MKKM
Sustainability Convention to shed light on sustainable urban solutions
Time: 4.30PM to 7.00PM
Venue: Taal Kutir | Regal Convention Room
The CCU Festival's Sustainability Convention, curated by Y-East and its extended network of partners, aims to highlight impactful, innovative, pioneering organizations and initiatives making Kolkata more socially inclusive and environmentally responsible. The Sustainability Convention will also be the occasion to officially launch Moving Kolkata - Kolkata Moving (MKKM), a platform dedicated to the awareness, dialogue, and action towards sustainability: moving-kolkata.com. This Convention brings together stakeholders from various walks of life, into a synthesis of collaboration and collective action for our city’s healthier and more sustainable future.
THE CCU FESTIVAL
Outline
Welcome and introduction
4.30-4.35pm
Keynotes by two renowned experts
4.35-5.00pm
MKKM Launch: witness the launch of a movement that is moving Kolkata forward!
5.00-5.20pm
Expert panel - “Collective action towards positive social and environmental action in Kolkata”
5.20-5.50pm
Expert panel - “Redefining Disability in CCU 2.0”
5.50-6.20pm
Short presentation of e-learning platform Y-Ed (y-ed.in)
6.20-6.25pm
Award ceremony
6.25-6.40pm
Sustainable Fashion Merch, showcasing sustainable brands Zyenika, 145East, Twirl.store, House of Noorie, Micronesium; Show stopper: Pushpak Sen
6.40-7.00pm
Organising Partners:
Y-East, Auli, EUNIC Global, European Spaces of Culture, Embassy of Spain in India, Goethe-Intitut / Max Mueller Bhavan Kolkata, Instituto Cervantes, Alliance Française, British Council, WICCI West Bengal Sustainable Businesses Council
Access
This event requires the Ground Pass or the All Access Festival pass
Speakers
Founder-President, PUBLIC
Bonani Kakkar
Environment activist; Founder, Buttrush
Nirit Datta
Sustainability Director, Techno India Group; Founder, Y-East
Pauline Laravoire
Programme Officer, Goethe-Institut
Sharmistha Sarker
Director, Alliance Française du Bengale
Nicolas Facino
British Deputy High Commissioner to Kolkata
Nick Low
Founder and Managing Trustee, Ek Tara
Vinita Saraf
Founder, Hulladek
Nandan Mall
MD & CEO Merlin Group
Saket Mohta
Linkedin Top Voice & SDG Ambassador for Diversity and Inclusion
Sumit Agarwal
Founder, Adaptive Clothing Brand Zyenika
Soumita Basu
Radio Entrepreneur, BongOnet