WWW 2011
Industry Track: Future Web
Date: 29th – 30th March
The track will attempt to predict the future of the WWW from industry and academic perspectives. The track will attempt to narrow the gap between academia, industry, government, and research labs across a broad spectrum of topics related to the Web. The track will bring together some of the best organisations who are addressing practical problems related to the Web. The track will give researchers an opportunity to understand the problems most relevant to industry practitioners, and also allows practitioners an opportunity to deepen their understanding of the field. The agenda consists of the following topics and speakers/organisations invited by the industry track program committee.
Plenary Panel – March 29th
Industry Plenary Panel:
‘A Universal, Inclusive WWW - The Next Frontier’ |
Moderator:
N. Chandrasekaran, CEO, Tata Consultancy Services
Panelists:
- Kris Gopalakrishnan, CEO and MD, Infosys
- N Ravishanker, IAS, Jt Secretary and CEO NIXI (National Internet Exchange of India)
- Dr. Deepak Phatak, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai
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Time
5:15 - 6:30
PM |
Industry sessions – Inclusive Web – March 30th
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Topic |
Organisations |
| 1 |
Spoken Web |
Arun Kumar, IBM Research |
| 2 |
Accessible Web
(Accessibility for differently-abled and elderly) |
Dr. Ajay Kolhatkar, Infosys |
| 3 |
Web in Agriculture |
Dr. Arun Pande, VP and Head-TCS Innovation Labs-Mumbai |
| 4 |
Web for Agricultural Extension |
Dr. R. Saravanan, Central Agricultural University |
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Lunch Break |
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Panel – 2
| Industry Panel: ‘Collaborative and Social Web’ |
Moderator:
Subu Goparaju, SVP, Infosys
Panelists:
- Anil Bahuman, Promoter, Managing Director, Agrocom
- K. Ananth Krishnan,
CTO, TCS
- Prof. Rajeev Sangal,
IIIT Hyderabad
- I. Vijaya Kumar,
CTO, Wipro
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Time
1:30 – 2:30 PM |
Industry sessions – Collaborative & Social Web
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Topic |
Organisations |
| 5. |
Web for Healthcare |
Abhay Singavi, CEO - Preventive Health
Narayana Hrudayalaya |
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Coffee Break |
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| 6. |
Wikibhasha |
Dr A Kumaran, Microsoft Research India |
| 7. |
India development Gateway |
Dr. C. Kathiresan, InDG, C-DAC |
| 8. |
Web for traffic management |
Dr. Ashwin Mahesh, CEO, Mapunity |
| 9. |
Software Patents |
European Patents Office |
Industry Track Schedule
Click here for the track schedule. |
