‘ emerging kerala 2012 ’ meeting with media editors
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Emerging Kerala 2012 – Global Connect
Date : 12 - 14th September2012
Venue : Le Meridien, Kochi
Inauguration by : Hon’ble Prime Minister
Vision of Emerging Kerala 2012
To make Kerala a premier global hub of economic activity, through fostering entrepreneurship and industry, which leverage its inherent strengths, resulting in equitable socio-economic growth.
Mission of Emerging Kerala 2012 To present and showcase Kerala and
Create awareness amongst all stakeholders - Enterprises, Government, Institutions, Leaders & Influencers, Investors and General Public - through continuous engagement and connect initiatives, while simultaneously creating the right environment, to facilitate the transformation of Kerala into a business hub and preferred investment destination.
Objectives
1.To highlight the inherent strengths of Kerala and to position Kerala as a Hub of economic activity and Global Connect in south India
2.To project ‘God’s Own Country’ as ‘Investor- friendly Destination’
3. To showcase the potential and opportunities in various sectors keeping in view the need for sustainable development
Emerging Kerala 2012….who will participate
Participants– 2500
Leaders from India and abroad – Business and corporate leaders, Ministers, policy makers, renowned scholars, etc
Business & Trade delegations from across the globe
Diplomatic Missions from various countries
Eminent personalities from all walks of life
Confirmations so far – Prominent faces from Union Cabinet
Hon. Prime Minister of India – Inauguration on 12th Sept 2012
Shri.Sharad Pawar – Min(Agriculture & Food Proc.) Shri. Ghulam Nabi Azad – Min (Health & Family Welfare) Shri. Kamal Nath – Min (Urban Devpt) Shri. Anand Sharma – Min (Commerce & Inds, Textiles) Kumari Selja - Min (Housing, Urban Poverty Allevn. & Culture) Shri. G.K. Vasan – Min (Shipping) Shri. N.N. Meena – MoS (Finance)
And Union Ministers from Kerala
Prominent Corporates/ CEOs include: • Mr. S. Gopalakrishnan, Executive.Co-Chairman, Infosys • Shri. S.D Shibulal, CEO, Infosys• Shri.Adi Godrej,Chairman, Godrej Group• Shri. R.K Krishna Kumar, Chairman, Tata Coffee• Shri. Uday Kotak, MD, Kotak Mahindra• Shri.G.V.Sanjay Reddy, Vice Chairman, GVK Industries• Shri. Dilip Chenoy, MD & CEO, NSDC• Shri.Omkar .S.Kanwar, CMD, Apollo Tyres• Mr. Prasad Chandran , CMD, BASF India• Mr.Vikram Madhok, VC,PATA India Chapter
Notable Indian participation
Prominent Corporates/ CEOs include: • Dr. M.Majeed, Chairman and MD, Sami Labs• Mr. Abhijith Rajan, CMD, Gammon India• Mr. B. K. Patodia ,CMD, GTN Group• Mr. Rajiv Agarwal , CEO & Managing Director ,Essar Ports Limited• Mr. Shailesh Pathak, President Srei Infrastructure Finance Ltd.• Mr. Ajith GulabchandCMD, HCC• Mr. Aditya Ghosh ,President, IndiGo Airlines• Mr. Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, Chairman, Aptech• Mr. Rana Kapoor, MD&CEO. Yes Bank Ltd
Notable Indian participation
From Government we will have for Emerging Kerala 2012• Shri. M.S. Ahluwalia, Dy. Chairman, Planning Commission• Dr. Subir Gokarn, Dy. Governor, RBI• Shri. Sam Pitroda, Chairman, NIC• Shri. Sudhir Vasudeva, CMD, ONGC• Shri. Ashish Khanna, Head-Energy Division, World Bank • Shri. R.K. Singh, CMD, BPCL• Dr. A. Sivathanu Pillai, CEO&MD, BrahMos • Shri.Chandrasekhara Verma, Chairman, SAIL• Mr.R.N.Nayak, CMD, Power Grid Corporation of India• Mr.A.K.Balyan, MD& CEO, Petronet LNG• Mr.H.P.Kumar, CMD, National Small Industries Corporation Ltd• Mr.B.P.Rao, CMD, BHEL
Notable Indian participation
Some of the Prominent Foreign delegations/ Diplomats &
Corporates• Representation from over 50 Nations from across the world
•Ambassadors of League of Arab States – 21 Nations
•Ambassadors from GRULAC Nations - 16 nations ; Group Co- ordinator- Ambassador of Peru •Ambassadors - Embassies of UAE, Poland, and Turkey
•High Commissioners - Australia, Brunei and Mauritius
Prominent Foreign delegations
Trade delegations - China, Canada, UK, USA, Australia, Japan, Malaysia• Canada - 45 member delegation• China - 23 member delegation• UK - 45 member delegation • USA - 15 member delegation• Australia – 3 member delegation• Japan - 12 member delegation• Malaysia - 4 member delegation• Singapore – 4 member delegation• Qatar - 4 member delegation • Germany -5 member delegation
Some Prominent Dignitaries /Diplomats
• H.E. Mr.He Duanqi – Vice Governor, Yunnan
Province - Leading
the delegation from Yunnan Province
• H.E. Dato' Seri S. Samy Vellu – Special Envoy to
India and South
Asia (Infrastrucutre) , Ministerial Rank, Prime
Minister's
Department , Government of Malaysia – Leading
the delegation
from Malaysia• H.E Ms. Nancy Powell – US Ambassador to India
• H.E.Sir.James Bevan – High Commissioner of UK
to India
• H.E.Mr. Peter Varghese AO – Australian High
Commissioner to
India
Few Prominent Foreign Corporates
•Mr. Abdullatif Al Mulla – Group CEO, Tecom
Investments•Mr. Jamal Majid Bin Thaniah – Group CEO, DP
World•Dr. Francoise Cluzeau – Sr. Advisor, NICE
International,
U.K•Mr. Shah Hakim Zain – Group CEO, SCOMI Group,
Malaysia•Dr. Jebamalai Vinanchiarachi – Sr. Economist &
Former
Principal Advisor to Director General, UNIDO•Mr.Ta Shengua – Board Chairman, Yunnan
Yuntianhua
Group •Mr. Wang Minghui – Board Chairman, Yunnan
Baiyao Group
Prominent Foreign Corporates (part of Trade Delegations)
•Mr. Mike Shaw – Managing Director, Balfour
Beatty, UK•Mr. Padraic Kelly – Managing Director, Happold
Consulting ,UK •Mr. Essa Hilal Al-Kuwari – President of Kahramaa,
Qatar General
Electricity & Water Corporation•Mr. Wael Sawan – EVP & Qatar Country Chairman,
Qatar Shell
GTL Limited•Mr. Dennis Gross – President, The Parallel Group,
NY- USA•Mr. Dai Zhengwan – Vice General Manager,
Zhaotong
Honglian Industry Co,Ltd, Yunnan•Mr. Benoit Cattin Martel – President & MD,
Bombardier
Transportation India
Sectors for Bi-lateral Co-operation
Country Areas for Bi-lateral Co-operation
China Tourism, Electronic Hardware, Agro based industries, Biotechnology, ,Pharmaceuticals, Energy
Canada Knowledge & Education , Food processing,, Textiles, Manufacturing
UK Healthcare, Logistics, Knowledge, IT, Infrastructure, Engineering
USA Biotechnology, Nanotechnology, Pharmaceuticals, Telecommunications
Australia Knowledge, IT, Tourism, Agribusiness, Infrastructure, Renewable Energy , Waste & Water Management , Sports Management, Healthcare
Sectors for Bi-lateral Co-operation
Country Areas for Bi-lateral Co-operation
Japan Energy - Gas Infrastructure projects; Infrastructure- High Speed Rail Corridor projectElectronics
Singapore Engineering , Waste Management,Knowledge/Education
Malaysia Knowledge , Engineering, Tourism, Infrastructure
Qatar Infrastructure, Energy, Water Technology, Gas & Energy
Sectors for Bi-lateral Co-operation
Country Areas for Bi-lateral Co-operation
UAE Infrastructure, IT, Tourism
GRULAC countries Tourism, Energy, Gas based Infrastructure, Power, Agriculture
Core sectors
• The opportunities in ample in Kerala – The Core Sectors for Emerging Kerala 2012 are
- Health Care Services- Energy including Green Energy- Science & Technology- Infrastructure including Urban Infrastructure- Defence, Ports, Shipbuilding & Logistics- MSME & Skills- Financial Services- IT/ITeS- Knowledge & Education- Tourism- Food & Agro Processing• Projects highlighted include ideas that need entrepreneurs to explore the possibility after sufficient due diligence including financial and technical aspects
•Profiles of projects across sectors available in the website
www.emergingkerala2012.org
Inaugural session Prime Minister Industry LeadersHeads of GovernmentsVisionaries Thought leaders…
Plenary sessions Eminent personalitiesScholarsBusiness leaders…
Round Tables for core sectors with Ministers, CEOs and entrepreneurs
B2B, B2G & G2Gconnects on the sidelines
Sectoral Sessions Central ministersState Govts /Participating Govts Industrialists
Experience Kerala “Kerala Ayurveda”Cultural ProgramsTour packages
Country SessionParallel sessions for countries / delegations
NRK SessionSpecial Session on NRK
Spl. Round TableEntrepreneurship Devpt.
Program : 12.09.12, Wednesday
Date/Time Programme Schedule
08.00 – 10.00
Delegate Registration
11.45 – 12.45Inaugural Session
Inauguration by Hon’ble Prime Minister of
15.00 – 16.30Country Sessions
USA, UK, Canada, Japan
17.00 – 18.30Plenary Session-1
Kerala Devpt Model: Enabling faster, inclusive & sustainable growth
19.00 onwardsDinner & Cultural Evening
Program : 13.09.12, Thursday: Forenoon
Date/Time Programme Schedule
09.00 – 09.30Delegate Registration
09.30 – 11.00Plenary Session-2
Bridging the Infrastructure gap: Role of PPPs to spur growth
11.30 – 13.00Plenary Session-3
Manufacturing, Trade & Services: Growth Engines of Kerala Economy
13.00 – 14.00Round Tables & Networking Lunch with Ministers & Corporate Heads
Program : 13.09.12, Thursday : Afternoon
Date/TimeProgramme Schedule
14.00 – 15.30Plenary Session-4
Conservation & Preservation of Socio-cultural Heritage of Kerala
14.00 – 16.30Sectoral Sessions
- Healthcare Services - Energy incl. Green Energy & Environment Technologies - Science & Technology including Biotechnology, Nanotechnology & Life Sciences - Infrastructure devpt including Urban Infrastructure (Power, Water, Urban Transportation, Waste Mgmt., etc)
14.00 onwardsB2B & B2G Meets
10.00 onwardsSpouses Programme
19.00 onwardsDinner & Cultural Evening
Program : 14.09.12, Friday: Forenoon
Date/Time Programme Schedule
09.00 – 10.00Round Table on Entrepreneurship Development
09.30 – 10.30B2B & B2G Meets
10.30 – 12.30Sectoral Sessions
-Ports, Shipbuilding & Logistics - MSME & Skills - Financial Services - Knowledge/ Education
12.45 – 13.45Round Tables & Networking Lunch with Ministers & Corporate Heads
Program : 14.09.12, Friday: Afternoon
Date/Time Programme Schedule
14.00 – 16.30Sectoral Sessions
- IT & ITeS - Tourism - Food & Agro Processing
14.00 – 16.30Special Session on NRK
14.00 onwardsB2B & B2G Meets
16.30 – 17.45Valedictory function
17.45 onwards
High Tea and Departure
And.. For Emerging Kerala 2012 -
- Request participation co-operation and
support of
all the media Chiefs/Editors - for the
successful
conduct of Emerging Kerala 2012-
Global Connect.
- Let us work together to help create an
equitable –
enterprising and egalitarian Kerala
through model
of sustainable development