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4th Indo-US Economic Summit: Building Strong Partnerships
September 18-20, 2007 - Hotel Le Meridien, New Delhi

Confirmed speakers

18th September 2007 
6.00 pm to 6.45 pm Registration
  
7.00 pm to 8.15 pm Inaugural Session
  
WelcomeMr Deepak Pahwa, President, Indo-American Chamber of Commerce
Theme Presentation Mr Prem Behl, Co-Chairman, Indo-US Economic Summit
Presentation Mr William Nobrega, President and CEO, Conrad Group, US
Address Mr Shivshankar Menon, Foreign Secretary, Government of India
Address Dr David C Mulford, US Ambassador to India
Inaugural Address Dr Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission
Vote of Thanks Mr Vinod Madhok, Regional President, Indo-American Chamber of Commerce
  
8.15 pm COCKTAILS & DINNER
  
19th September 2007 

9.30 - 1.30 pm Farm to Retail

  • Agriculture
  • Cold Chain Management
  • Food processing
  • Food Retailing
  • Food Parks and the Agri Export Zones

Mr Subodh Kant Sahai, Hon'ble Union Minister of State for Food Processing Industry

Mr Gokul Patnaik, Chairman, Global AgriSystems (P) Ltd
Mr Pankaj Dharkar, National President (HQ), ISHRAE
Mr Vinod Sawhney, President & CEO, Bharti Retail (P) Ltd
Dr Jochen Zoller, President, Intertek Food Services, Intertek Group Plc.
Mr. Amit Takkar, General Manager - Agro, Adani Enterprises Ltd.
Mr. S K Jain, Managing Director, LMJ International Ltd

  
1.30 - 2.15 pm LUNCH
  

2.15 - 4.30 pm Medical and Healthcare Services

  • Emerging Trends in Healthcare in India
  • Investment Opportunities in Healthcare
  • Medical Tourism -Opportunities & Challenges

Dr Shubnum Singh, Chief Physician Services, Max Healthcare
Mr Naresh Dayal, Secretary, Min. of Health & Family Welfare
Mr Shivinder Singh, CEO & Managing Director, Fortis Healthcare Limited

Dr Nandakumar Jairam, Chairman, Columbia Asia Hospital Pvt. Ltd
Dr Rana Mehta, Vice President, Healthcare, Technopak Advisors Ltd
Mr Lalit Bhasin, Advocate, Bhasin & Co.

  
4.30 - 4.45 pm TEA BREAK
  

4.45 - 6.30 pm Education Management

  • Talent Management in an era of high GDP Growth
  • Experiences in setting up a US University in India
  • Private sector participation in vocational education
  • Shortage of technically skilled manpower - Issues & remedial measures

Mr Vivek Mehra, Executive Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Mr Sam Pitroda, Chairman, National Knowledge Commission (through Video Conferencing)
Mr Harpal Singh, Non-Executive Chairman, Ranbaxy
Dr Prasad Medury, Partner, Amrop international
Dr. Pramath Sinha, Founding Dean, Indian School of Business
Ms Charu Modi Bhartia, Vice Chairperson & CEO, Modi Apollo International Group (P)Ltd
Mr Gurinder Singh, DG, Amity Intl' Business School & Pro-Vice Chancellor, Amity
Mr Anand Sudarshan, Group President, Manipal Universal Learning Private Limited
Dr. Balchandra Mungekar , Member Education, Planning Commission

  
7.00 pm COCKTAILS
  
20th September 2007 

9.00-11.00 am
Civil Aviation & Aerospace

  • Legal Issues - Need for an independent regulatory mechanism
  • Airports - Capacity Augmentation
  • Structured Investments in Civil Aviation sector
  • Financial / Taxation Aspects in Aircraft Acquisition Deals

    Keynote Address


Dr Vivek Lall
, VP & Country Head, Boeing Intl' Corp.
Mr. Lalit Bhasin, Advocate, Bhasin & Co.
Mayor Kathy Taylor of Tulsa

Mr. Atul Sharma
, Partner, Link Legal

Mr. Gopal Sarma
, Managing Director, Infrastructure Advisory Division, Feedback Ventures

Mr. Ashutosh Chaturvedi
, Sr. Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers


Mr Ashwani Kumar
, Minister of State for Industry*
  
11.00 - 11.30 pm TEA BREAK
  

11.30 - 1.45 pm Infrastructure

  • Opening address and theme presentation
  • Indo US business scenario in infrastructure
  • Roads and highways - the way ahead
  • Management of Port - Houston Port Experience
  • Real estate development and US partnerships
  • Government's initiative through IIFCL
  • Financing models for infrastructure projects

 

Mr S Chandrasekar, Chairman, IACC Infrastructure Committee
Mr. Chris Hyland, Managing Director, Parsons Brinckerhoff India Pvt. Ltd.
Dr A Ramakrishna, Former President (Operations) & Deputy MD, Larsen & Toubro Limited
Mr John P Horan, Director of Trade Development, Port of Houston Authority, Houston
Mr Kok Huat Goh, CEO, TSI Ventures
Mr S R Bansal, Vice President, India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited (IIFCL)
Mr. Sanjiv Aggarwal, Director, Head - Power, Energy, Transportation and Metals & Mining, Citibank

  
1.45 - 2.30 pm LUNCH
  

2.30 - 5.30 pm Manufacturing in India : Leading Opportunities

  • India - A Manufacturing destination for Electronics Hardware
  • Knowledge-based Manufacturing
  • Outsourcing of Engineering, Design and R&D Services
  • IT for SME Competitiveness in manufacturing.
  • Globalization of Engineering Services - The Next Frontier.
  • SEZ opportunity for manufacturing in India
  • Pertinent Legal Issues when Outsourcing to Indian Companies
  • Keynote Address


  • Vote of Thanks

 


Mr. Deepak Puri, Managing Director, Moser Baer
Mr. Henry Mohan, Head of Manufacturing, Motorola *


Mr. Raman Roy, Chairman, Quatrro BPO Solutions (P) Ltd

Mr. Vivek R Gupta, MD, AT Kearney India



Representative of Microsoft India


Dr. B V R Mohan Reddy, CMD, Infotech Enterprises Limited

 

Mr Ramesh Subramaniam, President, Sri City SEZ

Mr. Akil Hirani, Managing Partner, Majmudar & Co.

Mr. Sunil Gulati, Group President, Yes Bank


Mr. Ajay Shankar
, Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Ministry of Commerce & Industry

Mr. Jagdip Ahluwalia, Executive Director, Indo-American Chamber of Commerce of Greater Houston, US

 

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