INDIA OFF-GRID ENERGY SUMMIT 2015 - AGENDA August 19, 2015 | Hotel Le Meridien, 8 Windsor Place, Janpath, New Delhi

8:30am – 9:30am

REGISTRATION

9:30am – 10:15am INAUGURAL SESSION Welcome address Mr. Krishnan Pallassana, India Director, The Climate Group Setting the context Ms. Svati Bhogle, Chair, CLEAN (Clean Energy Access Network) Keynote address Mr. Mark Kenber, CEO, The Climate Group Special addresses:

• Dr. Rana Kapoor, Managing Director & CEO, Yes Bank • H.E. Alphonsus Stoelinga, Ambassador of the Netherlands to India • H.E. Richard R. Verma, Ambassador of the United States to India

Inaugural address Shri Piyush Goyal, Hon’ble Minister of State with Independent Charge for Power, Coal and New & Renewable Energy, Government of India*

10:15am – 11:15am PLENARY I – Future of Decentralized Renewable Energy in India

– This session will present a glimpse of futuristic thinking from renowned leaders and visionaries from the decentralized renewable energy (DRE) sector in India. It will address: What will the future of decentralized energy look and feel like? How will our rural grandchildren of India perceive and use energy? What will it mean for day-to-day lives and ways of doing business? Who or what might drive the movement?

– Chair: Shri Upendra Tripathy, Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy* Moderated by: Dr. Arunabha Ghosh, CEO, Council on Energy, Environment and Water* Panellists: Mr. Ashvin Dayal, Associate Vice President and Managing Director (Asia), Rockefeller Foundation; Mr. Giles Bistrow, Director of Programmes, Forum for the Future; Dr. Harish Hande, Chief Operating Officer, SELCO Foundation and Co-founder SELCO India; Ms. Prema Gopalan, Executive Director, Swayam Shikshan Prayog; Mr. Vikram Gandhi, Founder, Asha Impact*

11:15am – 11:45am

NETWORKING TEA BREAK

11:45am – 1:00pm

PARALLEL TECHNICAL SESSIONS Each of these sessions will begin with an overview presentation from a sector expert, think tank or consultancy firm. They will offer a high-level view on the respective landscape for the subject, highlighting key success factors as well as challenges.

The overview presentation will put across questions to a distinguished set of panel members who will answer them by drawing from their experience. A round of public interaction will follow the panel discussion, including voting among the off-grid energy (OGE)/DRE community members present. The responses will be recorded and presented to the audience shortly after the voting process. The discussion will be focused on the following key themes with ‘Session Partners’ 1. Innovative Business Models with ‘International Finance Corporation’ 2. Access to Affordable Finance with ‘The Nand and Jeet Khemka Foundation’

1:00pm – 2:30pm

NETWORKING LUNCH

2:30pm – 3:45pm PARALLEL TECHNICAL SESSIONS 3. Existing and emerging technologies with ‘USAID Partnership for Advancing Clean Energy - Deployment’ 4. Enabling policy and regulatory frameworks with ‘Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation’

3:45pm – 4:15pm NETWORKING TEA BREAK

4:15pm – 5:15pm

PLENARY II – Unlocking the market through an enabling environment This session will bring in the co-chairs from each of the 4 technical sessions to present the most pressing recommendations. Delivering these solutions will become the most important ingredient for the roadmap to universal energy access in India by 2030. Chair: Shri Tarun Kapoor, Joint Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy* Key Note Speaker: Mr. Krishan Dhawan, CEO, Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation

5.15pm – 5.45pm CLOSING SESSION - Setting the future agenda: Key messages from the Summit Closing address: Shri Upendra Tripathy, Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India* Valedictory remarks: Mr Jaco Cilliers, Country Representative, UNDP India* Vote of thanks: Ms. Svati Bhogle, Chair, CLEAN *Invited