Institute for Competitiveness, India & TCI Presents Asia Competitiveness Forum 2012 Competitiveness: Economic Development, Prosperity and Creating Shared Value April 26 – 27, 2012, New Delhi Partners for the Event April 26, 2012 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM Inaugural Session Asia as a driver of world economy: Demographic Dividend, Aging, Prosperity, Growth Engine, Value, Arbitrage, Changing Role of Capitalism (In Association with FSG) Track 1 Track 2 (10:15 AM – 5:00 PM) 10:00AM –11:15 AM Manufacturing Competitiveness Energize the BOP – Business Solutions to serve low (Release of India Competitiveness Study done by IFC for income markets (In Association with GIZ) Planning Commission) 11:15AM –11:45 AM TEA/COFFEE Break 11:45 AM - 1:00 PM The Role of Business in Society; Shared Value, Economic Objectives, Social Objectives, Philanthropy et al (In Association with FSG) 1:00 PM- 2:00 PM LUNCH 2:00 PM – 3:15 PM Regional Competitiveness: Provinces, Vision, Value Proposition, Competition within States, Business Environment, Strategy, Sustainability, Stages of Competitive Development 3:15 PM- 3:45 PM TEA/COFFEE Break 3:45 PM – 5:00 PM Clusters as a tool for wealth creation and its emergence in India: Productivity, Diffusion, Innovation, Seeding Clusters, Trade, Cluster Portfolio, Specialization Patterns, Technology Clusters, Cluster Composition, Internationalization 6:15 PM Departure to TAJ Palace for the evening function 7:00 PM- 10:00 PM Chief Ministers Session & Conference Dinner @Taj April 27, 2012 Track 1 Track 2 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM Plenary Session 10:00 AM–11:15 PM Fostering the Dynamics of Skills, Employment and Serving MSME, Serving India – Business Model Infrastructure Development Innovations for Service Delivery (In Association with GIZ 11:15AM -11:45AM TEA/COFFEE Break 11:45AM-1:00PM 1:00 PM- 2:00 PM 2:00 PM-3: 15 PM 3:15PM- 3:45 PM 3:45PM-5:00PM 5:15 PM – 6:00 PM Innovation in Skills Development and Management that reach SMEs Developing Business Models to strengthening Responsible Competiveness – The Example of Centre for Responsible Business LUNCH Strategies for Local Job Creation, Skills Development and State of Urban Mobility in India; Issues pertaining to Social Protection Urban Competitiveness etc. (In Association with University of Michigan & Rockefeller Foundation) TEA/COFFEE Break Towards an Inclusive Model of Skills Development in Asia: the high-road for India The Process of Economic Development: Collaborative Process, Government, Companies, Research Institutions, Trade Bodies, Skills Partial List of Confirmed Speakers 1. Arun Maira, Planning Commission 2. Christian Ketels, Harvard Business School 3. Ivan Rossignol, World Bank 4. Manfred Haiebig, GIZ 5. Lalitha Vaidyanathan, FSG 6. Udayan Dravid, Fortis Healthcare 7. Robert Polk, Michigan 8. Susan Zeilinski, University of Michigan 9. Siva Nagarajan, Mother Diary 10. Parga Cesar 11. Venkatesh Valluri, Ingersoll Rand 12. Harish Natrajan, Bausch & Lomb 13. Manoj Vohra, Economist 14. Ganesh Guruswamy, Freescale 15. Renu Parmar, Planning Commission 16. Amit Kapoor, Institute for Competitiveness, India 17. Vinod Swahney, Bharti 18. Cristina Martinez, OECD 19. Alok Bharadwaj, Canon 20. Mark McCord, Deloitte 21. Christopher Doyle, Former CEO, Economist 22. Anoop Prakash, Harley Davidson 23. Rohit Bansal, Hammurabi & Solomon 24. Niren Chaudhary, Yum Restaurants