CSI to hold IT++ show in Mumbai

We have signed up with the Mumbai police for CSI 2004 and they will present tutorials on cyber crime and hacking. M D Agarwal Event chair CSI

CSI (Computer Society of India) Mumbai is hosting a mega event next month. CSI 2004 has appropriately been titled 'IT++: The Next Generation'. The primary focus of this event that will be held at Taj Land's End in Mumbai from December 1 to 4 will be upon emerging technologies and innovations from Indian companies. Supporting CSI’s efforts is the Australian Computer Society (ACS), which is sending a delegation of IT specialists to educate Indian IT companies regarding the opportunities that are available to them Down Under.

Explained K R Parakala, chairman of the ACS for New South Wales (NSW), “While India is a leader in developing computer applications, Australia is one of the largest markets for application software. We look forward to making the CSI 2004 national convention a great opportunity to build a digital bridge across the Indian ocean.” There will also be Industry Vertical Tracks devoted to critical verticals such as banking and financial services, e-governance, telecom, BPO, FMCG and retail, to be supported by live case studies. For techies, six Technology Tracks will address hot topics such as emerging database technologies, knowledge management, language and speech recognition, mobile computing and human computer interface among others.

Said MD Agarwal, Event Chair, “Dr Paul Clements from the Carnegie Mellon University's Software Engineering Institute (the creators of the highly respected Capability Maturity Model-CMM) will address the convention.”

A CIO summit is also being organised with a session by Franklin Covey on “Achieving excellence in executing IT goals” and one on ‘Top Ten Predictions’ by Gartner as well as a CEO conclave where CIOs and CEOs will debate on business-technology issues.

“We have signed up with the Mumbai police for CSI 2004 and they will present tutorials on cyber crime and hacking,” added Agarwal.

Along with that, senior officers from the union ministries of science and technology are expected to share their thoughts on the proliferation of IT across industrial and consumer-oriented applications.

Active since 1965, CSI last held its annual convention at Mumbai in 1999.

“CSI 2004” has attracted more than 200 research papers, out of which 30 have been selected for the annual event.