Speakers
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Dec 11, 2018
Opening Ceremony - Opening Sessions
 
								
								Prof. Ian Jacobs, President and Vice Chancellor, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia
 
								
								Dr. Ajay Mathur, President, GRIHA Council and Director General, The Energy and Resources Institute
 
								
								Dr Winfried Damm, Head of Indo-German Energy programme, (GIZ) GmbH
Plenary Session 1 - Fostering Partnerships for Sustainable Habitat
 
								
								Mr. Laurie Pearcey, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (International), University of New South Wales
 
								
								Professor Dr. N.K.Bansal, Sintex Chair Professor, CEPT University Ahmedabad
 
								
								Mr. Atul Bagai, Country Head, UN Environment in India
 
								
								Mr. Sanjay Seth, CEO, GRIHA Council
Thematic track 1 - Sustainable materials and technologies
 
								
								
 
								
								
 
								
								
 
								
								Dr. Deepika Mathur, Research Fellow, Northern Institute, College of Indigenous Futures, Arts & Society
 
								
								Dr. Shailesh Kr. Agrawal, Executive Director, BMTPC
Thematic track 2 - Policy framework for sustainability
 
								
								Ar. Vijay Garg, Vice President, Council of Architecture
 
								
								Dr. Sarath Mataraachchi, Lecturer, Built Environment, University of New South Wales
 
								
								Mr. Kushagra Juneja, Cofounder, Design2Occupancy Services LLP
 
								
								Mr. Swayan Chaudhuri, Managing Director & CEO, Imagine Panaji Smart City Development Ltd
Thematic track 3 - Air Pollution - A call for urgent action
 
								
								
 
								
								
 
								
								
 
								
								Dr. Sunita Purushottam, Head - Sustainability, Mahindra Lifespace Developers Ltd (MLDL)
 
								
								Thematic track 4 - Inclusive Development
 
								
								
 
								
								
 
								
								
 
								
								Prof Sarnam Singh, Dean, Nalanda University
 
								
								Dr. Renu Khosla, Director, Centre for Urban and Regional Excellence
 
								
								Ms. Shelley Poticha, Managing Director, Healthy People & Thriving Communities Program, NRDC
Keynote Address 1 - Professor Helen Lochhead, Dean, Faculty of Built Environment, UNSW Sydney
 
								
								Thematic track 5 - Integrated mobility
 
								
								Ms. Leena Nandan, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
 
								
								Dr. Simone Zarpelon Leao, Senior Lecturer, City Analytics, University of New South Wales
 
								
								Mr. Sohinder Gill, Director General, Society of Manufacturers of Electric Vehicles
 
								
								AProf Vinayak Dixit, Head of the Research Centre for Integrated Transport Innovation (RCITI), University of New South Wales
 
								
								Ar. Akshima Ghate, Principal, Rocky Mountain Institute
 
								
								Thematic track 6 - Unwinding circular economy
 
								
								Dr. Miles Park, Industrial Design, Design Research Collaboration, University of New South Wales
 
								
								Mr. Amit Dasgupta, India Country Director, UNSW
 
								
								
 
								
								Mr. Siddharth Hande, CEO, Kabadiwalla Connect
 
								
								Thematic track 7 - Transitioning to clean energy
 
								
								Dr Ashvini Kumar, Senior Director, Renewable Energy Technologies, TERI
 
								
								AProf Alistair Sproul, Head, School of the Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering, University of New South Wales
 
								
								
 
								
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Dec 12, 2018Thematic track 10 - Sustainable Cooling Alternatives
 
								
								Dr. Anir1 Upadhyay, Research Fellow, Faculty of the Built Environment, University of New South Wales
 
								
								Mr. Saurabh Kumar, Managing Director, Energy Efficiency Services Limited
Thematic track 11 - Smart cities and sustainability
 
								
								Dr. Sarbeswar Praharaj, Coordinator, Australia-India Smart Cities Knowledge Exchange Network
Thematic track 13 - User Centric Design: Bane or boon?
 
								
								Ar. Ravindra Punde, Co-founder, Design Cell
 
								
								Ar. Ayush Chauhan, Quicksand,
 
								
								Ar. Amritha Ballal, Founding Partner, SpaceMatters
Thematic track 15 - Health and well-being in urban environment
 
								
								Dr. Nicholas Osborne, Senior Lecturer, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales
 
								
								Professor Vivekanand Jha, Executive Director, The George Institute for Global Health, India and Professor of Nephrology and James Martin Fellow, University of Oxford
Thematic track 16 - Market and legal perspectives*
 
								
								Ms. Xinyi Geng, Researcher, UNSW Business School, University of New South Wales
 
