Friday 11 November 2016
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| 11.00 - 12.00 |
Inauguration ceremony |
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Welcome address: Didier Ramoudt - President, Busworld International
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Address by: Oleg Kamberski, Head – Passenger Transport, IRU
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Address by: Jan Deman - Director, Busworld Academy
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Address by: Prasanna Patwardhan - President, Bus Operators Confederation of India
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Address by: Shri Rajender Kumar Kataria - IAS, MD KSRTC, & VP ASRTU
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Chief Guest: Shri Nitin Gadkari - Minister of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH), Government of India – tbc
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Honourable Guest: Shri R Ramalinga Reddy - Minister from the Government of Karnataka
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Vote of thanks: Rajan Sharma -Managing Director, Inter Ads Exhibitions Pvt. Ltd. |
| 12.00 - 13.45 |
Media and Delegate lunch |
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| IRU – ASRTU – Busworld Academy Congress |
| 13.45 - 14:05 |
Welcome words |
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Shri Abhay Damle - Joint Secretary, MoRTH – tbc
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Shri P.S. Ananda Rao - ED, ASTRU
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Oleg Kamberski, Head – Passenger Transport, IRU
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Jan Deman - Director, Busworld Academy
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| 14:05 – 14:45 |
Panel session on “Make in India Initiative” |
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Prasanna Patwardhan - Managing Director, Prasanna Purple Mobility Solutions
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Akash Passey - Chairman and Senior Vice-President, Volvo Buses India |
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Anil M. Kamat - Managing Director, MG Automotive |
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High level representative from Daimler |
| Chaired by Shri Abhay Damle, Joint Secretary, MoRTH |
| 14:45 – 15:30 |
Session on “Efficient, comfortable and safer bus connectivity for India” |
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Chandramowli Kailasam, Team Leader - Commercial Vehicle Research, Mobility - Automotive & Transportation, Frost & Sullivan
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Dr. Ekroop Kaur - IAS, MD, BMTC
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Prasanna Patwardhan - President, Bus Operators Confederation of India
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Shamir Sharma - Vice President of Transport Planning Department, DIMTS
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| 15:30 – 15:45 |
Tea break |
| 15:45 – 17:30 |
Session on “Indian bus industry: challenges and opportunities” |
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Oleg Kamberski - Head of Passenger Transport, IRU
“International best practises on bus market regulation”
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Jaspal Singh - Consultant, Valoriser Consultants
“Technology: an enabler for the bus industry”
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Prasanna Patwardhan - President, Bus Operators Confederation of India
“What is changing in the Motor Vehicle Act”
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Shri Rajes Yadav, IAS, VCMD RSRTC
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Saturday 12 November 2016
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| 09:30 – 10:30 |
Session on “Travel and tourism sector in India: challenges and opportunities” |
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Sunil Kumar - President, the United Federation of Travel Agents' Associations (UFTAA)- tbc |
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Subhash Goyal - Owner of STIC Travels and Chairman of the Tourist Operators Association |
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Mohammed A. Afzal - Owner of Parveen Travels and Secretary of BOCI |
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Sonila Metushi, Manager – Mobility of People & Taxis on “IRU International Coach Star Classification System” |
| 10:30 – 10:45 |
Tea break |
| 10:45 – 11:45 |
Session on “Electromobility in India: Vision 2020 and Beyond” |
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Chinmay Pandit, KPIT Technologies |
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Sajid Mubashir - Scientist, DHI-DST Technology Platform for Electric Mobility |
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Manfred Breithaupt - Consultant, GIZ |
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Chao Yang - Senior Engineer, Chongqing Vehicle Test & Research Institute |
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Akshay Ahuja, India Smart Grid Forum |
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Emmanuel Jupet, Vice President, Volvo Bus Corporatio |
| 11:45 – 12:45 |
Lunch break |
| 13:30 – 15:00 |
Session on “Bus safety” |
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Fredrik Rosen – SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden – Fire Research
“Fire safety and prevention in buses and coaches”
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Patrick Botto – Accidentologist
“Analysis of bus accidents – Lessons to be learned”
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N V Karanth, Senior Deputy Director, ARAI on “Current and Future Trends in mass transport”
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