PROGRAM Date: 21-23 August 2018 Venue: Pravasi Bhartiya Kendra, Chanakayapuri, New Delhi-India Theme: Nature for Water Solutions to the Water Challenges FIRST DAY Tuesday 21 st August 2018 Programme 08h00 09h30 09h45 onwards 10h00 11h30 Welcome, Registration and Coffee / Tea Assembly Inaugural Session Welcome Address by Dr. Ajay Mathur, Director General, The Energy and Resources Institute & man Steering Committee, WRETC Address by Mr. K. S. Popli, CMD, IREDA & Co-man Steering Committee, WRETC Theme Address by Mr. Anil Razdan, Former Secretary Power, Govt. of India & man, Energy And Environment Foundation Industry Address by Mr. Rajinder K. Kaura, CMD, Bergen Group of Companies Release of Background Paper Guest-of-Honour by H.E. Ms. Harinder Sidhu, High Commissioner of Australian High Commission to India Mr. Upendra Tripathy, Director General of International Solar Alliance Mr. Anand Kumar, Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy and Mines, Government of India Mr. U. P. Singh, Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation, Govt. of India Chief Guest Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Hon'ble Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India Vote of Thanks by Dr. Anil Garg, President, World Renewable Energy Technology Congress Award Distributions by the Chief Guest Energy And Environment Foundation Global Excellence Awards 2018 11h30 12h00 Networking Tea / Coffee Renewable Energy, Water Sector
12.00-13.30 hrs THEME SESSION (Hall-I) Nature for Water Solutions to the Water Challenges Mr. U. P. Singh, Secretary, Ministry of Water Resource, RD & GR, Government of India Dr. Syamal Sarkar, Former Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources, Government of India Distinguished Fellow & Senior Director, TERI Prof. Partha Sarathi Datta, Experienced Adviser and Consultant on Water and Environment Dr. Sanjay Rana, Managing Director, Parsan Group Dr. Anju Gaur, Water Resources Specialist, The World Bank Mr. Robert Mankowski, Vice President, Bentley Systems 13.30-14.30 hrs - NETWORKING LUNCH - 14.30-16.00 hrs PLENARY SESSION - I (Hall-I) Clean & Safe Water Solutions for a Sustainable World Ms. T Rajeshwari, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Water Resource, RD & GR, Government sof India Mr. Dennis Abraham, Managing Director, Josab India Pvt. Ltd. Mr. Ishteyaque Amjad, Vice President-Public Affairs, Communications & Sustainability Coca-Cola India Mr. K. R. Raghunath, Founder & CEO, KIS Group, Singapore Mr. Avinash Kumar, Director-Program & Policy, WaterAid Dr. Emilio Gabbrielli, Director, Overseas Business Development, Global Sales Water Treatment, Toray Membrance USA Inc, Brazil Mr. Anuj Sharma, Chief Executive Officer, Piramal Sarvajal Ms. Geeta Sandal, Senior Project Officer, Sustainability Management, ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability South Asia 16.00-16.30 hrs - NETWORKING TEA/COFFEE BREAK
16.30-18.00 hrs PLENARY SESSION - II (Hall-I) Water & Sanitation for the Urban Development Mr. Akhil Kumar, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Water Resource, RD & GR, Government of India Mr. Neil Jeffery, Chief Executive, Water & Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP), UK Mr. Amit Chanan, City Projects & Property, City of Sydney, Australia Prof. Rajendrakumar V. Saraf, man, Viraj Envirozing India Pvt. Ltd. Mr. Nikhil Saraf, Partner, Infinity Legal 18h30 onward Annual Meeting of International Advisory Council
SECOND DAY Wednesday 22 nd August 2018 09.30-10.30 hrs KEYNOTE SESSION - III (Hall-1) Solar Water Pump and Irrigation Dr. Sangita Ladha, VP-Marketing & Business Development, Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd. Mr. Pradeep Mohapatra, Secretary, UDYAMA 10.30-11.00 hrs Energy And Environment Foundation Global Water Conservation Awards 2018 Global Innovation in Water Technology Awards 2018 Global Environment Awards 2018 11.00-11.30 hrs - NETWORKING TEA/COFFEE BREAK - 11.30-13.00 hrs KEYNOTE SESSION - IV (Hall-1) Waste Water Treatment, Recycle and Reuse Mr. Eric Falt, Director and Representative to India, UNESCO Office in New Delhi Ms. Sanchaita Gajapati Raju, Managing Director, SANA Mr. Elmar Billenkamp, Director, EnviroChemie GmbH, Germany Mr. Arun Lakhani, CMD, Vishvaraj Environment Pvt. Ltd. Mr. K. Asok Kumar, Vice President & Head Water & Effluent Treatment SBG, L&T Mr. Girish Wankhede, West Regional In charge for Large & Medium Business, Wipro Water Mr. Nagesh Ganesh Hegde, CEO, Concept Engineering Services Mr. Sandeep Asolkar, Managing Director, SFC Environmental Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Dr. Kshipra Misra, Former Additional Director/Scientist F, Head, Dept. of Biochemical Sciences Defense Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences 13.00-14.00 hrs - NETWORKING LUNCH - 14.00-15.30 hrs KEYNOTE SESSION - V (Hall-1) Water Conservation and Rain Water Harvesting Mr. Joe Phelan, Director, WBCSD India Dr. Venugopal Kurnool, Director, Groundwater And Water Audit Department Government of Andhra Pradesh Mr. Diwakar Shetty, CEO & Managing Director, KRG India Research Centre 15.30-16.00 hrs - NETWORKING TEA/COFFEE BREAK - 16.00-17.30 hrs KEYNOTE SESSION - VI (Hall-1) Water Future Strategy: New Approach for emerging Technologies Mr. M. K. Srinivas, Director General, National Water Development Agency Ms. Pallavi Bishnoi, Co-founder and COO, Real Time Renewables Pvt. Ltd. Dr. Raghu Pillai, Managing Director, REWS (India) Private Limited Dr. Sameer Joshi, Member-Environment, PlastIndia Foundation 18h30 onward Cultural Programme & Gala Dinner
THIRD DAY Thursday 23 rd August 2018 09h30 11h00 Panel Discussion Session I Sustainable Energy Options: Energy Water Food Nexus CHAIR & MODERATOR: Dr. V. K. Garg, Former CMD, Power Finance Corporation Limited PANELISTS: Dr. Bharat Bhargava, Director General, ONGC Energy Centre Dr. Kyriakos MANIATIS, Principal Administrator, Unit C2 - New Energy Technologies Innovation & Clean Coal Directorate C - Renewables Research & Innovation, Energy Efficiency DG ENER, European Commission, Belgium Mr. Ramesh Bhujade, Vice President-Process Engineering, Reliance Technology Group, R&D Center Mr. Ravi Raina, India & Asia-Pacific Region, LONGi Solar Technology Co. Ltd. Dr. R. K. Vij, Former ED & Asset Manager, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited Mr. Pradeep Mohapatra, Secretary, UDYAMA Mr. Arvind Singhatiya, ACME Solar Holdings Limited Mr. S. Victor P. Selvakumar, General Manager-Smart Grid, Power Grid Corporation of India Limited 11h00 11h30 Networking Tea / Coffee 11h30 13h00 Panel Discussion Session - II RE - Clean Water for Sustainable Development Solar Pumps Ground Water Extraction CHAIR & MODERATOR: Mr. Deepak Gupta, Former Secretary Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India PANELISTS: Dr. Bibek Bandyopadhyay, Former Advisor & Head, Solar Energy Centre MNRE Mr. Dennis Abraham, Managing Director, Josab India Pvt. Ltd. Mr. Lucas Caymes, President, San Luis Water State, USA Mr. Ashish Saraf, Managing Director, Novus Renewables Mr. Vinayak Manmadkar, Co-Founder, Chief Technology and Strategies Director, ILAB-E Renewables Pvt. Ltd. Mr. Pradeep Mohapatra, Secretary, UDYAMA 13h00 14h00 Power Connect Lunch 14h00 15h00 Valedictory Session Welcome Address by Dr. Ajay Mathur, Director General, The Energy and Resources Institute & man Steering Committee, WRETC Special Address by Mr. Anil Razdan, Former Secretary Power, Govt. of India & man, Energy And Environment Foundation Declaration of the Summit Best Poster Paper & Informative Booth Awards Valedictory Address by Chief Guest Mr. Suresh P. Prabhu, Hon'ble Minister of Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation, Government of India Vote of Thanks by Dr. Anil Garg, President, World Renewable Energy Technology Congress Award Distribution Energy And Environment Foundation Global Sustainability Awards 2018 Global Water Conservation Awards 2018 Innovation in Water Technology Awards 2018 15h00 Closing Tea / Coffee Confirmation Awaited