The Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) in association with eBay India is organizing the 3rd National Conference on Digital Commerce with an aim to provide a clear understanding of customers’ expectations and how various industry constituents deal with digital commerce.

The conference will see the coming together of experts who will attempt to highlight ground realities and comprehend the Indian industry’s attitudes & perceptions vis-à-vis digital commerce. Our esteemed panelists will give an insightful and informative analysis of the current e-commerce scenario in India. The conference will touch and reflect upon various aspects of digital commerce and examine the numerous opportunities and challenges posed before the industry at large. The conference will also shed light on the upcoming areas like mobile commerce and examine the ways to boost it to a level that proves profitable proposition.

The event has a fairly impressive list of speakers.

Registration costs Rs 5000 + taxes

Check the link or details http://iamai.in/events/3rd_digital_commerce_conference/speakers.htm

Here some of the excerpts of the media coverage we received for IAMAI’s 3rd Financial Inclusion and Digital Payments Conference:

Indiainfoline

IAMAI has extended their complete support to the government to create a favorable environment to drive financial inclusion. and said that its members will work out business models that are conducive to push digital payments’ growth. This was stated by senior economists, experts and industry captains at the 3rd Financial Inclusion & Digital Payment Conference. More…

Watblog.com

Digital payment solutions will most definitely be popular once there is awareness between the consumers, and if there is a clear understanding between the regulators and the institutions. Such conferences will hopefully help in both the situations, more importantly the latter because unless the regulators and the institutions have a clear cut understanding, it doesn’t make much sense to spread the word to the customers. More…

International Business Times:

Identifying digital payments as the way forward to push economic growth, the conference provided a platform to discuss and deliberate the best plausible approach required to model a system to drive digital payments and financial inclusion. More…

India microfinance News

Speaking at the event organised by the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) in association with ItzCash Card, eminent Economist, Shri SS Tarapore cautioned that strong regulatory pressure to deliver on financial inclusioncan end up in a number game and added that financial inclusion should be led by an understanding of the needs of the customers rather than achieving targets. Calling for a pragmatic way to achieve financial inclusion, Shri Tarapore said, “The ideal approach to delivery of financial services on mobile phones would be to create joint ventures between banks and telecom companies with limited banking licences.” More…

MicrofinanceFocus

The Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) in association with Itz Cash recently conducted the 3rd Financial Inclusion and Digital Payments Conference titled “Cash to Cashless Society” in Mumbai. More…

moneylife.in

On the occasion of the 3rd Financial Inclusion & Digital Payments Conference organised by the IAMAI (Internet and Mobile Association of India), industry experts spoke about the hurdles in the process of financial inclusion and whether solutions like prepaid cards and mobile money can be effectively harnessed to aid in the efforts.More…

ibtimes.com

Speaking at the conference, KG Karmakar, Managing Director, NABARD, said security and right-sizing of technological issues concerning financial inclusions have to be handled with the same zeal. “A common, accessible and easy platform in rural areas has to be formulated to bring about financial inclusion. Digital payments are the best way available to us presently to do this, provided concerns like security are addressed.” More…

09:30 – 10:00 hrs Registration
10:00 – 11:40 hrs Inaugural Session: Digital Payment System for inclusive growth

* Creating the environment to foster payment innovation and growth
* Financial Inclusion driving Digital Payments growth
* Exclusion to Inclusion Journey for India
* Future business model to drive digital payments growth and financial inclusion

10:00 – 10:10 hrs Welcome and Theme Address by Naveen Surya, Chairman Digital Payment Committee, IAMAI

10:10 – 10:25 hrs Keynote Address by S S Tarapore, Economist

10:25 – 10:40 hrs Address by Anurag Gupta, Founder & Director, A Little World

10:40 – 10:55 hrs Address by Monika Halan, Editor Mint Money & Anchor – Lets Talk Money, NDTV

10:55 – 11:10 hrs Address on “Role of Digital Payments in ecommerce”
Sanjay Aggarwal, General Manager (Operations), IRCTC

11:10 – 11:25 hrs Special Address on “Financial Inclusion for Sustainable Development”
K G Karmakar, Managing Director, NABARD

11:25 – 11:35 hrs Q&A Session conducted by Session Chair

11:35 – 11:40 hrs Summing up by Session Chair

Our venue for tomorrow’s event, Taj Mahal Palace and towers is one of the most popular landmarks in Mumbai and needs no introduction.

The heritage hotel is run by the Tata group and is located next to Gateway of India.

Below are some file photos of the hotel, which I had taken in June, while I was touring with tata Nano team as an official blogger for Tata Nano Superdrive.

From TataNanoSuperdrive

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See you there tomorrow…

As we’re finalizing preparation for our MAD Meet next week, work is also on for the next event, 3rd Financial inclusions and digital payments conference.

The conference will take place in Mumbai, at Hotel Taj Mahal Palace and Towers, Apollo Bunder, Colaba which is located next to Gateway of India.

The date is 6th August 2010

Here’re further details about the event
http://ievents.iamai.in/3rdpaymentconference/

Block your calendar… Standby for more details

Here are the initial few snaps taken at the venue of Mobile Ad Conference, in HYatt Regency, Mumbai

The stage is all set

The list of IAMAI Member organizations

Ballroom 3, just that we’re not here to dance…

Gaurav Chopra, IAMAI


Kalyan Biswas, IAMAI

If you’re visiting Mumbai to attend the second Mobile Ad conference, here’re some directions to reach the Venue, Hyatt Regency, Mumbai.

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Hotel Address
Hyatt Regency Mumbai
Sahar Airport Road,
Mumbai, India 400 099
Tel: +91 22 6696 1234 Fax: +91 22 6696 1235
Directions
Distances To / From the Hotel

* International airport – 1 km / 0.6 miles, 5 minutes by car
* Domestic airport – 5 km / 3 miles, 15 minutes by car
* Distance from city centre – 25 km / 16 miles, 45 minutes by car
* Shopping / entertainment (Bandra) – 12 km / 7 miles, 25 minutes by car

Transportation
After hotel-chauffeured cars, prepaid taxis are the recommended method of airport / hotel transfers. Fares are fixed by the Road Transport Authority (RTO). Visitors to the city are recommended not to exceed the fixed ‘luggage included’ charges. A taxi counter is available inside both airport arrival lounges. Taxis are authorised to carry up to four passengers.

Note: Do not get confused with Hotel Grand Hyatt, which is located in Santacruz area.

The next IAMAI event is scheduled to take place in India’s commercial capital, Mumbai, on 7th April 2010.

Venue: The Hyatt Regancy, Sahar Airport Road, Mumbai

Brief Agenda:
* PANEL DISCUSSION 1: How Can the Mobile and advertising industries work to deliver ROI?
* PANEL DISCUSSION 2: Mobile advertising: the next big thing – capabilities and challenges.
* PANEL DISCUSSION 3: Over coming the challenges of delivering successful creative mobile campaigns.
* PANEL DISCUSSION 4: Driving Mobile advertising revenue at the intersection of mobile social networking and location.

Some of the confirmed speakers:
ATUL MADAN, VP- Mobile Advertising, Comviva
SANJAY TRIPATHY, Executive Vice President & Head – Marketing, HDFC Standard Life Insurance
VIJAY SHEKHAR SHARMA, Managing Director, One97 Communications

Register online here
Just 3 weeks to go. Hurry and register now. We’ll see you there in Mumbai