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Agenda

Pattern
08:30 AM - 09:30 AM
REGISTRATION & WELCOME COFFEE
09:30 AM - 09:40 AM
INAUGURATION
09:40 AM - 09:55 AM

Opening Keynote: From Khelo India to LA28 to Ahmedabad 2036 - How National Sports Ambition Is Being Built Into Physical Infrastructure

  • India’s sports infrastructure agenda: from policy ambition to funded venue development and delivery
  • The role of Budget 2026–27, Khelo India, and the NIP pipeline in shaping new builds, retrofits, and Centres of Excellence
  • Aligning long-term infrastructure planning with India’s Olympic ambitions and the evolution of the global smart stadium market
09:55 AM - 10:15 AM

Spotlight: The Rs 6,000 Crore Gujarat Olympic Bet - Inside the Six-Complex Master Plan and the Tech Stack That Will Hold It Up

  • How GOPICL is sequencing six world-class sports complexes across the 650-acre Sardar Patel Sports Enclave to meet Olympic-grade competition standards.
  • The technology decisions being locked in today – private 5G, IBMS, digital twin, biometric access – are 25-year operating cost commitments, not just construction line items.
  • Ahmedabad is becoming the reference model every state government is studying as India's 2030-2036 infrastructure ambitions move from policy to blueprint.
10:15 AM - 10:35 AM

Spotlight: Smart-from-Day-One - Why Building Connected Costs 15-20% of Retrofitting Later

  • The hard cost comparison between designing a venue with conduit, fibre pathways, edge compute rooms, and sensor-ready zones at blueprint stage versus retrofitting a 20-year-old bowl after handover.
  • The single design decision that locks in or locks out 80% of future smart-venue capability: cabling spine, riser strategy, and IoT power planning.
  • How CWG 2030 and 2036 bid venues should be writing technology specs into Stage 1 RFPs, not Stage 4 change orders.
10:35 AM - 11:00 AM

NETWORKING BREAK & VISIT TO EXHIBITOR LOUNGE

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Panel Discussion

After Chinnaswamy - Rewriting India’s Stadium Safety Playbook for the Jarvis Era

  • What changed after the June 2025 stampede at M Chinnaswamy: the 500+ AI cameras, the Jarvis crowd analytics stack, the four-hour gate-open rule, and the BCCI/KSCA SOP rewrite.
  • Why every IPL, ISL, PKL, and PBL venue in India is now under pressure to publish equivalent safety standards – and what insurers and state governments are now refusing to cover without them.
  • The accountability question: where does franchise responsibility end and state association responsibility begin when 40,000 people meet a single choke point.
11:30 AM - 11:50 AM

Spotlight: Counting Heads in Real Time - AI Crowd Density, Tension Detection, and the Software That Triggers Evacuation Before You Do

  • How AI-driven CCTV can move beyond head counting to crowd tension scoring, detecting erratic movement, wave patterns, and audio spikes to buy control rooms critical seconds.
  • How the integration layer connects IoT density sensors, thermal cameras, pressure mats, BLE beacons, and digital signage to reroute fans before queues turn into crush points.
  • What an Indian Tier-1 venue should budget for a baseline AI surveillance deployment, and how to phase it across three IPL seasons.
11:50 AM - 12:20 PM
Panel Discussion

Connectivity at Capacity - How Narendra Modi Stadium, Eden Gardens, and the Wankhede Plan to Carry IPL 2027’s Data Load

  • The architecture choice every marquee Indian venue is being forced to make: Wi-Fi 6E, in-bowl DAS, private 5G, or a hybrid – and the cost-per-fan economics of each.
  • Fibre backhaul, edge compute placement, and the often-ignored bottleneck: the last 200 metres from the stadium boundary to the ISP handover point.
  • How the Rs 48,390 crore IPL media rights cycle is putting commercial pressure on every host venue to deliver broadcast-grade data uplink, fan downlink, and operational network – all on parallel rails.
01:10 PM - 01:20 PM

Spotlight: From 1,400 Lux to 2,500 Lux - The Broadcast-Grade Floodlight Upgrade Every Indian Cricket Venue Must Now Plan For

  • Evolving broadcast standards and the shift toward LED as the baseline for 4K-ready and IPL-grade cricket venues
  • Building the financial case for lighting upgrades through energy efficiency, reduced maintenance, and long-term ROI
  • Using smart lighting controls to improve turf management, extend pitch life, and support multi-event venue utilisation
01:20 PM - 01:30 PM

Keynote: Private 5G as Stadium Backbone - Lessons from MLB Spring Training, Sunderland's Stadium of Light, and Petco Park for India's Next Build

  • Addressing the connectivity demands of high-capacity stadiums and the limitations of legacy public networks
  • The role of private 5G in supporting broadcast operations, IoT, mobile commerce, and next-generation venue technologies
  • Exploring neutral host and Connectivity-as-a-Service models for scalable private 5G deployment in Indian venues
01:30 PM - 02:30 PM
NETWORKING LUNCHEON
02:30 PM - 02:50 PM
Fireside Chat

The IT Director’s Confession - What I Wish I Had Bought First

  • A candid conversation with the IT lead of one of India’s most modernised venues on the sequencing mistakes that cost the most – and the one purchase that justified itself in a single match.
  • Where vendor pitches diverge from operating reality, and the three diligence questions every Indian stadium operator should be asking before signing.
  • The honest pre-procurement checklist for any operator about to commission a smart venue programme in 2026-27.
02:50 PM - 03:00 PM

Spotlight: From a Single Sensor to a Living Building - A Stadium Digital Twin That Pays Back in 18 Months

  • Your venue generates thousands of data points every minute – a digital twin is what turns that noise into decisions your ops team can act on before problems become crises.
  • The ROI question has already been answered by stadiums that deployed first – India gets to skip the experimentation phase and go straight to the proven playbook.
  • Start small, scale smart – the venues that win aren't the ones who digitised everything at once, they're the ones who started with energy, then crowd, then unlocked a venue that practically runs itself.
03:00 PM - 03:30 PM
NETWORKING BREAK & VISIT TO EXHIBITOR LOUNGE
03:30 PM - 04:00 PM
Panel Discussion

Cybersecurity at the Bowl - Protecting Ticketing, Broadcast Feeds, OT Building Systems, and Fan Wallets from a Single Stadium Breach

  • The five attack surfaces of the modern Indian stadium: ticketing platform, broadcast uplink, OT building management, fan Wi-Fi, and cashless payments – and which ones are getting hit right now.
  • Why a single ransomware event at a match-day venue can stop the broadcast, freeze concessions, lock entry gates, and end careers – and what the BCCI, state associations, and franchise IT teams are doing about it.
  • The shared SOC model: how multiple Indian venues could pool detection, threat intel, and incident response instead of each running undersized security teams in isolation.
04:00 PM

CLOSING REMARKS & VISIT TO EXHIBITOR LOUNGE

*The above is a running agenda and is subject to change