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About Cisco Startup Summit

A day to explore the latest innovation, hear from Cisco leaders and partners, and network and build connections from around the world. The event plays host to startups which leverage technology to develop solutions that provide answers to some of the most daunting questions concerning industries and resources across the spectrum.
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What's in it for you?

Looking for reasons to attend the event?
There’s more than one.

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Know how we strengthen ties with our partners and startups, and support in building differentiated offerings.

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Meet startups demonstrating their joint Cisco solutions and understand how partners can benefit from them.

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Discover collaboration avenues for bigger impact and better profitability.

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Opportunity to interact with our extended leadership team to tap possibilities for future growth.

Cisco Startup Summit Agenda

10:00 am - 10:05 am

Welcome Address

Sruthi Kannan, Head, Cisco LaunchPad

10:05 am - 10:15 am

Leadership Talk: Corporate Startup Collaboration - The Key to Innovation

Daisy Chittilapilly, President, Cisco India & SAARC

10:15 am - 10:25 am

Unveil Cisco for Startups Playbook

Introduction by Shiva Kumar, Managing Director-Commercial and SMB, Cisco

10:25 am - 10:35 am

Special Address: Reimagining the future with Technology solutions

Anand Patil, Sr. Director, Systems Engineering and CTO, Cisco India & SAARC

10:35 am - 11:10 am

Panel Discussion: Accelerate co-innovation through 5G

Shankar Srinivas, Technical Solutions Architect, Cisco
Harsha Muroor, Founder and CEO, Teslon Technologies
Prasad Bhat, Chairman and CTO, Astrome Technologies
Sanjay Kaul, President, Asia Pacific & Japan, Cisco Service Provider Business
Satkeerthi Muralidharan, CTO, Bharti Airtel Ltd

11:10 am - 11:15 am

Launch of Cisco-Teslon Joint Success Whitepaper

11:15 am - 11:30 am

Startup Showcase I

11:30 am - 11:40 am

Leveraging Partner Programs to Drive Profitability

Rituparna Lahiri, Partner Programs,Cisco

11:40 am - 12:00 pm

Startup Showcase II

12:00 pm - 12:35 pm

Fireside Chat

Nilesh Patel, Co-Founder & CEO, LeadSquared
Savita Pai, Director - Strategy & Planning, Cisco

Vinod Karumampoyil, Leader, Digital Transformation Office, Cisco

02:00 pm - 04:00 pm

  • Cisco LaunchPad - Lab Tour (Walkthrough of Co-Innovation demos)
  • Open Innovation Mixer (Dialogues with Corporate Innovation Leaders)
    Introduction and Kickoff by Jigna Shah, Senior Vice President, Commerce and Lifecycle Operations -Cisco
  • Carbon Dating (1:1 meetings on Sustainability-tech)
    Introduction and Kickoff by Sanjay Kaul. President, Asia Pacific & Japan, Cisco Service Provider Business

04:00 pm - 08:00 pm

Spotlight WomEntrepreneur

04:35 pm - 04:45 pm

Leadership Talk: Carpe Your Diem

Pallavi Arora, Cisco Vice President, APJC CX Centers, Cisco Customer Experience (CX) Cisco Systems, Inc.

04:45 pm - 05:30 pm

Panel Discussion: Fuelling the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

Dr.Lakshmi Jagannathan, CEO, DERBI Foundation
Aarati Ghanashyam, Co-Founder, Letzconnect Technologies
Neeraj Tyagi, Founder, We Founder Circle
Geetha Ramamurthy, Chair, TiE Women Bangalore (Moderator)

05:30 pm - 06:45 pm

Shark Tank: Dive In

Swapna Gupta, Partner, Avaana Capital
Pankaj Mitra, Director - Cisco Investments & Acquisitions
Naganand Doraswamy, Founder & Managing Director, IdeaSpring Capital
Bhawna B, Co-Founder, We Founder Circle

Followed by Networking and Dinner
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On startups, innovation, and more.

Listen, share and inspire.
Vinod Karumampoyil

Vinod Karumampoyil, Leader, Digital Transformation Office, Cisco

Anand Patil

Anand Patil, Sr. Director, Systems Engineering and CTO, Cisco India & SAARC

Daisy Chittilapilly

Daisy Chittilapilly, President, Cisco India & SAARC.

Shankar Srinivasan

Shankar Srinivasan, Chief Architect, Enterprise 5G, Cisco

Ravish Naresh

Ravish Naresh, CEO, and Co-founder, Khatabook

Nilesh Patel

Nilesh Patel, Co-Founder & CEO, LeadSquared

Savita Pai

Savita Pai, Director - Strategy & Planning, Cisco

Sruthi Kannan

Sruthi Kannan, Head, Cisco LaunchPad.

Jigna Shah

Jigna Shah, SVP, Commerce & Lifecycle Operations

Sanjay Kaul

Sanjay Kaul, President, Asia Pacific & Japan, Cisco

Pallavi Arora

Pallavi Arora, Vice President, APJC CX Centers, Cisco Customer Experience (CX) Cisco Systems, Inc.

Shiva Kumar Y

Shiva Kumar Y , Managing Director, Commercial and SMB, Cisco India & SAARC

Ms. Geetha Ramamurthy

Ms. Geetha Ramamurthy, Chair, TiE Women Bangalore.

Rituparna Lahiri

Rituparna Lahiri, Partner Programs, Cisco

Naganand Doraswamy

Naganand Doraswamy, Managing Partner and Founder, Ideaspring

Lakshmi Narasimhan

Lakshmi Narasimhan, Technical Architect, Cisco

Aarati Ghanashyam

Aarati Ghanashyam, Co - Founder, Head - Product & Strategy, LetzConnect

Neeraj Tyagi

Neeraj Tyagi, Co-Founder & CEO, We Founder Circle, Ex Managing Partner Venture Catalysts

Bhawna Bhatnagar

Bhawna Bhatnagar, Co-Founder, We Founder Circle

Atit Danak

Atit Danak, Partner and Practice Head - CoNXT, Zinnov

Yuna Natsumi

Yuna Natsumi, Director, Japan-India Startup Hub

Satkeerthi Muralidharan

Satkeerthi Muralidharan, CTO, Bharti Airtel Ltd

Spearheading innovation that matters

Meet the founders who are making a difference

Ravindranath A V

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Dr.Arvind Tilak

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Neha Satak

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Amitabh Patney

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Aaditya Damani

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Mallesh T M

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Joy Basu

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Rajul Patkar

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Jigar Desai

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Harsha Muroor

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Yogesh Anyapanawar

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Avnish Kumar

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Shaul Rom

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Cisco Systems, Cessna Business Park, Bangalore
October 20, 202209:30am IST onwards
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