Draft Programme 31.08.2018 - indicative and subject to changes

CIRCULAR ECONOMY MISSION TO INDIA

September 4-7, 2018 New Delhi, India

DAY 1, TUESDAY, 4 SEPTEMBER 2018

Morning & Afternoon

Arrival of EU business delegates to Delhi

15:30-17:00 Registration for all delegates

Venue: 2010+2020, Meeting Room, (20th Floor), Le Méridien Hotel, Delhi 17:00 - 18:40

17:00 – 17.10

17:10 – 17:20

17:20 - 17:30

17:30 – 17:40

17:40 – 17:50

17:50 – 18:00

Inauguration of the Circular Economy Mission in India

Welcome Address – Mr Raimund Magis, Deputy Head of Delegation of the European Union to India

Welcome Address – Ms Astrid Schomaker, Director for Global Sustainable Development, European Commission’s Directorate General for Environment.

Opening Remarks – Mr Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)

Thematic Address – Dr Ajay Mathur, Director General, The Energy and Resource Institute (TERI)

Inaugural Address - Mr Karmenu Vella, Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, European Union

Inaugural Address – Dr Harsh Vardhan, Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC)- Government of India (GoI)

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Venue: Desire Hall, (Ground Floor), Le Meridien Hotel, Delhi

18:05 – 18:15

18:15 – 18:25

18:25 – 18:35

18:35 – 18:40

Selected industries experiences of Business Environment in India

Mr Surendra Patawari, Chairman, Gemini Corporation NV

Mr Mahesh Babu, Managing Director, IL&FS Environmental Infrastructure & Services Ltd.

Ms Marta Areitio, Business Development Manager, Eptisa Servicios de Ingenieria

Vote of Thanks – Ms Henriette Faergemann, Counsellor, Environment, Energy & Climate Change, Delegation of the European Union to India

18:40 onwards Circular Economy Networking Dinner hosted by Commissioner Mr. Karmenu VellaEU & India businesses, Trade representatives and Chambers of Commerce and Industry, EU member state embassies

Venue: Desire Hall & Terrace, (Ground Floor), Le Meridien Hotel, Delhi

DAY 2, WEDNESDAY, 5 SEPTEMBER 2018

Bilateral meetings with key Government of India (GoI) Ministries to be organised. Participation of EU Participants, may be restricted.

9:00 - 9.30 Meeting Point for all CEM EU businesses and EU Delegates

Venue: Sovereign I, (Ground Floor), Le Meridien Hotel, Delhi 9:30 -12:30

Roundtable Discussion on Resource Efficiency Strategy and Prioritised Sectors in India (Session organised by NITI Aayog, GoI) Resource Efficiency and Circular Economy is an important area of mutual interest for India and EU and offers potential for increased cooperation. In November 2017, the National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog along with EU Delegation to India released the Strategy on Resource Efficiency (RE). The objective of the RE Strategy was to make recommendations for enhancing the resource-use efficiency in the Indian economy and industry by creating an ecosystem for improving the resource security and minimising environmental impacts. Institutional development and strengthening on RE was identified as an important step in this regard. Through a moderated discussion, potential areas for intensified cooperation to strengthen frameworks, exchange knowledge and build partnerships for the development of solutions and models to enhance RE in India will be deliberated.

Chairman: Mr Ratan P. Watal, Principal Advisor, NITI Aayog and Member Secretary, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM)

Opening Remarks: Mr Karmenu Vella, Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries,

European Union

Speakers: RE strategy implementation in India – Mr B.N. Satpathy, Senior Consultant, EAC-

PM, NITI Aayog

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RE Strategy for Steel Sector – Dr Mukesh Kumar, Director, Steel Research & Technology Mission of India

RE Strategy for Aluminium Sector – Mr Prithul Kumar, Director, Ministry of Mines, GoI

RE Strategy on E-waste – Dr Sandip Chatterjee, Officer on Special Duty /Scientist F & Dr Rachna Arora, Deputy Team Leader, EU-REI

RE Strategy on Construction and Demolition Waste – Dr Rachna Arora, Deputy Team Leader & Coordinator, EU-REI

Initiatives by Private sector on Circular Economy – Representative Initiatives by Private sector on Circular Economy – Representative Policy Analysis in India on Resource Efficiency – Dr Prasad Modak, Founder, EMC

EU Participation : EU CEM Participants (90+15), Representatives from Member States

Venue: Sovereign I, (Ground floor), Le Meridien Hotel, Delhi 12:30-14:00 Lunch

Venue: Sovereign II, Le Meridien Hotel, Delhi 14:00-18:00 Circular Economy Business Transition for India

Roundtable discussion with FICCI (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry) Circular Economy Working Group Members and selected Indian industries to discuss Circular Economy business models in India and their future plans to engage with the EU businesses for technological, policy and innovative partnerships.

Opening Remarks: Mr Karmenu Vella, Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, EU

Panel Discussion 1: Idea Generation for a Circular Economy Grand Challenge

Chair: Mr Yogesh Bedi, Chief: Steel Recycling Business – Tata Steel, & Member – FICCI Working Group on Circular Economy

Mr Anirban Ghosh, Chief Sustainability Officer, Mahindra & Mahindra & Chair – FICCI Working Group on Circular Economy (Video Message)

Dr Dieter Mutz, Team Leader, EU-REI (GIZ) Mr Vishvesh Prabhakar, Managing Director, Communications, Media &

Technology, Accenture Strategy Ms Tania Friederichs, Head of Research & Innovation, EU Delegation to India Mr Rahul Bansal, Deputy Director, Climate-KIC, European Institute of Innovation &

Technology (EIT)

Venue: Sovereign I, (Ground Floor), Le Meridien Hotel, Delhi 15:30 – 15:45 Networking Tea

Panel Discussion 2: Reducing Waste and Reinventing Plastics – Closing the loop

Chair and Moderator: Mr Joaquim Quoden, Managing Director, Extended Producer Responsibility Alliance (EXPRA) Opportunities to deliver a Circular Economy - Mr Pravin Mallick, Environment Director, Tetra Pak

Role of PRO in driving change - Mr Amit Saha, Founder, Circular Economy Foundation

Circular Plastics Economy – Mr Nikhil Deshpande, Senior Vice-President & Business Leader – Sustainable Solutions & Clean Technologies, Reliance Industries Limited

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EU experiences on EPR and Circular Economy – Dr Thomas Fischer, Head of Market Intelligence & Governmental Affairs, European Recycling Platform, Germany

Closing the Material loops by integrating the informal sector – Mr Pranshu Singhal, Founder, Karo Sambhav

Venue: Sovereign I, (Ground Floor), Le Meridien Hotel, Delhi 18:00 onwards Heritage walk to Old Delhi with individual dinners

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Day 3 & 4:Participation in the 13th edition of the Sustainability Summit with the theme ‘Everyone’s Future’ organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) - ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development for

two days along with meetings at relevant Ministries and B2B meetings.

DAY 3, THURSDAY, 6 SEPTEMBER 2018Parallel Sessions 1: Participation in the 13th edition of the Sustainability Summit with the theme ‘Everyone’s Future’ organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Agenda available at: www.sustainabledevelopment.in/summit/

Parallel Sessions 2: Thematic Panel Session organised by the EU-REI project on 6

September 2018 with support of the private sector and Government of India

Parallel Meetings 3:

B2B Meetings

(after inaugural session)

10:00-11:00 INAUGURAL

13th Sustainability Summit: Everyone’s Future

Venue: CII Sustainability Summit, Le Meridien Hotel, Delhi

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11:00 - 12:45 Session 1RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENTS in CIRCULAR ECONOMY

The Session will focus on innovation with regard to financing, policy and economic instruments which can drive the market transformation for the promotion of circular economy business models.

Session Chairman & Moderator: Mr A. K. Jain, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change (MoEFCC), GoI

Panellists Mr Donal Cannon, Head of Regional Representation, European Investment

Bank Representative, Min. of Finance/ NIPFP (GoI) Mr Chandan Bhavnani, Executive Vice President, YES BANK Ms Esha Sar, Manager, Cement Sustainability Initiative in India, World Business

Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) Mr Piotr Barczak, Policy Officer for Waste, European Environment Bureau

Venue: FF 1 Hall (first floor), Le Meridien Hotel, Delhi12:45-13:00 Trailblazer: Cricket and Environment – Mr Amitabh Chaudhury, Acting Secretary,

Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Venue: FF 1 Hall (first floor), Le Meridien Hotel, Delhi

13:00-14:40 Closed door round-table lunchMODERATED DISCUSSION ON EASE OF DOING BUSINESS

Session Moderator: Mr Poul V Jensen, Director, EBTC (European Business and Technology Centre) India

Opening RemarksMr Karmenu Vella, Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, EU

Objective of the session is to provide the platform for moderated discussion between EU and Indian businesses on the Ease of Doing Business in India. The moderator will have structured questions for the selected business representatives to open the dialogue and exchange sharing of views and ideas for strengthening EU-India cooperation in this regard.

Distinguished Representatives Mr. Atul Sud- Director, Legal & Regulatory Affairs, Perfetti Van Melle India Pvt.

Ltd. Mr. B Rajagopal, President, DSM India Ms. Madhulika Sharma, Chief Corporate Sustainability, Tata Steel Limited Ms. Shukla Wassan, Executive Director Legal & Corporate Affairs – South Asia,

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Private Limited Mr Vivek Abraham, Invest India Mr. Tushar Alekar, Commercial Director, IFAT India Mr. Raman Ramachandran, BASF P.Bineesha, Executive Director, International Institute of Waste Management

(IIWM) Philippe Van Der Donckt, UMICORE Marika Jakas, Trade Counsellor European Union Delegation to India

All EU CEM Participants

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Venue: Belvedere, (20th Floor), Le Meridien Hotel, Delhi14:40-15:30 Session 2

START-UPS AND INNOVATION ON RE AND CE BUSINESS MODELSCE Business models are considered to be innovative and out of box solutions. Indian and European business cases and experiences of social enterprises/ innovators who have addressed the bottom of pyramid through socio-technical innovation will be disseminated for information exchange on Start-ups.

Chair & Moderator: Mr Rene Van Berkel, Officer in Charge – Regional Office, India, UNIDO

Panellists Ms Revathy Kamath, Architect, Kamath Design Studio Ms Rashi Agarwal, Director, Banyan Nation Mr Siddharth Hande, Founder and CEO, Kabadiwalla Connect Mr Jayant Pai, Founder, Social Seva Initiatives Ms Kristin Kagetsu, Saathi Eco Innovations India Private Limited Mr Jose Maria Bermejo, Advisor on Circular Economy, Thinking Remarket

Venue: FF1, (1st Floor), Le Meridien Hotel, Delhi

15:30 – 15:45 Networking Tea 15:45 –17:00 Session 3

INSTITUTIONALISATION OF RESOURCE EFFICIENCY IN INDIA

The RE strategy implementation in India proposes the need for setting up a Bureau for Resource Efficiency which creates a prominence and enabling platform for this topic. The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change has launched a Resource Efficiency Cell. The session will focus on policy discussions on setting up frameworks for institutional strengthening and learnings from EU on the governance frameworks.

Chair & Moderator: Mr C.K. Mishra, Secretary, MoEFCC

Panellists Ms Astrid Schomaker, Director of

Global Sustainable Development, Directorate General for Environment, European Commission

Dr Ajay Mathur (TERI) Dr Prashant Gargav, Member

Secretary, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)

Mr Ravi Agarwal, Director, Toxics Link Dr Dieter Mutz, Team Leader, EU-REI

(GIZ)Venue : FF1, (1st Floor), Le Meridien Hotel, Delhi

Exposure Visit IL&FS Construction and Demolition

Waste Recycling plant at Burari, Jahangirpuri

Details at: www.ilfsindia.com/our-work/environment/construction-demolition-waste-recycling/

Venue: G-Block, Block F 4, Jahangirpuri, Delhi

17:15-19:00 Free time

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19:00 – onwards

Networking Dinner Venue: CII Sustainability Summit, Le Meridien Hotel, Delhi

DAY 4: FRIDAY, 7 SEPTEMBER 2018

9:30-10:15 India and EU – Partners for Circular Economy

Venue: Sovereign 1, (Ground Floor), Le Meridien Hotel, Delhi10:15-10:45 Release of Four Sectoral Studies on Resource Efficiency, undertaken in the EU-REI

project

10:45-12:00 Session 1: RESOURCE EFFICIENCY ACTION AND INITIATIVES AT THE STATE AND CITY LEVEL

The session will focus on information exchange for initiatives at the sub-national level, for enhancing RE in the State, and towards supporting the implementation of the RE Strategy released by the NITI Aayog. The EU – India knowledge exchange on national and sub-national implementation of RE and CE frameworks covering promotional and regulatory measures will strengthen the initiatives planned by the selected Indian states.

Chair and Moderator: Mr. B.N. Satpathy, Senior Consultant, EAC-PM, NITI Aayog

Keynote Speaker – Dr Ashok Khosla, Founder & Chairman, Development Alternatives

Panellists Ms Astrid Schomaker, Director of Global Sustainable Development, Directorate

General for Environment, European Commission Dr Rachna Arora, Deputy Team Leader & Coordinator, EU-REI (GIZ) Dr Gaurav Anand, Chief Manager – Environment & Sustainability, Jamshedpur

Utilities & Services Company State representatives from Telangana (TSIIC) State representatives from Goa State representatives from Orissa State representative from Rajasthan Pollution Control Board Dr Ramesh Jalan, Senior Vice President Technology Centre, 3Wayste, France

Venue: CII Sustainability Summit, Le Meridien Hotel, Delhi

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CIRCULAR ECONOMY & RESOURCE EFFICIENCY: PARALLEL SESSIONSSession 2 Session 3

12:00–13:30 EXTENDED PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY: PLASTICS & E-

WASTESession Chairman & Moderator: Mr Ritesh Kumar, Joint Secretary, MoEFCC (tbc)

Keynote speaker: Mr Mikael Henzler, Managing Director, Adelphi Consult (EU – REI Sectoral Study Findings)

Panellists Mr Chandra Mohan Gupta, Director –

Corporate Affairs, Coca Cola Mr Anwar Shirpurwala, Executive

Director, Manufacturers' Association for Information Technology (MAIT)

Dr Ashish Chaturvedi, Director, Climate Change, GIZ

Mr Jan Vlak, President, WEEE Forum

Mr Joris Lauwers, Supply Manager, Umicore

Venue: Sovereign I (Ground Floor)

CIRCULARITY IN MOBILITY – MANAGING EOL AND THE CASE OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES

Session Chairman & Moderator: NITI Aayog

Keynote speaker Presentation of Study Findings: Mr Souvik Bhattacharjya, Fellow, TERI

Panellists Mr Abhay Dange - Director Press and

Corporate Affairs, BMW India Mr Ajit Kumar Jindal, Head EV

Engineering, Tata Motors ESTELA Portugal, (Consultant) Representative, MARUTI

Venue: Sovereign II (Ground Floor)

13:30–14:30 Lunch14:30–14:45 Short Talk Mr Anshu Gupta, Founder, GOONJ

Venue: Sovereign I (Ground Floor)Session 4: Session 5:

14:45 –16:15 RESOURCE EFFICIENCY IN THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR

Session Chairman & Moderator: Mr Nikunj Sundaray, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change

Keynote speaker: Mr Mikael Henzler, Managing Director, adelphi consult (EU – REI Sectoral Study Findings)

Panellists Mr V. K. Chaurasia, CPHEEO, Min.

of Housing & Urban Affairs (tbc) Mr Sreedhar Pandya, Sustainability

Advisor, DNP Infrastructure Mr Sandeep Srivastav, Ambuja

Cement

CIRCULAR ECONOMY & SOLAR SUPPLY CHAINS

Session Chairman & Moderator: MNRE Representative (tbc)

Keynote speaker: Dr Suneel Pandey, Director, TERI

Panellists Mr Sujoy Ghosh, Country Head-India, First

Solar Mr Ashish Khanna, CEO & ED, TATA

Power Solar Systems Ltd. Mr Sunil Jain, CEO & ED, Hero Future

Energies Pvt. Ltd. Ms Anandi Iyer, Director, Fraunhofer Office

India Luca Meini, Head of CE Stratgies, ENEL

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Mr Pavel Gorecky, ERC TECH Dr Mohamed Osmani, Loughborough

University

Venue: Sovereign I (Ground Floor)Venue: Sovereign II (Ground Floor)

16:15-16:30 Networking Break

Venue: Le Meridien Hotel, Delhi16:30-17:00 EU – India Circular Economy mission - Concluding Session

Chief Guest: - Mr Ratan P. Watal, Principal Adviser, NITI Aayog and Member Secretary to EAC-PM

Ms Astrid Schomaker, Director of Global Sustainable Development, Directorate General for Environment, European Commission

Representative of EU and Indian Businesses CII Address - Mr A K Jain, Additional Secretary, MoEFCC Concluding Address by Chief Guest – Ratan P. Watal, Principal Adviser, NITI Aayog

and Member Secretary to EAC-PM

Venue: Sovereign I (Ground Floor)17:00-17:30 Valedictory Session:

Mr Sachin Joshi*, Deputy Director General, Confederation of Indian Industry Ms Astrid Schomaker, Director of Global Sustainable Development, Directorate

General for Environment, European Commission

Venue: Sovereign I (Ground Floor)19:00 - onwards

DinnerVenue: Terrace adjoining Desire Hall, (Ground Floor), Le Meridien Hotel, DelhiEnd of Circular Economy Mission

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EUROPEAN COMMISSION CONTACTS

Ms Marta MOREN-ABATIndia Desk - DG ENVTelephone: +32/2/299.20.89Mobile: +32/479/86.67.29Email: Marta.MOREN-ABAT@ec.europa.eu

EU Delegation in Delhi:

Ms Henriette FAERGEMANN Delegation of the European Union to India5/5 Shanti Niketan, New Delhi 110 021, INDIATel. +91 11 6678 1919 ext. 940 / Fax +91 11 6678 1955Mobile +919818711494Email: Henriette.F AERGEMANN @eeas.europa.eu

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