| DAY 1 - DECEMBER 2, 2011 |
| 10:00 - 11:30 |
Session 1 – Welcome Address & Inauguration
Lighting of the Lamp
Session Highlights
- Mr. Virbhadra Singh, Union Minister, Ministry of MSME, Govt. Of India
- Tony White, Regional general Manager, Gloria Jeans
- Don Boroian, Chairman, CEO, Francorp
- Mohi-din BinHendi President, BinHendi Enterprises*
- Sanjeev Kapoor, Managing Director, Yellow Chill, TV Show Khana Khazana
- Adam Berg, Senior Vice President,LIMA, USA (change adam spelling only)
- Mr. Hussain Al Mahmoudi, Director General, Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
- Mr. Mana Al Suwaidi, commercial Attache of the UAE to India, Ministry of Foreign Trade, embassy of UAE, New Delhi
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| 11:30 - 11:45 |
Tea |
| 11:45 - 12:30 |
Session 2: How to Start Smart and create your business plans
Focus Area
- Is staring a new business the right choice
- Starting a Business Vs Buying a new business
- Structuring a business plan: Documenting
- Session Moderator: R. Sriram, President-Tie Mumbai
- Mukund Mohan, CEO Jivity
- Rajesh Sharma, Associate Vice President, Times Private Treaties
- Rachna Agarwal, Chief Executive Officer Indus-League Clothing Limited
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| 12:30 - 13:30 |
Session 3 Teaming up @Startup
Focus Area
- Co-Founders: Where to Find Them, How to Pay Them
- How to be part of a family business and grow it right
- Is buying a franchise for me?
- Session Moderator: R. Sriram, President-Tie Mumbai
- Manik Thapar, Founder, Ecowise Waste Management
- Sam Chopra, Director, Remax India
- Tony Fitzpatrick, Managing Partner, Franchise Your Business
- Paul Shoker, CEO and Founder, Benefit Plus
- Ashish Patel, MD, Euphoria Consulting
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| 13:30 - 14:30 |
Lunch |
| 14:30 - 15:30 |
Session 4: F&B – Recipe for your success
Focus Area
- Food and Beverage (F&B) franchises is the first choice of over 45% potential business investors
- Specialization will become a primary factor fueling restaurant industry growth
- The New Age Food industry leaders will be determined by business and marketing strategies, entrepreneurial spirit, and innovation in cuisine, service & technology
- Session Moderator: Sanjay Coutinho, CEO, The Jawad Business Group (Om Pizzas & Eats Private Limited)
- Campbell Cave, General Manager- Asia, New Zealand Natural (NZN)
- Andrew H McNair, Head Operations, Shawarma Xpress
- Janaka Wimalananda, Managing Director, Loon Tao
- Manish Tandon, Managing Director, Indian Cookery
- Akbar Khwaja, Managing Director, United Pizza Restaurants Pvt. Ltd
- Mark Ng, President and CEO, Berry Lite Pte. Ltd., Singapore
- Gaurav Ahuja, CEO, Red Ginger Hospitality
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| 15:30 - 16:30 |
Session 5: INDIA INC HIGH ON HEALTHCARE & WELLNESS
Focus Area
- Self-care, DIY healthcare trends, back-to-basics fitness and Lifestyle Change 2.0 trends make health and wellness businesses new health information curators
- Consumers don't want to buy 'exercise' or 'nutrition' or 'diets.' They want to buy solutions for problems.
- Medical Spa most upcoming Business opportunity as Indian health care progresses from treatment to wellness
- Session Moderator: Ratan Jalan, Founder & Principal Consultant, Medium Healthcare Consulting Pvt. Ltd
- Session Chair: Shahnaz Husain, Founder, Shahnaz Husain Group of Companies
- Session Chair: Dr. Mukesh Batra, Founder and Chairman, Dr Batra positive health clinic PVT. LTD.
- OM P Manchanda,CEO, Dr. Lal Path Labs Pvt. Ltd.
- Atul Ahuja, Vice President Retail, Apollo Pharmacy
- Anurag Kedia, Managing Director, The Four Fountains Spa
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| 16:30 - 16:45 |
Tea |
| 16:45 - 17:45 |
Session 6: EDUCATION EXTENDED: OPPORTUNITIES GALORE
Focus Area
- Education is the second largest household expenditure after food.
- Non-traditional model for elementary and secondary level education becoming extremely popular autonomously & in blend with traditional education
- India's education policy has missed on taking advantage of technological revolution in education
- Session Moderator: Nanette D’Sa, Chief Executive Officer, Brainworks Learning Systems Pvt. Ltd.
- Vandana Gandhi, Managing Director, British Orchard
- Manoj Chawla, President – Edupreneur Program, Everonn Education Limited
- Charles Wong, CEO, People Impact
- Arun Khetan, Managing Director, NAKS
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| 17:45 - 18:30 |
Session 7: Marketing – Small Business & Local Way
Focus Area
- Localize. Socialize. Mobilize
- Start-Up PR: How to Get It, How to Capitalize On It
- Session Chair: Dilip Cherian, Co founder, Perfect Relations
- Bikky Ghosla, CEO, Infocom Network
- Viraj Malik, MD & CEO, Percept Knorigin
- Srinivasan KA, Co – Founder, Amagi Media
- Arvind Kalia, National Head Marketing, Rajasthan Patrika
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| Day 2 - DECEMBER 3, 2011 |
| 10:00 - 11:00 |
Session 1: Technology
Session Highlights
- Enterprise Resource Planning
- Large Data Storage
- Cloud Computing
- Solutions for Small Retailers
- Nitin Kaushal, Regional Director, SAP
- Puneet Kumar Bhatia, director- Internet Business Group, CISCO Systems
- Siju Narayan, Retail Industry Lead, Microsoft India
- Mr Anshu Dubey, Vice President - Retail Sector, Global Business Services, IBM India/South Asia
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| 11:00 - 11:15 |
Tea |
| 11:15 - 12:15 |
Session 2: FASHION RETAIL -GROWING THE FAST WAY
Focus Area
- Young Indian consumers motivated by value-driven on-trend fashion
- Fast Fashion is the new retail model- Why Fast Is in Retail Fashion
- The combination of in-store and online shopping, presents number of new opportunities for retailers
- Session Moderator: Ritu Marya, Editor-in-chief, Franchise India
- Abhay Gupta, Executive Director, Blues Clothing Company Ltd.
- Naresh Mehta, Director - Retail Operations Raymond India Ltd.
- Anupam Bansal, Director, LIBERTY SHOES LTD. (Liberty Group)
- Asheeta Chhabra, Head Business Development, Chhabra555
- Deepak Deshpande, Vice President – Retail, Tashi (Tata International limited)
- Elizabeth Tan, Director, Heatwave Shoes, Singapore
- Niyat Parekh, CEO, Gitanjali Brands Ltd.
- Charu Parashar, Fashion Designer
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| 12:15 - 13:15 |
Session 3: SPECIALTY RETAIL : OPPORTUNITY IN NICHE
- Statistics confirm Department stores have lost their dominant position to specialty chains/ stores
- 500 Sqft Vs. 5000 sqft: Franchising is the champion of niche small business expansion used by 40% specialty retailers in India across all sectors
- Training & support, group purchasing power, advertising clout, & brand strength gives specialty chains advantage over small-owner operations.
Focus Area
- How & where to find and identify excellent startup staff
- Supercharging Engagement: Investing in your brand ambassadors
- Identifying your right management support staff
- Session Moderator: Devangshu Dutta, Chief Executive, Third Eyesight
- Asim Dalal, Managing Director, The Bombay Store
- Pawan Gadia, CEO, Ferns 'N' Petals P Ltd.
- Parveen Sahni, Director of Retail Division, Canon
- D K Jairath, COO, Hindware Home Retail Private Limited (EVOK)
- Subhash, Director, Sangeetha Mobile
- Snehal Vashi, Vice President Operations, Mom & Me (Mahindra Retail)
- Anuj Jain, CEO, Jindal lifestyles ltd.
- Gopal Krishna, Director& CEO, Agri Mart
- Sumit Sahay, Head Marketing, Croma Retail
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| 13:15 - 14:15 |
Lunch |
| 14:15 - 15:00 |
Session 4: SERVICE SECTOR SERVES UP STRONG GROWTH
Focus Area
- India's growth being led by the services sector contributing appox 52.7% to National Income
- Dominant services witnessing double digit growth in last decade: Social and personal services, community, insurance, financing, business services, and real estate.
- Indians are shifting consumption pattern to comforts, luxuries and better services rather than sticking to necessities.
- Benedikt Hjalmarsson, Chief Executive Officer, BG Cleaning
- Naveen Rakhecha, CEO, Cartridge World
- Pierre Hermans, Group CEO, Syntech Group Holdings
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| 15:00 - 16:00 |
Session 5: Raising a ton: the Hard Truth of Raising Finance
Session Highlights
- Debt financing
- Angel Loans Vs Preferred Loans
- Growth Finance and experience
- Equity Financing
- Credit Rating
- Session Leader: Padmaja Ruparel, President, Indian Angel Network
- Anand Lunia, Executive Director, Seedfund
- Imran Jafar, Managing partner, Gaja Capital
- Rob Rider, Partner, Bradford Licensing LLC
- A K Goyal, General Manager, IDBI Bank
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| 16:00 - 16:45 |
Keynotes:
Focus Area
- Entrepreneurship the road ahead
- Satya Narayanan, Chairman, Career Launcher
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| 16:45 - 17:45 |
Session 6: Handling a fast moving Business: Slow Down and Speed up
Focus Area
Keynote:
- Measuring your Business performance
- Why focusing on core business helps
- Managing your finances & Risks: Juggling Growth with consolidation
- National is the sum of many locals and Balancing being a national /International Brand whilst also presenting a relevant local offer in each community is the key to meet the needs of the 'globally connected consumer'.
- Session Moderator: Shreyasi Singh. Managing Editor, Inc. India, 9 DOT 9 Media,
- Jagdeep Chhabra, Chairman and Managing Director, Chhabra555
- Sandeep Ahuja, MD, VLCC
- C K Kumaravel, MD, Naturals Beauty Saloon, India Ltd.
- Ritu Kumar, Founder Ritu Kumar
- Mr. Harish Bahl, Founder, Fashion and You
- Pradeep Hirani Managing Director, Kimaya Fashions Pvt. Ltd
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| 17:45 - 18:00 |
Tea |
| 18:00 Onwards |
Proceed towards Exhibition Hall |
