Why you should attend SOLIXEmpower 2026 Pune on December 10-12, 2026

In collaboration with Symbiosis Medical College for Women (SMCW) and Symbiosis University Hospital & Research Centre (SUHRC)

The future of healthcare, technology and innovation demands collaboration across disciplines, institutions and industries. SYMBIOSIS–SOLIXEMPOWER TECH CONCLAVE 2026 brings together thought leaders, researchers, clinicians, technologists and innovators to translate emerging technologies into meaningful real-world impact. Through dialogue, discovery and hands-on innovation, the conclave aims to accelerate collaboration and turn bold ideas into transformative solutions.

Key Event Topics & Takeaways:

  • Enterprise AI

  • Enterprise Data Governance

  • Application Knowledge Graph (AKG)

  • Network with industry leaders, academic thinkers and Solix users

  • Opportunity to enjoy the beauty of Symbiosis University, Pune

 Meet the Visionaries

  • Prof. (Dr) Ramakrishnan Raman

    Prof. (Dr) Ramakrishnan Raman
    Vice Chancellor at
    SIU

  • Dr Dasmit Singh Khokar

    Dr Dasmit Singh Khokar
    Paediatric Surgeon & Medtech Innovator
    Pune, India

  • Dr. M. Srinivas

    Dr. M. Srinivas
    Member at
    NITI Aayog

  • Prof. Shiv Kumar Sarin

    Prof. Shiv Kumar Sarin
    Director at
    ILBS, New Delhi

  • Shri Sunil Kumar Barnwal, IAS

    Shri Sunil Kumar Barnwal, IAS
    CEO at
    National Health Authority (NHA)

  • Dr. Kavitha Rajsekar

    Dr. Kavitha Rajsekar
    Scientist F at
    Department of Health Research, Government of India

  • Dr Rakesh Kalapala

    Dr Rakesh Kalapala
    Gastroenterologist & Director of Endoscopy at
    AIG Hospitals, Hyderabad, India

  • Dr. Sumer Sethi

    Dr. Sumer Sethi
    Radiologist, Founder at
    DAMS

  • Dr. Adith Chinnaswami

    Dr. Adith Chinnaswami
    Co-founder & COO at
    MediSim VR

  • Dr (Brig.) Suman Pramanik

    Dr (Brig.) Suman Pramanik
    Professor & Head at
    Department of Medicine, AFMC

  • Dr Ashish Rawandale-Patil

    Dr Ashish Rawandale Patil
    Urologist
    Dhule, Maharashtra, India

  • Dr. Sridhar Bodapati

    Dr. Sridhar Bodapati
    Paediatrician, Healthcare IT Leader & Founder
    EdQueries

  • Dr A. V. S. Suresh

    Dr A. V. S. Suresh
    Medical Oncologist & Haematologist
    Hyderabad, India

  • Dr Ashlesha Kelkar

    Dr Ashlesha Kelkar
    Vertical Lead
    Digital Health, Community Medicine

  • Gp Capt (Dr) S. A. Raheem

    Gp Capt (Dr) S. A. Raheem
    Radiologist, Associate Professor at
    Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC)

  • Dr Arun Jamkar

    Dr Arun Jamkar
    Distinguished Professor | Healthcare Innovation & Medical Education at
    Symbiosis International (Deemed University)

 Agenda

Embark on an enlightening journey as we delve into a wide range of captivating topics: Data Governance & Compliance, Cloud Data Management, Generative AI Use Cases, Enterprise Archive Strategy to Power Generative AI, Finance Transformation driven by AI, Content Services, Data Lake and more…

08:00 AM - 09:00 AM

  • Logistics

    Networking breakfast and check-in

     

SMCW Campus

09:00 AM - 09:45 AM

  • Ceremony

    Inauguration and Welcome Address

    Provost, FoMHS, SIU

    President, Solix Technologies

    Chancellor, SIU

SMCW Campus

09:45 AM - 10:15 AM

  • Keynote

    AI-Ready People – Knowledge in the New Age

    Dr R. Raman, Vice Chancellor, SIU

SMCW Campus

10:15 AM - 10:45 AM

  • Keynote

    Big Data in Healthcare from a Physician’s Perspective

    Dr Shiv Kumar Sarin

SMCW Campus

10:45 AM - 11:00 AM

  • Break

    Tea Break

     

SMCW Campus

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

  • Keynote

    Generative AI in Global Health

    Assoc Prof Liu Nan – Duke-NUS

SMCW Campus

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

  • Keynote

    Trust By Design: Ethics, transparency and explainability in Healthcare AI

    Dr Ning Yiling, Duke-NUS

SMCW Campus

12:00 PM - 12:50 PM

  • Panel Discussion

    AI-Ready Governance: Data Governance / Assurance / QA with Application Knowledge Graph

    Solix team (Mr Mark L)

SMCW Campus

12:50 PM - 01:30 PM

  • Keynote & Session

    MedTech Innovation Ecosystem in India, and reveal of hackathon rules of team formation

    Dr Dasmit Singh

SMCW Campus

01:30 PM - 02:00 PM

  • Break

    Lunch Break

     

SMCW Campus

02:00 PM - 02:50 PM

  • Panel Discussion

    Beyond Efficiency: How Agentic AI Creates Enterprise Value Across Pharma and Other Industry Workflows

     

SMCW Campus

02:50 PM - 03:40 PM

  • Panel Discussion

    Building a Resilient Agentic Foundation for Enterprises

     

SMCW Campus

03:40 PM - 04:00 PM

  • Break

    Tea Break

     

SMCW Campus

04:00 PM - 04:50 PM

  • Panel Discussion

    AI and Data Preservation

     

SMCW Campus

04:50 PM - 05:00 PM

  • Ceremony

    Day 1 closing

     

SMCW Campus

08:00 AM - 09:00 AM

  • Logistics

    Networking breakfast and check-in

     

SMCW Campus

09:00 AM - 09:30 AM

  • Keynote

    Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission: Overview of the Largest Digital Public Health Infrastructure in the World

    Dr Sunil Kumar Barnwal, CEO, NHA

SMCW Campus

09:30 AM - 10:30 AM

  • Panel Discussion

    Managing Large Healthcare Data Systems

    Moderator: Dr Arvind Sivaramakrishnan, CTO, Asia Healthcare

    Dr B. Sridhar

    Panelist: Maj Gen Atul Kotwal Holdings; former Group CIO, Apollo Hospitals

SMCW Campus

10:30 AM - 11:20 AM

  • Keynote

    Cost Effectiveness In Healthcare Innovation

    Dr. Kavita Rajshekhar

SMCW Campus

11:20 AM - 11:30 AM

  • Break

    Tea Break

     

SMCW Campus

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

  • Keynote

    Future of Drug Toxicity Testing

    Dr. Rahul Gupta, Director, GATC Health

SMCW Campus

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM

  • Keynote

    Organ-on-chips: Applications in disease modelling, drug discovery and precision medicine

    Dr. Donald E. Ingber, Harvard University

SMCW Campus

12:30 PM - 01:00 PM

  • Break

    Lunch Break

     

SMCW Campus

01:00 PM - 01:30 PM

  • Keynote

    How AI Improves Patient Flow in a Busy Hospital

    Dr. Rakesh Kalapala, VP & Director, Centre for AI and Innovation, AIG Hospitals

SMCW Campus

01:30 PM - 02:00 PM

  • Panel Discussion

    AI in Clinical Outcomes: applications for improving clinical outcomes

    Moderator: Dr Ashlesha Kelkar

    Panelist: Dr Keerthi Vijayan, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai

    Dr Gp Capt Abdul Raheem (HOD Radiology, AFMC)

    Panelist: Dr Vijay Raghavan, High Fidelity Simulations, Global Surgical Institute

    Dr Sudha Jasmine Rajan (CMC Vellore)

SMCW Campus

02:00 PM - 02:30 PM

  • Keynote

    AI Revolution in Robotic Surgery

    Dr. Mohit Bhandari

SMCW Campus

02:30 PM - 03:00 PM

  • Debate

    AI in Medical Education: Boon or Bane?

    Moderator: Dr Arun Jamkar

    For: Dr Avinash Supe

    Against: Dr (Brig.) Suman Kumar Pramanik, AFMC

SMCW Campus

03:00 PM - 03:10 PM

  • Break

    Tea Break

     

SMCW Campus

03:10 PM - 04:00 PM

  • Panel Discussion

    How Technology is Disrupting the Medical Education Landscape

    Moderator: Dr AVS Suresh, NBEMS National Convenor

    Panelist: Dr Y. K. Gupta

    Panelist: Dr Adith Chinnaswami, Co-founder and COO, MediSim VR

    Panelist: Dr Sumer Sethi, Founder, DAMS and eMedicoz

SMCW Campus

04:00 PM - 04:45 PM

  • Panel Discussion

    From Idea to Product

    Moderator: Dr Saptarishi Ghosh

SMCW Campus

Evening

  • Logistics

    Networking Dinner

     

SMCW Campus

08:00 AM - 09:00 AM

  • Networking

    Networking breakfast and check-in

     

SMCW Campus

09:00 AM - 09:30 AM

  • Keynote

    Novel Drug Delivery Vehicles

    Prof. Alejandro Sosnik, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

SMCW Campus

09:30 AM - 10:00 AM

  • Keynote

    New technology for assessing foetal wellbeing (OMEGA project)

    Dr Jana M. Kainerstorfer

SMCW Campus

10:00 AM - 11:45 AM

  • Panel Discussion

    Hackathon presentations, judging and evaluation (top 5 teams)

    Student teams and jury. Dr Dasmit Singh, Lead Mentor and Jury Chair.

SMCW Campus

11:45 AM - 12:00 PM

  • Break

    Tea Break

     

SMCW Campus

12:00 PM - 01:00 PM

  • Ceremony

    Valedictory & Award Ceremony

    Dr Aravind Ranade, Director, National Innovation Foundation

    Dr M Srinivas, Member (Health), NITI Aayog; former Director, AIIMS Delhi

SMCW Campus

01:00 PM - 01:30 PM

  • Break

    Lunch Break

     

SMCW Campus

*This Agenda is subject to change

VenueGet Direction to the Event

The Symbiosis campus offers more than a venue it is a living ecosystem of learning, healthcare, research and discovery. With academic institutions, medical education and a tertiary-care teaching hospital within the same ecosystem, it provides a distinctive setting where disciplines converge, ideas take shape and future-tech finds real-world relevance.

We hope you have a fantastic time at the event. If you have any further questions or need additional information, please don't hesitate to contact us at info@solixempower.com.

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 FAQ's

What is the Symbiosis–SOLIXEMPOWER Tech Conclave 2026?

The Tech Conclave is a multidisciplinary platform bringing together healthcare, technology, data, AI, research and innovation. The Conclave will feature a Conference, Hackathon and TALFest, bringing together academia, healthcare, industry, technology leaders, researchers and innovators.

When and where is the Conclave being held?

The Conclave will be held from 10 to 12 December 2026 at the Symbiosis International University Lavale Campus, Pune, with key activities hosted at Symbiosis Medical College for Women (SMCW) and Symbiosis University Hospital & Research Centre (SUHRC).

Who can attend the Conclave?

Healthcare professionals, doctors, faculty, students, researchers, technology professionals, industry leaders, innovators, entrepreneurs and others interested in healthcare and technology can attend.

What does the Conference registration include?

Conference registration provides access to the Tech Conference and scheduled Conclave sessions and activities, subject to the final programme.

How much is the Conference registration fee?

The Conference registration fee is ₹1,500/- per participant.

Do I need to register separately for the Conference and Hackathon?

Yes. Conference and Hackathon registrations are separate. Participants can choose to attend the Conference, participate in the Hackathon, or follow the respective registration process for each.

Where can I find the programme and speaker details?

The latest programme and confirmed speaker details will be available in the respective Programme and Speakers sections of the website.

Is accommodation available for participants?

Yes. Participants may choose their preferred accommodation. On-campus paid accommodation at Sandipani Hometel, Symbiosis International University, Lavale, will be available as an option.

How can organisations partner or sponsor the Conclave?

Organisations can explore opportunities for partnerships, sponsorships, exhibitions, technology demonstrations, innovation showcases, challenge statements and industry collaborations through the relevant enquiry options on the website.

Where can I find the latest updates about the Conclave?

The official website will carry the latest information on the programme, speakers, registration, Hackathon, accommodation, venue, partners and announcements.