1st SKOCH Summit | Wednesday | 26 March 2003 | The Oberoi Hotel, New Delhi
1st SKOCH Summit was held on the 26th March 2003 at the Oberoi Hotel, Dr Zakir Hussain Marg, New Delhi – 110003, India. The seminar was attended by more than 150 delegates who came from the US, Singapore, and all of India. That included analysts, CIOs, CEOs, academia, and the government.
SKOCH numbers over the years have become a benchmark for the IT Industry, analysts, and even the government for getting a real grassroots level perspective on where we are headed.
There was a panel discussion with participation from the industry, academia, media, and the government on the issue: “An Agenda for Encouraging SME Software Exports”.
1st SKOCH Summit 2003, coincided with the SKOCH Challengers 2003 Awards. The Summit has assumed special importance in view of the persisting uncertainties concerning the slump in the IT industry, trade barriers in export territories, the Digital Divide, and international hostilities.
In an industry littered with awards that focused only on revenues, we recently presented the Challengers 2003 Awards which brought a unique positioning to the Indian IT industry. The Challengers Awards were based on the following criteria: Companies that are expected to double their market share in three years or earlier, Fastest growing companies & Lifetime Achievement.
| 09:30-10:00 | Registration (Tea/Coffee) | |
| 10:00-10:30 | Opening and Skoch IT Industry Briefing | Sameer Kochhar |
| 10:30-11:00 | Vision – 2006 – Keynote | Dr. D.B. Phatak, Prof. and Head KReSIT |
| 11:00-11:30 | Networking Break (Tea/Coffee) | |
| 11:30-12:15 | Role of govt. in IT development – panel discussion | Samsung/Mr. Laxminarayan/Sameer/AMD/DBP |
| 12:15-12:45 | STPI Ecosystem | Mr. S.N. Zindal, DG, STPI |
| 12:45-13:30 | Agenda for encouraging SME Software Exports- Panel discussion | R. Chandrashekhar/Veer Sagar/P. Aggrawal/Sameer/DCSSI |
| 13:30-14:30 | Networking Break (Lunch) | |
| 14:30-15:30 | Taking IT Upcountry- Panel Discussion | Canon/J.S. Bhave/Val/Ravi/Sameer/ |
| 14:30-15:00 | IT in Education – Vidya Vahini | Dr. Gulshan Rai, Executive Director, ERNET |
| 15:00-15:30 | Making Open Source and PC penetration a viable business-Panel | Dr. S. Ramakrishnan/SK/Reg/DBP/Ravi |
| 15:30-16:00 | Networking Break (Tea/Coffee) | |
| 16:00-16:30 | Enabling India through IT | Guest of Honor |
| 16:20-17:30 | Challengers-2003 Awards | Guest of Honor/Sameer Kochhar |
| 10:15-11:00 | Registeration (Tea/Coffee) | |
| 11:00-11:45 | Opening and Skoch Analysis of IT Industry | Sameer Kochhar, CEO, Skoch |
| 11:45-12:30 | Vision-2006 Keynote Address | Dr. D.B. Phatak, Prof. & Head KReSIT |
| 12:30-12:45 | Unix and Linux – A three year perspective | Reg Broughton, VP & GM, The SCO Group |
| 12:45-13:00 | STPI Ecosystem | Mr. S. N. Zindal, D.G., STPI |
| 13:00-14:00 | Networking Break (lunch) | |
| 14:00-14:45 | Agenda for encouraging SME Software Exports | Veer Sagar/ Sameer Kochhar/ P. Aggrawal/Val Souza/DBP |
| 14:45-15:00 | The e-Governance Opportunity | Mr. R. Chandrashekhar, J.S., MIT |
| 15:00-15:15 | IT in Education- Vidya Vahini | Dr. Gulshan Rai, Exec. Director, ERNET |
| 15:15-15:30 | Making Open Source and IT Penetration a Viable Business | Dr. S. Ramakrishnan |
| 15:30-16:00 | Networking Break (Tea) | |
| 16:00-16:30 | Enabling India Through IT | Open |
| 16:30-17:30 | Challengers-2003 Awards | skoch |
| 10:00-11:00 | Registeration & Networking (Tea/Coffee) | |
| 11:00-12:00 | Opening and Skoch Analysis of IT Industry | Sameer Kochhar, CEO, Skoch |
| 12:00-12:45 | Vision-2006 Keynote Address | Dr. D.B. Phatak, Prof. & Head KReSIT |
| 12:45-13:00 | Unix and Linux – A three year perspective | Avinash K. Verma, VP, The SCO Group |
| 13:00-14:00 | Networking Break (lunch) | |
| 14:00-14:15 | STPI Ecosystem | STPI |
| 14:15-15:00 | Agenda for encouraging SME Software Exports | Panel Discussion |
| 15:00-15:15 | The e-Governance Opportunity | Mr. S. Chandrashekhar, J.S., DIT |
| 15:15-15:30 | IT in Education- Vidya Vahini | Dr. Gulshan Rai, ERNET |
| 15:30-16:00 | Networking Break (Tea) | |
| 16:00-16:15 | Making Open Source and IT Penetration a Viable Business | Mr. S. Ramakrishnan, Sr. Director, DIT |
| 16:15-17:30 | Challengers-2003 Awards |
