Events:
Day 2: December 13th, 2007
12:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.
Thriving in a Competitive marketplace Through Design
This session will focus on sharing the experience of organizations that have ensured business growth by using Design as a core component of their business strategy.
MSMEs can be the biggest user of Design provided there is a national and local level support system available to facilitate the Design Services to MSMEs. This session will also provide the opportunity to discuss the perspective of SMEs towards using Design for their business objectives? It will explore is the support mechanism required to facilitate use of Design by SMEs in the context of the recently announced National Design Policy.
Stakeholder dialogue
12:00 p.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Moderator:
Uday Dandavate,
Founder and CEO, SonicRim
Panel:
Kishore Biyani
CEO, Future Group and
Bruce Nussbaum,
Assistant Executive Editor, Business Week
Keynote Address:
12:30 pm. - 12:45 p.m.
Bhaskar Bhat, Managing Director, Titan Industries Ltd
Panel discussion:
12:45 pm. - 1:45 p.m.
Moderator:
Hari Nair, Director, Whirlpool Global Consumer Design Asia
Keynote Address:
Bhaskar Bhatt
Managing Director, Titan Indutries Ltd.
Panel:
Michele Straniero, Pininfarina S.p.A, Italy
Mukund Bhogale, Managing Director, Nirlep Appliances Ltd.
Dipendra Baoni*, Lemon Design
Abhijit Bansod, Abhijit Bansod Designs
Program Details: Plenary Session 6
