ETCIO Events

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ETCIO CDO Conclave 2025

ET CDO Conclave 2025 is where these stories, strategies, and innovations come together shaping the future of business in India. This year’s theme emphasizes a strategic shift from fragmented initiatives toward holistic, AI-powered, and experience-led transformation.

• Wed, 10 Sep 2025

• Taj Santacruz, Mumbai

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ETCIO Cloud Summit 2026

The past two years have witnessed an accelerated pace of transformation, with COVID-19 serving as a pivotal turning point. As organizations faced immense pressure to adapt, their commitment to cloud technology intensified, enabling them to navigate rapid changes and enhance their competitive edge for the future. Fueled by a period of digital prosperity, enterprises across industries committed to cloud adoption and set ambitious goals for leveraging the cloud to achieve significant growth,

• Thu, 12 Feb 2026

• Mumbai

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Take Control of AI

In today's dynamic global landscape, India's Global Capability Centers (GCCs) are no longer merely extensions but strategic pillars, driving innovation and efficiency for their headquarters worldwide. As this role expands, so does the imperative to prioritize holistic employee welfare – a core mandate resonating from every global HQ. This commitment extends beyond traditional workplace benefits, encompassing physical, mental, and social well-being, crucial for attracting, retaining, and empowering top-tier talent.

• Thu, 07 Aug 2025

• Trident, Hyderabad

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Global Mandates

In today's dynamic global landscape, India's Global Capability Centers (GCCs) are no longer merely extensions but strategic pillars, driving innovation and efficiency for their headquarters worldwide. As this role expands, so does the imperative to prioritize holistic employee welfare – a core mandate resonating from every global HQ. This commitment extends beyond traditional workplace benefits, encompassing physical, mental, and social well-being, crucial for attracting, retaining, and empowering top-tier talent.

• Fri, 08 Aug 2025

• Oberoi Hotel, Bengaluru

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LinuxONE Launch

Technology adoption in the BFSI sector is scaling rapidly, and data is the key driver of strategic decision-making and operational efficiency in the modern BFSI landscape. According to research data by Moor Insight & Strategy, in 2025, 495.89 terabytes of data will be generated daily (181 zettabytes annually), a tenfold increase from a decade ago. This intelligence-driven approach becomes more effective as more real-time data is harmonized with recent and not-so-recent historical data to create insights. This is a crucial reason why organizations are capturing and utilizing data at an unprecedented rate.

• Thu, 21 Aug 2025

• Jio Convention Centre, Mumbai

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Transforming Business Operations

In today's dynamic global landscape, India's Global Capability Centers (GCCs) are no longer merely extensions but strategic pillars, driving innovation and efficiency for their headquarters worldwide. As this role expands, so does the imperative to prioritize holistic employee welfare – a core mandate resonating from every global HQ. This commitment extends beyond traditional workplace benefits, encompassing physical, mental, and social well-being, crucial for attracting, retaining, and empowering top-tier talent.

• Thu, 21 Aug 2025

• Sofitel, BKC

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ETCIO Bfsi In Motion

With heightened customer expectations, banking and financial services organizations need to move from a regular transaction-centric relationship with their customers to a more human-centric one. The ability to deliver personalized, seamless and insightful experiences is what truly sets them apart from competition. This is driving a shift towards intelligent, human-centered engagement in the BFSI sector. Harnessing data, AI and autonomous agents, financial institutions are able to craft frictionless customer experiences that can anticipate and proactively meet fulfill customer needs. Hyper-personalized services, powered by data and intelligence, are redefining interactions and making them seamless and intuitive. From tailored financial products to proactive support, data-driven insights enable deeper customer understanding, while intelligent agents help enhance engagement and satisfaction. Discover how BFSI leaders can harness the full potential of data, AI and autonomous agents to architect seamless, omnichannel customer journeys to build trusted and lasting relationships.

• Fri, 22 Aug 2025

• Virtual

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Learn Fast. Build Smart.

In today's data-driven world, business success rests on data - and what it can do. Developers are riding this next wave of innovation with their ability to unlock the power of data and AI to drive business impact through transformative applications. Mastering cutting-edge tools, understanding complex data structures, adopting best practices, engineering AI models to solve real-world problems with precision, and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible require continuous learning and upskilling. While our goal is to empower you with the ability to learn fast so that you can build smart, mastering data and AI isn’t just about acquiring knowledge and building skills. It’s about turning knowledge into innovation and ideas into impact - creating meaningful applications at speed and scale. By showcasing Snowflake’s data platform and how developers can experiment, iterate, and build at scale on it, the sessions are designed to break down the barriers between learning and building.

• Fri, 22 Aug 2025

• Virtual

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Take Control of AI BFSI

As AI becomes deeply embedded in the BFSI sector - powering everything, from personalization and fraud detection to risk assessment and automation - organizations are grappling with a critical question: “Is our digital infrastructure equipped to deliver AI at scale, while maintaining security and compliance?” The BFSI industry’s AI journey is data-intensive, highly regulated, and mission-critical. From developing and testing predictive models to real-time deployment for customer-facing services and regulatory compliance, the demands for infrastructure is immense. This requires a secure, compliant, high-performance digital infrastructure backbone that can scale seamlessly, support evolving workloads, and deliver insights with speed and precision - all without disrupting business continuity.

• Fri, 22 Aug 2025

• Taj SantaCruz, Mumbai

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Manufacturing in Motion

As manufacturers contend with global supply chain volatility, rising customer expectations, and accelerated go-to-market demands, the need for holistic transformation has become critical. The future of manufacturing depends on building operations that are not only efficient but also agile, connected, and intelligent across the entire value chain. Today’s industry leaders are shifting their focus beyond the factory floor. The next evolution in smart manufacturing lies in integrating data, AI, and intelligent automation across both the shop floor and the front office—where real-time decision-making, digital engagement, and customer insight are reshaping how manufacturers design, deliver, and grow. "Manufacturing in Motion" is an exclusive virtual event by ETCIO and Salesforce, bringing together visionary leaders from across the manufacturing landscape. The discussion will explore how organizations can harness the power of real-time data, AI, and intelligent agents to enable predictive operations, build resilient supply chains, and deliver hyper-personalized customer experiences. From enabling service-led growth to transforming core operations, this forum will reveal what it takes to build connected, agile, and customer-centric value chains that drive long-term success.

• Tue, 26 Aug 2025

• Virtual

Upcoming

The AI-Ready Enterprise

IBM’s Business Value Study on Data and the latest Institute for Business Value (IBV) report — Scaling Generative AI Responsibly highlights a clear truth: organizations with AI-ready data foundations are up to 3x more likely to realize measurable ROI from their generative AI initiatives. Yet, data quality, governance, and scalability remain persistent barriers that prevent many from moving beyond pilots and proofs of concept. As India emerges as the fastest-growing region for AI-ready platforms, enterprises must rethink their data strategies. Real-time analytics, AI agents, and next-gen applications demand open, trusted, and performant data architectures that can scale with speed and maintain cost efficiency. This exclusive boardroom discussion, hosted by ETCIO in association with IBM, brings together technology leaders to explore how to build scalable, AI-ready data foundations, create value with data products and AI agents, and lead with data that delivers - responsibly and at scale.

• Wed, 10 Sep 2025

• Taj Santacruz, Mumbai

Resilience, Risk & Observability

Enterprise IT has never been more critical — or more vulnerable. As digital systems expand, so do the risks: silent failures, cascading outages, and blind spots that evade traditional monitoring tools. Today’s IT leaders are tasked not just with uptime, but with intelligent continuity — where performance, risk, and resilience are orchestrated in real time.

• Fri, 01 Aug 2025

• Taj Santacruz, Mumbai

Cloudflare Immerse 2025

On behalf of Cloudflare, we hope to see you on 1 Aug for Cloudflare Immerse 2025, a premier roadshow series focused on bringing together security, IT, and digital leaders.

• Fri, 01 Aug 2025

• Hyatt Regency, Delhi

Global Mandates, Local Realities

In today's dynamic global landscape, India's Global Capability Centers (GCCs) are no longer merely extensions but strategic pillars, driving innovation and efficiency for their headquarters worldwide. As this role expands, so does the imperative to prioritize holistic employee welfare – a core mandate resonating from every global HQ. This commitment extends beyond traditional workplace benefits, encompassing physical, mental, and social well-being, crucial for attracting, retaining, and empowering top-tier talent.

• Thu, 24 Jul 2025

• Oberoi Hotel, Bengaluru

Unlocking the Magic of Data and AI with Google Cloud

In the current digital economy, data is not a mere asset rather an engine of innovation. From powering smarter decisions to enabling seamless customer experiences, organizations are leaning heavily on data and AI for growth and business outcomes. And yet, a key paradox remains: While data volumes are growing, the ability to translate that data into actionable insights is lacking. Many enterprises still contend with fragmented data systems, legacy infrastructure, unclear governance models, and AI-readiness gaps.

• Wed, 16 Jul 2025

• The Oberoi, Bangalore

Turning Complexity into Confidence

Migrating to the cloud, whether from traditional on-premise systems or between cloud service providers, is rarely a straightforward journey. It often brings a host of challenges around integrating data, ensuring security, staying compliant and maintaining business continuity. Furthermore, many organizations run into unexpected costs, especially around data egress, legacy license management and inefficient workload management. Given how complex these transitions can be, cloud migrations require a combination of innovation, right expertise, meticulous planning, and strong governance to de-risk the entire process. This is where AI and Generative AI are making a big impact, helping organizations get ahead of migration challenges and revolutionizing how they tackle these complex migration journeys with advanced capabilities around optimized resource allocation and workload placement, automated discovery, dependency identification and code modernization.

• Fri, 11 Jul 2025

• Crowne Plaza, Gurgaon

Building Hybrid and Multi Cloud Architecture for Enterprises

As organizations accelerate their digital transformation journey, cloud adoption is no longer a choice but a competitive imperative. Yet, while compute and storage have gone cloud-native, the network layer remains a bottleneck. The choice between public internet connectivity and private cloud interconnects is now front and center for digital leaders, and cloud architects aiming to deliver high-performance, secure, and reliable digital experiences.

• Wed, 09 Jul 2025

• Taj MG Road, Bengaluru

Building Resilience and Agility at Scale

The Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance (BFSI) sector is undergoing a critical transformation. As digital capabilities expand and user interactions grow in volume and complexity, traditional core systems are under mounting strain. In this exclusive roundtable, co-hosted by Thoughtworks and AWS, senior technology and business leaders will come together to discuss how these approaches, particularly hollowing the core, can help BFSI institutions build scalable, adaptive, and future-ready digital foundations.

• Thu, 03 Jul 2025

• Sofitel, BKC

Take Control of AI

As AI becomes central to service delivery, automation, and customer experience in the IT/ITeS industry, enterprises are faced with a pressing question: Is our infrastructure ready for AI at scale? The sector’s high-volume, high-velocity environments demand not just AI experimentation—but operationalized AI that is fast, secure, and compliant. Yet, scaling AI in production is complex. It requires robust compute capabilities, agile data pipelines, and a hybrid infrastructure strategy that balances performance with control. Many technology leaders are now rethinking their cloud choices—exploring private cloud and AI-ready datacenters to optimize performance while maintaining governance and cost-efficiency. This closed-door roundtable, hosted by The Economic Times CIO in association with CtrlS , will bring together senior IT leaders to discuss the architectural backbone for enterprise AI. The conversation will explore real-world implementation strategies, the role of infrastructure in AI acceleration, and how IT/ITeS firms can stay ahead by aligning AI ambitions with infrastructure maturity.

• Thu, 26 Jun 2025

• Ritz Carlton, Bangalore

Operationalizing the DPDP Act

India’s Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act represents a landmark moment in the evolution of data governance and privacy regulation. It sets a strong legal foundation centered on individual consent, transparency, accountability, and responsible data handling. However, while the framework is clearly outlined, many organizations are still navigating the complexities of operationalizing these mandates across diverse, distributed IT ecosystems. This exclusive closed-door roundtable convenes leading voices in cybersecurity, data privacy, and IT strategy to tackle the real-world challenges of DPDP compliance. From understanding the scope of data mapping and classification, to implementing tools for anonymization, consent management, and real-time monitoring—this session focuses on turning policy into practice.

• Fri, 13 Jun 2025

• Pullman New Delhi, Aerocity

Accelerate Growth With an AI - Ready Data Architecture

Businesses are aggressively pushing investing in AI to drive fast innovation and growth. However, siloed data across multiple locations and varied formats hinders effective adoption and scaling of AI initiatives, holding them back from harnessing its full potential. The success of AI hinges on a strong data foundation built on high-quality, secure data. An AI-ready data architecture is crucial to unlocking insights, driving smarter decisions, and fueling new revenue streams. Central to this approach is establishing a unified data platform, ensuring data quality and governance, and integrating data seamlessly from varied sources.

• Thu, 12 Jun 2025

• Pullman Aerocity, Delhi