consultants servicing and delivering with excellence to Clients all over the world through Aurecon’s different offices across all the market verticals.
In 2018, Essam was awarded the Oceania Young AV Professional of the Year award from AVIXA in recognition of his achieving and successful career.
In 2019, Essam was recognized on the InAVate magazine 40 Under 40 list as one of the best and the brightest in the APAC AV industry.
Sessions
- 20 November 2020, Friday
- 10:00 am – 11:00 am
- Building of the Future - Smart Building Integrated Solutions
Farhan Walele
National Product Manager India & SAARC
Crestron India
Farhan Walele
National Product Manager India & SAARC
Crestron India
As part of Crestron India’s product expert at the top level, Farhan is responsible keeping the partner/end users/consultant eco system updated with the latest of Crestron and Industry updates. With more than a decade of experience in the Audio Visual and Automation Industry, he has been a key part of Crestron’s success story in India. He leads a team of solution architects working daily to make workplaces and homes smarter by specifying and designing modern solutions. Based in Mumbai, before moving to this role, he was handling the business for the Western region of India.
Sessions
- 18 November 2020, Wednesday
- 11:30 am – 12:10 pm
- PROJECT CASE STUDY BY CRESTRON INDIA
Firdosh D. Balsara
Regional Senior Business Director
Leyard Hong Kong Interntional Co. Ltd
Firdosh D. Balsara
Regional Senior Business Director
Leyard Hong Kong Interntional Co. Ltd
Firdosh D. Balsara heads Planar / Leyard business operations in India and South Asia region. He has more than 30+ years of senior sales, marketing, business development and general management experience. Firdosh joined Planar in 2012 and has been with Planar / Leyard since the past 8+ years. Over the years, he has built a formidable sales and support team in India for Planar / Leyard.
Sessions
- 18 November 2020, Wednesday
- 12:30 pm – 1:10 pm
- PROJECT CASE STUDY - CREATIVE LED SOLUTIONS
Govind Korekar
Director
Deloitte Digital
Govind Korekar
Director
Deloitte Digital
Sessions
- 19 November 2020, Thursday
- 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
- PANEL DISCUSSION: REDEFINING THE ENTERPRISE IN THE CLOUD
H.R. Mohan
Chair, ACM Chennai & Past President
Computer Society of India
H.R. Mohan
Chair, ACM Chennai & Past President
Computer Society of India
Mr. H.R. Mohan is a seasoned IT professional with over four decades of experience in ICT field. He has seen the growth of Computing in India and has been a part of the IT Community through various technical associations such as Computer Society of India (National President 2014-15), IEEE Computer Society (Chairman, of Madras Chapter 2006-15), Association of Computing Machinery – ACM (Chairman 2019- ) and IEEE Madras Section (Vice Chairman 2013, 2015-17).
Mr. Mohan, in his over three decades of association with technical societies has organised over 1000 events and delivered over 300 presentations across the country in the areas of his interest such as Information and Communication Technology, Open Source Software, Software Engineering, Usability Engineering & User Experience, Knowledge Management, Internet, Web & ePublishing, eLearning, Web Marketing, eCommerce, Cloud Computing, Green Computing, Sustainability, Smart Technologies including Internet of Things, Big Data & Analytics, eGovernance, Digital Transformation, Digital Initiatives of GoI, Information & Cyber Security, Digital Libraries & Archives, Library & Information/Content Management and Services, Employability, Soft Skills Training, Skill Development, Entrepreneurship and IT Education and related areas.
Sessions
- 19 November 2020, Thursday
- 2:40 pm – 3:20 pm
- NEXT GENERATION EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY
Jayaprakash Chinnamuthu
Director – Customer Experience
Crestron India
Jayaprakash Chinnamuthu
Director – Customer Experience
Crestron India
With more than 20 years of rich experience in the AV & UC Industry in general and being a part of the Crestron family for 14 years. Jayaprakash is an outstanding person in this field. Currently handling the role of Director - Customer Experience with Crestron. He is the one who has a single and complete view of the customer and helping develop the customer experience strategy for our partners also. And making sure the best possible experience from the initial contact of the end users and our partners with Crestron, until the end of the life cycle of the solution they implemented.
Sessions
- 18 November 2020, Wednesday
- 11:30 am – 12:10 pm
- PROJECT CASE STUDY BY CRESTRON INDIA
Joe Fong
Deputy Managing Director
Electronics & Engineering Group of Companies
Joe Fong
Deputy Managing Director
Electronics & Engineering Group of Companies
Over 25 years in audio visual industry, a volunteer AVIXA Advisory Group – Singapore. Passion in AV multimedia and technology, with background of MEP & ELV construction experience in Project Management. Pioneered AV curriculum into tertiary education in Singapore developing younger pool of AV apprentices for the industry. Leading a team to complete many complex mega AV projects in ASEAN.
Sessions
- 20 November 2020, Friday
- 11:00 am – 11:30 am
- Technological Trends for Enhanced Visitor Experience in Asian Museums, Theme Parks and Experiential Venues
John C. Wang
Vice Chairman
DSMA
John C. Wang
Vice Chairman
DSMA
John Wang is co-founder and CEO of IAdea Corporation, a company focusing on transforming the world with digital signage technologies. IAdea's products deliver the next-generation Smart Workplace, Smart Transportation, and Smart Retail. Its innovations are licensed and distributed by leading brands globally. Large-scale digital signage deployments around the world are often built with IAdea technology. Passionate about the current and future development of the digital signage industry, Mr. Wang co-founded the Web-based Signage Business Group at the World Wide Web Consortium. He is also an active member on the Digital Signage Standards Committee at POPAI, shaping industry standards. He currently serves as the Section Chair of the Standardization Committee at the Digital Signage and Multimedia Alliance, a non-profit industry group representing over 180 member companies in Greater China. Mr. Wang led IAdea to receive several industry recognitions, including the 2018 and 2019 Digital Signage Awards, and Red Herring's Asia 100 Award as an innovative and fast-growing company. He received his master's degree in computer science from the National Taiwan University and spent his earlier years in New York City, U.S.A.
Sessions
- 18 November 2020, Wednesday
- 1:30 pm – 2:00 pm
- Digital Signage Post-Pandemic: New Market Opportunities for Smart Displays
Jonathan Seller
Senior Director of Development
AVIXA
Jonathan Seller
Senior Director of Development
AVIXA
Jonathan has been with AVIXA (Previously InfoComm International) for almost 20 years. He leads the Asia-Pacific Region for AVIXA in the role of Senior Director of Development, which in AVIXA’s world includes the Indian sub-continent and the GCC. Since Joining AVIXA his roles have also seen him responsible for managing Oceania, Africa and the Middle East Regions. In 2014, Jonathan spearheaded the opening of the AVIXA Office in India.
Day to Day, Jonathan and the small but dedicated AVIXA Asia-Pacific team support the development of the Audio-Visual industry and those that have chosen AV for their career. This support comes primarily through providing Education, Industry Certification, Development of Standards and Best Practices. One of their most notable achievements has been to provide Basic Installer training to more than 2,000 people throughout India, which has helped to improve AV Installation Quality for the foreseeable future.
Jonathan has qualifications in Management and Leadership, Training and Assessment as well as Trade Qualifications. Everything he did prior to joining AVIXA was so long ago, its almost irrelevant, but in summary, he has worked in Heavy Manufacturing and Sales, Operations and Management in the Oil & Gas Industries. He has also worked in Underground Coal and IT Sales
In his personal Life he has a young family and lives on the South Coast of New South Wales, Australia. He loves to cook and watch his daughters play Sport. For most of his adult life has been involved as a Volunteer with Youth Organisations.
Sessions
- 19 November 2020, Thursday
- 2:00 pm – 2:10 pm
- WELCOME & OVERVIEW OF EDUCATION LANDSCAPE IN INDIA & AVIXA STANDARD
Jonathan Tulip
Principal Audio-Visual Consultant
Venav Media & Technology Consultants, Qatar, UK
Jonathan Tulip
Principal Audio-Visual Consultant
Venav Media & Technology Consultants, Qatar, UK
For more than a quarter century Jonathan Tulip has been lucky enough to spend his waking hours working on a diverse range of projects including Museums, Stadiums, Arenas, Corporate AV, Hotels and Education. Having toured in his early days, and undertaken projects as Contractor, Consultant and Client’s Representative he has seen most if not all sides of the industry. He has been at the sharp side of the bleeding edge of technology which has brought with it the armor of experience. He advocates questioning the status quo to drive the adoption of novel and alternative approaches to deliver excellent end user experience. Currently based in Doha Qatar Jonathan is a keen advocate of Education and training and seeks to help fill the knowledge gap caused by the rapid expansion and rate of change we face in our industry.
Sessions
- 20 November 2020, Friday
- 12:00 pm – 12:30 pm
- How AV Standards Grow Business, Meet Expectations and Control Cost – 3 Steps for End Users and Integrators
Karthik Narayanan
General Manager
Newline Interactive Inc.
Karthik Narayanan
General Manager
Newline Interactive Inc.
Karthik Narayanan- General Manager, Newline Interactive, SAARC & Middle East. An industry veteran having an experience of more than 22 years in the Pro AV and IT sector, Karthik has donned senior roles in various multinational companies across the world. Under his leadership, Newline has become the market leader in India within a span of 3 years. Newline currently has 5 state of the art experience centers in India and is the only company in India to have such a setup.
Sessions
- 19 November 2020, Thursday
- 1:30 pm – 2:00 pm
- Opportunity in Adversity - Impact of Online Coaching in Education
Kuldip Kamat, CTS
Managing Director
All Wave AV
Kuldip Kamat, CTS
Managing Director
All Wave AV
Kuldip Kamat is the Managing Director of All Wave AV systems, 20+ year old trainer System integrator with offices across India. Kuldip has a Masters in Industrial and Systems Engineering (Honors) from OHIO University and served as a Senior analyst at the Advisory board company, Washington D.C. Kuldip has a passionate understanding about Client requirements and can be solved using technology.
Sessions
- 18 November 2020, Wednesday
- 1:00 pm – 1:30 pm
- Impact of Machine Learning, Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence in Today's Economy
Mahua Mukhopadhyay
Director
AVID India
Mahua Mukhopadhyay
Director
AVID India
Mahua has a Bachelor's Degree in Science and holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Systems Management. With over 24 Years of experience in the AV/IT Services industry, Mahua co-founded AVID India in 2008, an award-winning enterprise into AV/IT Services and export projects. This organisation has won over 30 awards nationally and internationally for their work in the Industry. Additionally, she leads the AVIXA Women Council Initiatives in India.
Sessions
- 20 November 2020, Friday
- 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
- FIRESIDE CHAT WITH INDIA AVIXA WOMEN’S COUNCIL
Nitin Joshi
Asia-Pacific IT Audiovisual and Mobility
3DS.COM
Nitin Joshi
Asia-Pacific IT Audiovisual and Mobility
3DS.COM
Nitin has over 20 years of extensive IT experience in various domains like Cisco Networking, Microsoft and Cisco Unified Communication solutions, Complex Audiovisual implementations and Streaming Solutions. Currently working with Dassault Systemes as Asia-Pacific IT Audiovisual Expert. In the current role taking care of implementing and enhancing Audiovisual experience in 40+ Dassault Systemes offices spread across Asia.
Sessions
- 18 November 2020, Wednesday
- 10:30 am - 11:30 am
- EMERGING TRENDS - WHAT THE INDUSTRY IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE AFTER 2020?
Nitin Sawant
Partner
IBM India
Nitin Sawant
Partner
IBM India
Sessions
- 19 November 2020, Thursday
- 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
- PANEL DISCUSSION: REDEFINING THE ENTERPRISE IN THE CLOUD
Piet van der Zanden
Education Expert AV-IT in Learning Spaces
Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), Netherlands
Piet van der Zanden
Education Expert AV-IT in Learning Spaces
Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), Netherlands
Dr. ing. Piet van der Zanden (1959) is education expert with special focus on AV-IT and interior issues of teaching and learning spaces. He has an instigating role in the design and development of education facilities. He advises about audio-visual, pedagogical, ergonomic and technical issues, and is involved in feasibility and usability studies.
Piet has devised the four-quadrant pedagogy, which is facilitated by a quad signal presentation system combined with an interactive smartboard. He does training and evaluation and discusses pedagogical approaches that come within reach because of it.
Pedagogy challenges for the years to come are collaborative design labs for ill-structured engineering projects, and hybrid classrooms to bridge physical and virtual students in one and the same class.
Sessions
- 19 September 2020, Thursday
- 2:10 pm – 2:40 pm
- KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: Interactive Education Spaces Configurator
Puneet Sethi
Senior Director
Samsung
Puneet Sethi
Senior Director
Samsung
Sessions
- 19 November 2020, Thursday
- 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
- SAMSUNG PRODUCT LAUNCH
Prof Tathagata Chatterji
Professor, Urban Management and Governance
Xavier School of Human Settlement
Prof Tathagata Chatterji
Professor, Urban Management and Governance
Xavier School of Human Settlement
Dr. Tathagata Chatterji is Professor of Urban Management and Governance at Xavier University, Bhubaneswar and has over 25 years of international academic cum industry experience in the urban habitat sector. Prior to joining the academia, Dr. Chatterji held senior managerial positions in various multidisciplinary international consulting companies. He handled projects in the areas of Zoning and Development Control Guidelines, Land Use Planning, Local Area Planning, Transit Oriented Inner-city Re-development, Master Planning for townships and industrial estates, Mass housing for low income population and slum redevelopment projects. Dr. Chatterji had written extensively on contemporary urban issues and challenges.
Sessions
- 18 November 2020, Wednesday
- 2:00 pm - 3:20 pm
- PANEL DISCUSSION: SMART URBANIZATION IN INDIA CITIES
Roopa Krishnamurthy
Acoustical Consultant
Roopa Krishnamurthy
Acoustical Consultant
Roopa is an independent acoustical consultant based out of Bangalore. Roopa is an electronics engineer and has studied MSc. Audio Acoustics from the University of Salford, UK, which is an internationally top-ranked post-graduate degree in acoustics. Over the last few years she has enjoyed working on a wide range of projects over the last few years - on issues ranging from speech intelligibility predictions, standards/norms compliance, to reverberation treatment and building noise control. She has also worked on spaces in hospitality, educational, commercial, residential and public segments and enjoy watching the interplay of theory and measurements as they come together at many levels during the course of the projects.
She is specifically interested in improving workplace noise conditions, speech intelligibility predictions in public spaces, and in schools for special children. While she does believe is that acoustics should be a part of safety standards, in the Indian context, things are very different and this difference in context must be taken into consideration during the design process. Noise does make monsters out of us, and our generation is facing noise issues that didn’t exist earlier, and she hopes to contribute to making the city’s soundscapes bearable with her work
Sessions
- 20 November 2020, Friday
- 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
- FIRESIDE CHAT WITH INDIA AVIXA Women’s Council
Sachin Prabhudesai
Vice President
ACTIS Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
Sachin Prabhudesai
Vice President
ACTIS Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
Sachin is currently the Vice President at ACTIS Technologies Pvt. He has also worked with Crestron as a Programmer from 1999 to 2005 before getting into Sales. His main focus has been on Managing Design, Pre Sales, Sales and Implementation. He has been part of several complex and prestigious AV projects in India.
Sessions
- 18 November 2020, Wednesday
- 10:30 am – 11:30 am
- EMERGING TRENDS - WHAT THE INDUSTRY IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE AFTER 2020
Sanil Nadkarni
CISO I VP
SLK Global
Sanil Nadkarni
CISO I VP
SLK Global
Sessions
- 19 November 2020, Thursday
- 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
- PANEL DISCUSSION: REDEFINING THE ENTERPRISE IN THE CLOUD
Shubhagato Dasgupta
Senior Fellow
Centre for Policy Research
Shubhagato Dasgupta
Senior Fellow
Centre for Policy Research
Shubhagato Dasgupta is a senior fellow at CPR and director of the Scaling City Institutions for India (Sci-Fi) Sanitation initiative. His areas of interest include urban infrastructure and service delivery financing, housing and slum rehabilitation, urban sector public finance, and urban environmental infrastructure planning, management, and investment, alternatives. Before coming to CPR, Shubhagato led the Support to National Policies for Urban Poverty Reduction project. Prior to this, he has also worked on issues of urban development with a wide range of other public, private, multilateral, and non-governmental organisations, including as Senior Urban Specialist at the World Bank, Assistant Vice President at the Infrastructure Development Finance Company (IDFC), the Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO) and The Action Research Unit.
Sessions
- 18 November 2020, Wednesday
- 2:00 pm - 3:20 pm
- PANEL DISCUSSION: SMART URBANIZATION IN INDIA CITIES
Simran Grover
Pre sales- Executive
Samsung
Simran Grover
Pre sales- Executive
Samsung
Sessions
- 19 November 2020, Thursday
- 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
- SAMSUNG PRODUCT LAUNCH
Sourav Chakrobarty
Deputy General Manager
Samsung
Sourav Chakrobarty
Deputy General Manager
Samsung
Sessions
- 19 November 2020, Thursday
- 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
- SAMSUNG PRODUCT LAUNCH
Dr. Suresh A. Shan
Chairman, CSI Mumbai, CTO
Mahindra Finance
Dr. Suresh A. Shan
Chairman, CSI Mumbai, CTO
Mahindra Finance
Sessions
- 19 November 2020, Thursday
- 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
- PANEL DISCUSSION: REDEFINING THE ENTERPRISE IN THE CLOUD
T S Gopalakrishnan
CTS-D, CTS-I Volunteer Instructor
AVIXA
T S Gopalakrishnan
CTS-D, CTS-I Volunteer Instructor
AVIXA
T S Gopalakrishnan, CTS-D, CTS-I is an AVIXA Instructor. He is electronics engineer by qualification and has over 21 years of experience in professional AV industry.
Presently he is working as Technology Specialist with Dynamix Media, New Delhi – an AVIXA member company and a leading Audio-Visual Experiential Solutions Provider – he is part of team designing and implementing unique solutions for the Event AV requirements. Prior to this, he has had a stint with Highbrow – An Audio-visual technology solutions provider for events and also has worked as technical director at IDSPL — a leading audio-visual and lighting systems integrator based out of Delhi — where he has extended his design and execution capabilities in facilitating a number of successful AV projects including sound and light shows. His experience as a design consultant with audio conference and simultaneous interpretation is unparalleled in the region.
Sessions
- 19 November 2020, Thursday
- 12:30 pm – 1:00 pm
- 10 AV Standards You Should Know About
- 20 November 2020, Friday
- 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
- Designing for User Experience
Varun Nair
B2B Product Manager - India & SWA
Logitech India
Varun Nair
B2B Product Manager - India & SWA
Logitech India
Varun Nair is an award-winning Tech-Marketeer with 10+ years of experience in B2B technology companies. He is currently accelerating Video Collaboration adoption across all industries in the Indian market. Varun is passionate about Marketing, Demand Generation, Channel Development & GTM initiatives.
Sessions
- 20 November 2020, Friday
- 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
- How to Design the Perfect Video Conferencing Setup for Any Space?
Vikas Sanwal
General Manager
Samsung
Vikas Sanwal
Vikas Sanwal
Samsung
Sessions
- 19 November 2020, Thursday
- 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
- SAMSUNG PRODUCT LAUNCH
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