PINAKI MAJUMDAR
Jamshedpur, Aug 16: Premier B- school XLRI Jamshedpur will host a conclave ReENVISION, on the theme ‘The Digital First Mindset’ on August 21.
The conclave would be conducted by XLRI’s PGDM (GM) batch of 2022-23 and is going to be a virtual event.
The importance of the theme can be felt when BCG in its latest report has stressed that “Digital transformation always needs a digital mindset”.
Registration for the event can be done through the following link – https://lnkd.in/g9_DE43u and ReENVISION Digital Transformation has progressed from a boardroom buzzword to a critical strategic priority, but the industry is still in its infancy.
According to IDC, global investment in digital transformation will grow at a compound annual rate of 17.1 percent, reaching a staggering $2.3 trillion (53 percent of all ICT spending) by 2023.
Digital transformation, in its most basic form, defines how a company utilizes technology, people and processes to provide value to its customers.
In doing so, businesses aim to come up with business models that will last longer and bring in the most revenue.
It all comes down to a technological rethinking. It is expected that digital platforms and data and digital intelligence will drive about 70 percent of new value creation happening in the digital economy over the next decade, paving the way for automation, artificial intelligence and machine learning to help businesses expand their reach, customer base and impact.
The conclave will kick off with an inaugural address by Sam Pitroda, chairman, The Pitroda Group followed by the chief guest address by Sindhu Gangadharan, managing director, SAP Labs India.
Rohan Sachdev, managing Partner-India Consulting, EY will deliver his speech.
As Bill Gates said, “Banking is necessary, banks are not.” We have our first panel explaining “How Fintech is disrupting the BFSI Industry and the Digital World” and discussed by Varun Sridhar, CEO, Paytm Money, Arundhoti Banerjee, COO, Zaggle, Sridhar Iyer, executive VP and Head, Mashreq Neo- Mashreq Bank, UAE and Prashanth Narayan, CTO, Zype and moderated by Prof. Kusha Saha, faculty, Information Systems Area at XLRI Jamshedpur.
The second panel will deliberate on the topic ‘Leveraging Digital Transformation through AI and ML.’
Machine learning and Artificial Intelligence by virtue of its ability to encourage innovation, creativity and focus on empowering employees and business leaders, which are also the basics for a successful digital transformation.
This will be discussed by Nitin Sethi, chief digital officer, Adani Digital Labs, Jayant Prabhu, managing director Applied Intelligence, Accenture, Naveen Athresh, head and vice-president, Product Management and Design, MatchMove India, Sandesh Goel, managing director Eightfold, Kashyap Kompella, CEO, RPA2AI Research and moderated by Pratik Tarafdar, faculty, Information Systems Area at XLRI Delhi NCR campus.
Devie Mohan, co-founder and CEO, Burnmark & Turya, UK, Prof. Marc K Peter, Head of Competence Centre Digital Transformation, FHNW School of Business, Switzerland, Siddharth Nambiar, head- International Healthcare, Amazon US, Pradeep Gulipalli, co-founder, Tiger Analytics will give their inspiring speeches at the conclave.
Hence, ReEnvision aims to provide a platform for sharing best industry practices and their views on the current disruptions and premonitions through a series of interactive panel discussions and keynote addresses by industry leaders.
