December 17, 2018 to December 19, 2018 | Bengaluru

The 2018 Global Technology Summit took place from December 17 to 19, at the Hotel Leela Palace, Bengaluru.

Building on the resounding success of the past two editions of the Global Technology Summit, held in 2016 and 2017, this year’s Summit focuses on the theme, Technology and Society: Getting the Balance Right.

As the debate on technology and its social impact makes headlines around the world, there is an urgent need to bridge the gap among industry, policymakers, and academic researchers. The Summit provides a collaborative platform for these crucial stakeholders to examine the impact of emerging technologies on society and discuss strategies to balance innovation and regulation.

KnowledgeTransfer@CarnegieIndia: Deconstructing Technology and Policy

In addition to the public conference, Carnegie India conducted workshops for students on December 17, 2018. The aim is to provide a platform for students to directly engage in conversations on and around the benefits and risks of emerging technologies.

The student-workshops at the Global Technology Summit 2018 are part of a new initiative called KnowledgeTransfer@CarnegieIndia. The aims of this initiative are simple. It is to provide a platform for a genuine exchange of ideas and more importantly an exchange of knowledge between students, practitioners, subject matter experts, and other interested audiences.

To join our workshops and kick-start our KnowledgeTransfer@CarnegieIndia series, sign-up here!

Agenda

Tuesday, December 18

9:00 to 10:30 a.m.

Registration

10:30 to 10:40 a.m.

Welcome Remarks

Rudra Chaudhuri, director of Carnegie India
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, founders committee at Carnegie India and chairperson and managing director of Biocon

10:40 to 10:50 a.m.

Keynote Address

A. Gitesh Sarma, secretary (west) in the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India

10:50 to 11:30 a.m.

Technology and Diplomacy

A. Gitesh Sarma, secretary (west) in the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India
Henri Verdier, French ambassador for digital affairs
Ariel Levite, nonresident senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Chair: C. Raja Mohan, director of the Institute of South Asian Studies at the National University of Singapore

11:30 to 12:30 p.m.

Data Flows in the Digital Age

Rob Sherman, deputy chief privacy officer at Facebook
Sanjay Jain, volunteer at iSPIRT and chief innovation officer at the Centre for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship at the Indian Institute of Management – Ahmedabad
Smriti Parsheera, consultant at the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy
Sunil Abraham, executive director of the Center for Internet and Society
Chair: Sahil Kini, entrepreneur and volunteer at iSPIRT

12:30 to 1:30 p.m.

Lunch

1:30 to 2:00 p.m.

New Paradigms of Cancer Therapy for India

Siddhartha Mukherjee, assistant professor of medicine at Columbia University and Pulitzer Prize winning author

2:00 to 2:45 p.m.

Reimagining the Innovation Ecosystem: Role of Public and Private Institutions

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, chairperson and managing director of Biocon
Siddhartha Mukherjee, assistant professor of medicine at Columbia University and Pulitzer Prize winning author
Sarv Saravanan, senior vice president and general manager of Centre of Excellence at Dell EMC
Satyajit Mayor, director of the National Centre for Biological Sciences
Chair: Navneet Kapoor, chief transformation officer at AP Moller-Maersk

2:45 to 3:05 p.m.

The Future of Enterprise in a Disruptive World

Dhiraj Rajaram, founder of Mu Sigma

3:05 to 4:00 p.m.

The Changing World of Digital Payments

Anubrata Biswas, managing director and chief executive officer of Airtel Payments Bank
Aparna Krishnan, co-founder of Mechanism Labs
Malavika Raghavan, project head of the future of finance initiative at Dvara Trust
Nikhil Kumar, entrepreneur and volunteer at iSPIRT
Chair: Vindu Goel, technology and business reporter for The New York Times

4:00 to 4:15 p.m.

Coffee Break

4:15 to 5:15 p.m.

Artificial Intelligence and Everyday Life

Amarjot Singh, founder and chief executive officer of Skylark Labs
B. Ravindran, head of the Robert Bosch Centre for Data Science and AI at the Indian Institute of Technology – Madras
Gargi B. Dasgupta, senior technical staff member and senior research manager at IBM Research India
Manish Singhal, founding partner at pi Ventures
Shivnath Thukral, public policy director for India and South Asia at Facebook
Chair: Manish Sabharwal, chairman and co-founder of TeamLease

5:15 to 5:45 p.m.

Sharing Best Practices: Indian and Global Standards of Data Privacy

Rob Sherman, deputy chief privacy officer at Facebook
Chair: C. V. Madhukar, investment partner at Omidyar Network

Wednesday, December 19

9:30 to 10:45 a.m.

Registrations

10:45 to 11:00 a.m.

Special Address

Nivruti Rai, country head of Intel India and vice president of data center group at Intel Corporation

11:00 to 11:40 a.m.

Linking Villages and Cities in India: 5G and the Future of Connectivity

Mohandas Pai, chairman of Manipal Global Education and Aarin Capital
Nivruti Rai, country head of Intel India and vice president of data center group at Intel Corporation
Chair: R. K. Misra, nonresident scholar at Carnegie India

11:40 to 11:50 a.m.

Governance, Technology, and the Future of Innovation

Gaurav Gupta, principal secretary of the department of information technology, biotechnology, and science and technology at the Government of Karnataka

11:50 to 12:45 p.m.

Power of Gene Editing

Ramaswamy S, senior professor at the Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine
Rohan Kamat, co-founder and chief executive officer of Viravecs Labs
Shambhavi Naik, research fellow at The Takshashila Institution
Chair: Vijay Chandru, chairman and managing director of Strand Life Sciences

12:45 to 1:45 p.m.

Lunch

1:45 to 2:45 p.m.

Building a Global Cyber Security Landscape

Ariel Levite, nonresident senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Asoke Mukerji, former permanent representative of India to the United Nations
Latha Reddy, co-chair of the Global Committee on the Stability of Cyberspace and former deputy national security advisor of India
Chair: George Perkovich, Ken Olivier and Angela Nomellini Chair and vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

2:45 to 3:00 p.m.

Coffee Break

3:00 to 4:00 p.m.

Technology and Society: Creating a Safer World

Aparna Krishnan, co-founder of Mechanism Labs
David Bohl, senior research associate at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for International Futures at the University of Denver
Jahnavi Phalkey, founding director of Science Gallery Bengaluru
Shankar Maruwada, chief executive officer of EkStep Foundation
Chair: Saritha Rai, India technology correspondent for Bloomberg

4:00 to 4:15 p.m.

Closing Remarks

R. K. Misra, nonresident scholar at Carnegie India
Darshana M. Baruah, associate director and senior research analyst at Carnegie India

Speakers Spotlight

Sunil Abraham
Executive director of the Center for Internet and Society
David Bohl
Senior research associate at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for International Futures at the University of Denver
Anubrata Biswas
Managing director and chief executive officer of Airtel Payments Bank
Vijay Chandru
Chairman and managing director of Strand Life Sciences
Rudra Chaudhuri
Director of Carnegie India
Gargi B. Dasgupta
Senior technical staff member and senior research manager at IBM Research India
Vindu Goel
Technology and business reporter for The New York Times
Gaurav Gupta
Principal secretary of the department of information technology, biotechnology, and science and technology at the Government of Karnataka
Sanjay Jain
Volunteer at iSPIRT and chief innovation officer at the Centre for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship at the Indian Institute of Management—Ahmedabad
Rohan Kamat
Co-founder and chief executive officer of Viravecs Labs
Navneet Kapoor
Chief transformation officer at AP Moller-Maersk
Sahil Kini
Entrepreneur and volunteer at iSPIRT
Aparna Krishnan
Co-founder of Mechanism Labs
Nikhil Kumar
Entrepreneur and volunteer at iSPIRT
Ariel Levite
Nonresident senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
CV Madhukar
Investment partner at Omidyar Network
Shankar Maruwada
Chief executive officer of EkStep Foundation
Satyajit Mayor
Director of the National Centre for Biological Sciences
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
Founders committee at Carnegie India and chairperson and managing director of Biocon
R. K. Misra
Nonresident scholar at Carnegie India
C. Raja Mohan
Director of the Institute of South Asian Studies at the National University of Singapore
Asoke Mukerji
Former permanent representative of India to the United Nations
Siddhartha Mukherjee
Assistant professor of medicine at Columbia University and Pulitzer Prize-winning author
Shambhavi Naik
Research fellow at The Takshashila Institution
Mohandas Pai
Chairman of Manipal Global Education and Aarin Capital
Smriti Parsheera
Consultant at the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy
George Perkovich
Ken Olivier and Angela Nomellini Chair and vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Jahnavi Phalkey
Founding director of Science Gallery Bengaluru
Malavika Raghavan
Project head of the Future of Finance Initiative at Dvara Trust
Nivruti Rai
Country head of Intel India and vice president of Data Center Group at Intel Corporation
Saritha Rai
India technology correspondent for Bloomberg
Dhiraj Rajaram
Founder of Mu Sigma
B. Ravindran
Head of the Robert Bosch Centre for Data Science at the Indian Institute of Technology—Madras
Latha Reddy
Co-chair of the Global Committee on the Stability of Cyberspace and former deputy national security advisor of India
Ramaswamy S
Senior professor at the Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine
Manish Sabharwal
Chairman and co-founder of TeamLease
Sarv Saravanan
Senior vice president and general manager of Centre of Excellence at Dell EMC
A. Gitesh Sarma
Secretary (west) in the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India
Rob Sherman
Deputy chief privacy officer at Facebook
Amarjot Singh
Founder and chief executive officer of Skylark Labs
Manish Singhal
Founding partner at Pi Ventures
Shivnath Thukral
Public policy director for India and South Asia at Facebook
Henri Verdier
French ambassador for digital affairs

KnowledgeTransfer@CarnegieIndia: Deconstructing Technology and Policy

Agenda

Tuesday, December 18

9:00 to 10:30 a.m.

10:30 to 10:40 a.m.

Rudra Chaudhuri, director of Carnegie India

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, founders committee at Carnegie India and chairperson and managing director of Biocon

10:40 to 10:50 a.m.

A. Gitesh Sarma, secretary (west) in the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India

10:50 to 11:30 a.m.

A. Gitesh Sarma, secretary (west) in the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India

Henri Verdier, French ambassador for digital affairs

Ariel Levite, nonresident senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Chair: C. Raja Mohan, director of the Institute of South Asian Studies at the National University of Singapore

11:30 to 12:30 p.m.

Rob Sherman, deputy chief privacy officer at Facebook

Sanjay Jain, volunteer at iSPIRT and chief innovation officer at the Centre for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship at the Indian Institute of Management – Ahmedabad

Smriti Parsheera, consultant at the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy

Sunil Abraham, executive director of the Center for Internet and Society

Chair: Sahil Kini, entrepreneur and volunteer at iSPIRT

12:30 to 1:30 p.m.

1:30 to 2:00 p.m.

Siddhartha Mukherjee, assistant professor of medicine at Columbia University and Pulitzer Prize winning author

2:00 to 2:45 p.m.

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, chairperson and managing director of Biocon

Siddhartha Mukherjee, assistant professor of medicine at Columbia University and Pulitzer Prize winning author

Sarv Saravanan, senior vice president and general manager of Centre of Excellence at Dell EMC

Satyajit Mayor, director of the National Centre for Biological Sciences

Chair: Navneet Kapoor, chief transformation officer at AP Moller-Maersk

2:45 to 3:05 p.m.

Dhiraj Rajaram, founder of Mu Sigma

3:05 to 4:00 p.m.

Anubrata Biswas, managing director and chief executive officer of Airtel Payments Bank

Aparna Krishnan, co-founder of Mechanism Labs

Malavika Raghavan, project head of the future of finance initiative at Dvara Trust

Nikhil Kumar, entrepreneur and volunteer at iSPIRT

Chair: Vindu Goel, technology and business reporter for The New York Times

4:00 to 4:15 p.m.

4:15 to 5:15 p.m.

Amarjot Singh, founder and chief executive officer of Skylark Labs

B. Ravindran, head of the Robert Bosch Centre for Data Science and AI at the Indian Institute of Technology – Madras

Gargi B. Dasgupta, senior technical staff member and senior research manager at IBM Research India

Manish Singhal, founding partner at pi Ventures

Shivnath Thukral, public policy director for India and South Asia at Facebook

Chair: Manish Sabharwal, chairman and co-founder of TeamLease

5:15 to 5:45 p.m.

Rob Sherman, deputy chief privacy officer at Facebook

Chair: C. V. Madhukar, investment partner at Omidyar Network

Wednesday, December 19

9:30 to 10:45 a.m.

10:45 to 11:00 a.m.

Nivruti Rai, country head of Intel India and vice president of data center group at Intel Corporation

11:00 to 11:40 a.m.

Mohandas Pai, chairman of Manipal Global Education and Aarin Capital

Nivruti Rai, country head of Intel India and vice president of data center group at Intel Corporation

Chair: R. K. Misra, nonresident scholar at Carnegie India

11:40 to 11:50 a.m.

Gaurav Gupta, principal secretary of the department of information technology, biotechnology, and science and technology at the Government of Karnataka

11:50 to 12:45 p.m.

Ramaswamy S, senior professor at the Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine

Rohan Kamat, co-founder and chief executive officer of Viravecs Labs

Shambhavi Naik, research fellow at The Takshashila Institution

Chair: Vijay Chandru, chairman and managing director of Strand Life Sciences

12:45 to 1:45 p.m.

1:45 to 2:45 p.m.

Ariel Levite, nonresident senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Asoke Mukerji, former permanent representative of India to the United Nations

Latha Reddy, co-chair of the Global Committee on the Stability of Cyberspace and former deputy national security advisor of India

Chair: George Perkovich, Ken Olivier and Angela Nomellini Chair and vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

2:45 to 3:00 p.m.

3:00 to 4:00 p.m.

Aparna Krishnan, co-founder of Mechanism Labs

David Bohl, senior research associate at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for International Futures at the University of Denver

Jahnavi Phalkey, founding director of Science Gallery Bengaluru

Shankar Maruwada, chief executive officer of EkStep Foundation

Chair: Saritha Rai, India technology correspondent for Bloomberg

4:00 to 4:15 p.m.

R. K. Misra, nonresident scholar at Carnegie India

Darshana M. Baruah, associate director and senior research analyst at Carnegie India

Speakers Spotlight