Big Tent Activate Summit: LIVE from New Delhi
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In 2012 India crossed the historical threshold of 100 million internet users, a figure projected to grow to some 300 million by 2015 and 600 million by 2020. This will make India the biggest open internet access market in the world.
As it emerges as a true powerhouse of the global economy, an immense wealth of digital innovation echoes out of the region. But as with other countries experiencing such rapid growth and expansion, there are political, economic and social challenges that an internet enabled Indian society must address.
With a view to providing a platform to examine the influence of the web in shaping India's future, the Guardian and Google have joined forces with the Delhi-based global consultancy MediaGuru to run a Big Tent Activate Summit at the Taj Palace in New Delhi, India on 21st March 2013.
The inaugural Summit represents a unique marriage of three multinational media brands and two powerhouse international events series; Google's Big Tent series and the Guardian's Activate Summits, both of which focus on the role the internet has to play in shaping global society in the 21st century.
Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt and Guardian editor-in-chief Alan Rusbridger, who spoke together on stage at Activate 2010 in London, will reprise their keynote roles at the invite only event in New Delhi in front of an international and domestic audience of around 300 delegates.
There will also be addresses by Stephanie Cutter, political consultant and deputy campaign manager for Obama's 2012 presidential reelection campaign, computer scientist Umar Saif, American journalist Jeff Jarvis, Shashi Tharoor, Indian minister of state for human resource development and Kapil Sibal, Indian minister of state for IT and communications among other leading Indian and international speakers.
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