eAgriculture India 2008 Conference Agenda

DAY 1, 29 JULY 2008
09.00 am – 11.30 am	Session 1	GRAND eINDIA Inaugural Plenary
11.30 am – 12.30 pm	Exhibition Inauguration
01.00 pm – 02.00 pm	Networking Lunch
02.00 pm – 03.30 pm		Special Session on Internet Governance/ Networking and Interactions with Poster Presenters and Exhibitors
04.00 pm - 05.30 pm	Session 2: Climate Change: Knowledge Pathways and Partnerships for Climate Change Adaptation Efforts in Agriculture	Panelists Namrata Bali, Director, Sewa Academy, SEWA, Gujarat, India (Grassroots Perspectives in Climate Change) Presentation Sanjay Tomar, Fellow, Center for Global Environment Research, TERI, New Delhi, India (TERI's Approach to Climate Change) Bio-Data    Presentation Srinivas Garudachar, Grameen Intel JV, India (Private Sector Perspectives in Climate Change) Bio-Data Frans Neuman, Executive Secretary, Mountain Forum, Kathmandu, Nepal (Himalayan Ecosystem and Knowledge Needs of Adaptation) Presentation Naimur Rahman, Director, One World South Asia, New Delhi, India (GKP Perspective, with an Aim to Develop a Roadmap on ICTs and Climate Change)
DAY II 30 July 2008
08.00 am – 09.00 am	Registration and Networking Breakfast for Registered Delegates
09.00 am -11.00 am	Session 3: Policy Dimension: Initiatives in e-Agriculture	Panelists M Moni, Deputy Director General (Agricultural Informatics), National Informatics Centre, New Delhi Presentation Dimple Verma, Director (IT), Department of Agriculture and Co-operation, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India Presentation
11.00 am - 11.30 am	Tea & Coffee Break
11.30 am - 01.00 pm	Session 4: Best Practices in e-Agriculture	Chairperson: Dr T P Trivedi, Project Director, Agriculture Research Information System, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi, India Presentation Speakers Dr A K Choubey, Senior Technical Director, National Informatics Centre, New Delhi, India Presentation Dr. Sapna A Narula, Asst Professor, College of Agribusiness Management, GB Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, India Presentation Dr. I Muthuvel, Asst Profesor (Horticulture), Department of Extension Education, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India Presentation Dr. Sadachari Singh Tomar, Principal Scientist, Division of Agricultural Engineering, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
01.00 pm – 02.00 pm	Networking Lunch
02.00 pm - 03.30 pm	Session 5: Panel Discussion on Making e-Agriculture Work through Public Private Partnership (PPP) in Asia	Moderator: Michael Riggs, Information Management Specialist, FAO Regional Office for Asia and Pacific, Bangkok, Thailand Panelists Amit Dasgupta, General Manager, IBM Global Services India, India Manish Pandey, Deputy General Manager, Katalyst, Dhaka, Bangladesh Naimur Rahman, Director, OneWorld South Asia, New Delhi, India Dr N T Yaduraju, National Coordinator (NAIP), Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi, India
03.30 pm - 04.00 pm	Tea & Coffee Break
04.00 pm - 06.00 pm	Session 6: Role of ICT in Livestock and Fishery Sector	Speakers Sajjad Akhtar, Principal Systems Analyst (FISHNET), National Informatics Centre, New Delhi, India Dr. M Murugan, Department of Poultry Science, Madras Veterinary College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu Presentation Dr F R Sheriff, Professor and Head, Department of Poultry Science, Madras Veterinary College, Chennai, India Presentation
DAY III 31 July 2008
08.00 am – 09.00 am	Registration and Networking Breakfast for Registered Delegates
09.00 am -11.00 am	Session 7: Role of Communities of Practice (CoP) and Networks in e-Agriculture Making Knowledge Truly Accessible to all	Chairperson: Ms Shalini Kala, Programme Coordinator, ENRAP, IDRC South Asia Regional Office, New Delhi, India Speakers Dr Gopi Ghosh, Assistant Country Representative, Food and Agriculture Organisation, New Delhi, India Presentation Dr Alexander Flor, Dean and Professor, Faculty of Information and Communication Studies, University of the Philippines Open University, Philippines Michael Riggs, Coordinator, e-Agriculture.org and FAO Regional Office for Asia and Pacific, Bangkok, Thailand Rikin Gandhi, Founder Digital Green and Asst Researcher, Microsoft
11.00 am - 11.30 pm	Tea & Coffee Break
11.30 am - 01.00 pm	Session 8: Agricultural Price Discovery Mechanism and Supply Chain Management: Role of ICTs	Chairperson: Rakesh Garg, Executive Director, Food Corporation of India, New Delhi, India Speakers Dr. T N Balamohan, Professor & Head (Fruits), Horticultural College & Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India Presentation Dr. K S. Siva Subramanian, Assistant Vice President (Agriculture and Natural Resources), RMSI Private Limited, NCR Region, India Presentation
01.00 pm -02.00 pm	Networking Lunch
02.00 pm - 03.30 pm	Session 9: Financial Inclusion	Chairperson: S Samant, Member (Development), Postal Services Board, New Delhi, India Co-Chairperson: Salim Haque, Deputy Director General (Rural Business), Department of Posts, Government of India, New Delhi, India Speakers K K Gupta, General Manager, NABARD, New Delhi, India Vibhu Arya, Manager, Citi Microfinance, CitiBank N A, NCR Region, India I S Shenbagaraman, Project Co-ordinator, Hand-in-Hand Micro Finance Limited, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Presentation Dinkar Joshi, Asst Vice President, Strategic Initiatives and Advisory Government, YES Bank, NCR Region, India Presentation
03.30 pm - 04.00 pm	Tea & Coffee break
04.00 pm - 06.00 pm	Valedictory Session