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Habitat
Business Forum Launch
of "Habitat Business Forum" The first
day of the conference will witness the launch of the Habitat Business Forum. This
forum will provide a platform to debate Urban Challenges & Solutions and an
opportunity to present best practices and innovation for creating sustainable
and harmonious cities. 'Innovative
Cities' This first Habitat Business Forum will be
on the theme 'Innovative Cities'. In the present global financial downturn, and
the increasing environmental threats, where cities are hit by impoverishment and
insecurity, innovation is key to ensure a sustainable living for all. Investing
in innovation is essential to achieve an efficient, inclusive and low-carbon,
green and harmonious city. The private sector, as a key driver of innovation,
will show-case best practices and debate new solutions to housing, infrastructure,
energy, transport and ICT needs in cities. Presentations and
debates on business solutions and technologies to build sustainable cities will
be organized in five fora focusing on the following challenges: Challenge
1: Affordable Land and Housing Challenge 2: Water,
Sanitation and Waste Management for Healthy Urban Living Challenge
3: The Digital City Challenge 4: Green Technologies
for Cities Challenge 5: Disaster Prevention, Management
and Reconstruction
Key Features
of the Forum:
- Panel Discussion
A
platform where industry experts from across the globe will share insights, exchange
views and provide valuable inputs about best practices and latest in technology
and business models. - Company Showcase
Exclusive
presentations by companies related to the theme of any of the challenges. This
offers companies a unique opportunity to showcase their core competencies, project
and market themselves and highlight their achievements in the related domain.
Interested companies can send in their entries in the prescribed Company Show-case
Registration Form (Click
here to download) with a brief about what they want to showcase. The Habitat
Business Forum Steering Committee would select companies from the entries.
- B2B
Meetings
Structured, one-on-one, prefixed B2B meetings spread
over 2 days, between the participating companies. Interested companies can fill
up the B2B Registration Form (Click
here to download). - Business Opportunities
with International Organizations
International organizations
would showcase examples of projects undertaken by them in the private sector and
new opportunities created through recent Trust Funds in the domain of housing,
water & sanitation, energy etc. Benefits
to the Participants: - An
exclusive platform to meet and network with leaders in the business
- Share
insights and exchange views with pioneers and experts in identified areas
- Witness thought provoking presentations
and panel discussions national and international speakers
- Learn
from the company show-case sessions which will focus on best and innovative practices
undertaken by companies for best results
- Explore
business opportunities through exclusive and structured B2B meetings
- Unearth
the opportunity of a tie up/association with international organizations in the
session on "Business Opportunities with International Organizations"
- Derive publicity by being a sponsor
Target
Audience - Leaders from the business and industry
dealing with urbanization issues
- Policy experts, Government
officials
- Government Agencies, Urban Local Bodies &
Urban Managers
- Banks & Financial Institutions
- Consultants, City Planners & Architects
- Multilateral
& Bi-lateral Agencies
- Non Government Organizations
(NGOs)
- Research & Academia
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