Plenary Agenda

0730 - 0900 Round Table: Scope and Models of Public Private Partnership (By Invitation Only)

0900 - 0930 Morning Tea/Coffee Break

0930 - 1000 In Conversation: Integrated Policy Framework and Collaborative Value Chain of Space Infrastructure and Geospatial Knowledge Services for National Development

Dr Pawan Goenka

Chairman
Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (In-Space)

Srikant Sastri

Chairman
Geospatial Data Promotion & Development Committee (GDPDC)

1000 - 1100 Plenary Session 3: Geospatial Infrastructure and Digital Twins: Advancing Resilient and Sustainable Infrastructure

Chair

Sanjay Kumar

Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Geospatial World

Keynote Address

Anil Radhakrishnan

Chief Executive Officer
GMR Group

Keynote Address and Conversation

Nicholas Cumins

Chief Executive Officer
Bentley
France

Nicholas Cumins is chief executive officer of Bentley Systems. In this role, he is responsible for the company's overall strategy and growth. An experienced software executive, he has served in leadership roles with established and startup companies for more than 20 years. He most recently served as Bentley's chief operating officer.

Prior to joining Bentley as chief product officer in 2020, Nicholas served as general manager of SAP Marketing Cloud, a comprehensive marketing automation platform. He also served as chief product officer of Scytl, a platform for online voting, and as senior vice president of product with OpenX, a pioneer in programmatic advertising. Before OpenX, Nicholas had already served in a variety of senior roles at SAP, including product management, corporate strategy, and business development. He earned master's degrees in law and in business from Paris II Pantheon-Assas University. Nicholas is a dual French and U.S. citizen and is based in France.

Dr Surendra Ahirwar IAS

Joint Secretary
DPIIT, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, GoI

Asit Saha

Director General
Geological Survey of India, GoI

Ramya Mohan

Chief Strategy Officer
Cyient

1100 - 1130 Guest Address: Hydrospatial Infrastructure and Blue Economy

Dr M Ravichandaran

Secretary
Ministry of Earth Sciences, GoI

1130 - 1230 Tea/ Coffee Break and Visit to Exhibition

1230 - 1330 Lunch Break

1330 - 1415 Plenary Session 4: Earth Observation as a Service: Enriching Insights and Analytics for National and Enterprise Geospatial Platforms

Chair

A. S. Kiran Kumar

Vikram Sarabhai Professor & Member Space Commission

Dr Nilesh M Desai*

Director
Space Application Centre (SAC), GoI

Rupesh Gandupalli

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
XDLINX

Prateep Basu

Chief Executive Officer
SatSure

Sanjay Nekkanti

Chief Executive Officer
Dhruva Space

1415 - 1500 Plenary Session 5: Value Impact of GNSS, EO, Geospatial for Digital Public Infrastructure for Agriculture and Water Resource Management

Chair

Deepak Pareek

Agricultural Economist

Rajeev Kumar Mital IAS*

Director General
National Mission for Clean Ganga, Department (NMCG), Ministry of Jal Shakti

GV Sreeramam

Founder and Chief Executive Officer
NeoGeoInfo Technologies

Dushyant Tyagi

Chief Executive Officer
Farmgate

Dr Sameer Agrawal

Head - Farmer, Supply ChainFinancing and Product Management
Rural Banking Group, HDFC

1500 - 1545 Plenary Session 6: Digital Infrastructure and Data Platforms: Connecting Last Mile for Good Governance and Citizen Welfare Services

Mona K. Khandhar IAS*

Principal Secretary
DST

Sanjay Rakesh IAS

Chief Executive Officer
CSC e-Governance Services India Limited, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), GoI

Lalitha Ramani

General Manager
Google Maps India

Sonmoni Borah IAS*

Principal Secretary
ST & SC Development, OBC & Minority Development, Government of Chhattisgarh

E. Ravendiran IAS

Mission Director - State Water & Sanitation Mission (SWSM)
Jal Jeevan Mission, Govt of Maharashtra

Rajesh Bansal*

Chief Executive Officer
Reserve Bank Innovation Hub

1545 - 1630 Tea/ Coffee Break

1630 - 1730 Plenary Session 7: Integrated View of Global to Local Data Platforms and Practices: Addressing Climate Change and Disaster Management Holistically

Chair

Anoop Singh IFS

Director General
Forest Survey of India, GoI

Ravi Shankar

Head of the GIS Centre for Health
World Health Organization

Agendra Kumar

Managing Director
Esri India

Dr Prateek Sharma

Vice Chancellor
Delhi Technical University

A.V.Ranganath IPS

Commissioner
Hyderabad Disaster Response and Asset Protection Agency(HYDRAA) & Chairman Lake Protection Committee, Government of Telangana

1730 - 1900 Wine and Beer Reception (Exhibition Hall)