Closed-door discussions at the Global Technology Summit 2022
1. Track 1.5 Dialogue on the Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies (iCET) between
India and the United States
Time: 3:00-5:30 pm
Date: November 28, 2022
Location: Aravalli Room, The Oberoi, New Delhi
2. Aligning Principles for Cross-border Payment Systems: India’s Road to G20
Time: 8:00 am – 9:30 am
Date: November 29, 2022
Location: Aravalli Room, The Oberoi, New Delhi
The current geopolitical climate has shown the importance of a country having a strong, independent,
and sovereign real-time digital payment systems. In addition to being the driver of financial inclusion, the
strength and efficacy of these real-time payment systems will also determine their interoperability with
other payment systems.
• What are some of the high-level principles or best practices that should be followed while
building these payment systems?
• How can these principles or practices promote or facilitate interoperability between different
payment systems?
• What role can India play in helping other countries develop their own payment systems?
3. Semiconductors: The Connecting Corridor Between Policy and Investments
Time: 7:30 pm – 9 pm
Date: November 29, 2022
Location: Aravalli Room, The Oberoi, New Delhi
A pressing shortage of semiconductors has led to a global chorus of calls for countries to become self-
reliant in the semiconductor ecosystem. India itself released a comprehensive set of policies to attract
investment in its semiconductor sector December 2021, being one of the first countries to do so. These
policies focused on the chip fabrication segment, the chip design sector, ATMP operations, and workforce
training. By all accounts, the various policies introduced are pragmatic and realistic, as the incentives
offered under them reflect the desire to shore up capabilities not only in cutting-edge nodes, but also
trailing-edge nodes.
However, almost one year on, there is a general perception that even with the semiconductor policy hitting
all the right notes, there is scope for further investment into the semiconductor ecosystem. This is despite
the announcement of a major and significant investment by a transnational joint venture. Accordingly, it is
critical to ask whether there are other factors at play here, which are extraneous to the semiconductor
policy itself? What are the views of leading semiconductor manufacturing and design firms when it comes
to investing in India? What do they consider as the roadblocks to further investment in India?
Lastly, what do the representatives of key government agencies in India feel about these roadblocks? Can
they be resolved to the satisfaction of all stakeholders? What do global independent think-tank experts feel
about the feasibility of implementing the solutions proposed, if any? What in their view was the experience
of other countries that have had success in incubating a robust semiconductor ecosystem?
4. Central Bank Digital Currencies: The Future of Global Financial System
Time: 8:00 am – 9:30 am
Date: November 30, 2022
Location: Aravalli Room, The Oberoi, New Delhi
Digitalisation of currency may be one of the most consequential developments in the evolution of
money. When it comes to central bank digital currencies (CBDC), the past couple of years have seen
rapid developments, from mature pilots (for e.g., PBoC and Sveriges Riksbank) to live rollouts (for e.g.,
Nigerian and Bahamian central banks). Collaborative cross-border CBDC experiments like Project
Dunbar and mCBDC Bridge have produced key results. India too has announced the launch of a "digital
rupee" by 2023. Interoperability of CBDCs, both domestic and cross-border, security and consumer focus
will however be key for successful adoption, promoting innovation, and preventing fragmentation.
Against this background:
• What does domestic and international interoperability mean in the context of CBDCs and other
forms of digital payments and currencies?
• How can this best be achieved without replicating the inefficiencies of existing systems?
• What role can India play to advance the developments and discussions in this space as it takes
over the presidency of G20 where efficient, affordable, and accessible cross border payments are
a priority?
5. Principles for Digital Health Architectures: India’s Road to G20
Time: 6:30-8:00 pm
Date: November 30, 2022
Location: Aravalli Room, The Oberoi, New Delhi
Global investment and development in digital health architectures have escalated, particularly since the
COVID-19-caused pandemic, in order to address current and potential future public health emergencies.
For instance, India started the Ayushman Bharat Digital Health Mission (ABDM) to digitize the delivery
of healthcare services. Stakeholders in the global healthcare ecosystem are consistently working towards
developing digital healthcare tools and solutions that deliver healthcare in a user-friendly, affordable,
reliable, and accessible way. This discussion will seek to explore:
• How are nations leveraging technology to reimagine healthcare delivery in order to reach even the
remotest person, particularly in the wake of coronavirus-caused emergencies?
• What high-level principles, best practices, or flagship solutions can nations adopt as they build
their nation-specific digital health architectures?
• As India assumes the G20 presidency, what role can India play to foster progress in the digital
health space?
6. Safeguarding Modern Science and Biotechnology Innovation: India’s Road to G20
Time: 8:00 am – 10:00 am
Date: December 1, 2022
Bioscience and biotechnology advances hold incredible promise for fighting disease, protecting the
environment, and promoting economic development. However, these innovations also contribute to the
risk of accidental misuse or deliberate abuse with potentially catastrophic consequences. Governments
are key to safeguarding the life sciences by providing oversight, but they have struggled to keep pace with
rapid technology advances. The scientific community and the private sector have endeavored to be
responsible stewards of the tools of bioscience and biotechnology, so they are not exploited by nefarious
actors, but critical biosecurity gaps remain. Furthermore, with rapid advances in biology and associated
democratization, changes in the bio risk landscape seem to be outpacing current risk reduction
approaches. As documented by the Global Health Security Index, 94% of countries have no national level
oversight of dual-use bioscience research. Additionally, there is no existing international entity that has
dedicated its primary mission to reducing biotechnology-related risks by upholding biosecurity norms
and strengthening best practices for life science research oversight. With India taking the G20 presidency
later this year, this meeting seeks to discuss the current state of biosecurity governance intended to
safeguard biotechnology advancements across G20 countries and hopes to answer the following:
• Biotechnology is increasingly used by scientists and researchers around the world to develop
diagnostics, vaccines, and other medical countermeasures—including in response to the
coronavirus pandemic. Considering this, what is the value of bioscience and biotechnology
governance in building robust and secure public health systems within G20 countries?
• What are the most effective approaches for reducing emerging biological risks associated with
advances in technology? Do we need stronger norms? Practical tools and approaches?
Considering that there are multiple stakeholders are involved throughout the bioscience and
biotechnology research and development life cycle, how should they be involved in informing the
future of biosecurity governance and oversight?
• Although the coronavirus pandemic encouraged countries to review their national biosecurity
systems, the issues encompassed by biosecurity with respect to plant, animal, or human health
are traditionally handled by different ministries or departments with each drafting its own
regulatory framework. Can G20 countries create a new engagement group that brainstorms ideas
to bring together experts from different sectors to propose a holistic biosecurity approach that
addresses the risks across the three sectors?
7. Principles and Best Practices for Privacy in Digital Architectures
Time: 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Date: December 1, 2022
Location: Aravalli Room, The Oberoi, New Delhi
Governments increasingly seek to utilise recent technological developments to deliver basic public services
and facilitate administrative processes. The ambition to do so has accelerated after the experience of
delivering many such interventions during the Covid-19 pandemic. As countries around the world work
towards developing their domestic digital architectures to provide their citizens with services such as legal
identities, access to financial systems and welfare programs, and healthcare, a common concern of
protecting the personal information of the individual remains. India, for example, is developing a variety
of digital public architectures like Aadhar, the Unified Payments Interface, and the Unified Health
Interface. At the same time, it has not yet put in place a data privacy framework, though plans to do so are
afoot. In this context, this discussion will seek to explore:
• Are there any commonly agreed upon high-level principles or best practices for ensuring privacy
of the individual when they make use of digital architectures?
• What are some of the approaches taken or technical solutions that have been developed around the
globe to enhance privacy and data protection in digital architectures?
• As India takes presidency of the G20, what role can it play in standard setting for privacy in digital
architectures?
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The 7th annual Global Technology Summit (GTS) 2022 will be held from 29
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be Geopolitics of Technology. GTS 2022 will be organised in a hybrid
format. The public sessions, spread over three days, will focus on three
specific sub-themes and will be organised as a combination of high-impact
Ministerial addresses (from India and abroad), panels, keynote addresses
and conversations.
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semiconductor supply chain, cross border payment systems, standard
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The Geopolitics of Technology
November 29 to December 1, 2022
Draft Agenda
*All timings are to be confirmed
Day 1: November 29, 2022
Sub-theme: India’s Digital Way: The Road to G20
08:00-09:30 Closed-door Discussion: Aligning Principles for Cross-border Payment Systems:
India’s Road to G20
The current geopolitical climate has shown the importance of a country having a strong, independent,
and sovereign real-time digital payment systems. In addition to being the driver of financial inclusion, the
strength and efficacy of these real-time payment systems will also determine their interoperability with
other payment systems.
• What are some of the high-level principles or best practices that should be followed while
building these payment systems?
• How can these principles or practices promote or facilitate interoperability between different
payment systems?
• What role can India play in helping other countries develop their own payment systems?
09:45-10:00 Welcome Remarks
Speaker: Rudra Chaudhuri, Director, Carnegie India
10:00-10:10 Inaugural Address
Speaker: S. Jaishankar, External Affairs Minister of India
10:10-10:45 Inaugural Conversation: ‘Geo-digital’ and its Effects
Speakers: S. Jaishankar, External Affairs Minister of India
Moderator: C. Raja Mohan, Senior Fellow, Asia Society Policy Institute
10:45-11:00 Keynote
Speaker: Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology and
Skill Development and Entrepreneurship of India (TBC)
11:00-11:15 In Conversation with
Speaker: Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology and
Skill Development and Entrepreneurship of India (TBC)
Moderator: Rudra Chaudhuri, Director, Carnegie India
11:15-11:20 Video Message
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Speaker: Melinda French Gates, Co-chair and Trustee, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
11:20-11:30 Ministerial Address
Speaker: Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Federal
Republic of Nigeria
11:30-11:40 Keynote
Speaker: Amitabh Kant, India’s G20 Sherpa
11:40-12:10 Conversation: India’s Digital Way: The Road to G20 and Beyond
Speakers: Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Federal
Republic of Nigeria
Sunil Mittal, Founder & Chairman, Bharti Enterprises (TBC)
Amitabh Kant, India’s G20 Sherpa
Nivruti Rai, Country Head, Intel India & Vice President, Intel Foundry Services, Intel
Corporation
Moderator: Sachin Chaturvedi, Director General, Research and Information System for Developing
Countries (TBC)
12:10-12:20 Video Message
Speaker: Nandan Nilekani, Non-executive Chairperson, Infosys
12:20-13:15 Panel: Digital Identities: Foundational Architectures for a Digital Society
The Road to G20
Most countries are slowly developing digital identity solutions to provide access to basic public services
and facilitate administrative processes. In addition to building national identity systems, both government
and industry players across the world are gearing toward developing open-source ID solutions to
accelerate digital ID implementation to ensure people have access to valid credentials and public
services. Despite the expected benefits of using digital IDs for inclusive development, certain concerns
around data privacy and safety still exist.
• Since most digital identity solutions rely on biometric authentication, what legal standards can be
implemented to create trustworthy digital infrastructures?
• What shared standards and practices can be developed globally to ensure cross-border
acceptability of digital identities which can in turn facilitate trade and promote regional or
global integration?
Speakers: Saurabh Garg, Chief Executive Officer, Unique Identification Authority of India
Vyjayanti T Desai, Practice Manager, Identification for Development & Digitizing
Government to Persons Payment, The World Bank
Assane Gueye, Assistant Teaching Professor, Carnegie Mellon University Africa & Co-
Director, Cylab-Africa
Carsten Maple, Turing Fellow, The Alan Turing Institute
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Dushni Weerakoon, Executive Director, Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka
Moderator: CV Madhukar, Chief Executive Officer, Co-Develop
13:15-14:00 Lunch
14:00-14:10 Ministerial Address
Speaker: Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs of India (TBC)
14:10-15:05 Panel: A Connected World: Aligning Principles for Cross-border Payments
The Road to G20
Several inclusive real-time payment system models have been developed around the world, such as
India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI), Singapore’s PayNow, Brazil’s Pix, and Kenya’s m-Pesa. While
countries are developing their own payment systems, interoperability between these different payment
platforms are necessary to facilitate faster, cheaper, safer, and transparent cross-border payments.
• How can interoperability be achieved between different payment systems that follow differing
message formats, communication protocols, and payment processing rules and access regimes?
• What role can central banks play in defining the standards needed for interoperability of cross-
border payment systems, one of the major objectives of G20 countries?
Speakers: Ritesh Shukla, Chief Executive Officer, NPCI International Payments Limited
Sopnendu Mohanty, Chief Fintech Officer, Monetary Authority of Singapore
Sherab Jamtsho, Director, Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan
Juliet Wangui Maina, Senior Manager, Regulatory and Public Policy, m-PESA (virtual)
Representative from WhatsApp (TBC)
Moderator: Priyadarshini D, Associate Fellow, Technology & Society Program, Carnegie India
15:05-15:15 Address
Speaker: Harsh Vardhan Shringla, G20 Chief Coordinator, Government of India
15:15-15:20 Video Message
Speaker: Brad Smith, President, Microsoft (TBC)
15:20-16:15 Panel: The World We Live In
The Road to G20
Collaborating and competing to develop digital public goods, the SWIFT ban against Russian banks, and
the role technology companies have played in the Russia-Ukraine crisis, exemplify how technology is
both an object and a driver for international cooperation and competition. The decisions of countries and
businesses alike to both provide and restrict access to critical technology and systems, based on their
global alignments, clearly shape contemporary geopolitics in times of conflict as well as peace.
• What policy strategies can countries and technology companies develop to navigate this complex
environment?
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• What differential impact will these changing circumstances have on the developed and the
developing world?
• What can India do during its G20 Presidency, to help shape a new language for technological
cooperation?
Speakers: Ashley J. Tellis, Tata Chair for Strategic Affairs and Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment
for International Peace
Keyzom Ngodup Massally, Head of Digital Programming, UNDP Chief Digital Office
Ashok Malik, Partner & Chair (India), The Asia Group (TBC)
Colin Reed, Global Intelligence Manager, Salesforce
Moderator: Samir Saran, President, Observer Research Foundation
16:15-16:25 Coffee Break
16:25-16:35 Keynote
Speaker: R.S. Sharma, Chief Executive Officer, National Health Authority
16:35-17:30 Panel: Digital Health Solutions: Road to Sustainable Healthcare Delivery
The Road to G20
Countries around the world are leveraging digital technologies to create solutions to enable easy access
to healthcare services, strengthen disease surveillance to predict future outbreaks, and tackle
disinformation campaigns. CoWin in India, CommCare in Jamaica, Surveillance Outbreak Response
Management and Analysis System (SORMAS) in Nigeria, and Bisa app in Ghana are some examples of
how nations use open-source technologies to facilitate access to healthcare services. Despite the benefits
of these digital health solutions, most of them are built by small and agile teams who sometimes lack
access to expert resource pool and stable funding.
• What support can be provided to developers or implementers of digital health solutions to create
sustainable health architectures?
• What interoperability and technical challenges exist that might restrict cross-border flow of
digital health solutions?
Speakers: R.S. Sharma, Chief Executive Officer, National Health Authority
Pradipta Kundu, Director, Health Mission, e-Gov Foundation
Sean Blaschke, Co-founder and UNICEF Coordinator, Digital Health Centre of
Excellence
Venkat Subramanian, Senior Product Manager, Google Research
Srinivas HSD, Head-Health, Tata Trusts
Max Schumann, Project Lead, Digital Innovation in Pandemic Control, German
Corporation for International Cooperation
Moderator: Hari Menon, Director, India Country Office, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (TBC)
17:30-17:40 Curtain Raiser: Data Empowerment and Protection Architecture (DEPA)
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Speaker: Rahul Matthan, Partner, Trilegal
17:40-18:20 Panel: The Next Decade of India Stack
The Road to G20
The India Stack, that came into effect in 2016, is slowly transitioning India toward a presence-less,
paperless, and cashless economy. This stack has allowed governments, businesses, startups, and
developers to utilize digital infrastructure to facilitate access to public services and enable digital and
financial inclusion in India. In addition to improving access to financial services, India stack is also
being used to streamline access to healthcare and educational services.
• Considering the achievements of the India stack in the last decade, what new products such as
Data Empowerment and Protection Architecture (DEPA) can be developed to cater to the needs
of the aspirational classes in the next decade?
• Although a few developing markets already find India’s model useful and relevant, how can the
India stack be made more attractive for the developed world?
Speakers: Jawed Ashraf, Ambassador of India to the Republic of France and Principality of Monaco
(TBC)
Abhishek Singh, President & Chief Executive Officer, National eGovernance Division,
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India
Rahul Matthan, Partner, Trilegal
Sanket Atal, Managing Director, Salesforce India Operation, Site Lead- Technology,
Marketing, Product, Salesforce
Arvind Gupta, Head and Co-founder, Digital India Foundation (TBC)
Moderator: Sarayu Natarajan, Founder, Aapti Institute
18:20-18:50 Conversation:
Speaker: Representative from the U.S. Government (TBC)
Representative from Indian government (TBC)
Arun Singh, Former Member, National Security Advisory Board (TBC)
Moderator: Rudra Chaudhuri, Director, Carnegie India
18:50-18:55 Video Message
Speaker: Amandeep Singh Gill, United Nations Chief Envoy on Technology
18:55-19:35 Panel: Digital Public Infrastructure: Building Collaborative Partnerships &
Alliances
The Road to G20
The coronavirus pandemic encouraged innovators around the world to develop solutions or digital public
goods (DPGs) on top of digital public infrastructure (DPI) to slow disease spread or extend financial
help to build an equitable global society. However, multi-stakeholder collaboration among policymakers,
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private sector, philanthropy, academia, international organizations, and other donor organizations is
necessary to sustain such innovation.
• What role does each community play in developing new and innovative solutions and what steps
can be taken to change the way we work and collaborate across various stakeholders?
• How do DPGs improve capabilities of the public and what can be the geopolitical implications if
“digital public goods” are not developed collectively?
Speakers: Liv Marte Nordhaug Co-Lead, Digital Public Goods Alliance
Kathleen McGowan, Senior Director, Policy & Advocacy, Digital Impact Alliance,
United Nations Foundation
Shivnath Thukral, Public Policy Director, India, WhatsApp
Representative from Amazon
Moderator: Aubra Anthony, Senior Fellow, Technology and International Affairs Program, Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (TBC)
19:35-20:30 Panel: Cyber-resilience: Security of the Internet Infrastructure
The Road to G20
In 2021, the average number of cyberattacks and data breaches increased by 15.1% from the previous
year. With attacks becoming more malicious and frequent, continuous dialogue amongst component
makers, software developers, manufacturers, policymakers, and businesses is imperative to develop
robust, secure, resilient systems. Business and governments should also implement cyber resilience
strategies that provide a consolidated solution which combines cybersecurity program with recovery
mechanism to protect against and recover from disruptive cyber incidents.
• How can the government and private sector work together to create an orchestrated resilience
approach which can identify vulnerabilities in the system, detect and respond to a cyber-attack,
and recover from a cyber-incident to minimize disruption and ensure digital continuity?
• With some countries looking to revise their existing frameworks to embrace a more cyber
resilience posture, what core competencies should be developed within the government to
recognize key cyber-threats, identify critical systems, and determine the resources required to test
capabilities?
Speakers: Noelle van der waag-Cowling, Lead, Cyber Programme, Security Institute for
Governance and Leadership, Stellenbosch University
Manjeet Singh, Joint Secretary (Cyber), National Security Council Secretariat
David van Duren, Director, Global Forum on Cyber Expertise (virtual)
Marcus Bartley Johns, Asia Regional Director, Government Affairs and Public Policy,
Microsoft
George Perkovich, Vice President for Studies, Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace
Moderator: Nanjira Sambuli, Fellow, Technology and International Affairs Program, Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace
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20:30-20:35 Closing Remarks
20:35 onwards Dinner
19:30-21:00 Closed-door Discussion: Semiconductors: The Connecting Corridor Between Policy
and Investments
The coronavirus pandemic encouraged countries around the world to develop policies to build robust
semiconductor supply chains. India, in December 2021, became the first country to conceptualize a
holistic semiconductor policy which addresses the design, fabrication, assembly, testing, marking, and
packaging of the supply chain. Soon thereafter, Japan enacted a law in to financially support its domestic
semiconductor manufacturing. The EU also soon proposed an EU Chips Act in April 2022 to safeguard
and enhance Europe’s position in the semiconductor supply chain. Recently, the United States also
passed the Chips and Science Act that promises federal government funding to relocate semiconductor
manufacturing to its shores. This discussion will seek to answer the following questions:
• How are some of the policies described above to be implemented to achieve their stated
objectives? What role can the industry play to support the government to achieve the stated
goals?
• In September 2021, the Quad countries launched a ‘Semiconductor Supply Chain Initiative’ to
map capacity and bolster supply chain security. How do the new laws passed by India, Japan,
United States dovetail with each other? Are they in sync with the larger objective proposed in the
Quad Semiconductor Supply Chain Initiative?
• Is there a likelihood that as technological decoupling between the US and China accelerates, the
global supply chains could be fragmented into different spheres – a Sino-centric order and a US-
led bloc?
Day 2: November 30, 2022
Sub-theme: Navigating Partnerships and Alliances for the Future
08:00-09:30 Closed-door Discussion: Central Bank Digital Currencies: The Future of Global
Financial System
Digitalisation of currency may be one of the most consequential developments in the evolution of money.
When it comes to central bank digital currencies (CBDC), the past couple of years have seen rapid
developments, from mature pilots (for e.g., PBoC and Sveriges Riksbank) to live rollouts (for e.g.,
Nigerian and Bahamian central banks). Collaborative cross-border CBDC experiments like Project
Dunbar and mCBDC Bridge have produced key results. India too has announced the launch of a "digital
rupee" by 2023. Interoperability of CBDCs, both domestic and cross-border, security and consumer focus
will however be key for successful adoption, promoting innovation, and preventing fragmentation.
Against this background:
• What does domestic and international interoperability mean in the context of CBDCs and other
forms of digital payments and currencies?
• How can this best be achieved without replicating the inefficiencies of existing systems?
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• What role can India play to advance the developments and discussions in this space as it takes
over the presidency of G20 where efficient, affordable, and accessible cross border payments are
a priority?
09:30-09:35 Opening Remarks
09:35-09:45 Ministerial Address
Speaker: Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Federal
Republic of Nigeria
09:45-10:00 Keynote
Speaker: Randhir Thakur, Senior Vice President, and President of Intel Foundry Services
10:00-10:25 Conversation:
Speaker: Randhir Thakur, Senior Vice President, and President of Intel Foundry Services
Moderator: TBD
10:25-11:20 Panel: What’s new IN-SPACe?
Space activities in India, until recently, were predominantly carried out by the Indian Space Research
Organisation. The Indian government however recently setup the Indian National Space Promotion and
Authorization Centre (IN-SPACe) to enable commercialization of space technology and boost investments
in the space sector. The Indian private sector has positively responded to the creation of IN-SPACe.
Moreover, the range of reforms introduced by the Indian government has also made the field ready for
foreign investments.
• Given the nascent stage of private sector involvement in India in the space sector, what role can
IN-SPACe play in bringing the domestic and foreign stakeholders together to promote investment
and innovation in the Indian space sector?
• IN-SPACe’s ultimate objective is to enhance India’s share in the global space economy through
participation of private players. How is this goal perceived by Indian and foreign companies
alike?
Speakers: Rajeev Jyoti, Director, IN-SPACE Technical (TBC)
T Victor Joseph, Associate Scientific Secretary, Indian Space Research Organisation
Awais Ahmed, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Pixxel
George Weinmann, Chief Scientist, Blue Origin (TBC)
Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan, Director, Centre for Security, Strategy, and Technology,
Observer Research Foundation (TBC)
Moderator: Konark Bhandari, Associate Fellow, Technology and Society Program, Carnegie India
11:20-11:30 Ministerial Address
Speaker: V Muraleedharan, Minister of State for External Affairs and Parliamentary Affairs of India
11:30-11:50 Conversation:
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Speaker: Nick Clegg, President, Global Affairs, Meta & Former Deputy Prime Minister of the
United Kingdom
Moderator: Rudra Chaudhuri, Director, Carnegie India
11:50-12:05 Talk: India as a Startup Nation
Speaker: Mohandas Pai, Co-founder and Chairman, Aarin Capital
12:05-12:45 Panel: Startup 20: An Agenda for G20
Startups worldwide, empowered significantly by technology, are driving economic growth, and
addressing global challenges relating to healthcare, climate change, and education, amongst others.
While the global startup ecosystem has seen an exponential rise in recent years, both in numbers and
value (with over 1000 unicorns globally and over 100 in India), they face the challenge of sustaining their
growth responsibly. India, as part of its upcoming G20 presidency, should therefore consider creating an
additional G20 engagement group called “Startup 20” which provides startups a platform to discuss
common challenges and brainstorm ideas to address them.
• How can the global startup ecosystem collaborate under the G20 umbrella to address
operational challenges for startups, including investments, retention of talent, and skills gap,
while adhering to environmental and ethical responsibilities?
• How can this engagement group ensure a sustainable influx of talent, capital, and resources to
support the global startup ecosystem?
Speakers: Sean Randolph, Senior Director, Bay Area Council Economic Institute
Mohandas Pai, Co-founder and Chairman, Aarin Capital (TBC)
Representative from Google (TBC)
Jeet V, Chief Executive Officer, MeitY Startup Hub
Deepak Bagla, Managing Director & CEO, Invest India
Moderator: TBD
12:45-13:00 Talk: Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM)
Speaker: Kiran Gopal Vaska, Deputy Secretary, National Health Authority
13:00-13:20 Conversation: Healthcare.AI: Disrupting Healthcare for Bharat
The Covid pandemic highlighted the disruptive role that technology can play in ensuring easy access to
affordable and quality healthcare. It is imperative for the various players in the healthcare ecosystem to
embrace these changes caused by technology as they move toward patient centric digital models.
• What role can AI/ML and deep tech play in ensuring more personalised, preventative, and
predictive healthcare?
• How will these technologies enhance productivity in the ecosystem while empowering consumers
to access healthcare on a large scale?
Speaker: Prashant Tandon, Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer, 1MG
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Moderator: Kashyap Chanchani, Managing Partner, The Rainmaker Group
13:20-14:30 Lunch & Think Tank Forum
14:30-14:35 Keynote: Contours of Building an EU-India Trade and Technology Council
The European Commission, earlier this year, announced a Trade and Technology Council (TTC) with
India to encourage compatible standards to boost technical collaboration and deepen cooperation in
trade and security. The council is being envisioned to provide the necessary structure to operationalize
political decisions and coordinate technical work to ensure sustainable progress of European and Indian
economies.
• What will the contours of India-EU TTC look like and how will it help with ongoing free trade
agreement negotiations?
• How will the existing regulatory differences and potential trade barriers impact the success of the
TTC?
Speaker: Margrethe Vestager, Executive Vice-President, European Commission for a Europe Fit for
the Digital Age and Co-chair, Trade and Technology Council (virtual)
14:35-15:10 Panel: Technology & Trade: Opportunities and Challenges
Recent advancements in digital technologies have the potential to create novel products and open new
markets. Such advancements are changing the composition of trade in services and goods and redefining
intellectual property rights in trade. These technological changes are also slowly bringing the developing
countries to play a major role in global trade. Acknowledging the rising volume of digital transactions in
the economy, several countries, including India, are now updating their foreign trade policies to have a
dedicated section for e-commerce.
• How do new technologies transform international trade, create new opportunities for a more
inclusive trading system, and affect international trade costs?
• How can international trade cooperation help governments harness digital technologies and
seize new trading opportunities for small, medium, and large enterprises?
Speakers: Representative from Amazon
Anita Prakash, Senior Policy Advisor for International Economic Cooperation, Economic
Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (TBC)
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Moderator: Evan Feigenbaum, Vice president for Studies, Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace
15:10-15:35 Conversation:
Speaker: Sahil Kini, Co-founder, Setu
Moderator: Michael Nelson, Senior Fellow, Technology & International Affairs Program, Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace
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15:35-16:30 Panel: Creating Public Infrastructure for an Open Digital Economy: The Indian
Experience
Like all markets, markets in the digital economy call for creating public infrastructure that can help
reduce transaction costs, bridge information gaps, and foster competition. India is looking to make the
most of the digital revolution by developing infrastructure that enables development of digital markets.
From the identity platform Aadhaar to the unified payment interface (UPI), to the Open Network for
Digital Commerce (ONDC), which seeks to make ecommerce more open, India has taken many initiatives
to enable the development of secure and open digital markets with low costs for participants. While these
are bold initiatives, they carry some risks in terms of crowding out private initiative, the mechanisms for
regulating these initiatives, the economics of developing and maintaining digital public infrastructure,
and so on.
• Considering this, what are the technological, economic, regulatory, and organizational aspects of
digital public infrastructure being developed in India?
• What are the suitable roles for the government and private sector in the development, operation,
and regulation of digital public infrastructure?
Speakers: T Koshy, Chief Executive Officer, Open Network for Digital Commerce (TBC)
Sharad Sharma, Co-founder, iSPIRT
Rohini Srivathsa, National Technology Officer, Microsoft India
Moderator: Suyash Rai, Deputy Director & Fellow, Carnegie India
16:30-16:40 Coffee Break
16:40-17:10 Conversation: National Quantum Mission
Speaker: Ajay Kumar Sood, Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India
Moderator: TBD
17:10-17:30 Talk:
Speaker: Nivruti Rai, Country Head, Intel India
17:30-18:25 Panel: Bridgital USP: Building Unique Semiconductor Partnerships
Semiconductors are the fourth most-traded product after crude oil, refined oil, and cars, and are the
backbone of the digital economy. Disruptions in semiconductor supply chains have given rise to a global
chorus of calls for self-reliance among countries. India’s new semiconductor policy focusing on both chip
fabrication and chip design, introduced in December 2021, is also aimed at attracting investment from
major global semiconductor firms.
• Given that the global semiconductor production capacity is still largely concentrated in a few
countries, how are attempts to establish new foundries in India being perceived by leading
semiconductor fabrication firms themselves?
• Has India been able to leverage its considerable workforce in the chip design ecosystem to its
advantage? What role can foreign fabless companies play here?
Speakers: Randhir Thakur, Senior Vice President, and President of Intel Foundry Services
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Chris Miller, Assistant Professor, International History, The Fletcher School, Tufts
University (virtual)
Jason Hsu, Senior Research Fellow, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and
Innovation, Harvard Kennedy School
Anku Jain, Managing Director, India, MediaTek (TBC)
Moderator: Vrinda Kapoor, Co-founder, 3rditech
18:25-18:35 Talk
Speaker: Matt Sheehan, Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
18:35-19:30 Panel: Responsible AI: A Strategic Imperative
The economic potential of artificial intelligence (AI) is being widely recognized by policymakers,
technologists, academics, and civil society across the world. While AI is being deployed in different
sectors such as agriculture, health, and education, ethical dilemmas such as lack of transparency, gender
and ethnic bias, threats to privacy, and the danger of mass surveillance are also growing. Recognizing
this, the 193 member states at UNESCO adopted the first global standard on the ethics of AI to guide
countries that are building legal frameworks to ensure that AI is developed in a responsible manner and
is deployed for public good.
• How can the industry and government work together to draft broad principles that are imperative
to responsible management of AI?
• Once these principles are developed, how can the government and industry implement them to
practice?
Speakers: Mariano-Florentino Cuellar, President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
(TBC)
Samantha Hoffman, Senior Analyst, Australian Strategic Policy Institute
Anna Roy, Senior Adviser, NITI Aayog
Sarah Kemp, Vice president, Intel Corporation (TBC)
Moderator: Matt Sheehan, Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
19:30-19:35 Closing Remarks
18:30-20:00 Closed-door Discussion: Principles for Digital Health Architectures: India’s Road to
G20
Global investment and development in digital health architectures have escalated, particularly since the
COVID-19-caused pandemic, in order to address current and potential future public health emergencies.
For instance, India started the Ayushman Bharat Digital Health Mission (ABDM) to digitize the delivery
of healthcare services. Stakeholders in the global healthcare ecosystem are consistently working towards
developing digital healthcare tools and solutions that deliver healthcare in a user-friendly, affordable,
reliable, and accessible way. This discussion will seek to explore:
• How are nations leveraging technology to reimagine healthcare delivery in order to reach even the
remotest person, particularly in the wake of coronavirus-caused emergencies?
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• What high-level principles, best practices, or flagship solutions can nations adopt as they build
their nation-specific digital health architectures?
• As India assumes the G20 presidency, what role can India play to foster progress in the digital
health space?
19:45 onwards Vijay Gokhale’s Book Launch & Dinner
Day 3: December 1, 2022
Sub-theme: Fragmentation and Its Effects
08:00-10:00 Closed-door Discussion: Safeguarding Modern Science and Biotechnology
Innovation: India’s Road to G20
Bioscience and biotechnology advances hold incredible promise for fighting disease, protecting the
environment, and promoting economic development. However, these innovations also contribute to the
risk of accidental misuse or deliberate abuse with potentially catastrophic consequences. Governments
are key to safeguarding the life sciences by providing oversight, but they have struggled to keep pace with
rapid technology advances. The scientific community and the private sector have endeavored to be
responsible stewards of the tools of bioscience and biotechnology, so they are not exploited by nefarious
actors, but critical biosecurity gaps remain. Furthermore, with rapid advances in biology and associated
democratization, changes in the bio risk landscape seem to be outpacing current risk reduction
approaches. Additionally, there is no existing international entity that has dedicated its primary mission
to reducing biotechnology-related risks by upholding biosecurity norms and strengthening best practices
for life science research oversight. With India taking the G20 presidency later this year, this meeting
seeks to answer the following:
• Biotechnology is increasingly used by scientists and researchers around the world to develop
diagnostics, vaccines, and other medical countermeasures—including in response to the
coronavirus pandemic. Considering this, what is the value of bioscience and biotechnology
governance in building robust and secure public health systems within G20 countries?
• What are the most effective approaches for reducing emerging biological risks associated with
advances in technology? Do we need stronger norms? Practical tools and approaches?
Considering that there are multiple stakeholders are involved throughout the bioscience and
biotechnology research and development life cycle, how should they be involved in informing the
future of biosecurity governance and oversight?
• Although the coronavirus pandemic encouraged countries to review their national biosecurity
systems, the issues encompassed by biosecurity with respect to plant, animal, or human health
are traditionally handled by different ministries or departments with each drafting its own
regulatory framework. Can G20 countries create a new engagement group that brainstorms ideas
to bring together experts from different sectors to propose a holistic biosecurity approach that
addresses the risks across the three sectors?
09:00-09:10 Opening Remarks
09:10-09:35 Conversation: G20 Troika: Indonesia, India, and Brazil (virtual only)
Indonesia, India, and Brazil, a group of three developing countries will form the troika of the preceding,
current, and succeeding presidencies later this year. Considering the implications of the disruption
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caused by the pandemic and thereafter the Russia-Ukraine crisis, Indonesia during its presidency focused
on three priority issues including global health architecture, digital transformation, and sustainable
energy transition.
• Recognizing the value of the emerging-world troika, what should be the long-term priorities for
both India and Brazil to ensure there is continuity in the agenda, as set by Indonesia?
• How have the G20 countries contributed to sustainable development goals so far and how can
India and Brazil align their priorities in accelerating sustainable development across the globe?
Speakers: Amitabh Kant, India’s G20 Sherpa (virtual)
Representative from Indonesia (TBC)
Sarquis José Buainain Sarquis, Brazil G20 Sherpa (virtual)
Moderator: Sachin Chaturvedi, Director General, Research and Information System for Developing
Countries (TBC)
09:35-09:45 Ministerial Address
Speaker: Ashwini Vaishnav, Minister of Railways, Communications and Electronics & Information
Technology, Government of India (TBC)
09:45-09:55 Ministerial Address
Speaker: Josephine Teo, Minister for Communications and Information, Ministry of
Communications and Information, Singapore (virtual)
09:55-10:40 Panel: Save the Data: Localization as Democratization?
Speakers: Jayantha Fernando, General Counsel, Information and Communication Technology
Agency of Sri Lanka (TBC)
Melinda Claybaugh, Privacy Policy Director, Legislation, Meta
Ralf Sauer, Deputy Head, DG Justice and Consumer’s Unit for International Data Flows
and Protection, European Commission
Kate Charlet, Director, Data Governance, Google (TBC)
Audrey Plonk, Head of Division, Digital Economy Policy, The Organization of Economic
Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Rahul Matthan, Partner, Trilegal
Moderator: Anirudh Burman, Associate Research Director and Fellow, Carnegie India
10:40-10:50 Ministerial Address
Speaker: Sanae Takaichi, Minister of Economic Security of Japan (virtual)
10:50-11:45 Panel: Lessons from the War in Ukraine
Technology in the defence sector has been increasing rapidly for a few years. But the recent Russia-
Ukraine crisis is the first conflict that deployed a combination of kinetic and digital weapons to gain
supremacy. Rapid advancements in artificial intelligence, facial recognition technology, commercial
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satellite imaging, 3D printing, unmanned aerial vehicles made it easier for everyday citizens, private
companies, and civilian institutions to become an active part of the crisis. While many of the technologies
used by Russia and Ukraine are not entirely new, their deployment in the recent crisis might place
emerging tech into the military mainstream.
• With technology playing an increasing role in military operations, how does one measure the
balance of forces in a war?
• What international standards or cooperation mechanisms can be developed to ensure
technologies are not deployed to cause global instability?
Speakers: Raj Shukla, Member, Union Public Service Commission
Joshua T. White, Non-resident Fellow, Foreign Policy, Brookings
Lauren Kahn, Research Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations (virtual)
Manpreet Sethi, Distinguished Fellow, Centre for Air Power Studies
Ashley J. Tellis, Tata Chair for Strategic Affairs and Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment
for International Peace (TBC)
Moderator: Ravi Agrawal, Editor-in-chief, Foreign Policy
11:45-12:15 Conversation: Waste to Wealth
Speaker: Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Government of India (TBC)
Moderator: Anirudh Suri, Non-resident Scholar, Carnegie India
12:15-13:10 Panel: Promoting Sustainability: Transitioning to a Net-Zero Economy
As countries around the world make efforts to meet their zero-emission targets, investment in green
technologies such as wind and solar power, electric mobility, and green hydrogen is slowly gaining
traction. In addition to governments pooling in money and resources to transition to greener
technologies, a lot of private actors have also announced their net-zero ambitions over the last year.
• As both governments and companies worldwide pledge to achieve net-zero emissions of
greenhouse gases, what would it take to fulfil the ambition?
• How can G20 countries coordinate their efforts to spur investments and share knowledge and
best practices to create reliable supply chains to support its transition to a net-zero economy?
Speakers: Sassoon Grigorian, Vice President, Government Affairs & Public Policy, APAC & Japan,
Salesforce
Ashutosh Chadha, Group Director and Country Head, Government Affairs and Public
Policy, Microsoft
Neeraj Sinha, Senior Adviser (Science & Technology), NITI Aayog
Sandeep Chakravorty, Joint Secretary (Europe West), Ministry of External Affairs,
Government of India
Varad Pande, Partner, Omidyar Network India
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Sharmila Barathan, President-Corporate Affairs & Policy, General Electric South Asia
(TBC)
Moderator: Anirudh Suri, Non-resident Scholar, Carnegie India
13:10-14:00 Lunch
14:00-14:15 Ministerial Address
Speaker: Meenakashi Lekhi, Minister of State for External Affairs and Culture of India
14:15-14:35 Conversation: Building Technologies for a Sustainable Global Food Chain
Food value chains across the world are built at the intersection of quality and yield. The sole determinant
of fairness, transparency and traceability of the world’s food yield is hinged on the axis of ‘quality’. Yet
globally, the measurement of quality from farm to fork is more speculative than science.
• What role can technology play in ensuring a more sustainable global food chain?
• What are some of the potential benefits agri-technology could bring for stakeholders in the global
food ecosystem?
Speaker: Taranjeet Singh Bhamra, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Agnext
Moderator: Kunal Bhardwaj, Partner, The Rainmaker Group
14:35-15:15 Panel: Geopolitics: Diaspora and the Power of Indian Cinema
Speakers: Sumit Seth, Joint Secretary (Policy Planning & Research), Ministry of External Affairs,
Government of India (TBC)
Gaurav Gandhi, Vice President, Prime Video
Moderator: Smita Prakash, Director, Asian News International (TBC)
15:15-16:10 Panel: Architecture for Biosafety
Speakers: TBD
Moderator: TBD
16:10-16:25 Ministerial Address
Speaker: Rajkumar Ranjan Singh, Minister of State for External Affairs and Education of India
16:25-16:45 Keynote
Speaker: Rajesh Bansal, Chief Executive Officer, Reserve Bank Innovation Hub
16:45-17:40 Panel: Open-Network Technologies: A Driver of Financial Inclusion
Public and private sector banks across the world are deploying digital technologies to offer financial
services for financially underserved and excluded population. Despite the rapid progress in leveraging
digital technologies to enable inclusion, more than a billion people remain unbanked, with a large
fraction of them being women. To bridge this gap, several countries are building digital public
infrastructures that enable delivery of financial services. In India, innovations like Aadhar, UPI, and
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account aggregator have changed the way financial services are provided. Moreover, fintech and big tech
companies are now competing with banks and other incumbents across a range of markets.
• How can the Indian financial ecosystem leverage the full potential of its digital public
infrastructure to serve its customers better?
• Can interoperable solutions and open standard protocols play a role in expanding access to
safe and affordable digital financial services to all?
Speakers: Steven Haley, Director, Market Development and Partnerships, Mojaloop Foundation
Kamya Chandra, Advisor, Digital Financial Inclusion, Ministry of Finance, Government
of India (virtual)
Nanjira Sambuli, Fellow, Technology and International Affairs Program, Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace
Siddharth Tiwari, Former Chief Representative for Asia and the Pacific, Bank for
International Settlements (virtual)
MG Vaidyan, Senior Advisor, Financial Inclusion, Tata Trusts
Moderator: Priyadarshini D, Associate Fellow, Technology & Society Program, Carnegie India
17:40-17:50 Video Message
Speaker: Gina Raimondo, U.S. Secretary of Commerce (TBC)
17:50-18:30 Panel: TBD
Speakers: TBD
Moderator: TBD
18:30-18:50 Conversation: (virtual only)
Speaker: Siddhartha Mukherjee, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Columbia University & Pulitzer
Prize Winning Author (TBC)
Moderator: Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Chairperson, Biocon (TBC)
18:50-19:00 Concluding Remarks
16:00-17:30 Closed-door Discussion: Principles and Best Practices for Privacy in Digital
Architectures
Governments increasingly seek to utilise recent technological developments to deliver basic public services
and facilitate administrative processes. The ambition to do so has accelerated after the experience of
delivering many such interventions during the Covid-19 pandemic. As countries around the world work
towards developing their domestic digital architectures to provide their citizens with services such as legal
identities, access to financial systems and welfare programs, and healthcare, a common concern of
protecting the personal information of the individual remains. India, for example, is developing a variety
of digital public architectures like Aadhar, the Unified Payments Interface, and the Unified Health
Interface. At the same time, it has not yet put in place a data privacy framework, though plans to do so are
afoot. In this context, this discussion will seek to explore:
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• Are there any commonly agreed upon high-level principles or best practices for ensuring privacy
of the individual when they make use of digital architectures?
• What are some of the approaches taken or technical solutions that have been developed around the
globe to enhance privacy and data protection in digital architectures?
• As India takes presidency of the G20, what role can it play in standard setting for privacy in digital
architectures?
19:30 onwards Ashley’s Book Launch & Dinner
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