BICSI India Annual Conference & Exhibition 2026 - Conference Agenda
Theme: Building the Digital Spine: Future-Ready ICT for an AI-Powered India
April 10, 2026, Shangri-La Hotel, Bengaluru, India
The conference is eligible for 8 CECs and 0.5 Conference credit
| Timings | Schedule |
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08.30 am |
Registration/ Networking Breakfast Exhibition Opens CONFERENCE INAUGURAL Welcome and Opening Remarks by Mr Chintak Dalal, Chair - Leadership Committee, BICSI India Lamp lighting ceremony Keynote Presentation Topic: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Data Centre Interconnect Technology Dr Bernard Lee, RCDD, Senior Director of Strategic Technology & Innovation, SENKO Advanced Components Address by Chief Guest Topic: Integrated Manufacturing & Supply Chain (IMS) The Digital Spine for AI-powered Manufacturing Mr. Sridhar Dharmarajan, Head of Physical Systems Sales - India, Cadence Felicitation & Vote of Thanks Navigating AI Hurricane and Scaling Networks with VSFF Mr Takeshi Kasai, Associate Senior Technologist, SENKO Advanced Components Best Practices for Testing New High Density Fiber connectors in Data Center Environments Mr Jim Davis, Product Application Specialist, Fluke Networks 800G Ready - Scaling Physical Infrastructure for AI Clusters - Critical Layer 1 Strategies for the Generative AI Era Mr Jothinathan G, Technical Manager - Strategic Business (India & SAARC), 3C3 |
| 1.00 pm |
Networking Lunch hosted by Netrack
ICT IQ Quiz by Mr Ninad Desai, RCDD, NTS, OSP, TECH, CT Fireside Chat by Senko Dr Bernard Lee, RCDD, Senior Director of Strategic Technology & Innovation, SENKO Advanced Components Mr Takeshi Kasai, Associate Senior Technologist, SENKO Advanced Components Mr Icy Varghese, Business Development Manager (India), SENKO Advanced Components The AI-Certified Spine: Standardizing Intelligent Buildings Mr Arvind C Patel, Director - Engineering, AEM Fabric to Fiber - What 100G & Beyond Means for Network & Cabling Design Mr Sanjeev B, General Manager - Solution Consulting & Support, D-Link (I) Ltd Tea Break Confidence in Every Connection — Test. Certify. Deliver Mr Shikhar Vishwakarma, Application Engineer (India & SAARC), EXFO (I) How Networking Core moving to Centralised management and visibility Mr Sumith Satheesan, Head Enterprise Solution Consulting, TP-Link Engineering the AI Backbone: Resilient, Scalable Data Centers for Tomorrow Mr MSS Srinivas, Director - Channel Sales, Vertiv (I) Announcement of BICSI India ICT IQ Quiz Winners Announcement of BICSI India Cabling Challenge Winners Presentation of Mementos and Awards BICSI India Annual Conference & Exhibition Bengaluru 2026 Memories - Wrap up Video Lucky Draw Vote of Thanks by Mr Anand Bagaria, RCDD, Vice Chair, BICSI India |
| 06.00 pm | Closing |
BICSI India Cabling Skills Challenge will be held concurrently with the conference from 10am onwards
* Program is subject to last minute changes
