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The 3rd Annual Meeting
New Delhi, Taj Palace
25-27 March 2015
Creating New Drivers of Growth
As of 15 December 2014
Wednesday 25 March 2015
09:00 – 15.30
SPECIAL PROGRAM FOR YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS FROM NEW GROWTH
COUNTRIES
14:30 – Onwards
Participants registration
16:00-16:15
Welcoming remarks
Kiran Pasricha, Executive Director & CEO, Ananta Centre, India
Yael Smadja, President Smadja & Smadja USA Inc.
16:30-17:30
Opening plenary session
Keynote speaker:
Arun Jaitley, Minister of Finance, Corporate Affairs, Information &
broadcasting
17:45 -19:15
Plenary session
Driving growth: Skills, Scale, Speed, Versatility
19:15-20:00
Cocktail reception
20:00-22:00
Opening Dinner
Keynote speaker
Thursday 26 March 2015
09:00-10:45
Plenary session
Issues identification: What initiatives for a more robust growth? What challenges
to overcome? What opportunities to seize?
Discussions around tables will allow participants to identify: initiatives that will
put growth on a higher and more sustainable path, the issues to be tackled
and the opportunities to be seized in a changed environment in all the
economic regions of the world. The outcome of this session will contribute to
shaping the following sessions on the agenda.
Introduced & led by:
Claude Smadja, President, Smadja & Smadja Strategic Advisory, Switzerland
10:45-11:15
Networking break
11:15-12:45
Plenary session
Activating new sources of growth in Asia, Latin America and Africa to avoid the
“middle income trap”
13:00-14:30
Luncheon
Keynote speaker
14:45-16:00
Panel discussion
Technology for the “2 $ a day”: How frugal innovation can bring an additional
2.5 billion people into the market
14:45-16:00
Panel discussion
Policies to develop broad investor bases in the new growth countries
14:45-16:00
Panel discussion
The next billion consumers: Who are they? Where are they? And how to bring
them what they want – from Malls to Ecommerce
16:00-16:30
Networking break
16:30-17:45
Panel discussion
What should keep us awake at night: Reassessing political risks
16:30-17:45
Panel discussion
Social media and the new rules of engagement for corporations and
governments
16:30-17:45
Panel discussion
Talent strategies for the new growth countries
The elements for a differentiated approach to attract, nurture and retain
talent as a competitive advantage
18:00-19:15
Plenary session
China’s “new normal” and what it means for the global economy
19:15-20:00
Cocktail Reception
20:00-22:00
Dinner
Keynote Speaker
Friday 27 March 2015
09:00-10:30
Plenary in parallel
Where will investors go in an era of differentiation and benchmarking among
new growth countries?
09:00-10:30
Plenary in parallel
Generating the energy to fuel growth and more inclusive prosperity in new
growth countries
10:30-11:00
Networking Break
11:00-12:15
Panel discussion
Deal with the water challenge… or forget about growth
11:00-12:15
Panel discussion
Africa: Strengthening the building blocks for high, sustainable, growth
11:00-12:15
Panel discussion
How to make urbanization a real growth generator
12:30:14:00
Plenary luncheon
Keynote speaker
14:15-15:30
Plenary session
Where is the “Modi magic” leading India and India’s economy?
15:45-17:00
Plenary corporate roundtable
Market leaders: Innovating and leveraging changes in the new growth countries
17:00-18:00
Closing plenary
Looking ahead: The five mistakes the new growth countries need to avoid and
the five priorities they need to focus on
18:00-19:00
Farewell reception