EuroIndia-ICT is a proud supporting partner of India's Largest ICT Event, eIndia2009, being held in Hyderabad,
India, 25-27 August 2009. Organised as a three-day international conference including high-profile exhibitions
will serve as a unique platform for knowledge exchange across different domains of ICT. This event aims to
develop and facilitate multi-stakeholder partnerships and networking among governments, industry, academia
and civil society organisations from a vast array of different countries.
The objective is to bring together ICT experts, practitioners, business leaders and stakeholders of the region
onto one platform, through keynote addresses, presentations, thematic workshops and exhibitions. Overall,
this event provides an excellent opportunity for participants to interact with key players from the ICT
community.
eIndia2009 will focus on six emerging application domains of ICT for Development:
- eGov India
- Digital learning India
- eHealth India
- Indian Telecentre Forum
- mConnect India
- eAgriculture India
EuroIndia Background
Euro-India ICT Co-operation, in partnership with CSDMS, is organising this workshop with the aim to achieve
the following specific goals:
- enhance knowledge of innovation management in India
- create opportunities for innovative collaboration in India
- increase visibility of innovative ICT business models
- solicit views on innovation clusters, domains and technologies
The workshop will share findings from the Euro-India innovation mapping project. The project aims to achieve
the following objectives: to map the Indian ICT innovation landscape to better understand the innovative
potential and collaborative capacity of Indian ICT companies; to feed the policy dialogue between India and
the European Union, and to inform and encourage Indian ICT firms to take part in the seventh framework
program.
Euro-India Mapping of ICT Innovation in India Workshop Draft Agenda
27 August 2009
Session 1 - 9.30 to 11.00: Findings from a study of Indian ICT innovations
During this session the Euro-India Consortium will be represented by the Co-ordinator Prof Mogens Kuehn
Pedersen and team leader Dr Sudhanshu Rai, Copenhagen Business School, Department of Informatics,
Denmark.
The session will be chaired by
Jonathan Liebenau, London School of Economics, United Kingdom
| 9.30 - 9.35 | Panel Introduction
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| 9.35 - 10.00 | EuroIndia Knowledge Mapping Study on Indian ICT Innovations Findings
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| 10.00 - 10.30 | Indian ICT innovative potential and collaborative capacity
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| 10.30 - 10.50 | Panel & Audience Interactive Discussion
Moderated by
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| 10.50 - 11.00 | Session Wrap up and Concluding remarks
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Session 2 - 11.15-12.45: Panel discussion on the impact of management of innovation
This session will consist of a 10 min presentation by the panel members. This part of the workshop is designed
to create an atmosphere for a dialogue between the audience, the panelists and the Euro-India principle
researchers. We would like the audience to come forward with questions after hearing the panelists on the
findings reported in the previous session.
The session will be chaired by
Dr. Sudhanshu Rai, Copenhagen Business School, Department of Informatics,
Denmark.
| 11.15 - 11.20 | Panel Introduction
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| 11.20 - 11.30 | Working with sustaining innovation in a fast growing ICT firm, thoughts and challenges
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| 11.30 - 11.40 | Innovation in the e-learning sector, views on integrating ICT technology into education in India
 | Ashish Garg
GESCI Asia Regional Coordinator - Global e-Schools and Communities Initiative eGovernment representative, India
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| 11.40 - 11.50 | Challanges and opportunities in managing innovation in ICT firms in India
 | Rajiv Narang
Erehwon, India |
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| 11.50 - 12.00 | Representative for e-governance
Speaker to be confirmed |
| 12.00 - 12.30 | Panel & Audience Interactive Discussion
Moderated by
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| 12.30 - 12.45 | Session Wrap-up and concluding remarks
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