PAN-IIT 2009, Chicago, Fifth IIT Global Alumni Conference
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Pan-IIT 2009, promises to be the biggest IIT Global Alumni Conference, since its inception in 2003. This event will bring together industry visionaries, thought leaders and IIT alumni across the globe. PanIIT is the Global Group of IIT Alumni, which was started by a group of passionate IIT’ians in 2003 to get the IIT’ians all across the world together with a vision of building upon the work that IIT’ians have done across the globe! PanIIT is a not for profit organisation and is one of the biggest global conferences globally!
Last year, the Pan-IIT meet organised at IIT Madras campus, which was attended by 3000 plus IIT alumni, over 2000 plus IIT students and over 500 leading research scholars, was an astounding success. The Prime Minister, Hon’ble Dr. Manmohan Singh, delivered the Inaugral Address and Nobel Laureate and leading Economist, Prof. Amartya Sen, flagged the end of the 3 day event with a talk on how will IITs, IITians and PanIIT can inspire, innovate, and transform India into a global superpower. Among many distinguished speakers there was Dr.Raghuram Rajan, the noted Economist Orkut Buyukkokten (Product Manager, Google) and two noted strategic thinkers-Stephen Cohen and Prof. Kishore Mahbubani from NUS, Singapore.
Highlights of Pan-IIT 2009
Over 3,000 influential IITians from around the world will gather for the fifth Global PanIIT Conference at Chicago this year. The theme for this conference is “Entrepreneurship and Innovation in a Global Economy”.
With an exciting program, distinguished panelists and record attendances, the conference will be a unique forum to meet industry leaders, re-establish old bonds, and network with fellow alumni and their families. With featured talks from some of the most eminent industrialists, politicians, academicians and media personnel from across the globe, sponsorships by industrial giants and one of the strongest alumni participations in history, this conference promises to be the best of the series.
Program details
Day 1 - Program
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM : Registration
11:00 AM - 12:00 AM : Networking Talk
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM : Lunch & Conference Opening - Potential Opener - To Be Confirmed
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM : Keynote Panel 1 - Raghuram Rajan moderating Global Economists, Business Leaders (To be Confirmed)
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM : Panel Discussions - Session 1
3:45 PM - 5:15 PM : Panel Discussions - Session 2
5:30 PM - 6:15 PM : Networking & Refreshment
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM : Keynote Speaker 2 - To be Confirmed
7:30 PM - 8:30 PM : Dinner
8:30 PM - 10:00 PM : Entertainment
10:00 PM - 12:00 AM : Music & Dancing
Day 2 - Program
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM : Keynote Speaker 3 - Jim Owens - CEO, Caterpillar & Head of US Business Council (Manufacturing & Infrastructure)
10:15 AM - 11:45 AM : Panel Discussions - Session 3
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM : Lunch
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM : Keynote Speaker 4 - Headline Speaker on Energy or Healthcare Technology (To be Confirmed)
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM : Panel Discussions - Session 4
3:45 PM - 5:15 PM : Panel Discussions - Session 5
5:30 PM - 6:15 PM : Networking & Refreshment
6:15 PM - 7:15 PM : Keynote Speaker 5 - To be Confirmed
7:15 PM - 8:00 PM : Dinner
8:15 PM - 9:30 PM : Gala Entertainment
9:30 PM - 12:00 AM : Music & Dancing
Day 3 - Program
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM : Keynote Speaker 6 - (to be confirmed)
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM : Stand off - To be Confirmed
10:45 AM - 11:30 AM : US University Presidents discuss Global Education - Moderator - To be Confirmed
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM : IIT Directors Panel - Moderator - To be Confirmed
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM : Conference Close - Recognition
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM : Lunch
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM : Campus Sessions
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM : IIT Dhamaka - Jam Session
Confirmed Speakers
Raghuram Rajan, Eric J. Gleacher Distinguished Service Professor of Finance, University of Chicago and Former Chief Economist - International Monetary Fund
Jim Owens, CEO, Caterpillar & Head of US Business Council(Manufacturing & Infrastructure)
Prith Banerjee, Senior Vice President of Research, and Director, HP Labs, Hewlett Packard Corporation
Attendees Profile (from PanIIT2007)
Over 5,000 total attendees
30% CXOs / Founders / Entrepreneurs
25% Senior Executives / Managers (VPs)
35% Young, ambitious and upwardly mobile Middle Managers
10% Academic leaders strongly associated with industry practitioners
Attendees by Industry
52% Technology and Engineering
15% Financial Services
10% Academia
9% Consulting
6% Government & Others
Previous successes of Pan-IIT
The Pan-IIT event is conducted every year alternatively in USA and India, and is attended by thousands of IITians and non-IITians. The past three events respectively in San Jose, Washington DC and Santa Clara have been great success. The strength and the theme are enhanced each year and new initiatives are launched to further the objectives of the organization.
Venue : Chicago
Schedule : October 9-11, 2009
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[...] PAN IIT 2009 Chicago Fifth IIT Global Alumni Conference Posted by root 20 hours ago (http://www.omshare.com) Comment by rajeev rai on may 2 2009 2 37 am the concept of pan iit is great but it very unfortunate that this meet is taking place outside india in Discuss | Bury | News | pan iit 2009 chicago fifth iit global alumni conference [...]
The concept of PAN IIT is great but it’s very unfortunate that this meet is taking place outside India in spite of the
fact that all IITs are situated in India only.
Had this meet taken place in India It would have send the different signal to outside world that IITian will
remain the movers and shakers at world stage but along with gratitude for the place of its birth.