Programme DAY 1 (24 February 2011) 09.00-09.30 Registration 09.30-09.45 Tea Inaugural Plenary Chair Prof. M.G.K. Menon, President, India International Centre 10.00-10.10 Welcome Address by Prof. M.G.K. Menon, President, India International Centre 10.10-10.20 Introducing the Conference by Prof. Muchkund Dubey, Co-Chair, SACEPS 10.20 – 10.50 Inaugural Address by His Excellency Mr. Mohamed Nasheed, President, Republic of Maldives 10.50 – 11.20 Keynote Address by Prof. Amartya Sen, Nobel Laureate, Thomas W. Lamont University Professor, Harvard University 11.20 – 11.50 Address by Prof. Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Laureate, Founder and Managing Director, Grameen Bank 11.50 – 12.20 Address by Dr. Ajay Chhibber, Assistant Secretary General and Regional Director for Asia and Pacific, UNDP, New York 2 Plenary I: “South Asian Monetary and Financial Cooperation: Its Contribution to Redesigning the Emerging Global Financial Architecture” Chair Prof. Rehman Sobhan, Chairman, Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), Bangladesh 13.30-14.00 Presentation by Dr. Nagesh Kumar, Chief Economist and Director, Macroeconomic Policy and Development Division, UNESCAP 14.00-14.30 Presentation by Dr. Ramgopal Agarwala, Distinguished Fellow, RIS 14.30-15.00 Special Address by Hon. Mr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission of India Presentations by:- 15.00 – 16.30 1. Hon. Mr. Abul Maal Abdul Muhith, Finance Minister, Bangladesh 2. Hon. Dr. Ram Sharan Mahat, former Finance Minister of Nepal 3. Hon. Dr. Hafiz Pasha, former Finance Minister of Pakistan 4. Hon. Dr. Sarath Amunugama, Senior Minister for International Monetary Cooperation, Sri Lanka 16.30 – 17:30 Discussion Remarks by the Chair 3 DAY 2 (25 February 2011) Plenary II Chair Prof. W.D. Lakshman, Chairman, IPS 09.30 – 09.50 Address by Dr. T. K. Oommen, Professor Emeritus, JNU 09.50-10.10 Address by Dr. Ela Bhatt, Founder and General Secretary, SEWA 10.10-10.30 Address by Dr. Amit Mitra, Secretary General, FICCI 10.30 - 11.00 Tea 11.00 – 13.00 Thematic Sessions (to be held concurrently) 11.00 – 13.00 Democracy Inclusive Growth Chair Prof. S. D. Muni - Former Chair Mr. Sekhar Bonu, Director ADB, Ambassador and Visiting Research Manila Professor, Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS), Singapore 11.00 -11.20 Presentation of Cross Country Paper Presentation of Cross Country by Prof. Rounaq Jahan, Distinguished Paper by Mr. Thangavel Palanivel, Fellow, Centre for Policy Dialogue, Chief Economist, Asia-Pacific, UNDP Dhaka Presentation of Country Papers by: Presentation of Country Papers by: 11.20-11.35 • Prof. Imtiaz Ahmed, Department of • Dr. Binayak Sen-Research Director, International Relations, University of BIDS, Dhaka - Bangladesh Dhaka - Bangladesh 11.35-11.50 • Dr. Subhash Kashyap, Honorary • Prof. Muchkund Dubey, President, Professor, CPR - India CSD and Dr. Biswajit Dhar, Director General, RIS - India 11.50-12.05 • Prof. Krishna Khanal, Director, • Dr. Mahesh Banskota – Dean, Centre for Constitutional Dialogue Kathmandu School of Arts, - Nepal Kathmandu University - Nepal 12.05-12.20 • Dr. Hasan Askari Rizvi - Formerly • Dr. Akmal Hussain, Distinguished Visiting Professor of Pakistan Studies Professor, Beaconhouse National at Columbia University’s School of University - Pakistan International and Public Affairs - Pakistan 12.20-12.35 • Mr. Paisorthy Saravanamuttu - • Dr. Saman Kelegama, Executive Sri Lanka Director, IPS - Sri Lanka 12.35-13.00 Discussion Remarks by the Chair 4 Plenary III Chair Dr. Mohan Man Sainju, Former Vice Chairperson, National Planning Commission of Nepal 14.00 – 14.20 Address by Hon. Mr. Mohamad Aslam, Minister of Housing and Environment, Republic of Maldives 14.20 – 14.30 Address by Dr. M.S. Swaminathan, Chairman, M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai 14.30 – 14.50 Video Address by Dr. R. K. Pachauri, Director General, The Energy & Resources Institute, New Delhi 14.50 – 15.10 Address by Mr. Khaled Ahmed, Director, South Asia Free Media Association, Lahore 15.10 – 15.30 Tea 5 15.30 –18.00 Thematic Sessions (to be held concurrently) 15.30 – 18.00 Environment Peace Chair: Hon. Mr. Mohamad Chair: Prof. Sridhar Khatri, Executive Aslam, Minister of Housing Director, SACEPS and Environment, Republic of Maldives 15.30 -15.50 Presentation of Cross Country Presentation of Cross Country paper by Dr. Leena Srivastava, paper by Dr. Kamal Hossain, Executive Director, The Energy & President, Gono Forum, Former Resources Institute, New Delhi. Foreign Minister, Dhaka Presentation of Country Papers by: Presentation of Country Papers by: 15.50 – 16.05 • Prof. Ainun Nishat, Vice • Dr. Gowher Rizvi – Advisor to the Chancellor, BRAC University - Prime Minister of Bangladesh Bangladesh 16.05 – 16.20 • Ambassador Shyam Saran, • Dr. Amitabh Mattoo - Professor, Chairman, Research and Centre for International Politics, Information System for Organization and Disarmament, Developing Countries – India SIS, Jawaharlal Nehru University – India 16.20 – 16.35 • Dr. Bhupesh Adhikary, • Mr. Kanak Mani Dixit, Editor, Assistant Professor, Kathmandu Himal South Asia – Nepal University- Nepal 16.35 – 16.50 • Mr. Ali T. Sheikh, Leadership for • Prof. Imran Ali-Lahore University Environment and Development of Management Science - – Pakistan Pakistan 16.50 – 17.05 • Prof. Mohan Munasinghe, • Prof. Sumansiri Liyanage, Chairman, Munasinghe Inst. of University of Peradeniya- Development - Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 17.05 – 18.00 Discussion Remarks by the Chair 6 DAY 3 (26 February 2011) Plenary IV Civilization and Culture 10.00 – 10:30 Tea Chair Dr. Ashis Nandy, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, New Delhi 10.30 – 11.00 Keynote Address by Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan, Chairperson, IIC-Asia Project, India International Centre (India) Presentations by: 11.00 – 11.30 Mr. Muhammad Suheyl Umar, Director, Iqbal Academy (Pakistan) 11.30 – 12.00 Prof. M. Anisuzzaman, Dhaka University (Bangladesh) 12.00 – 12.30 Dr. Susantha Goonatilake, President, Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka 12.30 – 13.30 Discussion Chairperson’s remarks 7 15.00 – 17.30 Concluding Plenary Chair Dr. Syed Babar Ali, Co-Chair, SACEPS, Pro-Chancellor, LUMS, Lahore and Former President WWF 15.00 – 15.30 Address by Prof. Deepak Nayyar, Jawaharlal Nehru University 15.30 –16.00 Address by Mr. Shoaib Sultan Khan, Chairman, National Rural Support Programme 16.00 -16.30 Valedictory Address by Hon. Mr. Salman Khurshid, Minister of Water Resources and Minority Affairs, India 16.30-17.00 Presentation on the outcome of the Conference by Dr. Akmal Hussain, Convener, SACEPS World Conference, Distinguished Professor of Economics, Beaconhouse National University 17.00 – 17.15 Remarks by the Chair 17.15 – 17.30 Vote of thanks Prof. Sridhar Khatri, Executive Director, SACEPS 17.30 Tea 8.