Mr A Raja, Hon’ble Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Government of India; Dr M K Stalin, Hon’ble Deputy Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu; Dr Poongothai Aladi Aruna, Hon’ble Minister for IT, Government of Tamil Nadu and Mr R Chandrashekhar, Secretary, Department of Information Technology, Government of India, have kindly consented to address the Participants at the Inaugural session of CONNECT 2010 organised by Confederation of Indian Industry (Southern Region).

Other key speakers at Connect 2010 include:

- Mr Kris Gopalakrishnan, Chairman, CII Southern Region and CEO & Managing Director, Infosys Technologies Ltd
- Mr S Mahalingam, Chairman, Connect 2010 & CFO, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd
- Mr N Lakshmi Narayanan, Vice Chairman, Cognizant Technology Solutions
- Dr V Sumantran, Executive Vice Chairman, Hinduja Motors
- Ms Preetha Reddy, Managing Director, Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Ltd
- Mr Gopal Srinivasan, Chairman & Managing Director, TVS Capital Funds Ltd
- Mr P W C Davidar, Principal Secretary (IT), Government of Tamil Nadu
- Dr Santhosh Babu, IAS, Managing Director, Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu Ltd
- Mr R Ramaraj, President, TiE-Chennai Chapter
- Mr Ganesh Natarajan, Chairman, CII National Committee on IT & ITES and Vice Chairman and CEO, Zensar Technologies
- Mr R K Raghavan, Former Director, CBI
- Mr Rajiv Menon, Director & Cinematographer
- Mr K P Balaraj, Managing Director, Sequoia Capital
- Mr Rashesh Shah, Chairman and CEO, Edelweiss
- Prof Idi Chandy, Deputy Director, IIT Madras
- Dr Sunil Shroff, Managing Trustee, Mohan Foundation among others.

Confederation of Indian Industry and Government of Tamil Nadu are jointly organizing the 10th edition of CONNECT - India’s premier Information and Communication Technology annual Conference and Exhibition on 8th and 9th September 2010 at Chennai Trade Center, Chennai. Taiwan is the Partner Country for CONNECT 2010.

Connect 2010 will feature 2 days of Conference & Exhibition. The conference has been broadly classified into three segments comprising domestic and international ‘out’ sourcing, Ecosystem, and Innovation & Entrepreneurship. Sessions @ Connect 2010 include: Keynote Panel Discussions on ‘Smart Sourcing – The Future of India; Ecosystem – Future Focus; Entrepreneurship & Innovation ; Technology Parallel Tracks on applications of ICT in Automotive Industry, Healthcare, Entertainment, Security & Defence; Parallel Tracks on: Ecosystem & impact – Physical Infrastructure, Digital Infrastructure & Inclusiveness, Financial City & Smart Governance, HR & Skill Development.

CONNECT 2010 will also Special feature an Entertainment Night @ Mahabalipuram.

Key Takeaways for participants include:

a) Learn about the new Investment opportunities in Tamil Nadu especially funding and incubation; setting up of operations; Access to rich talent

b) Networking opportunities with Delegates from over 500 organizations across the ICT spectrum world; International delegation; over 1500 participants

c) Interact with policymakers form Government of Tamil Nadu and Ministry of Communications & IT, Government of India

d) Learn from over 50 industry leaders on best practices

e) Showcase opportunities with product display at the Exhibition Proceedings of some of the important sessions of the previous edition of CONNECT, held on 11 to 13 September 2009 at Chennai Trade Centre are available at http://vimeo.com/channels/122784 your reference.

Members are invited to actively participate at CONNECT 2010. For more information & registration, please log on to www.ciiconnect.com Alternately, use the URL given below to confirm your participation:

http://fs9.formsite.com/CIITN/Connect2010/index.html

You may also like to contact::

Sujith Haridas
Regional Director (Southern Region)
Confederation of Indian Industry
Prof C K Prahalad Centre
98/1, Velachery Main Road, Guindy
Chennai 600 032
Ph 91 44 4244 4555
Fax 91 44 4244 4510

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