Programme

Day 1: Wednesday, 1st November 2006

Inaugural Session

Welcome Address by President, FICCI

Special Address on “Insurance for Rural Communities” by Dr. Abhay Bang(c), SEARCH

Special Address on “Micro Health Insurance” by Mr. C S Rao, Chairman, IRDA

Keynote Address by H.E. Francisco da Câmara Gomes, Ambassador - Head of Delegation of the European Commission to India, Bhutan and Nepal

Inaugural Address by Mr Pavan Kumar Bansal, Minister of State for Finance, Government of India

Session I: “What's in a Name?” Types of micro health insurance

Chair and Address on “Four types of Micro Health Insurance Provision” - Mr. Steve Hollingworth, Country Director, Care India

Panel of Speakers:
• Partner – Agent Model- Mr. Arbind Singh, NIDAN [download presentation Singh]
• Partner - Agent Model- Ms. Mukti Bosco, Healing Fields Foundation [download presentation Bosco]
• Mutual Model- Mr. Balasubramanian, Programme leader, DHAN Foundation [download presentation Balasubramanian]
Q&A

Session II: “Rules & Relationships” Responding to clients' priorities

Chair - Dr. H. Chaturvedi, Director, BIMTECH

Panel of Speakers:
• “Health spending among the poor” – Prof. Dr. Indrani Gupta, Delhi University [download presentation Gupta]
• Video “CHAT”
• “Choosing Healthplans All Together" – Prof. Dr. David Dror, Erasmus University [download presentation CHAT]

Session III: “The salesman's job begins when the client says no”

Chair & Address on “Mobilizing Solidarity” - M. Ramadoss, Chairman cum Managing Director, Oriental Insurance Company

Panel session on “Mobilizing Solidarity”
Panel of Speakers:
• Prof. Dr. Nayar, JN University [download presentation Nayar]
• Dr. Medha Purao Samant, Uplift Health [download presentation Samant]

Session IV: “Affordable Health Insurance-An impossible task?

Chair – Prof. Dharmendra Kumar, Dean Insurance, BIMTECH

Panel of Speakers:
• “Willingness to pay for & Trust in Health Insurance” – Mr. Ralf Radermacher, University of Cologne [download presentation Radermacher]
• “Insuring high risk groups”- Prof. Dr. Wynand van de Ven, Erasmus University Rotterdam [download presentation van de Ven]

Day 2: Thursday, 2nd November 2006

Opening Session

Panel of Speakers:
• “Reaching the ground” – Ms. Meenakshi Datta Gosh, Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj (c)
• Special Address by Sujatha Rao, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Health (c)

Session V: “Act locally think globally”: settling claims

Chair: Dr Hans Steinmann, Programme Director Health, GTZ India

Panel of Speakers:
• “How Indian micro schemes service their clients”- Dr. Sodani, IIHMR, Jaipur [download presentation Sodani]
• “Deciding on claims” –Mr Rajeshirke, committee member, Uplift Network

Panel Session 1 on “Servicing micro health insurance”
Panel of speakers:
• Dr. H. Sudarshan, Hon . Secretary, Karuna Trust [download presentation Sudarshan]
• Dr. SB Khadilkar, Programme Manager, BAIF [download presentation Khadilkar]
• Ms. Rupalee Ruchismitra, ICICI [download presentation Ruchismita]

Panel Session 2 on “Integrating premium collection into existing structures”
Panel of Speakers:
• Ms. Mirai Chatterjee, VimoSEWA [download presentation Chatterjee]
• Mr. Amitava Banerjee, AYP [download presentation Banerjee]
• Mr. R. Kumar, Principal Secretary (Cooperatives), Government of Karnataka [download presentation Kumar]

Session VI: “Size matters” (… and sustainability too)

Chair: Dr. Ashok Lahiri, Chief Economic Adviser, Ministry of Finance, Government of India

Panel of Speakers:
• “The European experience with the development of health insurance” – Prof. Dr. Hans Jurgen Rosner, University of Cologne [download presentation Rosner]
• “Reaching financial stability and building capacity”- Prof. Dr. David Dror, Erasmus University, Rotterdam [download presentation Dror]
• “What reinsurance means for community based schemes (and constraints to be resolved)” – Ms. Sushila Venkatraman, Dy. General Manager, GIC [download presentation Venkatraman]
• “NABARD’s vision on rolling out health insurance” – Mr. A Ramanatan, Chief General Manager, Micro Credit Innovation, NABARD
• IRDA's Role in enabling community based health insurance - PC James, Executive Director, IRDA [download presentation James]

Session VII: “The future belongs to those who believe their dreams”

Chair: Mr. G.C. Chaturvedi, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Finance

Panel of Speakers:
• “An outlook on health insurance for the poor in India” – Mr. G.C. Chaturvedi, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Finance
• "The vision of Sa-Dhan in extending health insurance", Mr. Mathew Titus, Sa-Dhan
• “What we have learned and what next” – Prof. Dr. David Dror, Erasmus University, Rotterdam [download presentation Myth & Reality]