Agenda

Time	Agenda
09:00 am - 10:00 am	Registration/Check-in, Morning Tea
10:00 am - 10:30 am	Welcome remarks 1. Erik Azulay, ACIR 2. Dhruv Gupta, iTIC, IITH 3. FSID, IISc
10:30 am - 11:30 am	“Technology description/value propositions” by Erik Azulay
11:30 am - 1:00 pm	“What VCs look for in Deep Tech investments” by Girish Shivani
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm	Networking Lunch & speed mentoring with expert (limited sessions)
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm	Panel discussion with deep tech investors “Balancing risk and reward in deep tech investments. ” 1. Nidhiya V Raj, NVIDIA 2. Sivakumar Selva Ganapathy, Johnson Controls 3. Shubham Sandeep, pi Ventures
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm	Networking over Afternoon Tea
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm	Expert session on “Developing Embedded Intelligence Through DeepTech Simulations” by R Vijayalayan, Senior Manager, Mathworks India
4:30 pm - 7:00 pm	Speed mentoring with expert (limited sessions)

Time	Agenda
09:00 am - 10:00 am	Check-in, Morning Tea
10:00 am - 12:00 pm	Session on “Intellectual Property” by Rahul Bagga, Aumirah
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm	Panel discussion with successful startups “Strategies and challenges for scaling up deep tech startups” 1. Anirudh Sharma, Digantara 2. Mohan Jindal, Chipspirit 3. Dr Lakshmi Santhanam, Renkube
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm	Networking Lunch
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm	Panel discussion with deep tech Industries on “Emerging trends and best business models: How industry leaders engage with deep tech startups” with 1. Santhosh Muzumdar, Johnson Controls 2. Amit Chatterjee, Intel 3. Sushil Kumar, Tata Technologies
3:00 pm- 3:30 pm	Networking over Afternoon Tea
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm	“Pitching to investors” by Erik Azulay
4:30 pm - 5:00 pm	Closing remarks
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm	Speed mentoring with expert (limited sessions)