Schedule Schedule for Bengaluru 2040 February 21, 2025
Welcome Address
KV Subramanya, Executive Editor, Deccan Herald
Keynote Address
Chetan Maini, Co-founder & Chairman, Sun Mobility
Fast Forward to 2040
Siddaramaiah, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Karnataka
Redefining work and workplaces in the AI era
Manish Sabharwal, Vice Chairman TeamLease Services | Sharath Kumar Bachegowda, Chairman, Keonics and MLA, Hosakote | Aparna C, CHRO, Torry Harris Integration Solutions
Mental wellness for a future-ready metro
Dinesh Gundu Rao, Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Govt of Karnataka | Varundeep Sachi, Leadership Coach | Dr Tristha Ramamurthy, Vice President of CMR Group | Dr H S Aditya, Medical Director, Manasa Neuropsychiatric Hospital | Dr Nirmala Srinivasan, founder, Families Alliance on Mental Illness
Building Bengaluru: Governance, Urban Planning and the Role of Real Estate Developers
NA Haris, Chairman, BDA and MLA, Shantinagar | Abhishek Kapoor, Group CEO, Puravankara | Mallanna Sasalu, CEO, Provident Housing | Anjali Mohan, Urban Planner
How Bengaluru can retain its supremacy as start-up capital
Priyank Kharge, Minister of IT and Biotechnology, Govt of Karnataka | Zerin Rahiman, Co-founder, IndigoEdge | Ankit Nagori, Founder, Curefoods | Balakrishna Adiga, Senior Advisor, Prachetas Capital
Cleaning up Bengaluru for the future
Dr CN Ashwath Narayan, former Deputy Chief Minister, Karnataka and MLA, Malleshwaram | Preeti Gehlot, Special Commissioner, BBMP | Nalini Shekar, Co- founder, Hasiru Dala | Sudhira HS, Director, Gubbi Labs (Moderator)
Walking towards green mobility
Tushar Girinath, Chief Commissioner, BBMP | Arun Pai, Founder, BangaloreWALKS | Nithya Ramesh, director, Jana Urban Space Foundation
How many airports does Bengaluru need?
Khushboo Goel Chowdhary, Managing Director, KSIIDC | MG Balakrishna, President, FKCCI | Captain GR Gopinath, Aviation Pioneer | Vivek Menon, Civic Activist & Serial Entrepreneur | Gautham Machaiah, Senior Journalist (Moderator)
Musical Performance
Chakrafonics Trio : A Sonic Journey Through Cultures
Tackling cybercrime in India’s silicon valley
MA Saleem, DGP, CID, Karnataka | NA Vijay Shankar, Founder Chairman, Digital Society Foundation | Kapil Gupta, Vice President, Fortinet
Presentation By EuroSchool Students
The teen dream: Bengaluru in 2040
What Bengaluru can do to reclaim its concert scene
Rizwan Arshad, MLA, Shivajinagar | MD Pallavi, Singer and Actor | Bruce Lee Mani, Singer, Thermal and a Quarter |Oum Pradutt, Founder & MD, Phase1 Events & Entertainment
Supercharging Arts & Entertainment in Bengaluru
Fireside Chat with Ramya, Actor and Producer, former Member of Parliament
Closing Remarks
SR Ramakrishna, Associate Editor, Deccan Herald