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All roads for the movers and shakers of the digital ecosystem will lead to the 17th India Digital Summit (IDS 2023), India’s largest and oldest digital conference, on February 20 and 21, 2023 in New Delhi.
Organised by the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), in association with MessageBird, IDS 2023 will bring together over 150 speakers, including policymakers, regulators, industry captains and subject stalwarts in more than 60 sessions, with a representation from over 500 digital brands, and participation of over 3000 delegates.
The summit will culminate with the announcement of the winners of the prestigious India Digital Awards (13th edition), to be given away in 57 categories, IAMAI said in a media statement.
The theme of the conference is ‘Amrit Kaal: Digital India@100’.
Among those who will address IDS 2023 are Piyush Goyal, Minister of Commerce & Industry, Consumer Affairs & Food & Public Distribution and Textiles; P D Vaghela, Chairman, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI); Sanjeev Bikhchandani, Founder and Executive Vice Chairman, Info Edge; Sanjay Gupta, Country Head and VP, Google India; Dinesh Agarwal, Founder and CEO, IndiaMART; Sandhya Devanathan, Vice President-India, META India; Prabhjeet Singh, President, Uber India & South Asia; Shireesh Joshi, Chief Business officer and President Network Expansion, ONDC and Ganesh Ananthanarayanan, COO, Airtel Payments Bank.
Participants at IDS 2023 will deliberate on the digital landscape across various sectors including fintech, e-commerce & D2C, entertainment, healthtech, online gaming, advertising and logistics, and reflect on how to pave the way for India to become an economic powerhouse.
A report, titled ‘The $500 Bn Credit Opportunity for Digital SMEs’, jointly produced by IAMAI and GetVantage with RedSeer as the knowledge partner, will be published at IDS 2023.
