March 10, 2018 9.30 am to 5.00 pm @ Gokulam Convention Centre, Kaloor, Kochi
About The Conclave Maker Village is in the cusp of a big launch to graduate into the next league. As part of this accelerated drive, Maker Village is planning a one day National Level Hardware Conclave on March 10, 2018 at Gokulam Convention Center, Kochi. About 1200 participants from across the country consisting of hardware startups, representatives from Center and State Governments, Industries, Technology Firms, Funding Agencies, Accelerators, Hardware Incubators, Academic Institutions etc., are scheduled to attend this highly focused event. A distinguished assemblage of national & international speakers and business leaders together with a series of value added side track sessions make this initiative a unique hardware event in this part of the World Maker Village Maker Village, the Hardware Electronic Incubator is a joint initiative of Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India and Government of Kerala with Indian Institute of Information Technology Kerala (IIITMK) Techno park, Trivandrum as the nodal agency for the implementation of the Project. Maker village is based out of Kerala Technology Innovation Zone, KINFRA Hi Tech Park, Kalamasserry, Kochi, Kerala
Highlights Key note speeches/ Panel discussions by Top leaders from Industry, Technology Companies and Government with specific focus on Hardware Stories from the founders of some of the outstanding startup successes/ failures in recent times Sessions on Next Gen Technologies in the Hardware domain Magic of Branding Session by Marketing and Branding gurus Parallel sessions by Electronic Development Funds (EDF) One-to-one with selected Hardware Startups Design For Manufacturing (DFM) workshop Exhibitions by Industries, Technology Firms, Service Providers and Startups Exclusive opportunity for getting connected with a host of key players Exciting Pitching competition for Startups The event assumes added significance in the context of the accelerated thrust on manufacturing and hardware, both at the Center and State levels, as it brings together all the key stakeholders in the Hardware domain viz., Policy Makers, Industries, Technology Providers, Fund Managers and the Startups on the same platform.
SPEAKERS Phil Shaw Chief Executive Lockheed Martin India Pvt. Ltd Heriberto Saldivar Head, Robotics, Accelerate and Director, Brinc M Sivasankar IAS Secretary, Electronics & IT Secretary to Chief Minister Government of Kerala M Madhavan Nambiar IAS Chairman, IIITM-K B V Naidu Chairman & CEO Sagitaur Ventures Pvt. Ltd Dr Saji Gopinath CEO, Kerala Start up Mission Director, IIITM-K Uday Dodla Director, Product Marketing Qualcomm India Simon Zhang Managing Director, Make Brinc.io Arnob Roy Co-Founder Tejas Networks Ltd Dr Prahlad Vadakkepat Associate Professor National University of Singapore Rajeev Khushu Director, Corporate Affairs Texas Instruments Jatinder Singh Head, Business Development IMEC Pavan Kumar Vice President, South Asia Managing Director, Altair India Dr Pradeep Head, Programmes SINE, IIT Bombay Sidharth Narayanan Head, Ecosystem Development Intel Technology India Pvt. Ltd Dr Jayasankar Prasad Director, ICFOSS Special officer, Hardware Mission Anil Joshi Managing Partner Unicorn India Ventures Srivardhini K Jha NSRCELL, IIM Bangalore
Sushil Cherian Vice President, Kalkitech Rajiv Aramadaka Brand Leader Dassault Systemes India Manoj D SSTM, Master Inventor IBM India Kishore Amarnath Country Sales Head, ARM Srinath Koppa Head of Business Development & Consulting, SIEMENS PLM Mithun K Chittilappilly Managing Director V-Guard Industries Ltd Ravi B HEP, India, Mentor Graphics Sarita Raichura Head of Operations Indian Angel Network Hemalatha T R MD, KELTRON Anand Rajagopalan T-Works Christo George Chairman & Managing Director Hykon Sanjeev Gupta MD&CEO, Lahari - Advanced Electronics Testing Facility Kishore Shetty IOT Technology Specialist Microsoft Sanoj Somasundaram Head of Engineering Robert Bosch India Akash Sureka Founder & CEO of Hoopz S R Nair Visiting Professor Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode Dr Vinod Gopal Amrita University
Team from Heriberto Saldivar Head of Robotics, Accelerate and Director, Brinc Spain Simon Zhang Managing Director, Make,Guangzhou, Brinc China Startups selected by Maker Village has an opportunity for Design Review by a team of experts from BRINC, Barcelona, and BRINC Hong Kong. Support from Maker Village for advanced prototyping for good designs. For more information & registration please visit the website www.makervillage.in/hardtechkochi
For more details, please visit our website www.makervillage.in/hardtechkochi E-mail: makervillage@iiitmk.ac.in Call: +91 79073 14530, +91 96339 46609 +91 72599 37340, +91 99020 11441 Maker Village, Kerala Technology Innovation Zone, Kinfra Hi-Tech Park, Kalamassery, Kochi, Kerala 683503