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As of 21 September, 2011 Fourth South Asia Economic Summit Global Recovery, New Risks and Sustainable Growth Repositioning South Asia Date: 22-23 October 2011 Venue: Ruposhi Bangla Hotel Ballroom, Dhaka, Bangladesh Tentative Programme DAY 1: Saturday 22 October 2011 09.00am – 10.15am Inaugural Session 09:00-09:05 Chair Professor Rehman Sobhan Chairman, Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) 09:05-09:10 Welcome Remarks Professor Mustafizur Rahman Executive Director, CPD Introductory Statement 09:10-09:15 Mr. Nicholas Rosellini Deputy Assistant Administrator and Deputy Regional Director Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific UNDP Asia-Pacific Regional Centre (APRC) Bangkok 09:15-09:20 Ambassador Edwin Laurent Adviser & Head, International Trade & Regional Co-operation Economic Affairs Division Commonwealth Secretariat Dr Nagesh Kumar TBC 09:20-09:25 Chief Economist and Director L Macroeconomic Policy and Development Division, UNESCAP 09:25-09:30 Dr Felix Schmidt TBC Resident Representative L Friedrich Ebert Stiftung New Delhi 09:30-09:50 Keynote Speaker Dr Sultan Hafeez Rahman Director General, South Asia Region Asian Development Bank (ADB) 09:50-10:05 Special Guest H E Uz. Fathimath Dhiyana Saeed TBC Secretary General SAARC Secretariat 10:05-10:10 Launching of Books on South Asian Economy Khadija Haq: South Asia Human Development Report 2010 Saman Kelegama: Migration, Remittances and Development in South Asia Rashmi Banga: TBC 1 As of 21 September, 2011 10:10-10:25 Chief Guest Mr A M A Muhith, MP Hon’ble Minister for Finance Government of Bangladesh 10.25am – 10.45am Refreshment 10.45am – 01.00 pm Plenary I Current Phase of Global Recovery and Implications for South Asia 10:45-10:55 Chair Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya Distinguished Fellow, CPD Panelists Dr Nagesh Kumar Chief Economist and Director Macroeconomic Policy and Development Division, UNESCAP Ms Kalpana Kochhar Chief Economist, South Asia Region, World Bank Dr Sham L. Bhathija Senior Advisor for Economic Affairs to the President of Afghanistan Dr Ashfaq H Khan Former Economic Advisor, Ministry of Finance, Pakistan Dean Economics Department at NUST Business school Pakistan Dr Wahiduddin Mahmud TBC Former Advisor to the Caretaker Government and Professor of Economics Dr Rajiv Kumar TBC Secretary General Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industries (FICCI), India Dr Tang Min Vice-Chairman of YouChange China Social Entrepreneur Foundation TBC President of YouChange University, China 12:05-12:45 Open Discussion 12:45-01:05 Guest of Honour Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus TBC Member, CPD Board of Trustees L Chairman, Yunus Centre Former Managing Director, Grameen Bank Ltd and Former Advisor to the Caretaker Government Chief Guest Dr. Sarath Amunugama Senior Minister for International Monetary Co-operation, Sri Lanka 2 As of 21 September, 2011 01.05pm – 02.00pm Lunch 02.00pm – Parallel Session I A Parallel Session I B Parallel Session II 04.30pm Acceleration of Trade in Acceleration of Food Security in South Asia: South Asia: Where are the Investment in South Asia: What should be the Policy Current Obstacles? Where are the Current Initiatives in view of Supply Obstacles? Uncertainty and Price Volatility? 02.00pm – Chair Chair Chair 02.10pm Dr Biswajit Dhar Mr Annisul Huq Dr. Abid Suleri Director General President, SAARC Executive Director SDPI Research and Information Chamber of Commerce System for Developing and Industry and Countries (RIS) Former President, FBCCI and Former President, BGMEA 02:10-03:30 Speaker Speaker Speaker Mr Purushottam Ojha Dr Naved Hamid Dr Mahabub Hossain Secretary, Ministry of Director, Center for Executive Director, BRAC C Commerce and Supplies, Research in Economics Bangladesh Government of Nepal and Business (CREB) and Professor of Economics, Professor Dr Bishwambher Dr Rashmi Banga Lahore School of Pyakuryal Senior Economist, Economics, Lahore Chairman, Nepal Economic UNCTAD Pakistan Association, Kathmandu Dr Nisha Taneja Mr Pradeep S Mehta Biplove Choudhary ICRIER, India Secretary General Inclusive Growth and Poverty Consumer Unity & Trust Reduction Team, UNDP Asia- Mr Ajitava Raychaudhuri Society (CUTS), India Pacific Regional Centre Professor of Economics Jadavpur University, India Dr Mia Mikic Ms. Khadija Haq Coordinator Mahbub ul Haq Human Dr Abdur Razzaque ARTNeT Secretariat Development Centre, Pakistan Economic Adviser UNESCAP Commonwealth Prof. S. Mahendra Dev Secretariat Dr Khondaker G Moazzem Director (Vice Chancellor) Senior Research Fellow, Indira Gandhi Institute of Mr M. Shahidul Islam CPD Development Research Research Associate The Institute of South Mr Shahid Hussain Mr Puspa Sharma Asian Studies (ISAS), Managing Director Programme Coordinator Singapore Tri-Pack Films Limited, SAWTEE, Kathmandu Pakistan Dr Shahid Ahmed Mr Anushka Wijesinha Associate Professor Mr Binod K Chaudhary TBC Research Officer Department of Economics President, Confederation Institute for Policy Studies of Sri Jamia Millia Islamia, India of Nepalese Industries Lanka (IPS) (CNI) President & Colombo, Sri Lanka 3 As of 21 September, 2011 Dr Sachin Chaturvedi Managing Director, Mr Choida Jamtsho TBC Senior Fellow Chaudhary Group Nepal Member of Parliament Research and Information Board Member, SACEPS, National Assembly of Bhutan System for Developing Nepal Countries (RIS), India Dr Uttam Deb TBC ICRISAT, India Mr Hamid Mahmood Director (Advocacy and Outreach) Global Research Insight for Development Pakistan Mr Cheton Khoitan TBC Nepal 03:30-04-30 Open Discussion Open Discussion 04.30pm – 05.00pm Tea 05.00pm – 07.30pm Parallel Session III Parallel Session IV Transport Connectivity in South Addressing Implications of Climate Asia and Beyond: Current Status Change within a Regional Framework: and the Next Steps What are the Recent Initiatives? 05:00-05:10 Chair Chair Dr M Rahmatullah Dr Posh Raj Pandey Former Director (Transport) Executive Chairman UN-ESCAP SAWTEE 05:10-06:25 Speaker Speaker Mr K L Thapar Dr A Atiq Rahman Chairman, Asian Institute of Executive Director Transport Development Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS) Dr Sadiq Ahmed Vice Chairman Dr Jagadish Chandra Pokharel Policy Research Institute of Former Vice Chairman Bangladesh National Planning Commission Government of Nepal Mr Kanak Mani Dixit Chief Editor Dr Fahmida Khatun Himal (South Asian) Head of Research Kathmandu CPD, Dhaka Dr Sreeradha Dutta Mr Nitya Nanda Director Area Convenor Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute TERI, India Kolkata Tirthankar Mandal Programme Coordinator, Climate Policy Climate Action Network-South Asia Ms Amita Batra New Delhi 4 As of 21 September, 2011 Associate Professor Ms. Priyangi Jayasinghe Centre for South, Central Manager, Research Southeast Asian and Southwest Munasinghe Institute for Development Pacific Studies (MIND), Sri Lanka Jawaharlal Nehru University, India Mahesh Sugathan Dr Salman Zaheer Programme Coordinator Program Director ICTSD Regional Integration, South Asia Region, World Bank Dr Prabir De Fellow Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), India Mr Ghulam Samad Senior Research Economist Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE), Islamabad, Pakistan 06:25-07:00 Open Discussion Open Discussion 08.00pm Summit Dinner and Cultural Function at Ruposhi Bangla Hotel Ballroom DAY 2: Sunday 23 October 2011 9.00am – 10.30am Plenary II Towards an Inclusive Growth in South Asia: Role of Regional Cooperation 09:00 – 09:10 Chair Mr M Syeduzzaman Member, CPD Board of Trustees and TBC Former Finance Minister L 09:10-10:00 Panelists Dr Saman Kelegama Executive Director Institute for Policy Studies (IPS), Sri Lanka Dr. Shekhar Shah Director-General, NCAER India Dr Atiur Rahman TBC Governor, Bangladesh Bank L Dr. Syeda Saiyidain Hameed TBC L Member, Planning Commission Government of India 5 As of 21 September, 2011 Mr Mohamed Mijarul Quayes TBC Secretary Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Bangladesh Dr Nadeem Ul Haque TBC Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission Pakistan [Ms Khawar Mumtaz] Coordinator, Shirkat Gah TBC Pakistan Mr Lyonpo Om Pradhan TBC Chairman Druk Holding & Investments Former Minister for Trade and Industries, Bhutan Mr Suraj Vaidya TBC President Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industries (FNCCI), Kathmandu TBC Dr Sartaj Aziz Former Federal Minister for Agriculture, Finance, Foreign Affairs, Pakistan Chief Guest Guest of Honour 10:00-10:15 Sir Fazle Hasan Abed TBC Member, CPD Board of Trustees and L Chairperson, BRAC Chief Guest TBC 10:15-10:45 Open Discussion 10.45am – 11.00am Refreshment 11.00 am – 01.00pm Parallel Session V Parallel Session VI Regional Approach to Energy Managing the Water Resources in the Security in South Asia: Assessing SAARC Region: What are the Possible the Progress Win-Win Solutions? 11:00 – 11:10 Chair Chair Mr. Usman Aminuddin TBC Mr B G Verghese Former Minister for Petroleum Chairperson & Treasurer Government of Pakistan Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative Visiting Professor, Centre for Policy Research (CPR) 11:10 – 12:10 Speaker Speaker Dr M Asaduzzaman Dr Ainun Nishat Research Director Vice Chancellor BRAC University 6 As of 21 September, 2011 Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) Engineer Arshad Abbasi Member PAK-INDIA Track II diplomacy Ms Lydia Powell mission on trans boundary water issues Head, Centre for Resources Management Dr Khairul Islam Observer Research Foundation Country Representative (ORF), India WaterAid Bangladesh Mr Tridivesh Maini Dr Claudia Sadoff Associate Fellow Lead Economist (Water Resources) Observer
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