25th Annual Georgia Tech Global Business Forum & 10th Annual USA India Business Forum

USA India Business Summit (UIBS) and  Georgia Tech CIBER present 2019 UIBS and Georgia Tech Global Business Forum (GTGBF) “Global Advanced Industries: Creating Local Opportunities.”

The event focus areas are Smart Manufacturing, Internet of Things (IoT), Smart Cities, and Agtech and Urban Agriculture.

This is a two day business conference with a networking reception on August 27th (included in early registration fee)

•  Company/project visits by foreign companies/delegates
• Meet top level executives from 40+ companies.
• 26 distinguished speakers & 400+ delegates to participate (including Reception)

Speakers confirmed/invited* (as of Aug. 10th)

• Mr. Peter Heintzelman, President and CEO, Cobb EMC
• Mr. Stuart C. Countess, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)/Vice President, Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia
• Dr. Sandra Jordan, Chancellor, University of South Carolina Aiken,
• Dr. Yves Berthelot, Vice Provost of International Initiatives, Georgia Tech
• Dr. Bernard Kippelen, Joseph M. Pettit Professor of Electrical Engineering, Georgia Tech & Co-President of Institut Lafayette, France
• Dr. Jagdish Sheth, The Charles H. Kellstadt Professor of Marketing, Goizueta Business School, Emory University
• Ms. Peggy Gulick, Global Director for Digital Transformation in Manufacturing, AGCO
• Mr. Venkatesh Kini, Co-Founder, Ubuntoo and former President of India & Southwest Asia operations, The Coca-Cola Company
• Mr. Vincent Noirbent, Vice President – Corporate & Product Planning, PSA NA, Inc.
• Mr. John W. Woodward, Senior Director, Global Commerce, Metro Atlanta Chamber
• Dr. Benn R. Konsynski*, George S. Craft Professor in Information Systems & Operations Management, Emory University
• Mr. Mario Cambardella, Urban Agriculture Director, Mayor’s Office, City of Atlanta
• Mr. Jesse Lafian, Founder and Inventor, Wireless Irrigation
• Mr. Jim McCutcheon, CEO, Copiana
• Mr. Nilesh Khanolkar, Co-Founder, SynergyConnect, India
• Mr. Markus Rimmele, Managing Director US Service with Koch Packaging Systems Inc.
• Mr. Chris Schulze, Business Development Manager, Advantech Corporation, IIoT Group
• Mr. Jose Aranguren, Manager – Industrial IT Solutions, INP North America, Inc. Member of the Actemium Network
• Mr. Alain Louchez, Managing Director, Georgia Tech Center for the Development and Application of Internet of Things Technologies. – Internet of Things (IoT)
• Dr. Timo Sandritter, Chief Operating Officer, Haufe
• Ms. Lynne Henkiel, Director, Innovation Ecosystems, A Unit of the Enterprise Innovation Institute, GaTech
• Mr. Ben H. Easterling, IoT Smart Cities Strategic Alliance Lead, AT&T
• Ms. Debra Lam, Managing Director of Smart Cities and Inclusive innovation for Georgia Tech

Strategic/Sponsoring partners (as of Aug. 10th)

• Georgia Dept. of Economic Development
• Metro Atlanta Chamber
• TAJ
• Novelis
• Turkish Airlines
• Cobb EMC
• ICICI Bank Limited
• Manhattan Associates
• USIBRC
• CHUGH, LLP
• USC Aiken
• MAAI

Early Registration Fees

-Both days and Reception – $199/person/

-Day 1 with Reception – $129

-Day 2 – $99