9th September, 2019,16:00 – 17:30
Venue – Crystal Ballroom

Number of people in India's cities will overtake rural population in next three decades. Furthermore, the rapid growth of cities in the developing world, coupled with increasing rural to urban migration, has led to a boom in mega-cities. In 1990, there were ten mega-cities with 10 million inhabitants or more which has grown to 28 mega-cities, home to a total of 377.1 million people. 

To ensure that our cities cater to ever citizen and are efficient and green in doing so, Smart Cities and Buildings have taken the spotlight in recent years. However, discourse regarding what SMART cities mean is still growing. Do SMART cities mean ensuring efficiency through technological advancement or is a city which provides safety, sustainability and security to all? How do we measure the SMART-ness of a city? Can India make all its cities SMART? How do we do so?

This session will focus on the above questions and delve into what SMART cities in India should look like and how to achieve the same.

MODERATOR:
Mr. Kunal Kumar, Joint Secretary & Mission Director (SCM), , MOHUA, New Delhi

SPEAKERS:

Mr. K. K. Joadder, Former Chief Planner, Town and Country Planning Organisation

Mr. Swayan Chaudhary, Managing Director & CEO, Imagine Panaji Smart City Mission Director, Goa

Ms. Vaishali Nandan, Project Head, Climate Smart Cities Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), New Delhi

Mr. Edwin Koekkoek, Counsellor, Energy and Climate Action, Delegation of the European Union to India

Mr. Anand Iyer, Chief Programme Manager, NIUA