“Technology can be a way forward for inclusion”

The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) held the CTO Conference 2019 with the theme “Predicting the Unpredictable – Embracing & Imagining the Digital Future”. The conference saw participation form leading Chief Information Officer (CIOs) and Chief Technology Officers (CTOs) across industry verticals deliberating on emerging technologies, organizational culture, the CTOs role, digital ethics and privacy among others.

Brett Chouinard, President & Chief Operations Officer (COO) Altair Engineering while talking at the keynote said that data and simulation are converging. Most of today’s products are conceptualized and built in a virtual world before making it into the physical realm, he said. Connected cars, internet of things, machine learning AI etc. are all influencing the kind of products developed today.