Elets Technomedia announces “Smart City Conclave” in the historic city of Bhopal on 20-22 August 2015. Bhopal Municipal Corporation is the esteemed “Host Partner” of this premier event which is going to see deliberations from important stakeholders of Smart City mission from both the State of Madhya Pradesh and Government of India. Apart from that, “Smart City Conclave” will host various sessions on the ambitious Government of India programs like Digital India, Make in India, Swach Bharat, Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana and Skilling India. “Smart City Conclave 2015” will be a three day residential event that will be organised in the picturesque settings and in the heritage property of Noor-Us-Sabah Palace Hotel, Bhopal. The conclave will have various sessions on achievements and future plans of Bhopal Municipal Corporation to make the ‘ City of Lakes’ a Smarter City, as well as various aspects of building smart cities. Key officials from the Madhya Pradesh Government will also present their vision on smart education, smart healthcare, smart transportation concepts. The municipal commissioners from Madhya Pradesh and from various part of the country will present their case studies on the role of Urban Local Bodies (UlBs) for building Smart Cities. The discussions on heritage conservation and lake management will also be covered as an integral component of the conclave. Along with these , other major attraction of this mega conclave will be Showcasing Bhopal as a major cultural hub as well as preferred tourism destination and also as a preferred cinematic location for various films that have been shot in Bhopal will also be focused upon. “Smart City Conclave”– Bhopal will have three components:- Conference, Awards & Exhibitions. Awards & Exhibition will provide platform to showcase & recognize the efforts being put in by various government departments as well as industry for building smart cities.
Time | Topics |
09:00 am – 09:30 am | Registration |
09:30 am –11:45 am | Inaugural: Bhopal’s Journey to Become a Smart City: Challenges & Opportunities |
Welcome Address: Vivek Agarwal, Secretary-cum-Commissioner, Urban Development Department & Secretary to Chief Minister, Government of Madhya Pradesh | |
Malay Shrivastava, Principal Secretary, Urban Development & Environment Department, Government of Madhya Pradesh | |
Special Address: Alok Sharma, Mayor, Bhopal | |
Launch of Smart Card | |
Unveiling of the Bhopal Special issue of eGov | |
Chief Guest: Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Hon’ble Chief Minister, Madhya Pradesh | |
Presentation: Nishant Warwade, Collector, Bhopal & Tejaswi S Naik, Commissioner, Bhopal Municipal Corporation | |
Conference Overview: Dr Ravi Gupta, CEO, Elets Technomedia Pvt Ltd | |
11:45 am – 12:00 pm | Networking Tea & Visit to Expo |
12:00 pm – 12:45 pm | Digital India: Changing Digital Landscape of the Country & Madhya Pradesh |
Industry Presentation & Panel Discussion | |
Session Chair: Hari Ranjan Rao, Secretary, Department of Information Technology, Government of Madhya Pradesh | |
Tarun Kumar Pithode, Project Director ( MPSWAN/SDC), Government of Madhya Pradesh | |
Priyanka Das, Additional Commissioner, Urban Development Department, Government of Madhya Pradesh | |
Prashant Chaudhary, Senior Director, Sales-Government, CA Technologies | |
Puneet Ahuja, Senior Technical Consultant, Juniper Networks | |
Anurag Gupta, AGMT, AISECT | |
12:45 pm – 01:00 pm | Special Address: Building Smart Cities & The Role of Aviation Sector |
Anil Srivastava, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation, Government of India | |
International Perspective: Lawrence MacDonald, Vice President Communications, World Resources Institute, USA | |
01:00 pm – 02.00 pm | Networking Lunch |
02:00 pm – 03:30 pm | Smart Ways of Ensuring Safe Cities: Importance of Smart Policing |
Session Chair: Srinivas Verma, Inspector General of Police, Rewa, Madhya Pradesh | |
CSR Reddy, Additional Director General, Punjab Police | |
Riyaz Iqbal, Additional Superintendant of Police, Bhopal | |
Ishu Sindhu, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Nagpur | |
Avinash Mohanty, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Cyberabad | |
03:30 pm – 04:30 pm | Special Address on Financial Inclusion by Aruna Sharma, Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Panchayati Raj & Rural Development, Government of Madhya Pradesh |
04:30 pm – 05:00 pm | Presentation: Richard Slater, Team Lead, Madhya Pradesh Urban Infrastructure Investment Program |
05:00 pm – 06:00 pm | |
Smart Energy for Building Smart Cities | |
Session Chair: S R Mohanty, Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Education, Government of Madhya Pradesh | |
Sanjay Shukla, Managing Director, MP Power Management Company Limited | |
Niraj Sethi, Executive Director, Engineering India Limited (EIL) | |
Sameer Dange, Territory Manager (Bhopal), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited | |
Dr C K Jain, Former Director(Commercial), Maharashtra Natural Gas Limited | |
06:00 pm – 06.30 pm | Networking Tea |
06:30 pm Onwards | |
Awards Ceremony: | |
Guest of Honour: Lal Singh Arya, Minister of State, Government of Madhya Pradesh | |
Anthony JC DeSa, Chief Secretary, Government of Madhya Pradesh |
09:00 am – 09:30 am | Registration |
09:30 am – 10:15 am | |
Special Address: Umashankar Gupta, Minister-in-Charge, Department of Higher Education, Government of Madhya Pradesh | |
Alok Sharma, Mayor, Bhopal | |
Tejaswi S Naik, Commissioner, Bhopal Municipal Corporation | |
10:15 am – 10:45 am | |
Presentation on Ujjain ‘Simhastha’ by Avinash Lavania, Commissioner, Ujjain Municipal Corporation | |
10:45 am – 11:00 am | Networking Tea |
11:00 am – 12:30 pm | |
Smart Panel on Smart Cities | |
Session Chair: Durga Shanker Mishra, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India | |
Arun Prakash, Commissioner, Jhansi Municipal Corporation | |
Nakate Shivprasad Madan, Commissioner, Kota Municipal Corporation | |
Tejaswi S Naik, Commissioner, Bhopal Municipal Corporation | |
Avinash Lavania, Commissioner, Ujjain Municipal Corporation | |
12:30 pm – 01:00 pm | |
Presentation on Financing Smart Cities: Palash Srivastava, Director, PPPI & Programmes, IDFC | |
01:00 pm – 02:00 pm | Networking Lunch |
02:00 pm – 03:00 pm | |
Smart Ways for Financial Inclusion: Inclusive Approach for Generating Smart Revenue | |
Panel Discussion & Industry Presentation: | |
Session Chair: Aniruddh Mukherjee, Secretary, Department of Finance, Government of Madhya Pradesh | |
Anurag Gupta, Founder & CEO, A Little World Private Limited | |
V Swaminathan, Senior Executive Vice President- India, Kotak Mahindra Bank | |
Anurag Gupta, Senior Manager – Financial Inclusion and Services, AISECT | |
Sanjay Aeron, Senior Manager-Sales, My Mobile Payments Limited | |
03:00 pm – 03:30 pm | Networking Tea |
03:30 pm – 04:30 pm | |
Make in India : Make in Madhya Pradesh | |
V L Kantha Rao, Commissioner, Department of Industries, Government of Madhya Pradesh | |
Niteen Yeola, Second Secretary-Designate, High Commission of India, Colombo, Ministry of External Affairs | |
Biju Kadapurath, Director & Global Smart Cities Expert, PWC | |
04:30 pm – 05:30 pm | |
Smart Infrastructure and Smart Transportation for Building Smart Cities | |
Dr C S Kumar, Transport Secretary, Government of Odisha | |
Dilip Shekdar, Consultant Architect, Naya Raipur Development Authority | |
Abhishek Kumar, Technical Secretary to Minister of IT, Government of Telangana | |
Amit Bhatt, Strategic Head, EMBARQ India | |
05:30 pm – 06:00 pm | |
Presentation on Preparing Smart City Proposal for Bhopal: Biju Kadapurath, Director & Global Smart Cities Expert, PWC | |
06:00 pm – 06:30 pm | |
Road Ahead for Building Smart Cities | |
Special Address: R Parasuram, State Election Commissioner, Madhya Pradesh | |
Alok Sanjar, Member of Parliament, Bhopal | |
06:30 pm Onwards | |
Cruise Journey or Visit to Museum & Dinner |