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Success of World SME Conference 2008 and 2009
The platform has been a strong success and has become a must-attend event for the entire ecosystem of micro, small and medium enterprises from across the world. Thought leaders, politicians, bureaucrats, academicians, industry leaders, MSME delegates, economists and students of business management wait for it every year.
Highlights
- The conference has seen the attendance of over 750 people from the MSME Ecosystem, with representations from all five continents, 12 countries during the last 2 years.
- The conference was supported by the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Government of India and National Small Industries Co-operation (NSIC) in both the years.
- 50 Industry Associations including ASSOCHAM, PHD Chambers, TiE, CEAMA, AIMA, FIWE, FIEO, ALEAP etc. supported the event during the past 2 years.
- More than 30 Media houses partnered with the event to provide a 360o marketing campaign worth more than Rs. 8 crores, through promotion and coverage on SME issues. These included Zee Business, CNBC, Sahara Group, Dainik Bhaskar, Mint, Mail Today, Outlook, Exchange4Media, My FM and OOH, etc.
- Pre and Post conference coverage by all major news-channels and newspapers
- Supported by more than 40 sponsors from diverse sectors like SAP, ICICI Bank, Jaypee, Apollo DKV, Citibank, Intel, Dell, Alibaba, British Airways, Tally, etc.
- Release of 9 research studies on MSME ecosystem and policy recommendations for the Government and large enterprises
Luminaries associated with World SME Conference in the years 2008 & 2009
- Over 100 excellent speakers comprising of thought leaders, politicians, bureaucrats, academicians, industry leaders have graced the podium in the last 2 years, including:
- Sh. Dinsha J. Patel, Cabinet Minister for Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises
- Sh. Jairam Ramesh, as Minister of State, Commerce and Industry (2008)
- Dr. Jagdish Sheth, Professor of Marketing, Goizueta Business School, USA
- Prof. Anil Gupta, Executive Vice Chairman, National Innovation Foundation
- Sh. Jyotiraditya Scindia, Union Minister of State, Commerce and Industry
- Ms. Arnavaz ‘Anu’ Aga, Former Chairperson, Thermax
- Mr. Dinesh Rai, Secretary, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises,
- Ms. Sudha Pillai, Secretary, Ministry of Labour & Employment (2008)
- Mr. Pravir Kumar, Joint Secretary, Ministry of MSME
- Mr. H. P. Kumar, CMD, NSIC
- Mr. Saurabh Srivastava, Chairman Emeritus, TiE New Delhi
- Mr. P. M. Sinha, Chairman, Bata India
- Mr. Raman Roy, CMD, Quattro BPO Solutions ,
- Mr. Sudhir Sethi, Founder & Managing Director, IDG Ventures
- Mr. Pradeep Gupta, Managing Director, Cybermedia Group
- Mr. Sanjeev Bikhchandani, CEO, Naukri.com
- Mr. Rajesh Jain, CEO netCORE
- Mr. V. Vaidyanathan, Executive Director, ICICI Bank (2008)
- Mr. Sanjay Jha, Executive Director, Dale Carnegie Training, India
- Mr. Sameer Kaul, MD-Branch Banking, Global Consumer Group, Citibank
- Ms. Bala Deshpande, Senior Managing Director, NEA Ventures
- Mr. Sandeep Aurora, Director-Sales & Marketing, Intel
- Mr. Ishaan Raina, CEO, OOH Media
- Mr. Anurag Batra, Founder, Exchange4Media
- Mr. Vijay Chandok, Head-SME Group, ICICI Bank
- Over 40 international speakers & 10 Ambassadors have spoken at conference, including:
- His Excellency C. R. Jayasinghe, High Commissioner, Sri Lanka
- His Excellency Liaquat Ali Chaudhary, High Commissioner, Bangladesh
- His Excellency Durgesh Mansingh, Ambassador, Royal Nepalese Embassy
- Mr. Giovanni R. van der Lugt, Counsellor, Economic & Commercial, Netherlands
- Mr. Brian Wong, Head-Global Sales, Alibaba.com
- Mr. Douglas Tatum, Chairman Emeritus, Tatum LLC, USA
- Mr. Pedro Terra, Counsellor- Commercial Section, Embassy of Brazil
- Dr. Vittorio Mecozzi, Trade Commissioner, Italian Trade Commission
- Mr. Windu Matoka, SME Director, Zambia Development Centre
- Ms. Hlonela Lupuwana, CEO, Small Enterprises Development Agency, South Africa
- Mr. Daisuke Matsushima, Senior Director, Japan External Trade Organization
- Mr. Harry Brelsford, CEO, SMB Nation, USA
- Mr. Guriqbal Jaiya, Director-SME Div, World Intellectual Property Organization, Geneva
- Whos-who of Media Personalities anchored the various sessions. Just to name a few,
- Ms. Sheeren Bhan, CNBC
- Ms. Manvi Dhillon, NDTV Profit
- Mr. Chetan Sharma, Zee Business
- Mr. Ashutosh Sinha, NDTV Profit
- Mr. Pranjal Sharma, Bloomberg UTVi
