Schedule Schedule for Bengaluru 2040 February 17, 2024
Welcome Address
Sitaraman Shankar, CEO, TPML & Editor, Deccan Herald
Keynote Address
Dr. H Sudarshan Ballal, Chairman, Manipal Hospitals
Fast Forward to 2040
Siddaramaiah, Honorable Chief Minister of Karnataka
Bengaluru as the World's Tech Lab
Priyank Kharge, Karnataka IT/BT Minister | Sunil Kumar Gupta, CEO, QNu Labs | Madan Padaki, Entrepreneur | Manu Saale, MD, MBRDI
Ideas for a Better Bengaluru
DK Shivakumar, Deputy Chief Minister, Karnataka
Balancing Commercial and Public Interests: Strategies for sustainably developing Bengaluru
HC Kishore Chandra, Chairman, RERA | Rakesh Singh, Additional Chief Secretary, UDD | Mallanna Sasalu, CEO, Provident Housing | Rajat Rastogi, CEO, West & Commercial Assets Pan India
Air, Water, and Infrastructure: Can Bengaluru set an example in climate resilience?
Harini Nagendra, Ecologist | Aromar Revi, Author | HS Sudhira, Director, Gubbi Labs | Tushar Giri Nath, BBMP Commissioner
Music, Tech, and the Spirit of Bengaluru
Dr. Pravin Godkhindi, Flautist, Composer & Innovater
Innovation and Accessibility: Bengaluru as a premier destination for higher education
Rishikesha T Krishnan, Director, IIM-B | Govindan Rangarajan, Director, IISc | Nigam Nuggehalli, Registrar, NLSIU | Kavita Gupta, Moderator
The Teen Dream: Bengaluru in 2040 (Sponsored)
Presentation by students of EuroSchool
Making Bengaluru India's Sports Capital
Rushdee Warley, CEO, JSW's Inspire Institute of Sports | Gaurav Manchanda, CEO, FC Bengaluru United | Ashwini Nachappa, Sportsperson, KOA | Deepthi Bopaiah, Moderator
Towards a Healthy Bengaluru with the Gentle Magic of Tai Chi
ShiFu Avinash, Tai Chi Master
Shaping the Dining of the Future
Chef Regi Mathew, Co-Founder & Chief Patron, Kappa Chakka Kandhari | Chef Johnson Ebenezer, Founder, Farmlore | Arun Adiga, Managing Partner, Vidyarthi Bhavan | Ranjini Rao, Moderator
Felicitation of Weekend Flash Film Contest Winners
Emergence of a New Bengaluru Cinema
Sindhu Sreenivasa Murthy, Director | Chaithra J Achar, Actress | Samyukta Hornad, Actress | SR Ramakrishna, Moderator
Vote of Thanks
KV Subramanya, Associate Editor, Deccan Herald