Agenda

Dinner Conversation: Promoting Women’s Leadership for Global Change (for Raisina Young Fellows)

Speakers

Rosy Akbar, Minister, Health and Medical Services, Fiji

Meagan Fallone, CEO, Barefoot College International, India

Neera Nundy, Co-founder, Dasra, India

Sakena Yacoobi, CEO, Afghan Institute of Learning

Yves Moury, Founder and CEO, Fundacion Capital, Colombia

Vidisha Mishra, Lead, Gender Initiative, Observer Research Foundation

Moderator 

Vani Tripathi Tikoo, Member, Central Board of Film Certification, India

Breakfast Panel: Talking Connectivity

Speakers

Kevin Rudd, Former Prime Minister, Australia

Djoomart Otorbaev, Former Prime Minister, Kyrgyzstan

Ashok Malik, Distinguished Fellow, Observer Research Foundation

Astrid Skala-Kuhmann, Belt and Road Representative, GIZ, Germany

Takio Yamada, Director General, International Cooperation Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan

Su Hao, Professor, China Foreign Affairs University

Moderator

David Malone, Rector, United Nations University, Japan

Theme Address

S. Jaishankar, Foreign Secretary, India

Moderator: Samir Saran, Vice President, Observer Research Foundation

Keynote Address

Jacques Audibert, Diplomatic Adviser to the President, France

Moderator: Samir Saran, Vice President, Observer Research Foundation

Panel 1: The New Normal: Multipolarity with Multilateralism

Speakers

Vyacheslav Nikonov, Chairman, State Duma Committee on Education, Russia

Seyed Kazem Sajjadpour, Deputy Foreign Minister, Iran

Ali Naseer Mohamed, Foreign Secretary, Maldives

Robert Blackwill, Henry A. Kissinger Senior Fellow, Council of Foreign Relations, USA

Lisa Curtis, Senior Research Fellow, The Heritage Foundation, USA

Shen Dingli, Professor, Fudan University, China

Moderator

Shashi Tharoor, Member of Parliament, India

Ministerial Address

Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka, Minister, Regional Development, Sri Lanka

Moderator: Kanchan Gupta, Commissioning Editor, ABP News, India

Ministerial Address

Boris Johnson, Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, UK

Moderator: Samir Saran, Vice President, Observer Research Foundation

Panel 2: Evolving Politics of the Asia-Pacific

Speakers

VADM Girish Luthra, Flag Officer C-in-C, Western Naval Command, India

Gen. Sir Chris Deverell, Commander, Joint Forces Command, UK

VADM Herve de Bonnaventure, Deputy Director General, International Relations and Strategy (MoD), France

Michael Pillsbury, Consultant, Department of Defense, USA

Moderator

Indrani Bagchi, Diplomatic Editor, Times of India

Keynote Address

Adm. Harry B. Harris Jr., Commander, US Pacific Command

Moderator: Ashok Malik, Distinguished Fellow, Observer Research Foundation

Keynote Address

Shunsuke Takei, Parliamentary Vice-Minister, Foreign Affairs, Japan

Moderator: Harsh V. Pant, Distinguished Fellow, Observer Research Foundation

Panel 3: Women in The New World Order

Speakers

Smriti Irani, Minister, Textiles, India

Rosy Akbar, Minister for Health and Medical Services, Fiji

Adm. Michelle Howard, Commander, US Naval Forces Europe and Africa

Pramit Pal Chaudhuri, Senior Editor, Hindustan Times, India

Sakena Yacoobi, CEO, Afghan Institute of Learning

Moderator

Yalda Hakim, International Correspondent, BBC World News

Panel 4: Will Energy Trump Climate?

Speakers

Michael Shellenberger, Founder and President, Environmental Progress, USA

Sumant Sinha, Chairman and CEO, ReNew Power Ventures Pvt. Ltd, India

Erlan Batyrbekov, Director General, National Nuclear Centre, Ministry of Energy, Kazakhstan

Lydia Powell, Senior Fellow, Observer Research Foundation

Sony Kapoor, Managing Director, Re-Define, UK

Moderator

Rathin Roy, Director, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, India

In Conversation

Piyush Goyal, Minister of State with Independent Charge for Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy and Mines, India and Sunjoy Joshi, Director, Observer Research Foundation

Dinner Panel: The West Asian Paradigm

Speakers

Seyed Kazem Sajjadpour, Deputy Foreign Minister, Iran

Vyacheslav Nikonov, Chairman, State Duma Committee on Education, Russia

Moderator: 

Ashok Malik, Distinguished Fellow, Observer Research Foundation

Dinner Conversation: Pivotal Partnerships for the Indo- Pacific (By Invitation)

ORF-Moody’s Dinner Conversation: India’s infrastructure Challenges: Domestic constraints and Geopolitical opportunities (By Invitation)

Breakfast Panel: Bits and Bytes: Reaching money to the bottom of the pyramid

Speakers

Ajay Kumar, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, India

Ben Shenglin, Dean, Academy of Internet Finance, China

Murli Nair, Senior Vice President, Market Development, South Asia, Mastercard

Vivek Dehejia, Resident Senior Fellow, IDFC Institute, India

Moderator

Fatima Karan, Consulting Editor, Bloomberg TV India

Durbar

Keynote Address

Adm. Michelle Howard, Commander US Naval Forces Europe and Africa

Moderator: Santosh Jha, Joint Secretary, Policy Planning and Research, Ministry of External Affairs, India

Durbar

Panel 5: Future of Europe

Speakers

Sujata Mehta, Secretary (West), Ministry of External Affairs, India

Geoffrey Van Orden, Member, European Parliament, UK

Christian Leffler, Deputy Secretary General, European External Action Service

Jozsef Czukor, Foreign Policy Adviser to the Prime Minister, Hungary

Steven Blockmans, Head, Foreign Policy, Centre for European Policy Studies, Belgium

Moderator

Ummu Salma Bava, Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India

Roshanara

Future of Universal Health Coverage in Asia: Learning from Each Other (By Invitation)

Speakers

Phyu Phyu Thin Zaw, Research Scientist, Dept. of Medical Research, Ministry of Health, Myanmar

Jayendra Sharma, Sr. Planning Officer, Policy and Planning Division, Ministry of Health, Bhutan

Mushtaque Chowdhury, Vice Chairperson, BRAC, Bangladesh

Suwit Wibulpolprasert, Adviser to Health Minister on Global Health, Thailand

Priyanka Shah, Lead, Health Initiative, Observer Research Foundation

Shamika Ravi, Senior Fellow, Brookings India

Moderator

K. Sujatha Rao, Former Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India

Durbar

Keynote Address

Stephen Harper, Former Prime Minister, Canada

Moderator: Sunjoy Joshi, Director, Observer Research Foundation

Raisina Young Fellows Lunch

Brian Fishman, Author and Researcher, Counterterrorism

Moderator: Shashi Tharoor, Member of Parliament, India

Ministerial Address

Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister, Electronics and Information Technology and Minister, Law and Justice, India

Moderator: Ashok Malik, Distinguished Fellow, Observer Research Foundation

Panel 6: Cyber Security: The Internet of Risks

Speakers

Gulshan Rai, National Cyber Security Coordinator, India

Uri Rosenthal, Special Envoy for Cyberspace, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Netherlands

Chris Painter, Cyber Coordinator, Department of State, USA

Li Yan, Vice Professor, China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations, China

Patricia Lewis, Research Director, International Security, Chatham House, UK

Moderator

Angela McKay, Director, Government Security Policy and Strategy, Microsoft, USA

Durbar

Breakout Panel 1: New Strategic Order: Nuclear Conundrum

Speakers

Shen Dingli, Professor, Fudan University, China

S. Paul Kapur, Professor, Naval Postgraduate School, USA

Chung Min Lee, Professor, Yonsei University, South Korea

Rakesh Sood, Distinguished Fellow, Observer Research Foundation

Patricia Lewis, Research Director, International Security, Chatham House, UK

Moderator

Dhruva Jaishankar, Fellow, Foreign Policy, Brookings India

Mumtaz

Breakout Panel 2: Indo-Pacific: Governing the churn

Opening Address

Mohamed Shainee, Minister, Fisheries and Agriculture, Maldives

Luc Hallade, Ambassador in charge of cooperation in the Indian Ocean, France

Claro S. Cristobal, Director General, Foreign Service Institute, Philippines

Carlos Leal, President, Fundacao Getulio Vargas, Brazil

I-Chung Lai, Executive Director, Prospect Foundation, Taiwan

Moderator 

Francesca Marino, Editor-in-Chief, Stringer Asia, Italy

Durbar

Panel 8: Reclaiming the Digital: Countering Violent Extremism Online

Speakers

Gen. Sir Chris Deverell, Commander, Joint Forces Command, UK

Sara Zeiger, Senior Research Analyst, Hedayah Centre, UAE

Ankhi Das, Director, Public Policy, Facebook India, South and& Central Asia

Irfan Saeed, Deputy Director, CVE, Department of State, USA

Zafar Sobhan, Editor, Dhaka Tribune, Bangladesh

Moderator 

Sean Kanuck, Distinguished Fellow, Observer Research Foundation

Durbar

Panel 9: Terror Inc.: Combating State and Non-state Actors

Speakers

Boris Michel, Director, Asia-Pacific, International Committee of the Red Cross

Foad Izadi, Professor University of Tehran and Senior Consultant Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Iran

Christine Fair, Associate Professor, Georgetown University, USA

Amrullah Saleh, Former head, National Directorate of Security, Afghanistan

Moderator

Sushant Sareen, Senior Fellow, Vivekananda International Foundation, India

In Conversation

M.J. Akbar, Minister of State, Ministry of External Affairs, India

and Hamid Karzai, Former President, Afghanistan

Vote of Thanks

Dinner Conversation: Cold War 2.0

Speakers

Feodor Voytolovsky, Deputy Director, International Politics, Primakov Institute, Russia

Alexander Gabuev, Senior Associate and Chair, Russia in the Asia-Pacific Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Russia

Harsh V. Pant, Distinguished Fellow, Observer Research Foundation

Eberhard Sandschneider, Professor, Chinese Politics and International Relations, Freie Universitat Berlin, Germany

James Wirtz, Dean SIGS, Naval Postgraduate School, USA

Moderator

Abigael Vasselier, Programme Coordinator, Asia and China, European Council on Foreign Relations, France