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PanIIT is pleased to announce that Mr. Aneesh Chopra, the first Chief Technology Officer of the US and Associate Director for Technology in the Office of Science and Technology Policy, will be a keynote speaker at the 2009 Global Conference to be held in Chicago from October 9-11, 2009.

“Mr. Chopra's presence at the conference will underline the strong commitment of the Obama Administration for nurturing innovation as the engine of growth for the US and indeed the global economy," said Ray Mehra, Chairman of the Organizing Committee.

The panels and workshops at the PanIIT 2009 Conference will cover many topics that are aligned with Mr. Chopra’s goal of harnessing private market opportunities in support of public priorities. Attendees will get to

meet the nation’s CTO in person and learn how he plans to help build a next-generation digital infrastructure and drive innovation through policy.

The PanIIT Global Conference 2009 will focus on the theme of “Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Global Economy.” The conference will bring together a diverse group of thought leaders from industry, academia and government, including alumni of the Indian Institute of Technology, to address challenges and opportunities in key industries such as Alternative Energy, Healthcare, Digital Infrastructure and Climate Change. The conference agenda includes numerous informative workshops and panel discussions on current topics, and extensive networking opportunities to meet with technologists, investors, academics and entrepreneurs.

PanIIT Conferences have become one of the leading technology summits for executives looking to build partnerships across the globe. Past keynote speakers at PanIIT Conferences have included Bill Gates, Jack Welch, Larry Summers, Hillary Clinton, and Jeffrey Immelt. The 2009 conference will once again bring together many of the world’s top public and private sector technology leaders to forge new initiatives in a wide range of advanced technologies. Attendees also include many entrepreneurs in various stages of venture evolution looking for capital and resources. The conference site will feature a dedicated Entrepreneurship Networking Zone with booths for Venture Capitalists.

Besides Mr. Chopra, other speakers at the event include James W. Owens, Chairman and CEO of Caterpillar Inc.; Sharon M. Oster, Dean and Frederic D. Wolfe Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship at the Yale School of Management; Sam Pitroda, Chairman of India’s National Knowledge Commission; Meera Shankar, Ambassador of India to the United States; Tulsi Tanti, Chairman of Suzlon Energy; Carl Shramm, President and CEO of the Kauffman Foundation, the world's largest foundation devoted to entrepreneurship; and Raghuram G. Rajan, Eric J. Gleacher Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago and Former Chief Economist of the IMF.

To register for the conference please visit paniit2009.org/registration : .

To sponsor an event or a booth, contact Aditya.Nath@paniit2009.org : mailto:Aditya.Nath@paniit2009.org .

For media partnerships, please contact Piyush.Agrawal@paniit2009.org : mailto:Piyush.Agrawal@paniit2009.org .

About PANIIT.

PanIIT ( www.paniit2009.org : ) is an umbrella alumni organization for all the campuses of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) which was described on CBS 60 Minutes as the Harvard, MIT and Princeton of India. Alumni from the IITs have made a significant impact in their chosen professions in India, the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia. IIT Alumni occupy positions of leadership at top universities, at leading research institutions, at small and large companies, in government, and at non-profits.


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