People's Convention on AI Data Centers
Join activists, researchers, legal experts, and community leaders in discussing the impact of hyperscale AI data center expansion in Vizag & Andhra Pradesh.
Featured Speakers
EAS Sarma
Retd IAS Officer
D NagaSaila
Advocate, Madras High Court
Sagar Dhara
Researcher, SAPACC
Sushmita
Pulitzer Fellow, Researcher
Manideep
Energy Researcher
Jayshree Hatangadi
Heritage Narrator
VS Krishna
Human Rights Forum
Dr B Gangarao
Ex-Corporator
U Narayana Raju
Retd. Chief Engineer
Radical Ajay
Content Creator
Deeksha Vanguru
Fridays for Future
Rohith G
Advocate, AP High Court
Dr Suruchi Kumari
Researcher, Digital Empowerment Foundation
Prof Byragi Reddy
Andhra Univerity
Sohan Hatangadi
Environmental and civic activist
Prasanth Reddy
Lawyer
Chakradhar Buddha
Libtech India
Sameer Bajaj
Aapti Institute
Sherley Hepsiba Dokiburra
Teaching Associate, DSNLU
K Ashok Rao
Patron, AIPEF
Talks
| Time | Session | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00 AM | Registration, Expo Visit, Tea | |
| 10:00 AM | Culturals | |
| 10:20 - 10:30 AM | Opening Remarks and Inaugural | |
| 10:30 - 11:00 AM |
Keynote: Whose Development? Whose Resources? Whose Future?
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EAS Sarma Retd IAS Officer |
| 11:00 - 11:30 AM |
Understanding Big Tech's AI Data Centers and the Myth of Inevitability
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Sripath Roy Swecha AP |
| 11:30 - 12:00 PM |
The Larger Footprint of Vizag Data Centers and People's Opposition
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VS Krishna Human Rights Forum |
| 12:00 - 12:30 PM |
Bypassing the Law: Data Centers, Environmental Justice and the Right to Know
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D Nagasaila Advocate, Madras High Court |
| 12:30 - 02:00 PM | Lunch Break | |
| 01:45 - 02:00 PM | Cultural | |
| 02:00 - 02:30 PM |
The Hidden Cost of “Green” Data Centers: Energy, Renewables, and Environment
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Sagar Dhara Researcher, SAPACC |
| 02:30 - 02:35 PM |
AI Data Centers: A ‘Sword of Damocles’ for power supply
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Ashok Rao Patron, AIPEF |
| 02:35 - 02:50 PM |
Negotiating the Right to Water: Polavaram and the State's Promises
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U Narayana Raju Retd Chief Engineer |
| 02:50 - 03:05 PM |
Silencing Dissent: Intolerance and Surveillance
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Ajay Kumar Dara Content Creator |
| 03:05 - 03:20 PM |
Our Heritage. Before Us. Beyond Us…
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Jayshree Hatangadi Heritage Narrator |
| 03:20 - 03:50 PM |
The Mode of Development in North Andhra: Data Centers and People’s Struggles
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Dr B Gangarao Ex-Corporator |
| 03:50 - 04:45 PM | Praja Darbar | |
| 04:45 - 05:00 PM | Solidarity Statements, Vizag Declarations, Call for Action | |
Panels
| Time | Panel Theme | Panelists |
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| 11:00 - 11:45 AM |
Subversion of the Law, Regulatory Lapses and the State
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| 11:45 - 12:30 PM |
Big Tech Monopolies, Expansion of AI and the Question of Sovereignty
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| 02:00 - 02:45 PM |
Social Impacts & Resistance Against Data Centers
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| 02:45 - 03:30 PM |
The Uncounted Costs of AI Data Centres
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