Big Tent Activate Summit
New Delhi 2013

Agenda

Time (IST) Session
9:00 - 10:00 Registration
10:00 - 10:10 Welcome
  • Rajan Anandan, Managing Director, Google India
10:10 - 10:25 Keynote Address
  • Kapil Sibal, Cabinet Minister for Communications and IT
10:25 - 11:35 Panel: Enabling the Economic Impact of the Internet in India
  • Moderator: Vikram Chandra, CEO, NDTV Group
  • Sam Pitroda, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Public Infrastructure, Information and Innovations
  • Elizabeth Bramson-Boudreau, Director, Economist Intelligence Unit
  • Anu Madgavkar, Senior Fellow, McKinsey Global Institute
  • Deep Kalra, Founder & CEO, MakeMyTrip.com
11:35 - 12:15 Lightning Talks: The impact of the Internet on Indian society
  • Neil D'Souza, Founder, ZAYA.org
  • Umar Saif, Associate Professor, LUMS School of Science and Engineering
  • Saroo Brierley
12:15 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 14:15 Conversation: The role of the Internet in Indian Politics
  • Moderator: Barkha Dutt, Group Editor, NDTV
  • Stephanie Cutter, Political Consultant
  • Omar Abdullah, Chief Minister, Jammu and Kashmir
  • Shashi Tharoor, Minister of State for HRD
  • Smriti Irani, Member of Parliament
14:15 - 14:30 Google+ Hangout on Technology in Politics
  • Narendra Modi, Chief Minister, Gujarat
14:30 - 15:15 Fireside chat with Eric Schmidt and Alan Rusbridger
  • Eric Schmidt, Executive Chairman, Google
  • Alan Rusbridger, Editor, The Guardian
15:15 - 16:05 Debate: Is the Internet killing the media industry?
  • Jeff Jarvis, Professor, CUNY Graduate School of Journalism
  • Raghav Bahl, Managing Director, Network18
  • Siddharth Varadarajan, Editor-in-Chief, The Hindu
  • Sanjay Salil, Managing Director, MediaGuru
16:05 - 17:10 Lightning Talks: The Impact of the Internet on Indian Culture
  • Amit Sood, Director, Google Cultural Institute
  • Shekhar Kapur, Film Maker
  • Shantanu Moitra, Music Director
17:10 - 19:00 Cocktails

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