Global Events 2014

Philippine International Banking Convention (PIBC), organized by The Asian Banker, is a leading annual conference for bankers and financial services professionals to catch up on the most recent trends in the Philippines banking industry. The event brings together international speakers and Philippine banking regulators to provide crucial insights and valuable discussions pertaining to the Philippines financial industry.

Polaris FT is proud to be a key sponsor at the Fourth Annual Philippine International Banking Convention 2014. Polaris will be exhibiting its next-generation Core Banking and Lending solutions at the event.

Visit us at Booth # P3 to explore on how the solutions can redefine your business by providing an end-to-end integrated customer experience that is consistent across your different channels.

For booking an appointment with us, write to [email protected].

Dun & Bradstreet – Polaris Financial Technology Banking Awards 2014 is a prestigious event that recognizes the growth and resilience of the Indian banking industry. The event will see participation of over 300 senior Indian bankers from across the banking spectrum.

This year the event will be in Mumbai on 27 August, 2014. Polaris Financial Technology Ltd is the Title Sponsor of the event. During the event Dun & Bradstreet, in association with Polaris, will release the eight edition of 'India's Top Banks 2014', an authoritative reference guide on major banks in India. The publication will highlight the important aspects of the Indian banking industry and profiles the major players in the sector. The edition is a valuable resource for disseminating information on leading Indian banks.

As a leader in Financial Technology, Polaris has evolved into an organization that is respected not just for its BFSI expertise, but also for having some of the longest customer engagement tenures in the industry. Polaris' commitment to understanding the life-cycle of money in the lives of individuals, communities, banks and other financial institutions, is reflected in this collaborative effort with Dun & Bradstreet.

Arun Jain, Executive Chairman and CEO, Polaris Financial Technology Ltd, will deliver the Keynote address and present the prestigious awards at the event.

Polaris FT is the Platinum sponsor at the Hubbis Indian Private Banking Forum 2014. The event attracts more than 200 senior management, advisors, industry practitioners from Wealth management and Private Banking industry.

Hubbis Indian Private Banking forum is the leading and most exclusive gathering of senior participants in Private Banks, Private Client Firms, IFAs who advise high net worth investors, Asset Management Companies, and Alternative Investment Funds – who come together to share experiences, best practices and insights about current and future trends in the industry. The event consists of series of panel discussions and presentations covering the gamut of Indian Private Banking Industry.

Polaris will showcase its FABX on Cloud offering at the event. Vinay Kumar, Head of Intellect Wealth Management Solutions will deliver a key note presentation on ‘How technology is transforming the advisory businesses’. Chetan Pandya, Head of FT Grid and Shivashankar, Chief Marketing Officer, Global Consumer Banking are also present at the event.

For booking an appointment with us, write to [email protected].

Polaris is pleased to be the Associate sponsor at the prestigious 7th annual National Asset-Liability Management Asia Conference, to be held from 23-24 July, 2014 at The Grand Hyatt, Singapore. NALM – Asia is a unique forum addressing the latest challenges in asset-liability management within the public sector in Asia and the world and gathers senior executives from major central banks, along with asset allocators in official funds, state pension funds, treasuries and other sovereign investors to discuss the challenges posed by current market conditions.

Visit us at Stall #03 where we are showcasing our award winning product, Intellect Quantum Core Banking Solution for Central Banks. Mithilesh K, Business Head, Intellect Quantum Core Banking Solution and Selvakumaran S, Head – Solutions & PreSales, Intellect Quantum Core Banking Solution would be glad to meet you there and discuss the latest industry trends and technology initiatives across Central Banks globally.

The Summit emphasis that business is no longer expecting HR to run in its own silo, but to create a strategic partnership with fruitful gains. HR is now not only supposed to talk the language of business but also walk it. And in India, where businesses are trying to innovate day in day out whether in delivery or products, HR needs to keep up.

The NASSCOM Annual HR Summit takes a look at some key aspects that make up the changing HR paradigm and what we can do to equip ourselves for the emerging needs of today as well as tomorrow. Five delegates from Polaris will be participating in Nasscom HR Summit. 15 speakers with 3 panel discussions will have an indepth discussion on

• Hey HR, Be the Change: Being the change catalyst that the business wants
• Working with Gen Y: Quirks, myths and the real stuff
• Global Employers: Wooing employees across the globe.

Over the past few years, competition for customers has intensified across every segment of the insurance market. In this battle for market share claims management has become an important weapon, and life insurers are seeking cost-effective ways to improve their customers’ claims experience.

During this live webcast, you will have a ringside seat as an outstanding panel of life insurers and claims management experts explore the key benefits and best alternatives for upgrading your claims processing system.

Register Now!

Polaris FT will take part in Network FP Knowledge Conclaves 2014 – All India Campaign. Under this campaign, Network FP will hold a 1-day conference across Delhi, Kolkata, Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Chennai, Mumbai, Pune. It is a convergence point for the best brains in Financial Planning & Advisory business across India and attracts an attendance 100 delegates per city.

Network FP is a knowledge platform for financial planners in India which help advisors build a client-centric, process-driven and knowledge-based practice through its online publications and knowledge conclaves.

Chetan Pandya (SVP, Head of FT Grid – Cloud Solutions) and Ankit Pawar will represent Polaris at the Delhi event to interact with the financial advisors, financial planner’s community and showcase the FABX on Cloud product.

For booking an appointment with us, write to [email protected]. To schedule a demo with us, please Click Here (http://www.polarisft.com/gub/contact/request-for-demo.asp)

Polaris FT Services will be associating with the National Outsourcing Associations (NOA) annual symposium event where Polaris will be launching High Productivity Outsourcing (HPO) solution for addressing the issue that many banks are experiencing in their IT Outsourcing (ITO) engagements – low productivity.

The event will feature highly interactive sessions and facilitated networking opportunities for the Financial Services Industry, providing an opportunity to:

1. Understand the issue that banks, and other leading industries, are facing with regards to low productivity within their ITO engagements
2. Learn how Polaris’ High Productivity Outsourcing “HPO” model is delivering quantum and sustained productivity improvements in ITO engagements
3. Network with peers from across the BFSI at a VIP lunch hosted by Polaris

For registration and to know more about the event, write to [email protected].

Do you know that with the changing market dynamics in the region today, distribution costs range from as much as 40% to 70% of new business premium income! This is driving insurers to take a re-look of their existing channel management systems – and optimize them. To help insurers improve Channel Management efficiency and costs, Polaris Financial Technology has introduced a comprehensive Channel Management solution as a cloud-based managed service with clearly defined business SLAs.

This unique solution enables you to manage your entire distribution channel life cycle from 'acquire to monitor to reward' without investing a single penny in IT hardware or software systems!

Would you like to know more? Please join our clients, industry stalwarts and in-house solution experts to understand how Polaris has improved channel experience of major carriers in the Asia Pacific region and how we can help you improve your Channel Management. This event is scheduled on Thursday, 3 July 2014 in Mumbai from 6.00PM-10.00PM at Hotel Orchid. Cocktails and dinner will be served.

Industrialization of Analytics: Big Opportunity, Big Outcome

The 2nd edition of Big Data and Analytics Summit 2014, ”Industrialization of Analytics” shall primarily be focussing on what it takes to build an Analytically-mature organization with analytics embedded at the business core & across the business value chain, how brand India as the next big “global hub” for Analytics & Big Data, thought leadership in the field of Analytics, share best practices on processes, tools, technology, technique and applications used in the context of analytics and also brainstorm upon how to build India’s Analytics talent strength.

The summit will bring together business leaders to discuss the new technological & competitive challenges, financial issues facing data & analytics industry, and give Polaris the opportunity to not only get involved and look at the emerging trends, but also serve as an excellent networking platform with practitioners & business leaders. From Polaris the event will be attended by Suman Mandal, VP & Head Data & Analytics - APMEA SSG & Lakshmi Naranayanan - Senior Manager, Services Sales.

This summit, now in its 4th year, is an exclusive forum Summit for insurance companies to debate and discuss issues, challenges and best practices relevant to this fast growing industry in India. The conference will feature CEO level speakers from the Indian insurance industry. Also presenting will be consulting and specialist technology firms who will share their knowledge, best practices and insights with practitioners in the Indian banking industry. The Indian Insurance Awards have been conceptualized to honour performance, growth and excellence in the Indian insurance industry, and raise the benchmark year on year for industry participants. The awards are based on data collected through nomination forms submitted by those insurance companies who wish to nominate themselves for consideration for the awards. In addition to the data based analysis, a panel of experts will provide qualitative and subjective inputs to ensure that the awards are in tune with market reality.

This event will facilitate us to meet and network with senior decision makers and influencers, both from business and technology from the Indian Insurance market. From Polaris the event will be attended by Brijesh Chandra, Global Head - Insurance Services, Anjali Kulkarni - AVP, Services Sales & Praveesh Bisht - Relationship Manager.

Polaris is excited to be part of TINTech 2014, The Insurance Networking Technology Conference. TINTech has been billed as the sector's leading technology strategy event exploring the business benefits of technology for both IT directors and business leaders.

This year, Polaris is proud to chair the Life and Pensions stream. We would like to invite all delegates to be sure to attend the round table sessions in this session to understand how to successfully respond to structural change and discover ways to overcome both the business and IT challenges of delivering digital service channels.

Also, be sure to make plans to visit our booth where will be showcasing all of our solutions and learn how we innovate to simplify insurance.

iGTB and EBA (European Banking Association) are pleased to introduce the MindCloud, an interactive platform to share thoughts on presentations and panel discussions, debate ideas, get insights into what your peers think and engage with your community. In a nutshell, free your mind and tell your own story of EBA Day.

Visit the MindCloud, a place for reflection, for meetings, for networking and for sharing innovation, to be held on 10 and 11 June 2014, in Helsinki, Finland. The Payments Conference and Exhibition A New Era of Transformation and Convergence for Banks.

Look out for iGTB at the event, we will be glad to meet you there and discuss your Global Transaction Banking needs.

To find out more, please contact Phil Cantor at [email protected].

Join Polaris as we take part in the the UK's leading life and pensions event. Mark Broadhurst, Vice President, Sales Director UK & Europe at Polaris, is part of the panel discussion Strategies for profitability in a changing life and pensions market.

Make plans to join the discussion on June 9 at 10:40 a.m. and listen to what Mark has to say on trending issues in the market including some of the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead, the role of social and digital channels in the market and who the winners and losers will be in this new age.

Also, be sure to visit our booth to learn more about the solutions we are bringing to the UK market.

Asia’s largest annual meeting of global thought leaders and senior industry practitioners in financial services will once again see Polaris as a Key Sponsor, providing Thought Leadership to over 1000 international delegates.

The Asian Banker Summit, well into its second decade, is Asia’s leading event in the financial services industry. This Event attracts International delegates including industry specialists, senior bankers, regulators, service providers and decision makers from leading institutions in Asia, the Middle East, South Africa, US, Europe and Latin America.

Today, with the banking model shifting from being bank-centric to customer-centric, omnichannel functionality has occupied centre stage. Polaris will be showcasing "The World first App Based OMNI-CHANNEL Banking Platform" powered by our very own CANVAS Technology, that will help you renew your customer relationships by meeting their changing expectations.

Our highly flexible and cost-effective banking channel solutions, Intellect CBX, Intellect RBX and Intellect Z7, empower end users - be it a corporate treasurer, an impatient customer or a front office teller - with information and analytics that drive real time decision making and transaction execution, across various channels in a consistent manner. Experience complete omni-channel functionality and provide superior customer experience across all platforms!

We invite you to visit our Stall #A9 and connect with our experts Mahendran, Hemant and Padmani as they discusss Best-in-class and seamless channel experience through our technology that wraps all heterogeneous systems in a single configurable interface to ensure that the bank’s erstwhile investments become strong drivers for revenue growth in banks.

Polaris is pleased to be the Conference sponsor at the prestigious 17th Banking Vietnam 2014, to be held from 20-22 May, 2014 at Melia Hotel, Hanoi.

IDG's Banking Vietnam is the country’s largest banking event , providing an interactive platform for leading commercial banks and technology solution providers to discuss market trends and introduce the latest banking services. The theme for this year’s summit is “Innovative Banking: Building Trust and Customer Engagement".

Mr. Mithilesh K, Business Head, Intellect Quantum Core Banking solution is the key note speaker at the event and would be talking on "Core Banking Transformation: Redefining The Banking Landscape".

Visit us at Booth #12 where we are showcasing our award winning products, Intellect Quantum Core Banking Solution for Central Banks, the new Intellect Core and Intellect e-Wallet.

Paramdeep Singh, Business Head, Intellect Core and Geetha Ratna, SME, Intellect Cards would be glad to meet you there and discuss the latest innovations and technology initiatives in today's Banking Sector.

Polaris is pleased to be the Conference sponsor at the 2014 Programming Fest & Conference on May 20 & 21 at ITESM Campus, Santa Fe. It is the largest IT event in Mexico organized by our partner Financetech. This event brings together professionals in the banking and IT industry in an interactive setting with informative key note sessions, workshops and panel discussions.

As a key sponsor, Polaris will showcase its leadership in developing innovative Payments Solutions for the financial service industry and how it is applying Design Thinking to re-imagine banking services.

Wayne li, SVP, Henry Gorbet, SVP, Payments Solutions and Deepak Luthra, Head of Retail & Business banking – are the key speakers at the event.

Polaris will also be conducting an informational workshop on Design Thinking and Payment Solutions. The 90 minute interactive workshop will focus on innovative Payments solutions and provide comprehensive view of the challenges faced by companies. The workshop will cover Key Technology Trends and Disruptions in the Payments space followed by a demo on payments solutions.

Polaris is pleased to be attending the Thailand Wealth Management Forum 2014 on the 15th May, 2014 at the Four Seasons Hotel, Bangkok. The event focusses on the growing potential for the wealth industry in Thailand based on the increasing wealth in the country and clients’ evolving wealth management needs.

Thailand Wealth Management Forum is a leading get-together for senior participants in Private Banks, Retail Banks, Asset Management Companies, IFAs and Insurance Companies from the region – coming together to share experiences, best practices and insights about what’s current and clever. The event will have panel discussions complemented by various presentations covering topics on Digital revolution in Wealth Management, Asset Management industry in Thailand etc.

Look out for Polaris at the event, we will be glad to meet you there and discuss your Wealth management and Financial Advisory needs.

iGTB took part in this year's 2014 BAFT North America Annual Conference & Regulatory Compliance Forum held at La Jolla, CA. It was a great platform to share information and a wonderful opportunity to make introductions.

iGTB presented several sessions throughout the conference.

The Corporate Customer's Experience of Transaction Banking which explained why 1 out of 4 customers switch banks and why multichannel users buy 3 times more products than single channel ones. It also reminded you that 70% of cross selling occurs in the first 3 months of a new customer onboarding.

Lunch & Learn Session titled "300 Years of Payments and they are Still Not Easy. Until Now." which focused on facts such as: Worldwide payment flows are four times global GDP, 40 million transactions take place globally within an hour and while you could double transaction volume you could still lose market share. We discussed how to tackle these issues and more.

Panel Discussion: Innovation in Transaction Banking featured panelist Phil Cantor, Chief Marketing Officer, iGTB. The $509bn Transaction Banking market (six times as big as Investment Banking M&A) is attractive to predators because of low customer satisfaction, suboptimal STP and bundled value chains.

iGTB sponsored music by Salsa Sol E Mar at the BAFT Reception & Awards.

Are you trying to improve your agent productivity?
Need to increase underwriter efficiency and margins?
Unable to navigate through the complex world of unclaimed property compliance?

Find answers to your queries at Polaris Financial Technology Booth#309 @ ACORD LOMA Implementation Forum 2014.

To learn more about our highly configurable products that will help improve your competitiveness, please contact Laila Beane at [email protected].

Polaris is set to participate in the Risk 2014 Conference at the Address Hotel, Dubai, UAE from on 07th to 09th April, 2014.

This Risk event is the the largest gathering of international and regional CROs and risk leaders in the region giving a great opportunity to meet and interact with:

• Chief Risk Officers
• Influential Risk leaders in the Middle East
• Regulators and Central Banks
• Asset and Fund Managers

Delegates will also come away with new insights and practical Techniques For Measuring, Managing And Embedding Strategic, Credit, Market, Liquidity And Operational Risks

Do look up Polaris at the event. It would be our pleasure to discuss and address your Liquidity and Risk Management needs through our suite of solutions.

Make plans to join Polaris at the 2014 Life Insurance Conference hosted by LIMRA, LOMA, SOA and ACLI, where we will be showcasing our Intellect® Agent Workspace (AWX) product. Intellect AWX enables your agent workforce to complete the sales cycle quickly and effectively and proactively manage customer relationships through 360° customer view with rich servicing options through the web, smart phones and tablets. With Intellect AWX you can increase agent productivity with smarter, proactive customer management – anytime, anywhere.

Please contact Laila Beane at [email protected] to learn more distribution innovation and Intellect AWX.

iGTB is participating in the ‘NACHA’ Payment event for the fifth consecutive year. The transaction banking market is conservatively estimated to be $509 billion by 2021. This states the vast potential for the payments business that cuts across all the lines of business of a corporate bank. With the theme “300 years of payments and still not easy, until now” iGTB have chosen ‘Design’ as a tool to differentiate itself in this crowded payments solution providers market.

During this NACHA, iGTB will focus on payment analytics and tracking and has taken the lead in health care payments with special focus on the two modules.

It will showcase four products during the event – Payments Services Hub, Corporate Banking Exchange, Customer Onboarding and Funds Control along with the scheduled product launch of ‘Healthcare Payments’ on Tuesday, 8th April, 2014.

We invite you to our Stall #507, to meet our Subject Matter Experts and have deep discussions on your payments requirements. Our stall is equipped with interactive white boards and frameworks that will facilitate your interaction and help you drive elucidate your needs more clearly and easily.

Please register to book an appointment with us.

To commemorate its first anniversary, the Council of Financial Planners (COFP), is organizing an annual convention with the theme "Financial Planning- Challenges & Opportunities".

Polaris is the Platinum Sponsor at this prestigious COFP India Annual Convention 2014 , held on the 5th April, 2014 at the Chancery Pavilion in Bengaluru, We will be showcasing our highly acclaimed relationship workstation solution on Cloud- Intellect FABX at the event.

Two of Polaris' stalwarts will be attending this event . Vinay Kumar, Head of Wealth Management will be the keynote speaker at the event. He would be speaking on "Effective Conversations, Informed Decisions". Chetan Pandya, Head of FT Grid, the Cloud will be discussing the future cloud strategies of Financial Advisories.

Polaris is set to participate in the 13th Annual Liquidity Management Conference at the Marriott West India Quay, London, UK, from on 10th to 12th March, 2014.

The Liquidity Management conference is Europe’s premier event in this sphere. It provides banks with the opportunity to interact with national and international regulators and share firsthand information on key regulations.

Delegates will also come away with knowledge of how to implement the developments in intraday management, funds transfer pricing, and financial stability, as well as how existing best practices will fare as central bank funding is withdrawn.

Do look up Polaris at the event. It would be our pleasure to discuss and address your Liquidity and Risk Management needs through our suite of solutions.

Polaris is a gold sponsor in African Banking & Finance Conference (ABFC), Laico Regency Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya on the 5th & 6th March 2014. The 4th Edition of the Africa Banking & Finance Conference is at the forefront of supporting growth, excellence and industry advancement and it is now more than ever poised to attract market-leading partners, sponsors and speakers. The conference was previously attended by CBK governor among other high profile speakers from the banking and finance sector. Held under a timely theme "Banking of the Future", the Forum comprises various programs and activities such as presentations, panel discussions, B2B meetings, and other activities and is set to attract a large number of businesses from different sectors in the economy, in addition to VIPs, panellists and distinguished speakers from the region.

Visit us at Booth No. 8 in the exhibit area, where we will showcase our Intellect Core Banking Solution, Central Banking Solution and integrated Global Transaction Banking Solutions with our rich expertise in the banking and finance space.

K Srinivasan (KS), Executive Vice President at Polaris Financial Technology Limited who is responsible for the emerging Indian Sub Continent, Middle East and Africa Markets will speak at the event on our solution and customer centricity using Design Thinking.

This year, Polaris Executive Chairman Arun Jain is also chairman of the summit. He is charged with driving the theme of the summit and curating the speakers for discussions across three plenary sessions staggered throughout the day. The talks and discussions will revolve around Connecting the Dots: Wiring Business, Technology & Operations for the ultimate experience.

The summit, to be held at the Presidential Ballroom, Hotel Taj President, is expected to attract top professionals comprising of CXOs from the Banking, Financial Services and IT industry in India, and key officials from nodal government agencies.

The NASSCOM Product Forum is conducting an exclusive standalone session of Successful Entrepreneurs on 28 February 2014 at HICC Novotel, Hi-Tech City, Hyderabad.

This exclusive session is aimed at CEOs, Business leaders, Entrepreneurs, Top Management and Decision Makers to enlighten, inspire and empower them.

Today´s corporate world is radically changing to become increasingly entrepreneurial. Leading CEOs are becoming visionaries and game-changers in their own industries, proving that true corporate leadership requires a deep understanding, think 'out of the box' and adapt rapidly to changing economic environments and markets to give their business, products, services and brands the competitive edge.

While academic discussions carry out the message, a real-life proof point is imperative to drive home the point. Arun Jain, Executive Chairman, Polaris Financial Technology Limited, in his stand-alone session will share his experience as a successful entrepreneur.

Following its successful 'Treasury Convergence Event' held on December 12, 2013 in FT8012 design center (Chennai), which received accolades from the participants, Polaris is conducting another edition of the event on February 28, 2014 at the same venue.

As in the previous edition, this too will be attended by top-ranking representatives from prestigious Indian Banks. The focus of the event is on Polaris 'Next Generation Treasury Solution'. Apart from this, capabilities of other products in the Treasury and Capital Markets (TCM) space such as Risk Visualization/Enterprise Risk Management, MF Utility Portal, Asset Servicing (Custody, Fund Accounting & RnTA) and Brokerage will be demonstrated.

In today's complex Financial Technology environment, 'design' will prove to be the most important and differentiating element on which financial institutions will define themselves. FT8012 design center which is spread over a 30,000 sq. ft. canvas at Siruseri, Chennai, India is a testimony to the criticality of design from ideation through implementation and on-going interrogation of evolving dynamics. It enables financial institutions to connect business, technology and operations, and engineer solutions that drive unprecedented value. The FT Design Rooms will be effectively used to 'connect the dots' between the capabilities of Polaris' TCM products and the end-customer needs. The Treasury Convergence event would provide an ideal platform for disseminating industry-specific knowledge and awareness about Polaris' TCM products.

Venkatesh Srinivasan, Joint CEO, Consumer and Institutional Markets Business (CIM), Polaris Financial Technology Ltd., will wrap-up the event after sharing his vote of thanks.

Entrepreneurship realizes its full potential only when constantly exposed to knowledge. And business academia develops context and understanding only when it draws from real world entrepreneurs. The two streams will meet on 26th and 27th February, 2014, at the ICT Academy of Tamil Nadu's Bridge 2014.

The puspose of the 2-day event, is to bring together K-12, higher education, Industry, and the Government. There will be 12 sessions in all, including a keynote address by Polaris Executive Chairman Arun Jain. The topic is 'DNA of a Winner'.

Arun Jain's Polaris journey is a fascinating one, filled with vision, innovation and determination. ICTACT Bridge 2014 has sought to tap into the particular characteristics that lends itself to leadership and professional success.

Following through with ongoing social media initiatives, key sessions and Arun Jain's address will be live-tweeted from the Chennai Trade Centre, from the @PolarisFT handle, with the #tag #ArunJain.

Polaris is excited to be attending the Eastern Claims Conference February 23–25, 2014 at the Waldorf Astoria in NYC. The Eastern Claims Conference is an educational conference devoted to Life, Disability, Accidental Death and Dismemberment and Accident and Health Claims Management. The ECC’s program is designed to serve a broad target market, from entry-level associate personnel to senior management.

If you are attending the conference, it would be our pleasure to meet you there to discuss your Claims systems needs.

Design is not a concept limited to those with an artistic bent of mind or, in Polaris’ instance, for enabling unprecedented operational efficiency for banks and financial institutions. It has a universal appeal and indeed, universal application across all walks of life.

In recognition of this, Polaris has organized and exclusive walkthrough at 8012 FT Design Center on 22 February 2014. The idea behind this initiative is to not only explain the uniqueness of this premier facility, but to also tacitly drive home the point on the universality of Design and that Design Thinking should be the royal road on which innovation, irrespective of sphere of work, is executed.

In an inclusive shift from previous editions, this event will be attended not just by Banking and Finance Industry domain specialists, but by a range of entrepreneurs, representatives from regulatory bodies and hospitals, and many others associated with Polaris in various capacities. Also in attendence will be senior Central and State Government officials from across departments, including the Police, Civil Administration and Education.

This engagement will be anchored by Govindarajan K (Global Head - Administration).

The Madras Management Association has scheduled its Annual Convention on Saturday, 22nd February, at Hotel Taj Coromandel in Chennai. Apart from commemorating yet another eventful year, the Convention seeks to shine special focus on economic growth. The theme this year is India 2015: Restoring Confidence; Regaining Momentum.

We are happy to be associated with MMA's Annual Convention as an Associate Sponsor. Besides, 20 of our associates will also be in attendence. The event will address emerging economic challenges in three broad sub-themes:

1. Triggers for growth – picking up momentum
2. Society and business – growing in adversity
3. Role of leadership in restoring confidence

The context for the convention's theme is the current state of the Indian economy, facing one of the worst slowdowns, with growth projections being revised downwards. There is also a lack of confidence in the economy, as evidenced by the rupee's 20% fall in just a year.

However, with the global economy showing signs of stepping out of recession, India is expected to pick up on trickle down benefits. The goal of the MMA Convention is to take advantage of the upswing and strike while the iron is hot.

NASSCOM is hosting the 22nd edition of the NASSCOM India Leadership Forum (NILF 2014) from 12-14 February 2014 in Mumbai. A major highlight of the Leadeship Forum is the opportunity it provides to connect and network with global players and their customers who will share their insights on technology spending, partnership and new business models. Leading analysts conduct their focussed roundtables to discuss global trends and issues.

We are proud to be associated as a Silver sponsor in this event and the key highlight of the event is that Arun Jain, our Executive Chairman is a Speaker in the Product Track. The topic for the sessions is 'Creating an unparalleled customer experience'. The other Panelists include:

Tuija Pirttila, Head IT Group Functions, Nordea Bank
Hari Vasudev, VP & Head, Yahoo India R&D
Craig Menezies, Principal Analyst (Customer Experience Practice), Forrester, who will also be the Moderator for the Panel.
The Session is scheduled on 13th February 2014 from 1545 to 1630 hrs.

Don't miss the insightful discussion which will highlight the importance of Designing Customer Experience!