Agenda
CIO Summit India
Fri, Mar 12
Registration & Networking
Event Opening
IDC Welcome Address
Opening Address: Government Affiliation
Advisory Council Felicitation
IDC Opening Keynote: The Rise of the Transformational CIO
By 2027, 40% of India’s IT leaders will step up as business leaders; IDC opens with the mandate, data, and playbook redefining the India CIO.
Sakshi Grover
Research Director, Cybersecurity Services, IDC
Reinventing the Enterprise with AI
Moving India’s enterprises from GenAI-powered workflows to agentic-led business models at scale.
The AI Value Architect
With AI spend growing 2.2x faster than digital tech, how CIOs architect and prove measurable enterprise ROI.
Tea / Coffee & Networking Break
AI & Automation Partner: Mastering the Hybrid Enterprise
Unified orchestration and operational AI giving CIOs consistent visibility and control across every cloud.
Cloud & Infrastructure Partner: Building AI-Ready Infrastructure
Turning AI ambition into production reality with inference-ready, in-country infrastructure.
Digital Sovereignty Partner: Sovereign Cloud at Scale
In-country compute and data residency under the DPDP Act and the IndiaAI Mission.
Future of Work Partner: AI-Human Collaboration
New operating models and the leadership mandate as agentic workflows reshape the enterprise.
Session Partner Tracks
Track A
12:15PM – 12:30PM
Scaling GenAI from Pilots to Production
12:30PM – 12:45PM
Vertical AI for Domain Advantage
12:45PM – 1:00PM
Why Your Data Isn't Ready for Agentic AI
1:00PM – 1:15PM
Sovereign Cloud at Scale
Track B
12:15PM – 12:30PM
Building the AI-Ready Data Center
12:30PM – 12:45PM
The Era of Edge AI & Private 5G
12:45PM – 1:00PM
Observability, AIOps & FinOps
1:00PM – 1:15PM
Data & AI Governance as Advantage
Networking Lunch
Session Partner Tracks
Track A
2:15PM – 2:30PM
AI-Human Collaboration & the Future of Work
2:30PM – 2:45PM
When Regulation Shapes Architecture: The New Reality of Sovereign AI
2:45PM – 3:00PM
Humans, AI Agents, and the Future of Work: The New C-Suite Agenda
3:00PM – 3:15PM
Beyond the Tech Stack: The Leadership Challenge of AI
Track B
2:15PM – 2:30PM
Building the AI-Ready Enterprise: Are Organizations Prepared for the Next Wave of Intelligent Operations?
2:30PM – 2:45PM
Leveraging Vertical AI for domain advantage
2:45PM – 3:00PM
Why your data isn't ready for agentic AI
3:00PM – 3:15PM
The Era of Edge AI and Private 5G
Gala Dinner
Sat, Mar 13
Registration & Networking
IDC Welcome Address
Women in Tech Panel Discussion
Opening Address: Government Affiliation
Future Tech Frontiers: What’s Next After GenAI
How quantum, physical AI, and advanced connectivity are moving from research into the India CIO’s strategic planning horizon.
The Self-Driving Enterprise: From Copilots to Autonomous Operations
Redesigning core business processes around multi-agent systems that sense, decide, and act with minimal human intervention.
Industry AI: Transforming India’s Priority Sectors
Sector-specific AI reinvention across BFSI, manufacturing, healthcare, and public services.
Building the Enterprise Platform for Agentic AI
The data, orchestration, and governance layers that turn AI ambition into a production-grade platform for autonomous agents.
Tea / Coffee & Networking Break
Tech Talk Partner Tracks
Future Tech and Emerging Frontiers
11:20AM – 11:30AM
Quantum-Accelerated Computing: From Lab to Enterprise
11:30AM – 11:40AM
Physical AI: Robotics, Sensors and the Intelligent Edge
11:40AM – 11:50AM
LEO Satellite and Next-Gen Connectivity
11:50AM – 12:00PM
Composite AI: Blending Generative, Predictive and Agentic
Industry Transformation: sector deep dives
11:20AM – 11:30AM
AI in BFSI: Risk, Fraud and Hyper-Personalisation
11:30AM – 11:40AM
Smart Manufacturing: AI, IoT and the Connected Factory
11:40AM – 11:50AM
AI in Healthcare and Life Sciences
11:50AM – 12:00PM
GovTech and Public-Sector Digital Services
Autonomous Enterprise and Agentic Operations
11:20AM – 11:30AM
Redesigning Core Processes Around AI Agents
11:30AM – 11:40AM
Multi-Agent Systems: Orchestrating the Digital Workforce
11:40AM – 11:50AM
Decision Intelligence: From Dashboards to Autonomous Action
11:50AM – 12:00PM
Agent Lifecycle Management: Build, Deploy, Monitor
Trust and Sustainable IT
11:20AM – 11:30AM
Responsible AI at Enterprise Scale
11:30AM – 11:40AM
Reinventing Customer Experience with AI
11:40AM – 11:50AM
The AI-Augmented Employee Experience
11:50AM – 12:00PM