8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Tea & Registration
Inaugural Session
9:30 a.m.- 9:40 a.m.
Welcoming of Guests and lighting of lamps
9:40 a.m.- 9:50 a.m.
Inaugural remarks by Saritha Venumbaka, Chief Operating Officer-WEConnect International
9:50 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Welcome message from Kalpana Dube, Board of Directors- WEConnect India INT Association
10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
Keynote Speech – David J.Ranz, US Consul General- Mumbai
10:15 a.m. – 10:25 a.m.
Key Sponsor Message- Renju Verghese, Talent Procurement Lead – GDS I Business Enablement, EYGBS (India) LLP
10:25 a.m.- 10:35 a.m.
Key Sponsor Message- Pradeep Jadhav, Sr. Strategic Sourcing Manager, Greater Asia Region, Intel
10:35 a.m. -10:45 a.m.
ThinkBig 2019 Awards Presentation (WELead, WEInspire & WEReach)
10:45 a.m. – 10:55 a.m.
Special Message- Matt Ingeneri, Economic Growth Unit Chief at U.S. Embassy India
10:55 a.m. – 11:05 a.m.
ThinkBig 2019 Kick-off Message - Krithika Ram, Program Director- India, WEConnect International
11:05 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.
Networking Tea & Visit to WEExpo Stalls
11:50 a.m. – 12:05 p.m.
WEEnlight Talk- “Growing SME in Indian Dynamics without being Funded” Aakanksha Bhargava- CEO- PM Relocations
12:05 a.m. – 12:25 p.m.
WELearn-Workshop on “Power of Difference – Diversity and Inclusiveness @ EY” by Vikas Lashkari, Head of India Practice Procurement – Ernst & Young Services Pvt Ltd
12:25 a.m. – 12:40 p.m.
WEEnlight Talk- “Women Need to be Financially Empowered to be Really Empowered”- Ratnasri Karra, Founder- Her-Mony
12:40 p.m.- 12:50 p.m.
Session on “U.S.-Pakistan Women’s Council and Regional Women’s Economic Empowerment” by Radhika Prabhu, Executive Director, U.S.-Pakistan Women’s Council, U.S. Department of State
12:50 p.m.- 1:10 p.m.
WELearn- Workshop on “Supplier Diversity at IBM” by Sangita Vinaik, Procurement Leader - Travel Centre of Excellence for AP, India Centre Leader, IBM
1:10 p.m.-2:10 p.m.
Networking Lunch
2:10 p.m.- 2:30 p.m.
WELearn- Workshop on “Building an Inclusive Business” by Abhishek Shrivastav, Senior Manager Cx Category & Operations Lead (India Procurement), Accenture
2:30 p.m.- 2:50 p.m.
WELearn-Workshop on “Cisco India Supplier Diversity – Year 1” by Devika Suresh Wagchorey, Procurement Manager- Global Procurement Services, Cisco
Parallel Session for WOBs on "How to take
your Business Global with WEConnect
International" by Mrinalini Venkatachalam-
Regional Director, South East Asia and
Oceania, WEConnect International
(At the Majestic Ball Room)
4:15 p.m.- 4:30 p.m.
Closing Remarks
4:30 p.m. Onwards