Notes from invited speaker sessions (contd...) DIGITAL DARWINISM Sandeep Bidani, Partner, Positive Momentum, and Founding Director Cognitiv Hanumant Talwar, Founder, Cognitiv
Sandeep Bidani and Hanumant Talwar talked about the importance of staying relevant in fast changing times. They spoke of “Digital Darwinism” as the phenomenon of how consumers change their behavior when society and technology change faster than they can adapt. They quoted Uber as an example of digital technology causing business transformation and artificialintelligence-based tools helping in scaling up capacity. Sandeep pointed out that systemic impacts of these changes are big, for example, - Driver less cars can lead to less trauma and increasing life expectancy.
PITCH PERFECT Future of Project Management with AI presented by Rashi Kackar from Recotap Rashi introduced the audience to Recotap’s ‘timebot’ which is proving to be an effective assistant to project managers. Cruising into the cloud presented by Ankita Hemnani, from Expedia Cruise Ankita shared her experience of migrating Expedia’s cruise liner business from data servers to cloud. Crowd Sourcing for projects presented by Amit Malik and Kavita Singh from, Optum Global Solutions Amit and Kavita spoke about how digital disruption has given rise to gig economy where crowd sourcing platforms are bringing together clients and professionals with specific skills.
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Talwar pointed out that in these fast
Manohar Yerraguntla from Belcan
changing times, it is not the strongest who would survive but those who adapt
Manohar shared the system created by
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his team to avoid unplanned work and unexpected issues leading to missed deadlines caused by poor communication.
