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Wednesday 26 October
0930 | Registration |
0940 | Tilawat e Quran |
0945 | Session 1: Introductory presentations |
Welcome address | |
Shoaib Sultan Khan, RSPN | |
The Smart Villages Concept | |
Dr. John Holmes, Senior Research Fellow, University of Oxford | |
1030 | Break |
1100 | Keynote Address |
1100 | Amjad Ali Awan, Alternative Energy Development Board, Ministry of Water and Power, Government of Pakistan |
1130 | Session 2: Developing an enabling framework for decentralised micro-grids |
Syed Aqeel Hussain Jafri, Alternative Energy Development Board, Ministry of Water and Power, Government of Pakistan | |
Shaukat Ali, Renewable Energy Unit, Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund | |
Pervaiz Naim, KfW Development Bank | |
Khanji Harijan, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology | |
Question and Answer Session | |
1230 | Session 3: Community mobilisation & models for micro-grid deployment |
Sohail Ameer Marwat, Sarhad Rural Support Programme | |
Nauman Amin, Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (AKRSP) | |
Ehsan-Ullah-Khan, Society for Biogas Promotion | |
1315 | Lunch |
1415 | Session 4: Public-private partnership models to develop micro-grids |
Mohammad Imran Ashraf, Delegation of European Commission Mission to Pakistan | |
Muhammad Nadeem Zakir, Pakistan Council for Renewable Energy Technologies (PCRET), Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of Pakistan | |
Muhammad Darjat, PEDO Micro-Hydro Project (MHP), Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (AKRSP) | |
Zareen Gujjar, Community Member, Serai Development Organisation | |
1515 | Break |
1600 | Session 5: Breakout sessions |
The challenge of financing micro-grids and the importance of enabling frameworks | |
1715 | Session 6: Closing remarks |
Summary | |
John Holmes, University of Oxford and Co-Leader, Smart Villages Initiative | |
1730 | Closing Remarks |
Khaleel Ahmed Tetlay, Rural Support Programmes Network (RSPN) |