Session

National Forum for IT & Business Decision Makers
A recent survey conducted by a leading Geospatial company cited that organizations can spend millions of dollars on GIS but their senior executives grossly undervalue the technology's contribution to business. However, various forward looking organizations across industries around the globe are realizing slowly but, surely, the true potentiality of GIS rather than just limiting its potentiality to a single workstation in one corner of the office dedicated for analytical purposes. Interestingly, geospatial technologies are gaining a lot of attention from several non-traditional geospatial user organizations who have been able to reap considerable business benefits through the integration of these technologies with their current business systems. The interoperability aspect that has the ability to bind multiple facets of a business including, manufacturing, supply chain, finance, human resources, etc., has proved to be the ultimate deciding factor behind this sudden tilt towards this technology.

Geospatial technology comprehensively provides a perfect ecosystem to support measurement, storage, analysis, planning, decision making and so on for an organization. The adapters of this technology are already reaping huge rewards in the form of making faster business decisions and saving millions of dollars in the process. It is already proven that if embedded into an enterprise system, GIS data can be linked to corporate financial systems and other platforms to deliver charts and reports that would directly impact and aid management's decision-making process. It empowers an organization with the ability to make faster decisions and importantly, save MONEY. Moving beyond organizations and looking at the national levels, a similar approach of a G-Tech based IT Governance from a State Administration perspective can bring in substantial returns. Keeping this approach in mind, the India Geospatial Forum 2014 proudly presents a unique national forum for Business & IT Decision Makers showcasing a rich mix of experts ranging from IT and Business Heads of some of the top organizations in India to the IT Administrators (Secretaries) of various State Governments. This forum presents a unique opportunity to learn, discuss and deliberate on actual ROI derived from integration of G-Tech with IT systems for decision making that spells “MONEY” with experts who are instrumental in nation building through their contributions in various spheres of our economy.

Hear and learn from the IT and Business Decision Makers of several well known organizations across varied industries and Senior State IT Administrators on their "Geospatial-Driven" success mantra.

Forum Objectives

The Forum endeavors to serve the following key objectives: -

To provide a platform for dialogue and exchanges between geospatial technology adapter companies comprising of both the private as well as the public sector across the Indian Subcontinent as well as IT Secretaries from various states of India;
To highlight the integration of geospatial with information technology initiatives that could help decision making, planning, implementation and execution of sustainable growth;
To create geospatial awareness and future collaboration opportunities among the technology users segment within the region;
To discuss on the merits of aligning geospatial at the enterprise level for informed decision making and substantial cost saving.

Target Stakeholders

The Forum shall target the following stakeholders: -

IT Secretaries and Enterprise-Level Geospatial Technology Users/Adapters within the Public and the Private Sector in the Indian Subcontinent
To share their successful experiences having adapted this technology.
States and Organizations which are yet to embrace Geospatial Technologies comprising of both the Public as well as the Private Sector in the region
To hear and learn from the adapters of this technology on Geospatial driven success formula.
Industry
The geospatial industry players who are responsible for tailoring solutions as per the stated business needs of varied industries.

Speakers