Agenda
DAY 1: THURSDAY,
SEPTEMBER 24, 2009
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10.00
AM – 10.30 AM | INAUGURAL SESSION:
INTRODUCTION & WELCOME
” WELCOME: “MAKING THE SUMMIT”
Raj Liberhan, Director, India Habitat Centre
Anupam Yog, Managing Director, Mirabilis Advisory
INTRODUCTORY KEYNOTE ADDRESS: “LET'S TALK CITIES”
Arun Maira, Member, Planning Commission, Government of
India
NOTE: A presentation on ‘Pan-India’ by
Prashant Panjiar was made at the end of this session.
10.30 AM – 12.00 PM | SESSION I: GLOBAL OVERVIEW
“URBANISATION AS A DEVELOPMENT POLICY: INDIA, CHINA AND
THE WORLD”
Discussion Leaders:
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Andrew Tan, CEO, National Environment Agency &
Director, Centre for Liveable Cities, Singapore
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Philipp Rode, Executive Director, Urban Age, London
School of Economics & Political Science |
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Somik Lall, Senior Economist, World Bank |
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Yuwa Hedrick-Wong, Economic Advisor, MasterCard, ICICI
& Southern Capital
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Chair: Patricia Clarke Annez, Research Director,
Wolfensohn Centre for Development at Brookings
12.00 PM – 12.30 PM | COFFEE BREAK
12.30 PM – 1.30 PM | SESSION II: THE URBAN ECONOMY
“BEYOND THE MEGACITIES: SHAPING THE NEXT GENERATION OF
CITIES IN INDIA”
Discussion Leaders:
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Ranbir Saran Das, Managing Director, Fairwood
Consultants
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Sudeshna Chatterjee, Partner, KCA & Urban Design
Consultant for Naya Raipur
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Chair: Jehangir Pocha, Co-Promoter, NewsX
1.30 PM – 2.30 PM | LUNCH
2.30 PM – 3.15 PM | SPECIAL SESSION
“ALTERNATIVE URBAN FUTURES FOR INDIA”
Keynote Address: M Ramachandran, Secretary, Ministry of
Urban Development
Chair: Ravi Singh, CEO & Secretary General, WWF – India
3.15 PM – 4.30 PM | SESSION III:
SUSTAINABILITY
“LINKING THE SUSTAINABILITY AND URBANISATION AGENDAS:
TOWARDS GREEN CITIES”
Discussion Leaders:
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Andrew Tindsley, Director, BDP
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Gaurav Gupta, Director, The Climate Project - India
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Sean Randolph, President & CEO, Bay Area Council
Economic Institute |
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Sanjeev Sanyal, Founder, The Sustainable Planet
Institute |
Co-Chairs:
Jaswinder Kaur, Managing Director – India, Cleantech
Group LLC
Suman Bery, Director General, National Council of
Applied Economic Research (NCAER)
NOTE: Deepak Gupta, Secretary, Ministry of New
& Renewable Energy, Government of India delivered a short address via video
4.30 PM – 5.00 PM | COFFEE BREAK
5.00 PM – 6.15 PM | SESSION
IV: EDUCATION
“FACILITATING AN URBAN RENAISSANCE: ROLE OF
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN CITYMAKING”
Discussion Leaders:
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Baldeep Singh, Founder, Anad Foundation
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Marina Faetanini, Programme Specialist, Social &
Human Sciences, UNESCO
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Jagan Shah, Chief Executive, Urban Space Consultants
& Dean, Sushant School of Architecture |
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Ranjit Mitra, Director, School of Planning &
Architecture
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Chair:
Ranjit Sabikhi, Founder Member, Institute of Urban
Designers, India
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DAY 2: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2009
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10.00 AM –
11.00 AM |
SPECIAL SESSION “MAKING CITIES WORK FOR
GROWTH”
Keynote Address:
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Hiroto Arakawa, Senior Special Advisor, Japan
International Co-operation Agency
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Chair: Ranjit Gupta, Chairman, Mirabilis
Advisory
11.00 AM – 12.30 PM | SESSION
V: TRANSPORT
“THE POLITICS OF URBAN MOBILITY: EVOLVING A NATIONAL
URBAN TRANSPORT STRATEGY”
Discussion Leaders:
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Geetam Tiwari, Transportation Research & Injury
Prevention Programme, Indian Institute of Technology |
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Philipp Rode, Executive Director, Urban Age, London
School of Economics & Political Science |
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Rakesh Mehta, Chief Secretary, Government of National
Capital Territory of Delhi
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Sam Miller, Author, Delhi: Adventures in a Megacity
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Chair: K C Sivaramkrishnan, Chairman, Centre for
Policy Research
NOTE: Jaipal Reddy, Minister for Urban Development,
Government of India presided over the session
12.30 PM – 1.45 PM | LUNCH
1.45 PM – 3.00 PM | SESSION VI: INCLUSION
“SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR URBAN REVITALISATION IN INDIA”
Discussion Leaders:
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Ashish Ganju, Project Director, Greha –
Aya Nagar Development Project |
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Marcello Balbo, Professor, UNESCO Chair
on Social and Spatial Integration of Migrants, IUAV,
University of Venice, Italy |
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Pankaj Vir Gupta, Partner, Vir Mueller
Architects |
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Rahul Srivastava, Founding Partner, URBZ
– User Generated Cities & Research Advisor, PUKAR |
Chairs: Brigitte Colin, Human & Social Sciences,
UNESCO Paris
3.00 PM – 3.30 PM | COFFEE BREAK
3.30 PM – 4.00 PM | SPECIAL SESSION
“ALTERNATIVE URBAN FUTURES FOR INDIA”
Keynote Address: Kiran Dhingra, Secretary, Ministry of
Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Government of India
Co-Chairs: Raj Liberhan, Director, India Habitat
Centre
Anupam Yog, Managing Director, Mirabilis Advisory
4.00 PM – 5.30 PM | SESSION VII: AFFORDABLE HOUSING
“AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN INDIA: BUILDING A NEW PARADIGM”
Discussion Leaders:
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Nachiket Shelgikar, Director, Micro Housing Finance
Corporation (MHFC) |
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Nehal Shah, Managing Director, Foliage Developers |
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Rahul Todi, Managing Director, Bengal Shrachi Housing
Development
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Srinath S, Managing Director, Sorenson Housing
Opportunity Fund |
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V S Radhakrishnan, COO, Janalakshmi |
Chair: Ashish Karamchandani, Partner, Monitor
Group
NOTE: Kiran Dhingra, Secretary, Ministry of
Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Government of India
presided over this session
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DAY 3: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 2009
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10.00 AM
– 11.30 AM |
SESSION VIII: URBAN REALITY – WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
“DRIVERS FOR SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA:
LEARNING FROM DIVERSITY”
Keynote Address: Keshav Varma, Head of Global Urban
Programme, World Bank Institute
Discussion Leaders:
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Amitabh Kant, CEO, Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor
Corporation
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Amit Kapoor, Honorary Chairman, Institute for
Competiveness, India |
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Peter Drummond, CEO, BDP
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Shikha Jain, Director, Development & Research
Organisation for Nature, Arts & Heritage (DRONA) |
Chair: Rohan Sikri, Managing Director, Xander Advisors India (The
Xander Group Inc.)
NOTE: The Institute for Competitiveness, India
Report on India City Competitiveness 2009 was launched at
the end of this session
11.30 AM – 12.00 PM | COFFEE BREAK
12.00 PM – 1.30 PM | SESSION IX:
URBAN FUTURES – HOW DO WE GET THERE?
“LIVEABILITY IN THE URBAN DESIGN MATRIX:
REVISITING PLANNING PARADIGMS”
Keynote Address: K T Ravindran, President,
Institute of Urban Designers, India
Discussion Leaders:
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A. Mahendra, Deputy General Manager, Business
Development & Marketing, JUSCO Ltd. |
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Manit Rastogi, Director, Morphogenesis & Director,
Sushant School of Architecture
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Sanjeev Sanyal, Founder, The Sustainable Planet
Institute
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Shyam Khandekar, Director, BDP
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Co-Chairs:
Partha Mukhopadhyay, Senior Fellow, Centre for Policy
Research
Chetan Vaidya, Director, National Institute of Urban
Affairs
1.30 PM – 3.00 PM | LUNCH
3.00 PM – 4.30 PM | PANEL DISCUSSION
“THE FUTURE CITY: WHOSE CITY IS IT ANYWAY?”
Discussion Leaders:
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Arbind Singh, Founder, Nidan & Co-ordinator,
National Association of Street Vendors of India |
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Jehangir Pocha, Co-Promoter, NewsX |
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K C Sivaramakrishnan, Chairman, Centre for Policy
Research |
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Kiran Karnik, Honorary President, India Habitat Centre |
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Meera Sanyal, Executive Vice President & Country
Head, ABN Amro India |
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Ravi Singh, CEO & Secretary General, World Wide
Fund for Nature-India |
Chair: Arun Maira, Member, Planning Commission,
Government of India
NOTE: ‘The Alternative Urban Futures Report’
prepared for WWF India by Mirabilis Advisory was launched
at the end of this session.
4.30 PM – 5.00 PM | COFFEE BREAK
5.00 PM – 6.00 PM | SESSION X: CATALYSING
URBAN CHANGE
“CREATING ‘CHAMPION CITIES’: DELIVERING ENDURING
URBAN LEGACIES”
Discussion Leaders:
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Kiran Karnik, President, India Habitat Centre |
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Paul Taylor, Chief, Office of the Executive Director,
UN-Habitat |
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Sheila Dikshit, Chief Minister of National Capital
Territory of Delhi |
Co-Chairs:
Raj Liberhan, Director, India Habitat Centre
Anupam Yog, Managing Director, Mirabilis Advisory
NOTE: ‘DELHI WITHIN’ Ideas Competition
Winner was announced and presented the 1st Stein Award
at the end of this session
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PUBLIC FORA
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DAY 1: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2009
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6.30
PM – 8.00 PM | PUBLIC FORUM @ THE AMPHITHEATRE
“WILL DELHI BECOME WALKABLE?”
Discussion Leaders:
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O P Agarwal, CEO, Urban Mass Transit Company &
Vice President, Institute of Urban Transport |
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Philipp Rode, Executive Director, Urban Age, London
School of Economics & Political Science |
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Rakesh Mehta, Chief Secretary, Government of National
Capital Territory of Delhi |
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Sam Miller, Author, Delhi: Adventures in a Megacity |
Chair: Jyoti Thottam, South Asia Bureau Chief,
TIME Magazine
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DAY 2: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2009
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6.00
PM – 7.30 PM | PUBLIC FORUM @ THE AMPHITHEATRE
“MAKING INDIA’S CITIES WORK: NEW STRATEGIES FOR URBAN
GOVERNANCE”
Discussion Leaders:
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K C Sivaramkrishnan, Chairman, Centre for Policy
Research |
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Meera Sanyal, Executive Vice President & Country
Head, ABN Amro India |
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William Bissell, Managing Director, FabIndia &
Author, “Making India Work” |
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Yogesh Chandra, CEO, Coca Cola Foundation |
Chair: K Yatish Rajawat, Managing Editor,
Bhaskar Group
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