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Location
Bengaluru
Date & Time
18 September 2026 | 5:30 PM Onwards
Event Overview

Organisations today are moving beyond isolated automation initiatives and fragmented digital efforts to embrace a more integrated, intelligence-led approach. The focus is shifting from automating individual tasks to building AI-driven enterprises, where people, processes, data and infrastructure are seamlessly connected and continuously optimised across hybrid environments.

In this new paradigm, decisions are no longer reactive but driven by real-time insights, workflows are no longer static but dynamically orchestrated and operations are no longer siloed but interconnected across the enterprise. This evolution enables organisations to respond faster to change, reduce complexity and create more resilient and adaptive business models.

StrategINK invites you to register for IBM Innovation Forum to explore how AI-powered workflow orchestration, trusted security frameworks, real-time data intelligence and resilient infrastructure come together to enable this transformation. Discover how these capabilities can help accelerate innovation, enhance operational agility, strengthen governance, and unlock sustainable business value in an increasingly complex and data-driven world.

What You’ll Discover
01

AI-Powered Workflow Orchestration

Automate, optimise, and scale business processes with watsonx Orchestrate and IBM BOB, enabling smarter and more efficient operations.

02

Secure AI & Hybrid Cloud Operations

Protect secrets, identities, and machine credentials with IBM Vault, ensuring trusted and secure AI deployments across environments.

03

Real-Time Data Intelligence

Stream, govern, and activate data in real time with Confluent, empowering faster, data-driven decision-making.

02

Data Autonomy at Scale

Transform your data into a continuous source of intelligence, enabling proactive insights and smarter business actions.

03

AI-Ready Infrastructure

Accelerate mission-critical workloads with IBM FlashSystem’s cyber-resilient storage, built for performance, security, and reliability.

Key Takeaways

Modernise workflows across hybrid environments

Secure AI-powered operations with confidence

Unlock business value from real-time data

Build a scalable foundation for intelligent automation
Why Attend?

A must-attend forum for enterprise Technology, AI, Data, Cloud, Security and Business leaders to explore how intelligent workflows, trusted security frameworks, and AI-driven operations can help your organisation move beyond efficiency and build a truly autonomous enterprise.

Be part of the conversations shaping the future of enterprise innovation.

Speakers

Amit Kulkarni

AVP Sales

Wysetek

Gayathri Venkatesan

Co-Founder & Director

Catnip Infotech

Jim Rakesh

MD & CEO

Rox Hi-Tech

Kiran Raghupathy

Director, Ecosystem Technical Leader

IBM India & South Asia

Neeraj Dhopte

Executive Director & Co-founder

Translab Technologies

Nishant Kumar

Select Territory Data Leader

IBM India & South Asia

Prateek Tokas

Chief Executive Officer

StrategINK

Siddhesh Naik

Executive Director, Growth Markets & Partner Ecosystem, Technology Sales

IBM India & South Asia

Udayasankar K

CTO

Ladera Technology

Vijay Anand R

Automation Software Leader - Growth Segment

IBM India & South Asia

Agenda

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM​

Registration, Networking & IBM Booth Interactions

6:00 PM – 6:10 PM​

Welcome and context setting

» Prateek Tokas, Chief Executive Officer, StrategINK

6:10 PM – 6:35 PM​

Opening Keynote

Accelerate Digital Transformation with AI Adoption & Deployment

» Siddhesh Naik, Executive Director, Growth Markets & Partner Ecosystem, Technology Sales, IBM India & South Asia

6:35 – 6:55 PM

Panel Discussion: Building the Autonomous Enterprise – Accelerating Digital Transformation

Integrating Data, AI, Security, Infrastructure, and Storage to Accelerate Business Outcomes

» Siddhesh Naik, Executive Director, Growth Markets & Partner Ecosystem, Technology Sales, IBM India & South Asia

» Moderator: Prateek Tokas, Chief Executive Officer, StrategINK

6:55 PM – 7:15 PM​

Lightning Session: From Data in Motion to AI in Action: Unlocking Real-Time Enterprise Intelligence

See how AI-powered integration and automation eliminate silos, accelerate decisions, and deliver measurable business outcomes.

» Nishant Kumar, Select Territory Data Leader, IBM India & South Asia

7:15 PM – 7:35 PM​

Lightning Session: Building a Zero-Trust Foundation for the AI Era

Unifying identity security, secrets management, and infrastructure automation to reduce risk and accelerate innovation.

» Vijay Anand R, Automation Software Leader - Growth Segment, IBM India & South Asia

7:35 PM – 7:55 PM

Lightning Session: Modernizing the Core:

Infrastructure and Cloud Foundations for Secure, AI‑Driven Enterprises

7:55 PM – 8:15 PM​

Lightning Session: Partner Panel Discussion

Shaping the Future Together: Partner-Led Innovation for Secure, AI-Driven Enterprises

» Amit Kulkarni - AVP Sales, Wysetek

» Gayathri Venkatesan - Co-Founder & Director, Catnip Infotech

» Jim Rakesh - MD & CEO, Rox Hi-Tech

» Neeraj Dhopte - Executive Director & Co-founder, Translab Technologies

» Udayasankar K, CTO, Ladera Technology

» Kiran Raghupathy, Director, Ecosystem Technical Leader, IBM India & South Asia

8:15 PM – 8:20 PM

Thank You and closing note

8:20 PM onwards

Networking & Dinner

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