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Connect 2003

Connect - Tamil Nadu’s Premier ICT show will be inaugurated on 18 September at the Chennai Trade Centre in Chennai, by D Jayakumar, Minister for IT, Government of Tamil Nadu. Connect is being jointly organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry and the Government of Tamil Nadu and is currently in its third edition.

Recognising the focussing of businesses, the opportunities they bring, Connect will feature a Conference on Business Process Outsourcing, which has been a high growth area in Tamil Nadu. The second edition of the “CIO Summit” will also be held on the occasion of Connect. It will also feature Round Table Sessions on Enabling ITES in Banking, Insurance and Financial Services; Engineering Back Office; Healthcare & Human Capital.

The highlight of Connect will be a four-day exhibition being organised at the Chennai Trade Centre. The exhibition will feature the who’s who of the IT community exhibiting innovative products. Exhibitors featured at Connect include Intel, Tata Consultancy Services / Tata Indicom, Red Hat Linux, Polaris, Dishnet, SSI Technologies, Sify, HCL peripherals, Bharti Telenet, Accel ICIM systems, Allsec Technologies, Apollo Hospitals, BSNL, Axes Technologies, BSNL, Dax Networks, ELCOT, iSoft R & D, Mahindra Industrial Park, Landmark Infotech Systems, National Informatics Centre, TVS Electronics Ltd, amongst other IT majors.

Highlights of the Connect Exhibition includes WiFi hotspots, Test Driving of the Broadband. Also on display at Connect 2003 Exhibition are Communication and Networking Products, IT solutions and services; Enterprise Verticals, especially in the area of Banking Insurance and Financial Services; ICT Infrastructure and eGovernance solutions. Connect is being sponsored by several IT majors including Microsoft, Tata Consultancy Services, Xansa, Touchtel, Polaris, Cognizant Technology Solutions, Scope International and VSNL.

In addition to this there will be an exclusive pavilion for Software Technology Parks of India. Connect will also feature participation from the Governments of West Bengal and Pondicherry. Connect 2003 is also featuring International Delegations from Malaysia, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Russia.

14 innovative products will be launched at Connect 2003 including products from Allsec Technologies, WEBEL, K9 Technologies Pvt Ltd, Emerson Network Power, Select Technologies, Dax Networks, Banyan Networks, Shri Dharma Info Systems, Data Access India, Envision Information Systems and Technologies, TRS Forms and Services, Daffodil Software Ltd, Infonents Systems Ltd and Gemini Communication Ltd. Over five thousand business visitors and over fifty thousand general visitors and students are expected at the four day exhibition. Connect will also feature separate visiting hours for business visitors and general visitors.

The Connect Conferences will attract over 1,000 delegates for all allied events including the Round Tables. The Conferences will feature the leading lights of the IT space as well as the user industry. Speakers addressing the various sessions include:

  • Kevin Campbell - Exult Inc
  • R Seshasayee - Ashok Leyland Ltd
  • S Mahalingam - Tata Consultancy Services 
  • Arun Jain - Polaris Software 
  • Sangita Reddy - Apollo Hospitals Ltd 
  • N Lakshmi Narayan - Cognizant Technology Solutions 
  • Manoj Chugh - EMC 
  • Prasanna Meduri - Microsoft Corporation 
  • Sanjiv Tandon - Xansa (India) Ltd 
  • Ranjit Pisharoty - Vetri Software (India) Ltd 
  • R Jagadish - Allsec Technologies Ltd 
  • Vivek Harinarain - IAS Secretary-IT Govt. of T N
  • Akshaya Kumar - Colliers International (India)
  • Suren Singh Rasaily - NIIT Planet Workz
  • Prof S Sadagopan - Indian Institute of Information Technology, 
  • C N Ram - HDFC Bank
  • Sandeep Phanasgaonkar - GE Capital Services India 
  • Vikram Srihari - Coca Cola India 
  • Sachdev Ramakrishna - Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd 
  • S R Balasubramanian - Hero Honda, 
  • Joydeep Datta Gupta - Price water house Coopers
  • K K Srinivasan - Compu Credit Corpn, Atlanta, USA,
  • Rahul Singh - e-Serve Intl Ltd.,
  • Alok Roy - Family Health Plan Ltd, 
  • Pradipta Mohapatra - RPG Enterprises.

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Published on 17th Sep. 2003


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