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9:00 - 9:30 |
Registration and Coffee |
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9:30 – 9:35 |
Introduction by Ms.
Robyn McGuckin, Regional Coordinator &
Program Manager, SARI/Energy, USAID, New
Delhi |
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9:35 –
9:45 |
Opening remarks by
Mr. Gene V. George, Mission Director, USAID,
Dhaka |
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9:45 - 10:05 |
Keynote on U.S. foreign
policy in South Asia, by Ms. Judith A. Chammas,
Chargé d’Affaires , U.S. Embassy,
Dhaka |
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10:05 –10:25 |
Welcome remarks by Special Guest: Mr. Mahmudur
Rahman, Advisor, Ministry of Power, Energy
and Mineral Resources and Chairman, Board
of Investment, Bangladesh. |
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10:25 –
10:40 |
Panel discussion on
“Update on Progress of Regional Energy
Security Initiatives, including SAARC, by
South Asia SARI/Energy representatives Moderated
by Prof. Priyantha Wijayatunga, Director
General, Public Utilities Commission of
Sri Lanka |
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Dr.
Abul Barkat, Prof. of Economics, University
Of Dhaka, Bangladesh |
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Mr.
Karma Tshewang, SARI/Energy Coordinator,
Department of Energy, Ministry of
Trade & Industry, Bhutan |
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Mr.
T.L.Sankar, Advisor – Energy
Group, Administrative Staff College
of India, India
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Dr.
Govind Raj Bhatta, Chairman, Electricity
Tariff Fixation Commission, HMG/N,
Nepal |
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Mr.
Hilal A.Raza, General , Director/Chief
Executive Officer, Hydrocarbon Development
Institute of Pakistan |
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10:40 –
11:10 |
Tea and networking, Ball Room
Foyer |
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11:10–
11:40 |
USAID South Asia Perspectives
– Roundtable Discussion Moderated
by Mr. Gene V. George, Mission Director,
USAID, Dhaka |
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Mr.
Don Clark, Mission Director, USAID,
Nepal |
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Mr.
John Smith-Sreen, Deputy Director,
Office of Environment, Energy and
Enterprise, USAID, India |
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Mr.
Richard Edwards, Director, Office
of Economic Growth, USAID, Sri Lanka |
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Ms.
Mary Ann Callahan, Afghanistan Reconstruction
Program, Kabul, Afghanistan |
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Program
Review and Program Planning –
FY-05 activities and FY-06 major initiatives |
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11:40 –
12:15 |
Highlights
of SARI/Energy Accomplishments, re-direction
of the program and future plans, Ms. Robyn
McGuckin, Regional Coordinator & Program
Manager, SARI/Energy, USAID, New Delhi
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12:15 –
12:40 |
Presentation on SARI/Energy
Technical Assistance and Training programs
by Mr. Richard Smith, Chief of Party, Nexant
Inc.
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12:40 –
1:05 |
Presentation on South
Asia Regional Energy Partnerships Program
(SAREPP) by Mr. John Hammond, Program Manager,
United States Energy Association (USEA)
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1:05 –
1:15 |
Group Photograph |
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1:15 - 2:15 |
Lunch Ball Room II |
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2:15 –
2:40 |
Presentation on Renewable
Energy by Dr. David Rene, Team Leader, Resource
Assessment, U.S. National Renewable Energy
Laboratory (NREL)
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2:40 –
3:05 |
Presentation on SARI/Energy
Small Grants Program by Ms. Wendy Aulakh,
Managing Director, Clean Energy Group, Winrock
International
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3:05 –
3:30 |
Presentation on South Asia Regional Energy
Coalition (SAREC) activities by Mr. Aram Zamgochian,
Project Director, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
and members of SAREC Board of Directors
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Regional
Energy Security through Cross Border
Cooperation |
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Moderated by Mr.
T.N. Thakur, Chairman and Managing Director,
Power Trading Corporation of India |
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3:30
– 3:55 |
Presentation on South
Asia Regional Energy Cooperation by Mr.
Md. Mosharraf Hossain, Member, Bangladesh
Energy Regulatory Commission
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3:55 – 4:15 |
Tea and networking, Ball Room Foyer |
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4:15
– 4:40 |
Presentation on South
Asia Association for Regional Cooporation
(SAARC) Energy Center by Mr. Hilal A.Raza,
General Director/Chief Executive Officer,
Hydrocarbon Development Institute of Pakistan
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4:40
– 5:05 |
Presentation on TALA
project and future partnership for hydropower
development by Mr. Karma Tshewang, SARI/Energy
Coordinator, Department of Energy, Ministry
of Trade and Industry, Bhutan
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5:05
– 5:30 |
Presentation on Regional Energy Transmission
Grid by Mr. A.N.M Rizwan, Managing Director,
Power Grid Company of Bangladesh
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5:30
– 5:40 |
Wrap of day’s discussions, Ms. Robyn
McGuckin, Regional Coordinator & Program
Manager, SARI/Energy, USAID, New Delhi |
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6:30
– 9:00 |
Reception by Nexant Inc / U.S. Chamber of
Commerce
Ball Room II
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