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Business Standard Dialogue Webinars

Business Standard Webinars are online summits designed to offer readers broader perspectives on key developments and a range of topics through insightful conversations with leaders, experts, and policymakers.

Business Standard's series of knowledge-sharing webinars -- Business Standard DialogueBlueprint Roundtable, and Indulgence Luxe Lens -- bring together a great selection of guests and topics, anchored by a BS host, who asks the right questions to unravel the meaning behind the news.
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AI and the Future of Technology

Explore how artificial intelligence is transforming industries such as healthcare, finance, education, and automation. This webinar covers emerging AI trends, practical applications, and future career opportunities in the rapidly evolving technology landscape.More

Panelists

Anurag Sharma

Assistant Manager

Moderated by
Ganesh Shinde

Tech Lead

13 May 2026

01:30 PM IST · 60 mins

Upcoming Webinars

AI in Financial Markets: How Technology is Changing Investing

Artificial Intelligence is rapidly transforming financial markets by improving data analysis, algorithmic trading, and risk management. This webinar will explore how AI-driven tools are helping investors and financial institutions make smarter decisions.More
AI in Financial Markets: How Technology is Changing Investing

Panelists

Ruth David

Manager

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V. P. Singh

Columnist at Business Standard

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Moderated by
Anagha Patil

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27 May 2026

04:15 PM IST · 10 mins

Past Webinars

AI​ Testing Summit 2026?

This webinar is created for testing hidden characters, invisible Unicode spaces, tabs, multiple spaces, and newline validations.
 
The session includes validation scenarios for:
AI​Testing, Automation     Frameworks, URL generation, frontend rendering, and data sanitization.
 
Hidden characters used:
Zero-width spaces, tabs, non-breaking spaces, and extra whitespace.

   This webinar​ session is created for testing hidden Unicode characters, multiple     spaces, non-breaking spaces, newline
validations, and invisible formatting issues. The content includes AI​Testing, Automation Frameworks, special whitespace handling, encoded characters, URL generation scenarios, and frontend rendering validations to verify whether the system properly trims, sanitizes, stores, and displays hidden characters without causing UI breakage, search mismatches, duplicate entries, or 404 page issues.   

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Webinar Ended12 May 2026    02:00 PM IST
AI​ Testing    Summit 2026?

Panelists

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Rahul​ Sharma

`Senior QA Lead`

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Neha Kapoor

Product Manager, Scrum Master

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Dr. Rahul​ Kumar Sharma International‎ AI‎ T

Senior Principal​ Quality‎ Assurance‎ Architect & Enterprise‎ Automation‎ Transformation‎ Consultant

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Moderated by
`Priya Mehta`

`Automation Engineer`

12 May 2026

02:00 PM IST · 70 mins

Introduction to Indian Stock Markets

This webinar covers the basics of the Indian stock market, including how exchanges work, key indices, and simple strategies for beginners. Learn how to start investing and understand market movements with real-world examples.More
Webinar Ended11 May 2026    02:00 PM IST
Introduction to Indian Stock Markets

Panelists

Anurag Sharma

Assistant Manager

Moderated by
David Thompson

Tech Lead

11 May 2026

02:00 PM IST · 60 mins

Special Char -> AI & QA: Future, Risks & Growth!!! @@##$$%%

In today’s rapidly evolving digital world, organizations are adopting AI-driven testing, automation frameworks, and advanced quality engineering practices to improve efficiency and scalability. This webinar will explore how modern QA teams handle complex testing scenarios involving special characters and data validations such as: ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) _ + = - [ ] { } ; : ' " , . < > / ? \ | ~ across web, mobile, and API platforms. Attendees will gain insights into real-world validation techniques, security testing approaches, and edge-case handling strategies.

The session will also cover challenges faced while validating user inputs, form submissions, search filters, payment flows, and data storage systems containing special characters like commas (,), semicolons (;), quotes (' "), brackets [ ], braces { }, pipes (|), slashes (/ ), and other symbols. Experts will demonstrate how improper handling of such inputs can impact application stability, database integrity, UI rendering, and security compliance.

Additionally, the webinar will discuss best practices for negative testing, input sanitization, SQL injection prevention, XSS validation, encoding standards, and automation strategies for validating special-character-heavy test data. Participants will also learn how to design robust test cases for multilingual inputs, Unicode characters, symbols, and unusual formatting patterns to ensure a secure and seamless user experience.

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Webinar Ended08 May 2026    01:00 PM IST
Special Char -> AI & QA: Future, Risks & Growth!!! @@##$$%%

Panelists

R@hul Sh@rma

Sr. QA Arch!tect, SDET

K@ran J0shi

AI/Test!ng C0nsultant

Martand Mishra

CEO ET, Formor: Writter of BS

Moderated by
Priy@ M#hta

Autom@tion L3ad

Smart Investing in 2027: Managing Risk & Building Wealth

The investment world of 2026 looks vastly different than it did just a few years ago. With the mass adoption of Agentic AI advisors, the rise of Tokenized Real-World Assets (RWA), and a shifting global interest rate environment, traditional "Buy and Hold" strategies are being redefined.More
Webinar Ended30 Apr 2026    05:45 PM IST
Smart Investing in 2027: Managing Risk & Building Wealth

Panelists

Santosh Manjare

Assistant Manager

Moderated by
David Chen

Assistant Manager

30 Apr 2026

05:45 PM IST · 30 mins

Securing Federated Intelligence in 2026

 In 2026, the paradigm has shifted from "Data Collection" to "Insight Orchestration." As global regulations and privacy concerns make centralized data lakes obsolete, Federated Intelligence has emerged as the primary way for organizations to train powerful models while keeping sensitive data on-device. However, this decentralized approach introduces a new frontier of vulnerabilities—from model poisoning and gradient leakage to orchestrator spoofing.More
Webinar Ended29 Apr 2026    04:00 PM IST
Securing Federated Intelligence in 2026

Panelists

Santosh Manjare

Assistant Manager

Moderated by
David Chen

Assistant Manager

29 Apr 2026

04:00 PM IST · 90 mins

Social Media ROI: Measuring What Actually Matters for Media Brands

Likes, shares, and comments feel good, but do they drive business results? This webinar tackles the critical challenge of measuring true return on investment from social media activities. We will move beyond vanity metrics to focus on what actually matters: referral traffic, conversion rates, subscription sign-ups, and revenue attribution. Learn how to connect your social media efforts directly to business outcomes.

Our panel includes social media analytics experts and marketing leaders who have built data-driven social strategies for major media brands. They will share specific frameworks for setting up proper tracking, using UTM parameters, integrating with Google Analytics, and creating dashboards that executives actually care about. We will also discuss how to attribute conversions across multiple touchpoints and calculate the true cost per acquisition from social channels.

If you are tired of reporting "engagement" without being able to prove business impact, this webinar will transform your approach to social media measurement. Leave with tracking templates, dashboard examples, and an attribution framework.

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Webinar Ended24 Apr 2026    04:00 PM IST
Social Media ROI: Measuring What Actually Matters for Media Brands

Panelists

Anurag Sharma

Assistant Manager

Namrata Shinde

Lead SDET

Moderated by
Ganesh Shinde

Tech Lead

24 Apr 2026

04:00 PM IST · 500 mins

Budget 2026 Decoded: Expert Insights for Investors & Businesses

With the southwest monsoon just weeks away, concerns are mounting over the possibility of below-normal rainfall and its ripple effects on agriculture, economic growth, and business activity.
 
In the upcoming Business Standard Dialogue, we take a deep dive into the implications of a potentially weak monsoon — from crop output and rural demand to inflation and broader economic stability. The webinar will offer a timely preview of what lies ahead and how stakeholders can prepare for rainfall shortfalls.
 
The session will feature Ramesh Chand, Member (Agriculture), NITI Aayog, as the special guest. He will be joined by Business Standard’s agriculture expert Sanjeeb Mukherjee, and senior economic journalist A K Bhattacharya for a comprehensive discussion.

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Webinar Ended24 Apr 2026    03:00 PM IST
Budget 2026 Decoded: Expert Insights for Investors & Businesses

Panelists

Anurag Sharma

Assistant Manager

Namrata Shinde

Lead SDET

Moderated by
Meera Kapoor

CEO

Test: India Economic Conclave: Charting the $10 Trillion Path to 2035

India has set its sights on becoming a $10 trillion economy by 2035. This flagship BS Dialogue webinar brings together policymakers, economists, and industry captains to assess the realistic roadmap and critical bottlenecks. Business Standard's Economic Conclave examines the three engines of growth—manufacturing, services, and agriculture—and the reforms needed to accelerate each.
 
Session one addresses the manufacturing push: Can India capture the China+1 opportunity? Our panel discusses PLI scheme effectiveness, infrastructure development, and ease of doing business. Session two focuses on services, exploring the next frontier in IT, GCCs, and knowledge economy. Session three tackles agriculture and rural consumption—the often-overlooked driver of demand. The conclave concludes with a macroeconomic outlook on fiscal policy, monetary policy, and external balances.
 
This is essential viewing for economists, policy analysts, business leaders, and anyone tracking Indias growth story.
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Webinar Ended23 Apr 2026    04:00 PM IST
Test: India Economic Conclave: Charting the $10 Trillion Path to 2035

Panelists

Namrata Shinde

Lead SDET

Anurag Sharma

Assistant Manager

Shivani Singh

Tech Lead

Nagabushan V

Financial Advisor and Selling Author

Moderated by
Emin Gunenc

Tech Lead

23 Apr 2026

04:00 PM IST · 15 mins