The leaders of the prominent business federations from major world economies met in New Delhi, India, on 11-12 February 2019, on the occasion of the 5th edition of the Global Business Coalition Plenary Meeting. The meeting, hosted by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), was held in the continuity of the B20 and G20 Argentina summits, which took place, in Buenos Aires on 04-05 October and 30 November-01 December 2018 respectively, and ahead of the B20 and G20 Japan summits, to be held on 14-15 March in Tokyo and 28-29 June 2019 in Osaka.
The two-day event allowed the international business community representatives to conduct meaningful and constructive dialogues on some of the Global Business Coalition’s priority topics, including notably, Trade and Investment, Digitalisation, Resource Efficiency and the Future of Work, and to meet with the government of India and leaders of Indian industries.
Summary of the agenda
Monday, 11 February 2019
CII-GBC Exclusive Dialogue: The Future of Work in a Highly Digitalized World: Managing Innovation, Evolving Education & Skilling Models
– Opening Session
– Session-1: Industry 4.0
– Session-2: Research and Innovation
– Session-3: The Skilling Challenge
CII-GBC Dialogue on Digitalisation
GBC Country Reviews
CII-GBC Dialogue on Trade with Government of India
CII-GBC Dialogue on Investment with Government of India
Tuesday, 12 February 2019
GBC Plenary Meeting
CII-GBC Dialogue on Entrepreneurship and Future Businesses
GBC Interaction with Media Leaders
Official Meetings
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The meeting was attended by representatives of the sixteen members of the Global Business Coalition:
Host
CII: Confederation of Indian Industry
– Rakesh Bharti Mittal, President, CII & Vice Chairman, Bharti Enterprises
– Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General
Ai Group: Australian Industry Group
– Innes Willox, CEO
– Louise McGrath, National Manager – Business and International Advisory Services; GBC Sherpa
BDI: Federation of German Industries
– Dieter Kempf, President
– Stormy-Annika Mildner, Head of Department External Economic Policy; B20 Germany Sherpa; GBC Sherpa
BE: BusinessEurope
– Markus Beyrer, Director General and CEO
– Luisa Santos, International Relations Director; GBC Sherpa
CBI: Confederation of British Industry
– Sean McGuire, Director CBI Brussels; GBC Sherpa
– Shehla Hasan, Country Director, India
– Siddhartha Thyagarajan, Policy Advisor, India Office
CCC: Canadian Chamber of Commerce
– Perrin Beatty, President and CEO
– Mark Agnew, Senior Director, International Policy; GBC Sherpa
CEOE: Confederation of Employers and Industries of Spain
– Narciso Casado, Director General CEOE International
– Alvaro Schweinfurth, Deputy Director of International Relations; B20 Sherpa; GBC Sherpa
CGEM: General Confederation of Moroccan Enterprises
– Nabila Freidji, Member of the Board and Chair, International Cooperation Committee; GBC Sherpa
CNI: National Confederation of Industry Brazil
– Glauco José Côrte, Vice President
– Jose Augusto Fernandes, Policy and Strategy Director; GBC Sherpa
Confindustria
– Giulio Pedrollo, Vice President Industrial Policy; CEO Pedrollo Group
– Marco Felisati, Deputy Director International Affairs and Trade Policy; B20 Sherpa; GBC Sherpa
– Nicoletta Amodio, Manager Research & Innovation
– Luigi Raschellà, Chief Representative India – Regional BD Asia, Elettronica Group
FEI: Federation of Egyptian industries
– Eng. Mohamed El Swedy, Chairman
– Shaimaa Bahaa El Din, Director of International Affairs & Development Partners’ Relations; GBC Sherpa
– Dr. Khaled Abdel Azim, Executive Director
FKI: Federation of Korean Industries
– Tae-shin KWON, Vice-chairman and CEO
– Chi-sung EOM, Deputy Secretary General & Head of International Affairs Division; GBC Sherpa
MEDEF: French Business Federation
– Michel Guilbaud, Director General
– Christine Lepage, Director International Department; GBC Sherpa
TUSIAD: Turkish Industry and Business Association
– Dr. Bahadır Kaleağası, CEO
– Hale Hatipoglu, Deputy Secretary General; GBC Sherpa
– Tamer Sen, Senior Director, Global Economic Relations
UIA: Union Industrial Argentina
– Diego Martín Coatz, Executive Director
– Fernando Landa, Head International Institutional Affairs; B20 Argentina Policy Sherpa; GBC Sherpa
USCC: U.S. Chamber of Commerce
– Ambika Sharma, Managing Director, India, US-India Business Council
– Sandip Samaddar, Head of Policy & Strategic Engagements, India, US-India Business Council
GBC: Global Business Coalition
– Sebastien Louvet, Secretary
The next and 6th Edition of the Global Business Coalition Plenary Meeting will be hosted by the Federation of Korean Industries (FKI) in Seoul in 2020.