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.
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
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.