Industry Track

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:

  1. Kris Gopalakrishnan, CEO and MD, Infosys 
  2. N Ravishanker, IAS, Jt Secretary and CEO NIXI (National Internet Exchange of India)
  3. Dr. Deepak Phatak, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai

Time
5:15 – 6:30
PM

Industry sessions – Inclusive Web – March 30th

TopicOrganisations
1Spoken WebArun Kumar, IBM Research
2Accessible Web
(Accessibility for differently-abled and elderly)
Dr. Ajay Kolhatkar, Infosys
3Web in AgricultureDr. Arun Pande, VP and Head-TCS Innovation Labs-Mumbai
4Web for Agricultural ExtensionDr. R. Saravanan, Central Agricultural University

ndustry Panel: ‘Collaborative and Social Web’

Moderator:
Subu Goparaju, SVP, Infosys
Panelists:

  1. Anil Bahuman, Promoter, Managing Director, Agrocom
  2. K. Ananth Krishnan,
    CTO, TCS
  3. Prof. Rajeev Sangal,
    IIIT Hyderabad
  4. I. Vijaya Kumar,
    CTO, Wipro

Time
1:30 – 2:30 PM

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TopicOrganisations
5.Web for HealthcareAbhay Singavi, CEO – Preventive Health
Narayana Hrudayalaya
 Coffee Break 
6.WikibhashaDr A Kumaran, Microsoft Research India
7.India development GatewayDr. C. Kathiresan, InDG, C-DAC
8.Web for traffic managementDr. Ashwin Mahesh, CEO, Mapunity
9.Software PatentsEuropean Patents Office