Mr. Sebastian has over 20 years of experience leading and managing complex technical design teams in multiple industries across Europe and Asia. His experience includes handling turnkey projects in the fields of automotive technologies and defence platforms.

He is currently the Director of Advanced Engineering for autonomous solutions at ST Engineering. During his journey at ST Engineering, he grew to take on several leadership roles, among them being Head of Automated Driving Vehicle Modelling, Head of System Engineering and Operations for automated driving and Director of Commercial Business Development.

Early in his career, as an entrepreneur Mr. Sebastian co-founded Innova Learning 1998, to improve the thinking process of students. Mr. Sebastian has a Master of Science in smart product design from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and is a mechanical engineering graduate from the University of Queensland.

Dr. Ganga Reddy has over 23 years of experience in Aerospace industry. He currently leads the delivery function of Aerospace & Defense Mechanical Division in HCL Technologies. In his current role he also leads the Engineering R&D Services, and is responsible for business operations, customer relationships, and incubation of new service lines. In his earlier roles at HCL, he led the CAE center of excellence for Aero, Auto and Industrial verticals, as well as other varied roles in project and technical management.

A skilled orator, an accomplished leader of R&D programs and an excellent team leader, Dr. Ganga Reddy has worked with several organizations such as GE India and Assystem, KSIT and Dias Engineering in various roles.

He holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from University of Vishweshwarya College of Engineering as well as engineering degrees in mechanical engineering and machine design.

Shyam is a Principal Business Development Manager & Go-To-Market (GTM) Specialist on the High Performance Computing (HPC) team at AWS. He is currently focused on developing and growing the Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE) and Digital Twin business at AWS, and previously led the development of the Autonomous Vehicle (AV) GTM strategy at AWS. Shyam brings 20+ years of engineering and scientific computing experience, having held various technical, sales, and business development leadership roles in the Aerospace, Engineering Software, and IT industries.

He has a Master's degree in Mechanical Systems Engineering with specialization in structural mechanics, multi-disciplinary optimization, design automation/exploration and high performance computing (HPC). In his current role, Shyam helps customers navigate and leverage the technical capabilities, elasticity, and scale of AWS to innovate faster and accelerate their product development process.

He has pursued his Bachelor of Engineering, 2010 in MECHANCAL ENGINEERING from RV College of Engineering, Bangalore and his Master of Science in Manufacturing Technology Engineering, 2012 from Warwick University, UK. He founded Objectify Technologies right after returning from UK in 2013, at SIIC Incubation Centre at IIT Kanpur.

Paolo Guglielmini is President, Manufacturing Intelligence Division. Mr. Guglielmini leads the strategic and commercial development of Hexagon's Smart Factory Solutions in the world of manufacturing. He has served in key roles since joining Hexagon in 2010 - from strategy and business development to mergers and acquisitions - and most recently as the president over Hexagon's Smart Factory design & engineering portfolio.

Since joining Hexagon in 2010, Paolo has served in multiple roles in business development, product management and M&A, ultimately as EVP of Business Development. He has been highly instrumental in leading Hexagon's evolution from a leader in dimensional metrology to a provider of software-centric quality solutions across the lifecycle.

Previously, Paolo served as Consultant at Accenture in the Technology practice and Project Leader at CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research). Paolo holds a MSc. in Mechanical Engineering and an MBA from the IMD Business School.

Mr. Kato is a pioneer in the Japanese CAE market. He has over 25 years of experience in the CAE industry and over 30 years in FEM. Mr. Kato started his career with Cray Research Inc. as a Structural Analysis Specialist. During his tenure at Cray and SGI as Marketing Director, Sales Director, and Managing Director, he played a major role in shaping the HPC market in Japan. He later went on to be Executive Vice President of Engineous Software, Inc. and Representative Director/President of Engineous Japan, Inc., covering the Asia/Pacific Region where he consecutively generated more than 50% of the company's worldwide revenue.

Most recently, he was the General Manager of SLM Asia/Pacific at Dassault Systemes Simulia Corp. as a result of the Engineous acquisition of Dassault Systemes. Mr. Kato is often invited as a keynote speaker and lecturer for various academic and industrial institutions. He holds an MS Degree from the Pennsylvania State University and was elected as a fellow member of JSME (Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers) for his contribution on Computational Mechanics and Design Engineering.

An alumnus of IIT Madras and having over 20 years of experience in CAE across multiple industries including Automotive, Electronics, Energy, Consumer Products and Life Science Dr. Kailasam comes from Thornton Tomasetti where he drove the expansion of the Applied Science consulting practice into Life Science. Prior to that he led various successful R&D, Product Management and Industry initiatives at Dassault Systemes for well over a decade.

Makoto holds a Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Keio University in Japan and has spent his whole career in Software Cradle since 2002 starting as a Computer Programmer to become Product Manager, then Head of Development, and since 2019, President and CEO of Software Cradle, that is now a Hexagon company. He is passionate about delivering quality Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software that is fast, accurate yet usable by engineers around the world to solve real-world engineering problems.

Mr. Sridhar Dharmarajan leads the Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence Business Operations and P&L for India. He is responsible for India sales and operations for the Hexagon Metrology and Production Software portfolios, as well as MSC Software and Q-DAS. He also oversees the MSC Software Indo-Pacific regional business operations across India, ASEAN, Australia, and New Zealand. At MSC Software, he was instrumental in establishing the company's first sales office in the region in 2007. Prior to this he worked with various organisations such as MatrixOne, Wipro and SDRC (now Siemens PLM).

In the early 2000s, Mr. Dharmarajan was a successful entrepreneur; he set up Bluefont Technologies and Pixtel communications (Pixtel was sold to Mindtek, Taiwan). He has won many accolades throughout his career; he was recently acknowledged as one of the most promising business leaders of Asia at the Economic Times Asian Business Leaders Conclave in 2020.

Mr. Dharmarajan completed a Master's degree in Engineering from the Indian Institute of Science Bangalore. He also has management, business and leadership accreditations from ICFAI, Harvard University and Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.

Dr. Sarma Akella has been with Mahindra & Mahindra since March 2015, currently working as Vice President - CAE & Materials Engineering. Prior to this, he was with Ashok Leyland for 7 years, worked as General Manager - 'Product Verification (CAE) and Benchmarking in Product Development, Technical Center, Chennai. In his earlier career, Dr. Akella worked with Eaton India Engineering Center - Pune as Engineering Manager for Modeling and Simulation CoE (Center of Excellence) and also worked with General Electric as a Product Specialist in GE Industrial Systems. Completed his Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering from Osmania University, Hyderabad.

Masters in Gas Dynamics from Aerospace Engineering, IIT, Madras, and PhD in Mechanical Engineering, IIT, Madras. He did his Post-Doctoral research at Cranfield University, the U.K on Aircraft Icing predictions and anti-icing methods. He has about 25 years of total experience in the field of CAE simulations applied to Automotive / Industrial products. He has four publications in refereed international journals and several conference papers in the field of Fluid Mechanics / Gas dynamics / Durability analysis / Materials/Combustion. He has guided 2 students so far for Ph.D. in the fields of Combustion and Light Weight Materials He is actively participating in evaluating technical papers for SAE and officiated as a judge for several CAE conferences (MSC and Others) in selecting the best papers in the field of CAE.

Mr. Vidit Jain is the Chief Technology Officer of Ralson Tyres, a leading tyre manufacturing company in India that produces and exports bicycle tubes and tyres. He is currently leading a greenfield project for Ralson Tyres, that plans to expand its footprint to commercial tyre segments. In his career of 25 years, Mr. Jain has worked with leading tyre MNCs and led design and development for some of the most widely-used tyres.

Prior to joining Ralson, was the Chief of Technology, Research and Development at ATC Tires, which was part of the Yokohoma Group. He has also held positions with Giti Tire, JK Tyre and Apollo Tyres in various capacities.

Mr. Vidit Jain has a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering, and a national first rank holder in rubber technology from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.

Mr. Ashok Ramachandran is the Chief Executive Officer & President of Schindler India. Having started his journey at Schindler in 2006, he has spent over a decade in the company in various roles. He served as Regional General Manager Queensland for Schindler Lifts, and as Managing Director for Jardine Schindler Group for Vietnam and later for Malaysia and Brunei.

Mr. Ashok Ramachandran is recognized as one of the industry's leaders in the Economic Times '40underForty' list. Developing and coaching talent, designing and guiding strategy, sales management, end-to-end active P&L management, and generating results in a variety of markets and environments are among his accomplishments.

He holds a Bachelor's of Engineering in Instrumentation and Control from SRM University and a Master's degree in Industrial Engineering from Swinburne University of Technology, Australia.

Dr Nagahanumaiah is a Director, Central Manufacturing Technology Institute (CMTI), Bengaluru. He has served as Chief Scientist & Head of Micro-Nano Systems Technology Group, for two decades in CSIR-Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, Durgapur. He received PhD from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Masters in Tool Engineering from Indo-Danish Tool Room, Bangalore and Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering from Bangalore University. He has 28 years of professional experience that includes as a Head of National R&D institute, Research scientist, teaching faculty and as a Tool designer in industrial tool rooms.

He was the Nodal Officer, successfully implemented three major multi institutional network projects in Micro Machines & Smart Manufacturing areas. He was also Principal Investigator in multi-institutional international projects like Indo-EU-FP7 & Indo-US project in related areas of micro-nano manufacturing. He is credited with 105 research papers, 6 patents and successful development of three micro machines. He has guided 6 PhD and 18 M.Tech. students, currently guiding 10 PhD scholars. He has contributed in several roles as a Chairman and member of national committees, governing councils of other technical institutions.

He is a recipient of 'BOYSCAST Fellowship' and 'Raman Research Fellowship'. He is one of the recipients of the 'We Think for India' award from the Prime Minister of India for the Indian Manufacturing Policy draft prepared in 2003. In 2017, he was awarded as a Distinguished Scientist by Venus International Foundation. He is a member of International Association of Engineers, UK & Member of International Institution for Micromanufacturing (I2M2), USA.

An engineer with a management degree, Mr. Ravi Raghavan was the Managing Director for the India Region of the HVAC multinational, Tecumseh. He has also been associated with Kelvinator of India, Crompton Greaves, and Alsthom India. Mr. Raghavan has twenty-five years' operational and strategic experience in engineering and manufacturing. Mr. Raghavan is with us since late 2013.

Mr. Rajkumar Magalingam is heading a team of around 200 mechanical simulation engineers, supporting most of the global projects of Valeo.He's associated with Valeo for more than 15 years in various positions, starting as a stamping simulation engineer.Mr. Rajkumar Magalingam holds 22 years of total experience in various fields like production and R&D. He�s Tool and Die Maker & done his education from NTTF Vellore.

Oscar Fiorinotto Founder and CEO launched Supashock in 2005 off the back of a successful motorsport engineering career spanning 25 years. This included developing products and technology that successfully serve the Automotive Industry and Global Motorsport Racing Teams. Supashock has grown to be recognized in the industry as Australia's leading high-end technology supplier in the field of Mobility and Motion control systems. It employs highly skilled engineers and tradespeople to develop products for Global Defence Primes, Autonomous Vehicles and is a Tier one supplier to Automotive OEMs.

Previously, he has worked as a Technical Advisor to Flinders University of Engineering Industry Advisory Board. Oscar Fiorinotto holds an Artificial Intelligence Strategy degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is OPM56 certified from Harvard Business School.

Mr. Thimmaiah N.P. is VP of India and Australia and Managing Director and CEO for Meritor India. He is responsible for Meritor and has overall responsibility for the company's technical center in Bangalore, in addition to the joint ventures, Meritor Heavy Vehicle Systems India Ltd. (MHVSIL) and Automotive Axles Ltd. (AAL)

Prior to joining Meritor, Mr. Thimmaiah was Managing Director of Honeywell Turbo Technologies India. He has more than 20 years of experience in engineering and operations and is a Six Sigma black belt. He has also held various leadership positions at Bharat Earth Movers Ltd., Tata Cummins Ltd., Cummins India Ltd., and Honeywell.

An aerospace expert with 20 years of industry experience, Mr. Ramakrishnan is the director of Aero Systems Engineering, Honeywell Tech Center. He is a pioneer in design, development, testing and certification of aerospace components, systems and aircraft. At Honeywell, he is responsible for systems design and management, engineering development, strategy, program management, organizational development across multiple locations.

Previously, he has worked for National Aerospace Laboratories where he worked on design and development of mechanical systems for the first multi role civil aircraft of India. Earlier at Aerospace Design Engineers, he was a member of the power plant and fuel systems group.

Mr. Ramakrishnan Parasuraman has a master's degree in aviation transport from Riga Technical University in Latvia. He is green belt certified, Honeywell Certified Program Manager and INCOSE Certified System Engineering Professional, CSEP. He has also won the "Young Scientist Award" from National Aerospace Laboratories - India.

Mr. Nandu Rangnekar was appointed General Manager of Magna Steyr India in Jan 2016 and is on the board of Magna Automotive India PVT LTD. Magna Steyr is the worldwide leading brand independent engineering and complete vehicle manufacturing partner for OEMs and a subsidiary of Magna. Canada headquartered Magna is a U.S. $ 39 billion global automotive Tier1 supplier.

Mr. Nandu Rangnekar joined Magna in 2001 and took over several key positions in the field of vehicle engineering, product development and program management for Magna Steyr & Cosma - includinginternational assignments in US and Germany.

Prior to joining Magna, Mr. Nandu Rangnekar worked in Tata motors for 8 years in R&D. He holds a graduate degree in mechanical engineering and MBA from SIBM, Pune. A native of Pune, Nandu Rangnekar was born in July, 1971.

Dr. Venkat Srinivas is Senior Vice President and Head - Product Development, Commercial Vehicles - Automotive Division, Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) Ltd. He is a member of the Senior Management Team, managing Powertrain and Vehicle engineering, component development (CDMM), manufacturing engineering, and product development functions for M&M's Commercial Vehicle range of vehicles. He has thirty-one years of R&D and management experience in the Aerospace and Automotive engineering disciplines.

Prior to joining M&M in 2014, Dr. Srinivas was Special Director - Product Development at Ashok Leyland Ltd, and a member of the Ashok Leyland Senior Management Team, managing several engineering departments and a team of over 300 engineers and managers. Dr. Srinivas earlier had a 14-year career in Product Development at Ford Motor Company, Detroit, USA.

Dr. Srinivas holds a B.Tech. from IIT, Madras, India, MS and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Maryland, USA, and an MBA with High Distinction from the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, USA.