International Conference onCollaborative Development

of Smart CitieS anD Smart villageS

February 15-16, 2018Hotel Shangri-La’s Eros, Janpath, New Delhi, India

IndIa - ICT enabled InTegraTIon for green growTh ProjeCT

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India is witnessing huge transformations in public service delivery through innovative use of digital technologies under Digital India Agenda. The 100 Smart cities mission along with AMRUT and HRIDAY Missions were announced by Government of India in 2015 with first list of successful cities to pursue Smart City Challenge were announced in 2016. Since then, 90 cities from across the country have been selected for getting support through center and state governments under the initiative. Additionally, the RURBAN mission was announced for development of smart village clusters.

All these missions have received unprecedented interest from multilateral agencies like the World Bank, and Asian Development Bank, IIPA besides multiple countries and industry players who want to be part of this big transformation opportunity. However, each of these players is working in isolation with their independent initiatives addressing the same problems. This is resulting in multiplicity of efforts and development of disparate systems by different cities. These systems are not interoperable and in the long run, may result in wastage of investment and resources.

Smart Republic aims to strengthen collaboration among government, multilateral agencies, civil society, academia and industry for development of sustainable smart cities and smart villages. Smart Republic 2018 is being organized as an international conference to disseminate the results of “India – ICT enabled integration for Green Growth” project implemented through KGGTF. The forum is envisaged as a Multi Partner global forum to deliberate on the collaboration framework between government and multiple agencies like the World Bank, UN habitat, IIPA, UN Global Compact, Asian Development Bank, Industry and academia for achieving shared goal of making India a Smart Republic by 2022. Smart republic forum will focus on innovative ICT and New

Media platforms and deployment of best practices to catalyse effective, coordinated and results-based implementation of 100 Smart Cities Program, AMRUT, HRIDAY and RURBAN missions to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Smart Republic forum aims to contribute to achievement of following objectives:

Strengthen and deepen the collaboration �

among multiple implementing agencies working in the domains of smart cities and smart villages.

Fostering knowledge sharing among �

practitioners of Smart Cities and Smart villages programs to ensure adherence to global standards and good practices for accelerated achievement of Sustainable Development Goals.

Helping government agencies leverage private �

sector investment, knowledge and resources through innovative public private partnership models.

Support deliberations among multiple �

players to formulate structured mechanisms for improving cross-sectoral integration to accelerate deployment of sustainable smart city and smart village programs.

Facilitate sharing of good practices among �

the Smart City and smart village practitioners for development and deployment of Digital Platforms for transformative interventions across multiple thematic areas.

Smart Republic initiative is aimed to create a multi-stakeholder partnership and serve as a platform for structured and continuous dialogue among governments, civil society, private sector, and others to jointly develop effective solutions for smart cities and smart villages.

Dr. SHASHANK OJHASenior e-Governance SpecialistThe World Bank

SHABNAM SIDDIQUI Senior Director, Centre of Excellence for Governance Ethics and Transparency (CEGET), UN Global Compact Network India

VIKAS KANUNGOSenior e-Governance ConsultantThe World Bank

Prof. M.P. GUPTADhananjaya Chair Professor and Head of Department, IIT Delhi

Prof. AMITA SINGHChair: Centre for Study of Law and Governance, JNU, Delhi

Dr. T. CHATTERJEE IAS (Retired)Director, Indian Institute of Public Administration, Delhi

MORTEN MEyERHOff NIElSENAcademic Fellow, The United Nations University Operating Unit on Policy-Driven Electronic Governance, UNU-EGOV

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ANWAR SHIRPURWAlAExecutive DirectorMAIT

JEREMy MIllARDSenior Consultant and FounderThird Millennium Governance

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Smart Republic 2018 is not envisaged as a onetime event to set a direction, but a continuous activity that paves way for deployment of innovative solutions for Smart Cities and Smart Villages in India with active and continuous participation from highest level of decision makers as well as citizens, industry and other stakeholder groups. Some of the key outcomes from the Smart Republic 2018 forum are as below:

Identify challenges and solutions to drive �

acceleration of 100 Smart cities Mission, AMRUT, HRIDAY and RURBAN missions.

Identification of innovative Digital Platforms for �

public services and setting up of a leadership

forum/ think tank group for evolving projects ensuring balanced development of innovation ecosystem in India with special reference to the Smart Cities and Smart Villages.

Identification of priority areas of Smart Republic �

related research and development.

Establishment of “action groups” on specific �

issues according to the problems identified, and development of ideas for realistic approaches/solutions; Identification and Initiation of pilot projects to test and further develop possible new approaches for next generation public services and Government – Citizen collaboration.

partiCipant profile

Smart Republic 2018 is an invitation only conference. Smart City CEOs and Municipal Commissioners Senior government officers from Ministry of Urban Development, mission leaders and senior practitioners from agencies like the World Bank, IIPA, UN Global Compact and line ministries are expected to participate in the conference.

In addition, the forum will invite smart city and smart nation experts from across the globe especially from countries like US, Europe, South Korea and middle east. This will provide a unique opportunity for the delegates to deliberate on global trends and best practices in the domain of smart cities and smart villages.

A.K. GUPTAAdditional Director, Regional Centre for Urban & Environment Studies, Lucknow, Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India

RAJIV AGARWAl IAS (Retired)Director General, AIILSG

Prof. y. PARDHASARADHIDirector, RCUES, Hyderabad

Day One | Thursday February 15, 201809.00–10.00 Registration and Tea

10.00–11.00 Inaugural Session and Keynote Address

Urban Minister / Secretary – MoUD �

Urban Minister / Secretary – Goa / UP �

India Country Director – The World Bank �11.00–11.30 Tea Break

11.30–13.00 SESSION I: Dissemination of findings and results of the ‘ICT enabled Integration for Green Growth Project’ – Using Digital Platforms for Shared Dividends

Session Partners: Transport and ICT Global Practice, The World Bank, Korea Green Growth Trust Fund

Session Chair: Ms. Jane Treadwell, Global Practice Manager, Transport & ICT Global Practice, The World Bank

Speakers:

Dr. Shashank Ojha, � Task Team Leader, T&ICT Global Practice, The World Bank

Eun Joo Elison, � Program Manager, Korea Green Growth Trust Fund, The World Bank

CEOs of Pilot Smart Cities � – Panaji, Shimla and Hubli

13.00–14.00 lunch

14.00–1500 SESSION II: Smart Cities & Smart Villages Governance Issues & Policy framework – Panel Discussion

Session Partners: UN-Global Compact Network India/Centre of Excellence for Governance, Ethics and Transparency and UN Global Compact Cities Programme

Session Chair: Ms. Shabnam Siddiqui, Director-Centre of Excellence for Governance, Ethics and Transparency, UN Global Compact Network, India

Panel Members

Mr. Michael Nolan, � Lead, Strategic Direction and Growth, United Nations Global Compact Cities Programme (GCCP)

lopes, Nuno, � Post-Doctoral Fellow – UNU EGOV, Guimaraes, Portugal

Ms. Sabine Zindera, � Vice President, Legal and Compliance, Siemens AG

CEOs of Smart City SPVs � – Pune, Aligarh 15.00–15.30 Tea Break15.30–18.00 SESSION III: Smart City Digital Solutions and

Platforms - Global trends and lessons for Indian cities : Panel Discussion (Industry Representatives and Smart City Practitioners)

18.00 onwards Networking Dinner

09.00–10.00 Networking Tea

10.00–11.00 SESSION I: Collaborative Development Technical Approaches: Shared Services Digital Platform for Services in Smart Cities and Smart Villages

Session Partners: T&ICT Global Practice, The World Bank

11.00–11.30 Tea Break

11.30–13.00 SESSION II: Capacity Building of Smart City and Smart Village Practitioners in India – Challenges and framework for Training Programs - Workshop

Session Partners: United Nations University Operating Unit on Policy Driven Electronic Governance (UNU-EGOV) and Regional Centre for Urban and Environmental Studies (RCUES), Lucknow, Government of India

Session Chair: lopes, Nuno, Post-Doctoral Fellow – UNU EGOV, Guimaraes, Portugal

Panel Members

CEOs and Commissioners of Smart Cities13.00–14.00 lunch14.00–16.00 SESSION III: Knowledge sharing collaboration

among Multilateral Agencies

Session Partners: The World Bank, UN Global Compact Network India, UNU E-GOV Portugal

16.00–18.00 SESSION III: Concluding session - Way forward for Collaborative development

18.00 onwards Networking Dinner

Day Two | Friday February 16, 2018

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* The program is tentative and reflects agenda at the time of publishing. The organisers reserve the right to delete, modify or alter items from the program or to alter any aspect of the Conference timetable and delivery at their sole discretion and without notice. The host organisation and their partners will not accept any liability for any loss or inconvenience caused to any party consequent to such changes.