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.
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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
Researcher
Sameer Bajaj
Aapti Institute
K Ashok Rao
Patron, AIPEF
Talks
| Time | Session | Speaker |
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| 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 |
EAS Sarma Retd IAS Officer |
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| 11:00 - 11:30 AM |
Sripath Roy Swecha AP |
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| 11:30 - 12:00 PM |
VS Krishna Human Rights Forum |
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| 12:00 - 12:30 PM |
D Nagasaila Advocate, Madras High Court |
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| 12:30 - 02:00 PM | Lunch Break | |
| 01:45 - 02:00 PM | Cultural | |
| 02:00 - 02:30 PM |
Sagar Dhara Researcher, SAPACC |
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| 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 |
Ajay Kumar Dara Content Creator |
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| 03:05 - 03:20 PM |
Jayshree Hatangadi Heritage Narrator |
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| 03:20 - 03:50 PM |
Dr B Gangarao Ex-Corporator |
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| 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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Convention Resources
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