Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu will hold negotiations with world leaders corporate sector and representatives of several countries at Davos for three day to promote Brand AP. He will be at Davos’ 46th annual meeting of World Economic Forum (WEF) from January 20 to 23.
The Andhra Pradesh Government is planning to carry forward the spirit of Partnership Summit-2016 held at Vizag last week to capitalize on the enormous brand image it acquired during the event for the Davos meet.
Naidu is the only chief minister from India who has been invited to attend the World Economic Forum Summit. The other dignitaries from India who are participating in event are Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan For the WEF event on the “Mastering the Fourth Industrial Revolution”, the Chief Minister has been invited as a special guest and will be attending the session along with ministers of other countries and CEOs.
About 2,000 to 2,500 delegates from various countries from the fields of business, IT, government and politics will participate. The theme of this year’s annual meeting of the WEF is ‘Mastering the Fourth Industrial Revolution’.
The Fourth Industrial Revolution refers to the fusion of technologies across physical, digital and biological worlds, which is creating entirely new capabilities and dramatic impacts on political, social and economic systems.
Taking a seminal role in shaping the dialogue at the Annual Meeting 2016, the Chief Minister will participate in sessions on the following topics:
· Steering Committee Meeting – Future of Urban Development Services
· A new Climate for Doing Business
· India and the World
· Industry Governor’s Policy Meeting for Infra and Urban Development
· A new vision for Agriculture – Advancing the Action Agenda
· Transformation Meeting – Energy Demand Reinvented
· Future of Manufacturing
Other Co-Chairs of the Summit include Mary Barra, Chief Executive Officer, General Motors, USA, Sharan Burrow, Secretary-General, International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), Belgium, SatyaNadella, Chief Executive, Microsoft, USA, Hiroaki Nakanishi, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Hitachi, Japan, TidjaneThiam, Chief Executive Officer, Credit Suisse, Switzerland, AmiraYahyaoui, Founder and Chair, Al Bawsala and Global Shaper of the Tunis Hub.
The Chief Minister will also hold bilateral meetings with industrialists, businessmen and experts from various fields. The Chief Minister will hold meetings with delegates from Nestlé, Johnson Controls, Trina Solar, Siemens, McKinsey, Lockheed Martin – Airbus, Acciona Energy, Spain, JETRO, UBER, Hanwha Q Cells, Philips, Antwerp Port Authority, Swiss Re, Roland Berger, Hewlett Packard Enterprise – PES Foundation, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), Marriott International, Medtronic, McKinsey, Salesforce and Intercontinental Hotels. He will also hold a meeting with RBI Governor Prof Raghuram Rajan and a multilateral meeting with Prof Klaus Schwab.
