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Thursday, 10 February 2011
17:00 Registration
19:00 Opening Reception, Dinner, Welcome and Inaugural Addresses (The Royal Room)

Conference Moderator: Iris Madeira
Introduction: Parth J Shah
Welcome Address: Deepal Lal
Presidential Address: Kenneth Robert Minogue
Inaugural Address: Arun Shourie
Friday, 11 February 2011
09:00 Session I: Inclusive Growth: The Unfinished Road to Reforms (The Royal Room)

Chair: Suman Bery

  1. Challenges of Urbanisation – Isher Judge Ahluwalia
  2. Liberalisation of the Informal Sector – Amir Ullah Khan
  3. Politics of Growth: Constraints and Opportunities – N K Singh
  4. Delivering on Promises: Public Private Partnerships, UID, and Social Entrepreneurship – Surjit S Bhalla
10:30 Tea break
11:00 Breakout Discussion Sessions
12:30 Lunch and Lecture (The royal Room)

Global Challenege of Jihadi Terrorism – M J Akbar
15:00 Session II: Regional and International Diplomacy (The Royal Room)

Chair: Siegfried Herzog

  1. India’s Strategic Engagement with China – John Lee
  2. Future of US-India Relations – Swaminathan S Anklesaria Aiyar
  3. Democracy and Development in Africa – Ann Bernstein
16:30 Tea break
17:00 Breakout Discussion Sessions (Concludes at 18:30)
19:00 Departure from The Leela Kempinski for Dinnar
19:30 Dinner at The Palms Town & Country Club, Gurgaon
Saturday, 12 February 2011
09:00 Session III: Deepening Democracy and Rule of Law (The Royal Room)

Chair: Shubhashis Gangopadhyay

  1. Electoral and Political Party Reforms – Jayaprakash Narayan
  2. Naxalism, Tribals and Property Rights – Bibek Debroy
  3. Social, Ethnic and Political tensions in Contemporary Sri Lanka – Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu
  4. State, Identity and Secessionists Movements – Pratap Bhanu Mehta
11:00 Tea Break
11:30 Departure from The Leela Kempinski for excursion, Lunch at Silver Oaks lawn, India Habitat Centre, Delhi
Sunday, 13 February 2011
09:00 Session IV: Global Rules of the Game (The Royal Room)

Chair: Rajiv Kumar

  1. The Future of Financial Systems after the Crises? – K P Krishnan
  2. The Climate of Climate Change – Julian Morris
  3. International Trade and Emerging Markets since the Crisis – Razeen Sally
  4. Aggression, Terror and Transnational Justice – Suri Ratnapala
10:30 Tea break
11:00 Breakout Discussion Sessions
12:30 Lunch (The Royal Room)
14:30 Session V: Redefining Superpowerdom (The royal Room)

Chair: Greg Lindsay

  1. After Iran-Iraq-Afghanistan: Do Superpowers Matter? – Deepak Lal
  2. From Uni-polar to Tri-polar World: The Bi-polar Moment – Arvind Virmani
  3. A Just Superpower: Ends and Means in International Diplomacy – Gurcharan Das
  4. Managing the Nuclear World: Hope for Utopia? – Arundhati Ghose
16:00 Tea break
16:30 Breakout Discussion Sessions (Concludes at 18:00)
19:30 Closing Dinner (The Royal Room)

  • Keynote Address – Montek Singh Ahluwalia
  • Concluding Remarks – Siegfried Herzog
  • Vote of Thanks – Parth J Shah
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