The four-day conference, will deliberate on emerging issues of importance such as knowledge management, quality maintenance, global environment, financial services and logistics, according to an NIM spokesperson. The conference is to be inaugurated by Sebi chairman DR Mehta, followed by keynote address by Swami Chidananda of Chinmaya Mission.

Other keynote speakers are Michael Pinedo of New York University (USA) on `Planning and scheduling in manufacturing and services: impact of globalisation and Internet', NASSCOM India president Dewang Mehta on `Indian software industry:

current trends and future prospects', Nimish Radia of US-based Sunmicro Systems on `Corporate strategic object in the global business environment', Robin Peterson of New Mexico State University (USA) on `IT and marketing in the global scenario', Ravi Seethamraju of University of Western Sydney on `Realtime online collaboration and its impact on soft- ware development, outsourcing, support and consulting projects in the Internet world'.