IT Secretary to Inaugurate IAMAI’s Conference on Digital Commerce
With an agenda to highlight the regulatory and business roadblocks to digital commerce, the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) is organizing a National Conference on Digital Commerce on November 27, 2009 in New Delhi.
New Delhi, Delhi, November 26, 2009 /IndiaPRLine/ — With an agenda to highlight the regulatory and business roadblocks to digital commerce, the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) is organizing a National Conference on Digital Commerce on November 27, 2009 in New Delhi.
Mr R. Chandrasekhar, Secretary, Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, will deliver the inaugural address at the conference and elaborate on how to resolve regulatory issues.
The conference is expected to discuss and dissect issues that are at present acting as impediments to the full-scale growth and adoption of digital commerce in India. The focus of the event would be both on internet as well as mobile commerce. The conference is expected to be attended by over 200 delegates.
Commenting on the purpose of the conference, Ambareesh Murty, Vice Chairman, IAMAI & Country Manager, eBay India said, “Digital commerce in India has immense potential as it increases customer value, brings transactional transparency and offers wider choice to consumers in a safe and convenient manner; soon India will have an ‘e’ in every commercial transaction”: Mr Murty is addressing the inaugural session of the conference.
The event will emphasize opportunities that e-Commerce presents to manufacturers, OEMs and for brand building. IAMAI President Subho Ray said, “While digital commerce has made significant leaps in the last two years thanks to the efforts of industry and consumer participation, it is time to take a look at the regulatory impediments and rally all the stakeholders to find innovative solutions to the hurdles”. He added, “The biggest question we are going to ask at the conference is “Is the environment in India enabling enough for digital commerce?”
Some of the other key issues discussed at the conference would be: How to bring brands online? How to drive value for customers? How to use digital channels for transactions and how to help manufacturers use this channel for distribution?
Some well-known speakers at the conference are:
Satya Prabhakar, President and Chief Executive Officer, Sulekha.com; Rishi Khiani, Chief Executive Officer, Times Internet Limited ; Amitabh Pandey, President and Head eBusiness, Thomas Cook; Sanjay Aggarwal, General Manager (Operations), IRCTC; Brijesh Agrawal, Chief Operating Officer, IndiaMart ;Pranay Chulet ,Chief Executive Officer, Quikr ; Peshwa Acharya, VP and Head, Reliance Retail; Mohit Hira, President, NIIT; Gaurav Gupta, Regional Manager-Asia Pacific, General Motors
Time and Venue:
NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DIGITAL COMMERCE
27th November 2009: Ball Room, Hotel Intercontinental Eros, Nehru Place, New Delhi
0930 am onwards.
About IAMAI
The Internet & Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) is a not-for-profit industry body registered under the Societies Act, 1896. Its mandate is to expand and enhance the online and mobile value added services sectors. It is dedicated to presenting a unified voice of the businesses it represents to the government, investors, consumers and other stakeholders. The association addresses the issues, concerns and challenges of the Internet and Mobile economy and takes a leading role in its development.
