| Thursday, 6 November 2008 |
| 09.00 to 10.40 |
Next 800 Million: Challenges & Opportunities |
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Review the overall economic growth patterns; compare with the developed nation examples; explore the possible models for India. Discuss the stimuli and therefore migration of labor pool from primary farming sector to secondary manufacturing sector and further to tertiary services sector, the wage arbitrage, etc. |
| 10.40 to 11.00 |
Coffee/ Tea |
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| 11.00 to 12.40 |
Agriculture & Agri-Processing: Present and Future Potential |
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Review the need for agriculture beyond GDP contribution, like providing food to the teeming masses and providing employment to the unskilled labor in the rural areas. Discuss the relevance of technology & methods to increase productivity per arable land. Discuss cash crops & livestock as opposed to cereals to increase GDP contribution and leverage on higher income elasticity in a growing economy |
| 12.40 to 14.00 |
Lunch |
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| 14.00 to 15.40 |
Manufacturing |
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Review the classical model of labor migration from farming sector to manufacturing sector at a marginally incremental wage to kick-start and sustain the growth cycle in an “unlimited labor supply” situation. Discuss possible opportunities in the face of growing domestic market and skill shortage challenges |
| 15.40 to 16.00 |
Coffee/ Tea |
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| 16.00 to 17.40 |
Retail |
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Review the need for robust supply chain to mitigate wastage of Agriculture output and leverage on Retail boom to expand market reach. Discuss supply chain both in forward and backward integration and how Retail can also participate in backward integration as a supplier apart from being the purchaser |
| 17.40 to 19.00 |
Coffee/ Tea & Networking time |
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| 19.00 to 20.30 |
Taking India Forward - Panel Discussion |
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Panel of emerging leaders, eminent industrialists and investors to discuss and explore the potential of the dormant 800 million population of India and review the means to harness them to create wealth and peace through inclusive growth |
| Friday, 7 November 2008 |
| 09.00 to 10.40 |
Energy |
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Review the energy needs to sustain the growing population and industry needs. Explore Nuclear, Solar, Wind, Hydro, Bio-mass options for sustainable energy supply coupled with environment protection. Review the current infrastructure gaps and the deterrent it poses for growth in various sectors. Discuss the different infrastructure initiatives currently underway and the PPP (Public Private Partnership) model |
| 10.40 to 11.00 |
Coffee/ Tea |
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| 11.00 to 12.40 |
Infrastructure & Urbanization |
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Review the infrastructure growth rate in relation to economic growth rate. Discuss the gap in existing vs. estimated needs of infrastructure like housing, roads, ports and shipping. Explore the potential way to capitalize this gap and also discuss the huge roadblock the gap can create in the economic growth highway |
| 12.40 to 14.00 |
Lunch |
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| 14.00 to 15.40 |
Health Care |
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With increasing life expectancy, health care is a much bigger concern today for the government and the citizens. Sustainable quality healthcare is a big challenge for any developing nation. A deep-dive into this challenge and also the huge opportunity this provides is the need of the hour |
| 15.40 to 16.00 |
Coffee/ Tea |
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| 16.00 to 17.40 |
Education & Training |
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Review the scope and essence of education and training to build the next generation intellectuals as well as the labor pool. Cover primary education to scientific research on one hand, and skill-based training (for a quicker turnaround and improved productivity) on the other hand |
| 17.45 to 18.15 |
Closing Function |
