Agenda
Global Business Summit 202213:30 – 14:00 | Registrations |
14:05 – 14:10 | Welcome Address |
Vineet Jain, Managing Director, BCCL | |
14:15 – 14:35 | Opening Keynote Address: Enabling Greater Prosperity through FTAs |
Piyush Goyal, Minister of Commerce & Industry, Consumer Affairs & Food & Public Distribution and Textiles, Government of India | |
14:40 – 14:50 | India’s Promise & Potential |
Punit Renjen, Global CEO, Deloitte | |
14:55 – 15:20 | In Conversation: Adapting to The Next Normal |
Doug McMillon, President & CEO, Walmart Inc. in conversation with Bodhisatva Ganguli, Executive Editor, The Economic Times | |
15:25 – 15:50 | In Conversation: Private Capital: How the Playbook Changed? |
Bruce Flatt, CEO, Brookfield Asset Management in conversation with Bodhisatva Ganguli, Executive Editor, The Economic Times | |
15:55 – 16:20 | In Conversation: Future of Money |
Alfred F. Kelly, Jr., Chairman & CEO, Visa Inc. in conversation with Arijit Barman, Deputy Resident Editor, The Economic Times | |
16:25 – 16:50 | In Conversation: Chasing Growth: From Content to Commerce |
Evan Spiegel, CEO and co-founder, Snap Inc in conversation with Samidha Sharma, Editor- Startups & Emerging Business, The Economic Times | |
16:55 – 17:15 | In Conversation: Setting the new Entertainment Agenda |
Ted Sarandos, Co-CEO and Chief Content Officer, Netflix in conversation with Siddharth Roy Kapur, Founder & MD, Roy Kapur Films | |
17:20 – 17:40 | In Conversation: EdTech: Repurposing Purpose |
Ronnie Screwvala, Chairperson & Co-Founder - upGrad.com in conversation with Deepak Lamba, CEO, Worldwide Media & President TSSL | |
17:45 – 18:15 | Panel Discussion: Creating Sustainable Businesses |
Dr Alka Mittal, CMD, ONGC | |
Arundhati Bhattacharya, Chairperson & CEO, Salesforce India | |
Jamshyd N Godrej, Chairman and Managing Director, Godrej and Boyce | |
Naveen Munjal, MD, Hero Electric | |
Suneeta Reddy, MD, Apollo Hospitals | |
Moderator: Namrata Rana, Director-Strategy and Brand, Futurescape | |
18:20 – 18:40 | In Conversation: Travel Industry — From Shock to Surge |
Glenn Fogel, President & CEO, Booking Holdings in conversation with Vinod Mahanta, Senior Editor, The Economic Times | |
18:45 – 19:05 | In Conversation: ESG: The Next Big Leap |
Werner Baumann, CEO, Bayer AG in conversation with Vikas Dandekar, Editor ET Prime, Pharma& Healthcare | |
19:10 – 19:35 | In Conversation: Reimagining Modern Finance |
Bill Winters, Group CEO, Standard Chartered Plc. in conversation with Arijit Barman, Deputy Resident Editor, The Economic Times | |
19:40 – 19:55 | In Conversation: Indian Unicorns: Next Big Thing or Next Big Bubble? |
Rajeev Misra, CEO, SoftBank Investment Advisers in conversation with Samidha Sharma, Editor-Startups & Emerging Business, The Economic Times | |
20:00 – 20:20 | Net Zero Aviation: Is it a Distant Reality |
Tony Douglas, Group CEO, Etihad Aviation Group | |
20:25 – 20:45 | Topic: Leveraging Technology and Cutting-Edge Innovation to Build new Economic Initiatives |
Dr. Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of State for Foreign Trade of the United Arab Emirates in conversation Vinod Mahanta, Senior Editor, The Economic Times | |
20:50 – 21:00 | In Conversation: Is it the Right Time to Invest in India? |
Gopichand P Hinduja, Co-Chairman, Hinduja Group in conversation with Nayantara Rai, Chief of Bureau - Delhi, ET Now | |
21:00 | Close of Day 1 |
14:00 – 14:40 | Registrations |
14:40 – 14:45 | Welcome Address |
14:40 – 15:10 | Opening Keynote Address |
Nitin Jairam Gadkari, Minister for Road Transport & Highways, Government of India in conversation with Bodhisatva Ganguli, Executive Editor, The Economic Times | |
15: 15 – 15:25 | In Conversation: Shaping the Digital Revolution |
Shantanu Narayen, Chairman & CEO, Adobe in conversation with Archana Rai, Editor South, The Economic Times | |
15:30 – 15:50 | In Conversation: Tourism: Riding the Recovery Wave |
Nathan Blecharczyk, Co-Founder, Chief Strategy Officer, Airbnb in conversation with Vinod Mahanta, Senior Editor, The Economic Times | |
15:55 – 16:10 | Keynote Address: Towards a Resilient and Sustainable Future |
Warren East CBE, Chief Executive, Rolls-Royce plc | |
16:15 – 16:25 | In Conversation: Private Equity in 2022: Risks and Opportunities |
Bill Ford, Chairman and CEO, General Atlantic in conversation with Arijit Barman, Deputy Resident Editor, The Economic Times | |
16:30 – 16:45 | In Conversation: The future Business Landscape: Innovation with new-age Talent and Sustainability |
Ashwin Yardi, CEO – India, Capgemini in conversation with Ashutosh Sinha, Senior Editor, The Economic Times | |
16:50 – 17:05 | Building Better Futures |
Mark Read, CEO, WPP | |
17:10 – 17:30 | In Conversation: Strategy in The Face of Discontinuity |
Rich Lesser, Global Chairman, BCG in conversation with Ashutosh Sinha, Senior Editor, The Economic Times | |
17:35 – 17:55 | Fireside Chat: Partnership for Growth |
Anant Maheshwari, President, Microsoft India | |
Lingraju Sawkar, President, Kyndryl India | |
Moderator: Ashutosh Sinha, Senior Editor, The Economic Times | |
18:00 – 18:15 | Keynote Address: Empowering Asia’s Digital Shift |
Hironori Kamezawa, Member of the Board of Directors and President and Group CEO, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) |
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18:20 – 18:40 | In Conversation: Riding the Disruption Wave |
Piyush Gupta, CEO, DBS Bank in conversation with Saloni Shukla, Deputy Banking Editor, The Economic Times |
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18:45 – 19:00 | What’s Ahead for Biotech – Another Wave or Low Tide? |
Paul Perreault, CEO & MD, CSL | |
19:05 – 19:20 | In Conversation: Crypto: The Future of Finance or a Fad? |
Johnny Lyu, Co-Founder and CEO, KuCoin in conversation with Sachin Dave, Senior Editor, The Economic Times | |
19:25 – 19:35 | On the Road to Bitcoin Adoption in India |
Ray Youssef, Co-founder and CEO, Paxful | |
19:40 – 19:45 | Special Address: Challenges in the New World Order |
Evarist Bartolo, Minister for Foreign and European Affairs, Malta | |
19:50 – 20:10 | Closing Keynote Address: India and the Great Powers |
Meenakashi Lekhi, Minister of State for External Affairs & Culture of India, Government of India | |
20:10 | Close of the Conference |

Topic: The Insight Hour Theme of the RT- Future-proofing businesses with data driven insights Date: 11th March | 18:00 – 19: 00 |
Arjun Mohan, CEO, UpGrad |
Vishal Bhola, MD, Whirlpool |
Arvind Gupta, CEO, Digital India Foundation |
Deepali Naair, Director, Digital Sales, India & ASEANZK, Digital Sales Centre, Bangalore, IBM |
Roshni Das, Sr. Marketing Director, APJ Regional Marketing, Intel |
Nikhil Mathur, Managing Director – India, Head of Data Partnership & Innovation - APAC, GfK |
Moderator: Ashutosh Sinha, Economic Times |
Topic: Decoding the role of Payment Aggregators in enabling rapid adoption of digital payments Date: 11th March | 15:00 – 16:00 |
Rahul Chari, Co-founder & CTO PhonePe |
Noopur Chaturvedi, CEO - NPCI Bharat BillPay Limited (NBBL) |
Ganesh Kumar, Former Executive Director, RBI |
Akhil Handa, CDO, Bank of Baroda |
Moderator: Saurabh Tripathi, Managing Director and Senior Partner, BCG |
Topic: Driving Innovation Across India Inc.: The Phoenix Encounter Date: 11th March | 15:00 – 17:00 |
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15:00 | Welcome by ET ILC |
15:05 – 15:10 | Opening Remarks |
Prof Sameer Hasija, Dean of Executive Education, INSEAD (Chair, ILC Innovation sub-committee) | |
15.10 – 16:25 | Pheonix Encounter – The Key Tenets |
16:25 – 16:35 | Round of Perspective Sharing – Open House |
16:35 – 16.45 | Identifying the top priority agenda for ETILC Innovation group. |
16:45 – 16:55 | Volunteers and formation of the steering committee. |
16.55 – 16.58 | Summation and closing remarks |
Prof Sameer Hasija, Dean of Executive Education, INSEAD (Chair, ILC Innovation sub-committee) | |
16.58 – 17.00 | Thank you and Close |
Topic: Creating A Hybrid work future Date: 12th March | 17.00 to 18.00 |
Anandorup Ghose, Partner, Deloitte India |
Amit Chopra, Thermo Fisher, Managing Director, India and South Asia |
Sanjiv Navangul, Bharat Serums and Vaccines, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer |
Pratik Dattani, Managing Director, Economic Policy Group, London |
Ritesh Talapatra, Managing Director, Optum Global Solutions (India) Pvt. Ltd. |
Shashank S Jha, Country Manager, Oil Field Equipment, India & South Asia, Baker Hughes |
*Agenda is work in progress and subject to change.