Schedule

BSIDES AHMEDABAD 2026

Event Timeline

26 & 27 September, 2026

Hyatt Regency Ahmedabad

  • Day 1
  • Day 2

Ballroom 1 - Executive CXO

Registration & Breakfast

08:00 am

Ballroom 1

Opening

Opening Ceremony & Address

Time

09:00 am - 10:00 am
Maj Gen K. K. Chakrabarti, VSM
Speaker

Maj Gen K. K. Chakrabarti, VSM

Darshan Patel
Speaker

Darshan Patel

Group Director, ISRO

Ballroom 1

Keynote

Rinki Sethi

Time

10:00 am - 10:25 am
Rinki Sethi
Keynote

Rinki Sethi

Chief Security Officer, Upwind

Ballroom 1

Keynote

Samir Aksekar

Time

10:30 am - 10:55 am
Samir Aksekar
Keynote

Samir Aksekar

Managing Director, EQT Digital

Networking Break

10:55 am - 11:20 am

Ballroom 1

Keynote

Bithal Bhardwaj

Time

11:20 am - 11:45 am
Bithal Bhardwaj
Keynote

Bithal Bhardwaj

Chief Executive Officer, Gramax

Ballroom 1

Panel Discussion

AI Governance for Modern Enterprises - From Innovation to Responsible Adoption

Time

11:50 am - 12:20 pm

Ballroom 1

Panel Discussion

Securing Critical Infrastructure: OT, ICS & National Cyber Resilience

Time

12:25 pm - 01:00 pm

Lunch

01:00 pm - 02:00 pm

Ballroom 1

Panel Discussion

DPDP Meets AI: Can You Control Data You Can't See?

Time

02:00 pm - 02:35 pm

Ballroom 1

Talk

Dr. Rajendra Kumar

Time

02:40 pm - 02:55 pm
Dr. Rajendra Kumar
Speaker

Dr. Rajendra Kumar

Co-Founder & Chief Revenue Officer, Extreme Compute, Inc.

Ballroom 1

Panel Discussion

Who Owns the Risk? Securing an Interconnected Financial Ecosystem

Time

03:00 pm - 03:35 pm

High Tea

04:00 pm - 04:30 pm

Ballroom 1

Panel Discussion

AI driven cybersecurity: from hype to real-world impact

Time

04:30 pm - 05:05 pm

Ballroom 1

Evening

Invite Only Cocktail Party

Time

05:00 pm - 08:00 pm

Sponsored by miniOrange

Ballroom 1

Evening

BSides Ahmedabad Maestro Awards & Networking Dinner

Time

07:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Hosted by celebrity RJ Kunal

Ballroom 2 - Technical Track

Ballroom 2

Technical Talk

Dr Amit Sharma - Keynote

Time

11:15 am - 12:00 pm
Dr Amit Sharma
Keynote

Dr Amit Sharma

Ballroom 2

Technical Talk

2,500+ Companies, 434,000 Pipelines: One Poisoned AI Package

Time

12:00 pm - 12:25 pm

Ballroom 2

Technical Talk

Apple Intelligence Exposed: Reverse Engineering the AI Assistant

Time

12:30 pm - 01:00 pm

Lunch

01:00 pm - 02:00 pm

Ballroom 2

Technical Talk

The AI Recon Engine: How to Let Machines Understand Targets to Break Them

Time

02:00 pm - 02:30 pm

Ballroom 2

Technical Talk

Bug Bounty Beyond Web & Mobile: Automated Secret Hunting in Developer Ecosystems

Time

02:35 pm - 03:05 pm

Ballroom 2

Technical Talk

Breaking Google Antigravity: Owning the AI Developer Workstation

Time

03:10 pm - 03:50 pm

High Tea

04:00 pm - 04:30 pm

Ballroom 2

Technical Talk

How to Not Run an APT Group: Unravelling APT Operations From Within

Time

04:30 pm - 05:00 pm

Mansion 1 - Workshops

Mansion 1

Workshop

Hands-On Adversary Emulation on Enterprise Environments

Time

10:30 am - 12:30 pm

Lunch

01:00 pm - 02:00 pm

Mansion 1

Workshop

Exploiting Modern LLM Applications

Time

02:00 pm - 04:00 pm

High Tea

04:00 pm - 04:30 pm

Good To Know

Workshops run in parallel with the talk tracks and have limited seats. Bring a laptop with admin rights and a working VM. Seats are first come, first served at the door.

Regency Boardroom - Invite Only Roundtable

Regency Boardroom

Roundtable

Every company is becoming a software factory - as a CISO, how do you enable your enterprise on that journey?

Time

11:00 am - 11:45 am

Lunch

01:00 pm - 02:00 pm

Regency Boardroom

Roundtable

From Compliance to Cyber Resilience: Navigating DPDPA, Identity and AI-Driven Threats in a Fragmented World

Time

03:00 pm - 03:45 pm

High Tea

04:00 pm - 04:30 pm

Invite Only

Roundtables run in the Regency Boardroom by invitation. Seats are confirmed in advance - please check with the organising desk.