9.30 AM to 10 AM

Special Address

Dr. R.Bindu, Hon. Minister for Higher Education & Social Justice
Restructuring of Higher Education in Kerala

10 AM to 12 PM

Keynote sessions

Prof. C Pandurangan, IISc Bangalore
Data Privacy & Security

Dr. Roland Kulke, Transform Europe Brussels
Equity & Social Justice in a Digital Word

Mr. Kiran Chandra, General Secretary, FSMI
Architecture of the surveillance state

12 PM to 1 PM

Inclusion & Innovation

Ms. Sabriye Tenberken & Mr. Paul Kronenberg, Founders, Kanthari Braille Without Borders Charitable Trust
Creating inclusive & innovative learning environment

Dr. Piyush Antony, Senior Social Policy Advisor, UNICEF
Enhancing inclusion and intersectionality in the AI landscape

Moderator: Dr. Saji Gopinath, Vice Chancellor, DUK

2 PM to 3.30 PM

Innovation System for Inclusive and Sustainable Knowledge Economies

Prof. Bengt-Åke Lundvall, Aalborg University
Prof. Judith Sutz, Professor, University of the Republic, Uruguay
Dr. Rasigan Maharajh, Chief Director at I.E.R.I, Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa
Dr. Glenda Kruss, Executive Head, CeSTII unit, Human Sciences Research Council
Dr. Dinesh Abrol, Research Scientist, (NISTADS), New Delhi
Prof. Lakhwinder Singh, CDEIS, Punjabi University
Dr. K.J.Joseph, Director, GIFT

Moderator: Dr. P. V. Unnikrishnan, Member Secretary, KDISC

3.30 PM to 5 PM

Emerging challenges in Internet Governance

Ms. Mishi Choudhary, Software Freedom Law Centre India
Ms. Nandini Chami, IT for Change
Dr. Olivier Crepin–Leblond, ISOC UK
Ms. Amrita Choudhury, Member-MAG, UN IGF, and Chair, APRALO, ICANN

Moderator: Mr. Satish Babu, Member, At-Large Advisory Committee, ICANN

6 PM to 6.30 PM

Special Address

Adv. P.Mohammed Riyaz, Hon. Minister for Public Works & Tourism
Kerala’s prospects in Tourism

6.30 PM– 7.30 PM

Beauty of Life (Seminar)

Dr. Mohan Agashe, Actor, Psychiatrist
Mr. Bose Krishnamachari, Artist and Curator
Mrs. Gauthami, Cine Actress

Moderator: Mr. Shaji.N.Karun, Chairman, KSFDC

9.30AM to 10 AM

Special Address

Mr. M.B.Rajesh, Hon.Minister for Local Self Governments and Excise
Local Governance in creation of Knowledge Economy

10 AM to 11.30 AM

Genomics & it’s pivotal role in the Knowledge Economy

Dr. Vinod Scaria, IGIB New Delhi
Mr. Ramesh Hariharan, Strand life sciences, Bangalore
Dr. Neil Sankar, Indapta Therapeutics, USA

Moderator: Dr. Ramchand C, CEO, MagGenome

11.30AM to 1 PM

Co-operation, Sharing and Innovations in MedTech & Bio Science

Dr. UC Jaleel, Open Source Covid Foundation
Open Source Covid movement

Dr. B Ekbal, Public Health Activist
Open Source Drug Discovery

Dr. Achuth Sankar. S. Nair, Dept of Computational Biology & Bio Informatics, University of Kerala
Data Driven Biology

Mr. D.S.Nagesh, Scientist, SCTIMST
Developing and Marketing Medical Devices

2 PM to 3.30 PM

New Regulations in Cyber Space: Challenges and Opportunities

Mr. Parminder Jeet Singh, Digital Society Activist
Mr. Prasanth Sugathan, Legal Director, SFLC.IN
Mr. Apar Gupta, Internet Freedom Foundation

Moderator: Dr. Sunil.T.T, Director, ICFOSS

3.30 PM to 5 PM

Media: Issues of Freedom and Technology

Keynote address: Mr. Sashi Kumar, Asian College of Journalism

Mr. Josy Joseph, Investigative Journalist, Author
Mr. R Rajagopal, The Telegraph
Mr. Vinod Jose, The Caravan
Mr. Muhammad Zubair, Altnews
Ms. Shahina K K, Outlook Magazine
Mr. N P Chandrasekharan, Director (news) Kairali TV

Moderator: Mr. R S Babu, Chairman, Media Academy

6.00 PM to 6.30 PM

PM Special Address

Mr. K.N.Balagopal, Hon.Minister for Finance
Financing new Kerala

6.30 PM to 7.30 PM

Remembrance of Mr.Joseph Thomas

Dr. T.M.Thomas Issac, Chairman, Academic Committee
Dr. B.Ekbal, Former President. DAKF
Mr. K.Anvar Sadath, President, DAKF
Mr. T.Gopakumar, Secretary, DAKF
Mr. Kiran Chandra, General Secretary, FSMI

10 AM to 11.30 AM

Enterprise Architecture for Kerala (KrEA)

Key Note Address: Dr. V.Venu IAS, Chief Secretary, Govt of Kerala
The Kerala E-governance Journey

Dr. Ajay Kumar IAS (Rtd), Former Defence Secretary, GoI
Digital Service Delivery – Reimagined

Dr. Santhosh Babu IAS, MD KSITIL, MD KFON, CMD & ED IKM
KFON- Connecting Kerala

Dr. Sreejith Alathur, IIM Kozhikode
Inclusive Public Service Delivery

Moderator: Dr. Rathan U Kelkar IAS, IT Secretary

11.30 AM to 1 PM

Two decades of Digital Education in Kerala by using FOSS. (Digital Edu Conclave 2023)

Release of E-cube Study Report:  Mr. V.Sivankutty, Hon.Minister for General Education & Labour

Key Note Address: Shri. M.A.Baby, Former Minister for Education

Dr. Akila Radhakrishnan, Social Policy Specialist, UNICEF
Mr. Gurumurthy Kashinath, IT for Change, Bengaluru
Dr. P K Jayaraj, Senior Consultant (English & Pedagogy), KITE
Experience sharing by Little KITES IT Club Students

Moderator: Mr. K Anvar Sadath, CEO, KITE

2 PM to 3.30 PM

Blockchain in Banking: CBDC and Future of e-RUPI in India

Mr. Prasanna Lohar, Banker, Former Head of Innovation -DCB Bank
Mr. Sudeep Chaudary, Head India Blockchain, NPCI
Mr. Mahesh Govind, Founder, Digiledge
Mr. Saran Joseph, Deputy Vice President, Federal bank

Moderator: Mr. Sunil Raveendran, Allianz Technologies

10 AM – 1 PM

Digital Security Training
(Organised by SFLC)

Modules comprises of Privacy, Data breaches/ leaks, Data Profiling, Threat modelling, Safety measures, Privacy / Security tools, Social media security, Encryption, Legal Basics, Women’s safety, Spyware and Stalk ware.

10 AM – 5 PM

Digital Edu Conclave
(Organised by KITE / UNICEF)

The event is positioned for Digital Education Experience sharing, wherein the achievements of Kerala in Education will be highlighted and the Best practices in Digital Education will be showcased.

2 PM – 3:30 PM

Open Source License Compliance
(Organised by SFLC/ ICFOSS)

Basics of copyright, Types of Open Source licenses, Open Source Compliance in an organisation, Open chain ISO standard.

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3:30 PM – 5 PM

ExpEYES
(Organised by KITE)

Facilitates the functions of Voltmeter, Oscilloscope, Function Generator, Data Logger by literally converting the PC to a science laboratory.

10 AM – 1 PM

Wiki Sangamam

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10 AM to 1 PM

Workshops on
1. Open Hardware
2. Open IoT
3. Open Drone
4. FOSS Business Solutions

(Organised by ICFOSS)

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10 AM – 1 PM

Workshop on Contemporary Revolution in Science & Technology and Co-operatives

(Organised by ULCCS)

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2 PM – 5 PM

Local Innovative Practices – Presentations by Local Bodies
(Organised by KILA)

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10 AM – 11.30 AM

Scribus
(Organised by KITE / ICFOSS)

Free & Open-source desktop publishing software designed for layout, typesetting & preparation of files for professional image-setting.

10 AM – 11 AM

Emergency Response Support System – 112 (ERSS)
(Organised by KSITM)

11 AM – 12 AM

New Cyber Security Paradigm: From SOC Perspective
(Organised by KSITM)

12 PM – 1 PM

Cyber Forensics
(Organised by KSITM)

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM

Digital Survey
(Organised by KSITM)

3:30 PM – 5 PM

Lightning Talks
(Organised by KSITM)

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11.30 AM – 1 PM

Open Street Map
(Organised by KITE / ICFOSS)

A free, open geographic database that contribute and maintain data about roads, trails, cafés, railway stations, and much more, all over the world.

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2.30 PM – 5 PM

Workshop on Media and AI
(Organised by Kerala Media Academy)

3 PM – 5 PM

Lighting talks – Major eGovernance initiatives
(Organised by KSITM)

6 PM – 7.30 PM

DAKF General Council