Programme @ a Glance



Day 1: Thursday, 24th July 2025
Venue: SIC Auditorium, Symbiosis Centre for Information Technology (SCIT)

11:00 AM - 11:05 AM

Lighting of Lamp
All Dignitaries

11:05 AM - 11:10 AM

Felicitation to Dignitaries By

Dr. Dhanya Pramod, Dean FoCS, Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune, India & Director, Symbiosis Centre for Information Technology, Pune, India
11:10 AM - 11:15 AM

Welcome Address by

Dr. Dhanya Pramod, Dean FoCS, Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune, India & Director, Symbiosis Centre for Information Technology, Pune, India
11:15 AM - 11:20 AM

Address by

Dr. R. Raman, Vice Chancellor, Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune, India
11:30 AM - 11:40 AM

Address by

Dr. Vidya Yeravdekar, Pro Chancellor, Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune, India
11:40 AM - 11:50 AM

Address by

Dr. S.B. Mujumdar, Chancellor, Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune, India
11:50 AM - 12:20 PM

Address by

Chief Guest- Mr. M. S. Unnikrishnan, Chief Executive Officer, IITB-Monash Research Academy, IIT Bombay Powai, Mumbai, India
12:20 PM - 12:25 PM

Vote of Thanks

Dr. Kanchan Patil, Deputy Director, Symbiosis Centre for Information Technology, Pune, India
12:25 PM - 12:30 PM

BREAK

12:30 PM - 1:15 PM

Keynote I: Cyber Security

Dr. Brij B. Gupta, Director, International Center for AI and Cyber Security Research and Innovations (CCRI) & Distinguished Professor Asia University, Taiwan.
1:15 PM - 2:15 PM

LUNCH

Sessions – Online/Virtual

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

Keynote II (Online): Responsible AI Agents

Dr. Debmalya Biswas, Executive Director - AI CoE Lead at UBS, Switzerland
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Paper Session I (Online) Paper Session II (Online)

Sessions – Online/Virtual

Day 2: Friday, 25th July 2025

9:30 AM - 10:15 AM

Keynote III (Online): Agentic AI in Finance: Architecture, Governance, and Real-World Applications

Dr. Arif Perdana, Associate Professor at Monash University, Indonesia & Director of the Action Lab Indonesia
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM

BREAK

10:30 PM - 12:15 PM Paper Session III Paper Session IV Paper Session V
12:15 PM - 12:30 PM

BREAK

12:30 PM - 1:15 PM

Keynote IV (Online): Critical Success Factors and Competitive Advantage of Establishing an AI Hub in an Emerging Economy Context: The case of Cape Town

Prof. Jean-Paul Van Belle Emeritus Professor, Department of Information Systems, School of IT University of Cape Town, South Africa
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM

LUNCH

Sessions – Online/Virtual

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

Valediction Ceremony

News Updates

20 May 2025: Registration Link is Active.

19 May 2025: Notification of Acceptance/Rejection Deadline Extended to May 31, 2025.

06 May 2025: Chief Guest and Keynote Speakers details are available under Speakers menu/tab .

21 April 2025: Paper Submission is closed.

04 April 2025: [Final Extension] Due to lots of request, Paper Submission Deadline Extended to April 20, 2025.

10 March 2025: Paper Submission Deadline Extended to March 31,2025 (Final).

16 Feb 2025: Paper Submission Deadline Extended to March 09,2025.

06 Jan 2025: Paper Submission Link is Active.

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