AIMA organised the 7th edition of its US-India Conference, in collaboration with the University of California, Santa Cruz on 1st October 2024 at the UC Santa Cruz Silicon Valley Campus in Santa Clara, California. The conference revolved around the theme ‘India & US: Trade-linked, Tech-Driven, Trust-Based’.
The inaugural session featured remarks from Ms. Rekha Sethi, Director General, AIMA; Ms. Cynthia Larive, Chancellor, UC Santa Cruz and Mr. Sunil Kant Munjal, Chairman, AIMA International & The Hero Enterprise, who highlighted India's collaborative potential, especially in technology. The keynote address by Consul General of India in San Francisco Mr K. Srikar Reddy emphasised cooperation between the US and India in advanced computing and green energy.
Subsequent sessions included discussions on the impact of AI on global economic power; the evolving roles of the US and India in the Indo-Pacific, and a session on post-pandemic recovery and the resilience of larger economies.
Eminent speakers who addressed the conference included Mr Shanker Trivedi, Senior VP, NVIDIA; Mr David Haussler, Distinguished Professor, UC Santa Cruz; Mr Arun Kumar, Managing Partner, Celesta Capital; Mr Philip Reiner, CEO, Institute for Security and Technology; Mr R Mukundan, MD & CEO, Tata Chemicals; Ms. Lori Kletzer, Campus Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor, UC Santa Cruz; Mr Navneet Chugh, Managing Partner, Chugh LLP, Mr Sharad Singh, CEO, Trivium among others.
The event attracted over 135 delegates from the Valley and Bay Area, receiving an enthusiastic response.
University of California, Santa Cruz Wednesday, 4th October 2023
AIMA hosted the 6th edition of its US-India Conference, in collaboration with the University of California, Santa Cruz on 4th October 2023 at the UC Santa Cruz Silicon Valley Campus in Santa Clara, California. The conference centered around the theme 'India-US and a New World Order: Sharing Similarities, Respecting Differences' and aimed to delve into the complex web of challenges and opportunities that both nations encounter on the global stage.
The inaugural session was moderated by Mr. Mark Davis, Vice Chancellor of UC Santa Cruz, and featured distinguished speakers including Mr. Nikhil Sawhney, President Designate AIMA, and Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Triveni Turbine Ltd; Ms. Cynthia Larive, Chancellor of UC Santa Cruz; Mr. Sunil Kant Munjal, Chairman of Hero Enterprise; Mr. Rakesh Adlakha, Deputy Consul General of India, and Ms. Rekha Sethi, Director General of AIMA, who provided the concluding remarks.
Throughout the half-day conference, participants engaged in various insightful panel discussions. One such session explored the theme of 'India, US, and Global Uncertainty: Shaping the economy and unearthing opportunities,' shedding light on the recovery of the economies of India and the United States from the inflation shock, with the International Monetary Fund predicting reasonable GDP growth in both countries for 2023. Another panel focused on 'Tech tonic for the economy: Developing and deploying leading-edge technologies,' emphasising the importance of embracing new energy, computing, communication, commerce, and creative technologies for future economic growth. A third panel discussion revolved around 'Revitalizing the Innovation Ecosystem,' highlighting the need to integrate governments, businesses, regulators, academia, and consumers into innovation ecosystems for technological and geographical interoperability, and the necessity to rethink and remodel these ecosystems across countries and companies.
The speakers who graced these sessions included Mr. Vikram Chandra, Founder of Editorji Technologies; Ms. Galina Hale, Professor of Economics at UC Santa Cruz; Ms. Kenneth Kletzer, Professor of Economics at UC Santa Cruz; Mr. Alex Wolf, Dean of Baskin Engineering at UC Santa Cruz; Prof Ed Green of Biomolecular Engineering at UC Santa Cruz; Mr. Rene Griemens, CFO of Mighty Buildings, Inc.; Mr. R Mukundan, Managing Director & CEO of Tata Chemicals Ltd; Mr. Sharad Singh, CEO of Trivium; Ms. Usha Thiagarajan, Managing Director of HEPL Group of Companies; Ms. Lori Kletzer, Campus Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor at UC Santa Cruz; Mr. Navneet Chugh, CEO of The Chugh Firm; Mr. Vineet Agarwal, Managing Director of Transport Corporation of India Ltd; Mr. Kartik Sharma, Director of Agnitio; and Mr. Saarthak Bakshi, Founder and CEO of RISAA IVF. The programme was very well received, with over 125 delegates joining from the Valley and the Bay Area.
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