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Asian Forum on Global Governance

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The Asian Forum on Global Governance is an annual workshop jointly organized by the ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius, and the Observer Research Foundation.

See the details on the Asian Forum on Global Governance website here. Sunil Abraham will participate in a panel discussion. Click below for:

This year's Asian Forum is scheduled to take place from November 10 - 19, 2013 in New Delhi, India. The nomination and application process commences from March 15 and the last date for submission of applications is June 1, 2013.

The Asian Forum on Global Governance will take a close look at the Asian region and at the challenges facing the global community. The primary objective of this forum is to provide an instructional and networking platform for young professional leaders to discuss, debate and challenge conventional interpretations of the existing complex realities confronting communities and leaders. The program provides a unique opportunity for them to confer with high-ranking figures from the political, business and academic communities from around the globe, and especially from Asia.

Though the emphasis is on Asia, there will be a fair mix of young leaders from Europe, Americas, Africa, Asia and Australia. The participants will be drawn from diverse sectors and streams of study. Each of these participants will, at the outset, be nominated by senior figures – Heads of Governments, Ministries and Government Departments, the CEO’s of major National and Multinational Companies, Heads of Universities and of Non-Profit Organizations – and thereafter carefully selected by an eminent jury of experts.

The participants will be between 28 and 35 years of age. They would have acquired significant professional experience and would already exhibit promise at work.

Agenda

Sunday, November 10, 2013

Arrival in New Delhi at Hotel Oberoi, Dr. Zakir Hussain Marg, New Delhi, 110003 (Ph. +91.11.24363030)

14.00

Arrival and Check-in at Hotel Oberoi/ Lunch

16.00
19.00

Optional Heritage Walk

Spend an Afternoon Exploring the Woods and the Fort of Rai Pithora

Long before the Mughals came to Delhi, the only territory which was inhabited was Qila Rai Pithora in what is now South Delhi. Excavations have found evidence of settlements at the site. The city had 13 gates, of which only some signs of three—Hauz Rani, Barka and Badaun-- have been found so far. The Badaun gate has been mentioned by the famous traveller Ibn Batuta and could have been the main entrance to the city. We will explore the ruins of the old fort built by Prithviraj Chauhan, climbing the crumbling ramparts and fort walls to get a panoramic view of the forest surroundings.

20.00

Dinner at Restaurant “The Rooftop”, Hotel Oberoi

Welcome Remarks
Sascha Suhrke, Program Director, Governance, ZEIT – Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius, Germany

Monday, November 11, 2013

Reimagining Sovereignty

09.00 09.10	Welcome Remarks Sunjoy Joshi, Director, Observer Research Foundation, India Manfred Lahnstein, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, ZEIT – Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius, Germany
09.20 09.30	Co-Chair Address C. Raja Mohan, Head, Strategic Studies, Observer Research Foundation Theo Sommer, Editor-at-Large, DIE ZEIT
09.30 09.50	Honorary Patron’s Address Shashi Tharoor, Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Government of India and Honorary Patron, Asian Forum on Global Governance
09.50 10.30	Breaking the Ice: Self Introduction by Participants
10.30 11.00	Tea/Coffee
11.00 11.30	Keynote Address: Gridlock: Why Global Cooperation is Failing When we need it Most David Held, Master, University College, Durham, UK
11.30 12.30	Plenary Discussion
12.30 13.00	Group Photograph
13.00 14.30	Lunch
14.30 16.30	Panel Discussion: A New Definition of Sovereignty Ashley Tellis, Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, USA Siddharth Varadarajan, Editor, The Hindu, India Shen Dingli, Vice Dean of the Institute of International Affairs, Fudan University, China Michael Schaefer, Chairman, BMW Stiftung, Germany
16.30 17.00	Tea/Coffee
18.30 19.00	Bus Transfer to Lodhi Estate
19.00 22.00	Cocktails and Dinner Hosted by Sunanda and Shashi Tharoor
22.00 22.30	Bus Transfer to Hotel Oberoi

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Technology, Security and Society

09.00 09.30	Plenary Address: Technology vs. Sovereignty Reka Szemerkenyi, Chief Foreign and Security Policy Adviser to the Prime Minister of Hungary (TBC)
09.30 10.30	Plenary Discussion
10.30 11.00	Tea/Coffee
11.00 13.00	Panel Discussion: Internet and the State: A New Area of Conflict Tripurari Sharan, Director General, Doordarshan, India Sunil Abraham, Executive Director, Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), India Katharine Sarikakis, Professor, Department of Communication, University of Vienna, Austria
13.00 14.30	Lunch
Working Groups
14.30 17.00	Technology, Security and Society a) Drones and Sovereignty b) Cyber Security and Privacy c) Democracy and New Media
17.00 17.30	Tea/Coffee
17.30 18.00	Rapporteur’s Report
19.30 20.00	Bus Transfer to Restaurant “China Kitchen”, Hyatt Regency
20.00 22.30	Dinner
22.30 23.00	Bus Transfer to Hotel Oberoi

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Economic Gridlock: From one Crisis to the Next

09.30 11.30	Panel Discussion: Elusive Global Financial Governance Steffen Kern, Chief Economist, European Security and Markets Authority, France John Hulsman, President, Hulsman Enterprises, Germany Manfred Lahnstein, Former Federal Minister of Finance, Germany Jwalant Nanavati, Co-Head, Corporate Finance, BNP Paribas, India
11.30 12.00	Tea/Coffee
Working Groups (shorter format)
12.30 13.00	Gridlocks in Rulemaking a) Is the UNSC still Relevant for Peace and Security? b) FTAs, Regional Blocs and Equity: Who will Represent the Voiceless in Trade? c) Oceans: Governing the New Arenas of Contest or Cooperation?
13.30 14.30	Lunch

Thursday, November 14, 2013

Demography and Governance

09.00 09.30	Plenary Address: Dreaming with a Billion Shashi Tharoor, Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Government of India and Honorary Patron, Asian Forum on Global Governance
09.30 10.30	Plenary Discussion
10.30 11.00	Tea/Coffee
11.00 11.30	Panel Discussion: Delivery of Public Goods Rakesh Basant, Professor, Indian Institute of Management Yogesh Jain, Founder and Secretary, Jan Swasthya Sahyog (People’s Health Support Group), India Glauco Arbix, President, Brazilian Agency for Innovation, Brazil Chhavi Rajawat, Sarpanch, Soda Village, India (TBC
13.00 13.15	Preparation for Site Visits (Collection of Packed lunch)
13.15 18.15	Site Visits
19.30 20.00	Bus Transfer to Restaurant “Indian Accent”
20.00 20.30	Dinner
22.30 23.00	Bus Transfer to Hotel Oberoi

Friday, November 15, 2013

10.00 10.45	Review of Site Visits by Participants
10.45 11.00	Wrap-Up Remarks by Chair
11.00 11.30	Tea/Coffee
Climate Change, Sustainable Development and the Crisis in Multilateralism
11.30 13.30	Panel Discussion: Climate Change and Sustainable Development: The Roadblocks to Consensus Aled Jones, Director, Global Sustainability Institute, Anglia Ruskin University, UK Lydia Powell, Senior Fellow, Observer Research Foundation, India Catherine MacKenzie, Lecturer in Law, University of Cambridge, UK
13.30 14.30	Lunch
14.30 17.30	Simulation Exercise
17.30 18.00	Debriefing Session
19.30 20.00	Transfer to “The Lodhi”
20.00 22.30	Dinner
22.30 23.00	Bus Transfer to Hotel Oberoi

Saturday, November 16, 2013

Agra Retreat (ITC Mughal, Taj Ganj, Agra, 282001; Ph: +91 562 4021700)

08.00 11.00	Bus Transfer to Agra (Breakfast Served on Bus)
11.00 12.00	Arrival and Check In at ITC Mughal
12.00 13.30	Lunch
Post Lunch Session
13.30 15.30	Panel Discussion: Religion and Democracy Tarek Fatah, Writer and Political Activist, Canada Charles Kupchan, Whitney Shepardson Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations, USA Ananya Vajpeyi, Ananya Vajpeyi, Associate Fellow, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, India (TBC)
15.30 16.00	Tea/Coffee
16.00 19.00	Preparation for Debating Day
20.00	An Indian Evening

Sunday, November 17, 2013

Agra retreat

08.30 10.30	Visit to Taj Mahal
10.30 12.30	Visit to Agra Fort
12.30 13.30	Lunch
13.30 16.30	Bus Transfer to Delhi
20.00 22.30	Dinner at “The Rooftop”, Oberoi Hotel

Monday, November 18, 2013

Debating Day

09.00 09.30	Directions for Debating Day
09.30 12.30	Working Groups (Preparation for Debating Clubs) Will Sovereignty Trump Globalism? Is Green Capitalism an Oxymoron? Is Asia Facing a Demographic Nightmare? Does Social Media Strengthen Democracy?
13.00 14.00	Lunch
14.00 16.00	Debating Sessions
16.00 16.30	Tea/Coffee
16.30 17.00	Results
19.30 20.00	Bus Transfer to “Olive Beach”, Mehrauli
20.00 22.30	Dinner
22.30 23.00	Bus Transfer to Hotel Oberoi

Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Valedictory Session

09.00 09.10	Opening Remarks by Organizers
09.10 09.30	Keynote Address: Riva Ganguly Das, Joint Secretary & Head, Public Diplomacy Division, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India
09.30 10.20	Valedictory Address
10.20 11.30	Plenary Discussion
11.30 12.30	Dean’s Address and Distribution of Certificates
12.30 13.30	Lunch
13.30 14.00	Closing Session
Departures Commence
20.00 22.30	Dinner at Chez Saran

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Departures conclude

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As Simple as a Tweet

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Got caught in traffic, need to let your folks know you’ll be late, Twitter to your rescue. This article by Nidhi R Daiya appeared in the Deccan Chronicle on May 24, 2011.

When you can you use the micro-blogging site, do you think celebrities would be left far behind?

With stars clearing the air on the site, be it the beautiful Shilpa Shetty denying the rumours about her pregnancy or the Kidnap actress Minisha Lamba claiming to be innocent, Twitter is many celebrities’ rescue route or way to stay in ‘direct’ touch with their fans.

The Nadunisi Naaygal actress Sameera Reddy might not be tech-savvy but sure connects to her fans when she finds the time. "I am not tech-savvy but whenever I have the time I make sure I tweet about my happening so my fans know about me."

Ask Sameera if she thinks this micro-blogging site is the ultimate platform to get in touch with her fans. "It’s the best way to be in touch with your fans directly," she says.

While some might use the site to stay in touch with their fans others use this powerful medium to clear the air. Soundtrack composer and singer Yuvan Shankar Raja denied the rumours about his and Gautham Menon’s tiff through his tweets.

"Not only can one get in touch with your fans directly but also get the opportunity to clear doubts about any rumours surrounding you. Earlier, media used to play the catalyst now it’s all direct and a lot easier," says Yuvan.

Well, if Dhanush can confirm on Twitter that the superstar is fine and Bipasha Basu can confirm her status, do you think other stars will be left behind?

Srinivasan, an active blogger, explains why some celebrities who have a blog prefer tweeting to writing pages full of stuff. "Having only 140 characters to convey your message — it’s short, sweet and personal. So obviously Twitter is a hit."

But he goes on to explain why blogs still have that personal touch to them.

"Twitter might be quick but elements like pictures cannot be shared in it, so those who are ardent followers will still follow celebrity blogs."

Sandeep Verma, a social media analyst, seconds the thought. "Those active bloggers have now turned to Twitter because it’s easy and direct. The reaction speed is fast and it’s a good medium. Stars like Shah Rukh Khan and Amitabh Bachchan too have stayed in touch with their fans and responded to tweets that have been misinterpreted. The fans may be left confused because reports may tell a different story but celebs tell a different story too," adds Sandeep.

However, Nishant Shah, director of Research, Centre for Internet and Society, says Twitter is another extension of the media itself, "Even though Twitter is on a public space and gives one 140 characters to emote, the information is grabbing attention. A tweet can be called as a body of many tweets as you can add links, tag or re-tweet."

What They Tweeted

Tweets about stars that have cleared the rumours or apologised publicly.

Dhanush tweeted "Guys superstar is absolutely fine! He is taking complete rest. After 35 years of hard work he deserves it too. Ve a good day. God bless!"
Amitabh tweeted: "When Graham Bell discovered the telephone, he found two missed calls from Rajinikanth."

Later Amitabh responded to the accusations that he was making fun of Rajini by tweeting "I was not criticizing Rajinikanth…actually it’s praising him...praising his status and greatness...and not making fun of him...he is a noble successful humble person."
Ranvir shorey to apologise on twitter for a comment posted by (@swathipradeep2) on-simple! since @ranvirshorey career is doomed, he is bootlicking barkha didi to use her influence & get him movies" (sic)."
Shilpa Shetty: 'I Am sick and tired of all the congratulatory messages and calls. For the last time I am saying, I am not pregnant, all this is so annoying.'
Bipasha Basu tweeted: "Hi all! Speculation is a part of r business! I knw d warmth n love tht I get frm u all!
Anurag Kashyup on the Dabangg controversy apologised saying 'Dost fati toh meri dawood se nahi jab black friday banai thi, na halaat se jab film release nahi hoti thi…maafi maangi kyonki galat news pe react kiya tha.. galti maanne main bhi nahi phati…tum log bas thodey badey ho jaao.'

Read the original published in the Deccan Chronicle here

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