| DAY 1 – 29 AUGUST, 2017 (TUESDAY) | |||
| TIME | SESSION | ||
| 11:00 am – 04:00 pm | Registration | @HICC | |
| 07:00 pm – 10:00 pm | Welcome Dinner at Ramoji Film City | Departure for Ramoji Film City at 1700 hrs from HICC & Respective Hotels | |
| DAY 2 – 30 AUGUST, 2017 (WEDNESDAY) | |||
| TIME | SESSION | SPEAKERS | |
| 08:30 am – 10:00 am | REGISTRATION | TEA/ COFFEE | |
| 10:15 am – 11:20 am | INAUGURAL | Lamp Lighting & Local Dance | |
| WELCOME NOTE | CHANDER MANSHARAMANI – VICE CHAIRMAN ICPB | ||
| TALK BY MD TOURISM, GOVT. OF TELENGANA | Dr. Christine Z Changthu, IAS | ||
| TALK BY PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TOURISM, GOVT. OF | Mr. B. VENKATESHAN, IAS | ||
| TELENGANA | |||
| INAUGURAL SPEECH | Mr. SUMAN BILLA – CHAIRMAN ICPB, Jt. Secretary Ministry of Tourism, | ||
| Govt. of India | |||
| Talk by Minister of Tourism, Govt. of Telengana | Hon. Minister Sri Azmeera Chandulal | ||
| KEYNOTE – A Bird’s Eye View – Existing Supply, | Mr. ROD KAMLESHWARAN – Partner & COO, Gaining Edge | ||
| 11:20 am – 12:00 pm | Market Share In Region And Globally; | ||
| Approach Being Taken By Regional Peers | |||
| 12:00 pm | EXHIBITION INAUGURATION | ||
| 12:00 am – 01:30 pm | B2B Meetings | TEA/COFFEE BEING SERVED IN EXHIBIT AREA | |
| 01:30 pm – 02:15 pm | Lunch | ||
| 02:15 pm – 02:30 pm | PARTNER UPDATE | ||
| 02:30 pm – 03:15 pm | Associations – Member Engagement: How to | Mr. DAMIAN HUTT, Executive Director, Association of Association | |
| increase Participation And Value For Members | Executives | ||
| 03:15 pm – 05:00 pm | B2B Meetings | TEA/COFFEE BEING SERVED IN EXHIBIT AREA | |
| 05:00 pm – 05:45 pm | Sustainability: Innovations and Opportunities in | Mr. GUY BIGWOOD, MCI Group Sustainability Director | |
| The Events Industry | |||
| 05:45 pm – 06:00 pm | LUCKY DRAWS | ||
| 07:30 pm – 10:00 pm | GALA DINNER @ HICC | ||
| DAY 3 – 31 AUGUST, 2017 (THURSDAY) | |||
| TIME | SESSION | SPEAKERS | |
| 06:30 am – 07:00 am | ICPB Green Walk | Departure from Hotel Novotel | |
| 08:30 am – 09:30 am | REGISTRATION | HICC | |
| CONVERGENCE AND COLLABORATION – | Mr. K. V. NAGENDRA PRASAD, President, Indian Exhibition Industry | ||
| 09:30 am – 10:30 am | The need to create an interdependent Eco-System | Association; Mr. RAVINDER SETHI, MD, Rogers Worldwide; Mr. YOGESH | |
| for the Meetings and Exhibitions Industry – | MUDRAS, MD, UBM India; Mr. ViISHAL D’SOUZA MD, MCI GeTs India; | ||
| A Panel Discussion | Mr. CHANDER MANSHARAMANI, Vice Chairman ICPB | ||
| 10:30 am – 12:00 pm | B2B Meetings | TEA/COFFEE BEING SERVED IN EXHIBIT AREA | |
| 12.00 pm – 12.30 pm | PARTNER UPDATE | ||
| 12:15 pm – 01:15 pm | Role and Relevance of PCO – | Mr. KYLEE HAINES, Director, Congress International Solutions, Dubai | |
| (Emirates Group); Mr. GORAV ARORA, Dir Sales & Marketing Novotel & | |||
| A Panel Discussion | |||
| HICC; Prof. VASUDEVA VARMA, Prof. & Dean (Research), IIIT Hyderabad; | |||
| 01:15 pm – 02:00 pm | LUNCH | ||
| The Destination Matters: Meeting the Expectations of | Mr. ANUP NAIR, SITE India President; Corporates; | ||
| 02:00 pm – 02:45 pm | National Tourism Boards, Mr. AMARESH TIWARI, MD A.T. Seasons & | ||
| Corporate Houses – A Panel Discussion | Vacations Travel Pvt. Ltd. | ||
| 02:00 pm – 02:45 pm | Session for Buyers on Hotels/ Venues/ Infrastructure. | Mr. GIRISH KWATRA, Head Meetings and More; Mr. AMIT SAROJ, Director | |
| What states offer and delivering successful conference in | |||
| India | India Attitude and Ms. PRITI KHANNA, Director, DDPPL Publications | ||
| 02:45 pm – 04:00 pm | B2B MEETINGS | TEA/COFFEE BEING SERVED IN EXHIBIT AREA | |
| 04.00 pm – 04.30 pm | Leadership – The Journey from Head to Heart | Mr. RAJEN HABIB KHWAJA, former Secretary Ministry of Tourism, | |
| Director General of Administrative Staff College of India | |||
| 04:30 pm – 05:00 pm | Concluding Remarks, ICPB Presentation | Mr. AMARESH TIWARI, Hony. Secretary ICPB | |