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Get Inspired, Be Agile: Navigating the Future of Business
In collaboration with Scrum Alliance, tryBusinessAgility—a flagship initiative of tryScrum—is thrilled to bring back the much-anticipated Regional Scrum Gathering for a second time, following its successful debut in Bengaluru in 2024.
Yes, Regional Scrum Gathering 2025 – Bengaluru is the flagship conference by tryScrum, with previous successes in Chennai and Bengaluru, gathering groundbreaking insights on “Crossing Agile Frontiers: People, Products, and Platforms.” This year, we’re uniting influential global thought leaders and change agents who are driving agility in their organizations to tackle Industry 5.0 challenges and pave the way for a responsive, future-ready workforce.
Hurray! Regional Scrum Gathering - Bengaluru - 2025 is on July 11-12,2025!!!
Tickets
Pre & Post Conference Workshop
Our Keynotes
Prof. Dave Snowden
Founder, Chief Scientific Officer, Cognitive Edge
Dave Snowden divides his time between two roles: founder Chief Scientific Officer of Cognitive Edge and the founder and Director of the Centre for Applied Complexity at the University of Wales. His work is international in nature and covers government and industry looking at complex issues relating to strategy, organisational decision making and decision making. He has pioneered a science based approach to organisations drawing on anthropology, neuroscience and complex adaptive systems theory. He is a popular and passionate keynote speaker on a range of subjects, and is well known for his pragmatic cynicism and iconoclastic style.
His paper with Boone on Leadership was the cover article for the Harvard Business Review in November 2007 and also won the Academy of Management aware for the best practitioner paper in the same year. He has previously won a special award from the Academy for originality in his work on knowledge management.
Janaki Sabesh
Story Teller & Actor
“A story from the heart will always win more hearts”
Janaki Sabesh writes, performs and lives through stories. Her passion for stories began way back in her childhood when she turned a teacher for her imaginary class of students in her balcony every day after returning from school!
An accomplished actor, her body of work spans films across all South Indian languages and several modelling assignments. She has worked with stalwarts like Aishwarya Rai, Kamal Hassan, Madhavan, Vijay, Surya and directors like Shankar, Mani Ratnam, & Rajiv Menon among others.
A graduate in Political Science from Lady Sriram College, Delhi, with a Masters in Mass Communication from Jamia Millia Islamia University, Delhi, Janaki has more than 20 years of experience in the media and communications space as part of Goldwire communication, JS films and Qube Cinema
Invited Speakers
Karthik Rameshkumar
Director- Solutions Engineering at GitHub
Karthik is a Technology Leader who has spent the better part of his professional life understanding the intersection between businesses and technology. With a career that kick-started with a series of entrepreneurial ventures, Karthik eventually found his home in super-serving the world’s developer community.
He has had the privilege of being a leader and founding member of multiple rockstar teams that went on to become powerhouses in their own right ( DigitalOcean’s Americas Developer Experience team, Twilio’s Global Support Delivery center to name a few).
With a career traversing roles such as being a CTO/Technical Co-founder, DevOps Leader, Customer Support & Success Leader, Karthik believes that the the world’s developers still haven’t gotten their fair share!
In his current role as the Director for Field Services in APAC West, Karthik leads GitHub’s Solutions engineering and Cloud Solutions for India, SEA, South Korea, GCR, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Karthi Subbaraman
Design Leader – Salesforce.com
80000+ hours of user experience design, 200+ digital products, 20+ domains, 500+ master classes, 12+ brands and countless experiments – If Kathi’s professional life is represented as a dashboard, that is what it will sound like.
Karthi is currently empowering billions to achieve more at Microsoft India. A technologist turned into a multidisciplinary product designer focused on human cognition and behaviors.
Before building for billions, Karthi spent one full decade in entrepreneurship building remote product design schools, nonprofit maker ecosystems, product design agencies and no-code accelerators.
Karthi earned a Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics, a Masters in Human-Computer Interaction and an Executive MBA in Product Leadership.
Venkatesh Balasubramaniam
Co-Founder & CEO at Claypot
With a 25-year track record of driving growth through design, Venkatesh is a leader passionate about building and scaling global design teams. From launching game-changing B2B and B2C products at Keka HR to spearheading design strategies at Freshworks, his journey reflects a blend of creativity, strategy, and leadership. Adept in UX/UI, design systems, and accessibility, he has led teams across continents, doubling revenues and fostering innovation.
What sets him apart? A commitment to mentorship and a knack for transforming challenges into opportunities.
Shobana Kailash
CHRO, Hubilo
Global Human Resources professional with 20 plus years of comprehensive experience working in global multinational environments, delivering in American, MEA and Asian contexts.
Anupma Singh
CEO, Interview Cracker
Anupma, an accomplished alumna of IIT Kanpur, is a distinguished serial entrepreneur with deep expertise in AI, HR, and SEO. As a leading voice in the integration of artificial intelligence within human resources, she has significantly contributed to advancing business agility. Currently she is building Interview Cracker where with the help of AI she is bridging the gap between, Colleges, Candidates and Companies.
With over 20 years of experience in the industry, Anupma is a seasoned leader who has built a reputation for delivering results. She has become a trusted advisor for businesses looking to stay ahead of the curve in the rapidly evolving world of technology, entrepreneurship, sales, and marketing.
Jayaprakash Puttaswamy
Agility & Leadership Coach
Jayaprakash Puttaswamy (often called as JP) is a Marshall Goldsmith Certified Executive Coach and a Certified Practitioner of the Global Leadership Assessment (GLA360). JP helps successful leaders to become even better by enabling their personal leadership transition journey. He’s also an ALJ Guide (Agile Leadership Journey Guide) representing AgileLeadershipJourney and focused on APAC region. JP is also a Certified Enterprise Coach (CEC) from Scrum Alliance and helps organizations adopt agile ways of working at scale.
Viktor Grgić
Certified Less Trainer
Viktor is an expert in organizing product development, software engineer and Certified LeSS trainer with 25 years of experience in delivering enterprise systems and Agile adoptions. He worked first 15 years in The Netherlands, and since 2013 in Hong Kong.
He brings Agile adoption and practices to organizational (management & product ownership), team, and technical (software development practices and operations) levels. He has coached and trained many large and small organizations: Dutch Chamber of Commerce, Municipality of Amsterdam, Bol.com, ProRail, Port of Rotterdam, Sdu Publishers, Cathay Pacific, Thales Hong Kong, Tyme in Vietnam, Societe Generale Hong Kong, and Japan, Natixis Hong Kong, Splunk in Shanghai, Hutchison Ports in Hong Kong, BMW in Germany, Nationale Nederlanden in the Netherlands, Crypto.com, Contour in Singapore, Jago in Indonesia, BNPP in Hong Kong.
Accepted Speakers
Vivek Ganesan
Co-founder @ Ampyard
Vivek Ganesan is a published author and a co-founder at https://www.ampyard.com/. He helps organizations, teams and individuals to be better and happier than they are, using his Technical Agility, Process Agility and DevOps coaching skills.
Vivek is an Agile and DevOps practitioner. He also provides consultancy on Agile & DevOps transformation to various companies, ranging from startups to Fortune 50 companies.
Vivek has spoken at multiple conferences across the world. https://vivekganesan.com/talks is a list of all his talks.
Vivek is an Open source enthusiast and has contributed to open-source projects like Mozilla, Hadoop, HBase, Karma and more.
Rashmi Fernandes
Growth Leadership Coach
• Rashmi Fernandes is a Growth Leadership Coach, an Educator and a seasoned Leader, with 24 years of experience dedicated to driving positive change in people and organisations.
• With a passion for people development, especially women leaders and creating psychologically safe spaces, Rashmi has honed her skills in aligning “business priorities globally while adopting a Humans First approach.
• Her vision is to make a difference to as many lives as possible by building their agility in the way they think and act via her training and coaching.
• She believes strongly that every human being is complete and whole just the way they are, and her coaching can enable them to become their best versions.
Ramkumar
Delivery Leader – Swiggy Instamart
• Ramkumar has spent close to two decades in the IT industry and has expertise in building many 0-1 systems and scaling them to millions of users globally. He has worked in many industry verticals including Insurance, Pharma, Retail, E-commerce and lately Q-commerce. In the last 10 years, he has led multiple large scale and hypercomplex programs for fortune 100 customers with cutting edge technology stacks delivering multi million dollar benefits. His specialties include Product & Program Management, Strategy, Business Process Excellence, Agile Coaching and Cloud Transformation.
• In his current capacity, he is responsible for delivering high impact and population scale products in Supply Chain and E-commerce charters for Swiggy Instamart to deliver fresh groceries to millions of consumers PAN India with unparalleled convenience.
• He believes AI can be a great equalizer as well as a force multiplier and can liberate us from doing less complex work to more creative and higher order thinking.
• He also advises startups on their journey of growth, marketing and scaling up. He is an Engineer by profession with love and passion for technology and building great products. He is also an alumni of IIMA. In his free time, he runs marathons and has clocked ~200+km till date.
Suvarna Kulkarni
Coach
An experienced Agile enthusiast, deeply passionate about propelling and guiding organizations to unlock their full potential through agile ways of working. With a track record spanning from start-ups to diverse domain corporations, I’ve played a crucial role in assisting cross-functional teams to achieve remarkable results by instilling a growth mindset and optimizing processes. As a certified coach, I am dedicated to fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement, empowering teams to consistently deliver results. My commitment, dedication, and trust values have proven invaluable in facilitating successful transformations for high-impact projects, establishing psychologically safe environments, and collaborating with leaders to ensure seamless alignment between strategy and execution.
Abhigya Pokharel
Sr. Project Manager’, Ncell Nepal
Abhigya is a seasoned professional with over 15 years of extensive experience in the Telecom Industry. Born and raised in Nepal, she has made a significant impact in her field. Currently serving as a Senior Project Manager at Ncell, Nepal, Abhigya excels in Project Portfolio Management, Strategic Planning, and Service Operations. Her expertise extends to Value Added Services, and she boasts an impressive track record of successfully leading and delivering multi-
million-dollar projects.
Rucha Kapare
Global Head of External DEI Data
With over a decade of experience in software and product development, I am a leader in Business Analysis and Agile methodologies at Springer Nature, where I head the External DEI – Data team. My mission is to foster a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) across the organisation and the industry and to leverage data to drive DEI initiatives and outcomes.
My engagement with the community extends to being a LinkedIn Community Top Voice for Fostering Inclusivity and Facilitation. Notably, I am recognized for my role in championing DEI within the Agile and research spheres. Having shared my insights at various conferences, my speaking engagements cover a spectrum of topics, including Business Analysis, Agile methodologies, DEI and Allyship in Agile, and researcher diversity.
Harish Raju
Program Manager, Google
Harish Raju is an Program Management maverick, forging excellence over 17 years at technology titans like
Google, Qualcomm,Vodafone, and Barclays.
His triumphs speak volumes – boosting product usage by 15%, slashing delivery timelines by 80%, and
transforming customer experiences into raving successes.
Currently at Google, his visionary leadership is revolutionising in building tools that are turbocharging operational
efficiency.
Harish’s true prowess lies in unlocking the boundless potential of Generative AI – a frontier where he fearlessly
pushes boundaries and forge new paths to innovation. His recent talks at Google-GOC, and ASRAM Medical
College, Eluru, Andhra Pradesh on AI and Generative AI accelerating business and medical research have
gained tremendous traction, truly impacting day-to-day activities.
Speaker Introducton
Agenda
Day 1
Welcome drink and conference kit collection along with registration.
Welcome note by Venkatesh
Rewilding Agile
High Tea
AI in HR: Leveraging AI to Improve Customer Experience
Enhancing Business Agility in the AI Era: Unveiling the Roots of Cognitive Load Challenges
Personal Agility – A Framework Beyond Frameworks!
Buffet Lunch
Supercharging Developer Productivity | A scrum master’s cheat-sheet to agility in the age of AI
High Tea
Design Leadership in Agile: Strategies for Driving Innovation and Efficiency
GenAI – A force multiplier for leaders in the Age of AI
Causing the Real Leadership Growth for Yourself and Others
Networking
Day 2
Welcome Drink & Networking
Welcome Note by Arunvignesh
Beyond Words: How Stories Shape Us, Our Work, and Our Connections
High Tea
Business design for the AI era
AI-Driven Talent Acquisition: Revolutionizing Recruitment and Retention in Agile Organizations
The Generative AI Imperative: Unlocking Next-Generation Business Practices with Responsibility
Buffet Lunch
Utilizing Generative AI for Agile Engineering Practices
Unlocking success through Inclusive Leadership
High Tea
Leadership Agility for Women : Starting from the position of Strength
A big room facilitation for Networking
Networking
Welcome drink and conference kit collection along with registration.
Welcome note by Venkatesh
Keynote by Dave Snowden
High Tea
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Buffet Lunch
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High Tea
Open Session
Networking
Welcome drink and Open Networking.
Welcome note by Arunvignesh
Day 2 – KeyNote
High Tea
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Buffet Lunch
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High Tea
Open Session
Closing note by Venkatesh
Our Team
Venkatesh Rajamani
Chair
Arunvignesh Ramakrishnan
Co-Chair
Coming Soon
Reviewer
Jayaprakash
Reviewer
Vijay Bandaru
Reviewer
Kiran Kallakuri
Reviewer
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We envision a world where an agile way of working is so universal, it’s simply called working.
Since 2001, we have supported the agile movement as the only member-driven non profit certifying body in the agile space. As a trade association, we were founded and funded by the community for the community, a privilege we take seriously. We continue to nurture the agile movement by providing education, advocacy, research, community, and connection.
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At Scrum Alliance® , we’re a passionate community of changemakers who want to transform the world of work. We believe in the power of real-world agility and we work tirelessly to provide our community with resources and support they need to be changemakers in their own organizations. We strive to equip our community with the tools they need to get the job and get the job done.
We envision a world where an agile way of working is so universal, it’s simply called working.
Since 2001, we have supported the agile movement as the only member-driven non profit certifying body in the agile space. As a trade association, we were founded and funded by the community for the community, a privilege we take seriously. We continue to nurture the agile movement by providing education, advocacy, research, community, and connection.
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To advance real-world agility by equipping and inspiring the changemaker in everyone.
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Regional Scrum Gathering 2025 Bengaluru will be the third of its kind in tryScrum’s history, with an expansive suite of offerings for the attendees on the theme of the event “Crossing Agile Frontiers: People, Products, and Platforms.”
• Business leaders & IT professionals (start-ups, scale-ups and large organisations)
• Developers, HR leaders and Changemakers
• Scrum Masters, Agile coaches, trainers, leaders & enthusiasts
• Non- IT Professionals
You will be able to interact with like-minded people across different industries. So come and Immerse Yourself in 2-days of meaningful conversations about “Crossing Agile Frontiers: People, Products, and Platforms.”
We will update the Speaker profiles and talks shortly on the “Speakers” space.
The ticket includes two days of Conference Pass for all the sessions, Conference Kit + Goodies. A welcome drink, two high tea sessions, and an executive buffet lunch are also included on both days.
We will open up Speaker proposals shortly. Keep watching this space.
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