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In all previous PanIIT Global Conferences, the plenary sessions have been addressed by some of the most pre-eminent luminaries in various fields. Among those who have addressed the conferences in the past are Arun Sarin, Bob Dynes, Dr. Abdul Kalam, Hilary Clinton, Bill Gates, Eric Schmidt, Jeff Immelt, Rajat Gupta, and Shashi Tharoor.
An equally impressive array of stars has been lined up for the 2008 Global Conference! Take a look below:
Theme: Inspire
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Dr. Manmohan Singh
The Prime Minister of India
Live video link
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Orkut Buyukkokten
Product Manager, Google
Live video link
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Raghuram Rajan
Economist
Speaks on "India: Roadmap to Top 3"
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Stephen Cohen
Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy
Interviewed by Kishore Mahbubani
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Kishore Mahbubani
Dean and Professor in the Practice of Public Policy
To interview Stephen Cohen
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Arjun Malhotra
CEO and Chairman, Headstrong
Moderator of Knowledge-Capture session
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Dr. Sandhya Shekhar
CEO, IIT Madras Research Park
Panelist in "Research Ecosystem" session
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Theme: Innovate
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Bob McDonald
COO, Procter & Gamble
Talk on Innovation Strategies
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Prof. Surendra Prasad
Director - IITD
Panel with Pramod Rastogi, Dr. Vijay Kumar, Dr. Rajiv Grover and Dr. Subra Suresh
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Pramod Rastogi
Professor - EPFL
Panel with Prof. Surendra Prasad, Dr. Vijay Kumar, Dr. Rajiv Grover and Dr. Subra Suresh
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Desh Deshpande
Founder, Center for Innovation, MIT
Keynote speaker in "Innovation Ecosystem" session
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Dr. Vijay Kumar
Senior Associate Dean, MIT
Panel with Pramod Rastogi, Prof. Surendra Prasad, Dr. Rajiv Grover and Dr. Subra Suresh
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Dr. Rajiv Grover
Dean, U Memphis
Panel with Pramod Rastogi, Prof. Surendra Prasad, Dr. Vijay Kumar and Dr. Subra Suresh
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Dr. Subra Suresh
Dean, MIT
Panel with Pramod Rastogi, Prof. Surendra Prasad, Dr. Vijay Kumar and Dr. Rajiv Grover
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Dr. R Chidambaram
Chairman, IITM
Keynotes speaker in "Research" track
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Bombay Jeyashree
Singer
Creative Arts session panelist
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Anil Kumble
Former India captain, cricket
Panelist
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Vijay Amritraj
Businessman, Former Tennis player
Panelist
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Vasundhara Raje
ex Chief Minister, Rajasthan
Panelist
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Theme: Transform
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Dr. Anil Kakodkar
Chairman, BOG, IITB; Chairman, AEC
Panel discussion
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Prof. MS Ananth
Director, IIT Madras
Panel discussion
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Prof. Juzer Vasi
Director, IIT Bombay
Panel discussion
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Prof. Gautam Barua
Director, IIT Guwahati
Panel discussion
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Prof. Sanjay Govind Dhande
Director, IIT Kanpur
Panel discussion
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Prof. Damodar Acharya
Director, IIT Kharagpur
Panel discussion
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Prof. SC Saxena
Director, IIT Roorkee
Panel discussion
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C K Prahalad
University of Michigan
Panel with Mr. B. Muthuraman, Mr. S. Ramadorai
and Mr. Ravi Kant
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B. Muthuraman
CEO, Tata Steel
Panel with C. K. Prahalad, Mr. S. Ramadorai
and Mr. Ravi Kant
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S. Ramadorai
CEO and MD, Tata Consultancy Services
Panel with C. K. Prahalad, Mr. B. Muthuraman
and Mr. Ravi Kant
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Ravi Kant
Managing Director, Tata Motors
Panel with C. K. Prahalad, Mr. B. Muthuraman and
Mr. S. Ramadorai
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Amartya Sen
Nobel Laureate
Valedictory keynote address
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Aruna Roy
Author of RTI
Panelist
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More information will be available here as we finalize the speaking arrangements.
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