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Architecture World 09
Panel Discussion:
Day 1: 1st Dec' 09
Panel Discussion I - Project Managers vs Architects - battle line drawn to gain tactical advantage or is it time to re-skill?

Traditionally, Project Managers have carried on with the key project management responsibilities such as defining project objectives, project requirements, and managing the constraint for projects i.e cost, time, and scope.

With time, systems have become integral part of enterprise "structure" ensuring better functionality & sustainability. This has resulted in better acceptance of Architecture & Architects in changing economy as the complexity has increased multiple folds. There is growing demand for "change agents" who could help their customers to rewrite the "rule of game".

The problem is how we get people who could play these roles. Unlike Project Management discipline which is pretty matured, IT architecture discipline is still very young. In this panel discussion, we are going to discuss definition of various Architecture Roles, how to benchmark current status of Architecture Skill readiness within your organization, skill difference between Project Managers & Architects and also few sample reporting structures (architects vs managers) as well.

Manoj Deshmukh
Manoj Deshmukh
GM, Fiserv Global Services
N Nataraj
N Nataraj
CIO, Hexaware Technologies Limited
Parag Matapurkar
Parag Matapurkar
Head IT Strategy / Architecture (India) at Capgemini Pune
Shirish Patwardhan
Shirish Patwardhan
CTO, KPIT Cummins
Sanjay Marathe
Sanjay Marathe
CTO, Zensar Technologies
Panel Discussion II - The risks and challenges and best practices facing today’s CIOs and how to excel in the future?
Upal Chakraborty
Upal Chakraborty
CIO, DLF Limited
Manoj Shrivastava
Manoj Shrivastava
VP Group IT, Reliance ADA Group
N Nataraj
N Nataraj
CIO, Hexaware Technologies Limited
Hiren Shah
Hiren Shah
Director, CRISIL
Meenakshi Vajpai
Meenakshi Vajpai
Sr. VP, Bharti Airtel
 
Day 2: 2nd Dec' 09
Panel Discussion I - The Art of managing business (strategies, tech & techniques) in turbulent time

This panel discussions will focus on issues of innovation & its relevance during the economy recessions. While even the companies like Toyota wherein the growth plans have resulted in over capacity and underutilized resources. The story might be little different in India where is Indian subsidiary of Suzuki has contributed to nearly 45% of the Suzuki Japan's (parent company) annual profit. While several banks are still struggling, Wells Fargo reported profit. SONY has reported losses after few decades, Apple still makes profit with iPhone & iPOD. We are going to ask our esteemed panel members their suggestions for managing through the tough time?

Can innovation be managed at such recessionary economy?

We are going to ask our panelists:

• As the profit margins are shrinking, what's the "NEXT BIG THING" for IT services
pariscompanies?
• Risk management and rating, any difference during boom time vs recessionary
pariseconomy?
• What kind of innovations & growth expected in Telecom business? Where are the
pariskey differentiators for local vs global players
• Oil prices came down drastically after few months of HIGH? What's in it for
pariscommon people?
• What are the chances that Recession will Turn Malls Into Ghost Towns?

In addition, we are going to ask how are our panel members are managing innovation by effectively combining strategy, business & systems models and taking all the way to operation.

Upal Chakraborty
Upal Chakraborty
CIO, DLF Limited
Steve Towers
Steve Towers
Author, Founder & CEO, BP Group
Manoj Shrivastava
Manoj Shrivastava
VP Group IT,
Reliance ADA Group
Tamal Chakravorty
Tamal Chakravorty
CIO, Ericsson India
Suryanarayanan
Suryanarayanan
COO, NSR Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning,
IIM-Bangalore
Meenakshi Vajpai
Meenakshi Vajpai
Sr. VP, Bharti Airtel
Panel Discussion II - Are Indian Software Architects as competent as the western counterparts?

One of the biggest factors in being successful is to be continually learning, especially to learn from failure and not being afraid to fail (a growth-oriented mindset).

AS of the IT leader recently commented that if he encountered someone that told him they were the best because they went to MIT and therefore it must be true (a fixed mindset), he would not automatically hire that person. This is because the odds are that they would be afraid to risk innovating a new solution that might fail and shatter the illusion that they are the best.

Can a surgeon (MS - Master of Surgery) in India different or less or more matured than their counterpart in USA? or a Architect for Steel plant in India better than their counterparts in other parts of the world? The issue is not the geography. The body of knowledge in medical science or civil engineering are more stabilized & matured (relative to IT). As you will agree the body of knowledge has commonality, ability to PRACTISE makes the key difference.

Let's ask our panelists what are the 10 factors that need to be addressed to make architects in India as competent as their counterparts in other parts of the world.

Shirish Patwardhan
Shirish Patwardhan
CTO, KPIT Cummins
Steve Towers
Steve Towers
Author, Founder & CEO, BP Group
Abhay Chitnis
Abhay Chitnis
CTO & VP, L&T Infotech Ltd
Parag Matapurkar
Parag Matapurkar
Head IT Strategy / Architecture (India) at Capgemini Pune
Udayan Banerjee
Udayan Banerjee
CTO, NIIT Technologies
N Nataraj
N Nataraj
CIO, Hexaware Technologies Limited
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