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December 2024

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Powering the developers of India’s emerging tech revolution

1000+

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30+

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15+

sessions

About

After successful editions in Bengaluru and Hyderabad, where over 3,000 developers, engineers, and technologists came together to collaborate, learn, and innovate, DevSparks is now coming to Gurugram!

Join us to explore the top trends in tech and innovation, and gain full access to India’s thriving developer community.

Agenda

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The Great Indian developer opportunity

Discover the latest tech developments and trends in the Indian app ecosystems, and how they will impact the developer ecosystem.

Time: TBA

Crash course: How to build Decentralised Apps (DApps)

Understand public and private blockchains, and learn the art and science of building Decentralised Apps (DApps).

Time: TBA

Apps for all: Building tech for population scale

Learn app development to create far-reaching impact in India, and explore how to build use cases on IndiaStack and other digital public infrastructure.

Time: TBA

AI: Supercharging developer workflows

Unravel how developers are leveraging AI for hyperscaling innovation automating workflows, and smartly using the tech across search, chatbots, text, audio, video, and more

Time: TBA

Deep-dive: Next-gen gaming technology

Get your hands on the latest tech that's disrupting game development and learn how to build the next generation of hyper-personalised, world-class games.

Time: TBA

Spotlight: Going from 1 to 100 with GenAI

Explore the canvas of GenAI use cases in India's developer ecosystem, and discover some of the coolest, upcoming innovations in the space.

Time: TBA

Solving real-world problems with next-gen apps

Discover how Indian app developers are going after problem statements with cutting edge technology and providing solutions at scale.

Time: TBA

Developer-first: How to build tech differentiation

Amid everyday disruptions, here's how engineering leaders and developers can employ the right tech to future proof their products and sustainably navigate their tech journeys.

10:00 AM - 10:35 AM
Registration and networking
Opening address
10:30 AM - 10:38 AM
DevSparks 2024 Opening Address
Rishabh Mansur
Head of Web3 Initiatives, YourStory Media
Keynote address
10:40 AM - 10:55 AM
Navigating the future of work in the age of AI

Surojit Chatterjee shares his vision on the nature of human work in the age of AI and explores the latest tech developments in building a future driven by AI employees.

Surojit Chatterjee
Founder & CEO, Ema
Lightning Talk
10:55 AM - 11:10 AM
Spotting developer opportunities in AI and real-time tech for hyper growth

Discover all the drivers of rising tech adoption in India and understand how event-driven architectures are bringing scalability, cost efficiency, custom monetisation strategies, and more to apps built to address this region.

Todd Greene
Co-Founder & CEO, PubNub
Panel Discussion
11:27 AM - 12:05 PM
AI: Supercharging developer workflows

Unravel how developers are leveraging AI for hyperscaling innovation and automating workflows, and smartly using the tech across search, chatbots, text, audio, video, and more.

Dale Vaz
CEO, Aaritya
Mukesh Jain
CTO, VP & Global Head
of People Analytics, Capgemini
Malavika Natu
SI Partner Sales Engineering Leader, Snowflake
Puneet Vyas
Managing Director,
UBS
Madanmohan Rao
Research Director, YourStory Media
Lightning Talk
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM
Develop smarter and faster with Google Cloud AI: Gemini

This talk deep dives into Google Cloud's latest AI advancements for developers, focusing on Gemini for Google Cloud. Explore how these innovative technologies empower you to speed up development cycles, boost productivity, and unlock new levels of innovation.

Seema Ramachandra
Head, Customer Engineering (Retail, CPG & Health), Google Cloud
Fireside chat
12:37 PM - 1:30 PM
Empowering developers for India’s AI-first future

Join India's mission to become a global tech powerhouse and discover the latest AI tech you can leverage to build world class products.

Bhavish Aggarwal
Founder,
Ola
Shradha Sharma
Founder & CEO, YourStory Media
Product Showcase
1:30 PM - 2:20 PM
Krutrim AI Stack for developers
Gautam Bhargava
Head of AI Engineering, Krutrim
Chandra Khatri
VP, Applied AI, Ola Krutrim
Vipul Shah
Head of Product, Krutrim
Raguraman Barathalwar
Head of Systems & Software Engineering, Krutrim
Navendu Agarwal
Group CIO,
Ola
Sambit Sahu
SVP, Silicon Design, Ola Krutrim
Prasad Kavuri
Head of Ola Maps
Nikhil Nautiyal
Senior Director of Product, Ola
Ravi Jain
Head of Strategy, Krutrim
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM | LUNCH BREAK
Lightning Talk
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM
Crafting the foundations of digital trust with zero party data

This talk illuminates the pivotal role of transparent data sharing in the contemporary digital landscape, empowering developers with strategies to foster trust through ethical data practices.

Giriraj Daga
Head of Solutions Architecture (Director), Affinidi
Fireside Chat
2:20 PM - 2:35 PM
Empowering devs to build a tech-first India

Learn how India's developer and engineering talent can access digital public infrastructure and other scalable, indigenous technologies to transform India into a global tech powerhouse.

Pramod Varma
CTO, EkStep Foundation, Co-Founder, FIDE & ex-Chief Architect, Aadhaar & India Stack
Shradha Sharma
Founder & CEO, YourStory Media
Panel Discussion
2:40 PM - 3:20 PM
Spotlight: Going from 1 to 100 with GenAI

Explore the canvas of GenAI use cases in India's developer ecosystem, and discover some of the coolest, upcoming innovations in the space.

Sanket Sahu
Founder & CEO, GeekyAnts
Aditya Mohanty
Co-Founder, The Product Folks
Varun Mayya
CEO, Aeos
Vishwastam Shukla
CTO, HackerEarth
Siddhant Goswami
CTO, 100xEngineers
Sridev Ramesh
CEO, 100xEngineers
Announcement
3:20 PM - 3:40 PM
Generative AI Buildathon Winners
Announcement
3:45 PM - 3:50 PM
YourStory Digital Innovation Hackathon
Masterclass
3:50 PM - 4:15 PM
Unlocking the power of cloud-agnostic architecture

This masterclass is a launchpad for crafting a cloud-agnostic architecture tailored to your organisation's goals, as well as achieving scalability in an affordable manner and harnessing multi-cloud for flexibility and resilience.

Bruno Goveas
Director, Cloud Computing, India, Akamai
4:15 PM - 4:30 PM | TEA BREAK
Lightning Talk
4:30 PM - 4:45 PM
The art and science of building disruptive technology & enabling APIs

MapmyIndia’s Rohan Verma reveals the essential strategies for building relevant, scalable products that are capable of disrupting the global status quo, and whose APIs enable developers to build their own innovations for the market.

Rohan Verma
CEO & ED, MapmyIndia
Panel Discussion
4:50 PM - 5:20 PM
Crash course: How to build Decentralised Apps (DApps)

Understand public and private blockchains, and learn the art and science of building Decentralised Apps (DApps).

Kamakshi Arjun
BD Lead, India - Enterprise & Institutional Partners, Ava Labs
Alok Gupta
Founder & CEO, ChainCode
Prashant Maurya
Co-Founder & CEO, Spheron Network
Sharat Chandra
Co-Founder, India Blockchain Forum
Panel Discussion
5:25 PM - 5:45 PM
Apps for all: Building tech for population scale

Learn app development to create far-reaching impact in India, and explore how to build use cases on India Stack and other digital public infrastructure.

Vimal Kumar
Founder, JUSPAY
Ram Kunchur
Head of Product Innovation, Digi Yatra Foundation
Rishabh Mansur
Head of Web3 Initiatives, YourStory Media
Fireside Chat
5:50 PM - 6:10 PM
Developer-first: How to build tech differentiation

Amid everyday disruptions, here's how engineering leaders and developers can employ innovative tech to future proof their products and sustainably navigate their tech journeys.

Ajit Narayanan
Chief Product & Technology Officer, Licious
Rishabh Mansur
Head of Web3 Initiatives, YourStory Media
Masterclass
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Discovering and deploying open and third party models on Vertex AI

With over 130 models on one platform, explore how Vertex AI Model Garden transforms AI lifecycle management, from experimentation to scalable deployment. Discover efficiency with an end-to-end example of how to find models, manage data, configure endpoints, and deploy models as scalable APIs.

Prashanth Subrahmanyam
Manager, Developer Advocacy, Google Cloud
Masterclass
3:05 PM - 4:05 PM
Gemini: Simplifying master data management to get deterministic, generative insights

There is a need for precise, predictable outputs for critical Master Data Management tasks like address completion, standardisation, deduplication etc. Gemini 1.0 Pro, BigQuery and Cloud Functions allow you to deterministically control elements of the AI’s response. This workshop covers a simple data management use case and demonstrates how Gemini helps with relatively reliable AI.

Abirami Sukumaran
Developer Advocate, Google Cloud
Masterclass
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM
Next-gen innovation for AI-cloud integration

Explore cutting-edge advancements in the integration of AI and cloud technologies. Learn strategies including model playground demonstrations, the role of AI ASICs and RISC-V, and trends shaping the future of AI-cloud integration for enhanced performance and scalability.

Vipul Shah
Head of Product, Krutrim
Raguraman Barathalwar
Head of Systems & Software Engineering, Krutrim
Sambit Sahu
SVP, Silicon Design, Ola Krutrim
Srikanth Vidapanakal
Director of Autonomous Driving & Robotics, Ola
Masterclass
5:20 PM - 6:20 PM
Navigating India’s future: Autonomous technology trends

Dive into the driving trends in autonomous systems. Explore India's roadmap for next-gen mapping technology, location APIs, sensor fusion, adaptive cruise control, and warning systems.

Prasad Kavuri
Head of Ola Maps
Ravi Jain
Head of Strategy, Krutrim
Srikanth Vidapanakal
Director of Autonomous Driving & Robotics, Ola
Himanshu Garg
Research Engineer, Autonomous Driving & Robotics, Ola

Tracks

Advanced AI use cases

Explore GenAI development for search, chatbots, text, audio, video and more, and stay updated on LLM research and foundational models.

Accelerating India app ecosystem

Deep-dive into India’s vibrant developer ecosystem, and solve real-world scenarios with next-gen apps.

India Stack and Digital public infrastructure

Learn app development for population scale, and explore opportunities for building on top of public infrastructure.

Levelling up gaming

Explore the next wave of hypercasual games in India, build capabilities to produce AAA games, and adopt the latest tech in game development.

Impact of cloud computing

Decode the SaaS ecosystem in cloud computing, cloud-native development for apps, AI innovation for cloud, data center innovation, and more.

Blockchain and Web3 use cases

Understand public and private blockchains, how to develop Decentralised Apps (DApps), and the latest advancements in cryptography.

Business data analytics, ops and security

Learn data analytics software development across healthcare, fintech, agritech, etc, how to deploy B2B AI apps, and more.

Why attend DevSparks 2024?

Foster app innovation

Encourage specific collaboration and organised knowledge exchange to accelerate app innovation.

Solve real-world problems

Decode how to apply emerging technologies to real-world scenarios and problem statements.

Explore the future

Showcase and highlight the latest advancements across the emerging tech spectrum.

Build connections

Facilitate meaningful interactions between developers, startups, enterprises, industry leaders, and tech enthusiasts.

Upskill, hire and generate employment

Build specific knowledge through workshops and masterclasses in tech, and connect with developers with similar areas of expertise.

Past Speakers

Bhavish Aggarwal

Founder,
Ola

Pramod Varma

CTO, EkStep Foundation, Co-Founder, FIDE & ex-Chief Architect, Aadhaar and India Stack

Surojit Chatterjee

Founder & CEO,
Ema

Dale Vaz

Founder & CEO, Aaritya

Navendu Agarwal

Group CIO, Ola

Seema Ramachandra

Head, Customer Engineering (Retail, CPG & Health), Google Cloud

Todd Greene

Co-Founder & CEO, PubNub

Rohan Verma

CEO & ED,
MapmyIndia

Nikhil Nautiyal

Senior Director of Product, Ola

Puneet Vyas

Managing Director, UBS

Vimal Kumar

Founder, JUSPAY

Mukesh Jain

CTO, VP & Global Head of People Analytics, Capgemini

Ravi Jain

Head of Strategy, Krutrim

Varun Mayya

CEO, Aeos

Malavika Natu

SI Partner Sales Engineering Leader, Snowflake

Prashanth Subrahmanyam

Manager, Developer Advocacy, Google Cloud

Abirami Sukumaran

Developer Advocate, Google Cloud

Vipul Shah

Head of Product, Krutrim

Sridev Ramesh

CEO, 100xEngineers

Ram Kunchur

Head of Product Innovation, Digi Yatra Foundation

Gautam Bhargava

Head of AI Engineering, Krutrim

Chandra Khatri

VP, Applied AI, Ola Krutrim

Bruno Goveas

Director, Cloud Computing, India, Akamai

Ajit Narayanan

Chief Product & Technology Officer, Licious

Sanket Sahu

Founder & CEO, GeekyAnts

Prashant Maurya

Co-Founder & CEO, Spheron Network

Prasad Kavuri

Head of Ola Maps

Kamakshi Arjun

BD Lead, India - Enterprise & Institutional Partners, Ava Labs

Sambit Sahu

SVP, Silicon Design,
Ola Krutrim

Aditya Mohanty

Co-Founder, The Product Folks

Raguraman Barathalwar

Head of Systems & Software Engineering, Krutrim

Giriraj Daga

Head of Solutions Architecture (Director), Affinidi

Sharat Chandra

Co-Founder, India Blockchain Forum

Alok Gupta

Founder & CEO, ChainCode

Srikanth Vidapanakal

Director of Autonomous Driving & Robotics, Ola

Siddhant Goswami

CTO, 100xEngineers

Himanshu Garg

Research Engineer, Autonomous Driving & Robotics, Ola

Vishwastam Shukla

CTO, HackerEarth

Srinivas Rao Mahankali

CEO,
T-Hub

Srikanth Gaddam

CTO,
Zaggle

Bharath Daka

Co-founder,
Skyroot Aerospace

Jigar Halani

Director - Solution Architect & Engg,
NVIDIA

Magizhan Selvan

CEO,
Namma Yatri

Amit Kumar

Manager Solutions Architecture and Engineering for Industries,
NVIDIA

Kishore Seshagiri

Executive Director and Chief Digital Officer,
Broadridge India

Kaushal Veluri

Head of RSI Partners,
Snowflake India

Past Partners

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Agenda

Spotlight:
Going from 1 to 100 with GenAI

Explore the canvas of GenAI use cases in India's developer ecosystem, and discover some of the coolest, upcoming innovations in the space.

Building for a billion:
App development for population scale

Learn app development to create far-reaching impact in India, and explore how to build use cases on IndiaStack and other digital public infrastructure.

Building for a billion:
App development for population scale

Learn app development to create far-reaching impact in India, and explore how to build use cases on IndiaStack and other digital public infrastructure.

AI:
Supercharging innovation in the modern era

Unravel how leading startups are leveraging AI for hyperscaling innovation, and smartly using the tech across search, chatbots, text, audio, video, and more

Accelerating India app ecosystem

Take a deep dive into India's app ecosystem, and learn how developers can solve real-world problems with next-gen apps.

Exploring new frontiers in game development

Take a look at India's gaming ecosystem and get your hands on the latest tech that's disrupting game development.

Crash course:
How to build Decentralised Apps (DApps)

Understand public and private blockchains, and learn the art and science of building Decentralised Apps (DApps).

Solving real-world problems with next-gen apps

Discover how Indian app developers are going after problem statements with cutting edge technology and providing solutions at scale.

How to build long-term tech differentiation

Amid everyday disruptions, here's how developers, architects, and tech leaders can future proof their tech stacks and sustainably navigate their tech journeys.

Powering the developers of India’s emerging tech revolution

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