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INK Conference 2016 successfully completes its 7th edition

•Some of the greatest minds from varied businesses shared life-changing ideas at the INK Conference
•INK Live ignited hundreds of young minds through workshops with thought leaders and live webcast of the conference

New Delhi September 18th 2016: The much-awaited annual INK conference successfully concluded its 7th edition today at the Grand Hyatt in Goa. The conference hosted some of the leading national and international names across various genres. Speakers included CEOs, entrepreneurs, artists, technologists, scientists and visionaries from across the globe. Three days saw inspired and inspiring narration of ideas, achievements and innovation with the evenings providing the perfect opportunity for people to network, exchange notes and interact.

Kaleidoscope – the theme for this year saw a fusion of exponential conversations. Nine themed sessions - Yellow Brick Road, Pink of Health, Green Arrow, Silver Lining, Red Spark, Grey Matter, Golden Age, Chasing Rainbows and White Collective kept audiences enthralled. Topics across disciplines included creativity, health, science, invention, robotics and energy by some of the best minds in their respective businesses.

Speaking on the occasion Lakshmi Pratury Host and CEO INK Talks said, "We are delighted to present our annual conference in Goa this year. Every conference renews our belief that the work we do at INK to provide a platform for current and future game changers is essential to true transformation. We are grateful to all the speakers and INK Fellows for being a part of this year’s conference by sharing insights and advice. We are humbled at being able to repay them with the opportunity to further grow their already fabulous minds through this experience.”

Below is a list of speakers who took the stage at INK 2016.

Speakers	Designations
Abhijit Bose	Co-Founder & CEO Ezetap
Adam Sadowsky	Creative Director & Founder Syyn Labs
Amitabh Kant	CEO Niti Aayog
Ananth Menon	Musician
Anil Menon	Global President Smart+Connected Communities CISCO
Anubhav Gupta	Chief Design officer Godrej Properties
Bala Deshpande	Senior Managing Director New Enterprise Associated India
Brock Pierce	Chair Bitcoin Foundation
Christopher Kirchhoff	Lead Defense Innivation unit X
Crystal Rose	Co-Founder Sensay
CJ Meadows	Director Innovations & Insights Center SP Jain School of Global management
Dale Fox	Co-Founder & CEO Tribogenics
Dali and Finn	Co-Founders Nalu
David Rowan	Editor WIRED UK Magazine
Gavin Wood	Co-Founder Ethecore
Gaurav Hinduja	Co-Founder & Managing Director Capital Float
Gouri Mirpuri	Founder Connected for Good
Heather Blair	Feminist
Jesko von den Steinen	Senior Advisor Brand Identity at the Venetian Macao Resort
Jill Sobule	Singer- writer
Kalyan Varma	Wildlife photographer
Kenneth Lacovara	Paleontologist
Kumar Mahadevan	Chef Media personality
Kunal Shah	Founder and Chairman Freecharge
Luis Dias	Founder of Child’s Paly Foundation
Madan Padaki	Co-Founder & CEO Rubanbridge
Meenakshi Vijayraghavan	Kalaripayattu professional
Narayana Peesapaty	Founder Baykeys food
Ravi Venkatesan	Chairman Bank of Baroda
Ricky Kej	Composer & Conservationist
Ritesh Agarwal	Founder & CEO OYO
Rohini Nilekani	Founder- Chairperson Arghyam
Sanjeev Bikhchandani	Founder and Chairman Naukri.com
Shradha Sharma	Founder and CEO Yourstoy
Sonia Shirsat	Singer
Subodh Kerkar	Artist
Sunil Rao	Strategic partnerships development Google India
Sunitha Krishnan	Anti-trafficking crusader
Swetha Suresh	Singer whistler classical dancer
Thomas John Muthoot	Chairman Muthoot Pappachan group
Vikas Bahl	Filmmaker.

Our 2016 Fellows also took the stage, speaking across a variety of topics. Aditi Gupta (Entrepreneur), Akshay Nanavati (BlueSky), Anshul Tewari (Social), Avinash Saurabh (Health), Chandan Gomes (Art), Dheeraj Roy (Research), Ere Gowda (Film), Haleem Khan (Dancer), Harshit Agarwal (Tech), Kalyani Khona (Entrepreneur), Kenta Koga (Education), Jennifer Farah Broutin (Food Technology), Keshav Reddy (Entrepreneur), Laura Kriefman (Art), Mahesh Jadav (Social), Neha Bagaria (Entrepreneur), Nirali Kartik (Music), Pallavi Gupta (Social), Pavan Kumar (Tech), Prasenjeet Yadav (Photography), Pratik Shah (Tech), Sameer Seth (Entrepreneur), Sandhya Goli (Sport), Sarvesh Shashi (Health), Sattvik Mishra (Entrepreneur), Shannon Olsson (Science), Suranga Nanayakarra (Research) and Veerappan Swaminathan (Social).

About INK
INK is India’s foremost platform for the exchange of cutting-edge ideas and inspiring stories. Known for the annual INK Conference INK Asia INK Salons and programs such as INK Fellows we are a community that accelerates the journeys of game changers.

INK Conference
The INK Conference is an annual celebration of thinkers and doers from diverse walks of life. World’s visionaries – CEOs entrepreneurs artists technologists scientists & more – gather under one roof for a cross-pollination of ideas and chance encounters for the next big breakthrough. Game changers from every walk of life share their stories ideas and perspectives in between 3-18 minutes – an intellectual ‘Mardi Gras’ if you like.

INK Conference being held at Grand Hyatt Goa and INK Live 2016 being hosted at Goa Institute of Management (GIM)

INK Conference 2016 journeys to Goa

~ INK Conference being held at Grand Hyatt Goa and INK Live 2016 being hosted at Goa Institute of Management (GIM) ~

New Delhi, 16 September, 2016: The highly sought-after INK Conference has journeyed to Goa this year. Over 75 speakers – CEOs, entrepreneurs, artists, technologists, and scientists, amongst others – are sharing these inspiring stories. While Grand Hyatt Goa is the venue for the conference, INK Live 2016 is being held at the premier B-school Goa Institute of Management (GIM).

Rickshawali is a girl-centric comedy channel and the host of the channel Anisha Dixit who conducted a session at Goa Institute of Management at Day 1.

Students of GIM while watching a live stream of INK Conference being held at Grand Hyatt Goa.

Varun Agarwal and Nikhil Velpanur coducted the sessions at Goa Institute of Management as a part of INK Live 2016

INK has partnered with the Goa Institute of Management to gather over 300 young people to participate in a variety of workshops and interactive experiences while they watch a live stream of the INK Conference being held at Grand Hyatt Goa. Many of the globally acclaimed and respected attendees and speakers from the conference are travelling to the GIM campus to share their stories and hold workshops.

Commenting on this year’s theme, Lakshmi Pratury, Host and Curator of the INK Conference, said “INK shares a lot in common with the kaleidoscope. When unchecked imagination meets creative ability, the output is what causes future innovation. I believe in the sheer magic that this diverse set of INK community creates year after year, writing our future together. It is always refreshing that just like the Kaleidoscope, every person who is part of the conference comes with a unique talent and leaves creating collective impact reshaping the world as we know it.”

Dr. K. Balakrishnan, Director, Goa Institute of Management (GIM) said “We at the Goa Institute of Management are delighted to partner with INK to host INK Live 2016@GIM on campus. As part of the collaboration, INK fellows are delivering inspiring talks and workshops on campus to over 300 students.”

Day 1 at INK Live 2016 @ GIM:

The first session ‘Yellow Brick Wall’ at INK Conference 2016 was screened live at GIM. The session stressed on what can be done to improve education. The speakers for the day consisted of several interesting personalities like paleontologist Kenneth Lacovara who shared an insight into how the ancestors of humans and dinosaurs were actually the same and Chandan Gomes who spoke about imagination living on through art and how he helped create an art book to express the imaginative universe of a little girl called Irene who passed away. Kenta Koga had the crowd enthralled with his vision of what education should really be like. A kickboxer, magician, founder and CEO of ‘Gakko’ he believes that education should be magical and has organized several summer camps in Japan and other countries where select students from all over the world are invited to come and hold innovative workshops. He says, “It’s not about learning to learn, it’s about loving to learn.” He left us with an inspiring and thought provoking question- “If you were a high school teacher for a day in your life, what would you teach and why?”

The daylong session had social media influencers such as YouTuber Anisha Dixit also known as Rickshawali who hosts a girl-centric comedy channel on YouTube, conduct a talk and startup experts share their insights and knowledge with students. A number of interactive workshops were also held by INK fellows Aman Jain, Abhijit Jejurikar, Anirudh Sharma, Anushka Sani, Samyak Chakrabarty, Amit Hardi.

A Kaleidoscope of breakthrough ideas – INK announces speaker line up and schedule for INK Conference 2016

The conference will bring together the brightest minds from across the globe to inspire innovation.

New Delhi, Aug 30, 2016: The highly sought-after INK Conference is journeying to Goa in September this year. Following its inception in 2010, it has become one of India's premier networking and conference experiences. The INK Conference attracts a number of the world’s visionaries – CEOs, entrepreneurs, artists, technologists, and scientists, amongst others– who find themselves participating in a 3-day immersive experience, specially tailored to foster cross-disciplinary interaction.

The theme at INK2016 is Kaleidoscope; lending itself to the fusion of exponential conversations that will take place at the conference, to the multitude of cultures that will come together as well as the splendor Goa has to offer.

The 7th edition of the conference will be held at the Grand Hyatt, Goa from 16th – 18th September. An incredible line-up of speakers will share insights on topics ranging from innovations in education to health to technology and the arts. The game changers attending the conference will also have an opportunity to network post-event amongst one another.

Speakers from around the bring forward a kaleidoscope of perspectives

The three-day conference will showcase talks and performances across nine themed sessions - Yellow Brick Road, Pink of Health, Green Arrow, Silver Lining, Red Spark, Grey Matter, Golden Age, Chasing Rainbows and White Collective.

Speakers and performers at this year’s conference include Abhijit Bose (CO-FOUNDER & CEO, EZETAP), Adam Sadowsky (CREATIVE DIRECTOR & FOUNDER, SYYN LABS), Amitabh Kant (CEO, NITI AAYOG), Ananth Menon (MUSICIAN), Anil Menon (GLOBAL PRESIDENT, SMART+CONNECTED COMMUNITIES, CISCO), Anubhav Gupta (CHIEF DESIGN OFFICER, GODREJ PROPERTIES), Bala Deshpande (SENIOR MANAGING DIRECTOR, NEW ENTERPRISE ASSOCIATES (INDIA)), Brock Pierce (CHAIR, BITCOIN FOUNDATION), Christopher Kirchhoff (LEAD, DEFENSE INNOVATION UNIT X), Crystal Rose (CO-FOUNDER, SENSAY), CJ Meadows (DIRECTOR, INNOVATIONS & INSIGHTS CENTER, SP JAIN SCHOOL OF GLOBAL MANAGEMENT), Dale Fox (CO-FOUNDER & CEO, TRIBOGENICS), Dali and Finn (CO-FOUNDERS, NALU), David Rowan (EDITOR, WIRED UK MAGAZINE), Gavin Wood (CO-FOUNDER, ETHCORE), Gaurav Hinduja (CO-FOUNDER AND MANAGING DIRECTOR, CAPITAL FLOAT), Gouri Mirpuri (FOUNDER, CONNECTED FOR GOOD), Heather Blair (FEMINIST), Jesko von den Steinen (SENIOR ADVISOR, BRAND IDENTITY AT THE VENETIAN MACAO RESORT), Jill Sobule (SINGER-WRITER), Kalyan Varma (WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER), Kenneth Lacovara (PALEONTOLOGIST), K.T. Rama Rao (POLITICIAN, TELENGANA RASHTRA SAMITHI), Kumar Mahadevan (CHEF, MEDIA PERSONALITY), Kunal Shah (FOUNDER AND CHAIRMAN, FREECHARGE), Luis Dias (FOUNDER OF CHILD'S PLAY FOUNDATION), Madan Padaki (CO-FOUNDER & CEO, RUBANBRIDGE), Meenakshi Vijayraghavan (KALARIPAYATTU PROFESSIONAL), Narayana Peesapaty (FOUNDER, BAYKEYS FOOD), Ravi Venkatesan (CHAIRMAN, BANK OF BARODA), Ricky Kej (COMPOSER & CONSERVATIONIST), Ritesh Agarwal (FOUNDER & CEO, OYO),Rohini Nilekani (FOUNDER-CHAIRPERSON, ARGHYAM), Sanjeev Bikhchandani (FOUNDER AND CHAIRMAN, NAUKRI.COM), Shradha Sharma (FOUNDER AND CEO, YOURSTORY), Sonia Shirsat (SINGER), Subodh Kerkar (ARTIST), Sunil Rao (STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS DEVELOPMENT, GOOGLE INDIA), Sunitha Krishnan (ANTI-TRAFFICKING CRUSADER), Swetha Suresh (SINGER, WHISTLER, CLASSICAL DANCER), Thomas John Muthoot (CHAIRMAN, MUTHOOT PAPPACHAN GROUP), Vikas Bahl (FILMMAKER).

INK Live – inspiring the youth with innovation, ideas and experiences

For the fifth year running, INK will expand the INK experience to students and young professionals. INK is partnering with the Goa Institute of Management to gather over 500 young people to participate in a variety of workshops and interactive experiences while they watch a live stream of the INK Conference. Many of the globally acclaimed and respected attendees and speakers from the conference will join the youth in person to share their perspectives.

Registrations to attend are open on: http://inktalks.com/conferences/inklive2016/register

INK Fellows take the stage
The 7th batch of INK Fellows are an uber select group of diverse talents and will also take the stage at INK2016. They include Adhik Kadam (Social), Aditi Gupta (Entrepreneur), Akshay Nanavati (BlueSky), Anshul Tewari (Social), Avinash Saurabh (Health), Chandan Gomes (Art), Dheeraj Roy (Research), Ere Gowda (Film), Haleem Khan (Dancer), Harshit Agrawal (Tech), Kalyani Khona (Entrepreneur), Kenta Koga (Education), Jennifer Broutin Farah(Tech), Keshav Reddy (Entrepreneur), Laura Kriefman (Art), Mahesh Jadav (Social), Neha Bagaria (Entrepreneur), Nirali Kartik (Music), Pallavi Gupta (Social), Pavan Kumar (Tech), Prasenjeet Yadav (Photography), Pratik Shah (Tech), Sameer Seth (Entrepreneur), Sandhya Goli (Sport), Sarvesh Shashi (Health), Sattvik Mishra (Entrepreneur), Shannon Olsson (Science), Sheetal Amte (Health), Suranga Nanayakarra (Research) and Veerappan Swaminathan (Social).
INK is being supported in their world-class initiative by Godrej, Accenture, SREI and RoundGlass Partners amongst others, for this year’s conference.

A Kaleidoscope of breakthrough ideas - INK announces INK Conference 2016

The conference will bring together the brightest minds from across the globe to inspire innovation.

Chandigarh, July 27, 2016: The INK Conference has, over the years, carved a niche for itself and made its way on to the must-attend list in highly sought after calendars. This year is no different. This is a conference where there the audience are as powerful as the speakers and each of them is curated with utmost care. More than 500 influential thought leaders, artists and innovators from around the world will come together to share their stories, thought provoking ideas and life changing insights.

The theme at INK2016, is Kaleidoscope. It lends itself to the fusion of exponential conversations that will take place at the conference, to the multitude of cultures that will come together as well as the splendor Goa has to offer.

Surrounded by unexpected, striking combinations of aspiration across disciplines like creativity, health, science, invention, robotics, and energy, one has the opportunity to turn their imagination to impact.

Like the seemingly fragmented pieces of a Kaleidoscope that symmetrically come together to create a unique visual treat, this year’s conference unifies a multitude of thoughts and ideas, to create something beautiful - something unique.

The 7th edition of the conference will be held at the Grand Hyatt, Goa from 16th – 18th September. An incredible line-up of speakers will share insights on topics ranging from innovations in education to health to technology and the arts. Notable speakers at this year’s conference include entrepreneur and Chairman of the Bitcoin Foundation Brock Pierce; distinguished educator and producer of Mythbusters’ Adam Savage; venture philanthropist and former Chairman of Microsoft India Ravi Venkatesan, American paleontologist and geologist Kenneth Lacovara singer and songwriter Jill Sobule, and a host of other gifted individuals. The game changers attending the conference will also have an opportunity to network post-event amongst one another.

For the fifth year running, INK will expand the INK experience to students and young professionals. INK is partnering with Goa Institute of Management to gather over 500 young people to participate in a variety of workshops and interactive experiences while they watch a live stream of the INK Conference. Many of the esteemed attendees and speakers from the conference will join the youth in person to share their perspectives.

You can register for the INK Conference on http://inktalks.com/conferences/ink2016/register and INK Live on http://inktalks.com/conferences/inklive2016/register

About INK

INK is India’s foremost platform for the exchange of cutting-edge ideas and inspiring stories. Known for the annual INK Conference, INK Asia, INK Salons, and programs such as INK Fellows, we are a community that accelerates the journeys of game changers.

INK Conference

The INK Conference is our annual celebration of thinkers and doers from diverse walks of life.

World’s visionaries – CEOs, entrepreneurs, artists, technologists, scientists & more – gather under one roof for a cross-pollination of ideas and chance encounters for the next big breakthrough. Game changers from every walk of life share their stories, ideas and perspectives in between 3-18 minutes – an intellectual ‘Mardi Gras’ if you like.