With about 230 participating companies globally and approximately 300 attendees, ‘Confluence 2010’ was a milestone in showcasing India’s capability in US as a location for innovation
Zinnov Management Consulting Pvt. Ltd, a leading management consulting firm, today hosted its annual global conference in California on Globalization titled “Confluence 2010”. With the theme of ‘Business Transformation Through Globalization’, Confluence 2010 featured as the first-of-its-kind event for the globalization community, bringing together senior decision makers from across the industry.
The event was supported by some of the most well-established names in the industry with Global Logic as Gold Sponsors, while the line-up of Silver sponsors consist of Aspire Systems, HCL, iGate, Mindtree, Ness Technologies and Patni. Affiliate sponsors comprised of SVB and Tie. With about 230 participating companies and approximately 450 attendees to the conference, ‘Confluence 2010’ saw a brilliant line up of renowned speakers on topics associated with Globalization.
Speaking about the global conference, Mr. Pari Natarajan, Chief Executive Officer, Zinnov LLC said, “Global companies are starting to realize that emerging countries are not just sources for low cost talent but of innovation and access to new untapped markets. We conceptualized the conference theme by keeping in mind the needs of the global stakeholders.”
“As global operations are becoming critical for technology companies, we still see many myths surrounding globalization as executives enter the decision-making process,” said Vamsee Tirukkala, Co-Founder and Managing Principal, Zinnov LLC. “We hoped to have dispelled these myths by directly addressing them in thoughtful panel sessions, by showcasing successful case studies, and by facilitating face-to-face conversations between attendees and industry leaders.”
‘Confluence 2010’, a first-of-its-kind global conference is spread across two days which kick-started yesterday on March 17 and comprises of insightful panel discussions and keynote sessions addressing the theme, exploring patterns, challenges faced and best practices pertaining to globalization. The event was opened by two key notes from Mr. Farhat Ali, President and Chief Executive Officer, Fujitsu America and Mr. Ron Lang, chief executive officer, Higher Education, SunGard. The other eminent speakers include Anil Chakravarthy, SVP Enterprise Product Operations, Symantec; Christian Verstraete, CTO – MDI Business, HP; Gordon Payne SVP & GM, Citrix; Ajit Nazre, Partner, KPCB; ; Dr. C. Mohan, IBM Fellow, IBM – Almaden; and Pat Conley, Adjunct Professor, Rochester Institute of Technology.
The key theme of the conference is to network and learn best practices around global innovation, collaborative research and development, emerging market opportunity for products and shared services optimization.
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“Approaching globalization from an unprecedented vantage point, this conference aims to extend numerous benefits and know-hows, helping demystify myths about globalization and facilitating knowledge sharing and interaction among peers. The event will be a platform for discussing post-economic slowdown trends and changes, and their ramifications on the globalization compass”, added Mr. Natarajan.
For more details on the conference, visit http://confluence2010.com/
About Zinnov Management Consulting Pvt. Ltd
Founded in 2002, Zinnov – meaning Zeal in Innovation – is a leading management consulting company providing advisory services in the area of Global Sourcing, Emerging Markets Expansion and Human Capital Optimization to Fortune 1000 and reputed SMB companies. Zinnov works collectively with clients to tackle prevailing organizational challenges by analyzing the changing dynamics, improving performance, and building institutional capability. The services delivered to its clients through advanced reasoning and analytical techniques, provides solutions that help in integrating organizational vision, business definition and processes.