NETWORK 18 POWER CONCLAVE 22 SEPTEMBER, 2017 Oval Mansion, Hyatt Regency, New Delhi
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
10.00 am REGISTRATION 11 am: Welcome by Emcee followed by Opening AV
Introduction to India Power Conclave 11: 05 am Shereen Bhan, Managing Editor, CNBC-TV18
Special Address (Recorded) 11:10 am Suresh Prabhu, Union Minister of Commerce & Industry
Session 1: Panel Discussion Theme: Despondency to Confidence: Powering A Mindset Change in India Dr Arunabha Ghosh, CEO, Council on Energy, Environment & Water (Co-Moderator) Gurdeep Singh, CMD, NTPC Sumant Sinha, Chairman, ReNew Power 11:15 am Vikram Mehta, Chairman, Brookings India Saurabh Kumar, Managing Director, Energy Efficiency Services Vikram Kailas, CEO, Mytrah Gyanesh Chaudhury, CEO & MD, Vikram Solar
Moderator : Shereen Bhan, Managing Editor, CNBC-TV18
States’ Perspective 12:15 pm Theme Keynote Address Shrikant Sharma, Energy Minister, Uttar Pradesh
States’ Perspective Session 2: Panel Discussion MM Nayak, CMD, Southern Power Distribution Company of AP Ltd R Lakshmanan, MD, South Bihar Power Distribution Co. 12:25 pm Suvojoy Sengupta, Partner – Energy Practice, McKinsey India Rajneesh Kumar Srivastava, MD, Rajasthan Urja Vikas
Moderator : Gautam Srinivasan
Session 3: Panel Discussion 1:00 pm Theme: Recharging DISCOMs – Innovations, Investments & Incentives Dr Kirit Parikh, Chairman, IRADe Dr Pramod Deo, Former Chairman, CERC Praveer Sinha, CEO and MD, Tata Power Delhi Distribution Ravi Arya, President- Thermal, Hindustan Power Project Pvt. Ltd
Moderator : Nithya Balakrishnan, CNBC-TV18
1:45 pm LUNCH Session 4: Power Talk Theme: Embracing Next Gen Technology Prof. Sagar Mitra, Associate Professor, Department of Energy, Science and Engineering, IIT Bombay 2:45 pm Dr. Rahul Tongia, Fellow - Brookings India Neeraj Sharma, President & Managing Director, Wärtsilä
Session 5: Panel Discussion Theme: New Energy for New India – The Renewable Narrative Dr Leena Srivastava, Vice Chancellor, TERI University (Co-Moderator) IS Jha, CMD, PGCIL KS Popli, Chairman, IREDA 3:15 pm Kuldeep Jain, MD, CleanMax Solar KV Bala, Chairman, Indo Wind Energy
Moderator : Anshu Sharma, CNBC-TV18
Global Best Practices: Learnings From The World Presentation by Country Partner – Finland Theme: Best Power Sector Innovation 4:00 pm Special Video Message by Kimmo Tiilikainen, Energy Minister of Finland
Special Address by Nina Vaskunlahti, Ambassador of Finland to India
Global Best Practices: Learning From The World Session 6: Panel Discussion Theme: Powering Global Innovation Richard Samuels, Counsellor for Industry, Innovation and Science, Australia High Commission Jean-Marc Fenet, Minister-Counsellor for Economic Affairs, Embassy of France 4:15 pm Tobias Winter, Director, Indo-German Energy Forum Peter Nicholls, Fellow, Perth USAsia Centre Joe Phelan, Director, WBCSD India Alex Hogeveen-Rutter, Professional Engineer, CIM, Manitoba Hydro International
Moderator : Ronojoy Banerjee, CNBC-TV18 5:00 pm HIGH TEA Session 7: Power Talk Theme: Smart City & Relevance of Power 5:20 pm Shrinivas Chebbi, President-Buildings Business, Schneider Electric India Sunil Jain, CEO, Hero Future Energies Dr. Rahul Tongia, Fellow - Brookings India
Moderator : Manisha Natarajan, Group Editor, Real Estate & Urban Development, CNBC-TV18
Session 8: Panel Discussion Theme: New-Age Energy Entrepreneurs Rahul Munjal, CMD, Hero Future Energies Vibhav Nuwal, Co-founder & Director, REConnect Energy 6:00 pm Dayal Nathan, Founder, Energyly S Venkatachalam MD & CEO Orient Green
Moderator : Shruti Mishra, CNBC-TV18
Session 9 : Power Conversation Theme : The Solar Edge – International Solar Alliance Perspective 6.30pm Upendra Tripathy, Director General, ISA Kanika Chawla, Senior Programme Lead, CEEW
Arrival of Chief Guest Shri Raj Kumar Singh, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power and New & Renewable Energy, 7.00 pm Government of India (Hon’ble Minister’s interaction with Industry Leaders moderated by Network 18)
7:30 pm NETWORKING DINNER END