I have mentioned a couple of times that I will also have a National and Regional Initiatives/IGF at lunch, and that is proposed already with a conflict with the CSG event with ALAC. I can't avoid that and most of the NRI coordinators and participants are from ccTLDs and Govt.  so I don't overlap for the majority of the CSG [except for me, Jimson*, and Lawrence and Omar]. *But as Jimson is an officer of the BC, he should prioritize the CSG/ALAC lunch time event, in my view. 

Chris Mondini and I have been talking about a Fireside Chat between the CEO and a very senior TATA/NASCOM executive. I spoke to him informally, as I was trying to use my senior contacts at NASCOM to encourage this, and my relationship with the Chair Emeritus at TATA.  He was very hopeful that this would come through, and frankly, to me, our best strategy then is to participate, as Andrew has noted below. 

Also, perhaps we should try to volunteer for an hour or two in the Newcomers booth/something we haven't done recently. I suspect that Omar, Lawrence and I can all dedicate at least an hour, and it is something we should do as part of the mentor/mentee program anyway. 

Marilyn