CREATIVITY, COMMUNITY & COMMERCE IN THE INDO PACIFIC 2-3 FEBRUARY 2021 , DAY 1 FEBRUARY 2, 2021

INAUGURAL SESSION | TELECAST TIME -IST | 1100 – 1230

Master of Ceremonies Akshay Mathur, Director, Observer Research Foundation Mumbai, and Head of ORF Geoeconomics Programme, India

Welcome Remarks Sunjoy Joshi, Chairman, Observer Research Foundation, India

The City, The State and The New World Order Sub-national leaders and governments are playing an integral role in shaping global developments. This session seeks perspectives from leaders on the changing role of states and cities in global, national and regional policymaking.

Almut Möller, State Councillor, Hamburg, Germany Eleni Kounalakis, Lieutenant Governor, California, United States Theresa Schopper, Minister of State, Ministry of Baden- Württemberg, Germany Lianne Dalziel, Mayor, Christchurch, New Zealand Margaret Beazley, Governor, New South Wales, Australia

Inaugural Address Shri , Chief Minister, Government of Maharashtra, India

Vote of Thanks Priyanka Chaturvedi, Member of Parliament, India CREATIVITY, COMMUNITY & COMMERCE IN THE INDO PACIFIC 2-3 FEBRUARY 2021 MUMBAI, INDIA

PANEL 1 | 1330 - 1415

Towards Resilient Cities: Lessons from the Pandemic

City governments, infrastructure and systems have been severely tested during the pandemic. The pandemic has unearthed several fissures in regulating urban conglomerations that must be rectified to manage future shocks. Strengthening health systems and social infrastructure and creating institutional mechanisms to raise resources to be deployed at times of crisis are crucial elements to boost resilience and hasten recovery. How should cities define ‘resilience’ post-pandemic? What are the key requirements and characteristics of a resilient city? How will COVID-19 change urban planning and governance? How can urban planning processes be made more inclusive? What is the role of communities and businesses in urban planning and development? How can cities become more self-sufficient financially? What are the new instruments of financing worth exploring? This session will look at how city governance, city planning, and the allocation of resources, investments and financing must be integrated with community engagement to build back better and build back together.

Ashwini Bhide, Additional Municipal Commissioner, Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, India Nicholas Brooke, Chairman, Urban Land Institute Asia Pacific, Hong Kong Regina Ramos, Deputy Director, Pilots and Innovation, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, United States Shruti Narayan, Regional Director, South and West Asia Regions, C40 Cities, India Moderator: Aditi Ratho, Associate Fellow, Observer Research Foundation Mumbai, India CREATIVITY, COMMUNITY & COMMERCE IN THE INDO PACIFIC 2-3 FEBRUARY 2021 MUMBAI, INDIA

PANEL 2 | 1430 - 1515

Sustainable Entrepôts: Designing and Financing Coastal Cities

Coastal cities have infrastructure requirements markedly different from cities situated inland. The engineering and financing required for building sustainable esplanades, ports and terminals and catalysing coastal infrastructure to safeguard coastal communities’ interests can only be provided by large scale, multi-nation, multidimensional efforts. What kind of policy framework is required for designing and financing coastal cities as sustainable entrepots? How are coastal cities shaping geopolitics and geoeconomics? How can we gauge the success of multilateral initiatives such as the Blue Dot Network and the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)? How should India plan and position its coastal cities, given the evolving geopolitical and geoeconomic architecture of the Indo-Pacific? How can coastal cities spearhead initiatives for the blue economy? What kind of institutional, corporate, and engineering capacity do we need to leverage the blue economy? This session will explore the new multilateral efforts to design and finance coastal cities in the current geopolitical and geoeconomics context that posits Blue Dot Network (led by the US, Japan and Australia), Supply Chain Resilience Initiative (India, Japan and Australia) and Asia-Africa Growth Corridor (launched by India and Japan) as an alternative to China’s BRI.

Claudia Warning, Director General Asia, Middle East, Latin America, Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany Rafiq Dossani, Director, RAND Center for Asia Pacific Policy, United States Shirley Rodrigues, Deputy Mayor, Environment and Energy, Greater London Authority, United Kingdom Ted Baillieu, Enterprise Professor, Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, The University of and Former Premier, Victoria, Australia Moderator: Mitali Mukherjee, Fellow, Observer Research Foundation, India CREATIVITY, COMMUNITY & COMMERCE IN THE INDO PACIFIC 2-3 FEBRUARY 2021 MUMBAI, INDIA

PANEL 3 | 1530 - 1615

Relocating Mumbai in the Politics and Economics of the Indo-Pacific

As the focus of geopolitics moves from Asia-Pacific to Indo-Pacific (which includes India), Mumbai is set to emerge as a vibrant centre of innovation and geoeconomics for the region. As India’s financial, business and entertainment capital, it already makes a unique contribution to the regional flow of capital, supply-chains and talent. It also has the potential to emerge as the hub for education and tourism. What is the role of Mumbai in the emerging geopolitics and geoeconomics of the Indo-Pacific? What role can Mumbai play in shaping India’s diplomacy with the region? What policy support does Mumbai need to meet its aspirations of a global, influential city? What are the strengths and weaknesses that are likely to define Mumbai’s engagement with the Indo-Pacific? How will regional developments in the Indo-Pacific and beyond shape the business, financial, creative and entertaining qualities of Mumbai? This session will explore how Mumbai can compete with regional financial, trading and innovation centres such as Singapore, Hong Kong, Dubai, San Francisco and Shenzhen.

Kurihara Toshihiko, New Delhi Representative, Japan Bank for International Cooperation, Japan Peter N. Varghese, Chancellor, University of Queensland, and Former Secretary, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia Zhiwu Chen, Director, Asia Global Institute, Hong Kong Rajeswari Pillai Rajgopalan, Distinguished Fellow and Head of Nuclear and Space Policy Initiative, Observer Research Foundation, India Moderator: Akshay Mathur, Director, Observer Research Foundation Mumbai, and Head of ORF Geoeconomics Programme, India CREATIVITY, COMMUNITY & COMMERCE IN THE INDO PACIFIC 2-3 FEBRUARY 2021 MUMBAI, INDIA

PANEL 4 | 1630 - 1715

Digital Transformation: A Community Led Data Economy

The United Nations Secretary-General’s roadmap for digital cooperation places digital public goods (DPGs) front and centre to bridge the digital divide. As governments build more DPGs, it is worth ensuring that they align with the principles of the global free and open-source software (FOSS) movement, deriving maximum benefit for the community from any technology that is developed using taxpayers’ money. India pitches itself as a hub for developing DPGs, and technologies like Aadhaar and UPI, built by volunteers at India Stack, are often highlighted as functional outputs of the DPG model. But considering such technologies as DPGs is contested due to their questionable open-source status—developers are often unable to audit their source code (a key feature of true open-source technologies) and, in some cases, have faced state sanctions while attempting to do so. This session will explore what are DPGs, and what are the defining characteristics of successful DPGs? What kind of global frameworks and global institutional capacity is needed for protecting the neutrality, security and sustainability of DPGs? What is the role of governments, communities and private companies in the emerging DPGs landscape?

Julia Pomares, Executive Director at Centre for the Implemen- tation of Public Policies for Equity and Growth – T20 Co-Chair 2018, Argentina Amandeep S. Gill, CEO and Project Director, The International Digital Health and AI Research Collaborative (I-DAIR), Switzerland Ephraim Percy Kenyanito, Senior Programme Officer, Article 19, Kenya Oluwatosin Durotoye, Founder, The Bloom Africa and CEO, Conselia Advisory Practice, Nigeria Moderator: Mitali Mukherjee, Fellow, Observer Research Foundation, India CREATIVITY, COMMUNITY & COMMERCE IN THE INDO PACIFIC 2-3 FEBRUARY 2021 MUMBAI, INDIA

IN CONVERSATION 1 | 1730 –1745

The America’s Vision for the Indo-Pacific

The Indo-Pacific construct accords political heft to the idea of interlinking the destinies of the Indian and Pacific oceans. There is an internationalisation of this Indo-Pacific strategy with Western powers and regional powers articulating their respective positions on the security and strategic developments in the region. What are the motivations behind the bipartisan consensus on the US’ role in the Indo-Pacific? What are some divergences on the consensus between the policy sub-departments of State and Pentagon? Can external pressure from partner nations influence the US policy continuity?

Nadia Schadlow, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute and Former US Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategy, United States In conversation with Dhruva Jaishankar, Executive Director, ORF America, United States

KEYNOTE | 1800 –1815

Green Energy Transitions

Climate change, rising sea levels, and increasing global warming are contributing to a high carbon growth template. A green low carbon template supported by clean, affordable and sustainable energy can stimulate the economy. This keynote will seek a perspective on the current renewable energy trends, its challenges and realities, and the forces driving energy transitions.

Sumant Sinha, Chairman and Managing Director, ReNew Power, India Introduction: Dhaval Desai, Vice-President, Observer Research Foundation Mumbai, India CREATIVITY, COMMUNITY & COMMERCE IN THE INDO PACIFIC 2-3 FEBRUARY 2021 MUMBAI, INDIA

IN CONVERSATION 2 | 1830- 1900

Reformulating the Narratives on Trade and Globalisation

The last few years have seen a steady pushback on trade and globalisation. The US-China trade war, Brexit and the pandemic showed that economic decoupling is harder than originally imagined. What are the main reasons for the pushback on trade and globalisation? How does the narrative differ from reality? How can leaders and policymakers restate the importance of trade and globalisation? What role can India play in building a new narrative on trade and globalisation? This session will explore how leaders and policymakers can restate the importance of trade for the domestic public and economic diplomacy.

David Rasquinha, Managing Director, EXIM Bank, India In conversation with Akshay Mathur, Director, Observer Research Foundation Mumbai, and Head of ORF Geoeconomics Programme, India CREATIVITY, COMMUNITY & COMMERCE IN THE INDO PACIFIC 2-3 FEBRUARY 2021 MUMBAI, INDIA

PANEL 5 | 1930 - 2015

Cities 20: Establishing a Global Policymaking Forum for Cities

Global policy design has traditionally focused on the needs and characteristics of nation-states. Yet, cities are emerging as their own centres of economic growth and political churn, affecting geopolitics and geoeconomics. Do we need a United Nations for provinces and cities? Do we need an institutionalised global policymaking forum for cities? How are cities shaping world affairs and diplomacy? What are the expectations and responsibility from a global city? How can we ensure that globalised cities are leading the charge on inclusive, sustainable and equitable economic growth? What are the new models of governing global cities? How can urban governance structures be updated and remodeled to reflect the aspirations and needs of the communities, industries and ecology of a city? This session will explore the feasibility of an institutionalised global policymaking forum for cities and discuss city-specific issues that need global cooperation, such as a blueprint for inclusivity in urban planning, technology for disaster resilient/carbon-free city infrastructure and cross-border investments in sustainable city bonds.

Panel introduction by: Peter Rimmele, Resident-Representative to India, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Germany Joachim von Amsberg, Vice President, Policy and Strategy, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Ian Klaus, Senior Fellow, Global Cities, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, United States Maitreyi Bordia Das, Manager, Urban, Disaster Risk Management, Resilience and Land Global Practice, The World Bank, United States Anil Sooklal, Deputy Director-General Asia and Middle East, Department of International Relations and Cooperation, South Africa Moderator: Sayli Mankikar, Senior Fellow, Observer Research Foundation Mumbai, India CREATIVITY, COMMUNITY & COMMERCE IN THE INDO PACIFIC 2-3 FEBRUARY 2021 MUMBAI, INDIA

CLOSING REMARKS | 2015 - 2030

Akshay Mathur, Director, Observer Research Foundation Mumbai, and Head of ORF Geoeconomics Programme, India CREATIVITY, COMMUNITY & COMMERCE IN THE INDO PACIFIC 2-3 FEBRUARY 2021 MUMBAI, INDIA DAY 2 FEBRUARY 3, 2021

OPENING REMARKS | TELECAST TIME -IST | 1050 - 1100

Dhaval Desai, Vice-President, Observer Research Foundation Mumbai, India CREATIVITY, COMMUNITY & COMMERCE IN THE INDO PACIFIC 2-3 FEBRUARY 2021 MUMBAI, INDIA

PANEL 6 | 1100 - 1145

A New Vision from Business for Positioning Mumbai in the World

Mumbai business has played a key role in India’s global positioning. From presenting India as an investment destination to projecting India’s products, services, entrepreneurs and opportunities abroad, Mumbai’s business leaders have long been informal economic diplomats. Mumbai continues to be the money spinner for the Indian economy, home to established and frontier business alike. Young turks are innovating, expanding and repositioning themselves to capture global supply chains and economic opportunity. This panel will explore how Mumbai business leaders see the role of the city in India’s global positioning. How will the next generation of business leaders shape the city, the region and the nation? What are the aspirations of the young business executives and leaders? How will the policy challenges of the 21st century (climate change, sustainable development, equitable growth and pandemics) change Mumbai’s business culture and leadership?

Jay Kotak, Associate Vice President, Kotak Mahindra Bank, India Radhika Gupta, Managing Director and CEO, Edelweiss Asset Management Limited, India Darshan Hiranandani, Managing Director and CEO, Hiranandani Group Priyanka Chaturvedi, Member of Parliament, India Moderator: Rajesh Shah, Co-Chairman and Managing Director, Mukand Limited and Member, Board of Trustees, Observer Research Foundation, India CREATIVITY, COMMUNITY & COMMERCE IN THE INDO PACIFIC 2-3 FEBRUARY 2021 MUMBAI, INDIA

PANEL 7 | 1200 – 1245

Towards Inclusive Cities: Reclaiming Spaces for Women

Mumbai, as a cosmopolitan ‘Maximum City’, has been known to be relatively safer and more work-friendly for women. Women have also successfully tapped into the city’s large entrepreneurial spirit. Mixed zoning, new avenues for public transport and changes to nightlife hours have huge potential to increase the movement and workforce participation of women. What are some of the opportunities and detriments to women’s movement and workforce participation in cities today? How is Mumbai unique and different? Has the pandemic exposed differences in vulnerabilities for men and women in cities? How can we work towards recovering from this disparity? What is the current scenario with regards to female employment, gender-auditing of institutions and gender-sensitisation in cities? How can this be improved? This panel will discuss the new opportunities to reclaim spaces, the importance of incorporating gender-sensitive planning of physical spaces, as well as social factors such as awareness and capacity building. It will also discuss how gender- sensitive planning will help mitigate adverse and unequal impacts of future crises, build resilience for its vulnerable populations, and make the city safer and more accessible for women.

Priyanka Chaturvedi, Member of Parliament, India Yashomati Thakur, Minister, Women and Child Development, Government of Maharashtra, India Shaina NC, National Spokesperson, Bharatiya Janata Party, India Abha Lambah, Conservation Architect, India Moderator: Aditi Ratho, Associate Fellow, Observer Research Foundation Mumbai, India CREATIVITY, COMMUNITY & COMMERCE IN THE INDO PACIFIC 2-3 FEBRUARY 2021 MUMBAI, INDIA

IN CONVERSATION 3 | 1300 - 1330

Chairing the G20: Economic Steering Committee for the World The G20 remains the most important economic multilateral forum in the world. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has once again reconfirmed the importance of global coordination for economic recovery. This session will explore priorities for global economic governance and how the upcoming G20 chairs—Italy, Indonesia and India—can steer global economic recovery. What lessons on global economic governance can we draw from the G20? What issues should the G20 prioritise? How can the G20 develop a multi-year framework for global economic recovery and growth under the upcoming chairs? How can the G20 be made more effective and representative as a multilateral forum?

Paolo Magri, Executive Vice-President and Director, Italian Institute for International Political Studies, T20 Chair 2021, Italy Fahad Al-Turki, Vice-President, King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Centre, T20 Chair 2020, Saudi Arabia In conversation with Akshay Mathur, Director, Observer Research Foundation Mumbai, and Head of ORF Geoeconomics Programme, India CREATIVITY, COMMUNITY & COMMERCE IN THE INDO PACIFIC 2-3 FEBRUARY 2021 MUMBAI, INDIA

PANEL 8 | 1345 -1430

Developing an Arabian Sea Consensus on Growth and Prosperity

India’s contemporary links with the Gulf have been crucial for its economic growth. From uninterrupted energy imports that fuel industries and billions in remittances from overseas Indians to investment by sovereign funds in the Indian economy, the Gulf is a de facto strategic partner for India. Africa, on the other hand, has been important for the extension of India’s soft diplomacy and development aid. How can India renew this relationship with the Gulf and the Arabian Sea neighbours for the 21st century? What concrete steps can India and its neighbours in the region take to ensure that they are reliable and interdependent partners for regional trade and security? How is the economic growth of littoral cities in the Arabian Sea region likely to influence the relationship between their nations? Can intercity diplomacy help strengthen the linkages between the nations? How is the free flow of technology and talent likely to shape the engagement of communities within the region? How can we build a deeper, multi-stakeholder, multi-layered relationship between India and its neighbours in the Arabia Sea? This session will explore whether an Arabian Sea Consensus can emerge with developments in the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

Navdeep Suri, Distinguished Fellow and Director of the Centre for New Economic Diplomacy, Observer Research Foundation, India Mohamed El Dahshan, Managing Director, OXCON Frontier Markets and Fragile States and Associate Fellow, Chatham House, United Kingdom Ebtesam Al Ketbi, President, Emirates Policy Center and Member, Consultative Commission of the Cooperation Council of the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC), UAE Kwame Owino, CEO, Institute of Economic Affairs, Kenya Moderator: Maya Mirchandani, Senior Fellow, Observer Research Foundation, India CREATIVITY, COMMUNITY & COMMERCE IN THE INDO PACIFIC 2-3 FEBRUARY 2021 MUMBAI, INDIA

PANEL 9 | 1530 - 1615

Recovery Towards the Indian New Green Deal

It has become clear that addressing climate change will require a multidimensional approach focusing on new clean technologies, green financial instruments like muni-bonds, carbon-neutral business practices, and reinvesting in nature, simultaneously and seriously. This session will explore whether Mumbai can lead the transition towards the new green deal for India and the world that promotes a comprehensive, multi-stakeholder, multidimensional response to climate change. What are policy priorities for meeting global targets for climate change and sustainable development? How should India define its ‘new green deal’? What policies are needed to ensure that the nation meets its goals on economic recovery, social regeneration and carbon transition? What is the role of cities like Mumbai in ensuring that India meets its climate and sustainability targets? What lessons can we draw from other global cities in the world?

Kate Hampton, CEO, Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, United Kingdom Julie Becker, Deputy CEO, LuxSE and Founder, Luxembourg Green Exchange, Luxembourg Geraldine Ang, Senior Analyst, Green Finance and Investment, OECD, France Shloka Nath, Acting-Director, India Climate Collaborative and Head of Sustainability and Special Projects, Tata Trusts, India Moderator: Mihir Sharma, Senior Fellow and Head, Economy and Growth Programme, Observer Research Foundation, India. CREATIVITY, COMMUNITY & COMMERCE IN THE INDO PACIFIC 2-3 FEBRUARY 2021 MUMBAI, INDIA

PANEL 10 | 1700 - 1745

The Fourth Industrial Revolution: For Human or For Machine?

As the fourth industrial revolution marches on, the work environment has been changed by the COVID-19 pandemic with many jobs lost and employees forced to work from home. Employers face the challenge of ensuring that employees are productive in this new environment. Governments now face the daunting challenge of providing jobs for the unemployed in this new scenario. The tech-driven employment opportunities of the gig-economy have exacerbated the uncertainties of workers as algorithms play an ever-crucial role of a taskmaster. How can the Fourth Industrial Revolution be more human-centric? How should we design technology to ensure it is solving real planetary needs? What is the role of policymakers in shaping the Fourth Industrial Revolution? What kind of regulatory institutions and regulators are needed? What kind of talent and resources do we need to master the Fourth Industrial Revolution? This session will discuss the changing ways of work and making algorithms more accountable to bring more certainty for workers, and explore the future of work.

Ram Sidis, Deputy Director-General, Federation of Local Authorities, Israel Kate Klonick, Assistant Professor of Law, St. John’s University Law School, United States Terri Chapman, Urban Analyst, The World Bank, United States Moderator: Mitali Mukherjee, Fellow, Observer Research Foundation, India CREATIVITY, COMMUNITY & COMMERCE IN THE INDO PACIFIC 2-3 FEBRUARY 2021 MUMBAI, INDIA

PANEL 11 | 1930 - 2015

Regulations and Responsibilities in the Digital Era

Digital multinationals are instrumental for advancing products and services of the digital economy. Yet, they are often under regulatory scrutiny for tax liabilities, monopolistic tendencies, and social responsibilities. How are digital multinationals shaping the international economy? How are they likely to change how business is conducted globally? What are the policy priorities for governing the digital economy? What kind of regulatory frameworks and regulatory institutions are needed to govern digital multinationals? What are the new frameworks required for measuring the digital economy? This session will discuss most contemporary trends in digital governance and how digital multinationals are coping with the oversight.

Marina Kaljurand, Member, European Parliament, Estonia Rohinton Medhora, President, Centre for International Governance Innovation, Canada Chris Painter, President, Global Forum Cyber Expertise Foundation Board, United States Iverna McGowan, Europe Director, Centre for Democracy and Technology, Belgium Moderator: Trisha Ray, Associate Fellow, Observer Research Foundation, India CREATIVITY, COMMUNITY & COMMERCE IN THE INDO PACIFIC 2-3 FEBRUARY 2021 MUMBAI, INDIA

CLOSING SESSION | 2015- 2045

From Paris to Glasgow via Mumbai on the COP 26 Journey

In December 2020, Mumbai became the sixth Indian city to be chosen as a member of the C40 cities. Maharashtra, one of India’s most industrialised states, has increased its commitment to fight against extreme weather events, droughts, severe flooding and annual sea-level rise. This discussion will seek a perspective on the role, expectations, and strategies to be adopted by cities and states in collective, quick action on mitigation and adaptation in the run-up to COP-26. It will also dwell on the larger issue of availability and accessibility of sustainable green finance to meet the climate targets.

Aditya Thackeray, Minister, Environment and Climate Change, Tourism, Government of Maharashtra, India In conversation with Mitali Mukherjee, Fellow, Observer Research Foundation, India

VOTE OF THANKS | 2045 - 2100

Sayli Mankikar, Senior Fellow, Observer Research Foundation Mumbai, India