FUTURE ICT FORUM
FOR SUSTAINABLE CITIES

Agenda 2026

2nd February [Monday]

Venue: Taj West End, Bengaluru

REGISTRATION OPENS 8.15 AM Onwards
PRE-SUMMIT NETWORKING & CONVERSIONS OVER COFFEE 8.20 AM TO 8.45 AM
Welcome Remarks - Jose Jacob K, Chairman, Future ICT Forum 8.50 AM
ENERGY & NEW MOBILITY SOLUTIONS >> 9.00 AM TO 10.00 AM

Jan Kuenne,
CEO
GRUNDIG AKADEMIE Group

Marco Scherer,
Senior Vice President Sales & Trading IT,
Uniper

Venkata Subbarao Chunduru,
Director
The Arcadis IBI Group

Mohan B V,
Vice President,
Technology, Bosch Global Software Technologies

Martin David,
Head of Business,
Micelio Mobility

Payal Satish,
Chief Commercial Officer,
Sarla Aviation

Rahul D,
COO, Co-Founder,
Towner Solutions Pvt Ltd

Genesia Rodrigues,
Senior Manager,
Public Policy Kazam

Andrea Hendrickx
Country Head,
Infosys Germany

Coffee Break >> 10.00 AM TO 10.25 AM
PANEL DISCUSSION UNLOCKING BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES: INDO-NRW, GERMANY TECHNOLOGY ALLIANCES 10.30 AM TO 11.00 AM

Achim Burkart
Consul General,
Consulate General of the Federal Reublic of Germany, Bengaluru

Ambika Banotra,
Chief Representative,
NRW.Global Business GmbH / India

Anil Kumar Muniswamy,
Managing Director,
SLN Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

Rajalakshmi Srinivasan,
Director - Product Management,
Zoho

Prayukth K V
Director, EU Region,
Shieldworkz

FORUM SPOTLIGHT >> FIRESIDE CONVERSATION >> 11.00 AM TO 11.20 PM

Dr. Stephan Keller,
Mayor of Düsseldorf , NRW, Germany

In Dialogue with

Jose Jacob K,
Chairman & Curator,
Future ICT Forum

CEREMONY >> STALL INAUGURATION
INSTITUTIONAL PANEL ON DEEPTECH, AI & SKILLING >> 11.30 AM TO 12.50 PM

Dattatri Salagame,
CEO, President & Managing Director,
Bosch Global Software Technologies

Sanjeev Kumar Gupta,
CEO,
Karnataka Digital Economy Mission (KDEM)

Andreas Schmitz,
President
Chamber of Industry & Commerce of Düsseldorf

Luis Neves,
CEO,
Global Enabling Sustainability Initiative (GeSI)

Sudhir Rao,
Senior Partner,
Celesta Capital

Jan Kuenne,
CEO,
GRUNDIG AKADEMIE Group

Lisa Brauer,
Managing Director,
digihub - Digital Innovation Hub Düsseldorf

Venk Krishnan,
President,
TiE Bengaluru

Irfan Malik,
Director,
Capital HQ India

Avnish Sabharwal
Ex-Head, Accenture Ventures,
India DeepTech Investor

ECOSYSTEM PARTNER SPEECH 12.50 PM TO 12.55 PM

Ritu Sharma,
Executive Director,
TiE Bangalore

Lunch Break >> 1.00 PM TO 2.00 PM
SMART MANUFACTURING, LOGISTICS & CIRCULAR ECONOMY >> 2.00 PM TO 3.15 PM

Stephen Mathias,
Senior Resident Partner & Co-Chair,
Technology Law Practice, Kochhar & Co.

Alok Sharma,
CEO,
Livprotec

Rakesh Kumar Murugan,
Global Head, Digital Transformation & Sustainability,
Bosch Global Software Technologies

Sandeep Nair,
Co-Founder & CEO,
VENTTUP

Ranjith Kumar DSM,
Founder,
BEVYWISE

Vijay Yashwanth,
Co-Founder,
Novacret

Ashutosh Singh,
Country Manager,
Vishuddh Recycle Pvt. Ltd.

COFFEE BREAK >> 3.30 PM TO 4.00 PM
HEALTH & WELLNESS POWERED BY DIGITAL INNOVATION >> 4.00 PM TO 5.15 PM

Gerald Manoharan,
Partner, JSA, Advocates and Solicitors Chairman,
Indo American Chamber of Commerce, Karnataka

Nikitha Rayappa,
Founder,
Build Holistik

Shiva Subramanian,
Founder & CTO,
Biopeak Wellness Pvt. Ltd.

Solomon Devaraj,
Founder & CEO,
TRIAS HealthTech

Dr Adarsh M Patil
Founder & Surgeon-Inventor,
OUI Medical

Alex D Paul,
CEO,
Azooka Labs

CLOSING REMARKS >>5.15 PM TO 5.30 PM