AI-Ready Culture:
Machine Speed, Human Ingenuity
23 April 2025
AI-first thinking is only the start. The real challenge?
Weaving AI into our culture that blends machine speed with human ingenuity to drive change.
Discover how to build a future-ready organisation.
9:15 AM - 4:00 PM (IST)
Online (Zoom)
AI-Ready Culture:
Machine Speed, Human Ingenuity
23 April 2025
AI-first thinking is only the start. The real challenge?
Weaving AI into our culture that blends machine speed with human ingenuity to drive change.
Discover how to build a future-ready organisation.
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Online (Zoom)
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Today, AI-first thinking is simply insufficient. The world has moved beyond just deploying AI technologies; the real challenge now is building an AI-ready culture. A culture that effortlessly harmonises machine speed and human ingenuity is driven by values, mores, and practices that turn every interaction, every project, and every challenge into an opportunity for transformation.

Who should tune into Rakuten Product Conference?
Business Leaders & Executives
CEOs, CTOs, VPs, and decision-makers interested in understanding how to build an AI-ready culture and drive innovation within their organizations.
Product Managers & Innovators
Professionals managing product development who want to learn how to embed AI into their offerings and shape an AI-first mindset.
Tech Engineers & Developers
AI specialists, software engineers, and developers keen on exploring the technical side of AI and its role in shaping business solutions.
Entrepreneurs & Startups
Founders and startup teams looking to integrate AI into their business models and build an innovative, AI-ready culture from the ground up.
HR & Organizational Culture Leaders
HR managers and organizational leaders focused on fostering a culture of adaptability and readiness for AI within teams.
Keynote Speakers
Rakuten Product Conference brings industry leaders from around the world to explore trends, share ideas, and shape what's next in tech.
Agenda
An amazing day of impactful ideas, actionable insights, inspiring connections! Passes and registration here
Keynote
09:15 AM IST
15 min
Welcome Note
Akihito Kurozumi, Group Senior Managing Executive Officer, CIO & CTO, Rakuten Group

09:30 AM IST
05 min
Keynote
Tsubasa Shiraishi, Vice Chairman, Rakuten India

09:35 AM IST
10 min
Special Address
Nakane Tsutomu, Consul General of Japan in Bengaluru

09:45 AM IST
20 min
What's Next in AI: The Agentic Revolution
Praful Chavda, Founder and CEO, Chisel
Taku Okoshi, Executive Officer, Director, AI Services Supervisory Department, Office Manager, Global CDO Office, Rakuten Group
Caitlin Cai, Head of Product, Rakuten Asia
Ting Cai, Group Senior Managing Executive Officer, CAIDO (Chief AI & Data Officer), Rakuten Group (moderator)




10:05 AM IST
10 min
Rakuten: Driving AI Native Culture
Sunil Gopinath, CEO, Rakuten India and Executive Officer, Rakuten Group

Fireside Chat
10:15 AM IST
20 min
Leading Through the AI Wave: Vision, Velocity, and the Human Element
Sunil Gopinath, CEO, Rakuten India and Executive Officer, Rakuten Group
Vishal Dhupar, Managing Director, Asia South, NVIDIA


Industry Spotlight
10:35 AM IST
20 min
Beyond the Hype: A Pragmatic Journey into Generative AI
Sandeep Alur, CTO Microsoft Innovation Hub, Microsoft India

10:55 AM IST
20 min
LLM-powered Recommendation Solution that Enhances Personalisation and Engagement
Pan Yaozhang, Founder & CEO, LEARNSCAPE PTE. LTD
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11:15 AM IST
20 min
Reimagining Commerce in the Era of AI
Mohit Saxena, Co-Founder & CTO, InMobi

11:35 AM IST
20 min
AI Native Experience
Zhe Liu, Vice General Manager, Catalog Management Department, AI & Data Division, Rakuten Group

11:55 AM IST
20 min
Empowering Telecom Success: Generative & Agentic AI for Customer Experience, Employee Productivity and Network Evolution
Dr. Rajan Gupta, Director of Data Science and AI/ML, Deutsche Telekom Digital Labs

Founder's Stage
12:15 PM IST
20 min
Building an AI-First Culture: Scaling Social Shopping While Keeping People at the Core
Fabian Ouwehand, Co-Founder and CEO, ForReal

12:35 PM IST
20 min
Navigating Generative AI and the Digital Revolution - Democratizing Technology | Enhancing Machine-Human Interaction
Ankush Sabharwal, Founder & CEO, CoRover

12:55 PM IST
20 min
How AI and Behavioural Science Can Change Culture and Drive Business Impact? - Perspectives from the Frontline with Worxogo
Anant Sood, Co-Founder, Worxogo

Duologue - Ideas in Tandem
01:15 PM IST
20 min
Bridging the Gap: AI on the Fintech Frontier
Ravi Battula, VP, Global Products, FIS Global
Krishnendu Majumdar, CPTO, Yubi Group of companies


01:35 PM IST
20 min
Agentic AI Transformation of Enterprises: A Dialogue on the Opportunity, Challenges, and Solutions
Anand Kulkarni, Customer Engineering Lead, Intel Corporation
Aditi Nanda, Director Ecosystem & Industry, Intel Corporation


Expert Insights
01:55 PM IST
20 min
SPACE Framework: Driving AI Innovation Beyond Algorithms
Dr. Dakshinamurthy V Kolluru, MD & Chief Mentor, TekFrameworks

02:15 PM IST
20 min
Art of using AI in Education
Shivaram K R, Co-Founder and CEO, Hue Learn

Visionary Roundtable
02:35 PM IST
30 min
The C-Suite Playbook for an AI-Ready Culture
Harsh Vardhan, Global Head- Digital Innovation, Apollo Tyres Ltd.
Jeyandran Venugopal, Chief Product and Technology Officer, Flipkart
Nalini George, Chief Human Resources Officer, Bangalore International Airport Limited
Sunita Mohanty, President and Chief Revenue Officer, UpGrad
Vishnu Vardhan Nadella, Vice President of IT & CISO, Gupshup
Jun Iriyama, General Manager, Catalog Management Department, AI & Data Division, Rakuten Group (moderator)






03:05 PM IST
30 min
AI for Impact: Crafting Products That Deliver True Enterprise Value and ROI
Dr. Priyanka Ray, Global Head - AI and Transformation, IBM Consulting, Singapore
Sridevi Vadapalli, Chief Data Scientist, Daimler Truck Innovation Center India
Shuvajit Basu, VP, Data Science, Tata Digital
Anindo Chakraborty, Director, US Personal Banking Analytics, Citi India
Ashish Pandey, AI Product Leader, ex-Meta
Nishant Nayak, VP, Product & Engineering, Rakuten India (moderator)






Tech in Wellness
03:35 PM IST
20 min
From Data to Daily Habits: Tech’s Role in Personalised Wellness
Gopal Chhetri, Senior Vice President & Business Unit Leader, CGI

Closing
03:55 PM IST
05 min
Vote of Thanks
Anirban Nandi, VP, AI Products & Business Analytics, Rakuten India

Keynote
09:15 AM IST
15 min

Welcome Note
Akihito Kurozumi,
Group Senior Managing Executive Officer, CIO & CTO, Rakuten Group
09:30 AM IST
05 min

Keynote
Tsubasa Shiraishi,
Vice Chairman, Rakuten India
09:35 AM IST
10 min

Special Address
Nakane Tsutomu,
Consul General of Japan in Bengaluru
09:45 AM IST
20 min




What's Next in AI: The Agentic Revolution
Praful Chavda,
Founder and CEO, Chisel
Taku Okoshi,
Executive Officer, Director, AI Services Supervisory Department, Office Manager, Global CDO Office, Rakuten Group
Caitlin Cai,
Head of Product, Rakuten Asia
Ting Cai,
Group Senior Managing Executive Officer,
CAIDO (Chief AI & Data Officer), Rakuten Group (moderator)
10:05 AM IST
10 min

Rakuten: Driving AI Native Culture
Sunil Gopinath,
CEO, Rakuten India and Executive Officer, Rakuten Group
Fireside Chat
10:15 AM IST
20 min


Leading Through the AI Wave: Vision, Velocity, and the Human Element
Sunil Gopinath,
CEO, Rakuten India and Executive Officer, Rakuten Group
Vishal Dhupar,
Managing Director, Asia South, NVIDIA
Industry Spotlight
10:35 AM IST
20 min

Beyond the Hype: A Pragmatic Journey into Generative AI
Sandeep Alur,
CTO Microsoft Innovation Hub, Microsoft India
10:55 AM IST
20 min
_Pan.png)
LLM-powered Recommendation Solution that Enhances Personalisation and Engagement
Pan Yaozhang,
Founder & CEO, LEARNSCAPE PTE. LTD
11:15 AM IST
20 min

Reimagining Commerce in the Era of AI
Mohit Saxena,
Co-Founder & CTO, InMobi
11:35 AM IST
20 min

AI Native Experience
Zhe Liu,
Vice General Manager, Catalog Management Department, AI & Data Division, Rakuten Group
11:55 AM IST
20 min

Empowering Telecom Success: Generative & Agentic AI for Customer Experience, Employee Productivity and Network Evolution
Dr. Rajan Gupta,
Director of Data Science and AI/ML, Deutsche Telekom Digital Labs
Founder's Stage
12:15 PM IST
20 min

Building an AI-First Culture: Scaling Social Shopping While Keeping People at the Core
Fabian Ouwehand,
Co-Founder and CEO, ForReal
12:35 PM IST
20 min

Navigating Generative AI and the Digital Revolution - Democratizing Technology | Enhancing Machine-Human Interaction
Ankush Sabharwal,
Founder & CEO, CoRover
12:55 PM IST
20 min

How AI and Behavioural Science Can Change Culture and Drive Business Impact? - Perspectives from the Frontline with Worxogo
Anant Sood,
Co-Founder, Worxogo
Duologue - Ideas in Tandem
01:15 PM IST
20 min


Bridging the Gap: AI on the Fintech Frontier
Ravi Battula,
VP, Global Products, FIS Global
Krishnendu Majumdar,
CPTO, Yubi Group of companies
01:35 PM IST
20 min


Agentic AI Transformation of Enterprises: A Dialogue on the Opportunity, Challenges, and Solutions
Anand Kulkarni,
Customer Engineering Lead, Intel Corporation
Aditi Nanda,
Director Ecosystem & Industry, Intel Corporation
Expert Insights
01:55 PM IST
20 min

SPACE Framework: Driving AI Innovation Beyond Algorithms
Dr. Dakshinamurthy V Kolluru,
MD & Chief Mentor, TekFrameworks
02:15 PM IST
20 min

Art of using AI in Education
Shivaram K R,
Co-Founder and CEO, Hue Learn
Visionary Roundtable
02:35 PM IST
30 min






The C-Suite Playbook for an AI-Ready Culture
Harsh Vardhan,
Global Head- Digital Innovation, Apollo Tyres Ltd.
Jeyandran Venugopal,
Chief Product and Technology Officer, Flipkart
Nalini George,
Chief Human Resources Officer, Bangalore International Airport Limited
Sunita Mohanty,
President and Chief Revenue Officer, UpGrad
Vishnu Vardhan Nadella,
Vice President of IT & CISO, Gupshup
Jun Iriyama,
General Manager, Catalog Management Department, AI & Data Division, Rakuten Group (moderator)
03:05 PM IST
30 min






AI for Impact: Crafting Products That Deliver True Enterprise Value and ROI
Dr. Priyanka Ray,
Global Head - AI and Transformation, IBM Consulting, Singapore
Sridevi Vadapalli,
Chief Data Scientist, Daimler Truck Innovation Center India
Shuvajit Basu,
VP, Data Science, Tata Digital
Anindo Chakraborty,
Director, US Personal Banking Analytics, Citi India
Ashish Pandey,
AI Product Leader, ex-Meta
Nishant Nayak,
VP, Product & Engineering, Rakuten India (moderator)
Tech in Wellness
03:35 PM IST
20 min

From Data to Daily Habits: Tech’s Role in Personalised Wellness
Gopal Chhetri,
Senior Vice President & Business Unit Leader, CGI
Closing
03:55 PM IST
05 min

Vote of Thanks
Anirban Nandi,
VP, AI Products & Business Analytics, Rakuten India
AI is here, but the real power lies in being ready for it. Let's talk about how we're getting there at RPC 2025.
For more details write to us at:
rakuten-product-conference@mail.rakuten.com
AI is here, but the real power lies in being ready for it.
Let's talk about how we're getting there at RPC 2025.
For more details write to us at:
rakuten-product-conference@mail.rakuten.com