Conference

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Programme

Day – 1: 28 October 2020

Conference Inaugural Session

Sustainability a key to Business Resilience in an Uncertain World
1000 hrs to 1200 hrs, 28 October 2020

• Green, Inclusive and Equitable Recovery
• Global Solidarity and International Cooperation
• Making Trade resilient and sustainable
• Governance of Value Chains (local – regional – global)
• India’s ability and capacity to demonstrate leadership (policy, business and societal levels) on ‘build back better’ agenda
• Inter-linkages between Business Resilience & Community/Social Resilience
• Community resilience focusing on vulnerability and addressing discrimination

Guest of Honour:

SHRI. SURESH PRABHU

India’s Sherpa at the G20
Former Minister of Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation

Key Note:

DR. RAJIV KUMAR

Vice Chairman
NITI Aayog, Government of India

Speakers:

HEIDI HAUTALA

Chair
European Parliament Working Group on Responsible Business Conduct

DR. ASHOK KHOSLA

Chairman
Development Alternatives Technology and Action for Rural Advancement (TARA)

Dr. Yasmin Ali Haque

Representative
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)

BIMAL ARORA

Faculty Member
Aston Business School, UK Honorary Chairperson CRB

Ashwini Chhatre

Executive Director
Bharti Institute of Public Policy

Frank Hoffmann

Regional Project Manager
Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (FNF)

Beverley Postma

Chief Executive Officer
Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)

High Level Plenary One

Designing an Enabling Ecosystem to Build Back Better – Government to Governance
1215 hrs to 1345 hrs, 28 October 2020

• Role of government and regulation (State and Centre)
• Technology to reduce inequality and offer solutions
• Technology for better access to data and informed policy making
• Financing sustainable outcomes

Panelists:

ATUL BAGAI

Head of Country Office
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

DR. SANJEEV CHOPRA

Director
Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration

NADIA RASHEED

Deputy Resident Representative in India
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Dr. Ashima Goyal

Professor of Economics
Indira Gandhi Institute for Development Research

Arvind Mayaram

Former Finance Secretary of India

Anindya Chatterjee

Regional Director

Moderator:

Shri Rajeev Kher

Former Commerce Secretary
Government of India

High Level Plenary Two

Pathways to our Common Future – Businesses in PostCOVID19 era
1445 hrs to 1615 hrs, 28 October 2020

• New & Emerging Business Models
• Lessons from COVID19 to combat the Climate Crises
• Identifying opportunities (Consumer Preference and Behaviour)
• Role of Frugal Innovations
• Priorities at the local level (Collaborations)

Panelists:

PROF. TENSIE WHELAN

Director
NYU Stern School, Business’s Center for Sustainable Business

KARIN KREIDER

Executive Director
ISEAL Alliance

HERMAN MULDER

Co-founder & Chair
SDG Netherlands

Himanshu Bakshi

Managing Director
Danone India

Moderator:

ARUN MAIRA

Chairman
HelpAge International

Day 2: 29 October 2020

Breakout Sessions*

Day 3: 30 October 2020

Breakout Sessions*

Women, Work and Peace
10:00 – 11:30 IST
Co-Host: SEWA

Driving Sustainability Education & Research for a Resilient Future        
11:45 – 13:15 IST
Co-Host: Wipro, Aston Business School

Co-Host: Hidden Homeworkers

Co-funded by: EU

Sustainable and Inclusive Sandstone Stewardship
11:45 – 13:15 IST
Co-Host: Marshalls

*as of 28th October 2020