Schedule

Day 1: Friday, November 17, 2006

0930 – 1000 hrs REGISTRATION
1000 – 1100 hrs Inaugural Session
Opening Remarks - Shri Sushil Jiwarajka, Chairman, FICCI-WRC
Introductory Address– Mr. Satish Gokhale, Chairman, Pune Design Foundation
Keynote Address – Mr. Dilip Chhabria, Director, DC Design
Inaugural Address - Mr. Atul Kirloskar, Chairman and Managing Director,
Kirloskar Oil & Engines
Vote of Thanks - Dr. Vaijayanti Pandit , Director, FICCI-WRC

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1100 – 1115 hrs Tea / Coffee Break
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1115 – 1300 hrs Session I: Macro Economic View of Global Design Industry
Moderator - Professor M.P. Ranjan, National Institute of Design
1120 – 1140 hrs Global trends- Mr. Stuart Constantine, Core77
1140 – 1200 hrs Indian Industry in the Global Context- Mr. Naushad Forbes, Director, Forbes Marshall
1200 – 1220 hrs Design for World- Mr. Manoj Kothari , Director, Onio Design
1220 – 1240 hrs Design for Local Market- Mr. Hari Nair-Director, Whirlpool Global Design Center, India
1240 – 1300 hrs Q&A

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1300 – 1340 hrs Lunch
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1340 – 1515 hrs Session II -Moderator - Professor M.P.Ranjan, National Institute of Design
1340 – 1400 hrs Mr.Sharad Dahake, Design Manager , LG India
1400 – 1420 hrs Mr. I.S.Narula, President &CEO, Ishanya
1420 – 1440 hrs Mr. Satish Gokhale, Director, Design Directions
1440 – 1500 hrs Ms.Ashwini Deshpande, Director & Principal Designer, Elephant Design
1500 – 1515 hrs Q&A

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1520 – 1700 hrs Session II A
Moderator - Mr. Sudhir Sharma, Founder Director & Principal Designer, Elephant Design
1520 – 1540 hrs Mr. Rajesh Patil, Application Manager, Adobe
1540 – 1600 hrs Mr. Bala Krishna Mahajan, Industrial Design Specialist , Ticket Design
1600 – 1620 hrs Mr. Nitin Urdhawareshe, Principal Consultant, Tech Mahindra
1620 – 1640 hrs Mr. Prakash Khanzode, Director Product Design, Onio Design
1640 – 1700 hrs Q&A
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1700 – 1715 hrs Tea/Coffee Break
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1715 - 1815 hrs Session III: Challenges & Opportunities, Policy Issues
1715 – 1735 hrs Dr. Mohan Dewan- Managing Partner, R.K.Dewan & Co
1740 – 1800 hrs Dr. Darlie Koshy - Executive Director, National Institute of Design
1800 – 1815 hrs Panel Discussion & Concluding remarks
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Day 2: Saturday, November18, 2006

1000 – 1140 hrs Session IV A
Moderator- Mr. Nachiket Thakur -Deputy General Manager Design, Mahindra Composites
1000 – 1020 hrs Mr. Tushar Dani & Mr. Kiran Kulkarni - TATA Design Studio
1020 – 1040 hrs Mr. Unmesh Kulkarni – Senior Design Manager, Philips India
1040 – 1100 hrs Mr.Harshvardhan Gupta, Director & Chief Engineer, Neubauplan Machine Design Studios
1100 – 1120 hrs Mr. Pankaj Sapkal, CTO, Remote 3D
1120 – 1140 hrs Q&A

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1140 – 1200 hrs Tea/Coffee Break
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1200 – 1330 hrs Session IVB
Moderator- Professor Ravi Poovaiah - IDC, IIT, Bombay
1200 – 1220 hrs Mr. Amit Krishn Gulati - Design Consultant for Ishanya
1220 – 1240 hrs Mr. Mustafa Merchant - Design Manager, Pantaloons
1240 – 1300 hrs Mr. Mukund Athale - Director, Sarvasva Design Pvt. Ltd
1300 – 1320 hrs Mr. Chandrashekhar Badve - Director, Lokus Design
1320 – 1330 hrs Q&A

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1330 – 1430 hrs Lunch
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1430 – 1500 hrs Valedictory Address
Competition & Awards

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