Bangalore May 15 2014: The 2nd Annual IT Legal Summit is scheduled to take place in Bangalore, on May 22, providing a platform, for in-depth discussion and knowledge-sharing on vital aspects, at the confluence of law and technology.
Information technology solution providers  are having to  make  provision for working with wide range of sectors, which mean having to align, understand and take into consideration composite laws applicable to IT service but also across a wide range of industries adding to complexity of managing legal facets, contracts and compliance issues.
With open markets the data protection measures and security threats have already increased and expectation to have proper control provisions and measures is difficult to achieve due to complexity and modus of consent expected for personal and sensitive information.The 2nd IT Legal Summit  promises to address these concerns.
The opening keynote panel discussion  is on the  subject: "Re- examining the IPR value chain for IT and IT enabled services".A  full session is devoted to Contract & license management.
The afternoon panel on   "Meeting the compliance challenge" with  a second part providing " An insider guide to developing a compliance tool checklist"
Finally the spotlight is turned on "Decoding the new age technology legal issues".

A  cross section of India's  top techno-legal talent is scheduled to speak at the event. They include  Abhishek Malhotra, Partner, TMT Law Practice;  Ankur Jain, Associate Director, PwC; Anupam Sharan, Contract Management, Sutherland Global Services; Dr. S. Senthil Kumar, Head, Intellectual Property, ABB Global Industries and Services;  Faiz ur Rahman, Senior Manager - IP, Team Legal, Wipro; G.V. Anand Bhushan, General Counsel, Cognizant Technology Solutions India; Himanshu Goswami, Vice President- Legal, Aricent Group;  Jayashree Swaminathan, CEO & Head Legal Compliance, Chess Management Services; Kaushik Moitra, Partner, TMT Law Practice, Kavitha Gupta, APAC, Legal Counsel, Hitachi Consulting, Manish Kumar, Program Manager – Intellectual Property Audits  Corporate Quality - Audits, Assessments and Certifications, Infosys;  Pinaki Ghosh, ‎AVP & Head IP, Reliance Industries; Priyanka Jain, Head Legal & Compliance, Experian India and  Rajeev Nair, Director, Country Counsel India, Hewlett-Packard India.
Also confirmed to speak  are  Rajesh S Narang, Vice President – Legal & Company Secretary, Mindtree; Rama Padmanabhan, General Counsel, CISCO Systems India;  Ronald D'Mello, Head- Legal, WNS Global Services; S. K. Murthy, Patent Counsel, Intel; Sandeep Agrawal, Manager, PwC; Sanjay Dhawan, Executive Director, PwC; Sanjay Singh, AVP Legal, Aricent; Sivaram Nair, Sr.VP, Company Secretary, Gen.Counsel, Ethics and Compliance Officer, MphasiS and   Subhadip Sarkar, Director - Intellectual Property, Cognizant Technology Solutions. Find link to the event here
The  IT Legal Summit is organised by "Lex Witness" India's 1st Magazine on Legal & Corporate Affairs
IndiaTechOnline is a media partner of the Summit and will  report on highlights form the event.