| Day 1: 22 May 2019 (Wednesday) |
| Time |
Conference Room A |
| 0930-1100 hrs |
Introduction & Welcome: Mr. Prem Behl, Chairman, Exhibitions India Group
Address by Industry Partner: Mr. Ankur Malhotra, Director, Mazars Advisory LLP
Address by Knowledge Partner: Mr. Sameer Jain, Partner & Lead – Urban Transformation, KPMG
Address by Knowledge Partner: Mr. Rahul Bagdia, Director & Co-founder, pManifold
Inaugural Address: Shri Durga Shanker Mishra, IAS, Secretary, Minister Housing & Urban Affairs Government of India
Release of reports:
Synchronizing a SMARTER India: by Mazars
Internet of Things in Smart cities: by KPMG
City EV Readiness: Bottom-up approach to scale EVs: by pManifold
Vote of Thanks: Mr. Prem Behl, Chairman, Exhibitions India Group
Ribbon Cutting and Exhibition Tour |
| 1100-1130
hrs |
Tea break
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| Time |
Conference Room A: Smart Cities |
Conference Room B: Solar |
Conference Room C: EV and Battery Tech |
Conference Room D: Water |
| 1130-1300 hrs |
Plenary Session: Developing smart cities for our citizens
Session focus:
• Essential features of smart cities mission
• Role of citizens in building smart cities
• Benefits for unprivileged sector in smart cities
• Learning from key smart city developments around the world
• Market trends and growth drivers
• Enhancing sustainability, accessibility and livability
• Key emerging technologies and applications
• Cities with public private partnerships
• City and utility collaboration
• Conversations between small and large cities and finding incentives to work together
Moderator: Mr. Sameer Jain, Partner & Lead – Urban Transformation, KPMG
Chair: Shri Naresh Kumar, Chairman, New Delhi Municipal Corporation, India
Industry Presentation: Mr. Deepak NG - Director BT Innovative Business & Global Affairs, Dassault Systemes, India
Speakers:
• Shri Anjum Parwez, IAS, Principal Secretary to Government (Municipalities & UDA), Urban Development Department, Government of Karnataka, India
• Mr. Rajendra Chaudhari, Director (Commercial), NBCC, India
• Mr. Rajeev Talwar, CEO, DLF Ltd., India
• Dr. Renu Khosla, Director, Centre for Urban and Regional Excellence, India
• Mr. Kyong-Yul-Lee, Secretary General, World Smart Sustainable Cities Organization (WeGO)
• Mr. Jayant Kohale, Business Head – RPG Smart Infra, KEC International Limited, India
• Mr. Amjad Sayyed, Sr. Vice President, Schindler India |
CEO Speaks: Solar energy for a sustainable future
Session focus:
• Why should India go big on solar?
• How do we reach not just 2022 targets but also create a sustainable ecosystem to meet NDC target of 2030?
o Required policy interventions
o Required regulatory nudges
• How to scale up the deployment of rooftop solar to meet 2022 targets?
• Can the Indian government facilitate the business of Indian IPPs in foreign geographies?
Chair: Shri Pranav Mehta, Chairman, National Solar Energy Federation of India, India
Keynote and Industry Partner
Address: Shri Deepak Gupta, Director General, National Solar Energy Federation of India, India
Speakers:
• Mr. Sujoy Ghosh, Managing Director, First Solar, India
• Mr. A.K. Jain, Managing Director, Rajasthan Electronics & Instruments Limited, India
• Mr. Anil Gupta, Managing Director, Okaya Power Pvt.Ltd., India
• Dr. Praveen Saxena, CEO, Green Jobs Skill Council, India
• Mr. R.K. Sharma, Executive Director, Refex Energy, India
• Mr. Sunil Badesra, Business Leader (India), Sun Grow, India |
Plenary Session: Electrifying the future: Learnings and the way forward from Global Leaders
Session focus:
• Status of schemes, regulations, policies, subsidies and challenges
• Need of financing for EVs
• Trends in growth of various EV types i.e. 2 wheelers, 3 wheelers, cars and buses
• EV manufacturing and supporting technologies
• EV design and mass adoption
• Overcoming the cost challenges
• Electric vehicle safety standards
• Investment models
Moderator: Mr. Rahul Bagdia, Director & Co-founder, pManifold, India
Special Address: Shri Anil Srivastava, Adviser, DG-DEMO, Niti Aayog, India
Leading Speakers:
• Mr. Sanjay Aggarwal, Managing Director, Fortum India, India
• Mr. Harj Dhaliwal, Managing Director, Virgin Hyperloop One, Middle East and India
• Mr. Vikram Gulati, Country Head & Vice President (EA), Toyota Kirloskar Motors Pvt. Ltd., India
• Mr. Naga Satyam, Executive Director, Olectra Greentech Limited(Goldstone), India |
High level panel discussion: Water for a sustainable future
Session focus:
The session will bring the industry leader together to discuss the robust, inclusive, leading-edge solutions for a sustainable water future.
Session focus:
• Universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water for all
• Adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene for all
• Improve water quality
• Increase water-use efficiency across all sectors
• Supply of freshwater to address water scarcity
• Integrated water resources management
• Protection and restoration of water-related ecosystems, including mountains, forests, wetlands, rivers, aquifers and lakes
• Global cooperation for a global issue
• Participation of local communities in improving water and sanitation management
Moderator: Mr. Puneet Srivastava, Sr. Advisor, Water and Sanitation, India
Speakers:
• Mr. Santosh Kumar Dwivedi, Operations Head – Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene, HCL Foundation, India
• Mr. Avinash Kumar, Director-Programs and Policy, WaterAid, India
• Mr. Shalabh Kumar, Member-Water Supply, Delhi Jal Board, India
• Swamini Adityananda Saraswati, Ganga Action Parivaar, India
• Mr. N. Srinivas, Chief Engineer/G.M (TECHNICAL),KUIDFC, India |
| 1300-1400
hrs |
Lunch
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| 1400-1530
hrs |
Digitally integrated smart cities
Session focus:
• Digital infrastructure for citizen
• Governance and services on demand
• Digital empowerment of citizens
• Command control centres
• 5G for smart cities
• Networks & data solution
• Cyber security
Moderator: Ms. Neetika Chhabra, Associate Director, KPMG
Keynote Address: Mr. Vinay Thakur, Director, National e-Governance Division (NeGD), Govt. of India
Industry Presentation: Mr. Anil Tak, Head Digital Business, Schindler, India
Speakers:
• Mr. Gaurav Agarwal, Managing Director, Symentac, India & SAARC
• Mr. Govind Singh Chauhan, Executive Director (Business Development), ABM Knowledgeware, India
• Mr. Gowtham Kumar Sampath, Head – ICT Research, Infoholic Research, India
• Mr. Ashdhir Kinra, CEO, Cohesive Technologies, India
• Dr. Harsha Thennarasu, CISO, HKIT, India
• Mr. Vasudevan Venkatakrishnan, Business Development Director APAC, Ruckus Networks at CommScope
Release of Research Paper by Infoholic Research
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Accelerating renewable energy in India by creating more bankable projects
Session focus:
• Specific provisions required for the bankable PPAs such as REWA
o Indexing financial closure timelines, etc. to approvals and land acquisition
o Factoring in risks to receivables, etc.
• How to factor in the resource risk?
• Is two-part tariff possible in renewable energy PPAs?
• Is the change in law robust enough in SECI and state PPAs?
• Performance of the plants over 25 years
• Other provision such as termination clause, etc.
Chair: Shri K.S. Popli, Former CMD, IREDA, India
Keynote Address: Mr. J.N. Swain, IAS, Managing Director, SECI, India
Speakers:
• Dr. P.C. Maithani, Adviser, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), India
• Mr. Ashok Aneja, Director, Dr. Gopal Energy Foundation, India
• Mr. Amit Jain, Senior Energy Specialist, World Bank Group, India
• Mr. Neeraj Menon, Partner, Trilegal, India
• Mr. Raj Singh Niranjan, Managing Partner, Trans India Law Associates & Legal Advisor, International Solar Alliance, India
• Mr. Sunay Shah, Director, Navitas Solar, India
• Dr. Pawan Singh MD & CEO PTC India Financial Services Ltd., India
• Mr. Sandeep Upadhyay, MD & CEO, Centrum Infrastructure Advisory Limited, India
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India’s EV charging infrastructure
Session focus:
• Current status of charging infrastructure from home charging to fast charging, swapping and way forward
• Barriers in deploying charging infrastructure
• Vision target and policy measures
• Role of utilities in developing charging infrastructure
• Emerging EVs charging ecosystem i.e. solar, park and charge, etc.
• Investments opportunities
Moderator: Dr. Prabhjot Kaur, CEO, Esmito, India
Presentation by: Mr. Krishna Sharma, Director, EV Charging, Delta Electronics, India
Speakers:
• Mr. Allen Abraham, Regional Analyst, BloombergNEF, India
• Mr. Nitish Arora, Track Lead, Electric Vehicles & Clean Technology, Ola Mobility Institute
• Mr. A.K. Jain, Managing Director, REIL, India
• Mr. Vijay Jaiswal, Director – Automotive, Telangana State Industrial Infrastructure Corporation Limited ( TSSIIC), India
• Mr. Maxson Lewis, Managing Director, Magenta EV Solutions Pvt. Ltd., India
• Mr. Awadhesh Kumar Jha, Vice President, Fortum, India |
Emerging technologies and innovation in water sector
Session focus:
• Digital transformation
• Policies and regulations to support utilities for deploying advanced technologies
• Long term innovations
• Platform for research and innovation
• Data information and analytics
• Potential of digital to transform the customer experience
• Designing
• Solutions for wastewater, leakage, solar water pump, irrigation, recycle and reuse, groundwater flow, water desalination, etc.
Moderator: Mr. Puneet Srivastava, Sr. Advisor, Water and Sanitation, India
Speakers:
• Ms. Poonam Sewak, Vice President - Knowledge and Partnerships, Safe Water Network, India
• Dr. Yu-Jen Huang, R&D Department Manager, Ever-Clear Environmental Eng. Corp., Taiwan
• Mr. Mazharul Haque, Managing Director, Oasis WFS Pvt. Ltd., India
• Mr. Manish Biyani, Associate Professor, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, India
• Mr. Ulrich Schott, Principal Hydrogeologist, Dornier Consulting International, Germany
• Mr. Lalit Bajare, Managing Director, Nixie Engineers Pvt. Ltd., India
• Mr. Vishal Sharma, Principal Design Engineer - Piping, Jacobs Engg India Pvt. Ltd., India
• Mr. Manohar Bandarum, Founder, Sensworx, India |
| 1530-1545
hrs |
Tea break
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| 1545-1715
hrs |
Disruptive technologies for smart cities
Session focus:
• IoT technology to create an intelligent city for citizens
• Blockchain and its impact on Industries
• Future of industrial IoT in smart cities
• Change in the ecosystem through AI and robotics, automation, drones, digital twin and AR
• The myths & reality of industry 4.0
Moderator: Mr. Gowtham Kumar Sampath, Head – ICT Research, Infoholic Research, India
Speakers:
• Mr. Rajesh Devnani, Vice President, Hitachi Consulting
• Mr. Prayukth KV, Head of IoT Marketing, Subex, India
• Mr. Dhananjay Sharma, Chief Operating Officer, SenRa, India
• Mr. Murali Thandavamurthy, Director, Semtech, India
• Mr. Vinay Thapliyal, MCU Marketing Manager –India, STMicroelectronics Pvt Ltd., India
• Mr. Dharmendra Tomar, Associate Director, Tata Communications, India |
Solving grid integration issue to accelerate uptake of solar energy
• Innovative financial solutions/guarantees to allocate the risks efficiently
• Bankable and robust PPAs
• How to improve the forecasting and scheduling guidelines in states?
• How to achieve better coordination between SECI and states?
• Is must run status even tenable with the current Indian RE targets?
Chair: Mr. Pankaj Batra, Former Member, Central Electricity Authority, India
Speakers:
• Mr. Rajesh Kumar, Senior Deputy General Manager, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd., India
• Mr. A.K. Naik, AGM (Power Systems), SECI, India
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Energy Storage for EVs
Session focus:
• Present status and future trends in technology, performance and costs
• Batteries and battery management systems
• Next generation battery materials and technologies
• Manufacturing opportunities in India
• Investments opportunities
Moderator: Mr. Sumit Dhanuka, Founder and Managing Partner, Precog Innovation Partners, India
Speakers:
• Dr Priyank Dahanukar, CEO, EVI (Electric Vehicle India), India
• Mr. Piyush Gupta, CEO, Lithion Power, India
• Mr. Anshul Gupta, Director, Okaya Power Group, India
• Mr. Samit Jain, Managing Director, Pluss Advanced Technologies Pvt. Ltd. , India
• Mr. Akash Kaushik, CEO, Euclion Energy, India |
Water economics: Valuation, pricing, technology, management and market development
Session focus:
• Pay as per the usage
• New technologies and innovations
• Valuation of fresh water: Parameters and pricing
• Surging water demands and usage
• Government initiatives, regulatory mechanism and incentives
• Obligations for water trading: needed or desirable
• Water management in cities
• Role of local communities and citizens for water market
• Global examples
Moderator: Mr. Puneet Srivastava, Sr. Advisor, Water and Sanitation, India
Speakers:
• Mr. Kirit Goyal, CEO, Gazelle Information Technologies, India
• Ms Prashansha Gupta, Project Coordinator, Akhil Bhartiya Samaj Seva Sansthan, Banda, India
• Ms. Kangkanika Neog, Programme Associate, CEEW, India
• Mr. Vikas Shah, COO, WaterHealth International, India
• Ms. Kriti Sharma, Project Director, Enactus (SRCC), India |
| Day 2: 23 May 2019 (Thursday) |
| Time |
Conference Room A: Smart Cities |
Conference Room B: Solar Rooftop Summit |
Conference Room C: EV and Battery Tech India Summit
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Conference Room D: Buildings |
| 1000-1130 hrs |
Urban planning and architecture for smart cities
Session focus:
• Governing the urban
• Exploring social identity and culture
• Infrastructure and the urban region
• Land use and planning
• Global perspectives on urban transformations
• Knowledge-based economies, innovation networks, and regional development in India
• Livelihoods, migration, and the urban economy
• Slum redevelopment
• Mass housing
Moderator: Mr. Ashish Sachdeva, Founder, Green Dream Foundation, India
Chair: Dr. PSN Rao, Director, School of Planning and Architecture, India
Industry Address: Mr. K Suresh, Business Development Director – Towers and Telecom, Ramboll
Speakers:
• Mr. Anil Kumar Bansal, IPE Global Ltd., India
• Mr. Amit Khanna, Founder and Design Principal, AKDA, India
• Mr. Mani M Mani, Founder and Chief Creative officer, RD&M Architects, India
• Mr. Shiv Marwaha, Advisor - Landuse and Urban Planning, WWF, India
• Mr. Fabrice SERVANT, R&D Lead Customer Projects Director, Dassault Systemes
• Mr. Anoj Tevatia Co-Founder, Design Forum International, India
• Mr. Jamie Webb, Head, Benoy, UK |
Harnessing solar energy in cities: Role of residential consumers
Session focus:
• Untapped market potential to achieve 40GW target
• Government policies and schemes for residential consumers
• Opportunities for cities to go solar
• Market challenges and drivers
• Consumer perspective towards rooftop solar in residential categories
• Role of discoms
Chair: Dr. Ashvini Kumar, Senior Director, TERI, India
Keynote Address: Sri G.Raghuma Reddy, Chairman & Managing Director Southern Power Distribution Company of Telangana Ltd. Hyderabad
Speakers:
• Ms. Selna Saji, Research Analyst, CEEW, India
• Mr. Raushan Kumar, Head-Channel Sales, Havells Solar, India
• Mr. Alok Varma, Associate Director, HCL Foundation, India
• Mr. Abhishek Ranjan, AVP and Head Renewable, BSES Rajdhani Power Limited, India
• Mr. Vamsi Gaddam, Joint MD, Visaka Industries, India
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1000-1315 EV Workshop: Charging-as-a-Service: for Entrepreneurs, Businesses and Cities If and how-to setup and manage EV charging business?
1000-1045 Business Models and Pricing for Charging-as-a-Service
Expert:
Mr. Rahul Bagdia, Director & Co-founder, pManifold, India
• Mapping of EV use cases (across 2-Wheeler/ 3-Wheeler/ 4-Wheeler/ Bus; commercial fleet vs. personal use; fixed vs. swapping battery) to charging infrastructure requirements
• EV use cases attractiveness and adoption measured in terms of Total cost of Ownership
• Opportunity sizing for EV Charging-as-a-service in India, and its segmentation
• Growth Drivers for rise of EV and Charging Business opportunities in India
• Different Charging Business models and entry strategies (Learning from various rollout deployments)
• Pricing for Charging-as-a-Service with scenarios and investment analysis
1045-1130 Charger make, Technologies and Performance
Expert:
•
Mr. Manas Trivedi, Sr. Manager-Mobility, Exicom, India
• EV charger types and important technical characteristics – slow vs. fast; off-board vs. on-board; vehicle segment specific; home vs. public charging; battery chemistry and size inter-relation;
• EV charger constituents and key elements that impact charging performance
• New technology innovations, features and readiness (vehicle-to-grid interactions, renewable integration, grid load management etc.)
• Considerations for chargers selection and procurement; role for standards;
• Best practices in Chargers setup, operations and maintenance |
Special Plenary Session: Green buildings by 2022
Session focus:
• Current scenario and market trends
• Policies, regulations and certifications
• Challenges and opportunities
• The economic and business case for green buildings
• Architectural and engineering perspective
• Green buildings for health & wellbeing of people
• A net zero energy buildings
• Communities involvement
• Landscapes in built environments
Moderator: Mr. Atul Nag, Senior Director, IFM, JLL, India
Speakers:
• Mr. Saurav Choudhury, Associate Counsellor, IGBC, India
• Mr. Saurabh Diddi, Director, Bureau of Energy Efficiency, India
• Mr. Pankaj Goyal, Vice President, International Operations, Schneider Electric, India
• Mr. Pranay Kumar, Business Head PMC and Cost Management, MottMacdonald, India
• Ms. Shruti Narayan, Lead – Green Building Program, IFC, India
• Mr. Ashish Jain, Managing Partner, AEON Integrated Building Design Consultants LLP, India |
| 1130-1145
hrs |
Tea break
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| 1145-1315 hrs |
Climate Smart Cities: Session by WWF
Session focus:
• Climate action in Indian cities – success stories, challenges, and way forward
• Role of cities in the climate agenda
• Climate mitigation action in cities
• Climate resilient cities
• Integrated approach to air pollution and climate change
• Financing climate action in cities
11:45 – 11:50 Setting the context
11:50 – 12:15 Climate action in Indian cities – success stories, challenges, and way forward
Speakers:
• Mr. Rahul Kapoor, Director-Smart Cities Mission, MoUHA, India
• Dr. Swapnil R Kamble, Project Manager (Environment Division), Nagpur Smart and Sustainable City Development Corporation Limited
• Mr. Mangesh Dighe, Environment Officer, Pune Municipal Corporation
• Prof. Mahavir Jain Golechha, Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Public Health Gandhinagar
12:15 – 13:00 Panel Discussion “Cities as nodes for climate action”
• Role of cities in the climate agenda – Mr. Ajay Raghava, Deputy Director, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Govt. of India
• Linking smart cities initiatives with the national climate agenda – Mr. Ajeya Bandopadhyay, Partner, KPMG
• Climate resilient cities - Dr Umamaheshwaran Rajasekar, Chair – Urban Resilience, National Institute of Urban Affairs
• Integrated approach to air pollution and climate change – Dr. T.S. Panwar, Director – Climate Change and Energy, WWF-India (Moderator)
• Financing climate action in cities – Mr Chandan Bhavnani, Executive Vice President, Responsible Banking, Yes Bank
13:00 – 13:10 Q &A
13:10 -13:15 Closing remarks
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Creating solutions and innovative business models to upscale rooftop solar deployment
Session focus:
• Provision of group and virtual net-metering
• New business models for rooftop solar deployment: community solar, on-bill finance, demand aggregation etc.
• Do it yourself: portable and standardised solar kits for small systems
• Applications and processes to install rooftop solar
• SHRISTI scheme and role of discoms
• Use of blockchain for solar energy
Moderator: Mr. Subrahmanyam Pulipaka, CEO, NSEFI, India
Speakers:
• Mr. Amit Barve, Head Business Development, Enerpac, India
• Mr. Radhika Choudary, Co-Founder, Freyr Energy, India
• Mr. Rohit Gadre, Regional Analyst, BloombergNEF, India
• Mr. Neeraj Kuldeep, Programme Associates, CEEW, India
• Mr Pradeep Menon, Head – Strategy & Technical, Havells Solar, India
• Mr. Rajan Munjal, Channel Business Leader, Sun Grow, India
• Mr. Honey Raza, Head-Sales, Solis India, India |
1145-1230 Charger overall System Integration, Backend and Operations Expert: Ms. Prabhjot Kaur, CEO, Esmito, India
Session focus:
• Understanding interactions and impact of slow vs. fast charging on Battery/EV performance and also on the Grid
• Technology options and key considerations for interfacing Charger with Battery/EV and Grid (hardware/ software/ communication)
• IT operationalization for EV Charging-as-a-Service model (for fixed vs. swapping battery systems)
• Charging operations and business risks mitigation
• Technology readiness for quick launch of charging-as-a-service model
1230-1315 Conclusion
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Sustainable materials and technologies for buildings
Session focus:
• Emerging technologies for building materials and construction sector
• Contribution to promoting economy, efficiency and quality in construction
• Disaster mitigation and management
• Standards and quality for buildings materials and technologies
• Capacity building and skill development
Moderator: Mr. Shailendra Verma, National Head-EOS, Property and Asset Management India, JLL, India
Keynote Address: Dr. Shailesh Agrawal, Executive Director, BMPTC, India
Speakers:
• Mr. Aalok A Deshmukh, General Manager and Head - Energy Efficiency
Schneider Electric, India
• Mr. R.K. Jha, GM (CTS), JK Cement Ltd., India
• Mr. K.N. Rao, Director (Energy and Environment), ACC Cement, India
• Mr. Siddharth Sharma, President, Magicrete, India
• Mr. Alok Ranjan, Director- Sales & Marketing - Aluminium sector, Vedanta Ltd.
• Mr. Chaitanya Tamhankar, AGM – Strategy & Development, Legrand, India
• Mr. O. P Gupta, Sr. Adviser, CIDC |
| 1315-1400
hrs |
Lunch
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| Time |
Conference Room A: Smart Cities |
Conference Room B: Solar Rooftop Summit |
Conference Room C: Transport
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Conference Room D: Smart Village Conclave
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| 1400-1515 hrs |
Waste management in smart cities
Session focus:
• Policies and regulations
• Challenges and opportunities
• Waste collection and transfer
• PPP models for waste to worth projects
• Circular economy
• Innovative waste conversion technologies
• Landfill designs
• Clean India mission
• Case studies from waste generators
Moderator: Mr. Ashish Sachdeva, Founder, Green Dream Foundation, India
Keynote Speaker: Shri Vinod Kumar Jindal, Joint Secretary(SBM), MoUHA, Govt. of India
Industry Presentation: Mr. Nirav Doshi, Founder and Managing Director, Nido Machineries Pvt. Ltd., India
Speakers:
• Ms. Manvel Alur, CEO & Founder, Ensyde, India
• Dr. Suneel Pandey, Sr. Fellow and Director, TERI, India
• Mr. Aditya Sharma, Sr. Vice President Asia, Boson Energy SA, Luxembourg
• Mr. Rahul Sharma, Project Manager, HCL Foundation, India
• Mr. Prashant Singh, CEO, Blue Planet Environmental Solutions, India
• Mr. Zoltán Toronyi, Managing Director, KEXPORT Cluster owned by Hungarian Association of Environmental Enterprises, Budapest
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1400-1530hrs
Building an investment ecosystem for rooftop solar in India
Session focus:
• Which one of the CAPEX and OPEX model would lead?
• Recent investment trends in rooftop sector
• Access to capital: challenges faced by consumers in availing solar loans
• Are banks financing rooftop solar systems – learnings from their experience
• Role of financing institutions in bridging the capital gap
• Challenges faced by developers
• Solutions to promote capital investment in rooftop solar sector
• Mechanisms to assess credit worthiness of consumers
• Innovative solutions and learnings from outside India
Chair and Keynote Address: Mr. Sudhir Garg, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Govt. of India
Speakers:
• Mr. Tanmay Bishnoi, Head – Standards and Research, SCGJ, India
• Mr. Sidharth Das, Head Roof Top Projects, Havells Solar, India
• Mr. Pradyumna Dwivedi, Sr. Manager Growth & Strategy, Navitas Solar, India
• Mr. Thorben Glaser, Project Manager, KfW
• Mr. Harshit Poddar, Co-Founder, SafEarth Clean Technologies Pvt Ltd., India
• Mr. Shravan Sampath, Chief Executive Officer, Oakridge Energy, India
• Mr. Abhilakh Singh, GM (Technical), IREDA, India |
1400-1530hrs
Redefining public transport
Session focus:
• Public transport planning, market trends, challenges and its solutions
• Electrification of public transport
• Intelligent transportation system (ITS) based enhanced public transport
• Digital transactions towards efficient public transport
• Accessible public transport for people with disabilities
• Alternative fuels in public transport
• Empowering women in public transport
Chair: Mr.Raghav Chandra (IAS Retd.), Former Chairman, NHAI, India
Speakers:
• Mr. Puneet Jaggi, Director, Gensol Group, India
• Mr. Nipun Malhotra, CEO, Nipman Foundation, India
• Mr Kavish Shah, Engineer-R&D, Waaree Energies ltd., India
• Mr. Rohan Sama, Lead - Business Development, Ridlr (an Ola company), India
• Mr. Sriteja Julapalli, Co-Founder and CEO, AspenBower Electric Vehicles, India |
1400-1445
Opening Session: Bridging the gap between urban and rural
Session focus:
• Strengthen, implement and monitor the existing Schemes for Rural India
• Critical needs for improvement of the village’s economic and sociological environment
• Ideas for next 2 to 3 years
1400-1410
Opening remarks and setting the context by Conference Moderator: Ms. Vineeta Hariharan, Head Rurban Mission (Past), Public Policy and Strategies, World Bank Group
1410-1420
Knowledge Partner Address: Ms. Navpreet Kaur, Director, HCL Foundation, India
1420-1430
Address by: Dr. Amitabh Kundu, Distinguished Fellow, RIS, India
1430-1440
Address by: Dr. B. Gangaiah IES, Member Secretary, AP State Planning Board, Government of Andhra Pradesh
1440-1450
Address by: Ms. Tanvi Sundriyal, IAS, CEO, Madhya Pradesh Agency for Promotion of Information Technology, India
1450-1500
Address by: Dr. Chandrashekhar Pran, Founder, Teesari Sarkar Abhiyan, India
Vote of Thanks
1500-1600
Roleplay Session: Smart panchayats are making smart villages
Session focus:
Few villages in India has been marching from “Swarajya to Surajya” through implementation of various
community and welfare schemes of rural development. It is necessary that Gram Panchayats perform their duties and responsibilities by more programmes and self-governance, work as per their expectations with certain goal and with foresight for social, human, economic and personal development and become committed to increase citizen services, create atmosphere of healthy competition. The session will witness the roleplay stories from few villages that have become prosperous and smart.
Session Chair Remarks: Mr. Yogesh Kumar, Operations Head-Projects, HCL Foundation, India
Views from Sarpanch (5 min each):
• Mr Amit Kumar Dwivedi, Gram Pradhan, Panchayati raj, Village Akbarpur
• Mr. Dilip Kumar Tripathi, Gram Pradhan, Village Hasuri
• Mr. Prabhakar Singh, Pradhan, Shahab Pur Village
• Mr. Kishor Chand Bhagel, Sarpanch, Sapos Village
• Ms Smriti Singh, Sarpanch, Ballia Village
• Mr. Ajay Singh Yadav, Mukhiya, Adarsh Gram Panchayat, Dharnai, Bihar
• Mr. Amit Kumar Gupta, Pradhan, Kehly Gram Panchayat
Session moderated by: Ms. Vineeta Hariharan, Head Rurban Mission (Past), Public Policy and Strategies, World Bank Group
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| 1515-1615 hrs |
Essential aspects of smart cities
Session focus:
• Heritage Cities
• Education and Skilling
• Smart Lighting
• Urban Development
• Sustainable Development Goals
• Make in India
• Clean energy and climate change
Moderator: Mr. Ashish Sachdeva, Founder, Green Dream Foundation, India
Chair and Keynote Speaker: Mr. Nilachal Mishra, Partner, KPMG
Speakers:
• Dr. Vanita Ahuja, Director, National Institute of Design Kurukshetra, India
• Mr. Xabier Arruza, Manager, Bilbao Urban, Spain
• Mr. Aman Chawla, Founder, Aatapaha, India
• Ms. Mitu Mathur, Director, Gian P. Mathur & Associates Pvt. Ltd., India
• Mr. Satish Kamat, President, Sricity, India
• Dr. Binti Singh, Associate Editor, Oxford Urbanists, India
• Dr. Regiane Relva Romano, Professor, FACENS, Brazil
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1545-1715hrs
Off-grid solar applications: opportunities and challenges
Session focus:
• What are the current and emerging applications of off-grid solar
• Government scheme and initiatives to promote off-grid solar
• Solar energy for energy access in rural India
- Solar lighting
- Solar home systems
- Mini/micro grids
• Solar agriculture and solar pumps
• Solar for productive use
Chair: Mr. S.K. Mahajan, Director, IB Solar, India
Speakers:
• Dr. Ashok Das, Founder CEO, SunMoksh, India
• Mr. Arush Gupta, Director, Okaya Power Group, India
• Mr. Sunil Tiku, President SBU - Inverter, Waree India
• Mr. Subrahmanyam Pulipaka, CEO, NSEFI, India |
1545-1715hrs
Creating sustainable mobility future
Session focus:
• Trends, major challenges, policies and programs initiated for mobility innovation in cities by government and private sector
• New mobility coming as a challenge for urban planning
• New developments and services in urban public transport
• Public transport options for tier II and III cities
• New initiatives in Metro transit system
• Global learnings and success stories
Moderator and Knowledge Partner Address: Mr. Srinath Manda, Domain Head, Automotive & Transportation, MarketsandMarkets, India
Speakers:
• Prof. Sanjay Gupta, Professor of Transport Planning, School of Planning and Architecture, India
• Mr. Alexander Klotz, Head of Technical Center, Continental, India
• Mr. Stephane LECOMTE, Urban areas Industry Solution Experience Director, Dassault Systemes
• Mr. Smit Raturi, Co-Founder and CEO - ValetEZ, India
• Mr. Ramaprasanna Subbaraya S, Managing Director AAM India
• Mr. O.P Agarwal, CEO, WRI, India |
1545-1630
Corporate Session: Optimising CSR for Rural Development
Session focus:
While rural development has always been a key area of focus for governments and a key determinant of political fortunes, it has also accepted by the corporate sector with the advent of mandatory Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Act. The companies have invested a lot through CSR grants for community development and infrastructure in rural areas. The session will explore the following:
• Common mistakes made by CSR when supporting rural development
• Focus on capacity building
• Participatory approach
• Collaborating with government
• Collective Impact
• Innovative models for CSR programs in rural development
Remarks by Conference Moderator: Ms. Vineeta Hariharan, Head Rurban Mission (Past), Public Policy and Strategies, World Bank Group
Speakers:
• Mr. Tanmay Bishnoi, Head – Standards and Research, SCGJ, India
• Mr. Davinder Singh Mehndiratta, Founder, Pehchan, India
• Mr. Alok Verma, Associate Director, HCL Foundation, India
• Mr. Ronak Singh, Lead Member, Enactus SRCC, India |
| 1630-1745
hrs |
Making cities safer
Session focus:
• The urban crime prevention approach
• The multi-dimensional approach to urban safety
• Enhancing safety through planning, management and governance
• Local authorities and safer cities
• Women safety on the top
• Cyber security
• Technology and the safer city
• Design for resilience
Chair: Mr. Vikram Sahgal, IGP, CRPF, India
Speakers:
• Shri M.S Bhatia, IPS, IG (ADMN), CRPF, India
• Dr. Namrita Kalsi, Chief Architect, NDMC, India
• Mr. Robin Roy, Director - Products, India & SAARC Region, Delta Electronics India Private Limited, India
• Mr. Rahul Tyagi, Co-Founder, Lucideus Technologies Pvt. Ltd., India
• Ms. Kalpana Viswanath, Co-Founder & CEO, Safetipin, India
• Shri Raju Bhargava, IPS, CRPF, India |
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1600-1700
Brainstorming Session: Tools for making smart villages self-sufficient
Session focus:
Housing: Housing affordability, low-cost housing, materials selection, energy and water solutions, sanitation, reusability and recycling of waste, skill development, environmental design, disaster resilience, etc.
Infrastructure: Construction and maintenance of roads and other forms of infrastructure, access to education and health care, provision of services, including energy, potable water, waste and sewage management, creation of public spaces, ICT applications and operations, etc.
Economy: Building social capital, micro and community-led finance, income generation, farming support, crop selection and improvement, market access, pricing, various forms of tourism, etc
Sustainability: Environmental, Social, and Economic sustainability, etc.
Smart Governance: ICT and data-driven solutions, machine learning applications, alternative forms of governance, etc.
Conference Moderator: Ms. Vineeta Hariharan, Senior Leadership, Public Policy, Programme Implementation and Strategies
Remarks by Conference Moderator: Ms. Vineeta Hariharan, Head Rurban Mission (Past), Public Policy and Strategies, World Bank Group
Panel Discussion:
• Dr. Imran Amin, Associate Professor, Centre for Development Practice, Ambedkar University, Delhi, India
• Mr. Atul Bhatnagar, Business Adviser, SunMoksha, India
• Mr. Vaibhav Chauhan, Project Manager, HCL Foundation
• Mr. Saurav Choudhury, Associate Counsellor, IGBC, IndiaMr. Nikhil Manohar Dubey, Associate Director, Madhya Pradesh Agency for Promotion of Information Technology, India
• Mr. Vikas Jain, AGM – Product Management, Delta Electronics , India
• Mr. Manish Pathak, Enviropreneur, 3R Management (P) Ltd., India
• Dr. L.C. Sharma, Managing Director, IIRD, India
• Ms. Marie – Hélène Zérah, Research Director, Centre for Policy Research, India
Views from Innovators:
• Mr. Abhinav Goswami, Village- Jarara
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| Day 3: 24 May 2019 (Friday) |
| Time |
Conference Room A: City Leader Conclave |
Conference Room B: Solar |
Conference
Room C |
Conference Room D: Startup Conclave |
| 1000-1045 hrs |
Session 1: Cities for all:
The session will facilitate the discussion that supports more concrete articulation of the relationship between the concept of Smart Cities, that in some countries is referred to as the Right to the City, and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
It seeks to deepen the exchange about transformational urban policies that can help to ensure inclusive urban growth and at the same time allow for the economic prosperity that national and local governments strive to achieve
Moderator:
Shri Rahul Kapoor, Director, Smart Cities Mission, MoHUA
Speakers:
• Dr Shalini Rajneesh, IAS, Chairman Tumakuru Smart City
• Dr Ashish Kumar Srivastava, CEO, Dehradun Smart City/Chairman, MDDA
• Shri Sanjay Kumar, CEO, Bhopal Smart City Development Corporation Ltd
• Video Message by Shri Sameer Unhale, CEO, Thane Smart City Ltd |
1000-1130
Addressing solar manufacturing challenges
Session focus:
• Challenges faced by domestic manufacturers
• Availability of finance to set up manufacturing units
• Effectiveness of policies encouraging manufacturing
• Impact of trade barriers like safeguard duty
• Revisiting DCR in wake of WTO order
• Effect of quality control orders like BIS and ALMM
• Roadmap to achieve backward integration and economies of scale
Chair: Mr Shirish S Garud, Senior Fellow, Renewable Energy Technologies, TERI, India
Speakers:
• Shri Atul Bhargava, General Manager, Central Electronics Ltd., India
• Mr. Rishabh Jain, Manager – Market Intelligence, Centre for Energy Finance, CEEW, India
• Mr. Manish Narula, Senior Director – Business Development, South Asia Market, Jinko Solar, India
• Mr. Paritosh Tripathi, Sr. GM - Sales, Waree, India
• Mr. Vineet Tyagi, Head- Marketing & Sales, Insolation Energy Pvt. Ltd., India
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1000-1130
Enabling shared and connected mobility in india to change the way of travel
Session focus:
• Current trends, issues, challenges and its implications
• The need of shared and connected mobility
• Policies, regulations and guidelines from government
• A step towards decongesting cities and reducing the roadsides parking
• First and last mile connectivity
• Parameters for passenger safety
• Adapting the transition of electric mobility
• Employment opportunities
Moderator: Mr. Dhruv Behl, Managing Editor, autoX, India
Speakers:
• Mr. Sidharth Balakrishna, Former Head of Strategy and Innovation and Executive Director, Essel Group, India
• Mr. Arnab Das, VP, Global Service Line, Advanced Networking & IoT, Altran, India
• Ms. Avantika Gode, Head of Federal Affairs, Uber, India
• Ms. Bharti Maan, Director - Digital Transformation, SAP, India
• Mr. Paavo Moilanen, Smart Mobility Expert, Ramboll
• Mr. Gerald Ollivier, Lead Transport Specialist, World Bank, India
• Mr. Vishwas Singh, Head- Policy Advocacy, Shuttle, India
• Mr. Junshan Zeng, Director General, Development & Research Center of the State Post Bureau, China
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1000-1015
Welcome Address by Partners
• Ms. Upasana Sharma, Director, TIE Delhi NCR, India
• Mr. Digvijay Singh, COO, Indian Angel Network, India
1025-1035
Conclave Special Address: Building Innovation Ecosystem: Mr. Ravi Narayan, CEO, T-HUB, India
1035-1115
Smart Cities: Challenges and Opportunity
Chair: Mr. Ravi Narayan, CEO, T-HUB, India
Speakers:
• Mr. Kartik Wahi, Co-founder & Director, Claro Energy, India
• Mr. Navneet Garg, CEO & Co-founder, Caya Constructs, India
• Mr. Pankaj Sehgal, MD, Sun Group, India
• Mr. Pratik Gupta, Founder, Strom Motors, India
• Mr. Vishal Mittal, Founder, Delectrik Systems Pvt Ltd., India
1115-1230
Pitch Session
• Mr. Ankit Vaish, Co-founder & CFO, Probus Smart Things Pvt. Ltd., India
• Mr. Akshay Joshi, Co-founder & CEO, Ambee, India
• Mr. Amrit Om Nayak, Co-founder, INDRA Water, India
• Mr. Vinay Chataraju, Head Business Development, Kritsnam Technologies Pvt. Ltd., India
• Ms. Abhilasha Purwar, Chief Air Pollution Fighter, Blue Sky Analytics, India
• Mr. Aneesh Chandran, Chief Marketing Officer, Troncart Solutions Pvt Ltd ., India
1230-1315
Jury Panel Discussion: Start-up Ecosystem initiatives on Smart Cities
Moderator: Mr. Digvijay Singh, COO, Indian Angel Network
Speakers:
• Mr. Devang Mehta, Partner, Anthill Ventures
• Mr. Shashank Agrawal, Senior Associate, Sangam Ventures, India
• Mr. Manojit Bose, CKO, Pune Smart Cities
• Mr Rasik Pansare, Co-Founder, Get My Parking
1315-1330
Announcement of winners from Pitch Session and Vote of Thanks
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| 1045-1130 hrs |
Session 2: Spotlight from cities: Cross learning and knowledge sharing
Session Focus:
• International learnings & exchange
• Case studies from cities
• Technology integration
Session Focus:
Moderator:
Dr Shalini Rajneesh, IAS, Principal Secretary Planning, Programme Monitoring and Statistics & Chairperson Tumakuru Smart City
Speakers:
Ms Thanawan Klumklomchit, Head of Division, Communication and Member services, UCLG-APAC
Mr Mohamed Shafeeg Mahmood, Chief Executive Officer, LGA Maldives
Mr Kyong-Yul-Lee, Secretary General, World Smart Sustainable Cities Organization (WeGO), South Korea
Mr Ravi Rajan Guru, Dy Director General, All India Institute of Local Self Government (AIILSG)
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| 1145-1230
hrs |
Session 3: Civic engagement and participation
The session focuses on civic engagement & participation in implementating city projects like creating blue green infrastructure, inclusive cities, innovative tools, methods, strategies and methods engaging public c participation
Session focus:
• Strengthen the participation of local communities
• Active participation in governance and reforms
• Build enabling policies for citizen-led interventions
• Create a regional hub which can encourage citizens to come up with innovative ideas and to develop them as ventures
• Strengthen academic institutions to enhance human capital resource in the region
Moderator:
Shri Tikender Panwar, Former Mayor, Shimla
Speakers:
• Dr Kuldeep Arya, IAS, CEO Smart
City Ahmedabad Ltd
• Dr Shantarajanna HR, Chief Engineer, Tumakuru Smart City
• Mr M Narayan, Chief Engineer, Hubbali Dharwad Smart City |
1145-1315
Digitisation ushering a new solar era
Session focus:
• Need of digitisation
o Innovation in O&M technologies
o Reducing evaluation cost & time for rooftop solar
• Solar industry 4.0
o Smart modules and inverters
o Impact of big data in solar projects
o Improving forecasting mechanisms
o Use of blockchain technology for energy trading
• Efficient energy management with IoT
• Putting “Digital Twins” to work
Moderator: Mr. Prasidh Kumar, President, India Africa Youth Energy Forum, India
Speakers:
• Mr. Manish Das, Co-Founder, Skilancer Solar, India
• Ms Shweta Malik, TERI, India
• Mr. Siddharth Gangal, CEO, The Solar Labs, India
• Mr. Alok Kumar, Director & Country Manager India- Advisory, DNV GL, India
• Mr. Gaurav Mamik, President, Veriown Global Inc., India
• Mr. Richard Shacklock, Africa Region-Sales Manager, Geosense South Africa Limited
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1145-1315
Road safety needs
Session focus:
• Reviewing current policy and future recommendations
• Safe road infrastructure, highways, toll management
• Traffic layout, control, management and enforcement for road safety
• Effect of Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) on road safety
• Vulnerable road users
• User behaviour and Post-crash care
• Training and skilling for drivers
Chair: Dr Kamal Soi, Member - NRSC, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Govt. of India
Speakers:
• Mr. Phil Allen, VP Sales - APAC, TomTom
• Mr. Ryan Gayman, Vice President -Partnerships, Roadbotics, USA
• Dr. Amit Gupta, Professor of Surgery, Division of Trauma Surgery & Critical Care, J.P.N. Apex Trauma Center, and All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India
• Mr. Mahesh Rajoria, General Manager: Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. and Director: IDTR, India
• Mr. Piyush Tewari, CEO, Save Life Foundation, India |
| 1230-1315 hrs |
Session 4: Ideas for fast-tracking implementation of smart cities
Focus: Engaging ideas from audience and city leaders and planners
Moderator:
Mr Ravi Rajan Guru, Dy Director General, All India Institute of Local Self Government (AIILSG)
Speakers:
• Shri Arun Prakash, CEO, Agra Smart City
• Mr Tanmoy Chakrabarty, Group Govt. Affairs Officers, Tata Sons Ltd
• Shri Tikender Panwar, Former Mayor, Shimla
• Shri Narendra Sonawa, President, Nagar Parishad, Namli (Ratlam) |
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| 1315-1400
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Lunch
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Conference Room A
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| 1400-1600
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Smart Cities India Awards: Chief Guest: Shri Parmeshwaran Iyer, Secretray, Ministry of Drinking Water Supplyand Sanitation
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| 1600-1730
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Film Screening of SuryaGanga, a new award-winning documentary movie on water, energy and climate
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