India and freedom intelligences most collaborative 4 billion brains- caes 1 summiot of year 24-5

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/guide-how-ai-changes-every-skill-liv...

good that india's public servants and tech wizards want ai to be for all next generation brains 

india has largest number of under 35 brains - for ai to help millennials advance as a generation india or china or both need ai to transform every skill taught or learnt

india aims by 2050 to bne one of 3 largest gdp economies by ending local poverty everywhere

so here's a 24-25 india summit- can we work olut one thing eacxh panel wants most help with as well as identofy any other panels needed for the 4 billiion youinger brains on the planet to celebrate good ai

Summits top guest and hostw: 

See event 3 Main Guest Speaker: Vinay Kwatra assumed charge as the Ambassador of India to the United States of America on 12 August 2024. Ambassador Kwatra joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1988. In a career spanning over 36 years, Ambassador Kwatra has served in senior roles both in Delhi and across the globe.Aug 12, https://archive.org/details/CSPAN_20250510_032000_Indian_Ambassador...


Host Mrs & Mr Raj Gupta : Raj was born in Uttar Pradesh and built a 39-year career at the Fortune 500 specialty materials company Rohm and Haas, retiring as Chairman and CEO in 2009. He has served as a director at 15 public companies including Hewlett Packard, DuPont, Tyco, Delphi/Aptiv, and Avantor and at 6 private companies including Vanguard group. He and Kamla Gupta, his wife of 54 years, founded Ujala Foundation with a focus on education and healthcare. Mr. Gupta has degrees from IIT Mumbai, Cornell, and Drexel.

Kunal Pal is the Executive Director of the Gupta-Klinsky India Institute at Johns Hopkins University. Previously, he spent eight years at the University of Chicago where he led the International Innovation Corps and the Applied Data Fellowship programs as Executive Director

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Friday, May 9  1:45 pm – 1:55 pm 

1 Welcome Address · Amita Gupta, Director of Infectious Diseases Division. (Founder and Faculty Co-Chair, Gupta-Klinsky India Institute), Division of Infectious Diseases at the School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University 1.55 to 5.55 at cspan

2 Plenary Panel: India-US Relations

· Sanjeev Joshipura, Executive Director, Indiaspora

· Arun Singh, Senior Counsellor, The Cohen Group; Former Indian Ambassador to the US

· Sumona Guha, National Security Expert & Former Senior Director, South Asia, Former USG official

· Nisha Biswal, Senior Advisor, The Asia Group, Former Deputy CEO, US International Development Finance Corporation

Growing frontiers of US-India collaborations in the domain of Research, Education, Business and Policy

3 Opening Keynote Address

· Vinay Mohan Kwatra, Ambassador of India to the United States of America, Government of India

India-US: A Defining Partnership for the 21st Century

4 Panel Discussion: Geopolitics· Tanvi Madan, Research Fellow, Brookings Institution

· Lisa Curtis, Senior Fellow, Director, Indo-Pacific Security Program at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

· Sadanand Dhume, Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute

Geopolitics in Flux: India’s Expanding Role on the World Stage

3:30 pm – 4:10 pm

Panel: Innovation – India-US Bilateral TRUST

Mainstage (Theatre)

· Kriti Upadhyaya, Founder, IndUS Tech Council, C2C Advanced Systems

· Joshua White, Professor of the Practice, International Affairs at Johns Hopkins SAIS

· Dhruva Jaishankar, Executive Director, ORF America

Challenges & Opportunities for India-US TRUST (Transforming Relationship Utilising Strategic Technology) Initiative"

5 4:10 pm – 4:30 pm Plenary Keynote: Development Alternatives

· Yogendra Yadav, President, Swaraj India- What kind of India do we seek?

6 Panel: Inclusive Economic Development 

· Rina Agarwala, Professor of Sociology, Johns Hopkins University

· Reema Nanavaty, Director, Self Employed Women's Association (SEWA)

· Cathy Feingold, AFL-CIO International Director and Deputy President, International Trade Union Confederation

· Vijayendra Rao, Lead Economist, Development Research Group, World Bank

Building Development Alternatives: An Economy of Nurturance

7 5:30 pm – 6:00 pm SEWA Guided Tour Hum Sab Ek is an immersive multimedia exhibit guided by Dr. Satchit Balsari examining the impact of the pandemic on the lives of women workers in India’s informal economy and SEWA’s response to it, groun...

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8 Roundtable: Global Food Systems & Policy

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TRACK

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· Mia Blakstad, Window Manager, Food & Nutrition, World Bank

· Yan Bai, Economist, The World Bank

· James Thurlow, Director, Foresight and Policy Modeling, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

· Noora-Lisa Aberman, Research Lead, Gender Unit, The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)

· Neha Kumar, Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute

6:00 pm – 6:45 pm

Panel: Non-Communicable Diseases

NEW CHALLENGES IN HEALTHCARE - NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASES TRACK (CANCER)

820

· Alka Dwivedi, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland

· Surendranath S. Shastri, MD, Anderson Cancer Center

· Kala Visvanathan, Professor in Epidemiology and Oncology, Johns Hopkins University

· Sanjay Shete, Betty B. Marcus Chair in Cancer Prevention, Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Deputy Division Head, Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences, Univesity of Texas

· Nilanjan Chatterjee, Professor of Biostatistics and Genetic Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University

India's Cancer Challenge: Scaling Prevention, Screening and Treatment

6:45 pm – 7:30 pm

Panel: Climate x Health

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TRACK

940/944

· Katherine Hadda, Senior Visiting Fellow, CSIS

· Gigi Gronvall, Senior Scholar, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security and a Professor in the Department of Environmental Health and Engineering

· Aishwarya Nagar, Senior Analyst, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security

Policy Actions for India-US Collaborations on Climate and Health

6:45 pm – 7:30 pm

Panel: Health Systems

NEW CHALLENGES IN HEALTHCARE - NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASES TRACK (GENERAL)

820

· Rajani Ved, Director of Health, Gates Foundation

· Sara Bennett, Professor and Vice Chair, Department of International Health; GKII Faculty Co-Chair, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

· Somesh Kumar, Senior Director, New Initiatives and Innovations, JHPIEGO

· Krishna Rao, Associate Professor, Bloomberg School of Public Health

Raising the Bar in Primary Health Care: India’s Journey and Unfinished Business

7:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Hum Sab Ek (We Are One) Exhibit: SEWA’s response to the pandemic (Curatorial tour)

WOMEN AT THE CENTRE

820

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Saturday, May 10

8:00 am – 9:00 am

Registration and Networking

9:00 am – 9:10 am

Welcome Address

Mainstage (Theatre)

· Sara Bennett, Professor and Vice Chair, Department of International Health; GKII Faculty Co-Chair, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

9:10 am – 9:45 am

Fireside Chat: Economy

Mainstage (Theatre)

· V. Anantha Nageswaran, Chief Economic Advisor of India, Government of India

· Pravin Krishna, Johns Hopkins U

India’s Journey to becoming a $30 Trillion Economy

9:45 am – 10:00 am

Plenary Keynote

Mainstage (Theatre)

· Smriti Irani, Former Minister of Education and Women & Children, Government of India

Women Shaping India's Future: A Blueprint of Inclusive Economic Development

10:00 am – 10:45 am

Plenary Panel

Mainstage (Theatre)

· Ashwin Bharath, CEO, Galent, Co-Founder & CEO of Revature

· Sridevi Sarma, Vice Dean, Whiting School of Engineering

· Ritu Agarwal, Wm Polk Carey Distinguished Professor, Carey Business School

· Shibu Vijayan, Chief Medical Officer , Qure

How is India preparing an AI ready workforce?

10:45 am – 11:30 am

Panel: Higher Education

Mainstage (Theatre)

· Leah Mason, Deputy Director of Research, Evaluation and Learning, Institute of International Education

· Hanan Saab, Associate Vice President of Government Relations and Public Policy, Association of American Universities

· Sunil Kumar, President, Tufts University

· Rajika Bhandari, Co-Founder, SouthAsia-IEN (South Asia International Education Network)

· Shuchita Sonalika, Director and Head–North America, Confederation of India Industry (CII)

Internationalization of Higher Education: India-US Collaborations for Global Competitiveness

11:30 am – 12:00 pm

Short Break; SEWA Guided Tour

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12:00 pm – 12:45 pm

Panel: Tuberculosis

NEW CHALLENGES IN HEALTHCARE - INFECTIOUS DISEASES TRACK (TUBERCULOSIS)

820

· Soumya Swaminathan, Chief Scientist, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) & World Health Organization (WHO)

· Richard Chaisson, Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology and International Health, Johns Hopkins University

· Amita Gupta, Director of Infectious Diseases Division. (Founder and Faculty Co-Chair, Gupta-Klinsky India Institute), Division of Infectious Diseases at the School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University

India’s Role in Eliminating Tuberculosis Globally by 2030

12:00 pm – 12:45 pm

Panel: Palliative Care

NEW CHALLENGES IN HEALTHCARE - PALLIATIVE CARE TRACK

940/944

· Uma M, Additional Chief Secretary & Development Commissioner, Government of Karnataka, India

· M R Rajagopal, Chairman Emeritus, Pallium India Adjunct Professor of Global Oncology, Queen's University, Canada

· Avani Prabhakar, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

· Carolin Elizabeth George, Head, Department of Community Health, Palliative care & Research, Bangalore Baptist Hospital

· Bhavna Seth, Assistant Professor of Medicine; Director Global Health, Dorothy P. and Richard P. Simmons Center for Interstitial Lung Disease Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep, and Critical Care Medicine University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

· Sweety Thomas, Chief of Staff, Ajit Isaac Foundation

The Changing Reality of Palliative Care in India: From Margins to Mainstream Healthcare

12:45 pm – 1:30 pm

Panel: Reimagining Global HIV Leadership

NEW CHALLENGES IN HEALTHCARE - INFECTIOUS DISEASES TRACK (HIV)

820

· Sunil Solomon, Vice Chair for Research, Department of Medicine; Director, Centre for Infectious Diseases India, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

· Chris Beyrer, Professor of Medicine & Director, Duke Global Health Institute

· Monica Gandhi, Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco

· Shruti Mehta, Dr. Charles Armstrong Chair & Bloomberg Centennial Professor in Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

· Moupali Das, Vice President, Clinical Development, HIV Prevention and Virology Pediatrics Head, HIV Prevention, Gilead Sciences

Navigating the changing landscape of funds and India’s Emerging Role

12:45 pm – 1:30 pm

Panel: Non-Communicable Diseases

NEW CHALLENGES IN HEALTHCARE - NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASES TRACK (GENERAL)

940/944

· Tara Thiagarajan, Founder & Chief Scientist, Sapien Labs

· Prabir Roy-Chaudhury, Professor of Medicine; President, American Society of Nephrology; Co-Director,, University of North Carolina (UNC) Kidney Center

· Lawrence Appel, Professor, Johns Hopkins University Schools of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health

· Chirag Parikh, Director, Division of Nephrology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

· Uttara Bharath Kumar, Associate, Department of Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

· Dinesh Nair, Sr . Health Specialist, World Bank

The New Pandemic in India

1:30 pm – 2:30 pm

Panel: Innovations in Digital Health

TECH INNOVATIONS ENHANCING GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT TRACK

820

· Marelize Gorgens, Lead, Digital and AI for Human Capital, The World Bank

· Smisha Agarwal, Director, Center for Global Digital Health Innovation, JHBSPH

· Rama Chellappa, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor and Interim Co-Director, Johns Hopkins Data Science and AI Institute

· Shibu Vijayan, Chief Medical Officer , Qure

Harnessing Digital Tools & Infrastructure for Improved Health Outcomes

1:30 pm – 2:30 pm

Panel: MedTech

TECH INNOVATIONS ENHANCING GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT TRACK

940/944

· Anand Kapai, Vice President, Global Marketing, Siemens Healthineers

· Kunal Parikh, Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

· Jordan Shuff, Research Engineer, Johns Hopkins University

· Damini Agarwal, Chief Technology Officer, Infinite Biomedical Technologies LLC

· Youseph Yazdi, Johns Hopkins Center for Bioengineering Innovation & Design (CBID)

Innovation and Health Technology Interventions in India

2:30 pm – 3:00 pm

SEWA Guided Tour

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2:30 pm – 3:30 pm

Short Break

3:30 pm – 4:15 pm

Panel: Women Leaders in STEMM

WOMEN AT THE CENTRE

Mainstage (Theatre)

· Anita Shet, Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

· Kanta Singh, Deputy Representative, UN Women India

· Shereen Bhan, Leadership Development Director, WomenLift Health

· Kalpana Kanthan, Chief Development Officer, American India Foundation

· Manuela Villar Uribe, Senior Health Specialist of the Health Nutrition and Population Global Practice, World Bank

From Pipeline to Powerhouse: Catalyzing Women’s Leadership in STEMM

4:15 pm – 4:35 pm

Closing Remarks & Vote of Thanks

Mainstage (Theatre)

· Raj Gupta, Co-Chair, Gupta-Klinksy India Institute at JHU

· Alex Triantis, Dean, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School

4:35 pm – 5:00 pm

Cultural Performance

WOMEN AT THE CENTRE

Mainstage (Theatre)

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3 how to help india ambassador to dc - message designing systems to double dgp by 2030 supporting Trump adminsitration needs (American greatness) with all of India;s brainpower

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survey 1of child centric education

My dream: everyone experiences Harrison Owen OpenSpace After%20the%20Rage.pdf

IF SCHOOLS were child centric they would make age relevant interventions:

if anyone is illiterate at age 6 it only takes 90 days to change that - best of all a literate kid can be main helper in 20 minute session - see sunita gandhi

finacial literacy would be practicsed from age 8 - see aflatoun ( works in 100 countries

from age 10 pre-teens would have access to pfysical and mental health studies designed peer to peer -see Lancet

no kid would leave primary school without knowing how open space meetings/teamwork is facilitated

teachers would be celebrated for clarifying which skills involve experiential learning not classroom examination - while there is some recognition that music and sports involve practice, its shocking that coding isnt valued this way ..

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Do you have life-changing moment to share? - what was it and what did you think or do differently after it?

example until 9/11, i assumed that (good) futures are happening somewhere in the world and would be searched out so that all could communally replicate them;  === 9/11 caused me to question whether global connectivity will give us time to find sustainable solutions for our kids- i became particulaly interested in places where good education leaps appeared but did not get app'd the world over - one example actually goes back to my favorite 1990s advances in schools that a small cliuster of new zealand schools pioneered - download it here https://oiipdf.com/download/the-learning-revolution

i welcome discussion of this book's parts at any time rsvp chris.macrae@yahoo.co.uk if you have a solution every community that develops youth could be cooperational

in 1984our book with economist editors 2025report made the case for 40 year commitment to every child identifying own skils dashboard and maximising AI curation of this- we valued this as sustainability critical worldwide cooperation - we see no logic for changing this concern

== we live in an age where most up to half of knowhow of techforgood changes every 3 years - we needed mindsets for exploration not for being standard examined; a nation that makes its college students its largest debt class is likely to collapse economically socially environmentally if web3 is designed for celebrating sustainability cooperation; and if web3 is not designed for neough yout to linkin the first sustainability generation then we are all heading the way of the dodo

I am learn to learn

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TECH - What is IT? and which exponential multipliers most impact human and natural futures?

AI   >. silicon chip singularity (ie when one chip > one brain in pure analytical capacity) - science fictiion no moore

who programs the ai - the race to include lost voices eg girls- the world of statistics re=-examined like never before (eg previously mass statistics very weak at coding meaining from numbers)

Biotech  >> Affective science (loveq and emotional intelligence remains human's unique edge over artificials for at least 10 more years!)

Some people say that Virtual or Augmented Reality has advanced at its best so far in last 12 months that there are hardly any qualified teachers only pioneering explorers- does this matter - well its VR which is your gateway to web3 - intead of just a mobile device you will like wear  a visual sensor system; equally others argue that you shouldnt worry about how fast you put googles on - what you should want is to take back ownbership of what you spend time creating virually- look at the small print of the big platforms you probably dont own anything without them..maybe this is a generation issue bu interstingly the met-generation can now work on chnaging anything that old systems are destroying (eg climate) ...t 

 IOT which things will now have brains and be as mobile connected as you are

Crypto - can communities celebrate financiang their own most urgent sustainability cooperations? if they dont who wil?

Cyber >> Drone - opportunities and threats of public spaces- first in spaces like the arctic circle if we dont use drones we will get no warning before the big meltdown

-the mkist memorable western campus event i attended in 2010s was tufts colllaboratory summit convened mainly by arctic circle youth under 25; 

one of the main debates how to help teachers in arctic circle schools empower their students to use virtual reality to visit other arctic circles schools communities; many of the changes and solutions are analogous; I am reminded by educators leading the compilation of virtual realty libraries of the DICE acronym - a reen might want to do something dangerous like climb everest, why not VR simulate that? there are impossible things a trainee doctor will never be able to travel inside a humans gut but that can be VR'd; there are catastropghic simulations - you would rid the world of bees just to test if donald is wrong about nature being more powerful than he is, you can simulate it; or the future of smart tourism may be curation of what a community is proudest of being visited for - this way ecotourism, cultural appreciation exchanges can be twinned to maximise celebration of each other- and by the way friends of the tourist can join in virtually- of corse this raises a metaverse question - that Hong Kong is leading the world on

being 100% public - good and bad hacs- note context matters - context 1 smart city context 2 isolated vilalge no moore context 3 make a huge land safe at borders

3D printing aka additive engineering

Big Data Small by market tech sector Leapfrogging

Nano cf einstein - to innovate science model more micro

Blockchain

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