1:30 PM - 2:30 PM (UTC)

In this session, Vivek Raja P S, VP - Product will discuss the journey of NexStem - an award-winning Brain Computer Interface Startup. NexStem is part of Microsoft for Startups Program and Vivek will walk through the ease of use and challenges in developing hardware and software products in Microsoft Azure. NexStem extensively uses Azure IoT services and Machine Learning for its BCI products, and we will take a glimpse of architecting, developing and deploying solutions at scale. Further Learning: https://aka.ms/ScaleUpThursday Guest Speaker: Vivek Raja P S Vivek Raja P S is working as Founding member / VP - Product at NexStem and Organiser at Azure Developer Community, India. • He is a Guinness World Record Holder also an AWS Machine Learning Hero. • He is 16x Multi-Cloud Certified, Azure Data Scientist, AI Engineer, Data Engineer, and Developer Associate. • Besides all, he loves to mentor hackathon teams, blogging, and speak at various developer groups in the field of AI & Cloud. Social Handle LinkedIn-https://www.linkedin.com/in/vivek0712/ Session hosted by- Vinayak Hegde Vinayak Hegde currently works as CTO-in-residence at Microsoft for Startups helping startups to scale their tech stacks, teams and products. With over 20 years of experience, Vinayak has built multiple products across different domains such as IoT, large scale networks and large-scale data systems in a variety of individual contributor and senior technical leadership roles. Previously he has worked with Akamai, Inmobi, and Zoomcar. Social Handle LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinayakh/ Session hosted by- Vivek Sridhar Vivek is a technophile and an Open-Source contributor with around 15 years of experience in the Software Industry and works at Microsoft as Senior Cloud Advocate. In his previous role, he has mentored startups/developers, speaker at conferences/meetups for DigitalOcean as Senior Developer Advocate, Co-Founder / Chief-Architect of NoodleNext Technology. He was also heading DevOps and QA at BlackBuck and was a DevOps Solution Architect at HCL (Australia) in client engagement. Vivek started his career with IBM Rational (India Software Labs) as a Software Developer. Social Handle Twitter - https://twitter.com/vivek_sridhar

4:30 AM - 5:30 AM (UTC)

Fintech solution on Azure. How “Recordent” has done the Migration and discussion on various Azure services in building the solution. What will the session focus on: How to build a Fintech platform on Azure by leveraging Azure services. How to build a secure solution and also enhance the product suite using Azure services and leveraging Azure Community. Guest Speaker: Koteswara Rao Koteswara Rao, an Alumnus of BITS - Pilani, comes with 15+ Years of Experience in Managing Digital Solutions across various domains ranging from Banking, Field Services, Airline and Healthcare. He comes with a vast experience in handling Complex Technical Implementations and has experience in building applications from scratch. In his recent Journey with Fintech startup, Recordent Private Limited, he was instrumental in building the product from scratch on Azure Cloud. Social Handle LinkedIn-https://www.linkedin.com/in/koteswara-rao-1881b514/ Session hosted by- Vinayak Hegde Vinayak Hegde currently works as CTO-in-residence at Microsoft for Startups helping startups to scale their tech stacks, teams and products. With over 20 years of experience, Vinayak has built multiple products across different domains such as IoT, large scale networks and large-scale data systems in a variety of individual contributor and senior technical leadership roles. Previously he has worked with Akamai, Inmobi, and Zoomcar. Social Handle LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinayakh/ Session hosted by- Vivek Sridhar Vivek is a technophile and an Open-Source contributor with around 15 years of experience in the Software Industry and works at Microsoft as Senior Cloud Advocate. In his previous role, he has mentored startups/developers, speaker at conferences/meetups for DigitalOcean as Senior Developer Advocate, Co-Founder / Chief-Architect of NoodleNext Technology. He was also heading DevOps and QA at BlackBuck and was a DevOps Solution Architect at HCL (Australia) in client engagement. Vivek started his career with IBM Rational (India Software Labs) as a Software Developer. Social Handle Twitter - https://twitter.com/vivek_sridhar

4:30 AM - 5:30 AM (UTC)

We talk about the journey of SecOps Solution and its founder Ashwani Paliwal. Discuss the technical architecture and process of setting up R&D labs for security research on Azure. We will discuss best security practices for organisations and how can they effectively manage cybersecurity. Guest Speaker: Ashwani Paliwal Ashwani is the Founder & CEO of SecOps Solution. He is Cybersecurity researcher, backend & systems programmer. Served as the founding engineer of microservice security start-up Deepfence. Social Handle Twitter -https://twitter.com/ashwani_pals Session hosted by- Vinayak Hegde Vinayak Hegde currently works as CTO-in-residence at Microsoft for Startups helping startups to scale their tech stacks, teams and products. With over 20 years of experience, Vinayak has built multiple products across different domains such as IoT, large scale networks and large-scale data systems in a variety of individual contributor and senior technical leadership roles. Previously he has worked with Akamai, Inmobi, and Zoomcar. Social Handle LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinayakh/ Session hosted by- Vivek Sridhar Vivek is a technophile and an Open-Source contributor with around 15 years of experience in the Software Industry and works at Microsoft as Senior Cloud Advocate. In his previous role, he has mentored startups/developers, speaker at conferences/meetups for DigitalOcean as Senior Developer Advocate, Co-Founder / Chief-Architect of NoodleNext Technology. He was also heading DevOps and QA at BlackBuck and was a DevOps Solution Architect at HCL (Australia) in client engagement. Vivek started his career with IBM Rational (India Software Labs) as a Software Developer. Social Handle Twitter - https://twitter.com/vivek_sridhar

4:30 AM - 5:30 AM (UTC)

The pathway of experimentation and building infrastructure suitable for the medical data set, challenges, and benefits. The session will focus on: What the startup does, the kind of data and infrastructure required, challenges faced, and solutions. Guest Speaker: Dr. Rimjhim Agrawal Dr. Rimjhim Agrawal has done a Ph.D. from NIMHANS in Applied Machine learning in psychiatry and neurology. She has over 9+ years of experience in neurosciences, 8 patents, and 10+ published papers on topics such as computational psychiatry, machine learning algorithms for analyzing, classification, and regression on neuroimaging (structural, functional MRI, and DTI), and other biological datasets. Currently working as co-founder and CTO of BrainSightAI, on building a SaaS platform for "Connectomics Analysis" using Machine Learning that can be used for surgery planning, treatments, and diagnosis of brain-related disorders. Social Handle LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-rimjhim-agrawal-70530137/ Session hosted by- Vinayak Hegde Vinayak Hegde currently works as CTO-in-residence at Microsoft for Startups helping startups to scale their tech stacks, teams and products. With over 20 years of experience, Vinayak has built multiple products across different domains such as IoT, large scale networks and large-scale data systems in a variety of individual contributor and senior technical leadership roles. Previously he has worked with Akamai, Inmobi, and Zoomcar. Social Handle LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinayakh/ Session hosted by- Vivek Sridhar Vivek is a technophile and an Open-Source contributor with around 15 years of experience in the Software Industry and works at Microsoft as Senior Cloud Advocate. In his previous role, he has mentored startups/developers, speaker at conferences/meetups for DigitalOcean as Senior Developer Advocate, Co-Founder / Chief-Architect of NoodleNext Technology. He was also heading DevOps and QA at BlackBuck and was a DevOps Solution Architect at HCL (Australia) in client engagement. Vivek started his career with IBM Rational (India Software Labs) as a Software Developer. Social Handle Twitter - https://twitter.com/vivek_sridhar #ReactorBengaluru

4:30 AM - 5:30 AM (UTC)

The session will focus on: How Azure has helped Vitra.ai scale seamlessly What will you learn from this session: How to build a highly scalable system for compute intensive workload (deep learning & processing videos) at scale. Guest Speaker: Satvik Jagannath Satvik is the co-founder and CEO of Vitra.ai. He's a technology enthusiast having over 10 years of experience in Cloud, Augmented Reality, Artificial Intelligence. He loves JavaScript and the ecosystem, big fan of Mozilla, supporter of Open-source software. In case he finds time, he watches football and CS GO. Social Handle of the speaker: Twitter - https://twitter.com/satvikmaker/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/satvik-k-j/ Session hosted by- Vinayak Hegde Vinayak Hegde currently works as CTO-in-residence at Microsoft for Startups helping startups to scale their tech stacks, teams and products. With over 20 years of experience, Vinayak has built multiple products across different domains such as IoT, large scale networks and large-scale data systems in a variety of individual contributor and senior technical leadership roles. Previously he has worked with Akamai, Inmobi, and Zoomcar. Social Handle LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinayakh/ Session hosted by- Vivek Sridhar Vivek is a technophile and an Open-Source contributor with around 15 years of experience in the Software Industry and works at Microsoft as Senior Cloud Advocate. In his previous role, he has mentored startups/developers, speaker at conferences/meetups for DigitalOcean as Senior Developer Advocate, Co-Founder / Chief-Architect of NoodleNext Technology. He was also heading DevOps and QA at BlackBuck and was a DevOps Solution Architect at HCL (Australia) in client engagement. Vivek started his career with IBM Rational (India Software Labs) as a Software Developer. Social Handle Twitter - https://twitter.com/vivek_sridhar #ReactorBengaluru

4:30 AM - 5:30 AM (UTC)

India as you know is facing a severe water stress. Industries, in particular, are exposed to massive and imminent water-related risks - such as financial risk, business continuity risk and compliance risk. FluxGen's Sustainable Water Management product AquaGen is a IoT and AI based Water Management system that de-risks Industries from water crisis by helping in Measuring, Monitoring and Reducing water usage. The system is running on the ground with 50+ industrial customers that helps in monitoring and analyzing water consumption, water leakage and excessive water usage for food processing plants, manufacturing plants and campuses. Installation of AquaGen aids in Industries going water positive by reducing water wastage by up to 30% with a vision of saving 1 Billion litres of Water per day! The session will focus: Introduction to application of IoT and Data science for Climate Tech in general and water management in specific. What will you learn from this session: You will learn building IoT based system from idea to prototype, to eventually hit the market. Guest Speaker: Ganesh Shankar Ganesh is a serial entrepreneur in Sustainability/ ClimateTech space with a career vision towards making Sustainability the default choice for all. He is currently the Founder and CEO of FluxGen Technologies, with a goal of De-Risking Industries from Water Crisis. Previously he Founded a ClimateTech startup called Airprobe.Tech - Drone analytics for solar farm fault inspection, which was acquired by DroneBase, a US based ClimateTech company. He has been with GE Digital Energy, Selco Solar and NextFirst Technologies before embarking on an entrepreneurial journey. Social Handle LinkedIn-https://www.linkedin.com/in/ganesh-shankar Session hosted by- Vinayak Hegde Vinayak Hegde currently works as CTO-in-residence at Microsoft for Startups helping startups to scale their tech stacks, teams and products. With over 20 years of experience, Vinayak has built multiple products across different domains such as IoT, large scale networks and large-scale data systems in a variety of individual contributor and senior technical leadership roles. Previously he has worked with Akamai, Inmobi, and Zoomcar. Social Handle LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinayakh/ Session hosted by- Vivek Sridhar Vivek is a technophile and an Open-Source contributor with around 15 years of experience in the Software Industry and works at Microsoft as Senior Cloud Advocate. In his previous role, he has mentored startups/developers, speaker at conferences/meetups for DigitalOcean as Senior Developer Advocate, Co-Founder / Chief-Architect of NoodleNext Technology. He was also heading DevOps and QA at BlackBuck and was a DevOps Solution Architect at HCL (Australia) in client engagement. Vivek started his career with IBM Rational (India Software Labs) as a Software Developer. Social Handle Twitter - https://twitter.com/vivek_sridhar #ReactorBengaluru

4:30 AM - 5:30 AM (UTC)

This session will focus on: Gaps in the Indian EV market from the perspective of the key stakeholders in this space - Consumer, OEMs & their channel partners & Service providers. Also, how TRiDE is positioned to address these gaps through our tech enabled platform built on MS Azure. What will you learn from this session: How our journey has been so far and our key learnings from the dynamically changing EV market, basis which, we built our SaaS platform for addressing the needs of B2B players in this space. Content Level for the attendees - All skill levels Further Learning: https://aka.ms/Developdeployappsonkubernetes https://aka.ms/AKS-cluster-architecture Speaker Bio: Madhav Reddy Madhav is a Co-founder & CEO, An Engineer by education, Supply Chain Consultant & Architect by experience and an entrepreneur by passion. He is B.Tech & M.Tech graduate from IIT-BHU & MBA in Global Logistics and Supply Chain Management (GLSCM) from SP Jain. He has worked with Maruti Suzuki & Tata Motors for 5+ years in a business development role post which completed my MBA in GLSCM and worked for 4+ years in Blue Yonder - a leader in Supply chain SaaS solutions. He was also Involved in supply chain digitalization projects as a Solution Architect for some of the fortune 500 companies across globe. Couple of years back co-founded TRiDE Mobility with an objective to drive EV adoption in India and currently he is leading and managing the company operations in the role of CEO. Social handle of the speaker: https://www.linkedin.com/in/madhavarpireddy/ Speaker Bio: Vignan Sunkara Vignan is a CTO - A highly motivated professional with a passion for technology and making a positive impact on the world. He Completed his Batchelor's in USA and returned to India. He worked at Akshaya Automations as a CTO where he built an entire team of 15 IT personnel from the scratch with focus on IoT solutions which involved him in a real time data intensive analysis and live tracking of Industrial IoT enabled machines. Post this stint, He co-founded a tech company which dealt in IT consulting services on Industry 4.0 technologies and built consumer applications. Currently working as a CTO at TRiDE Mobility, where he is responsible for building the tech platform for the various SaaS offerings to the EV businesses that help them in improving overall operational efficiencies & consumer delight. Social Handle of the speaker: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vignan-anil-sunkara Session hosted by- Vivek Sridhar Vivek is a technophile and an Open-Source contributor with around 17 years of experience in the Software Industry and works at Microsoft as Senior Cloud Advocate. In his previous role, he has mentored startups/developers, speaker at conferences/meetups for DigitalOcean as Senior Developer Advocate, Co-Founder / Chief-Architect of NoodleNext Technology. He was also heading DevOps and QA at BlackBuck and was a DevOps Solution Architect at HCL (Australia) in client engagement. Vivek started his career with IBM Rational (India Software Labs) as a Software Developer. Social Handle: Twitter - https://twitter.com/vivek_sridhar Session hosted by- Vinayak Hegde Vinayak Hegde currently works as CTO-in-residence at Microsoft for Startups helping startups to scale their tech stacks, teams and products. With over 20 years of experience, Vinayak has built multiple products across different domains such as IoT, large scale networks and large-scale data systems in a variety of individual contributor and senior technical leadership roles. Previously he has worked with Akamai, Inmobi, and Zoomcar. Social Handle LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinayakh/ #ReactorBengaluru

4:30 AM - 5:30 AM (UTC)

Prof Jim transforms text into interactive, cinematic courses using AI. The text could be entered by an educator or be in the form of a textbook. By doing so, an educator can have Pythagoras teach his famous Pythagorean Theorem on the shores of ancient Greece. Or an educator can build their own realistic-looking avatar to teach the same lesson. Compared to creating and editing videos using a production crew, Prof Jim’s approach is often an order of magnitude less expensive. Prof Jim’s website https://www.profjim.com/ (url) has more information on the company. In this session, we will discuss how we implemented aspects of our solution on Azure infrastructure, including our GPU renders, our web portal and our Open AI-based natural language models. The session will focus on- Infrastructure for rendering animations, Open AI language models on Azure, hosting a website with a NoSQL database back-end on Azure. Guest Speaker: Pranav Mehta Pranav Mehta is a seasoned computer scientist and a businessman known for his approachable, problem-solving attitude, and an affinity to “make and break things.” He serves as a Co-founder and CTO at Prof Jim, a Silicon Valley startup that transforms text into interactive, cinematic courses using AI. Prof Jim received a BIG innovation award in 2023 for pioneering Generative AI in education. In his past, during his time at Microsoft, he led the shipping of several releases of Microsoft Dynamics to some of the largest retailers in the world—winning him two awards from Microsoft for being one of the leading innovators on their team. Pranav also co-founded Flatpebble, an online gig marketplace specialized for photographers and scaled the business to thousands of transactions a day with customers like Uber, Foodpanda, Zomato, Oyo Rooms and Swiggy. Social Handle of the speaker LinkedIn-https://www.linkedin.com/in/pranav-mehta-00a04ba6/ (url) Session hosted by- Vinayak Hegde Vinayak Hegde currently works as CTO-in-residence at Microsoft for Startups helping startups to scale their tech stacks, teams and products. With over 20 years of experience, Vinayak has built multiple products across different domains such as IoT, large scale networks and large-scale data systems in a variety of individual contributor and senior technical leadership roles. Previously he has worked with Akamai, Inmobi, and Zoomcar. Social Handle LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinayakh/ (url) Session hosted by- Vivek Sridhar Vivek is a technophile and an Open-Source contributor with around 15 years of experience in the Software Industry and works at Microsoft as Senior Cloud Advocate. In his previous role, he has mentored startups/developers, speaker at conferences/meetups for DigitalOcean as Senior Developer Advocate, Co-Founder / Chief-Architect of NoodleNext Technology. He was also heading DevOps and QA at BlackBuck and was a DevOps Solution Architect at HCL (Australia) in client engagement. Vivek started his career with IBM Rational (India Software Labs) as a Software Developer. Social Handle Twitter - https://twitter.com/vivek_sridhar (url) #ReactorBengaluru

4:30 AM - 5:30 AM (UTC)

Deploying high-performing AI models Optimization cloud costs and deciding product pricing Solving the problem at hand vs Tech overkill Building a great user experience True SaaS that is ready to scale The session will focus on- How the application utilizes Azure resources to deploy high-performing computer vision, audio and language models, in the backdrop of the core business problem. What will you learn from the session How to solve a business problem at scale by using AI. Guest Speaker: Karan Kabra Karan Kabra is the Co-Founder at Logibricks & Reflexion AI (previously Sciffer), with rich experience and a profound passion for all things tech, with a strong focus on deep learning and optimization. He strongly believes that there is no pertinent business problem that a great tech product can’t solve, and he is here to build and provide that great tech product to our clients across industries. Empowering people to create ingenious products with the right processes and forming strong internal and external partnerships in business. Social Handle of the speaker LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/in/karankabra/ Session hosted by- Vinayak Hegde Vinayak Hegde currently works as CTO-in-residence at Microsoft for Startups helping startups to scale their tech stacks, teams and products. With over 20 years of experience, Vinayak has built multiple products across different domains such as IoT, large scale networks and large-scale data systems in a variety of individual contributor and senior technical leadership roles. Previously he has worked with Akamai, Inmobi, and Zoomcar. Social Handle LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinayakh/ Session hosted by- Vivek Sridhar Vivek is a technophile and an Open-Source contributor with around 15 years of experience in the Software Industry and works at Microsoft as Senior Cloud Advocate. In his previous role, he has mentored startups/developers, speaker at conferences/meetups for DigitalOcean as Senior Developer Advocate, Co-Founder / Chief-Architect of NoodleNext Technology. He was also heading DevOps and QA at BlackBuck and was a DevOps Solution Architect at HCL (Australia) in client engagement. Vivek started his career with IBM Rational (India Software Labs) as a Software Developer. Social Handle Twitter - https://twitter.com/vivek_sridhar

4:30 AM - 5:30 AM (UTC)

Building a scalable Video infrastructure on Cloud. The session will focus on - How Videoken built and managed its scalable Video Infrastructure. What will you learn from session - How to use Cloud technologies to build a scalable video solution. Guest Speaker: Jeril Sebastian Head of Tech at Videoken and a Fullstack developer with 10+ years of professional experience. He has a strong liking for Node.js and JavaScript. Social Handle of the speaker LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jer46/ Session hosted by- Vinayak Hegde Vinayak Hegde currently works as CTO-in-residence at Microsoft for Startups helping startups to scale their tech stacks, teams and products. With over 20 years of experience, Vinayak has built multiple products across different domains such as IoT, large scale networks and large-scale data systems in a variety of individual contributor and senior technical leadership roles. Previously he has worked with Akamai, Inmobi, and Zoomcar. Social Handle LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinayakh/ Session hosted by- Vivek Sridhar Vivek is a technophile and an Open-Source contributor with around 15 years of experience in the Software Industry and works at Microsoft as Senior Cloud Advocate. In his previous role, he has mentored startups/developers, speaker at conferences/meetups for DigitalOcean as Senior Developer Advocate, Co-Founder / Chief-Architect of NoodleNext Technology. He was also heading DevOps and QA at BlackBuck and was a DevOps Solution Architect at HCL (Australia) in client engagement. Vivek started his career with IBM Rational (India Software Labs) as a Software Developer. Social Handle Twitter - https://twitter.com/vivek_sridhar

4:30 AM - 5:30 AM (UTC)

Syook InSite is an IoT Platform for enterprises that want safe, sustainable and compliant operations management. The stack is built from ground up using open source tools and the platform is highly modular and configurable to meet various end customer needs. The session will focus on the genesis of Syook InSite and how the tech stack has evolved over time, the different deployment options and configurations that are needed to be able to deal with different type of customer needs, how we have incorporated cyber security measures and how we deal with scaling up. **What will you learn from the session? ** You will get an overview of RTLS, and the different types of hardware technologies used for location tracking and what it takes to build a hardware agnostic IoT Platform that is modular and configurable for different type of customer needs. **Guest Speaker: Aman Agarwal ** Aman is an IIT Madras graduate with prior global experience in the oilfield working with Schlumberger and Halliburton. Currently as the Co-Founder & CTO at Syook, Aman leads the product and engineering and has built a world class IoT platform that is used by enterprise customers for safe, sustainable and compliant operations management. Social Handle of the speaker LinkedIn-https://www.linkedin.com/in/amanagarwal86/ Session hosted by- Vinayak Hegde Vinayak Hegde currently works as CTO-in-residence at Microsoft for Startups helping startups to scale their tech stacks, teams and products. With over 20 years of experience, Vinayak has built multiple products across different domains such as IoT, large scale networks and large-scale data systems in a variety of individual contributor and senior technical leadership roles. Previously he has worked with Akamai, Inmobi, and Zoomcar. Social Handle LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinayakh/ Session hosted by- Vivek Sridhar Vivek is a technophile and an Open-Source contributor with around 15 years of experience in the Software Industry and works at Microsoft as Senior Cloud Advocate. In his previous role, he has mentored startups/developers, speaker at conferences/meetups for DigitalOcean as Senior Developer Advocate, Co-Founder / Chief-Architect of NoodleNext Technology. He was also heading DevOps and QA at BlackBuck and was a DevOps Solution Architect at HCL (Australia) in client engagement. Vivek started his career with IBM Rational (India Software Labs) as a Software Developer. Social Handle Twitter - https://twitter.com/vivek_sridhar

4:30 AM - 5:30 AM (UTC)

In this session, we will explore how Silverfort, a leading identity protection provider, has deeply integrated with Microsoft technology to help customers secure their hybrid environments, including resources that couldn't be protected with modern identity security before - legacy systems, command-line tools, service accounts, critical infrastructure and more. I will share insights into the challenges of securing hybrid identities and how we built integrations to solve these challenges. I will also showcase a live demo to demonstrate how our joint solution adds MFA to any resource, on prem and in the cloud, and uses that to stops attacks. The session will focus on building deep integrations to overcome hybrid identity threats. Attendees will learn: Attack techniques used to compromise hybrid identities Building a product architecture suitable for hybrid environments How to generate value with deep product integrations **Guest Speaker: Yaron Kassner ** Yaron is the CTO of Silverfort. He co-founded Silverfort in 2015 to build the first unified identity protection platform. Prior to that he did data science for Cisco and Microsoft, and led an R&D team at unit 8200, Israel's cyber-security unit. Yaron holds a B.Sc in Mathematics and a PhD in Computer Science. Social Handle of the speaker LinkedIn-https://www.linkedin.com/in/yaron-kassner/ Session hosted by- Vinayak Hegde Vinayak Hegde currently works as CTO-in-residence at Microsoft for Startups helping startups to scale their tech stacks, teams and products. With over 20 years of experience, Vinayak has built multiple products across different domains such as IoT, large scale networks and large-scale data systems in a variety of individual contributor and senior technical leadership roles. Previously he has worked with Akamai, Inmobi, and Zoomcar. Social Handle LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinayakh/ Session hosted by- Vivek Sridhar Vivek is a technophile and an Open-Source contributor with around 17 years of experience in the Software Industry and works at Microsoft as Senior Cloud Advocate. In his previous role, he has mentored startups/developers, speaker at conferences/meetups for DigitalOcean as Senior Developer Advocate, Co-Founder / Chief-Architect of NoodleNext Technology. He was also heading DevOps and QA at BlackBuck and was a DevOps Solution Architect at HCL (Australia) in client engagement. Vivek started his career with IBM Rational (India Software Labs) as a Software Developer. Social Handle Twitter - https://twitter.com/vivek_sridhar

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (UTC)

It is 2005. Building a company based in this side of the world (and Sri Lanka at that!), giving away all the software freely as open source? That’s crazy. It cannot be done. WSO2 started in 2005 and is now nearly $90M in ARR with 100% open source software. We’re a leading enterprise middleware technology vendor in API management, integration, and identity and access management. Now we’re also selling Choreo, an internal developer platform built on top of Azure to crack the problem of enterprise software engineering. In this podcast, WSO2 Founder and CEO Sanjiva Weerawarana talks about what it takes to compete with the best of the best from across the world and win. This will be followed by a product walkthrough of Choreo by WSO2 VP and Deputy CTO Nuwan Dias. How do you think that a Start-up will benefit from this session? Gain insights into the journey of building a successful enterprise technology company from a startup in Southeast Asia. The session will focus on the entrepreneurial journey of WSO2. What will the attendees or a Start-up learn from the session? -Strategies and lessons on how to build a successful global enterprise technology company in Southeast Asia. -Key factors and challenges involved in competing on a global scale and achieving significant annual recurring revenue. Guest Speaker BIO: Sanjiva Weerawarana is the Founder and CEO of WSO2. With a background in IBM Research, he co-authored key Web services standards. Sanjiva's commitment to open source led him to establish the Lanka Software Foundation and contribute to Apache projects. He's also an educator and an influential advocate for open source participation from developing nations. His journey is one of innovation and leadership in reshaping the software industry. Social Handle- https://twitter.com/sanjiva Guest Speaker BIO: Nuwan Dias is the VP and Deputy CTO of API Management and Integration at WSO2. He is the product lead of Choreo. He is an API enthusiast and specializes in cloud native application development and API security. Nuwan is the author of Microservices Security in Action. Social Handle- https://twitter.com/nuwandias Host BIO: Vivek Sridhar is a technophile and an Open Source contributor with around 17+ years of experience in the Software Industry and works at Microsoft as CTO - Microsoft for Startups. In his previous role, he mentored startups/developers and was a speaker at conferences for DigitalOcean as a Senior Developer Advocate and co-founder / chief architect of NoodleNext Technology. He was also heading DevOps at BlackBuck and was a DevOps solution architect at HCL (Australia) in client engagement. Vivek started his career with IBM Rational (India Software Labs) as a Software Developer. Speaker Social - https://www.linkedin.com/in/vivsridh

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (UTC)

Neverinstall is building a browser-first platform for on-demand internet computers to empower every user with more computing, memory, storage, and a faster network. Our AI Copilot further simplifies the experience, enabling smart automation, contextual text & code generation and efficient task management across every application on Windows or Linux OS. Session hosted by - Vivek Sridhar Vivek Sridhar is a technophile and an Open Source contributor with around 17+ years of experience in the Software Industry and works at Microsoft as CTO - Microsoft for Startups. In his previous role, he mentored startups/developers and was a speaker at conferences for DigitalOcean as a Senior Developer Advocate and co-founder / chief architect of NoodleNext Technology. He was also heading DevOps at BlackBuck and was a DevOps solution architect at HCL (Australia) in client engagement. Vivek started his career with IBM Rational (India Software Labs) as a Software Developer. Speaker Social - https://www.linkedin.com/in/vivsridh Session hosted by- Vinayak Hegde Vinayak Hegde currently works as CTO-in-residence at Microsoft for Startups helping startups to scale their tech stacks, teams and products. With over 20 years of experience, Vinayak has built multiple products across different domains such as IoT, large scale networks and large-scale data systems in a variety of individual contributor and senior technical leadership roles. Previously he has worked with Akamai, Inmobi, and Zoomcar. Social Handle LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinayakh/ Guest Speaker BIO: Lakshmana Pasala Co-Founder and CEO of Neverinstall Previously worked at startups across Logistics (Turrant), Ad-Tech(Trapyz) and Retail (Chutney). Primarily a technologist having built large distributed systems, extensively worked on real-time networking protocols, and cloud-native orchestration. These days a little less of code and a lot more of Excel and Docs. Social Handle: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lakshman-pasala-13789569/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/LakshmanPasala

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM (UTC)

1Page is the brainchild of Pooran Prasad Rajanna, an entrepreneur with a keen insight into the challenges of the sales industry. Identifying a critical gap in how sales professionals prepare for meetings, Rajanna embarked on a mission to revolutionize this process. He aimed to create a tool that saved time and enhanced the quality of sales interactions. Based on multiple patents, the product integrates with over 40 commonly used applications like Email, CRM, Storage, Support, etc., and partnered with data providers like Crunchbase, Owler, Standard & Poor, InsideView, etc. Currently, more than 3000 companies across the world use 1Page for their sales meeting preparation. 1Page has tighter integration with Microsoft products like Microsoft Teams, Outlook, (https://www.office.com/), Microsoft Copilot, Microsoft Dynamics 365, PowerApps, etc. 1Page can go live in a week for a medium to large organization. It can integrate many internal and external applications and extract relevant information from them to bring visibility and adoption to them. 1Page addresses a critical need in the sales process – efficient and effective preparation. Automating the collection and synthesis of data frees sales professionals to invest more time in engaging with clients, understanding their needs, and developing tailored solutions. The result is a more productive sales process, higher conversion rates, and stronger customer relationships. 1Page saves, on average, gives back 2 days’ worth of time to salespeople to take on more sales meetings, crush their quota, and make more commissions, thus increasing topline and improving the bottom line. Session hosted by - Vivek Sridhar Vivek Sridhar is a technophile and an Open Source contributor with around 17+ years of experience in the Software Industry and works at Microsoft as CTO - Microsoft for Startups. In his previous role, he mentored startups/developers and was a speaker at conferences for DigitalOcean as a Senior Developer Advocate and co-founder / chief architect of NoodleNext Technology. He was also heading DevOps at BlackBuck and was a DevOps solution architect at HCL (Australia) in client engagement. Vivek started his career with IBM Rational (India Software Labs) as a Software Developer. Speaker Social - https://www.linkedin.com/in/vivsridh Session hosted by- Vinayak Hegde Vinayak Hegde currently works as CTO-in-residence at Microsoft for Startups helping startups to scale their tech stacks, teams and products. With over 20 years of experience, Vinayak has built multiple products across different domains such as IoT, large scale networks and large-scale data systems in a variety of individual contributor and senior technical leadership roles. Previously he has worked with Akamai, Inmobi, and Zoomcar. Social Handle LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinayakh/ Guest Speaker BIO: Pooran Prasad Rajanna, CEO Pooran Prasad Rajanna has more than two decades of product and sales experience. 1Page stems from the founder’s pet peeve of having to open multiple applications before every sales meeting. This is Pooran’s second startup as founder, and he was CTO of two other startups. He was awarded as Microsoft MVP twice for contributing to Microsoft technical communities. Social Handle: LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/pooran Twitter: @pooran Guest Speaker BIO: Gagandeep Singh, Head of Tech Gagandeep Singh heads Technology at 1Page. He has more than 8 years of experience building many mobile and web applications. Social Handle: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gagandeep-singh-94876191/ Twitter: @sahota_gagan93

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (UTC)

This session will delve into KissanAI’s journey, highlighting how we’ve utilized Generative AI to bridge knowledge gaps in agriculture. Drawing from our lessons, I’ll share our experiences in overcoming language and literacy barriers in Indian agriculture, and the development of Dhenu 1.0 for bilingual communication. The discussion will highlight our role in enhancing operational efficiencies for Agribusinesses, supporting informed decision-making, and contributing to sustainable agricultural practices. This session will offer a comprehensive view of how KissanAI’s innovations are creating a more inclusive and efficient agricultural ecosystem. Benefits for Startups from This Session Startups will gain valuable insights into how AI can be leveraged to solve real-world problems, particularly in sectors like agriculture where language diversity and accessibility are key challenges. Understanding the multi-faceted impact of AI in agriculture, from aiding small-scale farmers to supporting large agribusinesses. Focus of the Session • Utilizing AI to bridge knowledge gaps in agriculture, benefitting both farmers and agribusinesses. • Practical applications of Large Language Models in delivering accessible agricultural advisory and services. Key Learnings for Attendees • Strategies for deploying AI to address sector-specific challenges, enhancing efficiency and inclusivity. • Insights into developing AI solutions that serve diverse demographic needs and align with broader economic and social objectives. Session hosted by - Vivek Sridhar Vivek Sridhar is a technophile and an Open Source contributor with around 17+ years of experience in the Software Industry and works at Microsoft as CTO - Microsoft for Startups. In his previous role, he mentored startups/developers and was a speaker at conferences for DigitalOcean as a Senior Developer Advocate and co-founder / chief architect of NoodleNext Technology. He was also heading DevOps at BlackBuck and was a DevOps solution architect at HCL (Australia) in client engagement. Vivek started his career with IBM Rational (India Software Labs) as a Software Developer. Speaker Social - https://www.linkedin.com/in/vivsridh Session hosted by- Vinayak Hegde Vinayak Hegde currently works as CTO-in-residence at Microsoft for Startups helping startups to scale their tech stacks, teams and products. With over 20 years of experience, Vinayak has built multiple products across different domains such as IoT, large scale networks and large-scale data systems in a variety of individual contributor and senior technical leadership roles. Previously he has worked with Akamai, Inmobi, and Zoomcar. Social Handle LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinayakh/ Guest Speaker BIO: Pratik Desai Pratik Desai is a seasoned entrepreneur and computer scientist passionate about leveraging knowledge extraction through AI and Semantic Web technologies. Before venturing into AI applications for Agriculture, Dr. Desai honed his skills by co-founding three innovative startups in Silicon Valley. Grounded in his family's agricultural heritage, Dr. Desai established KissanAI. His vision for KissanAI has been to contribute meaningfully to his roots by democratizing the use of AI in agriculture. KissanAI stands out as a vernacular AI CoPilot platform meticulously designed to offer voice-based assistance tailored to the agricultural sector, particularly addressing the challenges faced by farmers in developing nations by overcoming literacy and language barriers. Dr. Desai’s pioneering work in incorporating generative AI in the Agriculture domain has led to the development of Dhenu, the world's first agricultural vertical-specific Large Language Model (LLM). Social Handle of the Speaker LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pratikkumardesai Twitter: @chheplo