Carnegie India, a public policy think tank is organizing its first Global Technology Summit in India on the 6th and 7th of December in Bengaluru. The summit is supported by the Indian Ministry of External Affairs apart from a host of Indian and foreign technology companies.
The two-day summit will see industry leaders, entrepreneurs, technologists, academics and policy makers from across the world getting together to discuss global technology trends, their impact on job creation, and finding the right balance between promoting innovation and effective regulation.
Speaking about the summit, Dr C Raja Mohan, Director of Carnegie India said
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has an instinctive sense for the unfolding technological transformation. But to turn his multiple initiatives-from demonetization to digital India-into effective national strategy, he needs a more intensive and sustained conversation with technology hubs like Bengaluru that are generating new possibilities for India’s transformation. Carnegie India’s Global Technology Summit is a step in that direction which will help to diffuse knowledge and develop new ideas by facilitating meaningful conversation between innovators, academia, regulatory bodies and governments.
Shivnath Thukral, MD, Carnegie India said
Carnegie India visualizes the Summit as an initial effort to kick start its technology and policy initiative – one that explores perspectives from various stakeholders and provides research guidance on technology and regulation. We also aim to build conversation around the revolutionary impact of artificial intelligence, quantum computing, internet-of-things, block-chain, and other evolving technologies, so that governments and policy makers can plan ahead rather than play catch up. It is critical for the government to structure policies that will accelerate the pace of economic development through technological adoption. The Global Technology Summit is a first step in this direction.
The Summit will see technologists and technology regulators from all around the globe, including Bibop Gresta of Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, Ruslan Yunusov of the Russian Quantum Centre, Mark Skidmore who spearheaded drone regulations during his stint at the Australian Civil Aviation Authority, and Sopnendu Mohanty who drives fintech regulation in Singapore’s Monetary Authority. Providing perspective on India’s tryst with technology will be RS Sharma, TRAI Chairperson; S Jaishankar, Foreign Secretary; KT Rama Rao, IT Minister, State of Telangana; RV Deshpande, Minister for Industries, State of Karnataka; and Bibek Debroy, Member, NITI Aayog. The Minister of Science & Technology of Israel Mr. Ofir Akunis will be giving a special address while industry partners such as Intel, Ola, Volvo, Flipkart, Target and Dell EMC will share their perspectives through some of their senior leadership.
About Carnegie India
Carnegie India is a public policy think tank organization which was launched in April of 2016. It is the sixth international center of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington DC. The center’s research and programmatic focus includes the political & economic reforms in India, public policy, foreign and security policy, and the role of innovation and technology in India’s internal transformation and international relations.
Carnegie India aims to work with various stakeholders in the private and public sector and undertake research to come up with new policy ideas and recommendations. The aim is to add to the pool of research and thinking in order to aid better policy decisions aligned to make India a compelling force in the world economic and political sphere. For more information, please visit Carnegie India