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On 4 April 2026 the Internet Society India Hyderabad Chapter (ISOC HYD) will host ‘Universal Acceptance Day 2026‘. This full day conference, to be held at the Microsoft Campus in Gachibowli, Hyderabad, has the theme ‘Universal Acceptance for an Inclusive Digital Future – Driving Atmanirbhar Bharat‘.
AGENDA (All Times IST = UTC+5.5)
09:30 Opening and Context Setting
Bala Prasad Peddigari – Master of Ceremonies
09:35 Inaugural Ceremony
Dr. Salman Abdul Moiz – Vice-President, ISoC Hyderabad Chapter
K Mohan Raidu – President, ISoC Hyderabad Chapter
Jayesh Ranjan – Govt. of Telangana, Special Chief Guest
10:00 Keynote Address: Building the AI-Powered Multilingual Internet: Microsoft’s Vision for Universal Acceptance at Scale
Vijay Mamtani – CVP, Microsoft
10:20 Keynote Address: Reimagining the Internet: UA as the Foundation for the Next Billion Users
Amitabh Singhal – Board Member, ICANN
11:00 Session #1: Language, Identity and Digital Inclusion: Why UA Matters for Humanity
Ma’aly Hazzaz – Regional Director, APAC, UNESCO
11:20 Session #2: From Policy to Practice: Building a Global-Local Ecosystem for Universal Acceptance
Satish Babu – Co-Chair ALAC IDNs WG; IEEE Member, MGA Board
11:40 Session #3: Inside Universal Acceptance: Standards, Challenges and Implementation Roadmap
Sarmad Hussain – Senior Director, IDN and UA Programs, ICANN
12:00 Keynote Address: From Local to Global: Building Bharat’s AI-Native Multilingual Internet
Kiran Chandra Yarlagadda – Founder, SWECHA and VISWAM.AI
12:30 Lunch
13:30 Keynote Address: India’s Strategic Role in the Global Universal Acceptance Movement
Samiran Gupta – MD Asia Pacific, ICANN
13:50 Academia and Research Track: Building India’s UA-Ready Talent Ecosystem
Dr. Uday Desai – Founding Director, IIT Hyderabad
Dr. Rajnikanth Aluvalu – Director, Symbiosis Institute of Technology
14:40 Industry Deep Dive: UA as a Business Multiplier
Seshu Venkata – Vice President, Wipro
MGPL Narayana – Chair, IEEE Hyderabad Section
Rajeev Ranjan – AI Leader, Wipro
15:25 UA Adoption Demonstration
K Pranava Raidu – UA Team, ISOC Hyderabad
15:45 Certificate Distribution & Vote of Thanks
Dr. Salman Abdul Moiz – Vice-President, ISoC Hyderabad Chapter
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