

Speakers

Dr Manmohan Singh
Hon'ble Prime Minister of India
India

H.E. Mr Festus Mogae
Former President of Botswana
Botswana

H.E. Ms Tarja Halonen
President
Finland

H.E. Mr Bharrat Jagdeo
Former President
Guyana

H.E. Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland
Former Prime Minister of Norway
Norway

H.E. Mr Anote Tong
President
Republic of Kiribati

H.E. Mr James Alix Michel
President
Seychelles

Dr Elinor Ostrom
Professor
Indiana University, U.S.A

HE Mr Ogunlade Davidson
Former Minister of Energy and Water
Sierra Leone,

H.E. Lyonpo Dr Pema Gyamtsho
Minister of Agriculture and Forests
Bhutan
Ms Connie Hedegaard
European Commissioner for Climate Action
European Commission, Denmark

H.E. Ms Heidi Hautala
Minister for International Development
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland, Finland

Ms Jayanthi Natarajan
Hon'ble Minister of State (I/C), Ministry of Environment and Forests
Goverment of India

Shri Tarun Gogoi
Chief Minister
Government of Assam, India

Capt. Ajay Singh
Minister for Power, Forests and Environment
Government of Haryana, India

Prof Prem Kumar Dhumal
Chief Minister
Government of Himachal Pradesh, India

Ms Sheila Dikshit
Chief Minister of NCT of Delhi
India

Dr Naoko Ishii
Deputy Vice Minister for International Affairs
Ministry of Finance, Japan

H.E. Mrs Patricia Espinosa Cantellano
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Mexico

H.E. U Win Tun
Union Minister for Environmental conservation and Forestry
Myanmar

Mr Hemraj Tater
Hon'ble Minister for Environment
Nepal

Mr Malik Amin Aslam
Former Minister of State (Environment)
Pakistan

H.E. Dr Assunção Cristas
Minister for Agriculture, Maritime Affairs, Environment and Spatial Planning
Portugal

Dr Yves Bolduc
Minister of Health & Social Services
Quebec

Mr Henri Djombo
Hon’ble Minister of Sustainable Development, Forestry and Environment
Brazzaville, Republic of Congo

H.E. Mr Mohamed Aslam
Minister of Housing and Environment
Republic of Maldives

Ms Maria Mutagamba
Minister of Water & Environment, Kampala
Uganda

Mr Christof Schoser
Deputy Head of Unit, Directorate-General for Energy
European Commission,

Mr Ghulam Mohd Malikyar
Deputy Director General
National Environment Protection, Afghanistan

Hon. Mr Mike Rann MP
Former Premier of South Australia
Australia

Dr Subho Banerjee
Deputy Secretary
Adaptation, International & Regulatory Group, Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Australia

H.E. Mr Dasho Paljor J Dorji
Advisor
National Environment Commission, Bhutan

Hon. Stéphane Dion
M.P., House of Commons
Canada

Dr Tewolde Berhan Gebre Egzabiher
Director General
Environment Protection Authority, Ethiopia

Mr Serge Lepeltier
French Ambassador for Climate Change Negotiations, Mayor of Bourges
France
Ms Marie-Hélène Aubert
Former European Parliamentarian, France

H.E. Ms Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul
Member of the German Parliament, Former Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development
Germany

Mr Gurjit Singh
Additional Secretary (East & Southern Africa)
Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India

Mr Shyam Nokta
Adviser to the President & Head, Office of Climate Change
Guyana

Dr Ajay Mathur
Director General
Bureau of Energy Efficiency, India

Dr P P Bhojvaid
Chief Conservator of Forests
Haryana Forest Department, India

Mr M. F. Farooqui
Additional Secretary
Ministry of Environment and Forests, India

Mr Abdul Rahim Nik
Deputy Secretary General
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Malaysia

Mr Janusz Zaleski
Under Secretary of State
Ministry of the Environment, Poland

Ms Annika Markovic
Environment Ambassador
Ministry of Environment, Sweden

Mr David Sandalow
Assistant Secretary for Policy and International Affairs
U.S. Department of Energy, U.S.A

Mr Arnold Schwarzenegger
Former Governor of California, Founding Chair R20 Regions of Climate Change
U.S.A

Lord John Prescott
Former Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
UK

Mr Michael Keating
Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General
United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), Afghanistan

Dr Don Blackmore AM
Chair,
eWater, Australia

Dr Kandeh K Yumkella
Director-General
United Nations Industrial Development Organization, Austria

Mr Binu Parthan
Deputy Director General
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP), Austria
Dr Artur Runge-Metzger
Chief Climate Negotiator
European Commission, Belgium

Mr Hama Arba Diallo
Chair of Global Water Partnership, (GWP) Ouagadougou
Burkina Faso

Dr Youba Sokona
Coordinator
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Ethiopia

Mr Abdoulie Janneh
Under -Secretary-General and Executive Secretary
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Ethiopia

Prof Paavo Pelkonen
Professor
University of Eastern Finland, Finland

Prof Perttu Vartiainen
Rector University of Eastern Finland
Finland

Prof Petteri Taalas
Director-General
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Finland

Dr Laurence Tubiana
Director
Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations, France

Mr Pierre Jacquet
Chief Economist
Agence Française de Développement (AFD), France

Dr Halldor Thorgeirsson
Director for Implementation Strategy
UNFCCC, Germany

Mr Suresh P Prabhu
Chairperson
Council on Energy, Environment and Water, India

Mr Suman K Bery
Country Director
India Central, International Growth Centre, Indian Statistical Institute, India

Dr Gopa Sabharwal
Vice- Chancellor
Nalanda University, India

Mr Nitin Desai
Distinguished Fellow
TERI & Former Under-Secretary General of the United Nations, India

Dr R K Pachauri
Director-General
TERI, India

Mr Ashok Jaitly
Distinguished Fellow & Mentor
TERI, India

Dr Ligia Noronha
Director - Resources, Regulation & Global Security Centre for Global Agreements, Leg. & Trade
TERI, India

Ambassador C Dasgupta
Distinguished Fellow
TERI, India

Dr Prodipto Ghosh
Distinguished Fellow
TERI, India

Dr Leena Srivastava
Executive Director-Operations, TERI & Vice Chancellor, TERI University
India

Prof Luigi Paganetto
President
CEIS - Centre for Economic and International Studies, University of Rome, Italy

Mr Kazuo Furukawa
Chairman
New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), Japan

Mr Hideyuki Mori
President
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Japan

Prof Hironori Hamanaka
Chair of the Board of Directors
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Japan

Prof Kazuhiko Takeuchi
Vice-Rector and Director of Institute for Sustainability and Peace
The United Nations University, Japan

Dr Lee Yee Cheong
Chairman
UNESCO International Science, Technology and Innovation Centre, Malaysia

Dr Tumur-Ochir Sanjbegz
President
The National University of Mongolia, Mongolia

Dr David Molden
Director General Designate
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Nepal

Ms Fiza Farhan
Chief Operating Officer
Buksh Foundation, Pakistan

Mr Ali Tauqeer Sheikh
Director, Asia
Climate and Development Knowledge Network, Pakistan

Mr George J. Gendelman
Cofounder
Planetworkshops, Paris
Mr Haruhiko Kuroda
President
Asian Development Bank, Philippines

Dr Bindu N Lohani
Vice President
Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development, Asian Development Bank, Philippines

Dr Iwan Azis
Head, Office of Regional Economic Integration
Asian Development Bank, Philippines

Mr Hon Cheung
Regional Director
Official Institutions Group, SSgA, Singapore

Prof Johan Rockström
Executive Director
Stockholm Environment Institute, Sweden

Mr Peter Bakker
President
World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Switzerland

Mr Björn Stigson
Former President
World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Switzerland

Dr Ashok Khosla
President
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Switzerland

Dr Tayeb Kamali
Vice Chancellor
Higher Colleges of Technology, U.A.E

Mr Carl Pope
Executive Director
The Sierra Club, U.S.A

Ms Frances Beinecke
President
Natural Resources Defense Council, U.S.A

Mr Warren Evans
Senior Adviser
Sustainable Development Network, The World Bank, U.S.A

Dr Shiv Someshwar
Director Climate Policy, CGSD & Senior Advisor Regional Programs, The Earth Institute
Columbia University, U.S.A

Prof V Ramanathan
Distinguished Professor and Director, Center for Clouds, Chemistry and Climate, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
University of California, U.S.A

Prof Timothy G Gregoire
J. P. Weyerhaeuser, Jr., Professor of Forest Management
Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, U.S.A

Prof Jeffrey D Sachs
Director - The Earth Institute, Columbia University & Special Advisor to the Secretary-General of the United Nations
U.S.A

Prof Jeffrey Sonnenfeld
Senior Associate Dean for Executive Programs & Lester Crown Professor in the Practice of Management
Yale School of Management, Yale University, U.S.A

Mr Terry Tamminen
Founder and President
Seventh Generation Advisors, USA

Mr Pasi Rousu
Partner and Co-founder, President
Chempolis Asia & Pacific, Finland

Mr Henry Saint Bris
Senior Vice President Strategy
SUEZ Environment, France

Mr S Gopalakrishnan
Executive Co-Chairman
Infosys Limited, India

Dr Bhaskar Chatterjee
Director General & CEO
Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs, India

Mr Mahesh Makhija
Director - Renewables Business Development
CLP Power India Private Limited, India

Mr Sai Ramakrishna Karuturi
Founder & Managing Director
Karuturi Global Limited, India

Mr Venkatesh Valluri
Chairman
India Region, Ingersoll-Rand (India) Limited, India

Mr Ted Hanisch
Partner
Radgiverne LOS AS, Norway

Ms Hilde M Tonne
Executive Vice president and Head of Group Industrial Development
Telenor Group, Norway

Mr Yvo de Boer
Special Global Advisor
Climate Change and Sustainability, KPMG International, UK

Mr Bittu Sahgal
Editor
Sanctuary Asia and Sanctuary Cub Magazines, India

Dr Prannoy Roy
Founder and Executive Chairperson
NDTV, India