Agenda 2025

Day 1 >> 15th October 2025 [Wednesday]

REGISTRATION PRE-SUMMIT NETWORKING COFFEE >> 8.15 AM TO 8.45 AM

Welcome Address >> 8.50 AM

Jose Jacob K, Chairman & Curator, TIA Summit & Future ICT Forum

Opening Address >> 8.55 AM

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Jürgen Lehmann, President, Hochschule Hof, University of Applied Sciences
ADVANCING DEEPTECH FUTURE: AI, DRONES & SPACETECH >> 9.00 AM TO 10.30 AM
Chandrakanth B.N., Chairman, Pairee Group
Arunakar Mishra, MD & CEO, Genser Aerospace & IT Pvt Ltd
Amit Ray, Director Operations, DWM
Dr. Parithi Govindaraju, Founder & CEO, Okulo Aerospace
Subashree Krishnan, Executive Vice President, The ePlane Company
Madan Padaki, Founder & CEO, 1BRIDGE, President, TiE Bangalore

10.20 AM to 10.30 AM

Harish Shenoy, Managing Director, Plastic Fischer India
Raveesh M.K., Managing Director, Everllence India
COFFEE BREAK >> 10.30 AM TO 11.00 AM

Fireside Chat >> 11.00 AM to 11.15 AM

Shri Gaurav Gupta, IAS, Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Energy, Government of Karnataka
Ambika Banotra, Chief Representative, NRW Global Business GmbH in India

Keynote Address 11.15 AM to 11.30 AM

Deepak NG, Managing Director, Dassault Systèmes India
GLOBAL COLLABORATIONS FOR SUSTAINABILITY >> 11.30 AM TO 1.00 PM
Jose Jacob K, Chairman & Curator, TIA Summit & Future ICT Forum
Shri K. Rajaraman, IAS, Chairperson, International Financial Services Centres Authority
Stephanie Beeres, Head of Business Unit India & Australia, NRW.Global Business
Ewout de Wit, Consul-General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands for South India
Madhusoothanan Vijay, Regional Director, Indo-German Chamber of Commerce
Björn Schubert, Head of Unit, Innovation Markets, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Germany
Thorsten Peter, Advisor for Innovation Markets (South Asia & Africa), MWIKE, Germany
Pierre Beaudoin, Economic Attaché, Consulate General of France in Bangalore
Gerald (Jerry) Manoharan, Partner, J. Sagar Associates, Chairman, IACC
Alona Chajka, Project Manager, Talent Bridge India - NRW, Germany
LUNCH BREAK 1.00 PM TO 2.00 PM
CLEAN ENERGY, CONNECTED MOBILITY & SKILLING >> 2.00 PM TO 3.15 PM
Shyam Karigiri, Managing Director, Moog India
Venkata Subbarao Chunduru, Director, Arcadis IBI Group
Michael Nenner, CEO and Co-Founder, Charge
Shan M S, Co-Founder, MovingTech / Namma Yatri
Jan Kuenne, CEO, Grundig Akademie Group
Simon Lemin, CEO, TÜV SÜD South Asia
Santosh Huralikoppi, CEO, N S Infotech Ltd
COFFEE BREAK >> 3.30 PM TO 4.00 PM

Session Keynotes 4.00 PM to 4.20 PM

Achim Burkart, Consul General, Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany
Sanjeev Kumar Gupta, CEO, Karnataka Digital Economy Mission (KDEM)
SMART MANUFACTURING, LOGISTICS & SOLUTIONS >> 4.20 PM TO 5.15 PM
Stephen Mathias, Senior Resident Partner, Kochhar & Co.
Juri Penell, ETH Zürich, Founder, GOAL Routing
Shree Harsha, Dassault Systèmes India
Vijay S J, Founder & Chairman, hoMMission India
Dr. Tamizh Inian, Founder & CEO, Frigate
Gopi Hanumanthappa, Managing Director, ThyssenKrupp Aerospace India
CLOSING REMARKS >> 5.15 PM TO 5.30 PM