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MeltingPot2020 Innovation Summit, Mauritius

Connecting Africa to Global Ecosystem in Education-Industry-Innovation-Entrepreneurship

Cross-border innovation & collaboration is the new paradigm. Innovators, researchers, universities, and corporates are collaborating everyday across continents to build the next breakthrough technology for a better tomorrow.

Africa, along with India, promises to be the largest source of human talent to the world. MeltingPot2020 expresses multiple ways of making the Africa-India corridor work. Over two days, MeltingPot2020, brings together cutting-edge innovation and pathbreaking ideas from 100+ leading entrepreneurs, academics, organizations, and institutions; with the objective of discovering next-generation solutions and exploring synergistic outcomes.

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Who should attend?

MeltingPot2020 Innovation Summit 2020

  • Academia/Teachers/Learners/University Officials/Private Training Institution
  • Innovators/Artists/Entrepreneurs/Investors
  • CEO/CXOs/Corporate VCs/Incubators/Accelerators
  • Govt Officials/NGOs/CSR Leaders/Impact Investors
  • Banks/Donor Agencies/Multilateral Agencies
  • Higher Education Consultants/Counselors/Students Advisors
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Why you should attend?

MeltingPot2020 Innovation Summit, Mauritius

Business Leader
  • Log in to the world of Industry 4.0, Talent 4.0, and GTM 4.0
  • Update your know-how on collaboration with universities
  • Listen to success stories of leveraging talent on campuses
  • Understand how to make GTM more contemporary and aligned with the next practice
  • Interact with handpicked innovators/start-ups who could be tomorrow's trailblazers
  • Build valuable capacities & connections among India/Asia/Africa/the US through WainConnect
Higher Education Leader
  • Listen to the real-world business-leaders and entrepreneurs in the Higher Education Sector
  • Build connections for better outcomes, be it jobs, internships, research funds, technology, etc.
  • Connect with the university ecosystem in India/Asia/Africa for strategic partnerships
  • Interact with architects of Campus4.0 globally
  • Get introduced to the thriving innovation ecosystem of Mauritius/Africa
Start-up/Innovator/Thought Leader/Entrepreneur/Investor
  • Explore the world of digitalization; and how it is impacting you
  • Understand how to think, design, deliver solutions for Industry4.0
  • Raise/provide capital for the champions
Bank/Govt /CSR Leader/Impact Agency
  • Understand how the tools of Industry4.0 can be leveraged for efficiency, inclusion, and impact
  • Lend, make grants, nurture the businesses & leaders of tomorrow
  • Discuss how government functioning can be improved by utilizing AI & cloud computing to build people- friendly, customizable solutions

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Value adds for CXOs and Business Leaders

MP2020 presents you with an opportunity to log into the world of Industry 4.0, Talent 4.0 and GTM 4.0. Here, you get to update your paradigm of collaboration with universities. Listen to the success stories of leveraging talent on campuses and making GTM more contemporary and aligned with NextPractice. Interact with handpicked innovators and start-ups that could be tomorrow's winners and build valuable capacities and connections between India, Asia, Africa and US through Wain Connect.

For Higher Education
Leaders
Get to listen to real-world business-leaders and entrepreneurs in the Higher Education Sector and build connections for better outcomes - jobs, internships, research funds, technology, and so on. Connect with the university ecosystem in India, Asia and Africa for strategic partnerships and interact with the architects of Campus4.0 globally. MP2020 is the perfect platform for you to get introduced to the throbbing innovation ecosystem in Africa.
For Start-ups/Innovators/Artists/
Thinkers/Entrepreneurs/Investors
At MP2020 Mauritius, you will think, design and deliver solutions for Industry4.0. The two days in Mauritius, the Gateway to Africa, will give you an opportunity to explore the world of tomorrow and your place in it. Here, you will get to experience how digitalization is impacting artists and innovators.
For Banks/Govt/CSR Leaders and
Impact Agencies
You will get to develop an understanding of how the tools of Industry4.0 can be leveraged for efficiency, inclusion and impact at the MP2020 Innovation Summit. You will lend, make grants, nurture businesses and leaders of tomorrow and discuss how government functioning can be improved by utilizing Artificial Intelligence & Cloud Computing to build people-friendly customizable solutions.
Run to Market with
MeltingPot2020
Connect
Everything you did before your product launch was warm-up. Now it's time for some serious work-out. You have a leading-edge offering, let's take it to the right customers.
Discover & connect with corporates and investors and get your marketing plans funded with MeltingPot2020 Connect.
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CXO Masterclass
AI/ML Training Program for Top Leaders
To develop an understanding of how AI and ML are affecting every industry, CL Educate has launched a Machine Learning program exclusively for top business leaders.
The 1-day program focuses on a hands-on approach towards solving business problems using Machine Learning. The courseware has been designed to ensure participants with no background in programming can enjoy it equally.
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Workshop on CSR
A session with a leading CSR expert from India
How to employ CSR as a strategic tool and view business opportunities through a Social lens to build business sustainability and corporate image.
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Speakers

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Mr. Satya Narayanan R

Founder & Chairman, CL Educate

Mr. Satya Narayanan R

Founder & Chairman, CL Educate

Mr. Andrew Ko

Global Head, Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Mr. Andrew Ko

Global Head, Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Prof. Anil D Sahasrabudhe

Chairman, AICTE, MHRD, Government of India

Prof. Anil D Sahasrabudhe

Chairman, AICTE, MHRD, Government of India

Event Schedule


Day 1 - Friday, 14 February 2020

08:30 AM

CSR Next - An instrument for Corporate Innovation
Ms. Sujatha Kshirsagar (Co-founder, Drstikona)

10:00 AM

Master Class on AI & ML

04:00 PM

Inaugural Sessions:
Opening Address by
Mr. Satya Narayanan R (Founder, CL Educate)

1st Keynote
Hon. Deepak Balgobin (Min. of Technology, Communication and Innovation)

Plenary-1: Innovation and Economic Development

Mr. Derrick Ashong (CEO & Founder, amp.it)
Mr. Arun Ramamoorthy, CEO of Z5 Capital
Mr. Ken Poonoosamy (Ag. CEO Economic Development Board, Mauritius)

05:15 PM

2nd Keynote

Mr. Andrew Ko (Global Head, Amazon Web Services (AWS))

05:45 PM

Plenary-2: Opportunities for Higher Education in the Cloud Era

Prof. Anil D Sahasrabudhe (Chairman, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), Ministry of HRD, Government of India)
Prof. Dhanjay Jhurry (Vice-Chancellor, University of Mauritius)
Prof. Martin (Marthinus) Oosthuizen (CEO Cape Higher Education Consortium and Executive Director Southern African Regional Universities Association)

06:30 PM

Cocktail & Networking

10:00 AM

MPConnect*

The Start-Up Ecosystem: Role of Business Mauritius and Mauritius Research and Innovation Council
Mr Kevin Ramkelawon, CEO - Business Mauritius
Dr M. Atchia, Chairman (MRIC)

10:20 AM

Start-up Workshop: Acceleration & Fund-raising
Mr. Arun Ramamoorthy, CEO of Z5 Capital
Mr. Eric Osiakwan, General Partner, Chanzo Capital Nigeria/Kenya

11:00 AM

Start-Up Next: Pitching event

12:15 PM

Lunch

01:00 PM

Mentoring & Guidance Session

02:00 PM

Personalised Review and Feedback Session

03:00 PM

Vote of Thanks

*In partnership with Mauritius Research and Innovation Council

Our Sponsors

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Participation Fees

  • Conference Fees (All Sessions):
    US$500
  • Fees is inclusive of Innovation Summit and AI-ML workshop.
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