Day 2 - Saturday, June 23, 2007
Building a platform for global innovation & collaboration.

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Program


The second day will focus on interactive breakout sessions hosted by experts in the field around a much broader set of topics of interest to the target audience. A banquet and cultural entertainment are planned in the evening.

Event Time Speakers / Panelists Venue
Registration Opens 7:00 AM    
BREAKFAST 7:00 AM All California Ballroom
Salons 6 to 9
Welcome Speech 8:00 to 8:15 AM Profs. Ram Akella & S. Mohan California Ballroom
Salons 1 to 5
Director's Address 8:15 to 8:35 AM Prof. P. Balaram
Director, IISc
Inaugural Address (Live and Interactive Video Feed) 8.35 to 9.15 AM His Excellency A. J. Kalam
 President of India
Plenary Speech:
Public Universities and Public-Private Partnerships
9.15 to 9.45 AM Chancellor Robert J. Birgeneau
University of California, Berkeley
Session 1: Innovation and Entrepreneurship Keynote:
Developing Technical Leaders to their world-class potential

9:45 to 10:15 AM Mr. Jim Morgan
Chairman Board of Directors,
Applied Materials
BREAK 10:15 to 10:45 AM  
Panel Discussion

Key Challenges and Success Factors in fostering Innovation and Entrepreneurship Leadership in Start-ups as well as in Large organizations
10:45 to 11:30 AM Moderator: Vish Mishra, VC, Clearstone Ventures
Panelists:
Navin Chadda, MD, Mayfield
Dr. Vijay Chandru, CEO, Strand Life Sciences
Sanjay Subhedar, Founder, Storm Ventures
Sriram Viswanathan, VP, Intel Capital
BREAK 11:30 to 11:45 AM  
Session 2:
Management of Technology
Keynote:
Boeing and IISc - A Unique partnership
11.45 to 12:15 Dr. Robert Krieger
Chief Technology Officer & President, Phantom Works, Boeing
Panel Discussion

Explore the challenges and success factors in managing technology from incubation to productization in small and large companies and in offshore service providers who are increasingly becoming outsourced R&D centers
12:15 to1:15 PM Moderator: Dr. Janaki Akella, Partner, McKinsey & Co
Panelists:
Lakshmi Narayanan, Vice-Chairman, Cognizant,
Ted Goldstein, VP, Theranos
Arjun Malhotra, CEO, Headstrong
Dr. Mark Pinto, CTO, Applied Materials
Raj Shah, VP Google
LUNCH
&
Technology creation and commercialization
1:15 to 2:00 PM Prof. S Mohan California Ballroom
 Salon 6 to 9
Session 3:
Life Sciences
Keynote:
Energy Needs of Developing Economies
2:00 to 2:30 PM Dr. Arno Penzias, Nobel Prize in Physics, 1978 California Ballroom
Salons 1 to 5
Panel Discussion

Global status of Life Sciences businesses and pipeline in the three key frontier areas: Agribiotech, Industrial biotech and health/wellness.
Discussion on how India can become a leading player in Life Sciences
2:30 to 3:30 PM Moderator: Dr. G Kishore, MD, Burrill & Co
Panelists:
Dr. David Fischhoff, VP Tech & Strategy Development, Monsanto
Dr. Rathin C. Das, CEO, Affitech
Dr. Venkata Palle, Advinus Therapeutics
Prof. Channa Reddy, Upenn
BREAK 3:30 to 4:00 PM  
Session 4: Education for Innovation and Sustainable Development Keynote:
Education for Innovation Leadership
4:00 to 4.30 PM Dr.R. Chidambaram
Principal Scientific Advisor, Government of India
Panel Discussion


Explore how Universities can shape their research, student professional development, and collaborations to more effectively promote innovation and sustainable economic development in our Societies
4:30 to 5:30 PM Moderator: Prof. Gretchen Kalonji (UC Office of the President)
Panelists:
Prof. P. Balaram, Director, IISc
Dr. Mark Kamlet, Provost, Carnegie Mellon University
Prof. Shankar Sastry, UC Berkeley
Dr. Sudhakar Varanasi
Free Time 5:30 to 6.30 PM  
DINNER 6.30 to 8 PM All California Ballroom Salons 6 to 9
Trayadarsa Ballet 8:00 PM Jyothi Lakkaraju, Anuradha Nag, Vidya Subramanian California Ballroom Salons 1 to 5