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CONFERENCE PROGRAM

Day 1 - 1st July 2024

INAUGURATION

  • 10:00 - 11:15
    Inaugural Panel & Lamplighting Ceremony

Opening Remarks

Praveen PA

Director Aerospace & Defence, Government of Telangana

Stephane Castet

CEO, BCI Aerospace

Industry Remarks

Thierry Cloutet

Regional Procurement Officer, India & South Asia, Airbus

Masood Hussainy

Executive Director, TATA Advanced Systems Ltd

Jetendra Gavankar

CEO, Safran India

Prakash Chauha

Director, NRSC

Tapash Ghose

General Manager (Indigenisation, Joint Ventures & Outsourcing), HAL

Welcome Remarks

Sri Jayesh Ranjan IAS

Special Chief Secretary for Industries & Commerce, IT, E&C of Government of Telangana

Dr G Satheesh Reddy

President AESI and Former Chairman DRDO

Inaugural Address

Sri Duddilla Sridhar Babu

Minister for Industries & Commerce, IT, E&C and Legislative Affairs, Government of Telangana

SUPPORTING SUSTAINABLE GLOBAL INDUSTRY GROWTH

  • 11:15 – 12:45
    Panel: Accessing and Developing Global Aerospace Supply Chains: A Roadmap to Success
    • Understanding the strategic imperatives for growth
    • Regional vs. national vs. global scale-up for SMEs
    • Filling the supply chain gaps in aerospace and defence markets
    • Key Technologies Transforming the Future of Global Supply Chains
    • Understanding the role of certification and accreditation
    • Reinvention in Supplier Lifecycle Management
    • Building Sustainability in Supply Chain

Moderator:

Mital Khona Kaul

VP Aerospace and Defence, Accenture

Panelists:

Chandra Shekhar

Sr. Director - Global Sourcing Strategy, GE Aviation

Sunil Prasad

Global Delivery Head – Aerospace and Defense, L&T Technology Services

Karthik Krishnamurthy

Director Operations, Mahindra Aerospace

Niklas Lohse

Senior Global Commodity Manager, Rolls-Royce

Thierry Cloutet

Regional Procurement Officer, India & South Asia, Airbus

Vamsi Vikas Ganesula

MD, Raghu Vamsi Group

  • 12:45 – 14:25
    Lunch break
  • 14:25 – 15:00
    DRONES - OPPORTUNITIES, CHALLENGES AND THE WAY FORWARD

Amber Dubey

Senior Advisor, McKinsey & Company

  • 15:00 – 16:00
    Panel: Unlocking the Opportunities for a Growing Aviation and Engine MRO Market
    • How is India well-positioned to make the most of the expanding market?
    • What are the key growth areas to focus on?
    • Scaling-up operations to capture more market potential
    • Taking a digital-first approach to developing MRO technologies

Moderator:

Bharat Malkani

Managing Director, Max AeroSpace

Panelists:

Jetendra Gavankar

CEO, Safran India

Laveen Sundararaj

Senior Engineering Manager, COLLINS AEROSPACE

Dinesh Bohra

CEO, GMR Aero Technic

R.S. Thakur

General Manager, AI Engineering Services Limited - AIESL

  • 16:00 - 17:30
    Panel: Understanding and Leveraging the Key Regional Space Industry Growth Opportunities
    • Strengthening India’s manufacturing capability base to prepare for a larger space sector
    • Key industry segments that are economically viable and helping to drive growth
    • Financing a sustainable space sector
    • Digital Transformation as the Key to Accelerating Access to Space
    • How Can Industry Partnerships Play a Role in Developing Value-Add Capabilities for the Space Industry?

Moderator:

Alex T Koshy

Director - India Entry, M&A, SAS Partners Corporate Advisors Private Limited

Panelists:

Sudheer Kumar

Retd Director - Capacity Building and Outreach, ISRO

Chaitanya Dora Surapureddy

CFO & Co-founder, Dhruva Space

Munetaka Ueno

Research Director- Space Exploration Innovation Hub Center, JAXA

Gautier Champion

Deputy General Manager, CNES India

Giritharan Thiruppathirajan

Chief of Staff, Agnikul Cosmos

Ashwin Mahavadi

Senior VP - Business, Skyroot Aerospace

  • 17:30
    Conference Day 1 Close

Day 2 – 2nd July 2024

  • 10:00 - 11:00
    Panel: Building a Viable Ecosystem for UAV Manufacturing
    • Where is the current market potential for drones and UAVs?
    • Building the next-generation ecosystem for urban air mobility
    • Redefining economic and service models for eVtols
    • How can the aerospace supply chain adapt to future aircraft requirements?

Moderator:

Smit Shah

President, Drone Federation of India

Panelists:

Vijay Sridasyam

VP, Marvel Geospatial Solutions

Prem Kumar Vislawath

Founder & Chief Innovator, Marut Drones

Sunil Jha

Senior Director of Engineering, ideaForge Technology

AVM KVR Raju, VM (Retd.)

Technical Lead-UAV & Missiles, ADANI Defence & Aerospace

  • 11:00 - 12:00
    Panel Discussion: Defence as a Key Growth Industry
    • Leveraging the research and development ecosystem to drive modernisation of the sector
    • Establishing long term opportunities and partnerships: a roadmap for success
    • Understanding and leveraging the synergies in defence and space
    • Government policies/focus as a catalyst for growth of the sector
    • Potential for India to transition from a net defence importer to net exporter

Moderator:

Kunal Sikka

CEO, SIKA Aerospace and Defence

Panelists:

Jetendra Gavankar

CEO, Safran India

JAVED ALI

Deputy General Manager, Business Development and Marketing, HAL

G M Anitha

Addl General Manager (Head electronics), Bharat Dynamics Ltd

Girish Nilange

Head Of Business Development, Rotary Connectors ltd

Addepalli Krishna Sai Kumar

Director of Operations, Apollo Microsystems

  • 12:00 - 12:30
    Boeing India Supply Chain Overview

Ganapati Hebbar

Supplier Development & Growth Manager, Boeing India

  • 12:30
    Conference Day 2 Close

Day 3 – 3rd July 2024

  • 10:30 – 10:55
    Supply Chain Logistics - Concepts of Ease of Doing Business in India

Nishchal Padhya

Managing Director, Siddhartha Logistics

  • 11:30 – 11:55
    Machining Transformation (MX): A Mindset Change for Aerospace Manufacturing?

Michael Kirbach

Director, DMG MORI India

  • 11:55
    Conference Day 3 Close