| Day 1 - Tuesday, June 21, 2011 |
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| 8:00 AM |
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Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 AM |
9:30 AM |
UIBS 2011 SUMMIT OPENING - Welcoming Remarks
- Mr. Ani Agnihotri, Program Chair, UIBS 2011
- Honorable Chris Cummiskey, Commissioner, Georgia Department of Economic Development
- Honorable Nathan Deal, Governor, State of Georgia
- Honorable V.S. Senthil, Minister (Economic), Indian Embassy, Washington, DC
- Dr. John McIntyre, Director, Georgia Tech CIBER |
| 9:30 AM |
10:45 AM |
Plenary Session 1 - Opportunities for US and Indian Companies
- Mr. T.P. Sreenivasan, Former Ambassador of India and former Permanent Representative of India to the UNO
- Mr. Subimal Bhattacharjee, Country Head, General Dynamics, India
- Mr. Lalit Dhingra, President, NIIT Technologies USA
- Mr. Deval Vyas, Executive Director and Relationship Executive, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., India
- Moderator: Mr. Aditya Berlia, Pro-Chancellor, Apeejay Stya University
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| 11:00 AM |
12:15 PM |
Plenary Session 2 - Globalization of US and Indian Companies
- Mr. Ken Cornelius*, President and CEO, Siemens One; (*Invited)
- Mr. Christopher W. Klaus, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Kaneva
- Mr. Anubhav Saxena, Global Head & VP- Marketing, Strategy & Alliances, HCL Technologies
- Mr. Reginald R. Mebane, Director, Office of Diversity Management and EEO, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Moderator: Mr. Amyt M. Eckstein, Senior Attorney, Moses & Singer LLP
Lunch Break
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| 1:45 PM |
2:45 PM |
Plenary Session 3 - Emerging Opportunities in India
- Honorable Murugesh R. Nirani*, Minister for Large and Medium Scale Industries, State Govt. of Karnataka, India; (*Invited)
- Mr. Ajay Singha, Executive Director, American Chamber of Commerce in India
- Mr. Jagdish Patankar, Managing Director, MM Activ Sci tech Communication Co., India
- Moderator: Mr. Jorge Fernandez, VP Global Commerce, Metro Atlanta Chamber
Coffee Break
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| 3:15 PM |
4:45 PM |
Panel 1 - Healthcare needs in India
- Dr. Nicolas Chronos, President and CEO, St. Joseph Translational Research Institute
- Mr. Dinesh Puri, CMD, MediVed Innovations Pvt Ltd., India
- Dr. K.M.Venkat Narayan, Ruth and O.C. Hubert Professor of Global Health, and Professor of Medicine & Epidemiology at Emory University
- Dr. Anand Bidarkar, Vice President, SIRO Clinpharm Pvt. Ltd., INDIA
- Moderator: Dr. Jai Pal Singh, Chief Scientific Officer and Vice President of Research, SJTRI
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| 3:15 PM |
4:45 PM |
Panel 2 - US and India: Bridging the Divide
- Mr. Doug Griffin, Vice President, Global Marketing & Brand Management, AGCO
- Dr. Michael L. Best, Associate Prof. at the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs and the School of Interactive Computing, GaTech
- Mr. Udai Tennati, Senior Director and Practice Lead, Manhattan Associates (MA)
- Moderator: Dr. Kavita Pandit, Associate Provost for International Education, University of Georgia
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| 5:30 PM |
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Networking Reception, Hyatt Regency Atlanta,
265 Peachtree St., NE, Atlanta, GA 30303
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| 6:30 PM |
10:00 PM |
UIBS Awards Banquet, Hyatt Regency Atlanta
Guest of honors: Honorable Sanjiv Arora*, Consul General, Indian Consulate, Houston
Distinguished Guest: Mrs. Sushma Berlia, President, Apeejay Stya Group & Svran Group and Chancellor, Apeejay Stya University
Cultural performance 1: Under the direction of Ms. Amelia Pelton, Director of Dance, Georgia College, Milledgeville, dancers will be performing a contemporary ballet to a trilogy of George Gershwin pieces, "Fascinatin' Rhythm", "Summertime", and "I've Got A Crush on You", with Milledgeville vocalist Laurie Meeks, and an energetic hip hop piece that features a live percussionist, Jeff Tyler.
Cultural performance 2: Under the direction of Smt. Padmaja Kelam, an accomplished Bharata Natyam dancer and teacher, Kalaivani Dance & Music Academy (KDAMA) is going to perform Bharata Natyam dances,. Bharata Natyam is one of the oldest dance forms of India. It was nurtured in the temples and courts of southern India since ancient times.
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| Day 2 - Wednesday, June 22, 2011 |
| From |
To |
| 8:00 AM |
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Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 AM |
9:15 AM |
Welcoming Remarks
- Dr. John McIntyre Director, Georgia Tech CIBER
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| 9:15 AM |
9:45 AM |
Morning Keynote Address Presentation
Introduction and Greetings: Hon. Kenneth Stewart, Former Commissioner and Senior Advisory for Industry Strategy, Georgia Institute of Technology.
Keynote: Honorable V.S. Senthil, Minister (Economic), Embassy of India, Washington DC
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| 10:00 AM |
11:00 AM |
Panel 3 - A Forecasting Outlook for the Indian Economy and the India-U.S. Trade Relationship
- Dr. Vinod Jain, President & CEO, India-US World Affairs Institute, Inc.
- Mr. Awinash Bawle*, India Desk Officer, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC
- Dr. Rajesh Chakrabarti, Assistant Professor of Finance, Indian School of Business
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| 10:00 AM |
11:00 AM |
Panel 4 - Sectoral investment opportunities in India and U.S.
- Mr. Hiroo Advani, Managing Partner, Advani & Co., India
- Dr. Govind Hariharan, Chair and Professor, Department of Economics, Finance & Quantitative Analysis, Kennesaw State University
- Dr. Anupam Srivastava, Director, Asia Program, CITS, University of Georgia (UGA)
Coffee Break
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| 11:30 AM |
12:30 PM |
Keynote Addresses
- Mr. Uday Kumar Varma, Secretary, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Government of India
- Mr. Raymond Vickery, Senior Director, Albright Stonebridge Group. Former US Assistant Secretary of Commerce, Trade Development
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| 12:30 PM |
1:45 PM |
Lunch |
| 2:00 PM |
3:00 PM |
Panel 5 - Penetrating India's Markets: Legal, Marketing and Strategic Approaches
- Mr. Roberto Pena, Senior Advisor, European Union Delegation to the USA
- Mr. Hans-Michael Kraus, Partner and International practice group leader, Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP.
- Dr. Abdul Shaikh, Senior International Economist. U.S. Commercial Service, U.S. Dept of Commerce
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| 2:00 PM |
3:00 PM |
Panel 6 - Emerging entrepreneurship and innovation opportunities
- Mr. Raj (Rajiv) Deshpande, CEO/Founder of Pulseworks and CEO of CyberScrub
- Mr. Nitin Shah, President, Imperial Investments Group and Director, Embassy National Bank
- Mr. Mohan Suresh, Founder and MD, Technospark Industries India (P) Ltd., INDIA
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| 3:15 PM |
4:15 PM |
Panel 7 - Corporate Experience: Success Stories in the Making
- Mr. Diego Pantoja-Navajas, President and Chief Executive Officer, LogFire LLC
- Mr. Joseph Guerrisi, Vice President Corporate Marketing, UPS
- Mr. Venkatesh (Venky) Kini, VP Marketing - Global Juice, The Coca-Cola Company
- Moderator: Mr. Thomas Strauss, Southern Regional Director, U.S. Department of Commerce
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