The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Southern Region, in partnership with Tamil Nadu Technology Development and Promotion Center (TNTDPC) is organising a two day Conference on Advanced Technologies in Security Systems with the theme of "Securing Business and Beyond" on 29th - 30th January 2010 at Hotel Accord Metropolitan, T Nagar, Chennai.

The objectives of the Conference are to facilitate knowledge flow by working with international organisations through bi-lateral/multi-lateral cooperation mechanisms, know the effects of high technology on internal security; forging partnerships for collaborative research and product development with Indian industry and interacting with the government to establish policy. The conference shall pave way for collaborative industrial product development, exploring new markets and mutual investment opportunities. The conference could play a vital role in understanding the current security requirements with reference to businesses and other societal requirements. It would enable stakeholders to better cater to the current security needs.

Sessions in the conference are expected to be around:

• Internal Security Awareness.
• Advanced Technologies in Security Systems.
• Sharing Best Practises in Security Systems.
• Future approach – Defence Internal Security.
• Way ahead: Technology for security and early warning.
• Panel Discussion on Technological Advancement in Security Systems.
• Facilitations on the new technologies in Security systems.
  

Around 200-250 senior management personnel from diverse industries from all over India and overseas are expected to attend this conference. They would be senior management personnel from manufacturers of security products, Central / State Ministers, Government Departments (Central & State), Police Officials, Industrialists, R&D Directors, Project Investment Managers, R&D Project Managers, Product Managers, General Engineers, Project management and Engineers Creating Security Systems / Science and Technology Institutes / R&D, Companies handling Security Systems/Surveillance / Accreditation Agency on security systems / Academicians, Institutions, Policy makers and many others.

Prominent experts in the field from the government and the industry are being invited as speakers and to make presentations at this conference. Some of the eminent speakers being invited are:

INVITED SPEAKERS

• Mr P Chidambaram, Home Minister, Govt. of India.
• Mr Shekhar Dutt, Deputy National Security Adviser, Govt. of India
• Mr Niraj Ranjan Das, IPS, DG, CISF
• Mr Prakash Singh, IPS (Retd.), Former Director General, BSF
• Mrs S Malathi, IAS, Principal Secretary, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Govt. of Tamil Nadu.
• Mr K P Jain, IPS, Director General of Police, Tamil Nadu Police.
• Lt Gen (Retd) V S Raghavan, President, Centre for Security Analysis (CSA)
• Vice Adml. Raman Puri (Retd), Sr. Specialist in Network Centric Specialist
• Brig Jen (Rtd) Dato' Tunku Izham Yusoff, Chairman, Ronin Security, Malaysia
• Dr Kiren Bedi, IPS (Retd.), Former DGP & Chairperson, India Vision Foundation
• Mr R Srikumar, IPS (Retd), Former DGP, Karnataka
• Mr Venkatesh Valluri, President, Ingersoll Rand International India
• Mr Pravin Srinivasan, Regional Manager – South, Advanced Technology, Cisco Systems (India) Pvt. Ltd.
• Mr Rajan Nagarajan, Head – Solutions, Corporate Group, Satyam Computer Services Ltd.
• Mr Dinesh Pillai, CEO, Mahindra SSG Special Services Group
• Mr K Muralikrishna, Vice President and Head, Computer & Communication, Infosys Technologies Ltd.
• Mr Ashish Sonal, Chief Executive Officer, Orkash
• Mr Subodh Vardhan, Director and Country Head, Motorola India G&PS
• Dr Preetha Reddy, Managing Director, Apollo Hospital
• Mr Pushkar Gokhale, General Manager, Godrej Security Solutions
• Mr Arif Khan, Director – Marketing, Ericsson India Pvvt LTd.
• Brig. Gurmeet Kanwal, Director, Centre for Land Warfare Studies
• Dr Saifuddin Bharmal, CEO, Lookman Electroplast Industries Ltd.
• Dr K U Bhaskar Rao, Director, DMSRDE
  (Many more eminent speakers are also being invited).

INDUSTRY

• We are inviting companies like Microsoft, Cisco, HCL, IBM, Wipro, L&T, Ericsson, Infosys, Mahindra Defence Systems, Motorola, SAP India, Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, Oracle, Price Water House Coopers Pvt Ltd, Private Eye (P) Ltd., Intel Design Systems, Religare Enterprises Limited, E I Dupont India Ltd , Bharat Electronics Ltd, Alcatel – Lucent, Axsys, Avital Security Systems, Defence Research and Development Establishment (DRDE), Texas Instruments, Honeywell International (India), TUV India, Autotechs, Axis Technologies, Allsec Technosoft Ltd, Elkosta Security Systems India, Apsecuritas, Bosch India, Insta, Ordon, EADS Defence & Security, Soft Systems, Ingersoll Rand International India Limited, Totem International Ltd., Zicom Electronic Security Systems, Group4 Securities, Many more reputed companies are also expected to participate in this conference.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

• Chairmen / CEOs / COOs of Companies
• OEMs of Security Systems and Products
• Defence Department
• Factories / Production Centre
• Technicians / Engineers / Security Personnel
• IT Companies
• Travel and Tour Operators
• Hospitals
• Electronics and Consumer Goods Manufacturers
• Home Department – Police Force
• Vice Chancellors/ University Deans/Institutions / Students