eGov India 2008 Conference Agenda

DAY I: July 29, 2008
8.00 am- 9.30 am Delegates Registration and Welcome Tea/Coffee
9.30 am- 9.35 am eINDIA2008 Inauguration of Conference
  • Welcome Address by Dr MP Narayanan, President, CSDMS
9.35 am- 9.40 am Introductory Remarks
  • R Chandrashekhar, Additional Secretary, IT, Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India Chair: Programme Advisory Board, eINDIA2008
9.40 am- 10.30 am Plenary Address
  • Subash Pani, Secretary, Planning Commission, Government of India

  • Jainder Singh, Secretary, IT, Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India

  • Michael Rawding, Vice President, Unlimited Potential Group, Microsoft Corporation

  • Praveen Vishakantaiah, President, Intel India
10.30 am- 10.35 am Guest Address
  • Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu, Former Minister of Environment and Power, Member of Lok Sabha
10.35 am- 10.55 am Inaugural Address
  • D Purandeswari, Minister of State for Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India
10.55 am- 11.00 am Vote of Thanks
  • Dr Ravi Gupta, Executive Director, CSDMS
11.00 am- 11.15 pm Inauguration of eINDIA2008 Exhibition
1.00 pm-2.00pm Networking Lunch
2.00 pm-3.30 pm
Session 1: Key Note IThe Future of e-Governance in India: Government 2.0 and Beyond

Discussion Points:
  • Government transformation in the 21st century: From citizen- centric to citizen-driven governance (from eGov to weGov)? What is a true meaning of citizen centricity?

  • Joined-up, seamless government: is it feasible?

  • Emerging trends and technologies for public sector transformation (enterprise architecture, ERP, SOA, mashups, PPPs, open source, Web 2.0 etc)

  • How Web 2.0 technologies can help transform government and facilitate integration, communication and collaboration
    within public sector organisations, with the private sector and with the citizens
Chairperson: J Satyanarayana, CEO, National Institute of Smart Government

Speakers
  • Oleg Petrov, Coordinator, e-Development Thematic Group, Global ICT Department, World Bank

  • Jaijit Bhattacharya, Country Manager, Sun Microsystems Ltd.

  • Dr. Basheerhamad Shadrach, Senior Programme Officer, Telecentre.org, International Development Research Centre

  • Niraj Prakash, General Manager, SAP India
3.30 pm-
4 .00 pm 		Tea & Coffee Break
4.00 pm- 5.30 pm
Session 2: Key Note II

Citizen-centric e-Governance in India: How Close/Far are we from the Goal?
Discussion Points:
  • Current scenario of e-Governance implementation in India

  • How close we are from the goal- Factors for success

  • How far we are from the goal- reasons for slow progress

  • What more needs to be done by government and private sector
Chairperson: R Chandrashekhar, Additional Secretary, Department of IT (DIT), Ministry of Communications and IT, Government of India (GoI)
Speakers
  • Partha Bhattacharya, Chairman, Coal India Limited

  • M Raman, Director General, Directorate General for Supplies& Disposals (DGS&D), Ministry of Commerce

  • Sudhir Krishna, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj, GoI

  • Pramod Saxena, Chairman and Managing Director
6.00 pm-9.00 pm

Venue: World Bank Office, Lodhi Road, New Delhi
Session 3: Global Dialogue on the Future of e-Government

Government 2.0 and Beyond: Next Generation of Government Transformation

Discussion Points:
  • What is the future of government? Is technology facilitating a movement towards minimalist government?

  • What is likely to be the next frontier in moving from e- Government to i-government to u-government?

  • How will government services be delivered in the future? What technologies are likely to be most relevant?

  • What should governments do to leverage existing and emerging technologies to achieve transformation?

  • What are the major challenges in moving towards Government 2.0 and beyond?

Schedule:

6.00 pm-6.15 pm Welcome & Introductions

6.15 pm-6.25 pm Opening Remarks by Chandrashekhar, Additional Secretary,Department of IT

6.25 pm- 7.50 pm Presentations by Randeep Sudan AnthonyWilliams Andrea DiMaio

7.50 pm-8.40 pm Country Perspectives

8.40 pm-9.00 pm Closing Remarks
Keynote Address and Chair:

R Chandrashekhar, Additional Secretary, DIT, Ministry of Communications and IT, GoI

Moderators
  • Oleg Petrov, Coordinator, e-Development Thematic Group, Global ICT Department, World Bank

  • Ravi Gupta, Convener, eIndia2008 and Executive Director, CSDMS
Speakers
  • Randeep Sudan, e-Government Practice Leader, the Global ICT Department (GICT), World Bank

  • Andrea Di Maio, Vice President, Gartner Research

  • Anthony Williams, Vice President, Government 2.0, nGenera Insight

Country Perspectives

India: Jaijit Bhattacharya, Country Manager, Sun Microsystems Ltd.

Ghana: Jonas Amoapim, Director, Ghana Information & Communications Technology Directorate (GICTeD)

Rwanda: Wilson Muyenzi, Project Manager, eRWANDA Project, Rwanda Information Technology Authority

Tanzania: David Sawe, Advisor, President's Office
DAY II: July 30, 2008
8 am – 9.00 am Registration and Networking Breakfast
09.30 am -11.00 am
Session 4: Web Quality – A Pre-requisite for Successful

e-Governance


Discussion Points:
  • Website quality assessment by STQC

  • Website quality and international scenario by GTZ

  • Need for standardisation

  • Technology offering solutions for embedded website quality by industry

  • Content Standardisation

  • Addressing citizens perspective

  • Legal issues

 Chairperson: Dr. S.L. Sarnot, Director General, Standardisation, Testing and Quality Certification (STQC), DIT, Ministry of Communications & IT, GoI

Speakers
  • Neeta Verma, Senior.Technical. Director, National Informatics Centre, GoI

  • U.K.Nandwani, Director, STQC IT Services, STQC, DIT, Ministry of Communications & IT, GoI

  • Dr Ricarda Wildemann, Technical Advisor, Economic Development through e-Government, GTZ

  • Vakul Sharma, Advocate

  • Ashish Mehta, Senior Consultant, Oracle
11.00 am - 11.30 am
Tea & Coffee Break
11.30 am-1.00 pm
Session 5: Government Data Centres: The Storehouse for Information

Discussion Points:
  • Progress of SDCs operationalistion after its approval by Government

  • Operational and management issues

  • Challenges being faced by states in implementation – power, cooling, storage, hosting, migration, security issues, etc.

  • Private Sector in SDCs: Role and opportunities
Chairperson: Patrick Kishore, Chief Information Security Officer, State Bank of India

Speakers
  • Magdy El Hanawy, Project manager E- Government Programme, Ministry of State for Administrative Development, Government of Egypt

  • Prashant Pereira, Manager Products Hosting Services Enterprise Solutions,Sify Technologies Ltd.

  • Rajendra Dhavale, Director, - Technical Sales, CA India & SAARC

  • Mr. Srikant Chakrapani - Director, Enterprise Solutions, Hitachi Data Solutions India Pvt. Ltd.

  • Krishnan B. Nair, Manager - Business Development, Kerala State IT Mission
1.00 pm – 2.00 pm Networking Lunch
2.00 pm- 3.30 pm
Session 6: Panel Discussion: State Wide Area Network: Core Infrastructure for Government Services

Discussion Points:

  • Network performance and service level monitoring issues – the role of third party agencies

  • Seamless integration of SWAN with other e-Gov infrastructure SDC, CSC & last mile connectivity infrastructure.

  • Readiness / application content issues related to SWAN

  • Bandwidth related issues

  • Private sector players, technology stake holders of the SWAN: Implementation and operation

  • Success stories and pitfalls

  • Managing large country wide e-Governance infrastructure programmes like SWAN, SDC, e-District and issues related to Knowledge transfer and implementation of best practices

Moderator: Ashish Sanyal, Senior Director, DIT, Ministry of Communications and IT, GoI

Panelists
  • Y. S. Mallik, Commissioner & Secretary IT, Government of Haryana

  • Alok Chaturvedi, Secretary, IT, Government of Bihar

  • Lt. Col. H. S. Bedi, CMD, Tulip Telecom Ltd.

  • Tanmoy Chakrabarty, VP and Head, Global Government Industry Group of Tata Consultancy Services

  • Madhav Reddy, Senior Technical Director, NIC, GoI

  • S. K. Seth, Deputy Director General (Commercial), BSNL
3.30 pm- 4 .00 pm Tea & Coffee Break
4.00 pm- 5.30 pm
Session 7: Capacity Building: Change Management

Discussion Points:
  • Managing the Environment and Managing the Human Resources

  • Current initiatives for capacity building in e-Governance for government functionaries

  • Change management issues & kind of people required

  • Role of knowledge sharing networks and centers of excellence

  • Role of private sector
Chairperson: S. R. Das, Senior Director, DIT, Ministry of Communications & IT, GoI

Speakers
  • R. S. Sharma, Principal Secretary, IT Government of Jharkhand

  • N. S. Kalsi, Joint Secretary (Centr-States), Ministry of Home Affairs, GoI

  • Oleg Petrov, Coordinator, e-Development Thematic Group, Global ICT Department, World Bank

  • Pranav Roach, President, Hughes Networks Systems India Ltd

  • Dr. Ahmed Samir, Assistant to Minister for Country Resource Planning, Government of Egypt

  • Tan Sian Lip, Vice President, Solutions and Technology, CrimsonLogic Pvt. Ltd.
5.30 pm-7.00 pm
Panel Discussion
  • eINDIA e-Leaders' Forum

  • Defining Initiatives taken

  • Major Drivers for e-Governance

  • How to create the mechanism for disseminating information about status of the projects at the states

  • Streamlining information flow

  • How to ensure regular update of information

  • Challenges

  • Future trajectory
Chairperson: R. Chandrashekhar, Additional Secretary, DIT, Ministry of Communications and IT, GoI

Co-Chair: Subhas C Khuntia, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Human Resource Development, GoI

Panelists
  • Prakash Kumar, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences, GoI

  • R. S. Sharma, Principal Secretary, IT, Government of Jharkhand

  • Michel Van der Bel, Vice President Public Sector, Microsoft International

  • Alok Chaturvedi, Secretary, IT Government of Bihar

  • Shantanu Prakash, Chief Executive Officer, Educomp

7.00 pm onwards Gala Dinner
DAY III: July 31, 2008
8 am- 9.00 am Registration and Networking Breakfast
9.30 am-11.00 am
Session 8: e-Procurement in Government

Discussion Points:
  • How to gain maximum benefit from e-Procurement tools and techniques

  • Need for reforms in procurement system

  • Capacity building and process re-engineering issues

  • Supplier engagement

  • Best Practices

  • Challenges in Implementation
Chairperson:S.N.Srivastava,Director, Directorate General for Supplies & Disposal (DGS&D), Ministry of Commerce, GoI

Speakers
  • William Lock, Chairman, Elcom Inc.,Scotland

  • S Sanjeev K Itagi, Sr. Consultant, (Procurement & Transformation), Capgemini Consulting India

  • Amit Kumar Jain, Deputy Chief Operating Manager/ Planning, Northern Railway, Indian Railways Traffic Services

  • V. Rajaraman, Vice- President, NIIT Technologies

  • Sumeet Bhatt, Director, NexTenders
11.00 am -11.30 am Tea & Coffee break
11.30 am-1.00 pm
Session 9: IT Innovations in Municipalities

Discussion Points:
  • IT implementation strategy for Municipality mission mode project

  • Major projects launched

  • GIS use for Spatial planning in municipalities

  • Issues and challenges in implementation of IT in municipalities

  • Recommendations
Chairperson: Vivek Bharadwaj, Special Secretary, Department of Urban Development, Government of West Bengal

Speakers
  • Sanjay Jaju, Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Infrastructure Corporation of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad

  • Chetan Vaidya, Director, National Institute of Urban Affairs, New Delhi
  • Joe Dignan, Business Development Manager, Microsoft, Research India

  • Srikant Nadhamuni, Managing Trustee, e-Governance Foundation, Bangalore
1.00 pm-2.00 pm Networking Lunch
2.00 pm-3.30 pm
Session 10: e-Governance Good Practices

Discussion Points:
  • Factors that facilitated the success of the projects

  • Change management and other challenges

  • How challenges have been overcome

  • Benefits accrued for G2C and G2G transactions

  • Lessons Learned
Chairperson: Prakash Kumar, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences, GoI


Speakers
  • Dr. Ajay Kumar, Secretary, IT, Kerala

  • Sanjay Aggarwal, General Manager (Operations), Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), GoI

  • Barun Kumar Sahu, Director (Personnel), Ministry of Home Affairs, GoI

  • Lekha Kumar, Director, (e-Governance), Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and pensions, GoI

  • Ankit Mittal, Consultant, Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, GoI

  • Ajay Ahuja, IT Architect, Sun Microsystems Ltd.
3.30 pm-4.00 pm Tea & Coffee break
4.00 pm- 6.00 pm Valedictory and eINDIA2008 Awards

  • Mani Shankar Aiyar, Minister for Panchayati Raj & DONER, Government of India

  • Suresh Prabhu, Member of Parliament

  • R Chandrashekhar, Additional Secretary, Department of IT, Ministry of Communications and IT, GoI

  • Subhas C Khuntia, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Human Resource Development, GoI


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