Past Webinars

The Data has become borderless and accessible across the globe. Many countries have faced the challenge of governing and regulating local data. Across civilisations and generations, we have witnessed how evolution is inextricably linked to the exchange of information and ideas – that is exactly why the free flow of data is crucial and hence, regulation is inevitable.

The new Data Protection Bill has ensured additional requirements on commercial and business entities in India, relating to the collection, retention and disclosure of personal and sensitive personal data, which have some similarities with the GDPR and the generally accepted privacy principles.

As the dust settles on the initial pandemic transition, the way brands approach data privacy is becoming more of a focus area for attention. In terms of their processes and promises to customers and employees, the very essence of digital trust is now a key business differentiator.

The right digital trust framework leverages advance technology like Analytics, AI, data security and identity management to ensure that the organization has capabilities of secured unified & multidevice management.

Join the Economic Times Session around Data Protection Bill: Navigating regulatory complexities of Personal Data Protection Bill,2019 to build Digital Trust in your organization, powered by Microsoft & PWC to learn how to –

• Keeping your business and information safe and regulated
• Interpret various nuances of the regulation
• Driving Digitization to Digital Trust
• Utilize digital trust to enhance customer and stakeholder’s trust

T.G. Dhandapani
Advisor
Digital Transformation

Durga Prasad Dube
Executive VP
Reliance Industries

Keshav Dhakad
Group Head & General Counsel – Corporate, External & Legal Affairs
Microsoft India

Sivarama Krishnan
Leader, Risk Services (India) and Leader, ASIAPAC Cyber-Security
PwC

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We have witnessed some great leaps across industries in terms of technology, and the speed of change has not gone unnoticed. With manufacturing companies competing fiercely over identical products and customer demands changing drastically, smart manufacturing has become a must. While all of this has caused a number of challenges for the sector, it has become critical to prioritize work and bridge any gaps using technology with the most up-to-date tools in order to obtain an edge at the correct moment.

Industry 4.0 is transforming the manufacturing industry, and corporations are spending more in automation as a result of the epidemic. Manufacturers are implementing new technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), cloud computing, and others to enhance their production processes.

However, we envisage Industry 4.0 as a networked eco-system that includes all value-chain players, including suppliers and customers. Customers these days provide quick feedback and discuss their concerns through various channels, and these concerns may have ramifications for manufacturers, necessitating a change in process or product, a change in supplier, or an increase in supply chain efficiency, among other things. As a result, while considering AI implementation, we must consider all aspects and implement it holistically across the value-chain to derive the benefits of the technology.

AI and Machine Learning are giving manufacturers an extraordinary ability to rise steeply throughput, optimize their supply chain, increase productivity, quality and accelerate services, research and development. With the help of artificial intelligence, manufacturers can be notified of any problems related to the quality of their products or services. AI helps enables machines to collect and extract information, recognize patterns, learn and adapt to new situations or environments through machine learning intelligence. Manufacturers can also gather data on the performance of their products or services to make better decisions in the future.

The Economic Times Discrete Manufacturing Live Webinar Themed Leverage AI for Industry 4.0, powered by Samsung Data Systems will lay a roadmap to smart manufacturing enhancing their journeys for Industry 4.0.

Hizmy Hassen
Chief Digital Officer
Apollo Tyres

Abhik Chatterjee
Managing Director
Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

Sameer Bangia
General Manager – Emerging Business & Alliances
Samsung Data Systems

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Industry 4.0 technologies were already transforming manufacturers’ operations before the pandemic. With the Covid-19 pandemic halting the global manufacturing ecosystem, digitalization across organizations are taking shape at a striking pace. Now adoption is diverging between technology haves and have-nots. 39% of respondents of IBV’s recent survey said they have implemented a control tower approach to increase end-to-end supply-chain transparency, and around 25% are fast-tracking automation programs to stem worker shortages arising from COVID-19.

“Acceleration” is the watchword. Businesses that embrace agile manufacturing will achieve new levels of productivity by strengthening operational technology with IT innovations. Intelligent plants are created by leveraging potent combinations spanning automation, artificial intelligence (AI), the IoT, edge computing, cloud, 5G, additive manufacturing, and digital twins to transform their operations. Deploying this vast array of technologies is complex and requires both IT and OT skills to architect and execute.

And the results are worth the effort – Intelligent manufacturing can facilitate improvement in production defect detection by as much as 50% and improvement in yield by 20%. By linking innovation and technological automation manufacturers can reduce energy costs, limit waste generation, and lower emissions thereby eliminating risks of consequential environmental damages and enabling sustainable manufacturing.

Organizations need a clear strategy to realize the benefits of intelligent manufacturing. Without crisply defined business objectives for the intelligent factory, ambitious projects can wander into oblivion.

Knowing where an organization is going and what benefits to expect is essential. But to start, management needs to ask: what is the current state of our manufacturing plant?

The Economic Times CXO Roundtable Session Themed Reimagining Manufacturing with Cognitive Capabilities, powered by IBM will lay a roadmap to smart manufacturing enhancing their journeys for Industry 4.0.

The Roundtable Discussion will talk around how to:

• Have a better planning for manufacturing operations
• Improve productivity and performance management
• Increase Asset utilization and efficiency

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With data growing exponentially, enterprises handle massive amounts of business-critical data. They require storage systems that are highly scalable, offer unlimited connectivity & support multiple platforms. There are multiple approaches to data storage to choose from, including SANs, NAS, DAS and cloud storage. Newer approaches and technologies that are currently disrupting the market include hyperconverged storage and flash technologies such as NVMe. This trend stems from the increased amount of horizontal scalability and reduced latency these methods offer. Storage for containers is also becoming a stronger selling point, as well as enterprise storage based on composable and disaggregated infrastructure concepts, which combine individual resources at the hardware level and then assemble them at the software level by using APIs.

In the era of digital transformation, organizations of all sizes are challenged to meet higher performance, agility, availability, and scalability requirements while staying within strict budgetary constraints. Adapting to the demands of digital transformation is not a choice anymore, at least for the organizations moving towards data-centric business models. To best support the business on its digital transformation journey, IT must be able to respond faster to take advantage of changing market conditions and new business opportunities and enabling:

• increasing use of big data and analytics (real-time and otherwise)
• more personalized interaction with customers
• around-the-clock operations
• better use of innovation to drive competitive differentiation.

IDC says, ‘prompted by the demands of digital transformation, almost 70% of organizations are planning to modernize their server, storage, and/or data protection infrastructure in the next several years and are looking to specific technology to help streamline IT infrastructure while meeting all these new requirements”. These technologies include SDS, cloud, cybersecurity enhancements, NVMe and AI/ML.

Driving Business Value Storage:

• Enabling development and business activities through enhanced storage availability and agility
• Improving employee productivity levels by delivering better application performance
• Reducing storage costs for running equivalent applications by leveraging increased access to flash storage, enhanced data compression and data deduplication capabilities, and extended storage life spans
• Requiring less IT storage staff time for day-to-day activities by improving performance levels and delivering new software-based management capabilities

Narottam Sharma
Group Chief Information Officer
Mastek

Varun Gupta
Director – IT Infrastructure & Cloud
Indigo Airlines

Salender Tomer
Channel Storage lead –  North
Dell

Naveen Chhabra
Director Enterprise
Zones Corporate Solutions

Sheena George
Partner
EY consulting
Moderator

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As part of Paris agreement in 2015, India is committed to reduce the emission intensity of its gross domestic product (GHG emissions per unit GDP) by 33% – 35% over 2005 levels by 2030.

In order to meet its global commitment and mitigate adverse impact of the automobiles (ballooning oil import expenses and increasing air pollution), the government is keen to shift the narrative towards electric vehicles. The electric vehicle market in India is expected to be valued at $2bn by 2023. Government of India targets 30% electric vehicles by 2030.

The two-wheeler segment is expected to be valued at $2 bn by 2025 and penetration of 16% by 2025 whereas the four-wheeler segment is expected to be valued at $1.5 bn by 2025 and penetration of 5% by 2025.

Technology as enabler

Digital technologies are a significant enabler in achieving the sustainability goals of the green transformation of the mobility and transportation sectors. Recent interventions in the area of green transformation have opened a new door to electric mobility, such as the expansion of clean energy, the battery packs, technical advancement and industrial production of vehicles and various components. Mainstream adoption of electric mobility can be accomplished by addressing some of the challenges such as maintaining high battery efficiency, seamless customer experience across all touchpoints, infrastructure management and productivity enhancements.

The upcoming Virtual Roundtable “Mobility Redefined – Technology enablers for the EV Ecosystem” will feature a panel of renowned technology leaders from the EV ecosystem to explore how technology can identify and build the right value for their e-mobility business. The round table discussion will focus on how technology can help the EV ecosystem to thrive. It will bring the ‘who’s who’ of the industry under one roof to brainstorm on the synergies technology can bring to the entire EV lifecycle.

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A growing business has a lot of data to keep track of and protect from ransomware. According to an August 2021 IDC Survey, ransomware had struck one-third of all organizations. With the surge in ransomware attacks and the number of elements targeting organizations, Data Security has become crucial in maintaining credibility of organizations. With this threat landscape, security and backup solutions are in increasing demand.

Continuous data protection, hardened immutable storage solutions, and trustworthy cloud-native backup alternatives have become fundamental for a company’s development.

With a single platform for cloud, virtual, SaaS, Kubernetes, and physical data protection and administration, Veeam solutions for Amazon Web Services (AWS) removes the hurdles to cloud adoption.

Join The Economic Times Live Roundtable on Modernizing backup & ransomware protection with Veeam in AWS with a panel of experts as they examine how businesses should focus on data-centric security that follows the data wherever it goes.

Key pointers that will be touched upon during the conversation:

• Security and ransomware protection through Amazon S3 Object Lock integration
• Intelligently tiered backup and archive tuned for performance
• Easy recovery and migration of on premises workloads to AWS
• AWS native backup and recovery, optimized for simplicity, savings and security

Prasanna Keshava
Senior Systems Engineer
Veeam Software

Andrew Bell
Partner Segment Lead – Storage, APJ
Amazon Internet Services

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Enterprise focus on moving to the cloud has been growing steadily in recent years as they understand the benefits a cloud-led strategy can deliver. Now, in the wake of the pandemic, this shift has accelerated. The increase in remote operations, emergence of a digital economy and evolution in the technology ecosystem and capabilities around cloud have boosted the pace of change.

The shift to the cloud enables unique opportunities for enterprises, but navigating the shift needs the right strategy and expertise to succeed, as they look to move large and complex workloads to the cloud. Leaders must manage both the potential (e.g. unique use cases enabled by IoT in manufacturing, data and analytics capabilities on cloud) with a keen focus on the emergent risks as well (e.g. focus on cyber security) to benefit from the true potential of a cloud-led transformation.

In association with AWS and Deloitte, The Economic Times is proud to host a four-part focused executive engagement series featuring some of India’s largest enterprises, where we will hear from the C-Suite on how they are reimagining business models through digital enabled by cloud, align their strategic vision of digital transformation with on-ground outcomes for the customers, and what are the key factors for success.

Theme – Powering business growth with a modern data strategy

Data and technology have transformed business operations in recent years. With ease and speed of network access, the data gets collected at every step of the organization’s activity. Businesses have realized the need to harness the power of data and analytics to improve operational efficiency, make more informed decisions, manage risk, and accelerate innovation. They are investing in the modern technology solutions like AI and machine learning. However, they lack the proper tools and systematic frameworks to implement the solutions.

In an age where data is the most valuable asset, managing, securing, and making sense of that data is vital now more than ever. Organizations face the challenge of converting it to a usable form and making insights from it. A Data strategy gives employees the way ahead, enabling them to use the data more efficiently. But creating an effective data strategy is not so simple. Organizations need to build a scalable and robust data infrastructure that accelerates moving data and workloads to the cloud. Accelerating the adoption of the cloud will enable them to meet evolving customer needs, enhance the resiliency of systems, reduce costs, and capitalize on advanced computing capabilities.

Join the session with The Economic Times, AWS and Deloitte and our esteemed panelists as we hear from them unravel the secrets to an efficient modern data strategy

• Utilizing data as an asset for autonomous decision making
• Deploying AI/data platforms across operations with a reimagined operating model build on cloud.
• Nurturing a diverse talent ecosystem that innovates to reimagine work
• Enhance trust across stakeholders with an ethical AI/Data framework supported by proper security and data governance controls.

Ritesh Arora
CDO
CEAT

Vivek Kaul
Head IT Infrastructure
Indigo

Shyam Seshadri
Head Innovation Lab
Tata AIG

Jai Daga
VP IT
Sony Pictures Network India Pvt Ltd

Rajesh Kathuria
AVP-Information Technology
Shemaroo Entertainment

Madhusudan Kohli
Vice President & Head – User Experience and Group IT Engagement
Bennett Coleman and Co. Ltd

Guru Bala
Head of Solutions Architecture
AWS Specialized Services
Amazon Internet Services

Ankit Saran
Partner, Consulting | AI – Data & Analytics (India)
Deloitte

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Key trends in the post-pandemic workforce

The Covid-19 pandemic that brought the world to a standstill last year is now the main accelerator for one of the greatest workplace transformations ever!

How and where we work has changed forever, as corporations battle to balance new employee expectations and the benefits of flexibility with the need to nurture a strong corporate culture and continue driving innovation. Workforce planning has also changed, with accelerate business transformation and heightened economic volatility making it more important to ensure the business has the right number of people with the right skills, experiences, and competencies in the right jobs at the right time. Leading organizations are therefore re-thinking their workforce mix, including the role of full time versus part time employees, and the mix of permanent, temporary and gig-based workers.

The last 24 months have also seen an accelerated adoption of technology across functions and layers in the organization, as companies move to drive productivity and make businesses more resilient to external shocks. This has placed a higher onus on upskilling and reskilling at scale, both in the boardroom and at the frontline.

With the pandemic having impacted some sections of the workplace more than others, diversity and inclusion is in focus now, more than ever, as its benefits become increasingly evident. Driving D&I to the next level however requires a deep transformation in how organizations not just hire, but also develop and reward talent.

The Economic Times Future Workforce Webinar

The webinar will have some of the sharpest HR minds, global business leaders and renowned futurists share their views on how winning companies will navigate the above trends.

The event will explore practical, forward-thinking strategies to continue to attract top talent, manage the volatility, boost engagement & retention, and drive productivity in the economic boom to come.

Ajit Isaac
Executive Chairman
Quess Corp

Amit Chincholikar
Global CHRO
Tata Consumer Products

Amit Kumar
CEO OLX Autos India
OLX Group

Amrit Jaidka Arora
Head, Human Resource
Digit Insurance

Asif Sadiq MBE
SVP and Head of Equity and Inclusion International
WarnerMedia

Dharmender Kapoor
CEO & MD
Birlasoft

Lohit Bhatia
President, Workforce Management
Quess Corp

Manoj Kohli
Country Head – SoftBank India
SoftBank Group International

Nikita Zutshi
Vice President Human Resources
MakeMyTrip

Nitin Dave
CEO
Quess General Staffing

Rajesh Nair
Executive President & CHRO
Polycab India

Rajeshwar Tripathi
Chief Human Resource Officer Auto & Farm Sectors, M&M Ltd. & Member of the Group Executive Board

Rohit Pathak
CEO – Copper Business
Hindalco Industries

Sekhar Garisa
Chief of Emerging Businesses and Corporate Development

Sumit Sood
CEO, APAC
GlobalLogic

Sunitha Lal
CHRO
Ather Energy

Suraj Moraje
Managing Director & Group CEO
Quess Corp

Vijay Sivaram
CEO
Quess IT Staffing and Quess Search & Recruitment

Vinod Mehta
CHRO
Teleperformance (India)

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The pandemic has pushed organisations across the globe to move more quickly in transforming their businesses to meet a dynamic and uncertain operating environment. Increasingly, competitors, investors, and boards are also applying pressure to evolve.

While the imperative to transform may be clear, the path is challenging. Management is pressed to prioritize digital solutions that meet the needs of the present while building a platform for innovation and competitive advantage. This can require changes in processes and infrastructure, such as shifting workloads to the cloud, deploying artificial intelligence (AI) across the enterprise, and revaluating how, where, and by whom work is done. However, not all digital transformation efforts succeed.

Organizations need meticulous strategic and tactical plans in place to drive enterprise-wide digital transformation. And this necessitates organizations to reinvent themselves into a strategically agile organization—one that is operationally efficient and focusses on innovation.

Join our panellists in an interactive ET Unwired Webinar, as they discuss how low code platforms can help organizations inch closer to their digital goals by empowering the IT workforce to develop high-velocity complex enterprise-wide apps.

Vinod Bhat
Chief Information Officer
Vistara

Pawan Chawla
CISO
Future Generali India Life Insurance

Gagan Singla
CMO and CDO
HDFC Securities

Ritesh Varma
Global Head, Business Consulting
Newgen Software

Sachin Seth
Partner
EY, India, Digital & Fintech Leader

Piyush Jain
VP and Global Delivery Head – Software and Digital Services
QuEST Global

Raghav Sehgal
Strategic ISV Account Manager
AWS

Yogesh Jiandani
Founder
Vir2lize
Moderator

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