6:30 p.m. onwards

Special address

Mr T R Baalu
Hon'ble Minister for Environment and Forests, Government of India

Keynote address

Dr Jan P Pronk
Special Envoy for the Secretary-General, United Nations to the WSSD, President, COP-7 and Minister of Housing, Spatial Planning, and the Environment, The Netherlands

Presentation of Defining an Integrated Energy Strategy for India: a document for discussion, debate, and action to the Hon'ble Prime Minister of India, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Inaugural address

Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Hon’ble Prime Minister of India

Vote of thanks

Dr R K Pachauri
Director-General, TERI   
                                   

9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Chairperson

Mr P V Jayakrishnan
Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India
   

Speakers

Dr Leena Srivastava
Director, Regulatory Studies & Governance Division, TERI

Mr Reinhart Helmke
Executive Director, United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), New York

Mr L C Jain
Chairman, Industrial Development Services, India

Dr Maritta R v Bieberstein Koch-Weser
President, Earth3000, Germany

Dr Claude Martin
Director-General, World Wide Fund International, Switzerland
                 

12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Mr Prabir Sengupta
Former Secretary, Ministry Commerce and Industry, Government of India

Speaker
   
Mr Mohan Dharia
Former Cabinet Minister and President, Vanarai Trust, India
            

1:30 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.

Dr Gowher Rizvi
Representative, Ford Foundation, India

Prof. Hans J A van Ginkel
Rector, The United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan

2:15 p.m. – 3:35 p.m.

Chairperson

Dr Andrew J Bennett
Chief Natural Resources Adviser, Department of International Development, London, UK

Speakers

Mr Ardhendu Sen
Senior Fellow, TERI

Prof. Ogunlade Davidson
Director, Energy & Development Research Centre, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Dr Brenda McSweeney
UNDP Resi Representative & UN Resident Coordinator, India

Mr Bunker Roy
Director, The Barefoot College, The Social Work and Research Centre, Tilonia, India

Prof. Rehman Sobhan
Chairman, Centre for Policy Dialogue, Bangladesh
[Abstract]
                                       

3:35 p.m. – 3:55 p.m.

4:00 p.m. – 5:20 p.m.

 
Chairperson

Ms Elsbeth Tronstad
State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Norway

Speakers

Mr C Dasgupta
Distinguished Fellow, TERI

Mr Aminul Huq
Principal Project Engineer, Asian Development Bank, Philippines

Mr Shafqat Kakakhel
Deputy Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi

Mr Alain Lambert
Senior Advisor, Environment and Development Cooperation, Ramsar Convention Bureau, Switzerland

Mr Gilbert Parent
Ambassador for the Environment, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Canada

Mr Farooq Sobhan
Former Foreign Secretary of Bangladesh
                       

6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Ambassador Arne Walther
Director-General, Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway

Speaker

Shri Suresh P Prabhu
Hon’ble Minister for Power, Government of India

9:15 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Mr Subir Raha
Chairman and Managing Director, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, India

Speaker

Sir Mark Moody-Stuart
KCMG, Former Chairman & Member of the Board, Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies, UK
        

10:00 a.m. - 11:20 a.m.

 
Chairperson

Prof. Y K Alagh
Former Union Minister and Member of Parliament, India
[Abstract]

Speakers

Dr Maria Ligia Noronha
Senior Fellow, TERI

Mrs Meenakshi Datta Ghosh
Joint Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India

Mr Robert Lion
Member of the Board of Directors of the French High Council for International Co-operation and President - Energy 21, France

Prof. Charles Perrings
Head of Department – Environment, University of York

Mr David Runnalls
President, International Institute for Sustainable Development, Canada

Dr Yasmin von Schirnding
Focal Point: Agenda 21, World Health Organization, Switzerland
             

11:20 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.

11:50 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Dr Prodipto Ghosh
Additional Secretary, Prime Minister's Office, Government of India

Speaker

Prof. Gus Speth
Dean, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, USA
[Abstract]
  

12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Mr Gilbert Parent
Ambassador for the Environment, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Canada

Speaker

Dr Sanjaya Baru
Editor, The Financial Express, India
          

1:30 p.m - 2:50 p.m.

Chairperson

Mr Björn Stigson
President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Switzerland
[Abstract]

Speakers

Mr Rakesh Kacker
Senior Fellow, TERI

Dr John Ashton
Head of Environment, Science and Energy Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, UK

Dr Thomas M Connelly
Chief Technology Officer, DuPont, USA
[Abstract]

Mr Vikram S Mehta
Chairman, Shell India Private Limited, India

Dr Nitin Pandit
Executive Director, International Institute for Energy Conservation & Vice President, CERF, Washington DC

Ms Tiahoga Ruge
Coordinator General, Centre for Education and Capacity Building for Sustainable Development, Secretariat of the Environment and Natural Resources, Government of Mexico
                               

2:50 p.m. – 3:10 p.m.

3:10 p.m. – 3:50 p.m.

Ambassador Mitsuhei Murata
Former Ambassador of Japan

Speaker

Mr Lester Brown
President, Earth Policy Institute, USA
[Abstract]
  

3:50 p.m.– 5:10 p.m.

Chairperson

Mr Clive Butler
Corporate Development Director, Unilever, UK

Speakers

Dr T P Singh
Director, TERI School of Advanced Studies

Mr Hanns Michael Hoelz
Global Head Sustainable Development, Deutsche Bank, Germany
[Abstract]

Mr Prasad R Menon
Managing Director, Tata Chemicals Limited, India

Mr Emmanuel Haton
Senior Advisor on Lower Carbon Growth, BP, UK

Ms Judith Samuelson
Executive Director, Aspen ISIB, USA

Ms Meera Shenoy
Advisor, Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty, Hyderabad, India
              

5:10 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

Chairperson

Mr Ian Johnson
Vice President, Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development, The World Bank, Washington, DC 
[Abstract]

Speakers

Dr Vibha Dhawan
Director, Bioresources and Biotechnology Division, TERI

Dr Guenther Fischer
Project Leader, Land Use and Land Cover Project, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria
[Abstract]

Mr Gokul Patnaik
Managing Director, Cebeco India Pvt. Ltd., India

Dr John Skerritt
Deputy Director, Research and Development, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR)
[Abstract]

Dr Paul S Teng
Asia-Pacific Director for Science and Technology, Mosanto Company
                

7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Mr Raj Chengappa
Executive Editor, India Today

Speaker

Mr Jairam Ramesh
Secretary (Economic Cell), All India Congress Committee, India

9:15 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

Dr Arcot Ramachandran
Chairman, TERI

Speaker

Mr M S Verma
Chairperson, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
                   

10:00 a.m. - 11:20 a.m.

Chairperson

Mr Antonio V del Rosario
President - Energy Development & Utilization Foundation, Inc. (EDUFI), The Philippines

Speakers

Ms Preety Bhandari
Associate Director, Policy Analysis Division, TERI

Mr Michael Zammit Cutajar
Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Secretariat, Germany
[Abstract]

Mr Elliot Diringer
Director, International Strategies, Pew Centre on Global Climate Change, USA
[Abstract]

Dr Hoesung Lee
President, Council on Energy and Environment, Korea

Mr Andrei Marcu
Executive Director, The International Emissions Trading Association, Geneva

Prof. Mohan Munasinghe
Distinguished Visiting Professor of Environmental Management, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Dr Wang Shourong
Deputy Director, Institute of Strategic Development and Overall Planning China Meteorological Administration
     

11:20 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.

11:50 a.m. - 1:10 p.m.

Chairperson

Prof. Umberto Colombo
Former Minister of Universities, Science and Technology, Italy
[Abstract]

Speakers

Mr Somnath Bhattacharjee
Director, Energy-Environment Technology Division, TERI

Mr Eisa H Al-Majed
Director, Regional Office for Asia and the South West Pacific, World Meteorological Organization, Geneva

Mr Shyamal Ghosh
Secretary, Ministry of Telecommunications and IT, Government of India

Mr Ashok Khosla
President, Development Alternatives, India

Dr Nebojsa Nakicenovic
Project Leader, Transitions to New Technologies, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria
[Abstract]

Dr Manju Sharma
Secretary, Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India

Dr Hansvolker Ziegler
Chair of International Group of Funding Agencies for Global Change Research and Deputy Director-General, Environmental and Social Research, Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany
          

1:10 p.m. – 2:10 p.m.

Mr Robert Lion
Member of the Board of Directors of the French High Council for International Co-operation and President - Energy 21,  France

Speaker

Dr Arun Shourie
Hon’ble Minister for Disinvestment, and Department of Development of North Eastern Region, Government of India
       

2:10 p.m. - 4:10 p.m.

Chairperson

Dr Jan P Pronk
Hon’ble Minister of Housing, Spatial Planning, and Environment, The Netherlands

Speakers

Dr R K Pachauri
Director-General, TERI

Mr T R Baalu
Hon’ble Minister for Environment and Forests, Government of India

Ms Margaret Beckett
The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, UK

Mr Pekka Haavisto
Former Minister for Environment and Development Cooperation, Finland

Mr Tzachi Hanegbi
Minister of the Environment, Israel

Ms Rejoice Mabudafhasi
Deputy Minister, Minister for Environmental Affairs and Tourism, South Africa

Mr Hans Christian Schmidt
Hon’ble Minister for Environment and Energy, Denmark

Mr Roberto Tortoli
Minister of State, Ministry of Environment, Italy
[Abstract]

Mr Simon Upton
Chairman, Round Table on Sustainable Development, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, France & former Minister for the Environment, New Zealand

4:10 p.m. - 4:40 p.m.

4:40 p.m. - 6:10 p.m.

Chairperson

Mr Nitin Desai
Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations, New York

Presentation of rapporteurs report - Mr Yateendra Joshi
Director, Information Technology and Services Division, TERI

Speakers

Dr R K Pachauri
Director-General, TERI
- Raising the issues

Mrs Sheila Dikshit
Hon'ble Chief Minister of Delhi, India

Mr Digvijay Singh
Hon’ble Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, India

Mr Ola Ullsten
Hon’ble Former Prime Minister of Sweden