About 21^st ICSME

21st ICSME 2017 themed around “Achieving inclusive and sustainable industrialization by promoting SMEs” aims to promote SME development initiatives and integrating it with the 2030 agenda of achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set by the United Nations.

ICSME 2017 will feature informative plenaries and parallel sessions, in-depth discussions on crucial topics pertaining to improving SMEs’ contribution towards the sustainable development of the country. Also, there will be concurrent exhibitions running alongside the conference.

Day 1:Thursday, 30^th November, 2017

Time	Session
09:30am-10:30am	Registration
10:30am-11:00am	Seating for the Inaugural
11:00am- 12:30pm	Session I: Inaugural Achieving inclusive and sustainable industrialization by promoting SMEs – Small Business, Global Impact Chief Guest: Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu, Hon’ble Vice President, Republic of India; Guest of Honour: Shri Giriraj Singh, MoS, Ministry of MSMEs, Govt. of India; Guest of Honour: Shri Suresh P. Prabhu, Minister, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Govt. of India; Guest of Honour: HE Mr. Soomilduth Bholah, Minister, Ministry of Business, Enterprises, and Co-operatives, Govt. of Mauritius; Guest of Honour: HE Mr. Amir Hossain Amu, Minister, Ministry of Industry, Govt. of Bangladesh; Mr. B.U. Girei, President, WASME; Mr. Dumisani J Msibi, VP WASME & Group MD, FINCORP Swaziland; Ms. Meenakshi Batra, CEO, Charities Aid Foundation India Mr. G.P. Agarwal, Secretary General, WASME;
12:30pm-02:00pm	Session II: Green Finance for SMEs: Sustainable Financial Development Sustainable financial development, innovations and start-up banking,sustainable development criteria in national financing strategies,transparency and accountability of financing at global, regional, and national levels, global governance, and digital finance for sustainabledevelopment. Chief Guest: Mr. Shiv Pratap Shukla, Minister of State, Ministry of Finance Keynote: Dr. J.D. Agarwal, Chairman, Indian Institute of Finance; Moderator: Mr. Dumisani J Msibi, Vice President WASME & Group MD, FINCORP Swaziland; Speaker Mr. Dumisani J Msibi, Vice President WASME & Group MD, FINCORP Swaziland; Mr. S.P. Singh, General Manager, SIDBI; Mr. Tushar Pandey, Independent Expert; ( designation) Dr. L C Sharma, Executive Director, IIRD, Shimla ( Logistic check)
02:00pm-03:00pm	Lunch
03:00pm-05:00pm	Session III: Role of SMEs in Sustainable Development SMEs and sustainable development, innovative leadership, global competitiveness and policy framework, strengthening participation of women, entrepreneurial development, CSR and SMEs, and innovation in skill development. Keynote: Mr. Kamal Singh, Exec. Director, UN Global Compact India Moderator: Mr. Kamal Singh, Exec. Director, UN Global Compact India; Speaker Mr. Avijeet Kumar, COO, Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) India, Amb. Prof. Dr. KC Jankee, Hon’ble Ambassador, Embassy of Mauritius in Germany; Ms. Nishtha Satyam, Head – Strategic Partnerships, UN Women India; Dr. Tamal Sarkar, Executive Director, Foundation for MSME Clusters;
05:30pm-06:00pm	Tea & Networking Break
06:30pm-8:00pm	WASME SME Excellence Awards Welcome of Chief Guest by: Mr. B.U. Girei, President, WASME; Welcome Address by S M Zillur Rahman, VP, WASME & Chairman & CEO, Rahman Group, Bangladesh, Chief Guest: Shri Giriraj Singh, Ministry of MSME, Govt. of India; Address by Mr. Vikas Ghambir, Director – Grant Thornton India LLP Vote of Thanks: Mr. H K Gupta, Head Organising Committee ICSME, WASME
08:00pm-onwards	Cocktail followed by Dinner

Day 2: Friday, 1^st December, 2017

09:30am-10:00am	Registration
10:00am-11:15am	Parallel Session A1: Integration of SMEs in Global Value Chain(GVC) – Challenges and opportunities SMEs and global value chain, building trade and investment capacity,strengthening SME-FDI linkages, supporting research and innovation in SMEs, knowledge transfer, industry clusters, entrepreneurship in regional economies Opening Remarks: HE Mr. Amir Hossain Amu, Minister, Ministry of Industry, Govt. of Bangladesh; Moderator: Dr H Purushotham, Chairman and MD, NRDC; Speaker Mr. Naresh Shrestha, Executive Member, Nepal Chamber of Commerce (NCC); Nepal Ms. Soo Hyun Kim, Associate Economic Officer, TID, UNESCAP; Dr H Purushotham, Chairman and MD, NRDC, India Mr. Anish Jain, Founder, Gram Unnati, India Ms Kalpana Sinha, Academician , India Parallel Session A2: Adoption of Green Industrial policies, technologies and industrial processes among SMEs
10:00am-11:15am	Parallel Session A2: Adoption of Green Industrial policies, technologies and industrial processes among SMEs Promoting domestic technology development, green technology and SMEs, financing energy efficiency in SMEs, innovation and incubation, sustainable industrial policies and eco-friendly SMEs, and sustainable‘Green Revolution’ Opening Remarks: HE Mr. Soomilduth Bholah, Minister, Ministry of Business, Enterprises, and Co-operatives, Govt. of Mauritius; Moderator: Mr. George C. Varughese, President, Development Alternatives Group; Speakers Dr. Milind Deore, Director, Bureau of Energy Efficiency; Mr. George C. Varughese, President, Development Alternatives Group; Dr. Sanjay Singh, Adviser, TIFAC; Dr. Ramanand Shukla, Director ZED, Quality Council of India Prof. Kusumlata, Centre for Urban Studies, IIPA, India
11:45am-11:45am	Networking Tea
11:45am-01:00pm	Parallel Session B1: Trade, Market Access and Sustainable Development among SMEs Integrating sustainable development into trade policy, mobilizing funds,e-trade and investment facilitation, e-business for SMEs, and emerging markets Keynote: Mr. Safiqul Islam, MD SME Foundation, Bangladesh Moderator: Amb. Prof. Dr. KC Jankee, Hon’ble Ambassador, Embassy of Mauritius in Germany; Speaker: Mr. Nitya Nanda, Fellow, TERI Mr. Safiqul Islam, MD SME Foundation, Bangladesh Mr. Hubert Etienne Christian Massoni, Research Economist, UNESCAP; Parallel Session B2: Access to information and communications technology
11:45am-01:00pm	Parallel Session B2: Access to information and communications technology ICT for sustainable development of SMEs, national policy, digital economies, e-readiness, cyber-security, ICT as a tool for innovative leadership Keynote: TBD Moderator: Ms. Radhika Ralhan, Adviser, Charities Aid Foundation India; Speaker: Ms. Kinkini Roychoudhary, Global Programs – Asia Lead, Accenture Development Partnerships; Mr. Saurabh Verma, Co-Founder & Director, Synergie Ms. Anjori Pasricha, R&D Consultant, Social Corp.
01:30pm-02:00pm	Lunch
02:pm-03:15pm	Parallel Session C1: Accreditation, international Standards and Sustainability Reporting Global accreditation, standards for growth, sustainability reporting for competitive advantage, IPR in SMEs, WTO agreements, standards and conformity, and IFRS for SMEs Keynote: Dr. Indrajit Bhattacharya, Director NABET, Quality Council of India Moderator: Dr. Indrajit Bhattacharya, Director NABET, Quality Council of India Speaker: Mr. Ashish Gupta, Partner, Grant Thornton; Mr. Rajib Debnath, Independent Expert; Ms. Rubina Sen, Coordinator- South Asia, Global Reporting Initiative;
02:pm-03:15pm	Parallel Session C2: Smart Infrastructure for Sustainable Development of SMEs Industry 4.0, green buildings, smart infrastructure, transport infrastructure and sustainability, renewable energy infrastructure, and smart villages Keynote and Moderator: Mr. Jitesh Khosla, Fmr. Chief Secretary, Govt.of Assam; Prof. Amitabh Kundu, Professor of Economics; Ms. Subhashree Sarkar, CSR Head, Luminous Dr Jitendar Sharma, CEO, AMTZ
03:15pm-04:30pm	Enabling Sustainability through Inspirational Leadership in SMEs
04:30pm-05:30pm	Closing and Vote of Thanks followed by Tea