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India Business Conference 2009 - Columbia Business School
 Conference Schedule
Time Breakout 1 (Lerner Auditorium) Breakout 2 (Lerner Cinema)
  8:00 - 8:30   Registration    
  8:30 - 8:35   Introduction by Conference Co-Chairs    
  8:35 - 8:50   Opening Address by Prof. Sreenath Sreenivasan    
  8:50 - 9:35   Keynote Address by Frank Wisner    
  9:35 - 10:20   Panel - India - US Economic Synergy: A Two Way Street    
  10:20 - 10:35   Coffee Break   Coffee Break
  10:35 - 11:50   Panel - From Start to Finish: Lessons from Entrepreneurial India   Panel - Ethics: Climbing Up the Value Chain
  11:50 - 1:05   Lunch and Keynote Address by Parag Saxena    
  1:05 - 1:50   Keynote Address by Prof. Joseph Stiglitz    
  1:50 - 2:05   Coffee Break   Coffee Break
  2:05 - 3:20   Panel - Media: Why the Slumdog Matters   Panel - Opportunities in the Pharmaceuticals Space
  3:20 - 3:45   Coffee/Dessert Break   Coffee/Dessert Break
  3:45 - 5:00   Panels - Indian Capital Markets: Delivering through De-levering   Panel - New Social Enterprise: Engines of Growth in Uncertain Times
  5:00 - 5:10   Break   Break
  5:10 - 5:55   Keynote Address by Gururaj Deshpande    
  5:55 - 6:00   Closing Remarks    
  6:30 - 8:30   Networking Reception at Havana Central, 2911 Broadway    
     

 

Friday, April 10th 2009
Alfred Lerner Hall, Columbia University
2960 Broadway, New York, NY 10027
  

  Keynote Speakers
Sreenath Sreenivasan
Prof. and Dean of Student Affairs, Columbia Graduate School of Journalism
Joseph Stiglitz
Nobel Laureate and Columbia University Professor
Gururaj Deshpande
Co-founder & Chairman, Sycamore Networks
Parag Saxena
Founding General Partner & CEO, NSR Growth Capital
Frank G. Wisner
Ambassador to India: 1994-97, International Affairs Advisor, Patton Boggs LLP