PROGRAMME
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FIRST DAY CONGRESS
At Convention Centre-NDCC, Parliament Street, New Delhi, India
Wednesday 25th September 2013
 
08h45 - 09h45 Registration and Delegates Welcome Coffee / Tea
   
10h00 – 11h15 Inaugural Sessions in Auditorium
  • Welcome Address by
    Mr. Deepak Gupta

    Former Secretary MNRE, Government of India
    Chairman, Steering Committee, WRETC-2013

  • Address by
    Mr. Anil Razdan

    Former Secretary Power, Government of India
    Chairman, Energy And Environment Foundation

  • Mr. Shigeru Aoyagi
    Director and Representative to India, UNESCO

  • Mr. John Hardy
    Founder, The Extraordinary Green School, Bali, Indonesia
  • Release of Background Paper prepared by Deloitte, EMPI, Infraline & CREWA by the Guest-of-Honour

Address by the Guest-of-Honour
  • H.E. Mr. Michael Steiner
    Ambassador to India
    Federal Republic of Germany

  • Mr. Jim Nickel
    Deputy High Commissioner for India
    High Commission of Canada

  • Presentation of
    Energy And Environment Foundation "Global Excellence Awards 2013"
    n Renewable Energy Sectors by the Chief Guest

  • Inauguration by the Chief Guest
    Dr. Farooq Abdullah

    Hon'ble Union Cabinet Minister
    Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India

  • Vote of Thanks by
    Dr. Anil K. Garg

    President
    World Renewable Energy Technology Congress

   
11h15 – 11h40 Networking Tea / Coffee
   
11h40 – 13h00
CEO's Forum in Auditorium
Innovation in Renewable Energy: Vision for the Future
CHAIR & MODERATOR
  • Mr. Deepak Gupta, Former Secretary MNRE, Government of India &
    Chairman, Steering Committee, WRETC
PANELIST
  • Mr. Sunil Jain, CEO & ED, Hero Future Energies Pvt Ltd

  • Mr. Siddhartha Ghoshal, CEO & Managing Director, AREVA Solar India

  • Mr. A. K. Jain, Managing Director, Rajasthan Electronics & Instruments Ltd
   
13h00 – 14h00 Power Connect Lunch
   
14h00 – 15h30
PLENARY SESSION - I
Renewables: National Issues and Opportunities
CHAIRPERSON
  • Mr. U. N. Panjiar, Chairman, Bihar Electricity Regulatory commission
KEY SPEAKERS
  • Mr. Pradeep Chaturvedi, Vice President, World Environment Foundation

  • Mr. P. Shekhar, Director in MPPL Renewable Energy

  • Mr. Suhas Bhand, Chairman, Organic Recycling System Pvt Ltd










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15h30 – 16h00 Networking Tea / Coffee
   
16h00 – 17h30
PLENARY SESSION - II
Renewables: International Opportunities
CHAIRPERSON
  • Mr. Jens Burgtorf, Director, Indo-German Energy Programme (IGEN), GIZ
KEY SPEAKERS
  • Mr. Franzjosef Schafhausen, Deputy Director General, Environment & Energy, BMU, Germany

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

  • Mr. Bruce N. Anderson, CEO, Wilson Solarpower Corporation, USA

  • Dr. Piers Wilson, Senior Sector Leader, Energy Environment and Infrastructure, Investment Services Team, UK Trade & Investment











   
18:30 - 20:00 International Advisory Council on Renewable Energy - Meeting
(BY INVITATION)
 
 
 
SECOND DAY CONGRESS
At Convention Centre-NDCC, Parliament Street, New Delhi, India
Thursday 26th September 2013
09h30 – 11h00
Auditorium Hall No. I (First Floor)
SESSION - III 
"Solar PV"
SESSION - IV 
"Solar Heating & Cooling"
Chairperson :
  • Recent advances in Photovoltaics Technology
    Dr. Juzer Vasi

    Principal Investigator
    National Centre for Photovoltaic Research and Education
    IIT Bombay
                                                                                
Key Speakers:
  • Mitigating Risk in Solar PV Power Plant
    Mr. B. S. Arun Kumar

    Senior Manager
    TÜV Rheinland (India) Pvt Ltd

                                                                                    
  • The state of the solar market in India and key factors to influence continued growth
    Mr. Abe Tarapani

    VP-Global Strategy, Business Development & Operations
    Astonfield Renewable Resources Ltd
                                                                                    
Chairperson :
  • Dr. B. Bandyopadyay
    Former Advisor to the Govt. of India, MNRE
Key Speakers:
  • Current status on solar heating & cooling in India
    Dr. A. K. Singhal

    Former Director, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy & National Project Manager
    UNDP-GEF CSH Project
                                                                                    
  • Indigenously developed Arun technology for high temperature process heat applications
    Mr. Abhishek Bhatewara

    Director
    Clique Solar Development (P) Ltd., Mumbai
                                                                                    
  • High performance Solar Dish Concentrator for Steam Generation
    Mr. S. K. Kaila

    Director, Maharishi Solar Technology (P) Ltd

                                                                                       
  • India's 1st solar tri-generation plant with heat storage facility
    Mr. B. K. Jayasimha

    CEO, India One Solar Power Plant, Brahmakumaris Ashram, Mount Abu, Rajasthan

  • Linear Fresnel Reflector technology
    Mr. Arun Subramony

    Chairman
    Empereal-KGDS Renewable Energy Pvt Ltd, Coimbatore
11h00 – 11h30 Networking Tea / Coffee
 
11h30 – 13h00
Auditorium Hall No. I (First Floor) Hall No. II (First Floor)
SESSION - V 
Key Solar Power Technologies & Their Deployment
SESSION - VI 
"Bio Energy for Enhancing Rural Energy Access"
SESSION - VII 
"Offgrid, Rooftop and Mini Grid"
Chairperson:
  • Dr. Bharat Bhargava
    Director General
    ONGC Energy Centre
  • Eng. Giacobbe Braccio
    Technical Director
    ENEA Research Centre Trisala, Italy
Key Speakers:
  • Mr. Siddhartha Ghoshal
    CEO & Managing Director
    AREVA Solar India
                                             
  • High efficiency advantages for roof top solar applications in India
    Mr. Arun Kumar

    Managing Director
    SunPower Solar India (P) Ltd
                                             
  • An Overview of Renewable Energy Technologies
    Mr. Vipin Bhandari

    Executive Director (Projects)
    Engineers India Ltd
                                             
  • Study on the Fluid Heater Solar Collector
    Dr. Gustavo Rivas

    Professor Adjunto
    Instituto Latino Americano de Tecnologia
    Infraestructura e Território, Engenharia de Energias Renováveis, Brazil
                                             
Chairperson :
  • Mr. Jai Uppal
    Senior Consultant & General Secretary
    Samyak Vikas Sanstha (SVS)
Key Speakers:
    Mr. P. Shekhar
    Director, MPPL Renewable Energy

  • Flexible BioGas chain simulator
    Mr. Madan Raj Rajagopal

    Scientist, TNO, The Netherlands
                                             
  • Economic & environmental repercussions of a future biofuel industry in Australia
    Ms. Arunima Malik

    Integrated Sustainability Analysis
    School of Physics
    The University of Sydney, Australia
                                             


Chairperson :
  • Mr. Stephane POUFFARY
    Chief Executive Officer & Founder Honorary President
    ENERGIES 2050, France
Key Speakers:
  • The key issues to develop the roof top solar installations and solar PV energy generation in India
    Professor T. Harinarayana

    Director
    GERMI, Gujarat

  • The political economy of India's solar energy program
    Dr. Dipankar Dey

    Dean
    IBS Business School, Kolkata
                                             
  • Potentials and Challenges for Solar Pumping in India
    Mr. Michael Blunck

    Project Team Leader
    GIZ
                                             
  • Grid-supportive autonomous control of photovoltaic grid converters with battery storage
    Mr. Björn Heinbokel

    Technische Universität
    Berlin, Germany
                                             
  • Decentralized Solar PV Power-A Parity Driven Sustainable Segment
    Mr. Parag Bhamre

    CEO, APSUN Power

13h00 – 14h00 Power Connect Lunch
 
14h00 – 15h30
Auditorium Hall No. I (First Floor) Hall No. II (First Floor)
SESSION - VIII 
"Wind Power"
SESSION - IX 
"Future of Renewable Energy"
SESSION - X 
"Energy Storage, Applied Materials and Smart Grid"
Chairperson:
  • Mr. Sunil Jain
    CEO & ED
    Hero Future Energies Pvt Ltd
Key Speakers:
  • Wind Power: the Way forward in India
    Dr. S. Gomathinayagam

    Executive Director
    C-WET
                                             
  • Changing role of Turnkey solution provider in Indian Wind IndustryM
    Mr. Hiren Shah

    CEO
    Global Wind Power Ltd
                                             
  • Efficient Wind Farm Layout for Best Financial Return
    Dr. Suman Sharma

    WindFarmer Country Representative
    DNG GL - Energy
                                             
  • Wind Energy
    Mr. Saurabh Yadav

    Head Strategy & Policy Affairs
    SUZLON Group of Companies
Chairperson :
  • Dr. Praveen Saxena
    Scientist-G/Advisor to the Govt. of India
    Ministry of New and Renewable Energy

  • Small Hydro - a boon or bane
    Mr. Satish C. Sharma

    President & CEO-Hydro
    Jindal Power Ltd
Key Speakers:
  • Small Hydropower
    Dr. Sunil K. Singal

    Senior Scientific Officer
    Alternate Hydro Energy
    Centre, IIT Roorkee
                                             
  • Energy Cost Management through Renewable Energy
    Mr Gaurav Angira

    Senior Consulting
    KPMG
                                             
  • Challenges and Opportunities in the midst of conflict between climate and energy security
    Dr. Deepak Waikar

    Vice President
    International Energy Foundation, Singapore

  • Hybrid Coal+Solar Power Plants
    Mr. Shiv Shukla

    Director (BD) & President
    Abengoa Solar India
                                             
Chairperson :
  • Mr. B. S. Negi
    Former Member
    P&NG Regulatory Board

  • Dr. V. K. Sharma
    Senior Scientist and Italian expert
    for CEN/TC 312 WG1 - WG4 and Convenor CEN/TC 312 WG2
    Italian National Agency for New Technologies, ENEA, Italy
Key Speakers:
  • Energy Storage & Renewable Integration
    Dr. Arnon Blum

    President
    EnStorage Israel Ltd., Israel
                                              
  • Opportunities for advanced controls & energy storage for renewable integration & scheduling in India
    Dr. Rahul Walawalkar

    Executive Director
    India Energy Storage Alliance
                                              
  • Ensuring solar panel durability and investment returns
    Mr. Shashank Bhargava

    Sales Manager, E&C & PV Solutions, DuPont India Pvt Ltd
                                              
  • Smart Power and the value it creates for the entire value chain from Generator to End consumer
    Mr. Zakir Khan

    General Manager (BD)
    Wartsila India Ltd

  • Energy Storage and Off-grid Renewbales
    Mr. Anurag Mishra

    Sr. Clean Energy Specialist, Clean Energy and
    Environment Office, U.S. Agency for International Development
                                              
15h30 – 16h00 Networking Tea / Coffee
 
16h00 – 17h30
Auditorium Hall No. I (First Floor)
SESSION - XI 
"Biomass - Nexgen Biofuels - Fuel Cell"
SESSION - XII 
"Energy Efficiency & Sustainability"
Chairperson :
  • Dr. R. K. Malhotra
    Director (Research & Development)
    Indian Oil Corporation Ltd
Key Speakers:
  • Usage based charging (UBC) model for deployment of Fuel cell technology in India
    Mr. Balakrishna Singam

    Head, Solution Development
    Intelligent Energy India
                                                                                  
  • Biogas and biogas up-gradation - an emerging alternative fuel
    Dr. Nicolaus zu Sayn-Wittgenstein

    Director
    Green Elephant Engineering Pvt Ltd
                                                                                  
  • Biomass Fuel Linkages
    Lt. Col (Retd) Monish Ahuja

    Managing Director
    PTC Bermaco Energy Systems Ltd
                                                                                  
  • Fuelling energy independence- the hunt for clean green affordable liquid fuel alternatives
    Mr. David Tai

    CEO & Director
    BioCube Corporation, Australia
                                                                                  
  • Biomass Power Generation: Prospects and Issues
    Mr. Mohan Reddy

    Director, ZenithEnergy Services Pvt. Ltd.
                                                                                  
Chairperson :
  • Dr. A. N. Saksena
    Former Add. Secretary to the Government of India
    President, Energy And Environment Foundation

Key Speakers:
  • Energy efficiency and education for sustainable development
    Dr. Ram Boojh

    UNESCO, New Delhi
                                                                                    
  • Energy conservation opportunities in transport sector
    Mr. V. K. Srivastava

    Additional Director
    Petroleum Conservation & Research Association

  • The significance of Solar PV and CSP in the transition to a sustainable economy
    Mr. Arun Amirtham

    Executive Director, swissmango gmbh
    Managing Director, Swiss Solar Technology Consortium, Switzerland

  • A breakthrough in sustainable renewable energy
    Mr. Dilip D James

    Managing Director
    Green Initiative, Nilgiris

19h30 onwards Gala Dinner & Cultural Programme
at "Silver Oak & Patio"
Habitat World (India Habitat Centre), Lodhi Road, New Delhi

(Coaches will be available and shall leave at 1830 hrs from Convention Centre for India Habitat Centre)
 
 
 
THIRD DAY CONGRESS
At Hotel The Royal Plaza, 19 Ashoka Road, New Delhi, India
Friday 27th September 2013
 
09h30 – 11h00
PANEL DISCUSSION SESSION – I
"Green Corridors for Sustainable Tomorrow"
CHAIR & MODERATOR
  • Mr. Jens Burgtorf, Director, Indo-German Energy Programme (IGEN), GIZ
PANELIST:
  • Mr. Stéphane POUFFARY, Chief Executive Officer & Founder Honorary President, NGO ENERGIES 2050, France

  • Mr. Y. K. Sehgal, Executive Director, Power Grid Corporation of India

  • Mr. Vinod Kala, Managing Director, Emergent Ventures India

  • Mr. Hari Hegde, Vice President and Head- Global Operations, Wipro Ltd

  • Mr. Niranjan Khatri, General Manger, Environment Initiatives, ITC Hotels

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

  • Dr. Rahul Walawalkar, Executive Director, India Energy Storage Alliance

   
11h00 – 11h30 Networking Tea / Coffee
   
11h30 – 13h00
PANEL DISCUSSION SESSION – II
"Finance and Investment Opportunities in Renewable Energy Projects - Future Market Directions"
CHAIR & MODERATOR
  • Dr. V. K. Garg, Former Chairman, Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission for Goa and Union Territories
PANELIST
  • Mr. Craig S. O'connor, Director Office of Renewable Energy & Environmental Exports, Export-Import Bank of the United States, USA

  • Mr. R. K. Das, Country Head, Energy Efficiency and Clean Technology, SIDBI

  • Mr. Sanjeev Ghai, Chief General Manager, India Infrastructure Finance Company Ltd

  • Mr. Gaetan Tiberghien, Senior Investment Officer for Infrastructure in South Asia, IFC, World Bank Group

  • Mr. Franzjosef Schafhausen, Deputy Director General, Environment and Energy, BMU, Berlin, Germany

  • Dr. Arnon Blum, President, EnStorage Israel Ltd., Israel

  • Dr. Manoranjan Sharma, Chief Economist and Deputy General Manager, Canara Bank, Bangalore

  • Mr. Arun Amirtham, ED, swissmango gmbh & MD, Swiss Solar Technology Consortium, Switzerland

  • Ms. NilaKanthi Ford, Director Europe and Asia, kfv Consulting, UK
























   
13h00 – 14h00 Power Connect Lunch
   
14h00 – 15h30
PANEL DISCUSSION SESSION – III
"State Solar Policies: Towards Self Sustaining Model"
CHAIR & MODERATOR
  • Mr. Anil Razdan, Former Secretary Power, Government of India, Chairman, Energy And Environment Foundation
PANELIST:
  • Mr. U. N. Panjiar, Chairman, Bihar Electricity Regulatory Commission

  • Mr. Pranav R Mehta, Chairman, Solar Energy Association of Gujarat










   
15h30 – 16h00 Networking Tea / Coffee
   
16h00 – 17h00 VALEDICTORY SESSION                                                                                                                 in Regal & Venetian
  • Welcome Address by Dr. A. N. Saksena, Former Add. Secretary to the Government of India, President, Energy And Environment Foundation

  • Address by
    Mr. Stéphane POUFFARY
    , CEO & Founder Honorary President, NGO ENERGIES 2050, France

  • Mr. Arun Amirtham, ED, swissmango gmbh & MD, Swiss Solar Technology Consortium, Switzerland

  • Mr. Bruce N. Anderson, CEO, Wilson Solarpower Corporation, USA

  • Mr. Franzjosef Schafhausen, Deputy Director General, Environment and Energy, BMU, Berlin, Germany

  • Dr. Bibek Bandyopadyay, Former Advisor to the Govt. of India, MNRE

  • Mr. U. N. Panjiar, Chairman, Bihar Electricity Regulatory Commission

  • Declaration of the Congress
    Dr. A. N. Saksena
    , Former Add. Secretary to the Government of India, President, Energy And Environment Foundation

  • Award distribution by the Chief Guest for best Paper and Poster

  • Valedictory Address by Chief Guest
    Mr. Anil Razdan
    , Former Secretary Power, Government of India, Chairman, Energy And Environment Foundation

  • Presentation of Memento to the dignitaries by
    Ms. Ragini Garg
    , Co-Founder Energy And Environment, Foundation

  • Vote of Thanks by
    Dr. Anil K. Garg
    , President, World Renewable Energy Technology Congress, CEO, Energy And Environment Foundation

   
17h00 onwards Closing Tea / Coffee
 
 
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