6th Edition of Smart Cities Summit and

4th Edition of Smart Urban Innovation Awards

Theme: Inclusive, Resilient & Sustainable Smart Cities
Tuesday, 30th May 2023
3rd Floor, Hari Shankar Singhania Commission Room
FICCI Federation House, New Delhi

1000 hrs – 1100 hrs Registration & Networking Tea/Coffee

1100 hrs -1200 hrs Inaugural Session and Awards Ceremony
Welcome Address:

Mr Shailesh Pathak, Secretary General, FICCI

Context Setting:

Mr Gunjan Vakharia, Co-Chairman, FICCI Urban Transformation Committee

and Head of Mobility Business, Siemens Ltd
Smart Urban Innovation Awards Ceremony

Awards Briefing:
Mr Vikas Aggarwal, Partner- Technology Consulting, Government & Public
Sector, Ernst & Young LLP

Remarks by the Grand Jury:

 Dr M Ramachandran, Former Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban

Affairs, Government of India (Jury Chair)
 Dr OP Agarwal, Advisor, FICCI Urban Transformation Committee
 Mr Jagan Shah, Senior Fellow, Artha Global (formerly IDFC Institute)
and Former Director of National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA)
 Mr Kailash Babar, Senior Assistant Editor, The Economic Times

Announcement of awards in presence of Mr Kunal Kumar, Joint Secretary

(SC), Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India*

Keynote Address:

Mr Kunal Kumar, Joint Secretary (SC), Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs,
Government of India*

Vote of thanks:

Mr Manab Majumdar, Deputy Secretary General, FICCI

 Panel Discussion 1: Industry Interaction with Municipal Commissioners/
1200 hrs – 1300 hrs
Smart Cities Commissioners and CEOs of ULBs

 Overview of India’s journey of development of ‘Smart’ cities

 Role of authorities/PSUs/government bodies in knowledge sharing and
management of smart city projects
 Leading cities to ignite other identified cities.
 Role of Integrated Command and Control Centres of smart cities (Data
Centre, Disaster Recovery, Intelligent Traffic Management system, City
Surveillance etc.)
 Addressing key policy interventions and regulatory support for smart
cities
Session Moderator: Mr Vikas Aggarwal, Partner- Technology Consulting,
Government & Public Sector, Ernst & Young LLP

Panelists:

 Shri Debashis Sen, Chairman, New Town Kolkata Smart City Ltd
 Shri Sanjay Kolte, Chief Executive Officer, Pune Smart City
Development Corporation Ltd
 Dr OP Agarwal, Advisor, FICCI Urban Transformation Committee
 Mr Jagan Shah, Senior Fellow, Artha Global (formerly IDFC Institute)
and Former Director of National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA)
 Mr Gunjan Vakharia, Co-Chairman, FICCI Urban Transformation
Committee and Head of Mobility Business, Siemens Limited

1300 hrs – 1400 hrs Networking Lunch

 Panel Discussion 2: Integrating Environmental & Financial Sustainability in
1400 hrs - 1500 hrs
Smart Cities

 Long-term initiatives for sustainable & climate-neutral smart cities

 Aligning India’s smart cities mission with UN Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs)
 Role of public and private entities in financing smart city initiatives
 Innovative business models to ensure continuity of operation and
maintenance
 Optimising the use of energy and resources
 Smart solid waste management
 Sustainable transportation
 Innovation in green buildings and the built environment
 Development of new models that integrate ICT and sustainability
 Fintech in smart cities (role in development of the cashless living spaces
of future)

Session Moderator: Mr Autif Sayyed, Project Lead- Green buildings South

Asia, IFC- World Bank Group

Panelists:

 Mr Rajendra Inani, Business Head - Smart Cities, Tata Projects Ltd.

 Mr Santhosh Muzumdar, India Representative, Sydney Coordinated
Adaptive Traffic System (SCATS)
 Dr Velan C, City Head – Chennai Operations, CapitaLand Investment
and India Head – Property Management
 Dr Sanhita Bandyopadhyay, Lead Urban Planner, Meinhardt Singapore
Pte Ltd
1500 hrs - 1600 hrs Panel Discussion 3: Digital solutions for a more liveable future
 Empowering cities through data-driven platforms and services
 Way forward in the context of emerging technologies
 Role of Telecom, IoT & 5G connectivity in smart city
 Integrated ICT and geospatial technologies for safe cities
 Developing regulatory framework and alternate technologies adoption
roadmap for smart cities
 Ensuring Physical & Cyber Security in the era of smart cities
Session Moderator: TBC

Panelists:

 Mr Rajesh Mathur, Senior Director Strategy, ESRI India

 Mr Mithilesh Kumar, Head of Bids & Engineering- Smart Cities and
Utilities Biz, L&T Technology Services
 Mr MA Johar, President- Project Business, CP PLUS
 Mr Ashish Khare, General Manager and Global Head- IoT and Smart
Cities, Wipro Limited
 Mr Nishith Pathak, Global Chief Technologist, DXC Technology
 Mr Rakesh Kumar, Chief Operating Officer, Ishan Technologies

1600 hrs– 1630 hrs Networking Hi-Tea and End of Summit