Event: 14th Delhi Sustainable Development Summit

5th February 2014, 12:30pm to 7:00pm

The Taj Palace Hotel, Delhi

High Level Corporate Dialogue How will Businesses Lead India's Energy, Water and Food Security? February 5, 2014

AGENDA

1300 onwards Registration

1400 – 1415 Innovations For a Secure Future Exhibition – Opening

1415 – 1500 Inaugural Session
 

Welcome Address

  • Dr R K Pachauri, Director General, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)

Special Address

  • Implications of SDGs on Business Ms Amina J Mohammed, Special Advisor of the United Nations Secretary-General on Post-2015 Development Planning

Presidential Address

  • Mr Arun Maira, Member, Planning Commission, Government of India

Inaugural Address

  • Mr Vivek Rae, Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, India

Vote of Thanks

  • Dr Annapurna Vancheswaran, Director, Sustainable Development Outreach Division, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)

1500 – 1615
 

Corporate Action towards Energy, Water and Food Security: Challenges and Prospects
Chair: Mr Yvo de Boer, Global Chairman, Climate Change & Sustainability Services, KPMG International & Former Executive Secretary, UNFCCC

  • Ms Luz Mary Guerrero Hernandez, Co-founder and President, Servientrega
  • Mr Philippe Joubert, Managing Director, Energy and Climate, World Business Council for Sustainable Development & Executive Chair, Global Electricity Initiative
  • Dr Bindu N Lohani, Vice President, Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development, Asian Development Bank
  • Mr Tadashi Maekawa, President, Mayekawa Mfg. Co. Ltd.
  • Mr Stephen Rumsey, Chairman, Permian Global
  • Mr Tulsi Tanti, Chairman, Suzlon Group

Special Address:

How Japanese Businesses have Addressed Sustainable Development

  • Mr Masamitsu Sakurai, Executive Advisor, Ricoh Company Ltd.

1615 – 1630 Tea

1630 – 1745
Changing Paradigms of Creating Social Value for Businesses
Moderator: Mr Martin Wright, Founding Editor, Green Futures & Director - India, Forum for the Future

  • Dr Bhaskar Chatterjee, Director-General and CEO, Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA)
  • Ms Naina Lal Kidwai, Country Head, HSBC India & Director, HSBC Asia Pacific
  • Mr Ravi Pandit, Chairman and Group CEO, KPIT Technologies Ltd
  • Mr Assaad Razzouk, Group Chief Executive Officer, Sindicatum Sustainable Resources

1745 – 1755
 

Special Presentation by The Energy Farm, Norway

  • Mr Erik Eid Hohle, Managing Director, The Energy Farm, Norway

1755 – 1800
 

Release of TERI-YES BANK Publications

1800 – 1830
 

Concluding Session

  • Mr John Bryson, Head, Bryson Climate Initiative, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars & Former Secretary of Commerce, USA
  • Dr Shashi Tharoor, Honorable Minister of State for Human Resource Development, India
  • Dr R K Pachauri, Director General, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)

1830 – 1845

Regional Launch of the International Decade of Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All) In the presence of

  • Mr Ghulam Nabi Azad, Honorable Minister of Health and Family Welfare, India
  • Dr Shashi Tharoor, Honorable Minister of State for Human Resource Development, India
  • Mr Dev Sanyal, Executive Vice President and Group Chief of Staff, BP p.l.c.
  • Dr Kandeh K Yumkella, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All and Chief Executive Officer of the Sustainable Energy for All Initiative
  • Dr R K Pachauri, Director General, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)

1845 onwards Reception hosted by SE4All and BP followed by Dinner

 


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