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Operationalising Public Private Partnerships for Disaster Management

Operationalising Public Private Partnerships for Disaster Management
Towards Resilient and Sustainability Goals

16 - 17 April 2008, Pragati Maidan
New Delhi, India

We are pleased to invite you to attend the Conference on Operationalising Public Private Partnerships for Disaster Management being held under the Auspices of National Disaster Management Authority of India (NDMA), Government of India. This will be held at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, India on April 16 and April 17 2008 for which the focus is on the following four themes :

· Corporate Resilience and Preparedness for Disaster Management
· Business Continuity for Disaster Management
· Risk Transfer through Techno Financial Strategies
· Operationalising Public Private Partnership for Disaster Management

For a detailed conference overview you may visit this link Conference Information.

The conference will cover issues, experiences, practices and future for corporate resilience, preparedness, business continuity, risk management, techno financial strategies, opportunities, threats and many more areas for disaster management. This will be across Public Sector, IT and IT enabled, Telecommunications, Aviation, Manufacturing, Financial, Services and developmental sectors among others.

This conference provides an opportunity to integrate and meet potential partners and clients while learning from experiences across industry sectors. This provides a high level networking opportunity in a comfortable environment and opportunity for informal interactions.

The Conference Agenda is as highlighted below:

16th April 2008 Session Plan

08:30 AM - 09:30 AM Registration

09:30 AM - 10:30 AM Inaugural Session

Welcome Address - Responsenet an Aidmatrix Initiative
Lighting the Lamp by - NDMA & Sponsors
Inaugural Speech & Key Note Address - Honourable J.K Sinha , Member - National Disaster Management Authority (GOI)
Presentation of Mementoes

10:30 AM - 10:45 AM High Tea

Session - 1

Corporates Preparedness for Disaster Management

Chair: Mr. N.M Prusty - Chief of Party

USAID - IRG

10:45 AM - 01:15 PM

10:45 AM - 11:00 AM Session Introduction Speech

Chair: N.M Prusty - Chief of Party, USAID - IRG

11:00 AM - 11:25 AM Knowledge Sharing of the Airport Contingencies Plan for Emergency

Cdr. Pradeep Dixit - General Manager

Mumbai International Airport Ltd. - GVK

11:25 AM - 11:50 AM Role of Tele Communications in Affordability, Accessibility & Application for Disaster Preparedness

Yogesh Kocchar - Head Corporate Sustainability & Govt. Business Unit

Tata Teleservices Pvt. Ltd.

11:50 AM - 12:15 PM Presentation

Rajiv Kurup - Safety Consultant, Honeywell Automation Pvt. Ltd.

12:15 PM - 12:45 PM PPP in the Mitigation Phase - Case Study

Hari Kumar - National Coordinator, GeoHazards International

12:45 PM -01:10 PM Critical Communication Perspective to Disaster Management

Subodh Vardhan - Director Sales and Country Head,

Government & Public Safety, Motorola India

01:10 PM - 01:20 PM Interactions / Question & Answer Session and Presentation of

Mementoes by the Chairperson

01:20 PM - 02:20 PM Lunch

Session - 2

Business Continuity for Disaster Management

Chair: Nelson Castano - Regional Disaster Management Coordinator,

International Federation of Red Cross & Red Crescent Societies, Regional Delegation for South Asia

02:20 PM - 05:30 PM

02:20 PM - 02:35 PM Session Introduction Speech

Nelson Castano - Regional Disaster Management Coordinator,

International Federation of Red Cross & Red Crescent Societies,

Regional Delegation for South Asia

02:35 PM - 03:00 PM Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning

Venkataram Arabolu - Managing Director

British Standards Institution (BSI)

03:00 PM - 03:30 PM Risk Management and Business Continuity from the Corporate Perspective - Onsite & Offsite

Mr. Anand Kumar - Director, Research & Development

Indian Oil Corporation Limited

03:30 PM - 04:00 PM Business Continuity Management Standard & Sustainability

What are the opportunities, and what can we do?

Daman Dev Sood - Vice President - Quality & Business Assurance

XANSA

04:00 AM - 04:15 PM High Tea

04:15 PM - 04:45 PM Career Potentials in Business Continuity for Disaster Management

Mr. Nathaniel L. Forbes MBCI - Director

Forbes Calamity Prevention Pte. Ltd.

04: 45 PM - 05:15 PM Business Continuity & Crisis Management using Incident Command System

Jayaraj Puthanveedu - Vice President | Asia Pacific Manager

Global Business Ccontinuity & Recovery - Northern Trust

05:20 PM - 05:40 PM Interactions / Question & Answer Session and Presentation of Mementoes by the Chairperson

05:40 PM - 05:45 PM Concluding of the First Day Conference and Overview of the Second Day Conference

17th April 2008 Session Plan

Session - 3

Risk Transfer through Techno Financial Strategy

Chair: Iddo Dror - Chairperson

Micro - Insurance Academy (MIA)

10:00 AM - 01:15 PM

10:00 AM - 10:15 AM Session Introduction Speech

Iddo H. Dror, Chairperson - Operations & Advisor of Micro Insurance Academy, India

10:15 AM - 10:45 AM Insurance Sector and the Emerging Opportunities in Disaster Management

S. Narayan - Managing Director & CEO

IFFCO - TOKIO General Insurance Co.

10:45 AM - 11:15 AM Presentations on Disaster Insurance Practices

11:15 AM - 11:30 AM High Tea

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM Risk Management and Corporate Governance

Khushroo B Panthaky - CEO

Grant Thornton

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM Reinsurance and Disaster Management

Andreas Bollmann - Director, Swiss Re Singapore

01:00 PM - 01:15 PM Interactions / Question & Answer Session and Presentation of Mementoes by the Chairperson

01:15 PM - 02:15 PM Lunch Break

Session - 4

Operationalising Public Private Partnership for Disaster Management

Chair: Vinod Chandra Menon - Member

National Disaster Management Authority (GOI)

02:15 PM - 05:30 PM

02:15 PM - 02:30 PM Session Introduction Speech

02:30 PM - 02:55 PM Industrial Resilience for Corporates & Communities

Nirankar Saxena - Additional Director

The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)

02:55 PM - 03:20 PM Session Yet to be Finalised

03:20 PM - 03:40 PM High Tea

03:40 PM - 04:05 PM PPP for Corporates Preparedness for Disaster Management

Mr. N.M Prusty - Chief of Party, USAID - IRG

04:05 PM - 04:30 PM PPP for Business Continuity

International Federation of Red Cross & Red Crescent Societies

04:30 PM - 04:55 PM PPP for Techno Financial Regime

Mr. Iddo Dror - Chairperson, Micro - Insurance Academy (MIA)

04:55 PM - 05:15 PM Interactions / Question & Answer Session and Presentation of Mementoes by the Chairperson

05:15 PM - 05:45 PM Valedictory Session

Chief Guest

Guest of Honour

Honourable Vinod Chandra Menon - Member

National Disaster Management Authority (GOI)

05:45 PM - 05:50 PM Vote of Thanks

Registration:

The conference attendance fee is INR 3,200 or USD 85 per delegate. You are encouraged to register well in advance. Discounts are available for organisations being represented by three or more delegates of 15%.

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Towards Resilience and Sustainability Goals

16 - 17 April 2008, New Delhi, India

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We look forward to seeing you in Delhi at the Conference.