| Thursday, 22 September | |
| 09.00 | Welcome Address and Introductions |
| Dr David Bergvinson (ICRISAT) & Prof Sir Brian Heap (Smart Villages Initiative) | |
| 09.10 | Video Message |
| Dr Swaminathan (ICRISAT) | |
| 09.15 | What is a Smart Village? |
| Dr John Holmes (Smart Villages Initiative) | |
| 09.45 | Smart Villages and Agribusiness |
| Dr Kiran Sharma (ICRISAT) | |
| 10.15 | Tea Break |
| 10.45 | Women Entrepreneurs to Smart Villages |
| Dr Shailaja Fennel (Smart Villages Initiative) | |
| 11.15 | Smart Villages: Renewable Energy and Mini-grids for Agriculture |
| Dr Dabajit Palit (TERI, New Delhi) | |
| 11.45 | Smart Food |
| Joanna Kane-Potaka (ICRISAT) | |
| 12.00 | Discussion: Smart Villages Adding-value to Smallholder Farmers? |
| Dr John Holmes (Smart Villages Initiative) | |
| 12.30 | Lunch |
| 14.00 | Break-out Session |
| i. How can investors, banks and co-operatives best engage to improve livelihoods and productivity in smart villages? | |
| Leader: Dr Raj Dravid (New Delhi) | |
| ii. What are successful models for engagement to develop sustainable productive enterprises in smart villages? | |
| Leader: Ashok Mangotra (New Delhi) | |
| iii. What additional steps can be taken to communicate, incentivize and regulate the adoption of renewable energy for agriculture? |
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| Leader: Dr Shailaja Fennel (Smart Villages Initiative) | |
| iv. How can the use of renewable energy for agriculture help to mitigate and adapt to the effects climate change in smart villages |
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| Leader: David Bergvinson (ICRISAT) | |
| 15.15 | Tea Break |
| 15.45 | Report Back on Break-out Sessions |
| 16.30 | Presentations TBC |
| 17.00 | Finish |
| 18.30 | Dinner to include interactive discussion about Smart Villages Case Study |
| Ameet Deshpande & Srinivas Andaluri (Sun Moksha) | |
| Friday, 23 September | |
| 09.00 | Plenary; Smart Villages: A New Industry for Electrical Engineering |
| Prof Ashok Jhunjhunwala & Dr Prabhjot Kaur (IIT Madras) | |
| 09.30 | Plenary; Smart Villages: Role of ICT in Agricultural Productivity |
| Dr Suhas Wani (ICRISAT) | |
| 10.00 | Elevator Presentations: Making Villages Smart and Climate Resilient |
| i. Schools Inspire Villages: Kelly Mermuys (MPower) | |
| ii. Extension Through Innovative ICT: Pritam Kumar Nanda (Digital Green) | |
| iii. Village Farmers: Alfred Arunkumar Daniel (Vellore) | |
| 10.45 | Tea Break |
| 11.15 | Elevator Presentations: Making Villages Smart and Climate Resilient |
| i. Entrepreneurs: Anshuman Lath (Gram Oorja) | |
| ii. Solar-based Sustainable Irrigation – strategy: Abishek Jain (CEEW) | |
| iii. Solar-based Sustainable Irrigation – practice: Nilanjan Ghose (IGEN Access, GIZ) | |
| 12.00 | Press Conference |
| Dr David Bergvinson & Dr Suhas Wani (ICRISAT);Dr John Holmes & Prof Sir Brian Heap (Smart Villages Initiative) | |
| 12.45 | Lunch |
| 14.00 | Plenary presentations to state politicians and policy makers about smart villages concept |
| i. Lessons from Africa, South-East Asia and Latin America (interim report) | |
| Dr John Holmes (Smart Villages Initiative) | |
| ii. Lessons from Hyderabad Workshop | |
| Dr Shailaja Fennel (Smart Villages Initiative) | |
| iii. Messages from ICRISAT | |
| Dr Suhas Wani (ICRISAT) | |
| 16.00 | Finish |
