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Hannover Milano Fairs India Pvt. Ltd. (HMFI) organized the third edition of CeBIT in partnership with Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) at Bangalore International Exhibition Centre (BIEC) in Bangalore, India from December 8-10, 2016. This three-day event was supported by trade bodies and the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, MeITY (formerly known as DeITY) and saw participation from 400 brands, 191 exhibitors and 70 speakers.
The theme for this year was Discover the Business of Technology Innovation and highlighted innovation and transformation via 5 forces – Internet of Things, mobile & 4G, social innovation, cloud, and virtual reality. The show saw the convergence of global and domestic exhibitors, consultants, business experts and key government officials on one platform to explore latest technologies and new products. Sessions at the CeBIT Global Conference consisted of presentations and panel discussions on opportunities that digitalization provides, with a slant on collaborative disruption and technological innovation.
Highlights
- CeBIT Global Conference: Focused on IoT, Big Data + Augmented Reality (AR)/ Virtual Reality (VR) + Cloud and analytics to make industries in India smart and connected
- +91 Innovation Challenge & Awards: Startup challenge judged and mentored by jury members
- IoT LAB and 2nd edition of Digital Transformational Leaders series, recognizing innovation and disruption in traditional business models led by CEOs, CIOs and CTOs
Digitalization is Mandatory
In his inaugural address, Mehul Lanvers-Shah, Managing Director, HMFI said “Digitalization has entered with a storm, there is no option for the companies but to keep pace with this change.” He spoke about five key areas of technology applications; three of which are execution-ready within the next three years and two which are future-centric. The ready to go ones are: Internet of Things (IoT), Cloud and Mobile. The ones that are really going to prosper from 2-3 years from now are Big Data and a combination of AR, VR and Artificial Intelligence (AI). In his keynote address, Dinesh Singh, Ex-Vice Chancellor, Delhi University spoke about collaborative disruptions in creating a future ready workforce in India. He emphasized that India is moving at a rapid pace of digitalization with fast evolving social and digital tools. Our collective mindset has to change because digital disruption of work and workforces are continuously evolving by breaking down traditional boundaries, enriching and augmenting human capability and creating work opportunities.
The center of attention this year was on the startup initiatives and action plans. CeBIT India has collaborated with 3 Startup associations - 100 Open Startups, StartUp Square and StartUp Going Global, who hosted a StartUp Incubation Summit.
+91 Startup Challenge Platform
CeBIT India saw an increased focus on Indian startups on the +91 Startup Challenge Platform to share ideas, collaborate, exchange and disrupt to create something extraordinary out of the ordinary. Intel participated in CeBIT’s IoT Hackathon Challenge, as the Foundation Partner, Bosch as Associate Partner, DigitalOcean as Cloud Partner, and VentureSity as the Execution Partner geared to identify and develop solutions in the space of social innovation; Internet of Things; cloud; mobile, 4G and virtual reality.
Natarajan S. Head Intel India Maker Lab, Intel Technology Pvt. Ltd. said that Intel realized that the startup momentum in India is growing and observed software startups were finding success, but hardware startups were finding it difficult as the ecosystem is still not mature to build innovative solutions. Therefore, as a hardware platform company Intel decided that it has a great talent pool and rich lab infrastructure which can help the startup ecosystem to access technical resources. He said that startups need support as they bring value and innovation along with design capabilities.
He added that the winners of the Hackathon challenge must not rest on their laurels. They must constantly interact with industry captains and further develop their ideas to bear fruition – develop products and launch them. Innovative ideas need to be nurtured and incubation centers must be set up in colleges.
The Next Edition
It has been officially announced that for CeBIT 2017 the Partner Country will be Japan, which is considered to be an incubator of digital technologies. India’s focus will be more on how to build future careers and enhance skillsets. At CeBIT the objective will be to develop skills and provide guidance and mentoring via career clinics.