HIGHLIGHTS OF TWF 2019

The 2nd edition of Two Wheeler Forum (TWF) was held on20th Aug 2019 at The Leela – Gurgaon. TWF was successful in bringing together 400+ delegates, 60 industry leaders as  speakers and over 30 partners.

Some of the key topics of discussion at the forum included Current State of the Indian 2W Industry & The Way Forward, Electrification, BS VI, Customer Trends &Connected Two Wheelers.

Several prominent 2W industry leaders participated at the Forum, including Shri Anil Srivastava – Principal Consultant and Mission Director, NITI Aayog, Mr. Harbhajan Singh – Director – Genera & Corporate Affairs – Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India Pvt. Ltd., Mr. Sohinder Gill – Chief Executive Officer – Global Business for HERO ECO -Director – Corporate Affairs, SMEV, Mr. Abhinandan Gopalsetty – Sales & Marketing, BMW Motorrad and many more.

TWF 2019 – Agenda

20th August 2018

 

 

 

9:00 – 9:45

Registration and Networking Tea/Coffee

9:45 – 10:00

TWF Keynote Address by Shri Anil Srivastava, Principal Consultant and Mission Director

NITI Aayog

10:00 – 10:15

Presentation by Mr. Pranav Kumar – OEM Business, TVS SRICHAKRA LTD.

10:15 – 11:20

Keynote: Emerging trends and predicting the future: Analyzing the 2W industry and the opportunities and challenges present for the next 2 years. The 2W industry is undergoing structural changes from meeting the BSVI challenge, implementing Electric Mobility, Changing Consumer Preferences, Safety and meeting the regulatory requirements. How will industry fare in coming 2 years?

Mr. Sohinder Gill – Chief Executive Officer – Global Business for HERO ECO – Director – Corporate Affairs of the Society of Manufacturers of Electric Vehicles (SMEV)

Mr. Jeetender Sharma – Founder & Managing Director – Okinawa Scooter

Mr. Nikunj Sanghi – President ASDC, Director FADA and Founder, JS Fourwheel Motors

Mr. Ayush Lohia – CEO – Lohia Auto Industries

Mr. Harbhajan Singh – Director – General & Corporate Affairs – Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Kaushik Madhavan – Vice President – Mobility, South Asia – Frost & Sullivan (Moderator)

11:20 – 12:10

Networking Coffee/Tea Break

(After Networking Break, delegates can choose from the track they want to attend depending upon interest)

Room 1 – Market Development

Room 2 – New Opportunities

12:10 – 12:30

Metal Testing for OEMs and Vendors: 

 Mr. C R Seshadri – President Global Sales & Marketing Metal Power Analytical

 

12:30 – 13:20

BSVI 

Mr. Sudipto Basu – Executive Director, ECMA

Mr. Alok Trigunayat – Executive Director, Ecocat India

Mr. Vinkesh Gulati – Vice President, FADA

Mr. Balraj Bhanot – Former Director ARAI

Mr. Hemal N Thakkar – Associate Director – CRISIL Ltd. (Moderator)

 

12:10 – 13:10

Electric Mobility .

Mr. Gautam Pal – Head Institutional Sales, Mahindra Electric

Mr. Rushi Shenghani – Co-Founder CEO, Earth Energy

Mr. Anant Misra – Business Unit Head, Greenfuel Energy Solutions

Mr. Atulya Mittal – Founder, Avan Motors

Mr. Priyank Agarwal – Vice President, Strategy & Business Development, Exicom

Mr. Amit Gupta – Co Founder & CEO, Yulu Bike

Mr. Manuj Khurana – CEO, NewMo (Moderator)

13:30 – 14:30

Networking Lunch

Room 1 – Market Development

Room 2 – New Opportunities

14:30 – 14:40

Heat Resistance Technology

 Mr. Prashant M. Kelkar – Director, Orbit Coatings

14:30 – 14:40

Connected Two Wheelers – A Technology Perspective

 Mr. Shripad Kanni – Product Line Manager, Vector Informatik India Pvt Ltd

14:40 – 15:40

Consumer Behaviour and Outliers 

Mr. Roy Kurian – Head Of Sales Marketing, Tork Motors

Mr. Atul Bansal – Head-Disruptive Innovation Cell & advanced mobility at Twenty Two Motors

Mr. Abhinandan Gopalsetty – Sales & Marketing, BMW Motorrad

Mr. Karan Dua – Team Manager Marketing, International Business & Lead CRM, Royal Enfield

Mr. Vikas Jhabakh – Managing Director, Benelli India

Mr. Aswin Kumar – Associate Director, Frost & Sullivan (Moderator)

14:40 – 15:40

Connected Two Wheelers 

Ms. Aayushi Jain – Director Of Policy and Government Partnerships, Bounce

Mr. Pranshu Gupta – Founder & CEO, Trak N Tell

Mr. Sirish Batchu – Vice President Digital technology, Ather Energy

Mr. Akash Gupta – Co-Founder & CEO, Mobycy

Mr. Omkar Panse – Associate Vice President, KPIT Technologies Digital Connected Solution

Mr. Saurav Patro – Strategy | Product  Micro Mobility (EV), Zomato

Mr. Vinay Piparsania – Consulting Director Automotive, CounterPoint Research (Moderator) 

15:40 – 16:05

Networking Coffee/Tea Break

Room 1 – Market Development

Room 2 – New Opportunities

16:05 – 16:15

The Golden Influence Engaging Customers from Intent to Purchase

Mr. Abhishek Mishra – VP – Banking & NBFC at CAMS Online

16:05 – 16:15

Two Wheeler Forum: Complete Solutions from a Single Source 

 Mr. Michael Berger – Managing Director, Durr India Pvt Ltd

16:15 – 17:15

ICE V/s Electric V/s Alternate Fuels 

Mr. K. K. Gandhi – Founder, Centre for Auto Policy & Research

Mr. Saurabh Mohan Saxena – Founder Director, AHODS Technologies

Mr. Rishabh Gupta – Director, Business Development & Strategy, Emflux Motors

Mr. Ravindra Vasisht – Director, Agility India Pvt Ltd

Mr. Rahul Gonsalves – CEO, DARWYN

Mr. Jinal Shah – Regional Director – South Asia Operations – Power Systems Research (Moderator)

 

16:15 – 17:15

Technological Disruption in 2W 

Mr. R R Dasgupta – Chief Digital Advisor, Microsoft Digital Advisory Services

Mr. Padmanabhan Balakrishnan – Co-founder and COO, Vogo Automotive

Mr. Ankit Kumar – Director & Chief of Strategy, URDA

Mr. Amrit Singh Chaudhry – Co-Founder & MD, LytPort

Mr. Ramashankar Pandey – Managing Director, Hella India Lighting Ltd.

Mr. Anubhav Sharma – Founder, Elec Torq

Mr. Kunal Khattar – General Partner, advantEdge Partners (Moderator)

 

17:15 – 17:30

Closing Remarks and Networking Break

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