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Greetings!
This is a special edition newsletter to bring you some of the highlights of upcoming Pan IIT conference. Pan IIT 2009 conference is being held in Chicago, USA during October 9 -11, 2009 at the recently constructed Schaumburg Convention Center. The conference hosting committee is looking forward to welcome you, your family, friends, and organizations. Chicago - the Second City - is one of the world's leading centers for business and trade, as well as home to some of the finest universities in the world. It offers something for
everyone! Attractions around the city feature anthropological and art museums, zoo and aquariums, magnificent architecture, tallest building and observatory in America, mouth-watering restaurants and musical extravaganza. Chicago itself is a wonderful place to visit and to it add the possibility of meeting colleagues and eminent alumni from the IITs when you attend the conference in October!!! Forward this news flash to your other alumni friends and acquaintances. Register Now!
PanIIT 2009 Global Conference Entrepreneurship and Innovation in a Global Economy October 9-11, 2009 - Chicago, IL http://www.paniit2009.org
Register at a special pricing offer for $275 per person!
Sincerely,Amita Suhrid, IITK 83, Newsletter ChairSmita Goel Bagla, IITK 84, IITR 86 Newsletter Co-Chair |
 President Bill Clinton to speak at PanIIT 2009
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President Bill Clinton, founder of the William J. Clinton Foundation and 42nd President of the United States, will speak at the Seventh Annual PanIIT Global Conference 2009 to be held in Chicago from October 9-11, 2009 on the theme of "Entrepreneurship and Innovation in a Global Economy." He will speak to attendees about innovative ways to address challenges and opportunities in the critical areas of education, energy & climate change, and public health, with a focus on transforming ideas into action.
The conference theme is aligned with the goals of the William J. Clinton Foundation and the Clinton Global Initiative in bringing together a community of global leaders and private citizens in identifying and implementing innovative solutions for the world's most pressing challenges. The high profile attendees at the conference, including academics, executives and professionals from leading institutions and corporations, are in a position to have a real impact in these critical areas. |
 Aneesh Chopra : CTO of United States |
Aneesh Chopra, the first Chief Technology Officer of the US and Associate Director for Technology in the Office of Science and Technology Policy, will be a keynote speaker at PanIIT 2009. Attendees will get to meet the nation's CTO in person and learn how he plans to help build a next-generation digital infrastructure and drive innovation through policy.
Prior to the appointment, as the nation's first CTO, Chopra was Virginia's Fourth Secretary of Technology serving Governor Tim Kaine. In this capacity, he led the Commonwealth's strategy to effectively leverage technology in government reform, promoted Virginia's innovation agenda, and fostered technology-related economic development with a special emphasis on entrepreneurship. For the Governor, hechaired the Solutions Committee of the IT Investment Board, the Effectiveness and Efficiency Committee of the Council on Virginia's Future, and co-chaired the Healthcare IT Council.
In the first CTO role, his key priorities are to address the president's major initiatives like growing the economy, improving education, and changing the health care cost curve, through innovation platforms - game changers that make government better/cheaper/faster. The private sector needs to lead within a culture of open standards, basic research and development may be shifted to some more advanced work, and we must learn how to better crowd source public sector innovation along-with infrastructure enhancements.
The presence of speakers and panelists such as Mr. Aneesh Chopra, CTO of the US and Indian Ambassador Ms. Meera Shankar will ensure that projects and ideas initiated at the conference will get support and sponsorship at the senior-most levels in government and industry. |
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| Pan IIT 2009 Global Conference, Chicago, October 9-11 2009 |
The focus of PanIIT Global Conference 2009 is "Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Global Economy." The conference will bring together a diverse group of thought leaders from industry, academia and government, including alumni of the Indian Institute of Technology, to address challenges and opportunities in key industries such as Alternative Energy, Healthcare, Digital Infrastructure and Climate Change. The conference agenda includes numerous informative workshops and panel discussions on current topics. Entrepreneurs and innovators are invited to participate in the
Business
Plan Competition (BPC) by visiting the event website
immediately to register before the deadline. The BPC will provide
a platform for enabling discovery, mentoring and funding of new
business ideas and a forum to showcase ideas to potential partners
and investors. For more details on the BPC, visit http://www.paniit2009.org or
contact bpc@paniit2009.org. Attendees
at the conference will include many entrepreneurs in various
stages of venture evolution looking for capital and resources. The
conference site will feature a dedicated Entrepreneurship
Networking Zone with booths for Venture Capitalists.
Besides President Clinton, Mr. Aneesh Chopra and Ambassador
Meera Shankar, other speakers at the event include James W. Owens,
Chairman and CEO of Caterpillar Inc.; Sharon M. Oster, Dean and
Frederic D. Wolfe Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship at
the Yale School of Management; Sam Pitroda, Chairman of India's
National Knowledge Commission; Tulsi Tanti, Chairman of Suzlon
Energy; Carl Shramm, President and CEO of the Kauffman Foundation,
the world's largest foundation devoted to entrepreneurship; and
Raghuram G. Rajan, Eric J. Gleacher Distinguished Service
Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago and Former Chief
Economist of the IMF. PanIIT Conferences have become one of the leading technology summits
for executives looking to build partnerships with thought leaders
across the globe. Past keynote speakers at PanIIT Conferences have
included Bill Gates, Jack Welch, Larry Summers, Hillary Clinton, and
Jeffrey Immelt. The 2009 conference will once again bring together many
of the world's top public and private sector technology leaders to
forge new initiatives in a wide range of advanced technologies.
All sessions are open to the media and coverage is encouraged.
Please contact: media@paniit2009.org. A
full conference agenda is posted at http://www.paniit2009.org.
Whether looking for
a job or business opportunities, this is a one of a kind
conference to interact with:
�- CXOs of several Fortune 500 companies
�- 200+ Sr. Executives of Large
corporations
�- 300+ Entrepreneurs
�- 2000+ Energetic and Ambitious engineers,
technologists and middle managers
�- Researchers, Patent Holders,
Academicians and Faculty
Register at a special pricing
offer for $275 per person!Check http://paniit2009.org/registration for
details.
To register for the conference please visit http://paniit2009.org/registration. To sponsor an event or a booth, contact Aditya.Nath@paniit2009.org
For media partnerships, please contact Piyush.Agrawal@paniit2009.org |
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Looking forward to seeing you in Chicago at the Pan IIT 2009 !
Pan IIT USA Inc.
Alumni Association of Indian Institutes of Technology
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