2008 AKKA BUSINESS FORUM - PROGRAM SCHEDULE - FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 2008

Time

Speaker

Topic

8:30 –9:30AM

Coffee and Registration

9:30 – 9:45AM

Mohan Gowda & Sowmitri Swamy

Welcome & Introductions:

9:45 – 10:15AM

"Krish" Krishnaswamy, President, EASi.COM

Globalization and Entrepreneurship

10:15 – 10:45AM

B. V. Jagadeesh, President & CEO 3 Leaf Systems

Dare to Dream

10:45 – 11:15AM

Dr. Jayamala, Actress, President, Karnataka State Film Chamber

Entertainment Industry

11:15 – 11:30AM

Mohan Gowda & Sowmitri Swamy

Introduction of the Karnataka delegation

11:30 – 11:45AM

Hon CM, B. S. Yedduyurappa

Remarks from the Chief Minister

11:45 – Noon

Mr. Nirani, Large & Medium Industries Minister

Comments

Noon – 12:15PM

Mr. Sudhakar Rao, Chief Secretary

Comments

12:15PM – 12:30PM

Mohan Gowda & Sowmitri Swamy

Buffer and announcement of lunch arrangements

12:30 –2: 00PM

Lunch with CM

2:00 – 2:30PM

Mr. Umesh, Principal Secretary, Commerce and Industries

Comments and Film

2:30 – 3:00PM

B. N. Bahadur, Founder & CEO, BBK

Expanding Business Boundaries

3:00 – 3:30PM

Mysore Nagaraj, Former Exec Dir, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New York City

Infrastructure - Rail

3:30 – 4:00PM

Ravi Narayanan, CEO Jupiter Aviation

Indian Aerospace Industry: Challenges and Opportunities

4:00 – 4:15PM

Coffee Break

4:15 – 4:45PM

N. Nandkumar, Chairman & CEO, UCA Group

Manufacturing

4:45 – 5:30 PM

Sam Pitroda, Chairman, Knowledge Commission, Gov’t of India

Concluding Keynote:Impact of Knowledge economy

5:30 -5: 45PM

Conference close