Hexagon announced as Digital Reality Partner for The IET India Future Tech Congress 2022
The Institution of Engineering and Technology announces Hexagon as the digital reality partner for their flagship 2-day conference – The IET India Future Tech Congress
IET India announces Hexagon as the Digital Reality Partner for their 2-day annual flagship conference – the IET Future Tech Congress 2022. A global leader in digital reality solutions, the firm combines the power of sensor, software and autonomous technologies for commercial, infrastructure and industrial construction purposes.
Shekhar Sanyal, Country Head and Director, IET India says,” We are pleased to announce Hexagon as the Digital Reality Partner for our flagship event, the Future Tech Congress. The IET Future Tech Congress was launched with the idea of facilitating exchange of knowledge and ideas on emerging technologies to build future-forward solutions. Through this partnership with Hexagon, we hope to encourage the construction of a futurescape for tomorrow’s customers and their demands by encouraging new ideas and innovative recommendations.”
An industry leader in digital reality, Hexagon is revolutionising autonomous technology through autonomous, connected ecosystems that boost efficiency, productivity and quality for customers. Technology must be leveraged to engineer social impact, and firms like Hexagon are doing that by connecting business ecosystems, transforming entire industries and empowering people everywhere to make faster and more informed decisions.
“With their focus areas in synergy with that of the IET Future Tech Congress 2022, we are excited to have Hexagon on board as Digital Reality Partner”, says Suman Bhowmick, Events Development & Project Head – South Asia, The IET. “We look forward to engaging with the team through many more initiatives in the future as well,” he adds.
Speaking about the collaboration, Sridhar Dharmarajan, EVP and MD of Hexagon says, “At Hexagon, we believe that data must be fully and autonomously leveraged for humanity to sustainably thrive. Our smart digital reality enables the real world to interact with the metaverse, not only driving value creation for our customers but also ensuring prosperity, safety and sustainability for the planet. We are excited to be collaborating with the IET to drive future-forward conversations on the infinite possibilities of digital innovation and its impact on society at large. “
The IET Future Tech Congress 2022 will highlight emerging technologies such as Blockchain, AI, 5G and Digital Twin in multiple sectors: Healthcare, Manufacturing, Fintech, Supply Chain & Logistics, Mobility, Sustainability and more. There will be distinctive use cases, stimulating leadership panels, high-octane debates and spotlight sessions on topics such the use of the Human Twin in diagnostics, the opportunity for India with Web 3.0 and Metacommerce, the impact of Internet of Behaviour, Microfactories, Threat detection in a VUCA world and more.
The event is conceptualised and curated by the team that built the IoT India Congress, a flagship event conceptualised by the IET’s IoT India Panel, since 2016, The event focussed on bringing IoT to the mainstream – unleashing its potential for industry innovation and increased business value. With 4 successful editions, 350+ speakers, and 5000 attendees (72% CXOs and decision makers from over 20 industries) participating every year, it was among the top tech conferences for digital technology stakeholders in Asia.
With widespread adoption of IoT in the digital era, the panel expanded focus to accommodate a wider range of emerging technologies beyond IoT, such as AI, blockchain and Digital Twins, and re-imagined IoT India Congress in its new avatar – the IET Future Tech Congress (FTC).
The event is designed to act as a roadmap for businesses to become future-ready and will explore the many challenges and opportunities that these future technologies present in understanding the demands of tomorrow.
About The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
The IET is one of the world’s largest engineering institutions with over 168,000 members in 150 countries. It is also the most multidisciplinary – to reflect the increasingly diverse nature of engineering in the 21st century. The IET is working to engineer a better world by inspiring, informing and influencing our members, engineers and technicians and all those who are touched by or touch the work of engineers.
Institution of Engineering and Technology – India
The IET office started operations in India in 2006, in Bangalore. Today, they have over 13,000 members and have the largest membership base for the IET outside of the UK. Given the increasing global importance of India as an engineering hub, their aim is to make an impact that has relevance both locally and internationally. Their strategy is to make a meaningful impact on the overall competency and skill levels within the Indian engineering community and play an influencing role with industry in relation to technology innovation and solving problems of public importance. They want to do this through working in partnership with industry, academia and government, focusing on the application of practical skills within both learning & career lifecycles, driving innovation and thought leadership through high impact sectors.
