DEVELOPING PATHWAYS TO SCALE UP ENERGY ACCESS
11 April, 2016 | Stein Auditorium, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
The Lighting a Billion Lives CONVENTION 2016 is an international forum for universal energy access that brings together practitioners, funders, policy makers, government agencies, development initiatives and businesses to collaborate on developing pathways and measures towards scaling up energy access.
In this new era of the Sustainable Development Goals, and with the world coming together at the 2015 Paris Climate Conference (COP21) to discuss possible new and legally binding universal global agreements on climate change, the link between energy and climate change becomes more imperative. Clean energy generation and consumption are key components of the climate mitigation strategy, but they are also crucial contributors towards community welfare and offer significant co-benefits in the areas of education, health, livelihoods, productivity, a better quality of life and the overall reduction in poverty. It is therefore essential to recognise the role that energy access plays, not only towards climate mitigation but also towards the achievement of the most fundamental Sustainable Development Goals.
CONVENTION 2016 is a first step towards climate mitigation through an ‘energy access’ approach for sustainable development. The thematic focus of the Convention is ‘Developing Pathways to Scale Up Energy Access’ with an emphasis on Policy, Finance, Innovation, Enterprise Development and the Role of Business in facilitating access to clean, affordable and sustainable energy.
Registrations
Inaugural Session
Opening of Exhibition at Silver Oak Hall, IHC
Shri Tarun Kapoor, IAS, Joint Secretary, MNRE and Dr Ajay Mathur, DG, TERI
TEA at Char Minar
High Level Plenary: Making modern energy access universal – The role of Policy for integrated and inclusive provisioning
Dr I H Rehman, Senior Director, TERI (Moderator)
Shri Tarun Kapoor, IAS, Joint Secretary, MNRE
Dr Simon Lucas, Team Leader - Climate & Development; Energy, Climate & Growth Unit, British High Commission
Dr Arunabha Ghosh, CEO, Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW)
Dr Leena Srivastava, Vice Chancellor, TERI University
Dr Madhav B Karki, ED, CGED-Nepal; Co-Chair, IPBES Regional Assessment of Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services in Asia Pacific
Smart Villages: Announcement of India Off-grid Energy Impact Competition Winner and Presentation
Dr John Holmes, Project Co-leaders, Smart Villages
Dr Kristin Shine Polman, Director for International Competitions, Smart Villages
NETWORKING LUNCH at Char Minar
Panel Discussion: Social, Technological and Business Innovations in Energy Service Delivery
Dr Akanksha Chaurey, CEO, IT Power (Chair / Moderator)
Dr John Holmes, Project Co-leaders, Smart Villages
Mr Piyush Jaju, CEO, ONERGY
Mr Simon Stolp, Lead Energy Specialist, South Asia, The World Bank
Dr Catriona Power, Sustainability Advisor – Energy, Forum for the Future India
Mr Debajit Palit, Associate Director, TERI
TEA at Char Minar
Panel Discussion: The Role of Business in Driving Energy Access
Dr Annapurna Vancheswaran, Senior Director, TERI (Moderator)
Mr Praveen Kumar, Rural Marketing Expert, Lighting Asia/India Program, IFC
Mr Shirish S Garud, Director, Energy Environment Tech. Development, TERI
Mr A K Maggu, GM, NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Ltd
Mr Subodh Kumar, GM, Aletrnate Energy & Sustainable Development, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd
Mr Bhola Prasad, Chairman, Kashi Gomti Samyut Gramin Bank
Conclusion and Thanks
Closing performance by ‘Pratibimb’
Vice Chancellor, Professor,
Department of Policy Studies
TERI University
Rural Marketing Expert, Lighting Asia/India Program
International Finance Corporation
Team Leader, Climate and Development
UK Department for International Development (DfID), India
2016-10-07 09:30:00 2016-10-08 17:30:00 Asia/Kolkata Lighting a Billion Lives CONVENTION 2016 Re-vitalizing the Global Momentum for Clean
Energy Access India Habitat Centre, New
Delhi TERI bigsna.gill@teri.res.in
