As many as 1,500 delegates from across the world will attend the Eighth Annual Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) 2017 to be held from November 28th to 30th in Hyderabad in presence of Ivanka Trump, Adviser to the US President Donald Trump.
Divulging details regarding the summit to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi Purnima Voria, President of National US-India Chamber of Commerce (NUICC), Colorado, USA, who is part of the US delegation said that Ivanka would lead the 400-member US delegation mostly comprising women. Ivanka is also daughter of the US President.
In an interaction with reporters at Ahmedabad, Voria said that apart from USA, 400 delegates will come from host India and another 400 from 60 nations across the globe. There would be 300 investors from different countries who would be part of the summit, she added. NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant will organise B2B meetings between delegates.
“The theme of the summit is ‘Women First: Prosperity for All’ and hence the US Government decided to send maximum number of women entrepreneurs in the delegation,” she said.
Through networking, mentoring and workshops, the GES empowers entrepreneurs to pitch their ideas, build partnerships, secure funding, and create innovative products and services that will transform societies for better tomorrow, said Jagat Shah, vice-chairman US-India Importers’ Council (USIIC).