Exploring Bilateral Trade & Investment Opportunities

The Indian Chamber of Commerce is organizing “India Invest 2009”, an ICC Senior Members’ Delegation to Singapore between 20th & 21st of October, 2009. A high-level strategic Conference will also be organized on the 21st of October in Singapore, as part of the prestigious initiative, which aims to explore bi-lateral trade prospects and opportunities for future mutual cooperation between India and Singapore.

The “India-Invest” International Conference -----Key Features

• Hon’ble Minister, Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Govt. of India, Shri Subodh Kant Sahai has kindly confirmed his presence at the Summit as Chief Guest.
  
  
• Hon’ble Minister, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, Govt. of India, Shri Kamal Nath has also very kindly given his consent to grace the occasssions as Chief Guest.
  
  
• Senior Ministers & Bureaucrats from India to be participating in the conference as Special Guests.
  
  
• Corporate houses looking at expanding business in ASEAN region especially Singapore and will actively support and participate.
  
  
• Eminent Indian Industry Captains like Shri Sanjiv Goenka , Shri Vishambhar Saran, Shri Srivardhan Goenka, Shri Jayanta Roy, Shri Harshavardhan Neotia, Shri C.K. Dhanuka , Shri P.S. Bhattacharya , Shri Rajive Kaul, Shri Sanjay Budhia, among other important dignitaries, will be a part of the high-profile delegation to Singapore.
  

Conference Sessions

• Infrastructure and logistics including Power, Metals and Mining
  
• Real Estate
  
• IT/ITES
  
• Health care
  
• Financial services including banking, mutual fund and insurance
  

Thus the sectors of mutual interest and viable economic cooperation in future among India - Singapore will be discussed at length. Seeking opportunities and avenues for improved bi-lateral trade relations between India & Singapore will be the primary objective of the conference.

B2B Meetings

The conference will be an incredible opportunity for one-to-one meetings and interactions between businessmen and delegations from India and Singapore, so that new business leads and plans can be generated which can later be actually implemented.

“India Invest 2009” : Strengthening Business –To- Business Co-Operation & Enhancing Project Partnerships Between India & South-East Asia :

Objectives

• Facilitate sector, and project based discussions and interactions between potential partners in India, Singapore, and also other South-East Asian countries, to catalyse concrete business tie-ups and partnerships.
  
  
• Handholding the Indian SME s and Corporates to enable them to work with Singapore-based companies on a sustained basis.
  
  
• Create awareness on the emerging economic trends and future outlook in South-East Asia, with specific reference to growth of the private sector, investment needs, and avenues, business regulations, and financing systems. India and Singapore to be the focus countries
  
  
• Facilitate interactions of Indian Govt. & Policy Makers, Indian Funding Agencies, Indian Corporates with Singaporean dignitaries from Govt , Business, and other relevant Institutions
  

The objectives of the Programme thus involve generating significant interest on both sides to explore, identify and implement specific joint-ventures / tie-ups, etc. based upon mutual competitiveness and synergies.

The Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the largest Chamber in the East & North-East of India, has a strong focus on enhancing India – South-East Asia economic and business co-operation; and has taken concrete initiatives in the past to strengthen bilateral economic relationship between India, and South-East Asian nations like Thailand. “India Invest 2009” in Singapore will be another concrete step aimed at effectively enhancing trade & economic linkages between India and her Asian partners.

Time	Programmes
9.30 am	Registration
10.00 am - 11.00 am	Inaugural Session: India Singapore Economic Cooperation: Way Ahead
	Welcome Address	Mr. V Saran, President ICC
	India- Singapore Business & Economic Cooperation	Mr. Vijay Iyengar, Chairman, SICCI
	Opportunity India	Mr Sanjiv Goenka, Vice Chairman RPG Enterprises
	India as an emerging Investment Destination	Mr. Sunny Verghese, Chairman, IE Singapore
	India- Singapore Mutual Growth Path	High Commissioner of India to Singapore
	Special Address - Resilient ASEAN Economy: Role for India & Singapore	Mr. Lim Hng Kiang, Cabinet Minister, Ministry of Trade & Industry, Singapore
	Address by Guest of Honour	Shri Sriprakash Jaiswal Hon’ble Minister of State, Independent Charge Ministry of Coal, Govt. of India
	Address by Chief Guests India – Singapore Economic Cooperation; Way Ahead	Shri Subodh Kant Sahay, Hon’ble Minister, Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Govt. of India Shri Kamal Nath, Hon’ble Minister, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, Govt. of India
	Vote of Thanks	Mr Jayanta Roy Senior Vice President, ICC
11.00 am - 11.20 am	Tea & Coffee
11.20 am - 12.30 pm	Technical Session I Investment Opportunities in Infrastructure & Manufacturing
	Opening Address by Session Chairman	Mr. Partha S Bhattacharyya, Chairman, Coal India Ltd.
	India – Upcoming Global Manufacturing Hub	PWC
	Demand-Supply Scenario in Indian Energy Market@2015	Mr. Ganesan Natarajan, Whole Time Director, President & CEO, ENNORE Coke
	Immense opportunities that Indian Infrastructure offers	Mr. Manish Aggarwal, Director - M&A, & Private Sector Solution Group, CRISIL
	Q&A Session
	Summing-up	ICC
12.30 pm - 1.30 pm	Panel Discussion - Opportunities in Financial & Services Sector
	Opening Remarks	Session Chairman
	Financial Services Indian Capital Markets: Maturing and Coming of Age Value drivers in mature and emerging life insurance markets in Asia	Mr. Rajnikant Patel, President Exchange Business, Reliance Money Mr. Marc Birch, Practice Leader for Insurance & Financial Services, Watson Wyatt
	IT & ITeS – Advantage India	Mr. Girija Pande, EVP & Head TCS Asia Pacific Mr. Ramanan R V, President – Global Delivery, Hexaware Technologies Limited
	Real Estate – Post Recession Scenario	Mr. Harsh Neotia, Chairman, Ambuja Realty
	Q&A Session
	Summing-up	ICC

Luncheon B2B Meetings

11.45 am - 12.45 pm

Close Door Meeting on Food Processing Opportunities Chaired by Shri Subodh Kant Sahai

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Enquiry

To participate contact:
Singapore Business Federation
10 Hoe Chiang Road, Singapore 089315
Tel: +65 6287 6828

Please pay cash at the venue on October 21, 2009.