Kamal Nath to partake in Partnership Summit 2007 by CII
17 Jan '07
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Shri Kamal Nath, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, will participate in the 3-day Partnership Summit 2007 being organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in Bangalore from 17-19 January with the theme of “Emergent India: New roles and responsibilities”
The Summit will be a high-level platform to promote India as a profitable and stable investment destination and would provide a valuable networking forum for Indian business leaders to meet overseas trade delegations and nearly 700 delegates from different countries.
Among the principal invitees this time will be the President of Portugal Anibal Antonio Cavaco Silvia and among the key speakers are the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Mr. Gordon Brown.
The other eminent participants and speakers include: UK's Secretary of State, Trade and Industry, Alistair Darling; WTO Director General, Pascal Lamy; former Hungarian Prime Minister, Peter Medgyessey; Minister for Foreign Affairs of Singapore, George Yong-Boon Yeo; Chairman of Knowlede Commission, Sam Pitroda; Sri Lanka's Minister for Enterprise Development, Rohitha Bogollagama, Minister for Economy of Chile, Alejandro Ferreiro and Minister of Industry of France, Francois Loos.
Some of the key topics to be discussed at various sessions include Multilateral Trade Vs Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs); Globalisation; and a Session on whether the 21st century will belong to Asia?
Apart from the Partnership Summit, Shri Kamal Nath is also scheduled to inaugurate an International Flower Auction Centre in Bangalore on 18th January, as part of a major initiative by the government to boost floriculture exports from Karnataka.
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