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Location
Pune
Date & Time
9 Sep 2026 | 6:00 PM Onwards
The Conversation
From faster coding to greater
coding control.

AI is changing how software is built, but engineering leaders must look beyond individual productivity gains. The larger opportunity lies in modernising complex application estates, reducing technical debt, strengthening developer governance and creating an engineering environment where teams can move from ideas to production with greater speed and confidence.

Build. Innovate. Transform. is an exclusive evening engagement for senior technology and engineering leaders. It brings together strategic perspectives, practical enterprise use cases and the experience of teams working directly with IBM Bob during the day.

The conversation will explore how organisations can apply AI across the software delivery lifecycle to improve engineering velocity, modernise critical applications and translate development efficiency into measurable business outcomes.

Build Around Enterprise Priorities
Three priorities. One modern engineering agenda.

Move beyond AI-assisted coding to examine how intelligent development can reshape the enterprise application lifecycle.

01 Modernise with Context

Application Modernisation

Understand complex application estates, uncover dependencies and accelerate the modernisation of Java, COBOL, RPG and other business-critical environments.

02 Unlock Enterprise Value

Data and Application Intelligence

Break down silos across applications and data to strengthen governance, generate intelligence and create new opportunities for enterprise value.

03 Engineer for Speed

AI Across the SDLC

Apply AI across development, testing, documentation, security and deployment to improve code quality, developer productivity and delivery velocity.

The Leadership Experience
See it. Debate it. Scale it.

The evening connects strategic leadership conversations with practical insights emerging from the IBM Bob-a-thon.

Discover
Understand the Shift Explore how agentic AI is changing enterprise software delivery—from assisting developers with individual tasks to supporting complex, end-to-end engineering workflows.
Examine
Address Enterprise Complexity Discuss practical approaches to application modernisation, technical-debt reduction, governance and the responsible adoption of AI across engineering environments.
Experience
See Innovation in Action Discover what participating development teams created using IBM Bob and how they approached real-world modernisation and software-delivery challenges.
Exchange
Learn from Peers Engage with fellow technology and engineering leaders on adoption priorities, operating-model changes and the path from experimentation to enterprise scale.
Build Around Enterprise Priorities
Engineering productivity is no longer only a development metric.

For enterprise leaders, the real value of AI-assisted development lies in its ability to:

Accelerate the modernisation of complex application estates
Reduce the time spent understanding and maintaining legacy code
Improve development quality, consistency and governance
Shorten the journey from business requirement to production
Enable engineering teams to focus on higher-value innovation
Connect developer productivity with measurable business outcomes
The question is no longer whether AI will influence software development. It is how enterprises can adopt it responsibly, integrate it across the engineering lifecycle and convert its potential into sustained advantage.
Lead the Next Chapter of Enterprise Engineering

Join senior technology and engineering leaders for a focused conversation on modernising applications, scaling AI across software delivery and building an engineering organisation ready for the next era of enterprise innovation.

Seats are limited. Request Your Seat.

Speakers

Anand Deodhar

Group CIO

Force Motors

Ashok Tiwari

CIO

Finolex Cables

Mandar Sahasrabudhe

Group CTO

Kirloskar Management Services

Vikas Budhiraja

CIO

Fleetguard Filters

Michael Costa

Tech SME - Agentic AI

IBM India & South Asia

Rahul Sidhaye

Data & AI Leader – Growth Segment, North & West

IBM India & South Asia

Radhika Pillai

Co-founder and Director

Algorisys

Arjun Vishwanathan

Chief Knowledge Officer

StrategINK

The day at a glance
Agenda

6:00 PM - 6:30 PM

Registration & Networking Coffee

6:30 PM - 6:45 PM

Welcome & Context Setting

» Arjun Vishwanathan, Chief Knowledge Officer, StrategINK

6:45 PM - 7:00 PM

Partner Presentation 

» Radhika Pillai, Co-founder and Director, Algorisys

7:00 PM - 7:20 PM

Data and AI portfolio Coverage

» Rahul Sidhaye, Data & AI Leader – Growth Segment, North & West, IBM India & South Asia

7:20 PM - 7:45 PM

IBM Bob Platform Walkthrough

Use case led discussion / PA flavor (MSP connector)

» Michael Coasta, Tech SME - Agentic AI, IBM India & South Asia

7:45 PM - 8:15 PM

Client Panel discussion

» Anand Deodhar, Group CIO, Force Motors

» Ashok Tiwari, CIO, Finolex Cables

» Madhav, CIO, Fleetguard Filters

» Mandar Sahasrabudhe, Group CTO, Kirloskar Management Services

» Rahul Sidhaye, Data & AI Leader – Growth Segment, North & West, IBM India & South Asia

» Moderated By - Arjun Vishwanathan, Chief Knowledge Officer, StrategINK

8:15 PM - 8:20 PM

Closing Remarks & Thank You note

» Arjun Vishwanathan, Chief Knowledge Officer, StrategINK

8:20 PM

Networking Dinner

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