the 21st century has seen a complete change in the way life operates on this planet. we are the cusp of the 4th industrial revolution that will be based on the code, data or information based social and economic system. in the digital age of intelligent machines, rampant mechanization and automation of all biological and physical phenomena, technology is literally a body invader, penetrating consciousness, reshaping perception, circulating bodies and desire in cybernetic loops of information. human subjectivity has become so deeply and inextricably embedded with technology that the 'posthuman' is born at the interstices of data and flesh, erasing the traditional demarcation between man and machine. this calls for alternative ways of thinking about humanity and its environments, new way of embracing change and a new way of understanding ourselves. with diminishing workforce and rise of the machines in different sectors, a range of innovations in different sectors have come in the market that were only a dream few years ago. for example, designer dna’s, precision medicine, digital health, ai, blockchain based systems, clinical wearables in pharmaceuticial/ medicine industry. autonomous cars, hyperloop trains, computer driven pods, flying taxis, intelligent transport systems in the transportation and the automotive sector. contactless shopping, facial recognition, augmented reality, artificial intelligence, virtual trial rooms in retail. cyber security, movement to cloud, business intelligence are impacting the legal sector and aerospace sector. geo-spatial technologies, edge computing, iot, internet based computing are being used for building smart infrastructure/cities. the cloud , renewable energy, energy storage, disruptive service models impacting the utility industry. lithium ion, gold nanowire, grabat graphene and foam battery technology used in the battery industry. apart from the above ai, blockchain, the cloud, big data, internet of things and augmented reality is impacting every other industry. industry 4.0. is propositioned on developments that will call for these unprecedented changes in processes and businesses which in turn will affect law, politics, relationships. to tackle these changes, our events will invite leading entrepreneurs,vendors, scientists, innovators, futurists and industry experts from global organizations, institutions and universities to share case studies, research and technological innovations. these changes would require us to integrate cutting-edge technology and science with humanities and think about major world issues from a broader lens that covers ideas from philosophy, history, cultural studies, new media and digital culture, environmentalism and earth sciences, bio-genetics, neurosciences and robotics, evolutionary theory, critical legal theory, primatology, animal rights and science fiction.