COAI: India Mobile Congress2018
South Asia’s biggest Mobile, Internet and Technology event is coming to Delhi
Ind ia Mobile Congress 2018( I MC 2018), South Asia’ s largest Mobile, Internet and Technology event will commence on 25 th October 2018 atNewDelhi’s Aerocity. With its theme“NewDigital Horizons: Connect, Create, Innovate”, the second edition of the event is being jointly organised by Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) and Department of Telecommunications( Do T ). #I MC 2018 will be a gathering aimed at building ideas, sharing knowledge and best practices, forming lasting industry relationships, showcasing game-changing mobile technology and product trends, providing sector al insights, industrial solutions, case studies and workshops. The event is designed towards ‘connecting’ India, ‘creating’an ecosystem for I CT players to take part in the growth of digital India and‘ innovating’ to has ten the pace of technology and network solutions adoption, that will ultimately lead to hitherto unforeseen socio-economic development for the nation. The event is expected to witness participation of 10 Partner Countries ,200+ GlobalSpeakers, 300+ Exhibitors, 5,000+ CXOs, 1,000+ International Media, 250 Startups and 100,000+ visitors. This year, the event will particularly encourage the country’s robust startup ecosystem and budding entrepreneurs, through various targeted engagement programs. The main focus of IMC 2018 will be on 5G and discussions will revolve around how such futuristic technologies willbuild India’sdigital future. The sessions will showcase India’s 5 G potential and the numerous unique use cases for 5Gin India. There would be live 5 G demonstrations by companies such as Nokia, Ericsson, Qu al command Reliance Jio among others. IoT, M2M, AR, VR are some of the other emerging technologies that will be in the limelight, this IMC. IMC 2018 will commence with an introductory panel discussion, around the theme -The India Story (Stack 3.0) - Connect, Create, Innovate. The 1 hour session will be attended byspeakerssuchMr. RajanAnandan, MD, Google S-East Asia & India & VP of Sales & Ops for Google India & Southeast Asia, Alphabet Inc, Smt.T K Anuradha, Outstanding Scientist and Director, Satellite Communications, ISRO, Mr. Deep Kalra , Founder, Group Chairman& CEO, MakeMy Trip Limited, Mr.VineetNayar, Founder, Chairman & CEO, Sampark Foundation and Former CEO, HCLTechnologies, Mr. Alex Rogers, Executive Vice President and President Qu al comm Technology Licensing, Qualcomm, Mr. Michael G lick man, Senior Vice President, Service Provider Business, Cisco, Dr. An and Agarwal, CEO& Whole-time Director, St er lite Technologies Limited, Mathew Oommen, President of Network, Global Strategy& Service Development and Director, Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited with Mr. Rajan SMathews, DirectorGeneral, COAI, asthemoderator. The discussions will be around the theme "Connect, Create, Innovate" and how it would impact infrastructure, content and applications across all parts of the value chain: design, development, deployment and delivery. Key emphasis would be laid on developing scalable, integrated and flexible infrastructure, delivering services in regional languages and encouraging the development of resourceful solutions for pressing needs of the society. There would also be interesting discourseson“The Evolving Regulatory Landscape in the New Digital Ecosystem-RegulatoryBrief ”,“Enabling Futuristic Networks - Reducing complexity to Redefine connectivity”, “Digital Identity - A revolution or a threat”, “Connecting the Unconnected - Building Next-Gen I CT Infrastructure for the Masses ”,“Gadgets of Tomorrow-Connected Intelligence ”, led by speakers such as Mr. AjitPai, Chairman, U.S. Federal Communications Commission, Mr. David Ham marwall, Head of Product Line 5 GRAN, Product Area Networks , Ericsson, Mr. Vinayak Godse, Senior Director, Data Security Council of India, andMr. Jonathan Wood, Senior Director, IntelNext Generation and Standards, Intel. The New Digital Ecosystem will focus, primarily, on high speed broadband for all, optimally leveraging thepowerof 5G, IoT, AI, Cloud& Big Data, and simultaneously combating the regulatory challenges in the formof Digital Sovereignty and Data ownership, as well as developing comprehensive and efficient compliance processes for Data Privacy & Security. Globally, the next generation of network technologies is being adopted at an exponential rate and changing theway we do things - even the most fundamental things. Almost every day, new areas are emerging as the applications of thesenew technologies get more and more versatile and increase the efficiency and productivity of their specific areas of operation. As the regulatory focal points including, access regulations, barriers to entry and exit, privacy and data protection, policies around merger sand acquisitions, spectrum management as well as universal availability and access are seeing new areas that need further expansion of their terms of reference. The panelwould further discuss the essential changes needed across legacy regulations and how this can be achieved in a steady and transparent manner without affecting the forward progress of open markets. The panel would also be able to share the future road map for policy regulation, and how efficient regulation can go hand in hand with business continuity and swifter technology adoption. IMC2018, will also host a ASEAN & BIMSTEC Conclave which will be addressed by delegates including Shri Manoj Sinha, Hon’ble Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Communications and Minister of State for Railway sand 16 other Ministers from A SEAN& BI MST EC Countries, ChairShriManojS in ha, Hon’ble Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Communications andMinister of State for Railways, H.E. Mr. Pichet Durongkaveroj, Hon’ble Minister of Digital Economy and Society, Govt. of Th aila nd,H.E.Khenn avon gBoun sale um say, Vice Minister, Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications( M PT ), La oP DR, HEThant Sin Maung,Hon' b le, Union Minister of Transport and Communications, Govt. of Myanmar, H.E. Chea Man it, Under Secretary of State, Ministry of Posts& Telecommunications (MPTC), H.E.TramIvTek, Minister of Posts and Telecommunication, H.E. M Shahidul Islam, Secretary General, BIMSTEC and Moderator- Mr. Rajan S Mathews, DG, COAI. Then the Global CEOs Conclave will host exciting discussion on Networks of Tomorrow, Emerging Technologies, Power of Content and Open SourceTech. Eminent speakers would include Daniel Collins, CT O, CiscoJasper, Mr. DavidHagerbro, Headof Strategy& Technology, MarketAreaSouth eastAsia, OceaniaandIndia, Ericsson, Mr. Ankur Bhan, Founder and Head ofWING BusinessLine, Nokia, Mr. DhananjayGore, Sr. Director Engineering, Qualcomm, Ms. SwatiRangachari, ChiefCorporate Affairs Officer, St er lite Technologies Limited, Mr. Man is hS harm a, MD, Panasonic, Mr. Raj es hG ad iyar;V ice President Intel Data Centre Group, Mr.GuangLu,C TO, Industry Solution, Southern East Asia Enterprise B us iness,Hua wei, Mr. AnilChaudhry, Country, President, India& Managing Director, India, Schneider Electric S.E., Mr. C. P. Gurnani, Managing Director, Tech Mahindra amongst others.