CeBIT India to be held between Oct 28-30 next year

This year's event saw participation from Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka, along with top execs from IBM, Vodafone, Accenture, Intel and Mercedes-Benz

In view of the success of the maiden CeBIT event in India, Hannover Milano Fairs has decided to hold a second edition of the expo between October 28 and 30, 2015. The event will be held at Bengaluru International Exhibition Centre, which was the venue for the event this year as well. The focus of the event next year would be digital economy and digital transformation.

The world's largest business-to-business information technology show CeBIT, which happened in India for the first time in the first week of November this year, saw participation from 600 brands, 366 exhibitors and 9,311 industry professionals and visitors from across the globe, according to the post-event details released by the event's organiser Hannover Milano Fairs on Tuesday.

This year, the three-day CeBIT India event was held association with the Karnataka government's annual technology event, ITE.biz. The event saw participation from Infosys Chief Executive Officer Vishal Sikka (via video), IBM India Managing Director Vanita Narayanan, Vodafone India CEO Marten Pieters, Accenture MD Mark McDonald, Intel India President Kumud Srinivasan, and Mercedes-Benz Research & Development India Director and CEO Manu Saale.