After organising Knowledge Exchange conferences across India, Elets is again back to the land of seas and beaches. Set in the picturesque settings of Goa, Elets announces ‘Knowledge Exchange – Smart Cities’ in Goa on June 2016. The theme of this conference is ‘ Smart Cities in the era of Digital India.’ The two days conference will see vibrant sessions on Smart Cities, Digital India, Make in India, Swachh Bharat, AMRUT, Securing Cities in the era of Smart Cities, etc. Key Policymakers from the State of Goa and across India and Industry Leaders, Experts will take part in focused sessions on the above mentioned themes
Key Themes
- Smart Cities in the era of Digital India
- Convergence of Smart Cities, AMRUT & Swachh Bharat
- Best & Next Practices of building Smart Cities
- International Smart City Experience
- Ensuring Safe Cities
- Financing Smart Cities
- PSUs for Make in India
- Smart Healthcare in Smart Cities
- Innovations in Education
Agenda
Day 1
| Knowledge Exchange Goa – Day 01 – Agenda | |
| Time | Session |
| 03:30 pm – 04:30 pm | Registration |
| 04:30 pm – 05:45 pm | Pre Inaugural Session: Digital India: Changing Digital Landscape of the Country |
| Peeyush Kumar, Joint Secretary, Direct Benefit Transfer, Government of India | |
| Shashi Ranjan Kumar, Joint Secretary, Department of Telecommunications, Government of India | |
| George Kuruvilla, Chairman & Managing Director, Broadcast Engineering Consultants India ( BECIL) | |
| Revati Mujumdar, CEO, Goa electronics Limited | |
| Industry Presentation: Aejaz Saiyed, Senior Manager-Emerging Technologies Division, EMC | |
| 05:45 pm – 07:45 pm | Inaugural: Goa- The Land of Opportunity for Smart Cities in the era of Digital India |
| Welcome Address: Sudhir Mahajan, Secretary, Department of Urban Development, Government of Goa | |
| Inauguration of the Conference by the Chief Guest: Shri Laxmikant Parsekar, Hon’ble Chief Minister, Goa | |
| Panaji Smart City – Chief Mentor’s Address: Sidharth Kulcalienker, Chairman, EDC, Vice Chairman, Goa State Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd, MLA Panaji Constituency |
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| Dr Pramod Sawant, Chairman, Goa State Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd | |
| Arvind Jadhav, Chief Secretary, Government of Karnataka | |
| Shri Deepak Kesarkar, Minister of State for Rural Development, Maharashtra | |
| Shekhar Agrawal, Senior Vice President, Vodafone India Limited | |
| Gyanesh Pandey, Chairman & Managing Director, HSCC(India) Ltd | |
| Dr Omkar Rai, Director General, Software Technology Parks of India(STPI), DeitY, Government of India | |
| Vote of Thanks: Dr Ravi Gupta, CEO, Elets Technomedia Pvt Limited | |
| 07:45 pm onwards | Release of Knowledge Exchange Goa Special Issue of eGov Magazine & Inauguration of Expo and Welcome Dinner |
Day 2
| Knowledge Exchange Goa – Day 02 – Agenda | |
| Time | Session |
| 09:30 am – 10:30 am | Registration |
| 10:30 am – 11:30 am | Goa Perspective for Smart Cities |
| Keynote Address by the Special Guest: Shri Francis D’Souza, Deputy Chief Minister, Goa | |
| Special Address: Shri Kadiyam Shrihari, Deputy Chief Minister, Telangana | |
| Nannapuneni Narender, Mayor, Greater Warangal | |
| Sidharth Kulcalienker, Chairman, EDC, Vice Chairman, Goa State Infrastructure | |
| Industry Presentation: Shailesh Sawlani, General Manager, India West, UBER | |
| Industry Presentation: V Swaminathan, Senior Executive Vice President, Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited | |
| Industry Presentation: Sudhir Arya, mPesa Lead, Vodafone India Limited | |
| Special Presentation: Sudhir Mahajan, Secretary, Department of Urban Development, Government of Goa | |
| Special Presentation: Deepak Dessai, Commissioner, Corporation of the City of Panaji | |
| Special Presentation by Tarun Shankar, Infrastructure Investment-Asia, International Finance Corporation, World Bank Group | |
| 11:30 am – 11:45 am | Networking Tea |
| 11:45 am – 12:45 pm | Smart Panel on Smart Cities |
| Industry Presentation: Prashant Chaudhary, Senior Director, CA Technologies | |
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Industry Presentation: Gautam Goradia, CEO, ComSur (Crime and Loss Prevention) |
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| Panel Discussion: | |
| Padma Jaiswal, Secretary, Department of Cooperation, Government of Goa | |
| B Janardhan Reddy, Commissioner, Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation | |
| Abdul Samad, Commissioner, Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation | |
| D R Bhaskar, Nodal Officer-Smart Cities, Faridabad Municipal Corporation | |
| 12:45 pm – 01:45 pm | Best & Next Practices of Smart Cities Across India |
| Panel Discussion: | |
| Vipul Kumar, Consulting Engineer, FireEye | |
| Nannapuneni Narender, Mayor, Greater Warangal | |
| G T Bhutia, Secretary, Urban Development & Housing Department, Government of Sikkim | |
| Dr B L Jatawat, Executive Director, Rajasthan Urban Drinking Water Sewerage & Infrastructure Corporation Limited (RUDSICO) | |
| Nitin Bhaudauria, Commissioner, Dehradun Municipal Corporation | |
| Navin Rai, Joint Chief Architect cum Town Planner, Urban Development & Housing Department, Government of Sikkim | |
| 01:45 pm – 02:30 pm | Networking Lunch |
| 02:30 pm – 03:30 pm | Building Intelligent Transportation & Energy Infrastructure for Smart Cities |
| Panel Discussion: | |
| Kunal, Secretary, Department of Power, Government of Goa | |
| Selva Kumari J, Managing Director, KESCo, Uttar Pradesh | |
| Rajkumar Srivastava, Managing Director, Karnataka State Electronics Development Corporation Limited | |
| Samir Sharma, Vice President & Head-Transport Planning, Delhi Integrated Multi Modal Transit System (DIMTS) | |
| 03:30 pm – 04:00 pm | Smart Healthcare for Smart Cities in the era of Digital India |
| Special Address: Gauri Singh, Principal Secretary, Department of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Madhya Pradesh | |
| Special Address: Gyanesh Pandey, Chairman & Managing Director, HSCC(India) Ltd | |
| 04:00 pm – 04:30 pm | Networking Tea |
| 04:30 pm – 05:00 pm | Leveraging Technology, Securing Cities & Ensuring Public Safety |
| Arun Dev Gautam, Secretary, Department of Home, Government of Chattisgarh | |
| George Kuruvilla, Chairman & Managing Director, Broadcast Engineering Consultants India ( BECIL) | |
| Ranvir Prasad, Commissioner, Handloom & Textiles, Uttar Pradesh | |
| 05:00 pm – 05:30 pm | Smart Education for Smart City EcoSystem |
| Panel Discussion: | |
| Chakravarthi Mohan, Commissioner, Department of Collegiate Education, Government of Karnataka | |
| Dr Ashok, Commissioner, Department of Intermediate Education, Government of Telangana | |
| 05:30 pm onwards | High Tea and Networking |
