Program schedule for: December 13, 2008 (Saturday) December 14, 2008 (Sunday) December 15, 2008 (Monday) December 16, 2008 (Tuesday)         December 13, 2008 (Saturday)  Date  Time  Program  Keynote Talks  Speakers  13/12/08  0900  Commencement  of Registration of  Delegates  13/12/08  0930 - 1000  Inauguration of  Alumni Events  13/12/08  1000 - 1300  Alumni Events  13/12/08  1500 - 1730  Inauguration  and Welcome  Function Professor C N R Rao Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam Dr. K Kasturirangan Professor P. Balaram Dr. J J Irani Professor N. Balakrishnan  13/12/08  1830 - 2000  Hindustani Santoor  Recital by Pandit  Shivkumar Sharma         December 14, 2008 (Sunday)  Date  Time  Program  Speaker  14/12/08  0900 - 1100  Conference Keynote Talks Professor Martin Rees Mr. S Ramadorai Professor Subra Suresh  14/12/08  1100 - 1700  IISc Showcase  14/12/08  1100 - 1230  Release of the IISc Stamp  and Special Address by His Excellency  Shri. Mohammad Hamid Ansari,  Vice President of India  14/12/08  1130 - 1300  Panel Session  Chair: Professor Goverdhan Mehta  India - A Knowledge Power:  Opportunities and Challenges  Panelists: Dr. Vijay Chandru Professor Ashok Jhunjhunwala Dr. Gretchen Kalonji Dr. Manju Sharma Professor K R Sreenivasan Dr. K Toyoma  14/12/08  1415 - 1730 Interdisciplinary Workshops  (in parallel) Micro and Nano Technologies Energy and Materials Integrative Biology Earth and Climate Sciences Intelligent Transportation Complex Systems and Networks Sustainable Technologies and  Technology Outreach  14/12/08  1830 - 1930  Public Lecture  The Most Reverend  Desmond Tutu Archbishop  Emeritus of Cape Town,  South Africa  December 15, 2008 (Monday)  Date  Time  Program  Speaker  15/12/08  0900 - 1100  Conference Keynote Talks  Professor Sydney Brenner  Professor Arcot Ramachandran  15/12/08  1100 - 1700  IISc Showcase  15/12/08  1130 - 1315  Panel Session  Chair: Professor J Srinivasan:  Climate Change:  An Indian perspective Professor Timothy F. Flannery Professor Madhav Gadgil Ms. Sunita Narain Professor Anand Patwardan Mr. Shyam Saran  15/12/08  1415 - 1730 Divisional Workshops  (in parallel) Biological Sciences Chemical Sciences Electrical Sciences Mechanical Sciences Mathematical & Physical Sciences  15/12/08  1800 - 1930  Public Lecture 1. Dr. Sam Pitroda 2. TBA  15/12/08  2030 - 2200  Bharatanatyam Dance Recital  by Ms. Malavika Sarukkai December 16, 2008 (Tuesday)  Date  Time  Program  Speaker  16/12/08  0900 - 1100  Conference Keynote Talks  Dr. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw  Professor Eric Maskin  16/12/08  1100 - 1700  IISc Showcase  16/12/08  1130 - 1300  Panel Session  Chair: Professor N. Balakrishnan:  Rediscovering IISc for the 21st Century Dr. D. Balasubramanian Dr. M. K. Bhan Professor S. K. Brahmachari Dr. R. Chidambaram Dr. Glyn Davis Professor M. Natarajan Professor T. Ramasami Professor Raj Reddy  16/12/08  1415 - 1545  IISc: Past, Present, and Future  Coordinators: Professor M.L. Munjal  and Professor S. Chandrasekaran  Participants:  Professor C.N.R. Rao  Professor G. Padmanaban  Professor Goverdhan Mehta  Professor A. Sreedharan  Professor M. Vijayan  Professor P. Balaram  Professor N. Balakrishnan  16/12/08  1600 - 1700  Conference Valedictory