Programme of the India Economic Summit 2009

Around 800 participants are expected to attend the India Economic Summit, held in New Delhi from 8-10 November. Under the theme, "India’s Next Generation of Growth", the World Economic Forum celebrates 25 years of collaboration and active engagement in India.
Key sessions listed below will be streamed live on Livestream, key quotes will be live tweeted on the Forum’s Twitter feed, and high resolution photos will be available for free download on Flickr. 

Updated Programme

Sunday 8 November, 09.00 - 10.00 (03:30 - 04:30 GMT)

Global Risks Update: Pandemic Preparedness Major businesses in India were quick to set up measures to contain the spread of H1N1 influenza, whereas coordinated responses from the public health system were largely slow and inadequate. With only a small fraction of companies having the financial means to set up precautionary measures, what public-private partnerships are needed to better address pandemics? Special Guest Kiran Walia, Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Women and Child Development, and Languages, Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi, India Discussion Leaders Kewal Handa, Managing Director, Pfizer, India K. Srinath Reddy, President, Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), India; Global Agenda Council on Chronic Diseases & Conditions Thomas Schweins, Vice-President, Strategy and Marketing and Member of the Executive Committee, QIAGEN, Germany Ramesh Subrahmanian, President, Asia Pacific Human Health, Merck & Co., Singapore Moderated by Manvi Sinha, Resident Editor, New Delhi Television (NDTV), India

Sunday 8 November, 11.00 - 12.15 (05:30 - 06:45 GMT)

Resilient India: 25 Years of Economic and Social Progress Opening Address by Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India Introduced by Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum Closing Remarks by Hari S. Bhartia, Co-Chairman and Managing Director, Jubilant Organosys, India; Vice-President, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Remarks by Venu Srinivasan, Chairman and Managing Director, TVS Motor Company, India; President, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), India

Sunday 8 November, 14.00 - 15.00 (08:30 - 09:30 GMT)

Economic Update: India's Outlook The World Bank has stated that India's growth rate in 2010 could surpass China's for the first time in history. What critical reforms remain to keep growth on track? Special Guest Montek S. Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, India Discussion Leaders Shumeet Banerji, Chief Executive Officer, Booz & Company, United Kingdom; Co-Chairman of the India Economic Summit Kalpana Morparia, Chief Executive Officer, J.P. Morgan, India Rajat M. Nag, Managing Director-General, Asian Development Bank, Manila Raghuram Rajan, Eric J. Gleacher Distinguished Service Professor of Finance, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business (GSB), USA Lars H. Thunell, Executive Vice-President and Chief Executive Officer, International Finance Corporation (IFC), Washington DC Moderated by Michael J. Elliott, Editor, Time International, Time Magazine, USA

Sunday 8 November, 15.15 - 16.30 (09:45 - 11:00 GMT)

Infrastructure Update: India's New Highways India will require US$ 70 billion in investments over the next three years to realize plans to build 20 kilometres of road per day to ensure future growth. How will ambitious road projects be achieved in a sustainable manner in times of tight credit? Special Guest Kamal Nath, Minister of Road Transport and Highways of India; Member of Parliament, India Introduced by Robert Greenhill, Managing Director and Chief Business Officer, World Economic Forum Discussion Leaders David Birch, Regional Managing Director, Halcrow, United Kingdom Ajit Gulabchand, Chairman and Managing Director, Hindustan Construction Company, India; Global Agenda Council on Urban Management Onkar S. Kanwar, Chairman, Artemis Health Science; Chairman, Apollo Tyres, India Harpinder S. Narula, Chairman, DSC, India Adhiraj Sarin, Chief Executive Officer, Bunge Agribusiness India, India Moderated by Alan G. Friedman, Executive Editor and Anchor, FBC Group, United Kingdom

Sunday 8 November, 17.00 - 18.15 (11:30 - 12:45 GMT)

India's Next Aspiration India has the potential manpower of 200 million college graduates and 500 million skilled workers, and the ability to generate over 10% of world trade in the next 15 years, provided leaders prioritize this goal. What must be done to fulfil these great expectations? With C. K. Prahalad, Paul and Ruth McCracken Distinguished University Professor of Corporate Strategy, University of Michigan, USA; Global Agenda Council on Innovation Raghuram Rajan, Eric J. Gleacher Distinguished Service Professor of Finance, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business (GSB), USA Chaired by Tarun Das, Chief Mentor, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), India; Global Agenda Council on the Future of India

Monday 9 November, 09.00 - 10.15 (03:30 - 04:45 GMT)

Financial Aftershock: Resuscitating the Flow of Private Capital While India's relatively low dependence on exports has limited its exposure to global demand shocks, the longer-term impediment to India's continued growth may be global financial shocks. What steps can be taken by the financial services industry and public sector to ensure that capital scarcity does not become a critical impediment to continued growth in India? Discussion Leaders Sunil Godhwani, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Religare Enterprises, India Ashok Jha, Chairman, MCX-SX, India Robert Morrice, Chairman and Chief Executive, Asia Pacific, Barclays, Hong Kong SAR Jim Quigley, Global Chief Executive Officer, Deloitte, USA; Global Agenda Council on the Skills Gap Glenn H. Schiffman, Managing Director and Head, Asia-Pacific Investment Banking, Nomura International (HK), Hong Kong SAR Kevan V. Watts, Country Head, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, India Chaired by James Lamont, South Asia Bureau Chief, Financial Times, United Kingdom

Monday 9 November, 10.30 - 11.45 (05:00 - 06:15 GMT)

Creating World-Class Education in India With nearly two-thirds of its population under the age of 35, India has the world's largest pool of young people. However, only 11% of those aged 17-23 receive higher education. How will the recent increase in the national budget for higher education transform India into a world-class educational hub and ensure access for all its youth? Special Guest Kapil Sibal, Minister of Human Resource Development of India Discussion Leaders William D. Green, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Accenture, USA; Co-Chairman of the India Economic Summit Richard C. Levin, President, Yale University, USA; Global Agenda Council on the Intellectual Property System Rajendra S. Pawar, Chairman, NIIT Group, India Shantanu Prakash, Managing Director, Educomp Solutions, India Anand Sudarshan, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Manipal Education, India Ravi Venkatesan, Chairman and Corporate Vice-President, Microsoft Corporation India, India Chaired by Sara Sidner, Correspondent, CNN, India

Monday 9 November,13.45 - 15.00 (08:15 - 09:30 GMT)

Hidden Financial Lives: Driving Inclusion and Equitable Growth By 2012, more than one billion people in South Asia will have mobile phones; however, the majority will not have access to formal bank accounts. How should the private sector and regulatory community focus their efforts to better understand and serve the unmet financial needs of the poor through new technologies? Discussion Leaders Sultan Ali Allana, Chairman, Habib Bank, Pakistan Sigve Brekke, Executive Vice-President, Telenor Group, and Head of Asia Region, Telenor Asia (ROH), Thailand Manoj Kohli, Chief Executive Officer and Joint Managing Director, Bharti Airtel, India; Global Agenda Council on the Future of Mobile Communications Kamal Quadir, Founder, CellBazaar, Bangladesh; Young Global Leader Janmejaya Sinha, Chairman, Asia Pacific, The Boston Consulting Group, India Moderated by Jason Bellini, Correspondent, Bloomberg News, Singapore

Monday 9 November, 15.30 - 16.45 (10:00 - 11:15 GMT)

Bucking the Trend: Growth Opportunities in India While the global recession has forced many Asian economies to rethink their export dependency, India surpassed China this year in auto exports. As renewed investor confidence contributes to an expansion in private consumption and investment, how are companies adjusting their growth strategies in India? Discussion Leaders David Appia, Ambassador of France for International Investment; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Invest in France Agency, France Ashok Aram, Managing Director, Abraaj Capital, United Arab Emirates Ankur Bhatia, Executive Director, Bird Group, India L. Brooks Entwistle, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Goldman Sachs (India) Securities, India Ronald Kent, Executive Vice-President, Head of International Listings, NYSE Euronext, United Kingdom Stuart Popham, Senior Partner, Clifford Chance, United Kingdom Moderated by Vijay Poonoosamy, Vice-President, International and Public Affairs, Etihad Airways, United Arab Emirates

Monday 9 November,17.00 - 18.15 (11:30 - 12:45 GMT)

Investing in Girls, Investing in Development - The Girl Effect Empowering girls breaks the cycle of intergenerational poverty and helps build sustainable economies. What needs to be done by business and government to ensure that girls are placed at the forefront of the regional development agenda? Discussion Leaders Vinita Bali, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Britannia Industries, India Maria Eitel, President, Nike Foundation, Nike, USA Darryl Green, President, Asia Pacific, Manpower, Singapore Chanda Kochhar, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, ICICI Bank, India; Co-Chairman of the India Economic Summit Rajshree Pathy, Chairman and Managing Director, Rajshree Sugars & Chemicals, India Moderated by Sara Sidner, Correspondent, CNN, India

Monday 9 November,18.30 - 18.45 (13:00 - 13:15 GMT)

The 2009 India Social Entrepreneur Award Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum Opening Remarks by Venu Srinivasan, Chairman and Managing Director, TVS Motor Company, India; President, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), India

Monday 9 November,18.45 - 19.45 (13:15 - 14:15 GMT)

Impatient India: Expectations of a Generation of Possibilities In the last parliamentary elections, 100 million eligible voters were aged between 18 and 24. With more than half of the total population estimated to be under the age of 25 in 2015, what will be the social, political and economic expectations of India's next generation? Discussion Leaders Shumeet Banerji, Chief Executive Officer, Booz & Company, United Kingdom; Co-Chairman of the India Economic Summit Sanjiv Goenka, Vice-Chairman, RPG Enterprises, India C. V. Madhukar, Director, PRS Legislative Research, India; Young Global Leader Vineet Nayar, Chief Executive Officer, HCL Technologies, India Chaired by Shereen Bhan, Anchor, CNBC-TV18, India

Tuesday 10 November, 09.00 - 10.15 (03:30 - 04:45 GMT)

Trade and Climate Change: Economic Imperative or Green Imperialism? Trade and climate policies have become increasingly entwined as countries grapple with the challenge of integrating economic interests with the management of climate change. What are the economic effects of trade and climate change policies, and how can different viewpoints between developed and developing countries be reconciled? Discussion Leaders Deepak Puri, Chairman and Managing Director, Moser Baer, India Harsha Vardhana Singh Deputy Director-General, World Trade Organization (WTO), Geneva Lord Stern, IG Patel Professor of Economics and Government, India Observatory, London School of Economics, United Kingdom Suresh Vaswani, Joint Chief Executive Officer, IT Business, and Member of the Board, Wipro, India Ben J. Verwaayen, Chief Executive Officer, Alcatel-Lucent, France Chaired by Michael J. Elliott, Editor, Time International, Time Magazine, USA

Tuesday 10 November, 10.30 - 11.45 (05:00 - 06:15 GMT)

Transforming Urban Transportation: How Will It Be Done? Only 25 of India's 88 cities with populations over half a million have formal public transport systems, despite 45% of India's urban population using public transport. How can the government promote innovative business models for viable, inclusive transit systems? What technological solutions and new financial mechanisms would be useful in managing private motorization demand, resolving infrastructure deficiencies, and promoting integrated land use and transport planning? Discussion Leaders Om Prakash Agarwal, Managing Director, Urban Mass Transit Company, India Carlos Ghosn, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Renault, France; President and Chief Executive Officer, Nissan, Japan; Member of the Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum; Co-Chairman of the India Economic Summit Siddhartha Lal, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Eicher Motors, India; Young Global Leader Wolfgang Lehmacher, Chief Executive Officer, GeoPost Intercontinental, France Kanesan Velupillai, President, SCOMI International, Malaysia Chaired by Vikram Chandra, Chief Presenter and Editor, NDTV, India

Tuesday 10 November, 12.30 - 13.30 (07:00 - 08:00 GMT)

Post Crisis Economic Order: How can Free Market and Control be Balanced? National responses to the global economic crisis have included both traditional and innovative means of protectionism challenging the paradigm of globalization and the force of free market. What must be done to restore balance between regulatory and oversight mechanisms and India's ongoing reform agenda? Introduced by Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum With Pranab Mukherjee, Minister of Finance of India Closing Remarks by Chandrajit Banerjee, Director-General, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), India Chaired by Robert Greenhill, Managing Director and Chief Business Officer, World Economic Forum

Tuesday 10 November, 15.30 - 16.45 (10:00 - 11:15 GMT)

Global Redesign: How Will India Shape Future Global Cooperation? India has a unique combination of membership in the G20, non-NPT status and a tradition of non-alignment. As it seeks to increase its voice in global cooperation, what will be India's future role and responsibility? Special Guest Shashi Tharoor, Minister of State for External Affairs of India Discussion Leaders Rahul Bajaj, Chairman, Bajaj Auto; Member of Parliament, India; Global Agenda Council on the Future of India Ajay Chhibber, Assistant Administrator and Director, Regional Bureau, Asia and the Pacific, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), New York Pratap B. Mehta, President and Chief Executive Officer, Centre for Policy Research (CPR), India; Global Agenda Council on Global Institutional Governance Moderated by Lord Malloch-Brown, Senior Adviser, Global Redesign Initiative, World Economic Forum

Tuesday 10 November, 17.00 - 18.15 (11:30 - 12:45 GMT)

How Can India Become a Global Manufacturing Hub? While manufacturing in India has remained healthy due to strong domestic demand, its contribution to GDP is only 16%, compared to 34% in China, and largely oriented to the domestic market. How can India increase its manufacturing competitiveness while employing millions of new entrants into the workforce? Special Guest Jyotiraditya Scindia, Minister of State for Commerce and Industry of India; Member of Parliament, India Discussion Leaders Adi B. Godrej, Chairman, The Godrej Group, Godrej Industries, India Baba N. Kalyani, Chairman and Managing Director, Bharat Forge, India; Co-Chairman of the India Economic Summit Joerg Mueller, President and Managing Director, Volkswagen India, India Pawan Munjal, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Hero Group, India Chaired by Shekhar Gupta, Editor-in-Chief, The Indian Express, India; Global Agenda Council on the Future of Journalism

Tuesday 10 November, 18.30 - 19.45 (13:00 - 14:15 GMT)

A Roadmap for India's Next Generation of Growth India has the potential to emerge as one of the world's four largest economies by 2020, but it will require coordinated efforts by current and future leaders from government, industry and civil society to address pressing challenges. In this closing session, the Co-Chairs of the India Economic Summit will outline the enablers and challenges for India's next generation of growth and suggest the actions required by industry and government leaders. Special Guest Palaniappan Chidambaram, Minister of Home Affairs of India Discussion Leaders Shumeet Banerji, Chief Executive Officer, Booz & Company, United Kingdom; Co-Chairman of the India Economic Summit Carlos Ghosn, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Renault, France; President and Chief Executive Officer, Nissan, Japan; Member of the Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum; Co-Chairman of the India Economic Summit William D. Green, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Accenture, USA; Co-Chairman of the India Economic Summit Baba N. Kalyani, Chairman and Managing Director, Bharat Forge, India; Co-Chairman of the India Economic Summit Chanda Kochhar, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, ICICI Bank, India; Co-Chairman of the India Economic Summit Indra Nooyi, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, PepsiCo, USA; Member of the Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum; Co-Chairman of the India Economic Summit; Global Agenda Council on the Role of Business Venu Srinivasan, Chairman and Managing Director, TVS Motor Company, India; President, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), India Closing Remarks by Robert Greenhill, Managing Director and Chief Business Officer, World Economic Forum Chaired by Nik Gowing, Main Presenter, BBC World News, United Kingdom

Comments

[rohit jamwal]

hi, i am rohit jamwal an IAS aspirant,i wud like to say that some policies introduced by govt was meant for rural people but now they are urban oriented,like NREGA,and many schemes ,how you think poverty can be eradicated from our country whose maximum pop. is in rural areas,and are not availing these benefits,there should be some alteration in the economic planning process,we must adopt chinese model that is if any mnc like to setup in india,they must setup their manufacturing hub in rural ares,this reduces migration from rural to urban areas,may be there will be a reverse migration, and will improve rural areas

[stefan bennici]

Unemployment rate reaching 10.2% what's next ? stefan bennici

[Matthias Lüfkens]

No free passes but you can watch the plenaries live on http://livestream.com/worldeconomicforum

[Amardeep Singh]

Any Free passes/invitations