Infovision
Encyclopedia
InfoVision is an annual global business
and academic conference
in India that brings together the knowledge and information society stakeholders for focussed discussions on topics of interest to this community. Organized in the form of sessions, each session has internationally known thought leaders drawn from industry, government, academia and the public sector lead the discussions. Past speakers include Raghunath Anant Mashelkar
(2005), S. Sadagopan
(2005 & 2006), Sam Pitroda
(2006), Ashok Soota
(2006), Jimmy Wales
(2006), Shoba Purushothaman
(2006), Ajit Balakrishnan
(2005, 2006 & 2007), F C Kohli (2007).
The first two InfoVision gatherings in 2005 and 2006 were held in Bangalore, India. InfoVision 2007 was held in Mumbai, India. InfoVision 2006 had the theme knowledge, content and community. InfoVision 2007 had the theme social networks, knowledge discovery and innovation.
sponsored the Thomson Innovation Award at InfoVision. This award is designed to recognize innovation and entrepreneurship in India. Award winners are selected from small and medium-sized enterprises headquartered in India. The award winner is decided by analyzing their innovation through patented technology. The criteria for the award includes the number of patents, the efficiency of innovation and the impact of innovation as measured by patent citations.
Convention (meeting)
A convention, in the sense of a meeting, is a gathering of individuals who meet at an arranged place and time in order to discuss or engage in some common interest. The most common conventions are based upon industry, profession, and fandom...
and academic conference
Academic conference
An academic conference or symposium is a conference for researchers to present and discuss their work. Together with academic or scientific journals, conferences provide an important channel for exchange of information between researchers.-Overview:Conferences are usually composed of various...
in India that brings together the knowledge and information society stakeholders for focussed discussions on topics of interest to this community. Organized in the form of sessions, each session has internationally known thought leaders drawn from industry, government, academia and the public sector lead the discussions. Past speakers include Raghunath Anant Mashelkar
Raghunath Anant Mashelkar
Raghunath Anant Mashelkar is also known as Ramesh Mashelkar. He is the former Director General of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research , a chain of 38 publicly funded industrial research and development institutions in India....
(2005), S. Sadagopan
S. Sadagopan
Professor S. Sadagopan is the Founder Director of the International Institute of Information Technology - Bangalore, a new generation Institute, promoted jointly by the Government of Karnataka and the IT industry in 1999....
(2005 & 2006), Sam Pitroda
Sam Pitroda
Satyanarayan Gangaram Pitroda popularly known as Sam Pitroda is an inventor, entrepreneur and policymaker. Currently Advisor to the Prime Minister of India on Public Information Infrastructure & Innovations, he is also widely considered to have been responsible for India’s communications revolution...
(2006), Ashok Soota
Ashok Soota
Ashok Soota was the co-founder and executive chairman of the Indian IT consulting company MindTree. Earlier he was the CEO of Wipro Infotech from 1984 to 1999. Soota holds a B.E. degree in electrical engineering from University of Roorkee and a MBA from the Asian Institute of Management in the...
(2006), Jimmy Wales
Jimmy Wales
Jimmy Donal "Jimbo" Wales is an American Internet entrepreneur best known as a co-founder and promoter of the online non-profit encyclopedia Wikipedia and the Wikia company....
(2006), Shoba Purushothaman
Shoba Purushothaman
Shoba Purushothaman , from Malaysia, iscurrently Chairman of , a company created when TheNewsMarket, a digital news video platform co-founded by Shoba Purushothaman and her business partner Anthony Hayward, acquired NASDAQ-listed Medialink in 2009....
(2006), Ajit Balakrishnan
Ajit Balakrishnan
Ajit Balakrishnan is the Founder, Chairman & CEO of Rediff.com , an internet company listed on the New York NASDAQ market . He is a graduate of IIM Calcutta where he also now serves as Chairman of the Board of Governors. He graduated with Bachelors degree in Physics from Kerala University...
(2005, 2006 & 2007), F C Kohli (2007).
The first two InfoVision gatherings in 2005 and 2006 were held in Bangalore, India. InfoVision 2007 was held in Mumbai, India. InfoVision 2006 had the theme knowledge, content and community. InfoVision 2007 had the theme social networks, knowledge discovery and innovation.
Awards
In 2007 Thomson ScientificThomson Scientific
Thomson Scientific was one of the five operating divisions of The Thomson Corporation until 2008. Following the merger of Thomson with Reuters to form Thomson Reuters in 2008, it became the Scientific business unit of the new company. In 2009, the Scientific business came together with the...
sponsored the Thomson Innovation Award at InfoVision. This award is designed to recognize innovation and entrepreneurship in India. Award winners are selected from small and medium-sized enterprises headquartered in India. The award winner is decided by analyzing their innovation through patented technology. The criteria for the award includes the number of patents, the efficiency of innovation and the impact of innovation as measured by patent citations.