DQ Digital Economy Conclave Drawns More Than 200 CIOs

- Malavika sacchdeva

 Dataquest, India’s leading IT magazine, organized Digital Economy Conclave on March 22, 2017 at Le Meridian, New Delhi. The conference was graced by more than 200 CIOs, CEO, MD, CXOs and other professionals. The conclave focused on the issues pertaining to ‘Digital Enterprise’ and ‘Digital India’ through a host of seminars, sessions, keynote addresses and panel discussions, among others.

The overall focus of the DQ Conclave remained centered on ICT business, Digital Enterprise 2.0, smart cities and cashless economy. The speakers tried to outline and underline the importance of digital in every aspect of life and business. Ibrahim Ahmed, Group Editor, CyberMedia addressed the audience with the welcome note wherein he emphasized on the need to collaborate to find out answers for the complex issues that irk the industry and economy.

The conclave focused on making India ‘Less Cash country’ through two keynote sessions from relevant stakeholders of the cashless ecosystem. Pramod Saxena, Founder and Chairman, Oxygen Services graced the occasion and addressed the audience on how to ‘Drive Indian Economy in the Post-Demonetization.’ He said, “In the last two decades, mobile and internet emerged as the driving forces to connect people. It is time to further harness the power of mobile and bring in more value to customers.”

Saxena further stressed upon the importance of Aadhaar cards and digital mission of the government. With Aadhaar, the government is able to deliver the benefits directly into their bank accounts which were opened under the jan Dhan Scheme.