AGILE AHMEDABAD 2024 CONFERENCE
Theme : The Next Frontier - Driving Business Transformation
About The Conference
Agile Ahmedabad is community organised event under the umbrella of Agile Network India. Our mission is to build an Open and Quality Knowledge base access, by a connected network to learn and share, and anchor global thought leadership. Agile Ahmedabad is learning and knowledge sharing platform created by people from various experience. This platform would help enthusiast to explore and learn the Agile Leadership and Management skills with global thought leaders.
Agile Ahmedabad 2024 Conference's title theme is The Next Frontier: Driving Business Transformation. The sub-themes associated with this theme are:
Innovative Startups: Sustainable Success, Maximized Returns AI and Agile: Catalyzing scalable business Ethical Vibes: Thriving with Sustainable Goals Boosting business performance with modern learning technology
Panel Theme
Blended Learning: Immersive, Affordable & Relevant
Blended learning combines traditional in-person instruction with digital education, creating an immersive and engaging experience. Using tools like virtual reality (VR) and simulations, it places learners in realistic, interactive environments. This method requires updating syllabi, training teachers, and ensuring affordable access to technology. It has to be cost-effective, reducing travel and material expenses, and offer flexibility by allowing access to resources anytime, anywhere. Blended learning should ensure training is highly relevant, tailored to individual needs and industry standards. By learning through doing, learners better understand and remember the material, driving better retention and application. This enhances both personal and business performance.
AI driven Data Culture Propelling Business Agility
Enterprises today face the challenge of analyzing and synthesizing vast amounts of diverse, high-velocity data. They continuously seek ways to leverage this data for better decision-making and improved business outcomes. By integrating AI technologies with agile principles, enterprises can unlock deeper insights, automate decision-making, and swiftly adapt to market changes. This synergy enables rapid innovation, optimized operations, and enhanced customer experiences. Empowered with AI-driven data tools, employees can make more informed decisions, driving strategic growth. Ultimately, fostering an AI-driven data culture propels business agility, ensuring sustained competitiveness and success in an ever-evolving market. However, enterprises must also cultivate this data-centric culture while identifying and addressing associated risks and challenges.
AI in Cybersecurity
In an era of rapid digital transformation, Artificial Intelligence has become a critical tool for cybersecurity—enabling faster threat detection, predictive analysis, and automated response systems. However, the same AI capabilities that bolster cyber defenses are also being harnessed by cybercriminals to launch sophisticated, adaptive attacks. This panel will explore the dual role of AI as both a defender and a potential threat to cybersecurity. Experts will discuss the challenges, ethical considerations, and strategies to leverage AI responsibly, ensuring it remains an asset for protection rather than a tool for harm.
Startups: Building Resilience amid Challenges and Opportunities
Innovative startups navigate a landscape of challenges like market volatility, technological disruptions, and shifting consumer preferences. Building a resilient business model is essential for sustainable success, enabling adaptation to uncertainties
Expert Speakers
Experts and Professionals from around the globe
The Review Committee comprises the Conference Chairperson and the Reviewers. The Review Process is led by the Conference Chairperson. The Reviewers follow the defined Review Process to assess and select the session proposals that are submitted through the Call for Proposal process The Conference Chairperson is responsible for defining the final program through exercising a formal consensus with the Reviewers.
The world is changing faster than before, presenting Enterprises with the constant challenge of sustaining their business model. Stakeholders demand returns on the investment in cutting-edge technology and human talent development. With ever increasing digital footprint, Artificial intelligence has emerged as a pivotal driver for innovation across industries. However, this advancement brings real concerns about privacy, bias, ethics, job displacement, carbon footprint, etc. Therefore, it is imperative for humankind to pursue responsible and collaborative development and implement regulations that harness AI while mitigating risks to Society and the Planet.
Sub-themes
Innovative Startups: Sustainable Success, Maximized Returns
Why should agile entrepreneurs integrate ESG principles? At times, new companies disrupt the market with niche products or services, but scalability becomes a challenge. Aligning ethical and responsible practices with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adds to this complexity. The global community expects inclusive growth, environmental safety, and social equity.
AI and Agile: Catalyzing Scalable Business
The world is undergoing a profound transformation with the increasing integration of AI in industrial processes and daily life. AI is automating tasks and also augmenting capabilities, revolutionizing operations across industries. This technological leap accelerates innovation, streamlines design processes, and offers invaluable insights into market dynamics and customer behavior, optimizing go-to-market strategies for startups, SMEs and large enterprises.
Agile practices complement this transformation, fostering adaptability and continuous improvement in operational efficiency. The synergy between AI and Agile serves as a potent catalyst for scalable business growth, enabling companies to achieve higher ROI through increased productivity, reduced costs, and enhanced market responsiveness. Join us to explore how leveraging AI and Agile together can propel your business towards scalable success.
Ethical Vibes: Thriving with Sustainable Goals
Aligning ethical and responsible practices with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is crucial for fostering global technological innovation. By prioritizing fairness, transparency, and accountability in the development and deployment of technology, we can ensure that advancements contribute positively to society. This approach promotes inclusive growth, environmental safety, and social equity, creating a synergy that enhances societal well-being. Moreover, it ensures that business-driven innovations support a sustainable future for all, balancing progress with responsibility and long-term global impact.
We invite your proposals to showcase how ethical practices and SDGs can drive global technological innovation for a sustainable future.
Boosting Business Performance with Modern Learning Technology
The Education Industry faces the challenge of rapidly building employable future talent as students, teachers and faculties strive to keep pace with changing times. Business Enterprises similarly struggle to maintain a workforce with evolving industry skills.
The debate of "Teaching, Training versus Learning" is taking prominence. There is a gradual shift from Learning Management System to immersive Learning Experience System. With AI, Cloud, and ever growing internet usage, the Accessibility and affordability to the common person are becoming the key discussion points. This evolution emphasizes the need for continuous upskilling of human talent, demonstrating a growth mindset, for continuous learnability tapping the benefits of technology. This sub theme revolves around these challenges.
18th November 2024
