Freelance Foundation

about wordcon 2017

Wordcon 2017’s core objective is to bring authentic, useful, fresh and inspiring stories of various freelancers or those who share the spirit of freelancing from our contemporary ecosystem. The ecosystem includes business and the more serious business of living and growing. Unlike many focused and business driven conferences, Wordcon2017’s distributed focus is to hear stories in the first person from freelancers, entrepreneurs and professionals distinguished in various fields and hope to have cross-pollination of stories, ideas and initiatives.

21+ Speakers

25+ Topics

9+ Hours

100+ Seats

Schedule

Registration
9.30 am – 10.00am
Inaugural Ceremony
10.00am – 10.45am Inaugural chanting by Mr. Raja Bhattacharya Welcome Address by Sri Pritam Bhattacharyya, Chairman – Wordcon, Chief Wordsmith – Wordsmith Communication Address by Sri Sushobhan Mukherjee, Chairman – Infocon Global, CEO- Prime Infoserv LLP Address by Sri Radhakrishnan, President – TiE, Kolkata Address by Dr. Parthasarathi Bhattacharya, Pulmonologist, Founder – Institute of Pulmocare and Research Address by Dr. Ashutosh Bhattacharjee, Chief Trend Analyst and Consultant – Vedic Life Trends Address by Chief Guest Sri Samarpan Maharaj, Belur Math Formal Inauguration by lamp lighting.
Tea Break
10.45am – 11.00am
Freelancing in Sports Domain
11.15am – 11.30am Mr. Jamshed Nasiri, Formal Player and Football Coach
Importance of PR on Freelancer’s Career
11.00am – 11.15am Ms. Rita Bhimani, Founder-CEO, Ritam Communications
Fireside Chat on “Media”
11.30pm – 12.00pm Mr. Jimmy Tangree, Friends FM Mr. Snehasis Sur, Doordarshan
Freelancing: Importance for the NextGen Career Perspective
12.00pm – 12.30pm Moderator – Mr. Rajdeep Chowdhury, JIS College Dr. Buroshib Dasgupta, Ex Director, NSHM Professor Dilip Shah, Bhawanipur Education Society Mr. Sailen Sengupta, Chief Architect, Wordsmith University
“Reputation to Revenue: Freelance Your Way to Success”.
12.30pm – 01.00pm Mr. Avelo Roy, Founder, Kolkata Ventures
Networking Lunch
1.00pm – 1.45pm
“Free-Space” and “InfoQuest” Print Magazine Launch
1.45pm – 2.00pm By Rhitobrata Bhattacharya, Media Specialist along with “Wordcon” and “Infocon” Chairman
Living a stress-free life – Story of a passionate musician
2.00pm – 2.15pm Mr.Parijat Biswas, Corporate Citizen in a Multinational Company
Life, Career, Action in International Business
2.15pm – 2.30pm Mr. Joydeep Ganguly, Business Strategist and Practitioner for International Business
Creativity in Business
2.30pm – 2.45pm Mr. Deepak Kumar Khaitan, Practicing Company Secretary, Past Chairman of ICSI-EIRC, Entrepreneurship Educator & Mentor
Panel Discussion: Importance of Freelancing in Information Security
2.45pm –3.15pm Moderator: Mr. Sushobhan Mukherjee, Chairman, Infocon Global Mr. Arif Ahmed, Professor and Director, South Asian Management Technologies Foundation Mr. Nirupam Sen, BSI – Kolkata
Achieving Business Excellence through NLP
3.15pm –3.30pm Dr. Sudip Sinha, Doctorate in Management Studies from ISBM, NLP Master Practitioner
Panel Discussion on the topic “Global Working for Freelancers”
3.30pm – 4.00pm Moderator: Mr. Pritam Bhattacharyya Mr. Malabika Chatterjee, Founder – Mono Translation Bureau Mr. Pinaki Talukder, Founder, Anubadak Lingo Services
Creating Writing as Career Path
4.00pm – 4.30pm Sri Binod Ghosal, Bengali Fiction Writer
Tea Break
4.30pm – 4.45pm
How Blogging can Kickstart your career
4.45pm –5.15pm Mr. Subhasis Chatterjee, Connect India, Mozilla, Indus Universe
PR: Freelance vs Agency
5.15pm –5.30pm Mr. Subhas Mohanty, PRSI, Kolkata
Talk Show Entitled “An Inspirational Legacy”
5.30pm – 5.45pm Dr.Arnab Gupta, Saroj Gupta Cancer Care and Research Institute, Kolkata
Musicals
6.00pm –6.45pm C4 – Calcutta Centre for Communication and Creativity Kolkata – Centre of Trinity College of London in Eastern India
Award Ceremony and Vote of Thanks and Press Bytes
6.45pm –7.00pm