DWIH
DWIH Conference: CityScapes
29 September to 01 October 2016
Silver Oak Hall, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi

DWIH Conference: CityScapes
29th September to 1st October 2016
Overview of programme
 
Thursday, 29 September 2016
14:00 h – 15:00 h
Registration
15:00 h – 16:15 h
INAUGURAL SESSION
Inaugural Address, His Excellency Dr Martin Ney, German Ambassador to India
Award Ceremony and Project Presentations:
  • BMBF Initiative “City of the Future”
  • DWIH CityScapes Poster Competition
16:15 h – 17:15 h
KEYNOTE ADDRESSES
  • Prof. Dr Frauke Kraas, University of Cologne
  • Prof. Dr AbdouMaliq Simone, Max-Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Göttingen
17:15 h
High Tea
17:45 h – 18:45 h
SESSION 1: PUBLIC LECTURE 
(Coordinated by Dr Proteeti Bhattacharjee, MPG)
Privacy & Security in Online Social Media (PSOSM)
  • Dr Ponnurangam Kumaraguru, IIIT Delhi
19:00 h
Dinner
Friday, 30 September 2016
09:00 h – 11:00 h
SESSION 2: SMART ENERGY & CONSTRUCTION
(Coordinated by Mr Ashwani Arya, Forschungszentrum Jülich and Dr Amol Kulkarni, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune)
  • Prof. Dr Thomas Gries, RWTH Aachen University
  • Prof. Dr Amitabh Banerji, University of Cologne
  • Dr Tsvetelina Merdzhanova, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH
  • Dr Dipayan Sanyal, CSIR-Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute, Kolkata
  • Dr Solomon Agbo, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH
11:30 h – 13:30 h
SESSION 3: IMPACT OF URBANISATION ON ENVIRONMENT
(Coordinated by Dr Proteeti Bhattacharjee, MPG)
  • Prof. Dr Shamita Kumar, Bharati Vidyapeeth University, Pune
  • Prof. Dr Jürgen-Friedrich Hake, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH
  • Dr Kirsten Jörgensen, Freie Universität Berlin
  • Prof. Dr B. R. Gurjar, IIT Roorkee
13:30 h
Lunch
14:30 h – 16:00 h
SESSION 4: SMART CITIES: INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVE
(Coordinated by Ms Anandi Iyer, Fraunhofer Gesellschaft)
  • Mr. Damian Wagner, Triangulum Project
  • Mr. Dhiraj Wali, Vice President, Bosch India
  • Mr. Deepak Gorav, Vice President, Siemens India
  • Mr Jagan Shah, National Institute for Urban Affairs, New Delhi
  • Mr Frank Samol, GIZ, India
16:30 h – 18:30 h
SESSION 5: FOR A FUTURE SUSTAINABLE PERI-URBAN INDIA
(Coordinated by Ms Hanna Kriebel, Technical University of Munich and Mr Radu Carciumaru, Heidelberg University)
  • Prof. Dr Sudhir Chella Rajan, IIT Madras
  • Dr Christoph Woiwode, IIT Madras
  • Prof. Dr Peter Struss, TU München
  • Dr Sumetee Pahwa Gajjar, Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bengaluru
  • Prof. Dr N. Sridharan, School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi
  • Dr Franz Donhauser, GIZ, India
  • Prof. Dr Ashwani Kumar, CEPT University, Ahmedabad
19:00 h
Dinner
Saturday, 1 October 2016
09:00 h – 11:00 h
SESSION 6: CITIES & MIGRATION: PERSPECTIVES FROM POLITICS & ECONOMY
(Coordinated by Mr Radu Carciumaru, Heidelberg University and Ms Sanju Kumari, Freie Universität Berlin)
  • Prof. Dr AbdouMaliq Simone, Max-Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Göttingen
  • Dr Andreas M. Wüst, University of Mannheim
  • Dr Arup Mitra, Institute of Economic Growth, New Delhi
  • Dr Wolfgang-Peter Zingel, Heidelberg University
  • Dr Sumeet Mhaskar, University of Göttingen
  • Dr Clemens Greiner, University of Cologne
11:30 h – 13:30 h
SESSION 7: CITIES & MIGRATION: CITIZENS' PARTICIPATION
(Coordinated by Mr Radu Carciumaru, Heidelberg University and Ms Sanju Kumari, Freie Universität Berlin)
  • Prof. Dr Frauke Kraas, University of Cologne
  • Prof. Dr Lars Klein, University of Göttingen
  • Prof. Dr Christiane Brosius, Heidelberg University
  • Prof. Dr Sasanka Perera, South Asian University, New Delhi
  • Ms Roberta Mandoki, Heidelberg University
  • Prof. Dr Arunava Dasgupta, School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi
  • Prof. Dr Sucharita Sen, JNU, New Delhi
13:30 h
Lunch
15:00 h – 17:00 h
SESSION 8: MAPPING HUMAN SKILLS
(Coordinated by Dr Amol Kulkarni, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune)
  • Dr Amol Kulkarni, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune
  • Mr Ashutosh Pratap Singh, IASC Sector Skill Council
  • Mr Wolfgang Leidig, GIZ, India
  • Ms Sonia Prashar, Deputy Director General, IGCC
17:00 h
CLOSING REMARKS