IET to host Global Engineering and Technology Leadership Summit on May 6-7, 2010

The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), a world leading professional society for engineering and technology, is hosting a Global Engineering and Technology Leadership Summit in Bangalore.

Date: May 6 & 7, 2010
Venue: The Chancery Pavilion Hotel, Bangalore

The impact of technology on economy cannot be denied. Technology creates economic opportunities. People who recognize technology trends in advance are able to reap rich benefits by harnessing these trends to create wealth. The Global Engineering and Technology Leadership Summit creates a platform for CXOs and senior level people to recognize the technology trends of tomorrow and create leadership opportunities for their organizations and themselves by accurately having the ability to read these trends.

Over the two days of the summit there are some thought provoking sessions in store, which include experts from various domains like Healthcare, Aerospace, simulation practice and satellite. The objective is to explore how leadership in science and technology is changing the world that we live in.

The key spokespeople confirmed for the event are:

1. Prof. Christopher Snowden, President, The IET
2. Nigel Fine, Chief Executive, The IET
3. Ashish Shah, General Manager, GE Healthcare 
4. K.T. Rajan, Director – Operations, IS & Projects, Allergan
5. Sudarshan Boosupalli, Country Head, Ruckus Wireless
6. Ashok Kumar J. G.,CEO & CTO, Binary Spectrum 
7. Madhavan Nair, Ex-Chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation  
8. Dr. Surendar Pal, Former Distinguished Scientist & Associate Director, Indian Space Research Organisation
9. V. R. Venkatesh, Sr. Vice President, Product Engineering Services, Wipro
10. Dr. J. S. Rao, Chief Science Officer, Altair India
11. Anoop Kurup, Director - Innovation Management, Inolyst Consulting Pvt. Ltd.
12. Jonathan Read, Senior Manager, Boeing International Corp. India Pvt. Ltd.
13. Shanthi Mathur, CEO, Asian Heart Institute,
14. Dr. Latha Chukki, Senior Scientist, Ployclone Bioservices Pvt. Ltd.

About the IET
The Institution of Engineering and Technology is one of the world's leading professional societies for the engineering and technology community. The IET has more than 150,000 members in 127 countries and offices in the UK, Bangalore, Beijing, Hong Kong and New York. The IET provides a global knowledge network to facilitate the exchange of ideas and promote the positive role of science, engineering and technology in the world. For more information, see www.theiet.org