New York: Alumni of the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-B) will organise the 2008 Golden Jubilee Conference in New York from July 18 - July 20, 2008 to commemorate their alma mater's Golden Jubilee celebrations.

The conference, "Looking Ahead - The Next 50 Years", will discuss opportunities and challenges in the next 50 years, in global finance, entrepreneurship, technology and education.

The key-note speakers at the three-day conference include Jamie Dimon, CEO JPMorganChase & Co; Ronen Sen, India's Ambassador to the USA and Frank Wisner, Vice Chairman (External Affairs) AIG.

Victor Menezes, Sr. VC, Citigroup; Ashok Misra, IIT-B Director and Nandan Nilekani, Chairman, Infosys will also grace the occasion.

Some of the prominent attendees of the conference include:

- Pradeep Anand, Vice President, Preng & Associates
- Balu Balagopal, Boston Consulting Group, Energy Practice
- Amar Bhide Lawrence B. Glaubinger, Columbia University
- Andrew Douglas, Dean of Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
- Raj L. Gupta, Chairman, President and CEO, Rohm and Haas
- Rajat Gupta, Senior Partner Emeritus, McKinsey & Company
- David W. Leebron, President, Rice University
- Robyn Meredith, Senior Editor, Forbes Magazine
- Vijay Modi Professor, Columbia University
- Dr. V. Narayanamurti, Dean, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
- Ganesh Natrajan President, NASSCOM
- Jason Pontin, Editor-in-Chief, CTO, MIT Technology Review
- Linda Segre, Managing Director, Google.org