9:00 – 9:45

Registration and Networking Tea/Coffee

9:45 – 10:00

Research Presentation on “Overview of the Indian Two Wheeler Industry”

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

Mr. Aswin Kumar – Program Manager, Frost & Sullivan

10:00 – 10:10

Two Wheeler Lubrication

Mr. Kushal Banerjee – Head Technical Services (Lubes and Specialties), HPCL

10:10 – 11:10

Key Note Panel Discussion: Analyzing the 2W industry and how it fared last year and the opportunities and challenges present for the next 3 years. The 2W industry is undergoing structural changes from meeting the BSVI challenge, to trends such as Electric Mobility, Changing Consumer Preferences, Safety and Connected Technologies. What’s next on the horizon for “Riding the world’s largest Two Wheeler market”?

Mr. Pankaj Dubey – Managing Director & Country Head, Polaris India Pvt. Ltd. & Indian Motorcycles, India

Mr. Sohinder Gill – CEO Global Business, HERO ECO & Director Corporate Affairs, SMEV

Mr. Rajeev Mishra – CEO, UM Lohia Two Wheelers Pvt. Ltd

Mr. Y S Guleria – Senior Vice President Sales and Marketing, Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India

Mr. Yogesh Phogat – Director of Commercial Operations, Ducati India Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Nikunj Sanghi – President, ASDC, Past President, F A D A & Founder JS Fourwheel Motors

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

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

11:10 – 11:20

Factors Driving the Motorcycle Oils Development

Mr. Kin Mun Leo – Primary Technical Support Motorcycle Oil Business APAC, Shell Global Solutions

11:20 – 12:20

BS VI Panel Discussion: Government’s idea to leapfrog the emission norms is a landmark decision, however, challenges remain, especially with respect to paucity of time. What are the challenges and opportunities associated with BS VI, its impact on various stakeholders and industry readiness. Some OEMs have a contrarian view that the market size may decrease by 2020 and technological competency shall be the key differentiator to balance the complex equation of cost, price and customer preferences. Will OEMs pool their strengths?

Mr. K. K. Gandhi – Principal Advisor, SIAM

Mr. Vinkesh Gulati – Hony Secretary, F A D A

Mr. Sudipto Basu – Executive Director, Emission Control Manufacturers Association

Mr. Srikant Viswanath – Global Technology Manager, Shell India Markets Private Limited

Mr. Alok Trigunayat – Executive Director, Ecocat (I) Pvt. Ltd.

Moderator: Mr. Jinal Shah – Regional Director South Asia Operations, Power Systems Research

12:20 – 12:45

Networking Coffee/Tea Break

12:45 – 13:55

Electric Mobility Panel Discussion: E-mobility and emergence of supporting infrastructure, it’s emerging and could disrupt the entire vendor network and supply chain with newer methods of consumption coming main stream. Government has been flip flopping over policy for EV; for now, where is the roadmap? Will it be enticing for OEMs to roll out full blow e-technological products? What role will the startups play?

Context Setting Presentation on Two Wheeler Electrification Trends & System Solutions: Mr. Avinash Kale – Senior Manager Automotive System Applications, Infineon India

Mr. Tarun Mehta – Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder, Ather Energy

Mr. Ayush Lohia – CEO, Lohia Auto Industries

Mr. Vijay Chandrawat – Co-Founder & COO, Twenty Two Motors Pvt Ltd.

Mr. Manuj Khurana – CEO, NewMo

Mr. Kapil Chandrakant Shelke – Founder & CEO, Tork Motors Pvt Ltd

Mr. P Bala – Co-Founder & CTO, Ampere Vehicles Private Limited

Mr. Saharsh Damani – CEO, F A D A

Moderator: Mr. Srihari Mulgund – President, Ricardo India & President Asia, Ricardo Strategic Consulting

13:55 – 14:45

Networking Lunch

14:45 – 15:55

Evolving Customer Panel Discussion: How to cater to the tastes of a new generation of riders?  Develop alliances to widen product portfolio which enables OEMs to expand from existing core customer market to newer markets? Incorporate new trends of safety and connected technologies to tap changing consumer preferences? Upgrade the retail experience to serve the evolving customer?

Context Setting Presentation on Changing Behavior of Automobile Consumer – Retail to Online: Mr. Puneet Bhaskar – VP Category Management, Droom

Mr. Siddhartha Varma – Marketing Director, Ducati India Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Ravneet S. Phokela – Chief Business Officer, Ather Energy

Mr. Ramashankar Pandey – CEO & MD, Hella India Lighting Ltd.

Mr. Ankit Raj – Managing Partner, Saraswati Motors (Allahabad)

Mr. Bing-Lin Wu, Marketing and Retail Sales Head, Maxxis India

Mr. Anuj Dua – GM Global Product Strategy, Royal Enfield

Moderator: Mr. Hemal N Thakkar – Associate Director, CRISIL Research

15:55 – 16:05

Battery Pack Specifications : Myth Vs. Reality

Mr. Akshay Kashyap – Founder and Managing Director, Greenfuel Energy Solutions

16:05 – 16:30

Networking Coffee/Tea Break

16:30 – 17:25

Manufacturing Panel Discussion: Advanced automotive manufacturing technologies and emergence of India as a 2W production and export hub. Leveraging automation and smart factories to remain cost competitive and delivering quality product to customers. India has the key ingredients required and is gradually emerging as the domestic production and export hub of both global and Indian 2W players. However, delivering quality

while keeping the costs low is the key towards being competitive. Advanced manufacturing technologies (such as Industry 4.0, 3D Printing, Automation, Big Data, IoT etc.) could be the key.

Mr. Gandhi Vadlapatla – Chief of Plant & Sr. Business Development Head, Lohia Auto Industries

Mr. Anup Wadhwa – Director, Automation Industry Association

Ms. Shruthi Rao – Business Leader for Industry 4.0 solutions, Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions

Mr. P Bala – Co-Founder & CTO, Ampere Vehicles Private Limited

Mr. Anuj Budhiraja – Regional Manager, Stratasys India

Moderator: Mr. Sumit Shandilya – Operations Quality Management Consultant and Trainer

17:25 – 17:30

Closing Remarks

17:30 onwards….

Networking Cocktails and Hors d’oeuvres