| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 01:00 pm - 02:30 pm | Networking Lunch & Registration |
| 02:30 pm - 02:45 pm | Dance Performance, Lamp Lighting & Inauguration |
| 02:45 pm - 03:00 pm |
Reimagining Core Banking for the Next Decade: Modernization Strategies, Composable Architectures, and Platform-based Growth Mahesh Ramamoorthy, CIO, YES BANK |
| 03:00 pm - 03:15 pm |
Powering Intelligent Banking: The Critical Role of AI-Ready Data Centers: Chirag Tyagi, GM- DataCenters & Secure Power, Schneider Electric |
| 03:15 pm - 03:30 pm |
AI-Powered Insurance: The Next Era is Already Here Dipu KV, Senior President, Bajaj General Insurance |
| 03:30 pm - 03:50 pm |
The Agentic Operating Model - Architecting the AI-Ready BFSI enterprise: Geeta Gurnani, Field CTO, IBM Technology, India & South Asia |
| 03:50 pm - 04:05 pm |
Put AI to work for Financial Services: Sonali Samyal, Director - Solution Consulting, ServiceNow |
| 04:05 pm - 04:20 pm | Networking Tea Break |
| 04:20 pm - 04:25 pm | Dance Performance |
| 04:25 pm - 05:05 pm |
Panel Discussion The Modern BFSI Tech Leader - Balancing Innovation, Cost & Risk Moderator: Srikanth RP, Editor, Express Computer Panelists: Sumanta Ghosh, CTO, Bandhan Life Dheeraj K Janbandhu, Sr Group Vice President – IT, Digital Business & Innovation, Indian Bank Prashanth Thakkar, Chief of Operations & Technology Officer, LIC Mutual Fund Rohit Kilam, Chief Technology Officer, HDFC Life Anilkumar Verma, CTO, Multi Commodity Exchange Clearing Corporation Ltd. Krishna Kumar R, Technology Leader - Pre Sales, Automation, India & South Asia, IBM Manisha Mohanty, Enterprise Head - Datacentres, Schneider Electric |
| 05:05 pm - 05:25 pm |
From Foundation to Intelligence: Kailash Joshi, Director, Infrastructure Solutions Group, Dell Technologies |
| 05:25 pm - 05:40 pm |
Winning with AI starts with Intelligent Data Infrastructure: Kiran Giri, Manager Solutions Engineering, NetApp |
| 05:40 pm - 05:55 pm |
Beyond Trading Apps: Building India's Intelligent Investment Ecosystem R Kalyanaraman, Managing Director, JM Pro, JM Financial Ltd. |
| 05:55 pm - 06:10 pm |
The AI Inflection- Building the resilient network foundation for the future of Financial Services: Suresh Govindachetty, Sales Engineering Manager, Infoblox |
| 06:10 pm - 06:25 pm |
Redefining Enterprise Connectivity: The BenQ Hybrid Workspace Ecosystem: Rajesh Sharma, Head of Corporate Business, BenQ India Pvt. Ltd. |
| 06:25 pm - 07:10 pm |
Panel Discussion Digital Risk Management: Addressing Security, Compliance, and Privacy Challenges in Financial Services Moderator: Sanjay Jaiswal, CISO, Nuvama Wealth Investment Ltd Panelists: Sattam Bhattacharya, CITSO and Head of IT Enterprise Architecture, Bharti Axa Life Insurance Dr. Pawan Chawla, CISO & DPO, Tata AIA Life Insurance Akanksha Garg, DPO & Head - Digital Products PMO, HDFC Securities Balkrishna Shankwalker, CTO, NCDEX Mrinmoy Jana, CISO, Zuno General Insurance Saravanakumar Krishnamurthy, Group CISO & DPO, Vivriti Capital Gauravkumar Mahendru, Director, Solution Consulting - Technology Workflows, ServiceNow |
| 07:10 pm - 08:30 pm | Stall Visit - Free & Easy |
| 07:15 pm - 08:15 pm | Power Discussion: From Zero-Day to GenAI: Rethinking File Security for Modern Enterprises - Opswat |
| 07:15 pm - 08:15 pm | Power Discussion: Future-Proofing Enterprises: Intersection of Data, AI and Cyber Resilience - NetApp |
| 07:15 pm - 08:15 pm | Power Discussion: Agentic by Design - How India's BFSI Leaders Are Building AI That Is Autonomous, Secure, and Auditable by Default - ServiceNow |
| 08:30 pm - 08:35 pm | Dance Performance |
| 08:35 pm - 08:45 pm |
From Digital Banking to Intelligent Banking: Who Wins the Next Decade? Chirag Tyagi, GM- DataCenters & Secure Power, Schneider Electric Manisha Mohanty, Enterprise Head - Datacentres, Schneider Electric |
| 08:45 pm - 09:15 pm | BFSI Technology Awards |
| 09:15 pm onwards | Entertainment, Networking Cocktails & Dinner |
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 07:00 am - 09:00 am | Breakfast |
| 08:00 am - 09:00 am |
Master class: India’s AI Leap: Building the Architecture, Data Flow, and Workforce for a $500B Future - IBM |
| 08:00 am - 09:00 am |
Power Discussion: Powering Trust: The Invisible Infrastructure Behind Digital Banking - Schneider Electric |
| 09:30 am - 09:45 am |
Reimagining Public Sector Banking in the AI Era: Building a Digital-First, Future-Ready Institution E Ratan Kumar, Executive Director, Central Bank of India |
| 09:45 am - 10:00 am |
Bank-FinTech Collaboration: Compete, Collaborate or Acquire? Ravi Pichan, CIO & Head of Digital Banking, RBL Bank |
| 10:00 am - 10:20 am |
The IT Leader's Playbook for a Future-Ready BFSI: RBI-Compliant, AI-Ready, Cost-Disciplined: Kumaravel Ramakrishnan, Director of Marketing, ITSM & PAM suite, ManageEngine |
| 10:20 am - 10:35 am |
‘Naarad’ - Real & Intelligent ITAM Platform-as-a-Service: Mayank Srivastava, MD & CEO Silver Leaf Solutions |
| 10:35 am - 11:00 am |
CIO War Stories: Lessons Written in Scar Tissues Sourabh Chatterjee, Chief Technology and Digital Transformation Officer, Kotak Life Avinash Naik, President & Chief Information Officer, Bajaj General Insurance |
| 11:00 am - 11:15 am | Monetisation and FinOps in the AI Era: Rich Becker, Acting RVP India & Strategic Customer Engagement Director, APJ, Kong |
| 11:15 am - 11:30 am |
Resilience at Scale: Lessons from the World's Largest Exchange Sampath Manickam, Chief Technology Officer, NSE India |
| 11:30 am - 12:00 pm | Networking Break and Check Out |
| 12:00 pm - 12:45 pm |
Panel Discussion
From IT Housekeeping to Boardroom Priority - Why BFSI CIOs Rebuilt Asset Visibility
Moderator: Venkatraman Krishnamoorthy, Senior Director Sales - India & MEA, Freshworks Panelists: Hitesh Sachdev, Head - Innovation, ICICI Bank Gaurav Chaudhri, CTO, IndusInd General Insurance Dr Rushikant Shastri, Vice President - Technology, State Bank of India Ananth Subramanian, Sr. EVP & Head IT, Kotak Mutual Fund Rupesh Mehta, Senior Vice President - IT, Tata AIA Life Insurance |
| 12:45 pm - 01:00 pm | The AI Data Cloud in BFSI: Real-World Lessons from the Front Lines: Pramod Rajagopal, Solution Engineering Leader, India & South Asia, Snowflake |
| 01:15 pm - 02:15 pm | Power Discussion: Best Practices on AI Governance, Visibility, Compliance & Cost Optimization - Silver Leaf Solutions |
| 01:15 pm - 02:15 pm | Power Discussion: Beyond Visibility: Building an AI-Powered Foundation for Operational Resilience in BFSI - Freshworks |
| 01:15 pm - 02:15 pm | Power Discussion: Innovate Financial Services- Simplify Operations, Secure Data & Build client trust - Infoblox |
| 01:00 pm - 02:00 pm | Networking Lunch |
| 02:00 pm - 02:45 pm |
Panel Discussion
From AI Pilots to Enterprise Value: What’s Working in BFSI?
Moderator: Srikanth RP, Editor, Express Computer Panelists: Siddharth Sureka, Chief AI Officer, Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ashish Naik, Senior EVP - IT, Kotak Securities Sudesh Puthran, CTO, CreditAccess Grameen Mangesh Mahale, CTO, Ujjivan Small Finance Bank Sathishkumar N, Vice President - IT, Tamilnad Mercantile Bank Ayaskant Mohapatra, CIO, BoBCard Ltd. |
| 02:45 pm - 03:00 pm |
Continuous Compliance for BFSI: Governing Infrastructure at Scale: Deepesh Rastogi, SVP and Chief Sales and Marketing Officer - Agilus Technologies Vishal Bansal, Associate Vice President - Agilus Technologies |
| 03:00 pm - 03:15 pm |
Trust, Regulation, and Cyber Sovereignty: Redefining Security Governance for India’s Financial Ecosystem Sandeep Shukla, Director - Information Technology and Cyber Security Services, ReBIT |
| 03:15 pm - 03:30 pm |
Building the AI-First Insurer: Redefining CX, Risk and Growth Harish Rama Rao, Senior Vice President of Engineering, ACKO |
| 03:30 pm - 04:00 pm | Closing Note & Lucky Draws |
| 04:00 pm onwards | Networking Tea & Transfers to Respective Cities |
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