With the support of Indian and German partners such as Asia-Pacific Forum Berlin e.V, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB), and The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) the conference will bring together government representatives, industry leaders, and leading companies from both sides on a common platform to exchange, understand, deliberate and collaborate on ideas and technologies to modernise Indian cities.
Hon’ble Minister, Dr. Barbara Hendricks,
Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety
Hon'ble Minister, Mr. M. Venkaiah Naidu,
Urban Development, Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation, Parliamentary Affairs, Government of India
Mr. Roland Busch,
Member of the Managing Board of Siemens AG
The panel discussions and sessions are designed to inspire and share constructive solutions for sustainable urban development in India. At the third Inter-Governmental Consultations (IGC) held in New Delhi in October 2015, the Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi and the German Federal Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel agreed to steer the Strategic Partnership between India and Germany into a new phase by building on their growing convergence on foreign and security issues and on the complementarities between the two economies. The leaders welcomed the recent convening of the Joint Working Group on Sustainable Urban Development that would serve as a forum to help identify three cities for bilateral collaboration. Among the priority areas identified by the Prime Minister for close collaboration with Germany are those relating to renewable energy, water management, urban waste management and energy efficiency. The intensification of high-level engagement would provide new opportunities for German companies in the urban development sector offered by India's initiative on 100 Smart Cities.
