| India Development Coalition of America (Website: www.idc-america.org, Email: info@idc-america.org, Phone: 630-303-9592 ) Inform, Inspire, Empower, Engage Invitation for Seventh International Conference
Dear IDCA Member or Friend, We are pleased to invite you and your family, friends to Seventh International Conference in Chicago from October 31-November 1 , 2009. Conference Theme: Finding Innovative Strategies to Alleviate Poverty and Mitigate Climate Change in India Venue: Illinois Institute of Technology, Rice Campus, Wheaton, IL 60187 Dates: October 31- ( 8 AM- 9 PM) November 1 , 2009 ( 9 AM- 3 PM)
Program Schedule October 31--Schedule 9:00 Welcome by : Dr. Prakasam Tata, IDCA President 9:10 AM Inaugural Address by: Mr. Sam Pitroda, Advisor, Prime Minister of India 9:30 AM---Plenary 1 Ms. Neha Misra, The Energy Resources Institute, New Delhi (www.terina.org ) 11:00 AM --Plenary 2 Dr. Nilima Sabharwal, Founder Home of Hope, INc. San Jose, CA (www.hohinc.org) Professor R. Rajagopal, University of Iowa, Iowa, Director, India Study Program Dr. Bharat Mathur, Acting Regional Administrator, US EPA, Chicago
1;00 PM Lunch 2 PM---Education: Mr. Satish Jha, Director, India, One Laptop per Child Project, DC 2 PM----Water: Dr. Ann Feldman, president, Artistic circles, Evanston, IL-- Making of a documentary on Water Pressures in India Mr. Ravi Sewak, Safe Water Network, Country Manager, India Ram Krishnan, Akash Ganga Trust, MN 4 PM --Healthcare: Shelly Batra, MD,President, Operation ASHA (www.opasha.org) and Sandeep Ahuja, CEO, New Delhi Mr. Sadashiv Datar, Holistic Healthcare Center, and Aruna Chetna, Bangalore, India 4 PM Special--Session--Students from University of Iowa Alexandra B Keenan Biomedical engineering, biochemistry, and international health Sharon Benzoni Director, Iowa City Foreign Relations Council, Radio-broadcaster
Jamie Sanchagrin International Marketing, India Volunteer Program
Roberto Paniagua President of Hispanic Students Association, Business major
Bethany Patten President of Development Forum, Business and Econ major
Cory Petersen India Program Coordinator Dr. Roopa Gir, SEED 6 PM --Plenary 3 Mr. Dale Asis, Executive Director, Global Coalition for Humantarian Efforts, Chicago Ray Mehra, IUCEE, Naperville, IL B. L. Gupta, Vice president, Sewa International, Bloomington, IL Sunday November 1, 2009 9 AM Climate Change: Dr. Hari Lamba, IDCA Solar Light Project, Project Director Sweta Gandhi and Daniel Kim, Students of IIT Chicago 9 AM Livelihoods: Mr. Sandeep Khanwalkar, MP Rural Livelihoods Project Mr. Bhalchander Vishwanath, Founder and CEO, United Prosperity, Fremont, CA (www.unitedprosperity.org) Neel Mansukhani, Chinmaya Organization for Rural Development, Himachal Pradesh 11 AM Plenary 4--- Concluding Session--Porus Dadabhoy and Session Chairs 1 PM Lunch 2:30 General Body Meeting--P. Tata and D. Thatte 4:00 PM Close Click below to learn About Speakers: http://idcoa.cloverpad.org/Content/Documents/Document.ashx?DocId=79316
IDCA aims to inform, inspire, and involve NRIs/PIOs and others to Alleviate Poverty and Mitigate Climate Change in India by promoting networking, collaboration, learning, giving, and volunteering. It began its Mission in 2003 informally and since then has organized many activities in US and India. Please visit our website for more information. We will very much appreciate your suggestions to make this conference successful. For more information call: Praksam Tata: 630-848-1933. Porus Dadabhoy; 630-960-2425, Dileep Thatte: 630-418-4832, Tim Somers: 630-235-7617 Please forward this email to your contacts in the Chicago area and elsewhere in the US and encourage them to register by Sunday, and help us make this a very successful conference. We look forward to hearing from you soon. With warm regards, Sincerely, Mohan L. Jain, Ph.D.
Trustee and Founder President,
India Development Coalition of America
www.idc-america.org "Working Together to Accelerate Sustainable Development in India"
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