India continues to gather momentum as a global prime investment destination. The India Investors' Summit will explore in depth how to successfully interact with the world's largest free market democracy.

We have mapped out a programme that will shed light onto the most pressing investment issues. What are the core areas of investment and where are the opportunities for global investors?

Through interactive case studies and stimulating keynotes we will be delving deeper into the challenges of how to close the knowledge gap within this most important market.

Top level speakers and plenary moderators will make this Summit the 'must attend' conference on India in 2008. During the two days over 350 of the worlds leading boardroom executives and steering industry professionals will gather to discuss these and other pressing issues.

Guest speakers:

• Mr. Clive Barton, Group Marketing Director and Member of the Group Executive, Serco
• Mr. Sham Bathija, UNCTAD Coordinator for Central Asia, UNCTAD
• Mr. Paul Beckett, Bureau Chief, South and Southeast Asia, The Wall Street Journal
• Lord Karan Bilimoria, Founder & CEO, Cobra Beer
• Mr. Alex Butt, Director Risk Management & Business Assurance, Capital Plc
• Mr. Sunil Chopra, Vice President and Global of Banking and Financial Services, Tata consulting Services
• Mr. Jatin Chutke, President, JB Group Corporate Management
• Mr. Yogesh Chander Deveshwar, Chairman, ITC limited
• Digby, Lord Jones of Birmingham, Minister of State for Trade and Investment
• Tarique Ghaffur, Assistant Commissioner Metropolitan Police, Financial Crime and Risk
• Mr. Sam Ghosh, CEO of Reliance Capital
• Mr. Martin Graham, Director of Markets, London Stock Exchange
• Mr. Vikrant Gugnani, CEO, Reliance Capital Asset Management Limited
• Mr. Herbert L.Henkel, Chairman & CEO, Ingersoll Rand Company
• Mr. Akil Hirani, Managing Partner, Majmudar & Co., International Lawyers, India
• Mr. Geoff Hiscock, Author: “India’s Global Wealth Club”
• Mr. Nasser Hussain
• Mr. Mark Mead, CEO of Serco Capital Investments
• Mr. Pradeep Jain, Chairman, Parsvnath Developers
• Mr. Saroj Jha, Partner, Fox Mandal Little
• Mr. Mr. Herbert L. Henkel, Chairman & CEO, Ingersoll Rand Company
• Mr. Aashish Kalra, Co-Founder & Managing Director, Trikona Capital
• Mr. Shobana Kamineni, Executive Director, Apollo Hospitals Group
• Dr. Ashwani Kumar, Minister of State for Industry, India
• Prof. Nirmalya Kumar, London Business School
• Mr. David Lewis, Lord Mayor of the City of London
• Ms. Lonneke Löwik, Vice President Infrastructure Research, RREEF Alternative Investments
• Mr. Dan MacEchron, Country Head India, Hines
• Mr. Sudhir Maheshwari, Executive VP, Finance and M&A, ArcelorMittal
• Mr. James Mawson, Editor, Private Equity News
• Mr. Madhu Yaskhi, Member of Parliament, India
• Mr. Vik Mehrotra, CEO, Venus Capital
• Mr. K. N. Memani, Former and Country Managing Partner, Ernst & Young
• HE, Mr. S.S. Mukherjee, The High Commisioner, The High Commission of India
• Dr. R.K. Pachauri, Director General, The Energy Resources Institute, Chairman UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Nobelprize winner
• Dr. Hemant Patel, President, Association of American Physicians of Indian Origin
• Mr. Ketan Patel, CEO, Greater Pacific Capital LLP
• Mr. Sachin Pilot, Member of Parliament, India
• Dr. Sam Pitroda, Chairman Knowledge Commission, India
• Dr. Tarun Ramadorai, Lead Academic, Oxford University India Business Centre
• Mr. Gopal Ramanathan, Global Head of Transaction Services, KPMG
• Mr. Alan Rosling, Executive Director, TATA Sons Limited
• Mr. Robinder Sachdev, President, Imagindia Institute
• Mr. Subodh Kant Sahai, Minister of State for Food Processing Industries, India
• Mr. Vir Sanghvi, Editorial Director, Hindustan Times, India
• Mr. Stephan Schneider, Senior Vice President Asia & Australia, Siemens
• Mr. Arun Seth, Chairman BT India
• Mr. Ashesh (Alex) Shah, Head UK and Global Corporate Development, Trikona Capital
• Mr. Jeff Singer, Senior Vice President, NASDAQ International
• Dr. Abhishek Singhvi, MP & National Spokesperson of the Congress Party, India
• Mr. David Singleton, Chair, Global Infrastructure Business, Arup Group Ltd
• Sir Martin Sorrell, CEO, WPP Group
• Dr. Linda Spedding, International Lawyer and Advisor
• Sir Crispin Tickell, Director Policy Foresight Programme, James Martin Institute for Science and Civilization, University of Oxford
• Mr. Didier Trutt, COO, Thomson
• Mr. Sam Tully, Director Corporate Broking, Seymour Pierce
• Mr. Kevan Watts, President, DSP Merrill Lynch
• Mr. William Wright, Editor, Financial News
• Mr. Madhu Yaskhi, Member of Parliament, India
  

  Ex England cricketer Nasser Hussain will give a keynote address at the Gala Dinner for 19 May ( free for delegates)

  ***Financial News reserves the right to change the programme***