| Time & Duration | Activity | Remarks/Note |
| 18:45 - 19:15 (30 Min) | Registration | |
| 19:15 - 19:20 (05 Min) | Welcome Note | |
| 19:20 - 19:30 (10 Min) | DDF Advisory Board Introduction | Raman Saxena |
| 19:30 - 19:35 (5 Min) | Opening Note from Advisory Board - Dr. Sudhir Krishna, Member DDF Advisory Board | |
| 19:35 - 19:45 (10 Min) | Chief Guest Keynote - Shri Suresh Prabhu | Union Minister for Commerce & Industry, GOI |
| 19:45 - 19:50 (5 Min) | DDF Design Challenge - Prize Announcement | |
| 19:50 - 20:05 (15 Min) | Keynote - Prof. S. Balaram | Founder Dean at D J Academy of Design | Emeritus professor of CEPT University |
| 20:05 - 20:15 (10 Min) | Prof. K.T. Ravindran | Architect | Urban Planning | Academician |
| 20:15 - 20:30 (15 Min) | Keynote - Mr. Samar S. Jodha | Artist | Photographer | Films | Speaker |
| 20:30 - 20:40 (10 Min) | Keynote - Shri Subrata Bhowmick | Owner @ Subrata Bhowmick Design |
| 20:40 - 20:45 (05 Min) | Vote of Thanks | |
| 20:45 - 20:50 (05 Min) | Curtain Raiser for the next two days event | Raman Saxena |
| 20:50 - 22:30 (100 Min) | Networking Dinner | Day will close after dinner |
| Time & Duration | Activity | Remarks/Note |
| 09:00 - 09:30 (30 Min) | Participant Registration | Participants will collect their Conf. Kit |
| 09:45 - 09:55 (10 min) | Welcome & Day Introduction | |
| 09:55 - 10:10 (15 min) | Keynote - Smart Cities: Chalenges & Opportinities for Design | Dr. Sameer Sharma, Addl. Secretary-MoHUA and Mission Director - Smart City Mission, GOI |
| 10:10 - 10:25 (15 min) | Urban Challenge Presentation - Ambala, Haryana | Mr. Satyender Duhan, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation Ambala, Haryana |
| 10:25 - 10:40 (15 min) | Urban Challenge Presentation - Chandigarh | Mr. Kapil Setia, Chief Architect, Chandigarh Administration |
| 10:40 - 11:00 (15 min) | Urban Challenge Presentation - Gurugram, Haryana* | CEO/Municipal Commissioner/City Urban Planner* |
| 11:00 - 11:20 (20 min) | Tea Break & Team Formation | |
| 11:30 - 12:15 (45 min) | Chat – Policy & Management view on Smart Cities | Host: Dr. Koshy, Guests: Dr. Sudhir Krishna, Mr. Vivek Atrey, Mr. NSN Murty, Mr. Shrinivas K., |
| 12:15 - 12:45 (25 min) | Shri Satyendra Jain | Cabinet Minister (Health, Industry, Home, PWD & Urban Development - Govt of NCT of Delhi PWD, |
| 12:45 - 13:45 (60 min) | Urban Challenge - Round Table | Civic Leaders/Senior Designers/ Participants |
| 13:45 - 14:30 (45 min) | Lunch | |
| 14:30 - 15:30 (60 Min) | Urban Challenge- Brainstorming | Civic Leaders/Senior Designers/ Participants |
| 15:30 - 15:50 (20 min) | Tea Break | |
| 15:50 - 16:05 (15 min) | Presentation | Rajat Mishra, CEO-Efkon India |
| 16:05 - 16:20 (10 min) | Reimagining the lived city - the neighbourhood museum programme | Prof. Surajit Sarkar |
| 16:30 - 17:30 (60 min) | Panel Discussion: Startup & Entrepreneurship in context value delivery for city & citizens | Panel Host: Mr. Arvind Lodaya; Panelist: Ms. Ulla Koivukoski, Ms. Vineeta Shetty, Prof. Sharique, Mr. Sunil Malhotra, Mr. Sudhir Sharma |
| 17:30 - 17:40 (10 min) | Wrap up Session |
* Confirmation Awaited
| Time | Activities | Remarks/Note |
| 09:30 - 09:45 (15 min) | Welcome & Day Introduction | |
| 09:45 - 10:00 (15 min) | "Work in Progress for Better Tomorrow"...India through the lens of Design to project related Urbanity | Ishan Khosla, Principal & Founder Ishan Khosla Design |
| 10:00 - 10:15 (10 min) | Presentation 2: "Taking the Trust Leap and Designing Meaningful Relationships: From Stranger to Mentor" | Utkarsh Amitabh, Founder-Network Capital |
| 10:15 - 11:40 (75 min) | Should Design Education go beyond "User" and also embrace "City" into its pedagogy? | Panel Discussion: Jatin Bhat, S. Balaram, Anubha Kakroo, Nandita Abhraham |
| 11:40 - 12:00 (20 min) | Tea Break | |
| 12:00 - 12:15 (15 min) | How a city can design for children and childhood | Ms. Kirti Zala, Head aProCh |
| 12:15 - 12:30 (15 min) | Presentation | |
| 12:30 - 12:45 (15 min) | Presentation | |
| 12:45 - 13:00 (15 min) | Open Your Eyes Ambala "OYE Ambabla" Mobilizing Citizens engagement in manage municipal solid waste -Municipal Corporation Ambala Susscess Story | Suraj Nandkumar, Director- Recity |
| 13:00 - 13:15 (15 min) | Much needed effective and inclusive wayfinding & signage for our built environment. | Prof. Amit Sheth, Head-Design Dept., Nirma University |
| 13:15 - 14:00 (45 min) | Lunch Break | |
| 14:00 - 15:30 (90 min) | Break-out Session 1: Urban Challenge - Ideation | Civic Leaders/Senior Designers/ Participants |
| 14:00 - 15:30 (90 min) | Break-out Session 2: Workshop - Youth Agenda for Cities | School and University Students |
| 15:30 - 16:00 (30 min) | Wrap up and closing with Tea |