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January 2019 Issue

18-19 September 2018

The Industrial Revolution from 1750 to 1850 ushered in mechanizations in production systems that impacted societies
by leading to more products, more jobs, increase in trade and changed the way people lived. More than hundred and
fifty years later today the world is facing a different type of change and that is transition from mechanization to
automation.

The future of technology is debatable, speculative and unpredictable but in the era of ubiquitous connectedness and
systems that learn and possibly stretching to a world where machines gradually emulate the human intellect, it is
apparent that a very large quantum of operational human activities will be more and more automated. The digital
revolution that has been occurring since the middle of the last century is now maturing. It is characterized by a merger
of technologies that is blurring the lines between the physical, digital, and life’s spheres. The digital transformation we
are seeing today making automation everywhere a reality.

Governments cannot ignore the impact of digitization to society and how they adapt to the same to provide better
governance. For Governments to endure in a world of disruptive change, it is imperative to subject their structures to
the levels of transparency and efficiency that will enable them to maintain their competitive edge.

One of the greatest challenges posed by new information technologies is privacy and data protection. Although it is
well understood as to why it is so essential, yet the tracking and sharing of information about us is a crucial part of the
new connectivity. Serious debates about basic issues such as loss of control over our personal data will only increase
in the years ahead.

Keeping these in context, CII Eastern Region organized the 17th edition of ICT East on 18–19 September 2018 at ITC
Sonar, Kolkata where Thought Leaders, Practitioners, Users, Support Service Providers participated to discuss on the
central theme of the conference “Sustainable Profit through Digital Transformation”.

Shri Debashis Sen, IAS, Additional Chief Secretary, DITE, Govt. of West Bengal graced the occasion as Chief Guest. He
started his keynote address by rejoicing on the fact that out of the 22 telecomm circles in India, Kolkata became top in
4G availability which proves that Bengal is rising.

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