 "Vibrant Gujarat to get big CEO push from Fortune 500 club")
While the event’s organising team has not disclosed the list of those who had confirmed the participation, vice chairman and managing director of Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation, BB Swain, today said, “We are expecting more than 100 CEOs of the Fortune 500 companies and very well-known economists and Nobel laureates at the event”.
A week ago, the summit got a huge boost as the US confirmed to partner the event, joining the ranks of Japan, Australia, Canada, Singapore, South Africa, UK and the Netherlands.
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The three-day event is slated to begin from January 11 in Gandhinagar. Day 1 of the summit would witness a first-of-its kind conclave of Global CEOs and voices of Nobel laureates.
Key probables among them include Osamu Suzuki, chairman and CEO of Suzuki Motor Corporation; Indra Nooyi, chairman and chief executive officer, PepsiCo; Mark Zuckerberg, CEO, Facebook; Satya Nadella, CEO, Microsoft; Larry Page, CEO, Google; Marry Barra, CEO, General Motors, besides World Bank group president Jim Yong Kim and the founder and executive chairman of World Economic Forum, Klaus Schwab.
Even the heads of the states of all eight partner countries have been invited and at least two or three are expected to participate. The organising committee also has indicated they were awaiting official confirmation from the office of the United Nations on the presence of its secretary general Ban Ki Moon.
As against the 2013 summit, which had witnessed participation from nearly 121 countries with over 2,100 foreign delegates and around 58,000 Indian delegates, this time it is likely to have over 2,500 international delegates from more than 150 countries. The anticipated total visitors is over two million and representations from 2,000 firms.
The state government in its publicity material has highlighted that "Gujarat has metamorphosed its Vibrant Gujarat Investment Summits into a Global networking platform".
The organising committee of the summit was here today as part of roadshows pitching for participation from the heads of the industry and commerce in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.