The World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT), a premier global forum that is to be held for the first time in India, at Hyderabad in February 2018, will focus on the technology-led disruption taking place in the industry. In doing so, it would also take a peek into the road ahead.
With ‘Amplify Digital: Disrupt the Core’ as the theme, the 22nd edition of the conference would showcase latest trends, technologies, use cases and strategic discussions on building the digital future. It is being organised alongside Nasscom’s India Leadership Forum, which is also coming to the City of Pearls for the first time.
“We expect 5,000 delegates,” WCIT Chair and former chairman of Nasscom C.P. Gurnani said, describing the event as the largest the IT industry body would host. With another past chairman of Nasscom B.V.R. Mohan Reddy and member of the organising committee Suman Reddy, he addressed the media after a core committee meeting.
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‘35 nationalities’
One of the Congress’s objectives would be to create awareness of the shift in technology and serve as a forum for people to experience the changes.
The Congress, Mr. Gurnani said, would have delegates and speakers from 35 countries and is to be held for three days from February 19. “At least 20 CEOs of Fortune 500 companies, 100 CXOs and 10 ministerial level people are expected to participate.”
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Mr. Mohan Reddy said Nasscom would spend $3 million on the event. He highlighted the role the Telangana government has played, contributing the sponsorship amount, to get the event to Hyderabad.
Telangana IT Secretary Jayesh Ranjan said the State government had contributed ₹5 crore. The Congress, he added, could help validate the initiatives of the State in the IT space as well as get inputs for improvement.