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Opening Session
Left to right: Dr R K Pachauri, Director-General, TERI; Prof. C K Prahalad, Paul and Ruth McCracken Distinguished University Professor, The University of Michigan, CEO and Founder, The Next Practice, USA; Dr Shoichiro Toyoda, Honorary Chairman / Member of the Board, Toyota Motor Corporation, Japan; Prof. Klaus Töpfer, Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi; Mr A Raja, Hon'ble Minister, Ministry of Environment & Forests, India; Dr Arcot Ramachandran, Chairman, TERI, New Delhi; Prof. Ernesto Zedillo, Former President of Mexico and Director, Yale Center for the Study of Globalization, USA; Prof. Jeffrey D Sachs, Director - Earth Institute & Special Advisor to the Secretary-General of the United Nations; Mr Nitin Desai, Former Under Secretary General of the United Nations; Dr Leena Srivastava, Executive Director, TERI, New Delhi

Welcome Addresses
Dr Arcot Ramachandran
Chairman, TERI, New Delhi

Dr Prodipto Ghosh
Secretary, Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India

Overview of the Summit
Dr R K Pachauri
Director-General, TERI, New Delhi

Special Address
Prof. Klaus Töpfer
Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi

Keynote Address
Prof. Ernesto Zedillo
Former President of Mexico and Director, Yale Center for the Study of Globalization, USA

Address by 2005 Sustainable Development Leadership Award Winner
Dr Shoichiro Toyoda
Honorary Chairman / Member of the Board, Toyota Motor Corporation, Japan

Second Sustainable Development Leadership Award 2006
Second Sustainable Development Leadership Award presented to Prof. Ernesto Zedillo, Former President of Mexico and Director, Yale Center for the Study of Globalization, USA. Dr A Ramachandran Chairman, TERI and Dr Shoichiro Toyoda, Honorary Chairman / Member of the Board, Toyota Motor presented the award.

DSDS 2006 Opening Address
Mr A Raja
Hon'ble Minister, Ministry of Environment & Forests, India


Vote of Thanks
Dr Leena Srivastava
Executive Director, TERI, New Delhi


Keynote Session – Defining and meeting the challenge
Left to right: Prof. Jeffrey D Sachs, Director - Earth Institute & Special Advisor to the Secretary-General of the United Nations; Mr Nitin Desai, Former Under Secretary General of the United Nations; Prof. C K Prahalad, Paul and Ruth McCracken Distinguished University Professor, The University of Michigan, CEO and Founder, The Next Practice, USA
Challenges for business and corporate leaders
Prof. C K Prahalad
Paul and Ruth McCracken Distinguished University Professor, The University of Michigan, CEO and Founder, The Next Practice, USA

"Let us not only look at the poor as a problem but as an opportunity. You can look at poverty or you can look at the opportunity to leap from it: India is the only country that has applied electronic polling booths across the nation, the first in the world to do so."
Challenges for the UN and global society
Prof. Jeffrey D Sachs
Director – The Earth Institute & Special Advisor to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, USA

"We are increasingly encroaching upon the ecology. Markets will not come to the aid of the poorest of the poor. They will only leave them to die. We must work towards enabling development in an environmentally sustainable manner. "

Involving diverse stakeholders: partnering for change
Left to right:Mr Michael P Schulhof, Chairman, Global Technology Investments, LLC, USA; Mrs Rajashree Birla, Chairperson, Aditya Birla Group; Mr Rajat M Nag, Director General - Mekong Department, Asian Development Bank, The Philippines; Mr Gavin Neath, Chairman, Unilever, UK; Mr Jean-Paul Bouttes, Director, Prospective and International Relations, Electricite de France (EDF), France & CEO, Sherpa; Mr Raju Narisetti, Editor, The Wall Street Journal Europe, Belgium

Moderator:
Mr Raju Narisetti

Editor, The Wall Street Journal Europe, Belgium

Speakers:
Mrs Rajashree Birla
Chairperson, Aditya Birla Group

Mr Jean-Paul Bouttes
Director, Prospective and International Relations, Electricite de France (EDF), France & CEO, Sherpa

Mr Rajat M Nag
Director General - Mekong Department, Asian Development Bank, The Philippines

Mr Gavin Neath
Chairman, Unilever, UK

Mr Michael P Schulhof
Chairman, Global Technology Investments, LLC, USA


Energy: The cross cutting MDG
Left to right:Dr Leena Srivastava, Executive Director, TERI, New Delhi; Mr Stefan Wallin, Secretary of State, Ministry for the Environment. Finland; Mr Warren Evans, Director of Environment, The World Bank, USA; Mr Raj Chengappa, Managing Editor, India Today, Delhi; Mr Christian Stoffaes, Delegate general, International Investments and Gas, Electricité de France, France; Mr Vikram Singh Mehta, Chairman, Shell Group of Companies in India; Dr Njeri Wamukonya, Energy Programme Officer - Regional Office for Africa, UNEP, Nairobi

Moderator:
Mr Raj Chengappa
Managing Editor, India Today, Delhi

Speakers:
Mr Warren Evans
Director of Environment, The World Bank, USA

Mr Vikram Singh Mehta
Chairman, Shell Group of Companies in India

Dr Leena Srivastava
Executive Director, TERI, New Delhi

Mr Christian Stoffaes
Delegate general, International Investments and Gas, Electricité de France, France

Mr Stefan Wallin
Secretary of State, Ministry for the Environment. Finland

Dr Njeri Wamukonya
Energy Programme Officer - Regional Office for Africa, UNEP, Nairobi


Dinner Address
Venue:
Hotel Taj Mahal
Hosted by Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India

Left to right: Dr R K Pachauri, Director-General, TERI; Mr Vinod Mehta, Editor-in-Chief, Outlook Group, India; HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal, Prince of Jordan; Dr Prodipto Ghosh, Secretary, Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India

Chairperson:
Mr Vinod Mehta
Editor-in-Chief, Outlook Group, India

Dinner Speaker:
HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal
Prince of Jordan