Mumbai : The 5th edition of the INK Conference will be held at The Grand Hyatt, Mumbai and aims to provide a platform to a stellar group of achievers from diverse disciplines and geographies.  This year, the Conference goes ‘Beyond Boundaries’ and is inspired by the human capacity to defy labels, limitations and status quo to launch rockets to Mars, take on global challenges, and imagine a new future.

Spanning three days from October 31st to November 2nd, the conference will witness the participation of more than 50 speakers from various fields who will deliver their thought-provoking talks over 10 sessions, each uniquely named to represent path breaking ideation.

The INK Conference is being co-hosted by eminent personalities including Daniel Kraft – Stanford and Harvard trained physician-scientist; David Rowan – the erudite editor of the UK edition of WIRED magazine; Jordan Brandt – Futurist at Autodesk; Neeraj Arora – the “business guy” at Whatsapp; Neil Mehta – listed in Fortune “30 under 30” finance deal makers; Rajan Anandan – Managing Director at Google India; Satyajit Bhaykal – Filmmaker; Shantanu Moitra – National Award winning Music Director, Composer; Vani Kola – one of the most successful Venture Capitalists in India and Vivek Wadhwa – Academic, Researcher, Writer and Entrepreneur.

Some of the renowned speakers spanning across a wide variety of disciplines and geographical regions include “Anupama Chopra  – a dynamic journalist and Bollywood chronicler; Henry Kaiser  – Musician; Kunal Bahl – Founder of Snapdeal; Neil Jacobstein – an authority on Robotics and Artificial intelligence and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy – Oscar winning film maker”

The speakers also include members of this year’s INK Fellows Program which identifies young change-makers around the world such as Arunima Sinha – world’s first female amputee to climb Mount Everest; Anjney Midha – youngest partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers; Aurelie Chauleur- world music producer; Dhairya Dand & Daniel Leithinger – MIT Media Lab and INK Fellows; Neeraj Kakkar – Co-founder, Hector Beverages; Reshma Valliyapan – Mental Health Advocate; Shipra Jain – CMO at Bluestone and Shravani Hagargi – Social entrepreneur from Hubli.

The Conference will also be streamed live and uncut to an audience of over 400 people at the American School Of Bombay campus. INK Live 2014 will consist of collaborative workshops, direct interactions with select speakers from the Conference, engaging discussions and other fun filled learning activities with peers.

Commenting on hosting the INK Conference in the city of Mumbai, Lakshmi Pratury, Founder, Host and Curator of INK, said “INK conference is about building a community of like minded thinkers and doers who go on a journey of human imagination turned into global impact.  We are thrilled that the city of Mumbai with its multi talented humanity and the Grand Hyatt, which blends its superb hospitality with world class art collection are playing host to the 400 + global audience who would be gathering at INK”

“We are thrilled to gather a great group of speakers and fellows whose accomplishments create a large economic as well as human impact” added Lakshmi.

Pradeep Nair, Managing Director, India and SAARC, Autodesk, commented on the partnership with INK2014 stating, “Autodesk is proud to once again partner with the INK Conference.  Bringing together influencers and innovators from around the world, INK is a stimulating platform that helps turn ideas into actions that solve problems and shape our world. At INK 2014, Autodesk Technology Futurist Jordan Brandt will co-host the session “Back To the Future”, exploring the future of how the world will be designed and made. Participants will also enjoy the Autodesk Experience Zone, where they can interact with the latest technologies in manufacturing, architecture, engineering and entertainment.”

Source : Sachin Murdeshwar