The two-day conference begining March 8 is being held in India for the second year in succession in association with CyberMedia.
The conference, organised by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Technology Review journal, will cover a variety of cutting edge topics ranging from green computing techniques, clean transport alternatives and smarter energy grid to the role that wireless can play in connecting India.
Special sessions on innovative diagnostics and neglected diseases will draw attention towards unheralded health care fields.
A session on the future of nanotechnology will touch on new capabilities, giving people new ways to make things and heal bodies.
The Dean of MIT's School of Engineering, Subra Suresh, and several of his colleagues will be part of the eminent panel of speakers from around the world.
Speaking about Emtech, Technology Review publisher and editor-in-chief Jason Pontin said, "The highlight of the conference will be a two-day brainstorming sessions by a dozen researchers from MIT's Media Lab to propose innovative solutions to some India-specific technological challenges".