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Bengaluru’s technology ecosystem is undergoing a profound shift as organizations embed artificial intelligence deeper into product development, software engineering, and enterprise operations. As companies expand globally connected development centers and scale innovation across distributed teams, the way employees collaborate, access tools, and interact with digital environments is changing rapidly. This shift is placing new expectations on workplace infrastructure to support faster decision-making, seamless coordination across geographies, and more intelligent ways of working.
In this environment, business leaders are increasingly prioritizing workplace modernization and workforce experience as strategic levers for productivity, innovation, and resilience. For CIOs and digital leaders, the workplace must now enable seamless communication, intelligent collaboration, and secure digital workflows, ensuring globally distributed product teams can innovate faster while maintaining visibility, governance, and operational control.
At the same time, organizations are navigating several critical pressures:
In this new paradigm, the endpoint is no longer just a device — it is the frontline of workforce experience and enterprise productivity, enabling more intelligent interactions, frictionless collaboration, and secure digital work environments for globally distributed teams. Organizations poised to lead must therefore reimagine workplace strategies with intelligence embedded across devices, collaboration platforms, and everyday workflows.
The Elite Leadership Club is an exclusive playground where we bring together Bengaluru’s most forward-thinking CIOs and technology decision makers in a round-table format for a curated dialogue on how intelligent endpoints, AI-enabled collaboration platforms, and secure digital workspaces can help organizations strengthen workforce experience, enable seamless coordination across global teams, and power the next phase of innovation and productivity.
A Signature Leadership Conversation
“Workspace Re-Imagined with Intelligence Everywhere”
Hosted in Bengaluru, this round table is designed to foster elevated discourse, clarity of thought, and meaningful professional connections among visionary leaders.
Expertly Guided Dialogue
Moderated by VIJAY SETHI—Board Member, Management Advisor, and one of India’s most respected Digital Transformation & Sustainability Evangelists — the conversation will uncover how leaders can architect a workplace that is intelligent, adaptive, and experience-led.
CMR will present a distilled executive view into the new dynamics shaping the intelligent workplace, including evolving employee expectations, workforce behaviour patterns, and the strategic centrality of intelligent endpoints.
HP will showcase the next era of work with a first-hand demonstration of:
Engage with a carefully curated group of CIOs and technology leaders to explore strategic priorities in:
This private session is intended for CIOs & CTOs, Heads of IT Infrastructure, Digital Workplace & EUC Leaders, Collaboration & Future-of-Work Strategists, and Technology leaders championing AI-led transformation.
“Building an AI-Powered,
People-Centric Workplace”
AI is transforming how we work, collaborate, and lead. But how can CIOs harness its true potential to drive business value, enhance productivity, and empower their workforce?
This gathering will spark real conversations on:
Discovery Workshop: How to build a modern, people-centric workplace with the power of AI and other tools
Board Member, Management Advisor, Digital Transformation And Sustainability Evangelist.
Moderated by
Vijay Sethi
Board Member, Management Advisor,
Digital Transformation,
and Sustainability Evangelist.
Board Member, Management Advisor, Digital Transformation, and Sustainability Evangelist.
Sr. VP – Research & Editor, CyberMedia Research
Sr. VP – Research & Editor, CyberMedia Research
Anil has a knack for spotting the latest technology trends and has conducted many path-breaking market studies, technology priorities and technology implementations across enterprises in India. He closely tracks the AI space, has done many studies and written expert blogs around the technology.
Anil has worked with CyberMedia in various capacities, with his last role being the Group Editor-Technology for all CyberMedia publications, including PCQuest, Dataquest, Voice and Data, and CIOL.com. He has also benchmarked and tested a wide variety of IT products and services, during his stint with CyberMedia Labs, the country’s first vendor-neutral product testing facility.
Anil is a sought after speaker, and has delivered sessions and moderated panel discussions at various prestigious CIO forums on topics relevant for IT decision makers across SMBs and large enterprises. He also gets invited regularly by leading enterprises (like Indian Oil, PSU Banks, etc.) to deliver expert talks to their internal IT teams.
An engineer and MBA by training, Anil has a passion for analyzing technology and delivering insights. A multi-channel content specialist, he also writes regularly about the latest enterprise technologies and trends.
The Venue: A Setting for Inspired Leadership
ITC Gardenia, Bengaluru, reflects a distinctive blend of modern luxury and ecological consciousness, inspired by the vision of a “garden city.” Designed as one of India’s pioneering LEED Platinum-rated luxury hotels, the venue harmonizes contemporary architecture with lush green aesthetics, natural elements, and thoughtfully curated interiors. Located in the heart of Bengaluru’s central business district, ITC Gardenia offers an environment where sustainability meets sophistication, creating a calm yet refined setting for meaningful conversations. Its elegant spaces and serene ambiance provide the perfect backdrop for insightful discussions, strategic thinking, and impactful exchanges among technology leaders.
In this curated environment, you will engage with senior technology leaders to explore how intelligent devices and collaboration ecosystems are redefining workplace expectations—and what forward-thinking organizations must do to stay ahead.
The Trident, Gurugram’s serene low-rise architecture—blends Moroccan, Mughal, and Rajasthani influences with expansive gardens, courtyards, and calming water features. The interplay of light, space, and nature creates an atmosphere of quiet luxury and thoughtful elegance, making it an exceptional setting for deep thinking and high-calibre leadership dialogue.
CIOs, CTOs, Heads of IT Infrastructure, Digital Workplace Leaders, and Collaboration Strategy Decision-Makers across industries.
Participation is by invitation only, with limited seating to ensure a high-quality, immersive leadership experience.
Business and Product Builder, Startup Investor, Ex-AWS- OpenSearch and Observability, GM- SentinelOne DataSet
Business and Product Builder, Startup Investor, Ex-AWS- OpenSearch and Observability, GM- SentinelOne DataSet
Managing Director – India & SAARC, SentinelOne
Executive Editor-Special Projects, CyberMedia
Executive Editor-Special Projects, CyberMedia
Minu has been covering Information and communications technology (ICT) along with cyber
security for over a decade. Her expertise extends beyond the written word – she is an adept moderator who has facilitated dynamic panel discussions and round tables across a diverse spectrum of topics. As a driving force in fostering conversations about Enterprise IT, Cybersecurity, and Telecom, she thrives on bringing together thought leaders to dissect and decode the most pressing issues shaping our digital future.
She has been the founding team member for Biztech2.com and Biztech2 TV at Network18. She has also been briefly associated with Deloitte as a Deputy Manager for their Financial Forensics International department in Mumbai.
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