Cisco Connect India & South Asia

Empower the AI Era with Cisco

The world is evolving faster than ever — and AI is accelerating that change. From how cities operate to how businesses compete, intelligent technology is reshaping every facet of our digital lives. To lead in this new era, organizations must be built on strong, AI-ready foundations. Data centers need the capacity and intelligence to handle massive workloads. Workplaces must adapt seamlessly, empowering collaboration and innovation. And resilience is key — ensuring your systems stay protected, connected, and ready for whatever comes next. At Cisco, we infuse AI into every layer of our technology — from secure networks and adaptive infrastructures to data-driven collaboration tools. Our mission is simple: to help you harness the full potential of AI, driving efficiency, agility, and sustainable growth across your business. For over four decades, Cisco has partnered with organizations around the world to navigate change with confidence. Now, as we step into the AI era together, we’re building the next generation of intelligent, secure, and resilient digital ecosystems. Join us at Cisco Connect India & South Asia to explore how AI is redefining innovation — and see how Cisco’s technologies can help your organization connect, protect, and thrive in the intelligent future.

Why Attend Cisco Connect India & South Asia

Join an elite community of C-suite leaders, technology visionaries, and Cisco experts shaping the next chapter of digital transformation. Cisco Connect India & South Asia is an invitation-only experience designed for senior decision-makers who are driving their organizations toward an AI-enabled, secure, and resilient future.

Who should attend

Business leaders and decision makers
IT strategists
Data center managers and engineers
Cybersecurity experts
AI enthusiasts and innovators

Agenda

World of Solutions

Your Day at Cisco Connect India & South Asia. From inspiring keynotes to technical deep dives, every session is designed to equip you with insights and tools to unlock the power of AI and security.

Themes	Demo Name	Solutions	Synopsis
AI Ready Datacenters	Transforming Manufacturing with Computer Vision and Machine Learning	AI Pods Edge Inferencing	Join us to discover how Cisco, in partnership with Switchon, can help you to achieve remarkable business outcomes in your manufacturing plant. Imagine improving product quality, boosting productivity, and reducing scrap—our demo will show you how.
	Bridge IT	AI Pods RAG Ineferncing	BridgeIT is Cisco IT's internal AI assistant designed to answer questions using Cisco-internal content and public internet data. It is built on OpenAI’s ChatGPT structure and is approved for use with up to Cisco Highly Confidential content. BridgeIT protects personally identifiable information and is designed to evolve as new information sources are ingested.
	Cloud Managed Fabric-as-a-service	Hyperfabric	Experience the Hyperfabric as a cloud-managed vertical stack solution consisting of purpose-built hardware, software, a cloud controller, day-2 operations, automation, and Cisco support that eliminates complexity.
	GPT in a box	Cisco Compute Hyperconverged with Nutanix	The Cisco Compute Hyperconverged with Nutanix GPT-in-a-Box solution is designed to simplify the adoption of generative AI by providing a streamlined approach to deploying the necessary infrastructure. This solution combines Cisco servers and SaaS operations with Nutanix software, utilizing popular Large Language Models (LLMs) to create a fully validated AI-ready platform.
Future Proof Workplace	Accedian	Accedian	Proactive network monitoring solution for enterprise network
	Secure Campus	DNAC & ISE	Experience seamless integration and enhanced security with our Secure Campus Demo, showcasing the power of Cisco DNA Center and ISE.
	AI-enabled Wireless	Wireless (wifi7) & Spaces	Optimize your network and workspaces with the most intelligent wireless platform, using the power of AI and explore the future of wireless: faster, smarter connections that deliver secure and flawless experiences—every time along with Cisco Spaces demo to empower workers with safer, smarter, and more sustainable workplaces by securely linking applications with data insights from physical spaces with a single platform.
	Connect, Secure, & Observe	Meraki full stack + SASE + TE (Integrated story)	Cisco Secure Connect is our unified SASE subscription built for speed and simplicity to deliver a delightful experience with minimal effort by securely connecting users, things, and applications seamlessly from anywhere.
	Assuring Digital Experiences	ThousandEyes	Join us as we showcase digital experience assurance in the modern age
	Transform your workplace	Collab	Transform your workplace with Cisco’s integrated solutions. Enable seamless collaboration with video conferencing and Webex Spaces, secure environments with ThousandEyes. Redefine productivity, security, and efficiency in one smart workspace.
	Agentic AI - Contact Center	Contact Center
Digital Resilience	Accelerate Zero Trust Access	Duo + SSE + AMP	In the era of hybrid work, users need protection at all times, on any device, without hindering their productivity. Traditional patchwork security methods add unnecessary complexity, burdening IT and complicating user experience. The Cisco User Protection Suite addresses this by securing operations as an interconnected whole, making it easier for IT and security teams to provide effective protection and enable users to consistently perform their best work.
	Re-Imagine Data Center Security	NGFW (New 1200 & 1300)	The cloud-delivered Firewall Management Center(cdFMC) brings the management capabilities of the Firewall Management Center (FMC) within Cisco Defense Orchestrator (CDO). Adoption is made easier with a minimal learning curve, as we have retained the FMC's policy management workflows and user experience. Also, the built-in migration wizard enables easy migration from privately managed FMCs (Hardware appliance, private or public cloud) to the cloud-delivered FMC.
	Cisco AI Defence	AI Defence	Cisco AI Defense: Advanced security solution leveraging AI to proactively detect and mitigate cyber threats, ensuring robust network protection
	See, Detect and Enforce	SNA + CV + ISE + TrustSec	Networks are ever more complex and devices are proliferating by the minute. It’s harder to see what’s on the network, and it’s harder to spot a threat. Our Network Visibility and Segmentation solution combines Cisco security stack to get fast threat detection, highly secure access, and software-defined segmentation.
	Security Operations Simplified	XDR + Splunk	In this demonstration we will showcase how Splunk Enterprise Security and Cisco XDR can work together to help make the security operations center more efficient with both incident response and threat hunting.
	SOC of the future	Splunk Security	Strengthen digital resilience by modernizing your SOC with unified threat detection, investigation and response

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Main session 08:30 AM - 2:00 PM

Time	Topic	Speakers
8:30 AM - 9:15 AM	Visit of World of Solutions Experience the World of Solutions – Cisco, partners, learning, and networking – all in one place.	1
9:30 AM - 9:40 AM	Opening Keynote A talk highlighting Cisco’s commitment to leading digital transformation and innovation across the region, while setting the vision and context for the event.	Daisy
9:40 AM - 10:30 AM	One Cisco Discover how networking, security, observability, and collaboration – including Splunk – come together to deliver key outcomes for customers in the AI era.	Jeetu Patel / Jeff Schultz
10:30 AM - 11:10 AM	Digital Resilience Unlock resilience with complete visibility. By harnessing data across your digital footprint, your organization can enhance digital resilience and thrive—no matter what comes next.	Raj Chopra + LTI customer video
11:10 AM - 11:30 AM	Break	2
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Future Proofed Workplaces Modernize how business happens, everywhere it happens to deliver better employee and customer experiences, boost productivity, and simplify IT.	2
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM	AI-Ready Data Centers Modernize your data center to power AI and traditional workloads while balancing costs and meeting evolving business needs.	2
12:30 PM - 02:00 PM	Lunch and World of Solutions	2

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Breakout session 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Deep-dive into AI-ready data centers, future-proofed workplaces, and digital resilience through focused tracks tailored to your interests; please note—seats are available on a first-come, first-served basis

Time	AI-Ready Data Centers	Future-Proofed Workplaces	Digital Resilience
2:00 PM – 2:30 PM	Innovations in AI Networking	Delivering a Secure Network for the AI-ready Campus, Branch, and I IoT	Harnessing the power of machine generated data for your business in the AI era
2:40 PM – 3:10 PM	Secure Compute Infrastructure: Built for AI. Ready for Everything	Agentic Ops & Unified Platform: Simplifying Operations with Cisco’s Unified Platform	Power the SOC of the Future
3:20 PM – 3:50 PM	Data Center Security Overload - Architecting Networks for AI Scale	Universal ZTNA from Cisco.	Streamlined Resilience For Enterprises (Sub-title: Proactive monitoring and managing Organizations Operational Risks to maintain Business continuity)
4:00 PM – 4:30 PM	Unified Edge: Future-Ready Performance	Experiences, amplified: How AI Can Fuel Better Employee, Customer and IT Experiences

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Ben Dawson

SVP and President, Asia Pacific, Japan, and Greater China

Ben Dawson is the President of Sales for Asia Pacific, Japan, and Greater China (APJC) at Cisco. This business comprises seven organizations operating across a diverse set of markets: Australia and New Zealand, ASEAN, India and SAARC, Korea, Japan, Greater China, and Service Provider.

Dawson is responsible for Cisco APJC’s strategy, driving market leadership, and ensuring Cisco delivers the most trusted customer and partner experience in the industry.

He leads a talented team across sales, marketing, solutions engineering, and operations, and is committed to helping customers innovate using Cisco’s technology solutions across next generation networking, cybersecurity, and the critical infrastructure for AI. Dawson works closely with customers to help them navigate technology transitions and today, he is focused on helping them securely connect everything to make anything possible in the AI era.

Prior to his current role, Dawson led Cisco Australia and New Zealand where he worked with customers and partners to drive digital transformation and accelerate technology adoption. While leading the team, Cisco Australia was recognized as the country’s number one employer by Great Place to Work for five consecutive years. Prior to that, Ben was Vice President of Sales for Cisco’s Webscale business and managed Cisco’s strategy and relationships with some of the world’s largest web and cloud companies.

Since joining Cisco in 1998, he has served in a variety of sales roles across enterprise, public sector, commercial, channels and service provider in the US and Australia. Before Cisco, Dawson spent his career in sales with systems integrators and telcos.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in International Trade from Monash University in Melbourne.

Cisco speakers

Ben Dawson
SVP and President, Asia Pacific, Japan, and Greater China

Daisy Chittilapilly
President, Cisco India & South Asia

Arun Shetty
Senior Director, Solutions Engineering, Cisco India & South Asia

Early bird giveaway - TBD

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Frequently asked questions

Who is eligible to attend this event?
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Will hotel or flight expenses be arranged?
You will be fully responsible for your own accommodation, flight arrangements, and bookings in order to attend the in-person event in Mumbai
Will on ground transportation be provided for attendees of the event?
No, there will be no on ground transportation.
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- First 150 people reaching the registration zone and collecting the physical coupon will be eligible for early bird giveaway.
- In case of people coming in group, the coupons will be distributed sequentially in a queue limited to first 150 only.
- The giveaway will be handed over at the end of the event upon presenting your coupon.
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Empower the AI Era with Cisco

Why Attend Cisco Connect India & South Asia

Who should attend

Agenda

World of Solutions

Main session 08:30 AM - 2:00 PM

Breakout session 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Guest speakers

Ben Dawson

Cisco speakers

Early bird giveaway - TBD

Thank you to our sponsors

Tata Communications

NetApp

Frequently asked questions