Speakers colour code:
Moderator Co-Lead Panelist Via Video Keynotes & Others
Time Allocation
For Co-Lead :12 Min, Panelist: 5 Min.
Venue: Hotel name : The Westin Chennai Velachery
General Guidelines:
* Plenary Sessions: Each plenary session of one hour will have 7 – 8 speakers/awardees who will speak for 5-6 minutes each.
* Parallel Sessions: Each session of one hour will have 4 co-speakers on a panel. Who will speak 10-12 minutes each. Balance time will be for interaction remarks and Q&A.
* The sessions topics & timing are subject to change.
WEF-Chennai, 2018 “Tamil Nadu Leading In Women Empowerment, Inclusiveness & Progress”
Day-1, 18th August 2018 – Saturday
| Time | Hall slot | Session No. | Topic | Speakers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08:00 AM onwards Guest Relations Desk | Inspire Hall | Registration | ||
| 09:00 AM – 09:30 AM | Inspire Hall | Inaugural Session |
Dr. Harbeen Arora & Eminent Guests Honb’le Minister K. Pandiarajan | |
| 09:35 AM – 10:35 AM | Inspire Hall | Plenary 18A | In Conversation with Leaders of the Decade in Thought Leadership, Innovation & Sustainability |
Dr. Harbeen Arora Sashi Kumar Amar Prasad Reddy Dr. Kamala Selvaraj B.Santhanam Nawabzada Mohammed Asif Ali Dr. Geeta Madhavan |
| 10:40 AM – 11:10 AM | Inspire Hall | Plenary 18B | Mangalyaan Mars Orbiter Mission – Chat with the Women who made it happen |
Ritu Karidhal Hemalatha M Padmashree Satyanarayana Seetha S B.P. Dakshayani Y.G. Parthasarathy |
| 11:15 AM – 11:45 AM | Inspire Hall | Plenary 18C | The Impact Of Art And Creative Thinking On Human Cognition |
Vasantha Vaikunth Nritya Pillai Dr. Prithika Chary Sridevi Unni Beena Unnikrishnan Lalgudi GJR Krishnan Rajini Sriraman Ph. D. |
| 10:40 AM – 11:40 AM | Board Room 1 | Parallel 1801 | Is Online Trolling on The Rise ? | Latha Srinivasan |
| Board Room 2 | Parallel 1802 | Impact Of Technology On Smes |
Vidyun Goel Thilagavathi | |
| Board Room 3 | Parallel 1803 | Economic Independence Leading to Women Empowerment | Padmini Venkataraman | |
| Five Senses 1 | Parallel 1804 | The Role of Women in Justice & Social Impact |
Divya Shetty Monika Vijay Verma | |
| Five Senses 2 | Parallel 1805 | Gender Balance in Cinema & Sports |
Seetha Lakshmi Haseena Naji Aiswarya Aanand | |
| 11:50AM – 12:20 PM | Inspire Hall | Plenary 18D | Women Leaders in Technology |
Dr. Indumathi Nambi Indu Jayakumar Dr. Chitra Rajan |
| 12:25 PM – 12:55 PM | Inspire Hall | Plenary 18E | Narrative Of The Millenials, The Way Forward |
Jai Aswani Sagarikka Sivakumar Abhishek Babu Priyankha Murugesh Shravan Kumaran & Sanjay Kumaran |
| 11:45 AM – 12:45 PM | Board Room 1 | Parallel 1811 | Branding oneself to Lead from the Front |
Nandita Pandey Rashmi Shetty Shubashree G |
| Board Room 2 | Parallel 1812 | Harnessing Martial Art Forms For Women’s Safety |
Mridula Chhetri Breeze Tripathi Kanagalakshmi Tamilselvam | |
| Board Room 3 | Parallel 1813 | Women’s Rights – Do We Know It All? |
Kirthi Jayakumar Dr.Aruna Wadkar Kaadambari | |
| Five Senses 1 | Parallel 1814 | Gender Equality & Balance as an Early Learning Concept |
Kavya Menon Tiffany Brar | |
| Five Senses 2 | Parallel 1815 | Beneficial Role Of Technology In Education |
Uma Aravind Dr Vasantha Gowri | |
| 01:00 PM – 01:45 PM | Inspire Hall | Plenary 18F | Architects of Modern Tamil Nadu – An economic perspective |
Latha Srinivasan C.K. Ranganathan |
| 01:00 PM – 02:00 PM | Board Room 1 | Parallel 1821 | Attrition of Women in Middle Management – Causes & Outcomes |
Mamta Jain Bhargavi Ramachandran Mamta Fomra |
| Board Room 2 | Parallel 1822 | Creating a Powerful Self Identity |
Anu Krishna Jamuna Ramajeyam Mubeen Irshad Gousia A S | |
| Board Room 3 | Parallel 1823 | Mindfulness Leading to Wellness |
Kamakshi Ganesan Meenal S Jaiswal Naznin M.A. Chimthanawala Raina Khatri Tandon | |
| Five Senses 1 | Parallel 1824 | Yoga as a Management Tool to Enhance Endurance & Bust Stress |
Gita Kumudha Jayakumar Sudha Rajeswari.N Dr. R.J. Kalpana Fharzana Siraj | |
| Five Senses 2 | Parallel 1825 | Tradition vs Modern Food Habits |
Alifia Hussain Rakhi Agarwal Payal Rajankar | |
| 02:00 PM – 02:40 PM | Inspire Hall | Plenary 18G | Women’s Health & Well Being |
Dr. Selvi Radhakrishnan Dr. Usha Sriram Dr. Deepa Senthil Nathan Gita Kumudha Jayakumar Dr. Rema Chandramohan |
| 02:45 PM – 03:15 PM | Inspire Hall | Plenary 18H | Vacations Exotica |
Kalyan Swaminathan Raj Maity Purvi Shah |
| 02:10 PM – 03:10 PM | Board Room 1 | Parallel 1831 | In The Face Of Reincarnation | Mridula Sharma |
| Board Room 2 | Parallel 1832 | Reinventing The Art Jewellery Making |
Gina Joseph Bharathi Raviprakash | |
| Board Room 3 | Parallel 1833 | The Comfort of Working from Home – SOHO |
Divya Shetty Indu Jayakumar Sarada Priya | |
| Five Senses 1 | Parallel 1834 |
Silks of Assam – a Unique feel |
Alakananda Das Ishita Das | |
| Five Senses 2 | Parallel 1835 | Making small changes in one’s Lifestyle for Wellbeing | Dr. Malika Nanda | |
| 03:20 PM – 03:50 PM | Inspire Hall | Plenary 18I | Wonder Woman – Enshrining Powerful Role Models |
Dr. Harbeen Arora Nina Reddy Dr.Radha Bhaskar Dr. Saraswathy Sankaran Dr. Lakshmi Swaminathan Jacqueline Francis Tiffany Brar |
| 03:55 PM – 04:25 PM | Inspire Hall | Plenary 18J | In The Face Of Adversity-Surviving Cancer |
Latha Srinivasan Tamilselvi Ramanathan Neerja Malik Vidya Muralidharan Sekar Viswanathan |
| 03:30 PM – 04:30 PM | Board Room 1 | Parallel 1841 | Dance & Music as a Way of Life |
Preetha S M. Geethamani Sagarika Ganeshyam |
| Board Room 2 | Parallel 1842 | Do Schools Kill Creativity |
Lakshmi Ravikumar Asma Jalal Celia Pillai Anu Krishna | |
| Board Room 3 | Parallel 1843 | The Power Of The Local Media | ||
| Five Senses 1 | Parallel 1844 | Family Communication in The Digital Era |
Nalini Popat Vibha Chopra | |
| Five Senses 2 | Parallel 1845 | Laughter Therapy | Suchitra Kaul Mishra | |
| 04:30 PM – 05:00 PM | Inspire Hall | Plenary 18K | Singara Chennai – A Prismatic View |
Sabitha Natraj Deborah Thiagarajan Ilona De Groot Anthony Lobo Shivkumar Eashwaran |
| 05:05 PM – 05:35 PM | Inspire Hall | Plenary 18L | In conversation with Actor/ Politician Khushbu Sundar |
Day-2, 19th August 2018 – Sunday
| Time | Hall slot | Session No. | Topic | Speakers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 AM – 09:30 AM | Inspire Hall | Plenary 19A | How Technology has changed the landscape of Banking and Financial services |
Vaikunth Ramasubramanian L.Harikumar Nishant Rathore Aditya S |
| 09:00 AM – 09:30 AM | Board Room 1 | Parallel 1901 | Evaluating One’s Readiness For A New Business | M. Padmavathi |
| Board Room 2 | Parallel 1902 | The Art of Parenting in the 21st Century |
Mubeen Irshad Sunila Prabhu Pooja Mittal K Shruthy | |
| Board Room 3 | Parallel 1903 | Impact Of Fake News On Young Minds |
Sriram N.G. Tinat Atifa Masood Shaheen Hussain | |
| Five Senses 1 | Parallel 1904 | Reverse Mentoring, Learning from our Children | Savithri Ravichandran | |
| Five Senses 2 | Parallel 1905 | Simple & Practical ways to contribute locally against Climate change | Dr. R.J. Kalpana | |
| 09:35 AM – 10:15 AM | Inspire Hall | Plenary 19B | Re-Engineering Change Through Education |
Dr. Aarthi Ananthapadmanabhan Dr. K.R. Malathi Manveen Chaddha Nidhya Guhan Vimala Britto Dr. Srimathy Kesan Poorna Balakrishnan |
| 10:20 AM – 10:50 AM | Inspire Hall | Plenary 19C | Shaping Our Society Into An Inclusive Ecosystem |
Priya Vishwanathan Saraswathi Narayanaswamy Anuradha Mahesh Dr. R. Madhuri Menon Sriram V. Ayer Justin Vijay Jesudas C. Govinda Krishnan Sowmya R |
| 10:55 AM – 11:25 AM | Inspire Hall | Plenary 19D | Start Up Stakeholders | Siddharth Hande |
| 10:45 AM – 11:45 AM | Board Room 1 | Parallel 1911 | Why partnership is a new leadership | |
| Board Room 2 | Parallel 1912 | Nutrition for Women Entrepreneur | Meenal S Jaiswal | |
| Board Room 3 | Parallel 1913 | Special education – the need of the hour |
Dr.Maria Josephine Abirami Vivek | |
| Five senses 1 | Parallel 1914 | Decoupage (Workshop) |
Indu Jain Jhunjhunwala Aparna Subramaniam | |
| Five senses 2 | Parallel 1915 | Monetizing Ideas in a Challenging Economic Environment | Swapna Sundar | |
| 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM | Inspire Hall | Plenary 19E | Human Capital Utilization-The Economics Of Goodness Of Diversity |
Sabitha Natraj Shanthi Naresh Madhumitha Venkataraman Ritesh Mathur Vinayambika Kidiyur Rao |
| 11:55 AM – 12:55 PM | Board room 1 | Parallel 1921 | Impact of Artificial Intelligence on everyday Life |
Indu Jayakumar Namrata Dhingra Senthamarai Gokulakrishnan |
| Board room 2 | Parallel 1922 | Social entrepreneur – defining The new age leadership |
Dr. R.J. Kalpana Gurpreet Kaur Chadha | |
| Board room 3 | Parallel 1923 | How to Thrive in a World of Continuous Disruption | Bindhya Ramji | |
| Five senses 1 | Parallel 1924 | Design for Care |
Sandhya Rao Archna Gupta | |
| Five senses 2 | Parallel 1925 | Recouping after Personal Loss |
Dr. Saraswathi Sankaran Sridevi Unni | |
| 12:35 PM – 01:35 PM | Inspire Hall | Plenary 19F | Women Safety & Self defense/ The importance of Physical and mental fitness | |
| 01:40 PM – 02:20 PM | Inspire Hall | Plenary 19G | Sports Economy- The New Global Economic Driver |
Karan Ravishankar Ranjana Ramakrishnan Somdev Kishore Devvarman Varun Gunaseelan Silvia Tallonrodriguez Dr. K. Abdul Ghani |
| 01:10 PM – 02:10 PM | Board room 1 | Parallel 1931 | Nurturing an Ecosystem of Culture and Innovation |
Rinnku G Adil Saghir Kavitha K Shenoi |
| Board room 2 | Parallel 1932 | Teachers and parents need for a partnership | ||
| Board room 2 | Parallel 1933 | Boys can cry and girls can lead – the need for new verbal expression |
Kamala Subramaniam Kavya Tadakaluri K Shruthy | |
| Five senses 1 | Parallel 1934 | Closing the gender gap – entrepreneurship as a levelling field |
Alka Batra Madhu Joshi Krithika Ram | |
| Five senses 2 | Parallel 1935 | Woman workforce….new model for engagement |
Jhelum Ratna Preetha S | |
| 02:25 PM – 03:00 PM | Inspire Hall | Plenary 19H |
Trends and opportunities in Tourism, Hospitality and Leisure Industry |
Ritu Chawla Mathur Mathew Chaco Vidya Gajapathi Raju Singh Rekha Rangaraj Steve Borgia Vikram Cotah |
| 02:15 PM – 03:15 PM | Board room 1 | Parallel 1941 | How to be a micropreneur | |
| Board room 2 | Parallel 1942 | To be in your children’s memory tomorrow you need to be in their lives today |
Renuka Gunasekaran Raakhee Vijay Dr Sharmila | |
| Board room 3 | Parallel 1943 | How to deal with Emotional grief |
Gita Kumudha Jayakumar Gousia A S Roli Misra Raichel Angeline Lydia | |
| Five senses 1 | Parallel 1944 | My Start up story |
Shazia Quaiser Karthika Nair Romaine San Francesco | |
| Five senses 2 | Parallel 1945 | Leading a creative life – creating a compelling vision (Workshop) |
Celia Pillai Bharti Jain | |
| 03:00 PM – 04:00 PM | Inspire Hall | Plenary 19I | The silk traditions of India/Bedecked The art of Elegance |
Dr. Suchitra Kaul Misra Dr. Jayanthy Ravindran Meenu Subbiah Manju Mudit Jayasree Rajesh Dr. Shantana Saikia Ishita Das Alakananda Das |
| 03:25 PM – 04:25 PM | Board room 1 | Parallel 1951 | What goes around comes back around – The Law of Karma | Ambujavalli N |
| Board room 2 | Parallel 1952 | Empowered feminism – The fashion way |
Divya. S Niharika Gautam | |
| Board room 3 | Parallel 1953 | Why unlearning is key to unlocking your inner power |
Pooja Mittal Raina Khatri Tandon Leena Chhabra Raaghav Ranganathan | |
| Five senses 1 | Parallel 1954 | How to Create a brand- for Startups (Workshop) | Madhu Joshi | |
| Five senses 2 | Parallel 1955 | Awakening Compassion, Mitigating Anger | Sakina Ansari | |
| 04:00 PM – 05:00 PM | Inspire Hall | Plenary 19J | How Technology Has Changed The Landscape Of Cinema In The Last Few Decades |
Resul Pookutty Shylaja Chetlur Vasanth S Sai Anubha Sinha Dr. Sethuraman V |
| 04:35 PM – 05:35 PM | Board room 1 | Parallel 1961 | The Concept of Anti-Aging the Indian way | Jagadeeswari Parthiban |
| Board room 2 | Parallel 1962 | Social media the new career frontier | ||
| Board room 3 | Parallel 1963 | Impact of art and literature on the digital world | ||
| Five senses 1 | Parallel 1964 | Innovating in Finance & Financial services – Impact on Investment & Business | Jenny Modi | |
| Five senses 2 | Parallel 1965 | Personal Transformation for Leadership Excellence |
Usha S Ekta Surana Varsha Subash Priya Sivadas | |
| 05:10 PM – 05:40 PM | Inspire Hall | Plenary 19K | A Cultural Sojourn In Fashion And Bespoke |
Dr. Kuiljeit Uppaal Vivek Karunakaran Shahin Ansari Dr. Rachel Lydi Levlin Senthamarai Gokulakrishnan Narmada Veni Kaveri Lalchand Chaitanya Rao Shraddha Shashidhar |