PMPC 2014 brings the best value forProject Management Professionals:

• 8 successful years of leadership inbringing the largest Project ManagementConference.

• History of bringing together eminentand renowned speakers

• Delighted 5000 delegates in the pastconferences with 294 speakers on widerange of topics

• Rich content and representation acrossindustries

• Introduced new features every year• Opportunities for networking with fellow

professionals

Keynote Speakers

PMI Bangalore India Chapter, the second largest Chapter in the Asia-Pacific Region, bringsto you its largest Project Management event – PMPC 2014, its ninth annual conference.In the relentless pursuit by the Chapter to offer great value propositions to the PM practitionercommunity in this region, PMPC is considered the high point of the activities for the year.

PMPC is a cross industry platform for PM Practitioners, Thought Leaders, GovernmentOrganizations, Academia and Product Vendors to experience, educate and enrich themselvesand their constituents. The Conference brings project management thought leadership froma variety of projects and practices to help realize the value of project management in enterpriseas well as social sector. In the process, the Conference also aims to provide a platform forthe participants to learn, share, network and grow.

After the successful hosting of Project Management Practitioners’ Conference 2013, this year’sconference with the theme of “ARCHITECTING PROJECT MANAGEMENT for transforminglives…” takes forward the journey that the Chapter embarked in 2006.

Mr. R. S. SodhiManaging Director, Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (Amul)

Spearheading India's white revolutionWhat better way to start the conference than to learn from the person who is heading a program that is older than our independence,a program that benefited over 3.5 million people and gave us a brand that is recognized world-wide.

Plenary AddressMr. Anjum Parwez, IASChairman, BWSSB & Former Managing Director, Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation

Large Government Sector Projects that impact day-to-day life of common manThe delegates will have the privilege of listening to the person who till recently led one of the best and profitable City Transport Corporationsin India.

Valedictory SpeakerDr. Hoysala N ChanakyaChief Research Scientist, Centre for Sustainable Technologies, IISc, Bangalore

Effective Solid Waste Management – Reality or MythDr. Hoysala will share his insight on how effective solid waste management can contribute to sustainable growth and energy especiallyin rural setup and its positive impact in the industrial ecology for developing countries.

Inaugural Speaker

Dr. D. S. Ravindran, IFSDirector, Fiscal Policy Institute, Finance Department,Govt. of Karnataka, Bangalore

Governance of Transformation Projects ofKarnatakaTransformation of lives start with Transformation of Governmentoperations leading to speed and transparency. Initiatives likeBangalore One and eProcurement have delivered immensebenefits to people of Karnataka directly and indirectly.Dr. Ravindran shares the highlights of some of the projects.

Mr. Pramod KulkarniFounder, Prerana and SATHI, Bangalore

Challenges in social projectsHis speech will elucidate how Prerana has nurtured severalneedy students to complete their graduation and made thememployable ensuring their family will never go back to poverty.A huge transformational and inspiring story.

Dr. Thimmaiah GuruprasadAssociate Director Marketing and Head of ABIDE, Biocon Ltd.

To facilitate accessibility of affordable, innovative andappropriate therapy for diabetic peopleThis session will focus on how ABIDE is pioneering the initiative indiabetes education by providing affordable, innovative and appropriatetraining and therapy in the treatment and management of the ailmentbased on new research and methodologies, thereby transforminglives of many.

Mr. Deepak KapurChairman, Rotary India National Polio Plus Committee

Polio Eradication Program & its impact onour future generationOn March 27, 2014 World Health Organization officially declaredIndia Polio-free. Back in 1995, Polio used to cripple over50,000 children every year. The program lasted 19 years andinvolved 2.3 million volunteers and 150000 officials relentlesslyreaching out to vaccinate every child in the country. RotaryInternational deployed a strong team of 120,000 volunteersunder the leadership of Dr. Deepak Kapur to fight this dreadeddisease.

Mr. Raja ShanmugamCo-founder, President & Chief People Officer, HappiestMinds Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

Innovative people centric work practice -seeding of Happiest Minds and wellbeingIn his keynote address, Raja will touch upon some of the pathbreaking initiatives that he is launching which helps peoplediscover their true potential in a people centric practice thattranscends beyond work place.

Dr. Arun MadhavanFormer Director of Standard Chartered Bank and Founder Trustee of Vyakthi Vikas Kendra, Art of Living

Change the game: Manage your energy, not your timeLeadership paradigm of the 20th century believed that motivating the workforce was the essence of leadership. The paradigm has nowshifted from motivation to inspiration and the leaders have to be seen as role models to inspire and energize people. People turned mostcreative and innovative when their minds are energized by the examples set by their leaders.

Inspirational Speaker

Ms. Pavithra Y. S.Managing Director, Vindhya E-Infomedia Pvt. Ltd.

Building a commercial IT Servicesorganization with differently abled staffVindhya, a socio-economic venture started by Ms. Pavithra,is India’s first and arguably world’s first business organization,which employs only people with different abilities as 100%of its production staff. Her speech will outline her journey andthe social relevance of such transformations.

Mr. R. SriKumar, Retd. IPSFounder Trustee, Indian Centre for SocialTransformation, Bangalore

Unified Data and Information Portal forOpen GovernanceHis talk will unravel how ICST was able to leverage technologyto build a world class platform for empowerment of citizens.

Invited Speakers

Dr. N. PrakashDirector R&D, SunEdison

Mr. Sadashiva BaligarVP Manufacturing,Toyota Motors (Automotive)

Mr. Vijay KakadeVP, Automotive Division,Frost & Sullivan

Prof. T. Sivanandam(Panel Host)Director, Thiru Veni Consultants

Technology has a telling impact on our lives by influencing everything from day-to-day chores to the way we do business and to the way we shouldbe restoring the ecological balance for a safe future for our children. The eminent panelists from diverse fields will reveal the application of some ofthese emerging technologies, which have brought in transformational changes in our lives.

Panel Discussion: Role of Technology in Transforming Lives

Case Studies

Role of Technology in bringing efficiency and scalability to one of the largest CSR Projects (AkshayaPatra)Akshaya Patra is a very large CSR project that provides meals to 1.3 million under-privileged school children. This case study shows how the integratedroll-out of MD Dynamics, has helped Akshaya Patra gain scalability and efficiency.

Mr. Ravindra Kini B.Director and Co-Founder,Affordable Business Solutions Pvt. Ltd. (ABS)

Mr. Vinay N KumarDirector Operations, Akshya Patra

Project Management for Smart Building and Cities - a New ParadigmSmart Cities and Communities Initiative holds enormous potential in the way it promises to shape our lives for the better in the foreseeable futurewith effective use of technology and resources. This case study depicts an instance of the same providing for better living by solving fundamentalcivic and infrastructure challenges of our cities.

Mr. Ravinder Pal SinghAPJC Practice Head, Software Enabled Services, Cisco Systems

Impactful CSR deliveryOver the years, there has been substantial infusion of funds and efforts towards social projects, fuelling an expectation of better things to come forthe deprived. However the reality check seems to suggest otherwise. This case study will dwell on those key aspects peculiar to a social sector projectthat one needs to be mindful to ensure the execution delivers intended outcome.

Mr. Murari ThayiIndependent Project & Program Management Consultant

Mr. M. S. AshokFounder-Director of Cirrus ManagementServices Pvt. Ltd.

Cultural Program

Sangeet Yatra - Fusion MusicPt. Prakash Sontakke, a musician of international repute and his troupe takes you on a musical journey "SANGEET YATRA". A tourof all popular musical styles and genres, inclusive of fusion music, presented in a unique and entertaining format.

Pt. Prakash Sontakke - Musician of International Repute

Ms. Deepa SathiaramExecutive Director, En3Sustainability Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Anmol NautiyalDirector, Enterprise Social Softwareand Smarter Workforce India andSouth Asia, IBM Software Group