AGENDA
3 DAYS ACTIVITIES
| Time | Topic | Proposed Speakers |
| 9:00 am to 10.00 am | Registration & Networking | |
| 10.00 am to 12:00 PM | Inauguration Session | Mr. Ramesh Vaghasia – President, SGCCI Guest of Honour : Shri Banchhanidhi Pani, IAS (Comm. of Technical Education, Gov Of Gujarat) Guest of Honour : Shri Kamal Bansal, (MD, GVFL) Chief Guest : Shri Harsh Sanghavi, ( Home Minister, Gov Of Gujarat) |
| 12.30 pm to 1.15 pm | Fireside Chat : Role of Government as an Enabler | Kamal Bansal (Managing Partner, GVFL) Moderator :Javid Shaikh (CEO, Niper) |
| 1.15 pm to 1:45 pm | Lunch Break | |
| 1:45 pm to 2:30 pm | Panel Discussion: GVFL’s Startup Stories from Surat | Parini Kapadia, (Founder, Zero Cow Factory) Nishma Singhal (Founder, Zoivane Pets) Arjun Kava (Founder, VideoSDK) Pragya Mittal (Founder, Evify) Moderator : GVFL Represetative |
| 2:30 pm to 2:45 pm | Startup Banking | Hemant Baid (Executive Vice President, Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd) |
| 2:45pm to 3:45 pm | Fireside Chat : Evolution of the Surat Startup Ecosystem: A Changing Landscape | CA Gaurav Singhvi (Founder, WFC) Dravya Dholakia (Founder, Dholakia Ventures) Gaurav Juneja (Angel Investor) |
| 3.45 pm to 4.00 pm | Tea Break | |
| 4.00 pm to 4:45 pm | Fireside Chat : The Unicorn way | Bhavik Koladiya (Founder, Otpless) – Ex, BhatatPe S Moderator : CA Mehul Shah, (Partner, IVY Growth Associates) |
| 4:45 pm to 6:00 pm | Master Class : Angel Investment | Deepak Sharma (Co-Founder & Managing Partner, India Accelerator) |
| Time | Topic | Proposed Speakers |
| 9:00 am to 10.00 am | Registration & Networking | |
| 10.00 am to 10.45 am | Panel Discussion : Significance of Legal Compliance and Specific Contractual Obligations for Startups | Eeshan Pandey, ( TYT Partners) Mudit Makhijani, ( TYT Partners) Vidhyasagar Ubale, (Add. Commissioner, Income Tax) Mr. Kashish Poojara, (Partner, Lexicon Legal) Moderator : Sadaf Khan (Partner, Lexicon Legal) |
| 10.45 am to 11.15 am | Keynote Address : Leveraging Block Chain to solve Diamond Industry Problem | Maninder Singh Bawa (CTO – India Accelerator) |
| 11.15 am to 11.45 am | Keynote Address : Empowering the Startup Ecosystem: The Pivotal Role of Tech Giants | Neeraj Athalye (Global Sales Head, SUSE) |
| 11.45 pm to 12.30 pm | Panel Discussion: Navigating the Path to Seed and Series A Funding | Vishal Virani (Founder, DhiWise) Sumit Gupta (Founder, AntWalk) Moderator : Vipul Kapoor (Ezee Technosys) |
| 12:30 pm to 1:15 pm | Corporate Panel Disscussion : How Corporate Companies Can Foster Startup Success | Rohit Sharma ( VP finance, AN/MS) Sanjay Chavan, (Global Innovation Head, Mahindra & Mahindra) Prashant Patel (President, FISME) Moderator : Haresh Culuttawala |
| 1.15 pm to 2.00 pm | Lunch Break | |
| 2.00 pm to 2:45 pm | Panel Discussion: Startup fund Raising opportunity | Dr. Nayan Bheda (Hashtech Ventures) Mansi Agarwal (Partner, Alkemi Growth Venture) Shylaja Roa (Partner, Ventana Ventures) Abhay Chawla (Founding Partner, India Accelerator) |
| 2:45 pm to 3:15 pm | Keynote Address : Growth Engines for a Successful Startup | Dr. Pramod Sadarjoshi (Founder – TalentSmith) |
| 3.15 pm to 3:30 pm | Tea Break | |
| 3:30 pm to 4.00 pm | Fireside Chat : Wealth Creation though Startup Investment | Jignesh Madhwani (Founder, Torin Wealth) Moderator : Saurabh Agarwal (Founder, Growit) |
| 4.00 pm to 4.45 pm | Keynote Address: Building Innovation-driven Company | Dhirajlal Kotadiya (Chairman, Sahajanand Medical Technologies Pvt. Ltd.) |
| 4:45 pm to 5.30 pm | Unicorn speaks | Sunny Vaghela (Foudner – Zyber 365) |
| 7 pm onward | SGCCI Startup Awards & Exclusive DINNER with Invitees | |
| Time | Topic | Proposed Speakers |
| 9:00 am to 10.00 am | Registration & Networking | |
| 10:00 am to 11:30 am | Startup Pitches / 8 startups | Startup Pitching Session |
| 11.30 am to 12.15 pm | Panel Discussion: What Investors Want | Uday Sodhi (Founders Room) Rahul Narvekar (Founder – The India Network) Punit Mittal (Founder, Magicrete) Moderator : Kashyap Pandya (Founder, Syncoro Ventures) |
| 12:15 pm to 1:00 pm | Keynote Address : Future of eSport & Gaming Investments | Nihansh Bhat, (Krafton Inc) |
| 1:00 pm to 1:45 pm | Panel Discussion : How Corporate can leverage startup | Naman Kejriwal (Escape Velocity) Arpan Ajmera (VU Ventures) Moderator: Sonal Biyani, (Co-Founder, Basic Roots) |
| 1:45 pm to 2:15 pm | Lunch Break | |
| 2.15 pm to 3.00 pm | Panel discussion : Latest trends on Influencer Marketing | Jay Desai (Oneclub.io) CA Ujjawal Pahwa Aditya Iyenger Sushant Bindal Ishan Arora Sanidhya Tulsinandan Moderator : Palak Rathi |
| 3:00 pm to 3.45 pm | Panel Discussion: Brand Building for Startups | Bhavesh Patel (Founder – Brands.Live) Nadeem Jafri (Founder – Hearty Mart) Navneet Gupta, (Founder, Ypay) Moderator : Manoj Adwani (Founder – Vani with Adwani) |
| 03.45 pm to 4.30 pm | Keynote Address: How to leverage D2C Brand | Arjun Vaidya (Founder – Dr. Vaidya’s ) |
| 04.30 pm onward | Closing Ceremony | |