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REGISTRATION
Tuesday 24th April 2012
 
17h00 – 19h00 Registration
 
 
FIRST DAY
Wednesday 25th April 2012
 
 
08h00 – 09h30 Registration & Assembly
   
10h00 – 11h00 INAUGURATION OF CONFERENCE
   
11h00 – 11h30 Networking Tea / Coffee
   
11h30 – 13h00 THEME SESSION
  • Mr. Deepak Gupta
    Former Secretary
    Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
    Govt. of India

  • Professor Ali Sayigh
    Chairman of WREC & Director General WREN,
    UK

  • Mr. Arun Kumar
    Managing Director
    SunPower Solar India Pvt. Ltd.

  • Mr. Adriaan Kamp
    Director
    Energy For One World
    The Netherlands
   
13h00 – 14h00 Power Connect Lunch
   
14h00 – 15h30 PLENARY SESSION - I
  • Dr. Tarun Kapoor
    Joint Secretary
    Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
    Govt. of India

  • Dr. V. K. Garg
    Chairman
    Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission for Goa and Union Territories

  • Dr. Patrick Hofer-Noser
    Chief Technology Officer,
    Meyer Burger Technology AG,
    Switzerland

  • Mr. Anil Lakhina
    Chairman & Managing Director,
    FAST
   
15h30 – 16h00 Networking Tea / Coffee
   
16h00 – 17h30 PLENARY SESSION – II
  • Mr. S. C. Tripathi
    Former Secretary to Government of India

  • Dr. Pramod Deo
    Chairman, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission
     India

  • Dr. Ashok Kumar Balyan
    Managing Director & CEO,
    Petronet LNG Limited

  • Mr. James Abraham
    Managing Director & CEO,
    SunBorne Energy Technologies
   
19h00 – onward Gala Dinner & Cultural Programme
at “Silver Oak & Patio”
Habitat World (India Habitat Centre)
Lodhi Road
New Delhi
 
 
SECOND DAY
Thursday 26th April 2012
09h30 – 11h00
Auditorium Hall No. I (First Floor) Hall No. II (First Floor)
SESSION - I 
Photovoltaic
SESSION - II 
Energy Efficiency and Low Energy Architecture (Green Buildings)
SESSION - III 
Off Grid Solar and Rural Electrification
Chairperson:
    Printed paper photovoltaics –
    a paradigm shift in solar technologies


    Prof. Dr. Arved C. Huebler
    Director
    Institute for Print- & Media Technology
    Chemnitz University of Technology
    Germany

Key Speakers:
  • Current status and trends of
    photovoltaics


    Dr. Arun Ramakrishnan
    Manager Market & Technology Research
    Centrotherm Photovoltaics AG
    Germany

  • Advances in PV Technology And Vision For The Future

    Ms. S. Vasanthi
    Director-Technical & Marketing
    Websol Energy Systems Ltd.

  • What is required to make India one of the Top 5 Solar markets in the world

    Mr. Srini Nagabhirava
    Managing Director, Asia Pacific
    AES Solar Energy Ltd.

  • Development of the European Photovoltaic Markets – Lessons learnt

    Mr. Parag Bhamre
    Consultant, Business Consulting Center
    360Consult
    Germany

  • Will Thin Films win in India?

    Mr. Madhavan Nampoothiri
    Founder and Director
    RESolve Energy Consultants
Chairperson :
    The Emerging Global Consensus on Refrigerant Choice and Energy Efficiency to Protect Climate & Stratospheric Ozone

    Dr. Stephen O. Andersen
    Director of Research
    Institute for Governance &
    Sustainable Development,
    USA
Key Speakers:
  • Ms. Abha Shukla
    Secretary
    Bureau of Energy Efficiency

  • Sustainable Lighting Solutions

    Mr. Indranil Goswami
    Director
    Lighting Application Services
    Philips Lighting India

  • NEDO - Promoting Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency

    Mr. Iwao Miyamoto
    Chief Representative – India
    NEDO

  • Impact of Indoor Environment Quality on Sick Building Syndrome in Indian LEED Certified Buildings
    Prof. Jagannathan Mohan
    Dean, School of Engineering
    Technology & Applied Science
    Director
    Centennial Energy Institute
    Canada

  • Development of Green Building Materials in India

    Dr. Suresh C. Bajpai
    Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany
    Lucknow
Chairperson :

    Professor Prem Kumar Kalra
    Director
    Indian Institute of Technology
    Rajasthan





Key Speakers:
  • Evolution of social
    entrepreneurship in
    solar energy sector


    Mr. Deepak Gadhia

    Chairman
    Gehrlicher Solar India Pvt. Ltd.

  • Mr. Amit Kumar
    Additional General Manager
    TATA BP Solar India Limited

  • Off-Grid And On-Grid Solar
    Systems - Advantages And
    Possibilities


    Mr. Christian Brillinger
    Managing Director
    Phocos India Solar Pvt. Ltd.

  • Challenges and Opportunities in
    India's Off-Grid Solar Market


    Mr. Damian Miller
    Chief Executive Officer
    Orb Energy

  • A Solar Push for Rural India

    Mr. J. Krishna Sankar
    Managing Director
    Eastern Powers And Systems
11h00 – 11h30 Networking Tea / Coffee
 
11h30 – 13h00
Auditorium Hall No. I (First Floor) Hall No. II (First Floor)
SESSION - IV 
Centralized Solar Thermal Power
SIG Business Meeting - I
Round Table (By Invitation) 

Towards Sustainable Future : Fostering Green GDP and Inclusive Growth
SESSION - V 
Small Hydro
Chairperson:
    Dr. Ashvini Kumar
    Director Solar Thermal
    Ministry of New & Renewable Energy Government of India
Key Speakers:
  • Solar Resource Assessment

    Mr. Lavleen Singhal
    ACIRA Solar

  • Central Receiver vs Linear Fresnel: A Comparison of Direct Molten Salt CSP Plants

    Dr. Philip Gleckman
    Chief Technology Officer
    AREVA Solar

  • CSP: Unlocking India’s Potential

    Mr. Hari Kiran Chereddi
    Managing Director
    Sujana Group of Companies

  • CRISP Tower - A Solar Power
    Tower R&D Initiative


    Dr. Nitin Goel
    General Manager
    Technology and R&D Project HeadSunborne Energy Services

  • Challenges and opportunities in
    Solar Energy Sector


    Mr. Ravi Raina
    General Manager
    President-India Operations
    Astonfield Renewables
Chairperson :

    Mr. Deepak Gupta
    Former Secretary to Govt. of India
    MNRE

Key Resource Persons:
  • Mr. Anil Razdan
    Former Secretary to Govt. of India
    Ministry of Power

  • Mr. S. K. Manglik
    Former CMD
    ONGC

  • Dr. A. N. Saksena
    Former Addl. Secy, Govt. of India
    President,
    Energy And Environment Foundation

  • Ms. Kumud Tyagi
    Vice President
    Bergen Associates Pvt. Ltd.

  • Mr. Dhruv Batra
    Director
    Cargo Power & Infrastructure

  • Dr. Patrick Hofer-Noser
    Chief Technology Officer
    Meyer Burger Technology AG Switzerland

  • Mr. Christian  Pho Duc
    Vice President Sales EMEA & India
    Nanosolar Inc
    Germany

  • Mr. Adriaan Kamp
    Director
    Energy For One World
    The Netherlands

  • Mr. D. N. Awasthi
    Former Member
    ONGC


Chairperson :
    Dr. N. P. Singh
    Scientist-G/Advisor
    Ministry of New & Renewable Energy
    Government of India
Key Speakers:
  • Mr. Satish Sharma
    President & CEO-Hydro
    Jindal Power Limited

  • Mr. T. P. S. Sidhu
    CEO
    Punjab Energy Development Agency
    Chandigarh

  • Small Hydro Projects in India potential and Investment

    Mr. Dilip Joshi
    Chief Operations Officer
    AUM Clean Energy Group

  • Small Hydropower Development

    Dr. Sunil Kumar Singal
    Senior Scientific Officer
    Alternate Hydro Energy Centre
    Indian Institute of Technology
    Roorkee
13h00 – 14h00 Power Connect Lunch
 
14h00 – 15h30
Auditorium Hall No. I (First Floor) Hall No. II (First Floor)
SESSION - VI 
Wind Energy
SIG Business Meeting - II
Round Table (By Invitation) 

Global Cooperation in Renewable Energy Sector
SESSION - VII 
Decentralized Solar Thermal:
Solar Heating & Cooling
Chairperson:
    Wind sector at crossroads
    Mr. V. Subramanian

    CEO & Secretary General
    Indian Wind Energy Association

Key Speakers:
  • Green Wind Power:
    Infirm or Sustainable


    Dr. S. Gomathinayagam
    Executive Director
    Centre for Wind Energy Technology
    Chennai

  • Mr. Sumant Sinha
    Chairman & CEO
    Renew Power Pvt. Ltd.

  • Mr. Anil Johari
    Executive Director - Asset Manager
    Ahmedabad Asset
    ONGC

  • Mr. Sunil Jain
    Chief Operating Officer & Head Wind
    Green Infra Limited

  • Mr. G. M. Pillai
    Founder Director General
    World Institute of Sustainable Energy

  • Mr. Tejpreet S. Chopra
    President & CEO
    Bharat Light & Power

Chairperson :
    Mr. Anil Razdan
    Former Secretary to Govt. of India
    Ministry of Power

Key Resource Persons:
  • Dr. V. K. Garg
    Chairman
    Joint Electricity Regulatory
    Commission

  • Dr. Patrick Hofer-Noser
    Chief Technology Officer
    Meyer Burger Technology AG
    Switzerland

  • Mr. Adriaan Kamp
    Director, Energy For One World
    The Netherlands

  • Professor Jag Mohan
    Dean, School of Engineering
    Technology & Applied Science
    Director, Centennial Energy Institute Centennial College, Toronto
    Canada

  • Mr. Gaurav Joshi
    Founder & CEO
    AUM Clean Energy Group

  • Dr. Philip Gleckman
    Vice President, CTO
    AREVA Solar,
    USA

  • Dr. A. N. Saksena
    Former Addl. Secy, Govt. of India
    President, Energy And Environment Foundation

  • Mr. Kuldeep Chandra
    Former ED (R&D)
    ONGC

  • Ms. Michelle Thomas
    Partner
    Eversheds, UK

  • Mr. Iwao Miyamoto
    Chief Representative – India
    NEDO

  • Mr. Arun Kumar
    Managing Director & Country Head India
    SunPower Crop.

  • Ms. Sunita Kumar
    Country Manager
    AREVA Solar

  • Mr. Akash
    Founder
    INDIS LLS, USA

  • Mr. Madhavan Nampoothiri
    Founder and Director
    RESolve Energy Consultants
Chairperson :
    Dr. B. Bandyopadhyay
    Adviser & Head SEC
    Ministry of New & Renewable Energy
    Government of India
Key Speakers:
  • An overview of off-grid solar thermal applications in India, policy support, initiatives & road ahead

    Dr. A. K. Singhal
    Director
    Ministry of New & Renewable Energy
    Government of India

  • Solar Water heating system for boiler feed application in
    industries – some casestudies

    Mr. Bhupinder Kumar
    Director
    Inter Solar Systems Pvt. Ltd.
    Chandigarh

  • State of Art paraboloid dishes for
    hybrid solutions to industries


    Mr. Siddharth Malik
    Director
    Megawatt Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

  • Arun dish based on Paraboloid Fresnel Reflectors

    Professor Sudhakar Kedare
    Indian Institute of Technology,
    Bombay

  • Cost effective parabolic troughs
    for process heat & cooling applications


    Dr. R. R. Sonde
    Executive President
    Thermax Ltd.

  • Parabolic Trough for Industrial Process Heat

    Mr. Pradeep Khanna
    C.E.O
    Maharishi Solar Technology Pvt. Ltd.
15h30 – 16h00 Networking Tea / Coffee
 
16h00 – 17h30
Auditorium Hall No. I (First Floor) Hall No. II (First Floor)
SESSION- VIII
Bio Energy :
Biomass Resources, Biofuels and Waste–to-Energy
SESSION- IX
Solar Power Technologies and Intelligent Energy Systems
SESSION- X
Emerging Market in Rooftop, Applied Material and Energy Storage
Chair :

    “Biomass Energy Delivery Through
    Liquid Fuel Intermediates”


    Mr. Simon Hobbs
    Site Leader - Honeywell Pace City
    Director
    Honeywell India Technology Center
    UOP India Pvt Ltd


Key Speakers:
  • Bio-Energy specially on
    waste-to-energy


    Mr. Jai Uppal
    General Secretary
    Samyak Vikas Sanstha

  • Biogas enrichment and bottling for vehicular application

    Professor V. K. Vijay
    Professor, Centre for Rural Development and Technology
    Coordinator- Biogas Development and Training Centre
    Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

  • Biomass – Multiapplications

    Mr. Ashok Hansraj
    CEO
    Global Green EU
    Portugal, SA



  • Second Generation Biofuel Technologies- “Producing Fuels from waste”

    Mr. Atul Saxena
    CEO & Founder
    Growdiesel Mission

Chair :
    Mr. Vish Palekar
    CEO & Business Head
    Cleantech Ventures
    Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.
Key Speakers:
  • Printing Solar Energy – Making PV Power Plants competitive
    with fossil fuels

    Mr. Christian Pho Duc
    Vice President Sales EMEA & India
    Nanosolar Inc
    Germany

  • Implementation of large grid-connected PV power plants in India

    Mr. Rajeshwara Bhat
    President
    juwi India Renewable Energies

  • Dr. Christoph Wolff
    Chairman and CEO
    Novatec Solar
    Germany


  • Converting Solar Dreams into
    Reality

    Mr. Pranav R. Mehta
    Chairman
    Solar Energy Association of
    Gujarat
Chair :
    Mr. Ajay Prakash Shrivastava
    President
    Solar Energy Society of India

Key Speakers:
  • Rooftop Solar power plants –
    The Way ahead

    Mr. Gautam Mohanka
    Director - Innovations & Relationships
    Gautam Polymers Group

  • Materials Matter

    Mr. Rajaram Pai
    Head-DuPont’s Electronics &
    Communication for South Asia
    DuPont

  • Energy Storage

    Mr. Dilip Joshi
    Chief Operations Officer
    AUM Clean Energy Group

  • Large-Scale Electrical Energy Storage Systems in India

    Dr. Usha Bajpai
    Associate Professor and Coordinator
    MSc Renewable Energy Programme
    Department of Physics
    University of Lucknow
 
 
THIRD DAY
Friday 27th April 2012
 
09h30 – 11h00
PANEL DISCUSSION SESSION – I
Capacity Building and Manpower Development in Renewable Energy Sector
CHAIR & MODERATOR
  • Mr. Narendra Taneja, Leading Expert and Commentator on Energy Affairs
PANELIST:
  • Professor Ali Sayigh, Chairman, WREC & Director General WREN, UK

  • Professor Jag Mohan, Dean, School of Engineering Technology & Applied Science, Director
    Centennial Energy Institute, Governor, Centennial College Board of Governors
    Centennial College, Toronto, Canada

  • Mr. B. S. Negi, Former Member, Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board

  • Mr. Pankaj Som Chaturvedi, CEO, TRA International Ltd

  • Mr. Adriaan Kamp, Director, Energy For One World, The Netherlands

  • Dr. Parag Diwan, Vice Chancellor, UPES

  • Dr. V. K. Jain, Director, Amity Institute of Renewable and Alternative Energy

  • Professor Sudhakar Kedare, Department of Energy Science and Engineering, IIT Bombay

  • Professor Chetan Singh Solanki, Department of Energy Science and Engineering, IIT Bombay

  • Professor N. K. Rai, NIT, Kolkata
R2B in Renewable Energy
Benefits and Challenges for Businesses and Research Institutions
EBTC in association with Indo-German Chamber of Commerce AHK

from 0930 - 1100 hrs at Hall No. I (First Floor)

MODERATOR:

  • Dr. Hermann Herz, Indo-German Energy Program (IGEN), GIZ, India

KEY RESOURCE PERSON:

  • Dr. Clemens Pollerberg, Fraunhofer Institute for Safety, Environmental and Energy Technology (UMSICHT), Germany

  • Mr. Srinivasan Sampath, Owner, VSM Solar Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore

  • Dr. R. R. Sonde, Executive Vice President, Research, Technology and Innovation, Thermax Ltd.

  • Mr. Indraneel Ghose Ph.D., Science and Technology Analyst, Delegation of the European Union in India

  • Prof. Anuradha Ganesh, Head of Department, Energy Science and Engineering, IIT Bombay

  • Mr. Golo Joachim Pilz, Head of Project, India One Solar Thermal Power Project, Shantivan
   
11h00 – 11h30 Networking Tea / Coffee
   
11h30 – 13h00
PANEL DISCUSSION SESSION – II
“Future Technologies in Renewable Energy Sector”
CHAIR & MODERATOR
  • Mr. Deepak Gupta, Former Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Govt. of India
PANELIST
  • Mr. Pradeep Chaturvedi, Vice President, World Environment Foundation

  • Professor Deo Prasad, University of New South Wales, Australia

  • Mr. Sumant Sinha, Chairman & CEO, Renew Power Pvt. Ltd.

  • Mr. Vish Palekar, CEO & Business Head, Cleantech Ventures, Mahindra  & Mahindra Ltd.

  • Dr. R. R. Sonde, Executive President, Thermax Ltd.

  • Dr. Patrick Hofer-Noser, Chief Technology Officer, Meyer Burger Technology AG, Switzerland

  • Mr. Samir Mehta, General Manager, Bergen Associates Pvt. Ltd.

  • Mr. Ritesh Pothan, Managing Director, Natural Group, Mumbai

  • Ms. Michelle Thomas, Partner, Eversheds, UK

  • Mr. Siddharth Malik, Director, Megawatt Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

  • Ms. Sunita Kumar, Country Manager, AREVA Renewables

  • Mr. Gaurav Joshi, Founder & CEO, AUM Clean Energy Group, USA

   
13h00 – 14h00 Power Connect Lunch
   
14h00 – 15h30
PANEL DISCUSSION SESSION – III
“Finance and Investment Opportunities in Renewable Energy Projects – Future Market Directions”
CHAIR & MODERATOR
  • Mr. Anil Razdan, Former Secretary to Govt. of India, Ministry of Power
PANELIST:
  • Mr. C. P. Jain, Former CMD, NTPC

  • Mr. K. S. Popli, Director (Technical), Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd.

  • Dr. Harish K. Ahuja, President, Strategy & Corporate Affairs, Moser Baer Projects Private Ltd.

  • Mr. Sunil Jain, Chief Operating Officer, Green Infra Limited

  • Mr. Rupesh Agarwal, Advisory Lead-Cleantech, Ernst & Young Pvt Ltd

  • Mr. Arun Kumar, Managing Director, SunPower Solar India Pvt. Ltd.

  • Mr. Dhruv Batra, Director, Cargo Power & Infrastructure

  • Mr. Akash, Founder, INDIS LLC, USA

  • Mr. Andreas Thermann, Senior Project Manager-Energy, KfW

  • Mr. Ravi Raina, President-India Operations, Astonfield Renewables
   
15h30 – 16h00 Networking Tea / Coffee
   
16h00 – 17h00 VALEDICTORY SESSION   
   
17h00 Closing Tea / Coffee
 
 
 
 
 
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