December 4, 2019 to December 6, 2019 | Bengaluru

This year's Global Technology Summit focused on the theme, The Future of Data. The summit convened policymakers, industry experts, and scholars to debate and deliberate crucial questions on data privacy, 5G technologies, biotechnology, artificial intelligence, and financial technology in the age of digital globalization.

Check out highlights from six key conversations at the summit below.

Resources Day-Wise Streams The Future of Data Agendas Speaker Spotlight

Day-Wise Streams

Day 1
Day 2 Part 1
Day 2 Part 2
Day 3

Agenda

Wednesday, December 4

11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

KnowledgeTransfer@CarnegieIndia Workshops

2:30 to 4:00 p.m.

Registration

4:00 to 4:20 p.m.

Welcome Remarks

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

4:20 to 4:30 p.m.

Special Message to Carnegie India's Global Technology Summit

S. Jaishankar, external affairs minister of India (by videolink)

4:30 to 5:00 p.m.

Keynote Address

T.S. Tirumurti, secretary (economic relations) in the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India

5:00 to 5:45 p.m.

Identity, Payments, and Data Empowerment

Nandan Nilekani, co-founder & non-executive chairman of the Board at Infosys and former chairperson of the Unique Identification Authority of India

5:45 to 7:00 p.m.

Data Flows and Data Access

Rajat Kathuria, director and chief executive at the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations
Ralf Sauer, deputy head of the Unit for International Data Flows and Protection at the Directorate General for Justice and Consumer, European Commission
Robert Garverick, minister counselor for economic, environment, science & technology affairs at the U.S. Embassy, India
Shivnath Thukral, public policy director at Facebook
Suranjali Tandon, assistant professor at the National Instittute of Public Finance and Policy
Chair: Rudra Chaudhuri, director at Carnegie India

Thursday, December 5

8:30 to 10:15 a.m.

Registrations

10:15 to 10:30 a.m.

Opening Remarks

10:30 to 11:00 a.m.

Keynote Address

Ashwath Narayan C.N., deputy chief minister of Karnataka and minister for higher education, information technology, biotechnology, and science and technology in the Government of Karnataka

11:00 to 11:45 a.m.

Future of Data

Alok Prasanna, senior resident fellow and team lead at Vidhi Karnataka
Evan Feigenbaum, vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, founders committee at Carnegie India and chairperson & managing director of Biocon
T.V. Mohandas Pai, chairman of Manipal Global Education Services and co-founder and chairman of Aarin Capital
Chair: Shekhar Gupta, editor-in-chief and chairman of ThePrint

11:45 a.m. to 11:55 p.m.

Artificial Intelligence and its Implications

Kai-Fu Lee, chairman and chief executive officer of Sinovation Ventures and president of Sinovation Ventures Artificial Intelligence Institute (by videolink)

11:55 to 12:30 p.m.

India's Digital Economy: Opportunities and Challenges

Ajit Mohan, vice president and managing director India at Facebook
Chair: Shekhar Gupta, editor-in-chief and chairman of ThePrint

12:30 to 12:40 p.m.

Shaping the Digital Future

Matt Sheehan, fellow at MacroPolo

12:40 to 1:30 p.m.

Governing A.I.: The Challenges of Autonomous Decision Making

Chinmayi Arun, fellow at the Information Security Project at Yale Law School and affiliate at the Berkman Klein Center of Internet and Society at Harvard University
François Godement, senior advisor for Asia at Institut Montaigne
Matt Sheehan, fellow at MacroPolo
Umakant Soni, cofounder of AI Foundry
Chair: Evan Feigenbaum, vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

1:30 to 2:30 p.m.

Lunch

2:30 to 2:50 p.m.

Evolution of Fintech in India

Sahil Kini, chief executive officer and founder of Setu

2:50 to 3:15 p.m.

Building Technology for Bharat

Jeyandran Venugopal, chief product and technology officer at Flipkart

3:15 to 4:15 p.m.

Fintech: Balancing Innovation and Regulation

Nandkumar Saravade, chief executive officer of Reserve Bank Information Technology Private Limited
Philipp Von Restorff, deputy chief executive officer at Luxembourg for Finance
Smriti Parsheera, fellow at the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy
Sopnendu Mohanty, chief fintech officer at the Monetary Authority of Singapore
Chair: Suyash Rai, fellow at Carnegie India

4:15 to 4:30 p.m.

Coffee Break

4:30 to 5:00 p.m.

Special Address

K. VijayRaghavan, principal scientific advisor to the Government of India

5:00 to 5:45 p.m.

Health Security: Combating Pandemics

Frederik Kristensen, deputy chief executive officer at the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations
Krishna Ella, chairman & managing director at Bharat Biotech International
Chair: Gagandeep Kang, executive director of the Translational Health Science and Technology Institute

5:45 to 6:15 p.m.

Drones: Assessing Opportunities and Challenges

Ananth Padmanabhan, dean of academic affairs at Sai University and visiting fellow at the Centre for Policy Research

Friday, December 6

9:00 to 11:25 a.m.

Registration

11:25 to 11:30 a.m.

Opening Remarks

11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

5G and Data Security

Aruna Sundararajan, former secretary in the Department of Telecommunications, Government of India
François Godement, senior advisor for Asia at Institut Montaigne
Gulshan Rai, former national cyber security coordinator, Government of India
Kanav Monga, managing director of the Virgo Group
Chair: Rajesh Bansal, senior adviser at Carnegie India

12:30 to 1:00 p.m.

Data Explosion in the Auto Industry

Aravind Doss, associate vice president of Harman International

1:00 to 1:45 p.m.

Data Protection in the Digital Age

B.N. Srikrishna, former judge of the Supreme Court of India
Bhairav Acharya, public policy manager at Facebook
Chair: Rahul Matthan, partner at Trilegal

1:45 to 2:30 p.m.

Governance of Dual-Use Technologies

George Perkovich, Ken Olivier and Angela Nomellini Chair and vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan, distinguished fellow and head of the Nuclear and Space Policy Initiative at the Observer Research Foundation
Tom Uren, senior analyst at the International Cyber Policy Centre at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute
Chair: Rakesh Sood, distinguished fellow at the Observer Research Foundation

2:30 to 2:40 p.m.

Concluding Remarks

Rajesh Bansal, senior adviser at Carnegie India

2:40 to 3:30 p.m.

Lunch

Speakers Spotlight

Ajit Mohan
Vice president and managing director India at Facebook
Alok Prasanna
Senior resident fellow and team lead at Vidhi Karnataka
Ananth Padmanabhan
Dean of academic affairs at Sai University and visiting fellow at the Centre for Policy Research
Aruna Sundararajan
Former secretary in the Department of Telecommunications, Government of India
Aravind Doss
Associate vice president of Harman International
Ashwath Narayan C.N.
Deputy chief minister of Karnataka and minister for higher education, information technology, biotechnology, and science and technology in the Government of Karnataka
B.N. Srikrishna
Former judge of the Supreme Court of India
Bhairav Acharya
Public policy manager at Facebook
Chinmayi Arun
Fellow at the Information Security Project at Yale Law School and affiliate at the Berkman Klein Center of Internet and Society at Harvard University
Evan Feigenbaum
Vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
François Godement
Senior advisor for Asia at Institut Montaigne
Frederik Kristensen
Deputy chief executive officer at the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations
Gagandeep Kang
Executive director of the Translational Health Science and Technology Institute
George Perkovich
Ken Olivier and Angela Nomellini Chair and vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Gulshan Rai
Former national cyber security coordinator, Government of India
Jeyandran Venugopal
Chief product and technology officer at Flipkart
K. VijayRaghavan
Principal scientific advisor to the Government of India
Kanav Monga
Managing director of Virgo Group
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
Founders committee at Carnegie India and chairperson & managing director of Biocon
Krishna Ella
Chairman and managing director of Bharat Biotech International
Matt Sheehan
Fellow at MacroPolo
Nandan Nilekani
Co-founder and non-executive chairman of the Board at Infosys and former chairperson of the Unique Identification Authority of India
Nandkumar Saravade
Chief executive officer at the Reserve Bank Information Technology Private Limited
Philipp von Restorff
Deputy chief executive officer at Luxembourg for Finance
Rahul Matthan
Partner at Trilegal
Rajat Kathuria
Director and chief executive at the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations
Rajesh Bansal
Senior adviser at Carnegie India
Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan
Distinguished fellow and head of the Nuclear and Space Policy Initiative at the Observer Research Foundation
Rakesh Sood
Distinguished fellow at Observer Research Foundation
Ralf Sauer
Deputy head of the Unit for International Data Flows and Protection at the Directorate General for Justice and Consumer, European Commission
R.K. Misra
Nonresident scholar at Carnegie India
Robert Garverick
Minister counselor for economic, environment, science & technology affairs at the U.S. Embassy, India
Rudra Chaudhuri
Director of Carnegie India
S. Jaishankar
External affairs minister of India
Sahil Kini
Founder and chief executive officer of Setu
Shekhar Gupta
Editor-in-chief and chairman of ThePrint
Shivnath Thukral
Public policy director at Facebook
Smriti Parsheera
Fellow at the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy
Sopnendu Mohanty
Chief fintech officer at the Monetary Authority of Singapore
Srinath Raghavan
Senior fellow at Carnegie India
Suranjali Tandon
Assistant professor at the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy
Suyash Rai
Fellow at Carnegie India
Tom Uren
Senior analyst at the International Cyber Policy Centre at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute
T.S. Tirumurti
Secretary (economic relations) in the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India
T.V. Mohandas Pai
Chairman of Manipal Global Education Services and co-founder and chairman of Aarin Capital
Umakant Soni
Co-founder of AI Foundry

Day-Wise Streams

Agenda

Wednesday, December 4

11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

2:30 to 4:00 p.m.

4:00 to 4:20 p.m.

Rudra Chaudhuri, director of Carnegie India

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

4:20 to 4:30 p.m.

S. Jaishankar, external affairs minister of India (by videolink)

4:30 to 5:00 p.m.

T.S. Tirumurti, secretary (economic relations) in the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India

5:00 to 5:45 p.m.

Nandan Nilekani, co-founder & non-executive chairman of the Board at Infosys and former chairperson of the Unique Identification Authority of India

5:45 to 7:00 p.m.

Rajat Kathuria, director and chief executive at the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations

Ralf Sauer, deputy head of the Unit for International Data Flows and Protection at the Directorate General for Justice and Consumer, European Commission

Robert Garverick, minister counselor for economic, environment, science & technology affairs at the U.S. Embassy, India

Shivnath Thukral, public policy director at Facebook

Suranjali Tandon, assistant professor at the National Instittute of Public Finance and Policy

Chair: Rudra Chaudhuri, director at Carnegie India

Thursday, December 5

8:30 to 10:15 a.m.

10:15 to 10:30 a.m.

10:30 to 11:00 a.m.

Ashwath Narayan C.N., deputy chief minister of Karnataka and minister for higher education, information technology, biotechnology, and science and technology in the Government of Karnataka

11:00 to 11:45 a.m.

Alok Prasanna, senior resident fellow and team lead at Vidhi Karnataka

Evan Feigenbaum, vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

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

T.V. Mohandas Pai, chairman of Manipal Global Education Services and co-founder and chairman of Aarin Capital

Chair: Shekhar Gupta, editor-in-chief and chairman of ThePrint

11:45 a.m. to 11:55 p.m.

Kai-Fu Lee, chairman and chief executive officer of Sinovation Ventures and president of Sinovation Ventures Artificial Intelligence Institute (by videolink)

11:55 to 12:30 p.m.

Ajit Mohan, vice president and managing director India at Facebook

Chair: Shekhar Gupta, editor-in-chief and chairman of ThePrint

12:30 to 12:40 p.m.

Matt Sheehan, fellow at MacroPolo

12:40 to 1:30 p.m.

Chinmayi Arun, fellow at the Information Security Project at Yale Law School and affiliate at the Berkman Klein Center of Internet and Society at Harvard University

François Godement, senior advisor for Asia at Institut Montaigne

Matt Sheehan, fellow at MacroPolo

Umakant Soni, cofounder of AI Foundry

Chair: Evan Feigenbaum, vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

1:30 to 2:30 p.m.

2:30 to 2:50 p.m.

Sahil Kini, chief executive officer and founder of Setu

2:50 to 3:15 p.m.

Jeyandran Venugopal, chief product and technology officer at Flipkart

3:15 to 4:15 p.m.

Nandkumar Saravade, chief executive officer of Reserve Bank Information Technology Private Limited

Philipp Von Restorff, deputy chief executive officer at Luxembourg for Finance

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

Sopnendu Mohanty, chief fintech officer at the Monetary Authority of Singapore

Chair: Suyash Rai, fellow at Carnegie India

4:15 to 4:30 p.m.

4:30 to 5:00 p.m.

K. VijayRaghavan, principal scientific advisor to the Government of India

5:00 to 5:45 p.m.

Frederik Kristensen, deputy chief executive officer at the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations

Krishna Ella, chairman & managing director at Bharat Biotech International

Chair: Gagandeep Kang, executive director of the Translational Health Science and Technology Institute

5:45 to 6:15 p.m.

Ananth Padmanabhan, dean of academic affairs at Sai University and visiting fellow at the Centre for Policy Research

Friday, December 6

9:00 to 11:25 a.m.

11:25 to 11:30 a.m.

11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Aruna Sundararajan, former secretary in the Department of Telecommunications, Government of India

François Godement, senior advisor for Asia at Institut Montaigne

Gulshan Rai, former national cyber security coordinator, Government of India

Kanav Monga, managing director of the Virgo Group

Chair: Rajesh Bansal, senior adviser at Carnegie India

12:30 to 1:00 p.m.

Aravind Doss, associate vice president of Harman International

1:00 to 1:45 p.m.

B.N. Srikrishna, former judge of the Supreme Court of India

Bhairav Acharya, public policy manager at Facebook

Chair: Rahul Matthan, partner at Trilegal

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