11.00 – 11.05 |
Welcoming by ET Edge |
11.10 – 11.25 |
Opening Address: Green Infrastructure for Urban Sustainability |
11.30 – 11.45 |
Initiative taken by steel manufacturers in making steel through recycling route to achieve sustainable infrastructure development Nitin Kabra, Director Sales, Polaad Steel |
11:50 - 12:30 |
Inaugural Leader’ Panel Discussion: Green Infrastructure approach to business development Buildings are everywhere! They are an integral part of what we call homes, schools, medical centers, offices, retail spaces, restaurants, gyms, warehouses, factories and so much more. The spread is huge! It is no surprise, that the building industry has a significant influence on human society. Like all things in the modern industrialized world, the building industry heavily relies on the combustion of fossil fuels at various stages of building life. These stages can include product manufacturing, construction, maintenance, operation, and demolition of a building. Additionally, manufacturing of several building products results in direct emission of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
Moderator: Naveen Unni, Managing Partner, Chennai, McKinsey & Company |
12:35 - 12:45 |
Spotlight Talk: Creating carbon-free communities: Cleaner and Greener environment Dr. Vidyanand Motiram Motghare (Joint Director,Air), Maharashtra Pollution Control Board |
12:50 – 13:00 |
Special Address: Readiness for Resilience – Smart technology road mapping to enhance community resilience to natural disaster Stephen Crout , Founder & Principal City Tech Strategy Group, LLC |
13:05 – 13:30 |
Fire Side Chat: Integrated approaches to sustainable public infrastructure Planning on a connected clean technology base The systems for energy, transport, buildings, food, water and sanitation, waste management, industrial facilities and telecommunications – make up the basic physical and organizational structures that are needed to support development at the global level and digital is transforming the way things are happening. This session emphasizes the future roadmap of implementing innovative solutions for climate-sensitive urban development. The session will witness discussions among development planners from different sectors to identify:
Moderator - Professor Utkarsh Majmudar , Academic and Member, Board of Governors, IIM Raipur |
13:35 – 13:50 |
Special Address: Resilient Nations: Embracing the Change - Redefining Smart in A Pandemic Driven World Disasters offer the opportunity, with the right frameworks in place, to strengthen competitiveness through build back, better initiatives, and to adapt to long-term climate change and disaster risks. Knowing these insights and understanding the urgency of act, there are gaps in knowledge and policy interventions. The special guest of the session will focus on the reediness for resilience for infrastructure development. Jeanne Holm, Deputy Mayor for Budget and Innovation, City of Los Angeles |
13:55 - 14:05 |
Spotlight Talk: Role of Data in a Smart City: Ensuring urban development is sustainable for all Akshay Malik, Infrastructure Innovation Coordinator, City of Philadelphia |
14:10 - 14:25 |
Interview - Contouring from Smart to Sustainably Smart Cities
Jeff Merritt , Head of IoT & Urban Transformation, World Economic Forum |
14.30 |
Closing Remarks |