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India Trilateral Forum 14 22-23 March 2018 Goa, India Table of Contents About 2 Logistical Information 3 Discussion Model 4 Directions 5 Agenda 6 List of Participants 10 Participant Biographies 14 1 About India Trilateral Forum The India Trilateral Forum is the leading regular dialogue between Americans, Europeans and Indians involved in influencing, crafting and implementing national and foreign policies. Twice each year since 2010, the Forum has convened government officials, intellectuals, media commentators and business representatives for an intimate conversation on shared political, social and economic objectives as well as the implications of India's rise for the transatlantic community. The Forum has been held in Europe (Stockholm and London), and in three cities in India (New Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru). In 13 editions over eight years, the Forum has engaged over 350 key individuals, including leading politicians and government officials, influential columnists, representatives from top businesses, and renowned policy experts from India, the United States and Europe. Format The café-style format of the forum is designed to create a conversation between peers. While panellists are expected to help lead the conversation, they are only asked to give scene-setting remarks of around five to seven minutes, preserving the majority of the session for an open back and forth between all of the participants in the room. India Trilateral Forum is held under the Chatham House Rule, which states: When a meeting, or part thereof, is held under the Chatham House Rule, participants are free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s), nor that of any other participant, may be revealed. The intellectual content generated by the forum helps in producing spin-off papers, videos and podcasts over the course of the year. A list of past forums, including the papers, podcasts, interviews and photographs can be found at http://www.gmfus.org/forum/ india-trilateral-forum. 2 Logistical Information Accommodation Out-of-town participants will stay at the Vivanta By Taj-Panaji, Off D. B. Bandodkar Road, St. Anne's Junction, Santa Inez, Panaji, Goa 403001, India. Please note that check-in is at 14:00 and check out is at 12:00. The hotel does accommodate check-in two hours prior or later, but this is subject to availability. We ask that you kindly settle any additional nights or incidentals prior to check-out. Venues The conference will take place in the Vivanta By Taj-Panaji. Transport The hotel is located in the city centre of Goa, 40 minutes from the Goa International Airport. For those who indicated airport transfers, they have been arranged by the hotel. Please look for your name card outside the main exit gate at the airport. If you have trouble finding our driver, please contact a conference organiser or the hotel. Please keep in mind that there may be a wait for other participants travelling around the same time. Dress Code The dress code for all days is business casual. Internet There is Wi-Fi access throughout the hotel and the conference venue. Twitter While the conference is held under the Chatham House Rule, participants are welcome to tweet (without attribution) using #ITF14. @GMFUS will be live-tweeting parts of the Forum. Contact Information Danielle Piatkiewicz | [email protected] | +1 202 384 0659 Sonali Mittra |[email protected] | +91 95603 13377 3 Discussion Model Guidelines for Moderators, Panellists and Participants The India Trilateral Forum was created to strengthen networks and understanding between the policy communities of India, the United States and Europe. Skillfully moderated sessions between experts on the specified topics will maximise the forum's impact. Here are some rules of thumb to help the Forum accomplish its goal of providing a compelling participatory format. • The forum is about creative conversation as opposed to formal presentations. • The purpose of the forum is to foster real dialogue that involves all participants in the room. The format does not allow for unplanned formal presentations, speech- making during discussions, or seminar-like presentations. • No one should prepare to deliver lengthy remarks or a speech of any kind during the panel sessions. Long speeches or remarks would disrupt the proceedings and interrupt what we seek to accomplish. • Designated moderators should briefly introduce the panel: name and affiliation is sufficient. All panel speakers should keep their opening remarks to five minutes or less. The moderator will not hesitate to intervene if the opening remarks run long. • The purpose of each discussion is to focus on the trilateral dimension of the topic. All participants are asked to think in the framework of trilateral aspects of each session and topic. • Designated moderators will be the guides for the open discussion sessions and will be looking for your participation. • All participants are asked to restate their names and affiliations when they begin to speak for the sake of other participants. • All participants, as they engage in the discussion, are asked to give succinct observations and questions to allow time for others to contribute. • Moderators will state explicitly in their sessions that the Chatham House Rule applies. Chatham House Rule is an honour-bound agreement that states, "Participates are free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s), nor that of any other participant, may be revealed." 4 Directions Thursday, 22 March – Friday, 23 March AIRPORT TO CONFERENCE VENUE: Vivanta By Taj-Panaji, Off D. B. Bandodkar Road, St. Anne's Junction, Santa Inez, Panaji, Goa 403001, India 5 Agenda Thursday, March 22 11:30 – 12:00 Registration Location: Vivanta by Taj Hotel 12:00 – 13:00 Networking Lunch 13:00 – 13:10 Welcome Remarks Sunjoy Joshi, Chairman, ORF Jamie Fly, Director, Asia Program and Future of Geopolitics, The German Marshall Fund of the United States Cecilia Ruthström-Ruin, Head of Department, Asia and the Pacific, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sweden 13:10 – 13:20 Welcome Address Shri Rohan Khaunte, Minister for IT, Labour and Revenue, Government of Goa 13:20 – 14:30 Session 1: Democracies under Threat? Radicalisation, Populism, and Disinformation Moderator: Amy Kazmin, South Asia Bureau Chief, Financial Times - TBC Jamie Fly, Director, Asia Program and Future of Geopolitics, The German Marshall Fund of the United States Peter Rimmele, Resident Representative to India, Konrad- Adenauer-Stiftung e.V. Rupa Subramanya, Commentator, Economist, Co-author – of 'Indianomix' 14:30 – 15:00 Tea/Coffee break 15:00 – 16:15 Session 2: India's Future Domestic Politics and Global Expectations: First Responder or Lead Power? Moderator: Reuben Abraham, C E O and Senior Fellow, I D F C Institute Sadanand Dhume, Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute Anirban Ganguly, Director, Dr. Shyama Prasad Mookherjee Research Foundation 6 Klas Molin, Ambassador of Sweden, India Manish Tewari, Member of Parliament, India 16:15 – 16:45 Tea/Coffee break 16:45 – 18:00 Session 3: A Free and Open Indo-Pacific: Challenges and Opportunities for Engagement? Moderator: Daniel Twining, President, International Republican Institute Indrani Bagchi, Diplomatic Editor, Times of India Eric Brown, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute Steven Everts, Senior Advisor, Asia Pacific Department, European External Action Service Arun Prakash, Former Chief of Naval Staff, Indian Navy 18:00 – 18:15 Tea/Coffee Break 18:15 – 19:30 Session 4: China: The New Normative Power? Moderator: Suhasini Haidar, Diplomatic Editor, The Hindu Nitin Pai, Co-founder, Takshashila Cecilia Ruthström-Ruin, Head of Department, Asia and the Pacific, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sweden- TBC David Sedney, Senior Associate, Center for Strategic and International Studies 20:00 – 22:00 Dinner reception by the Embassy of Sweden in New Delhi Location: Vivanta by Taj Hotel 7 Friday, March 23 09:30 – 10:45 Session 5: The Promise and Peril of Tech Moderator: Amy Studdart, Fellow, The German Marshall Fund of the United States Sunil Abraham, Executive Director, Centre for Internet and Society Hans-Christian Hagman, Senior Adviser to the Swedish State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Nikhil Pahwa, Founder, Medianama 10:45 – 11:45 Book discussion Moderator: Harsh Pant, Distinguished Fellow, ORF Frederic Grare, Chargé de mission, Asia at the Center for Analysis, Planning and Strategy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, France Aparna Pande, Research Fellow and Director, Initiative on the Future of India and South Asia, Hudson Institute 11:45 – 12:15 Tea/Coffee Break 12:15 – 13:30 Session 6: The Social in the Global Order: Migration, Work and Public Health Moderator: Kapil Sharma, Vice President, Government and Public Affairs, Wipro Technologies Indira Behara, Senior Director, Global Health Strategies Henrik Chetan Aspengren, Research Fellow, The Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI) Claudio Lilienfeld, Director, Government Affairs Asia Pacific, Gilead Sciences 13:30 – 14:30 Lunch 14:30 – 15:45 Breakout sessions: 1. Global Terrorism after the Caliphate: Threats, Trends and Prospects for Global Cooperation Moderator: Shakti Sinha, Director, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library Kanchan Gupta, Commissioning Editor ABP New 8 • Alexander Evans, Deputy High Commissioner to India, British High Commission Shivali Lawale, Director, Symbiosis School of International