The role of ICT in nation's growth trajectory is well known. The Government is developing a broader framework for enhancing ICT penetration by extending e-enabled governance initiatives. When complemented by the Industry's support in providing e-interface between the citizen and the Government, it will add a new dimension to the practices of a participatory democracy - a true collaborative approach. Providing ICT products, services, workplace environments and facilities that are accessible and usable for all users is the ultimate goal of "design for all" or "inclusive design". There is need for effective collaboration between major stake holders like - people, technology and the systems. To make it effective there is need for collaborative technologies to become adaptive, dynamic and integratable. These features will help to 'design for all' for proper inclusive solutions. There should be effective framework for digital participation. It should enhance the digital delivery of varied, relevant and important public services with effective policy and governance. Global spread of technological proficiencies is introducing major transformations in diverse fields of Health, Agriculture, Banking, Education, Media & Entertainment etc. society needs to innovatively harness this immense potential for meaningful e-Inclusion for its growth.

Information overdrive provides information overload for the society. The available information needs to be tweaked for users with relevant inputs. Knowledge Management is the area which includes Knowledge generation, content management and content dissimilation, e-learning provides upgrading the societal need for learning by providing non-formal ways of teaching learning processes. This track will have multiple sessions to address various aspects of it.
Drivers and Enablers of ICT for inclusive growth

1.  Knowledge Society
2.  Telecom
3.  Shared and Cloud Infra structure
4.  Security and Privacy
5.  Discipline of ICT application: impact of varieties and heterogeneities
6.  Impact of new devices
7.  Green ICT
8.  Digital Divide
9.  Localisation
10. Skills and Education

There is need for digital delivery of varied, relevant and important public services with effective policy and governance. It is an effort to make the government SMART (Simple, Moral, Accountable, Responsive, and Transparent), using Information and Communication Technology (ICT). It provides a tremendous acceleration to move forward in this information age with higher quality, cost-effective government services for the citizens. This track will have multiple sessions to address various aspects of it.

Session 1
e Governance: Design and Implementation
Session 2
Creating an Environment for outcome based e Governance
Session 3
Dynamics of Project Management in e- Governance

Cloud computing is the convergence and evolution of several concepts from virtualization, distributed application design, grid, and enterprise IT management to enable a more flexible approach for deploying and scaling applications. This elastic aspect of cloud computing allows applications to scale and grow without needing traditional 'fork-lift' upgrades. Applications / services can easily meet performance guarantee and other SLAs with dynamic user size. Cloud promises real costs savings and agility to customers. Cloud computing should play a critical role as composite platform for inclusive growth. It can provide the infrastructural support, appropriate application development & deployment scope and effective service model. This track will have multiple sessions to address various aspects of it.

In the field of Computing and ICT, India's success has been phenomenal to come in the frontline. This is the key enabler technology for reachability. The recent enhancement in tele-communication provides better and effective reachability scope to the people at large. It should also address the digital divide, its related opportunities and development scope for its effective use. The significant presence of ICT will lead to excess carbon footprint. The Green ICT is necessary for today's environmental need. This track will have multiple sessions to address various aspects of it. (Key Points of Coverage; key imperatives, policies, collaborations, partnerships, IT industry eco system , IT industry academia eco system)

Drivers for Deliberations & presentations

Bridging the diversity

• Technology Infrastructure
• Policy framework
• IT Vendors eco system across country
• CIOs perspective for effective implementation
• Local issues and cultural aspects

 

• Higher education for sustainable growth through Innovation and Research
• Cross disciplinary education for research and innovator in ICT
• Training and skill development for industry
• Common Services framework for implementation
• Sharing higher level courses among the SEARCC Countries
• Roadmap and Plan

Drivers:

• Key learning of CIOs for effective implementation of ICT Solutions
• The key differentiating factors of ICT implementation at state level Vs corporate sector.
• Holistic approach for solution sharing across Corporates and Government

The CIO summit will be addressed by Ministers of State/Center of Government of India and other SEARCC participating countries. IT Secretary of various Indian states and central government and the MDs, CEOs, CIOs of world leading organizations will empower the summit.

 

High Power Business Summit to exchange Innovation and Next Practices in ICT for Collaborative Economic Development and Entrepreneurial Opportunities. The purpose of the Business Summit is to aim for an actionable output from the summit through two sessions: 

Session-i, GOVERNMENT and Policy Perspective (Ministerial conclave)
Session-ii, Business and Entrepreneurs Perspective

 

Selected papers on the following verticals would be presented

• Education and Knowledge Society
• Healthcare and Tele Medicine
• Agriculture and PDS Systems
• Social Upliftment and Rural Development
• Banking and Financial Systems
• Media and Entertainment
• Business Model - Effective and Affordable
• Various e-Governance aspects

The National competition for young IT professionals is an event instituted by CSI in the year 1999 and conducted annually to encourage Researchers, IT professionals, Academicians, Consultants, Entrepreneurs and IT Practitioners in an Organization, or as individuals in service / support / training function in the field of Information Technology. The competition aims at involving young IT professionals in the quest of innovation in IT and provides them an opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge, professional prowess and excellence in their profession