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2nd Food & Agri Exporters Conclave

08 February, 2011 ASSOCHAM House, New Delhi

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Globally changing food consumption patterns and growing demand for value added food has created exciting opportunities for rocessed food & agricultural exporters. According to APEDA, the value of last three years of India's food & agri productsexport is INR 350 billions. This sector has opened up vast avenues in the emerging markets like Confederation of Independent States (CIS), Gulf, African, Latin American and Oceanic countries. As per Govt. of India statistics, the value of Indian Exports to CIS countries has increased three fold in the last five years and now stands at USD 307 Million.


Comparing the huge potential of India as a supplier of these products, Indian exporters still have miles to go. This ismainly because the exporters in developing countries like India face several constraints related to increasingly stringentfood safety standards, imposition of technical barriers to trade etc. This is the time when Indian Food & Agri exporters mustshift their focus from traditional markets to the other emerging economies so as to acquire a competitive edge in the globalmarket and to build up consumer confidence in their products.


Therefore, by organizing 2nd Food & Agri Exporters Conclave, ASSOCHAM is taking an appropriate step to synergize collaborative efforts among the stakeholders / exporters to deliberate on the issues & challenges for.


Objectives

• To identify the business opportunities for food & agri exporters
• To discuss key challenges faced by food and agri exporters
• To address the issues like quality & safety
• To strengthen partnerships in the global market
• To suggest policy changes for facilitation of promotion of agro based export industry

Focus Areas

• Global Scenario of Food-Agri Exports & Identification of Business Opportunities
• Supply Chain Management
• Logistic hurdles and Managements
• Quality parameters, Food Safety and Standards
• Technical barriers to trade
• Government policy and incentives for export promotion in Food & Agri sector
• International linkages: Inbound and outbound investment opportunities

Participants Profile

• Food Processing and Agri Companies
• Dairy Products, confectioneries, beverages
• Fresh Fruits & vegetables, Organic Products
• Tea, Coffee, Spices, Honey, Floriculture, Cereals
• Refrigeration, Packaging and Cold Chain Solutions
• Storage, Handling & Transportation
• Meat and Poultry Product Companies
• Exporters, Traders & Importers
• Export Promotion Councils
• Commodity & Foreign exchange representatives
• Central & State Government Departments and Officials
• Progressive farmers and Representative of Farmer Groups
• Agricultural Cooperatives
• Financial institutions, Banks
• And many more directly & indirectly related to Agri & Food industry

Registration Fees: 

International Delegate: USD 100 per delegate  

National Delegate: INR 1500 per delegate 

For more details please contact: 

Dr. Neeraj , Tel: +91 11 46550588 (D), Mobile: + 91 9312344101
Mr. Nakul P. Lakhe, Tel: 011-46550601(D), Mobile: 9958135866
Mr. Waseem Khan Tel: 011-465505601(D), Mobile: 9311221799
The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India
ASSOCHAM Corporate Office, 1, Community Centre Zamrudpur
Kailash Colony, New Delhi – 110 048
Phone: 46550555 (Hunting Line)
Fax: 46536481/46536482 46536497/46536498
Email: nakul.prakash@assocham.com, waseem.khan@assocham.com, assocham@nic.in

ASSOCHAM & Ministry of Corporate Affairs

Series of Master Class on International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)

04 February - 11 February 2011, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai

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The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has indicated the roadmap for International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) convergence in India. The roadmap requires IFRS to be made applicable in a phased manner which will commence from 1st April 2011.


The proposed Convergence with IFRS will enable the management to bring all components of the group into a single financial reporting platform. This will eliminate the need for multiple reports and significant adjustment for preparing consolidated financial statements or filing financial statements in different stack exchanges. However, with these potential benefits come a set of challenges that deal with operational aspects of changing the accounting framework in India, creating awareness of what these changes are likely to be, availability of trained manpower to support this significant change and modifying various regulatory and statutory provisions to enable application of IFRS in India.


IFRS convergence would require changes right from the grassroots level, beginning with academic inputs and training. And this is not going to be an easy task, given the limited time frame before the new standards come into force.


In view of the above, ASSOCHAM is organising a series of Master Class on International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) with the support of Ministry of Corporate Affairs to create awareness about this important topic as per the following schedule:

Hyderabad	4th February ‘11	0930-1730 hrs	Hotel Taj Deccan Road No. 1, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad
Kolkata	9th February ‘11	0930-1730 hrs	The Golden Park 13, Ho Chi Minh Sarani, Kolkata
Mumbai	11th February ‘11	0930-1730 hrs	Hotel Leela Kempinski Sahar, Andheri (East), Mumbai

The training sessions aim to provide appropriate training to the companies who are in need to draw up detailed plans for migrating to IFRS and will enable the participants to promote knowledge and skill in IFRS through interaction with the experts.


ISSUES TO BE DISCUSSED

• Overview of IFRS
• The key differences between Indian GAAP and IFRS
• The effect of convergence on reported financial results
• Consolidated Financial Statements 
• Foreign currency translation
• Business Combinations
• Fair Value Accounting
• Deferred Tax Accounting
• Financial Instruments
• Employee Benefits
• The challenges and opportunity in IFRS convergence

WHO SHOULD ATTEND


CFO & Finance Directors, Analysts, Accountants, Investment Bankers, Corporate Bankers, Strategic Planners, Auditors, Private Equity, Merger & Acquisition specialists, Tax Directors, HR Professionals, Consultants, Practicing CA, CS, CWA, and professionals from Indian companies with a global presence.


FACULTY

• Mr. N.P. Sarda : Chairman, Deloitte Haskins & Sells, and Past President ICAI
• Mr. B. Sekkizhar, Director,  Deloitte Haskins & Sells
• Mr. Srijit Banerjee, Executive Director & Leader - IFRS, PWC
• Mr. Jagadish Salunkhe, Senior Consultant, Mercer
• Mr. Rammohan Nilkanth Bhave, MD, ConsultIFRS Strategy Consultants Pvt. Ltd.       

Registration Fees: 

Rs. 4,000/- per participant, per venue: 10% discount for two and 20% for three or more persons from the same organization 

For more details please contact: 

Sumit Pandey (09911700707)
Avinash Sharma (09873777317)
Ankit Raghav (09999068767)
Siddharth Naithani(09818911875)       
The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India
ASSOCHAM Corporate Office, 1, Community Centre Zamrudpur
Kailash Colony, New Delhi – 110 048
Phone: 46550555 (Hunting Line)
Fax: 46536481/46536482 46536497/46536498
Email: sumit.pandey@assocham.com, avinash.sharma@assocham.com, ankit.raghav@assocham.com, siddharth.naithani@assocham.com, assocham@nic.in

2nd International Coal Conference, 2010 :

Responding to Future Energy Challenges

3rd February 2011, Hotel The Park, New Delhi

Introduction

India’s growing demand for energy requirement for sustaining the momentum of our economic growth will have to be met by a mixed basket comprising of renewable, nuclear and conventional sources of energy. Coal coupled with clean technologies forms an important segment of nation’s energy matrix. To provide energy security to the country, ensuring adequate supply of coal with consistent quality is a key requirement. Even under the least coal dependence scenario, coal is expected to contribute 41% of the total primary energy demand in 2032 and about 40% of the total installed capacity in power in the country. In addition coal is an input in the production of steel, cement, fertilizer and host of other industrial processes.

Coal production as per the Integrated Energy Policy needs to grow from the current level of about 450 MT per year to 2 BT per year by 2031-32. To achieve this quantum jump in production there is a need therefore to develop coal sector to a globally competitive industry by introducing state–of-the-art high productive mining and beneficiation technologies and capacity building in all the functions of the industry covering equipment utilization, manpower development, planning and application of modern management practices. At the same time issues relating to social sustainability and environmental impact should be given due attention.

It is a necessity to have a coordinated approach towards energy-related R&D efforts. Major thrust areas identified are coal transportation infrastructure, coal gasification, coal washing, beneficiation low volatile coking coal, coal liquefaction, fluidized coal combusting, sequestration of carbon dioxide etc.

In the present context, ASSOCHAM with the support of Ministry of Coal, Government of India, is organizing the 2nd International Coal Conference in New Delhi, which is a sequel to  earlier Coal Conference held in previous years. It is a part of an ongoing effort by ASSOCHAM to catalyze the developments of coal sector in the country.

Objective

The objective of the Conference is to provide a common platform to various stakeholders in the coal sector for an effective deliberation to evolve appropriate solutions to the challenges confronting enhanced coal production and procurement needed for the growing demand of the economy. Accordingly issues relating to adaptation of latest mining technology, environmental concerns impacting the growth of coal sector will be discussed.

Deliverables from the Conference

• Access to the latest information on current and future coal market scenario in the world.
• Gain the latest insight on the key policy & regulatory issues.
• Participate in interactive panel discussions confronting the future energy challenges in coal sector.
• Get updates on development plans and new coal mining technologies.
• Build partnerships and identify investment opportunities.
• Seize meaningful networking opportunities with leading industry leaders and policy makers. 

Key Issues

• Policy and regulatory issues
• Sustainability of coal supply and demand
• Technology infusion
• Coal import
• Environmental and R&R aspects
• Tendering Process / Allocation of coal blocks
• Pricing trends
• New distribution policy
• Private sector participation in coal mining
• Coal trading and transport infrastructure
• Investment prospects in coal sector
• Coal Bed Methane

Target Audience

• Industry Representatives
• Government departments and agencies
• Domestic coal producers
• Coal importers
• Officials from Private & Public Sector Units
• Coal Consuming Industries
• Power generators
• Equipment manufacturers
• Environmental engineers
• Logistic & Shipping Companies
• Rail Operators
• Prospective investors
• Technology Providers
• Diplomats from coal producing countries
• Research Organisations
• Banks and Financial Institutions
• Private equity firms & venture capitalists
• Legal and Consulting Firms

Time, Date & Venue

Date : February 3, 2011
Venue : Hotel The Park, Janpath, New Delhi
Registration : 09.30 a.m. 

Participation Fee

• Rs. 3,000/- per delegate on non-residential basis.
• For more than two delegates from the same organization, a discount of 10% will be offered.
• Cheque/DD to be drawn in favour of ASSOCHAM, New Delhi.

Contact Us

For further details, please contact:

Mr. K Mukherjee 9899061154, energy@assocham.com
Ms. Sonal Chaudhry 9818221958, sonal.chaudhry@assocham.com
Mr. Jaidev Sharma 9990321148, jaidev.sharma@assocham.com
Ms. Anju Mehar 9899339043, anju.mehar@assocham.com 

Sponsorship Details 

http://www.assocham.org/coal-summit-2010/docs/coal-summit-2011-sponsorship-details.pdf

National Conference on Commodity & Currency Futures Market - The Way Forward

02 February 2011, Hotel Le-Meridien, New Delhi

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Chief Guest: Prof. K V Thomas, Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Agriculture, F&PD 

Guest of Honour: Shri B C Khatua, Chairman, Forward Markets Commission

India is a major consumer of bullion, agri and energy products. Though the numerous policy decisions have been taken by the Government of India, yet a number of reforms and initiatives are still needed in promoting India as a major futures trading hub in tune with its status of being amongst the top five producers of most of the commodities. It is also important to note that the commodity markets are becoming more and more volatile day by day.


With the objective of sensitizing the various stakeholders on the benefits of Commodity & Currency futures trading and to discuss various issues related to the development of Commodity Futures market, ASSOCHAM with the support of Department of Consumer Affairs, Government of India and Forward Market Commission (FMC), is organizing a National Conference on ‘Commodity & Currency Futures Market – The Way Forward’ at 9.30 a.m. on February 2, 2011, at Hotel Le-Meridien, New Delhi. 


Prof. K V Thomas (Hon’ble Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Agriculture, Food and Public Distribution), Shri B C Khatua (Chairman, FMC), Shri Rajiv Agarwal (Secretary, Department of Consumers Affairs) and other Industry leaders on the subject will be addressing the conference.


The Conference would provide an ideal forum for expert discussion, information sharing and an excellent platform for business networking. A large participation by all stakeholders – Policy Makers, Commodity Exchanges, logistics and Warehouse Providers, Distribution and Broking houses, Portfolio Managers, Research and consulting firms, rating agencies and service providers, etc is anticipated.


Registration Fees: 

Rs. 2,000/- per delegate: There is 10% discount for 3 and more delegates from same company 

For more details please contact: 

Mr. D S Rajora - (98184 83881)
Mr. Rakesh Suraj - (98998 67287)
Mr. Ramesh Acharya - (98182 89382)
Mr. Yashpal Bhawra - (99583 99036)
The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India
ASSOCHAM Corporate Office, 1, Community Centre Zamrudpur
Kailash Colony, New Delhi – 110 048
Phone: 46550555 (Hunting Line)
Fax: 46536481/46536482 46536497/46536498
Email: d.s.rajora@assocham.com, rakesh.suraj@assocham.com, ramesh.acharya@assocham.com, yashpal.bhawra@assocham.com, assocham@nic.in

2nd Annual Private Equity Convention, 2011

28 January, 2011 Hotel Shangri-La, New Delhi

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In the last couple of years, the industry has seen some of its most exciting as well as most challenging opportunities. The transformed landscape consists of new regulations and guidelines, innovative deal flows, investment strategies and non-traditional exit approaches to name a few.

The Venture Capital Association of India (VCAI), an ASSOCHAM initiative, is organizing the “2nd Annual Private Equity Convention 2011” on 28th January, 2011, at Hotel Shangri-La, New Delhi from 9:30 am.

The 2nd VCAI ASSOCHAM Annual Convention is expected to witness participation from the leading Public Sector Banks, Development Finance Institutes, Investment Banks, Sovereign Funds, Funds of Funds, Private Equity & Venture Capital Firms, Insurance Companies, Micro Finance Companies and Pension Funds.
 

Some of the key issues which are expected to be discussed at this Annual Convention are –

• Valuation of projects - problems in balancing conflicting expectations
• Raising Private Equity from Indian LPs
• Fundraising: Challenges for domestic & international LP’s
• Private Equity: Challenges in exit
• Sunrise Sectors for Private Equity in India

Last year Private Equity Convention witnessed active participation from Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Chief Economic Advisor-Government of India, Planning Commission, and some of the prominent Private Equity Companies like Carlyle Group, DE Shaw Group, Morgan Stanley, Religare, Standard Chartered Private Equity, SMC Capitals and many more.

Registration Fees: 

• Rs. 4,000/- per Delegate 
• Discount of 10% for two or more Delegates. Flat 15% Discount for VCAI & ASSOCHAM Members

For more details please contact: 

Mr. Ajay Sharma (Mob:98991 88488)
Ms. Satnam Kaur (Mob:95402 72883)
Mr. Vipul Sharma (Mob:98183 26903)
Mr. Mohit Bhalla (Mob:99990 63521)
The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India
ASSOCHAM Corporate Office, 1, Community Centre Zamrudpur
Kailash Colony, New Delhi – 110 048
Phone: 46550555 (Hunting Line)
Fax: 46536481/46536482 46536497/46536498
Email: ajay.sharma@assocham.com, satnam.kaur@assocham.com,vipul.sharma@assocham.com, mohit.bhalla@assocham.com, assocham@nic.in

Environmental Legislation And Technology Curtain Raiser

28 January, 2011 ASSOCHAM House, 47, Prithviraj Road, New Delhi

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In the evolution of the human race on this planet a stage has been reached when, through the rapid acceleration of science and technology, man has acquired the power to transform his environment in countless ways and on an unprecedented scale. The UN report estimates that natural disasters including   flood, sand droughts will become more frequent and stronger than ever as the glaciers all over the world have shrunk greatly due to warmer climate.

Proper and prudent care is to be taken to protect the environment and abate the environmental hazards. For any country the effective way of controlling pollution and degradation of resources is to combine traditional laws, with modern legislation and choice of technology so as to adopt relevant environmental safeguards- designed to protect limited resources. Broadly, a number of enforcement agencies assist the Ministry of Environment and Forests, in executing the assigned responsibilities for planning, promoting, coordinating the environmental programmes, apart from policy formulation.


Government has recently taken another step to address environmental issues through National Green Tribunal Act, 2010 which is exclusively dedicated to environmental issues, has been empowered to issue directions for the compensation and restitution of damage caused from actions of environmental negligence. This is the first body of its kind that is required by its parent statute to apply the "polluter pays" principle and the principle of sustainable development.


Some corporate houses have demonstrated innovative practices to conserve the natural resources and environmental hazards. Earth Sciences Forum, the first ever Public Private Partnership was launched to find solutions to climate change showcasing innovative research and industry best practices and informing people. Conservation of Resources through internal campaigns like ‘Green Energy Program’, took steps where people were encouraged to use eco-friendly products such as solar heating and lighting systems, electric vehicles, and energy efficient equipments.


Therefore the daunting task before all of us is to conserve natural environment and its resources through green (or environment) technology to curb the negative impacts of human involvement, and supplementing it through legislative measures- including awareness about it.. Sustainable development is the core of environmental legislation and technology which is crucial in the present scenario.


In this backdrop ASSOCHAM is organizing a National Conference on ‘Environmental Legislation & Technology’ on 28th January, 2011 at ASSOCHAM House, 47 Prithviraj Road, New Delhi.


Key Contents

• Global Best Practices
• Technological Innovations
• Legislative Provisions
• Role of National Green Tribunal
• Role of Social Partners
• Community Awareness
• Role of Implementing Machineries
• (Police, Municipal Corporation, Pollution Control Board, Other Authorities)

Registration Fees: 

Rs. 3500 per delegate  

Foreign Delegates: US$ 100 or equivalent (10% discount for two or more persons from the same organisation )

For more details please contact: 

Mr. G.P. Srivastava , Sr. Advisor, ASSOCHAM (Mobile: 9810442026)
Ms. Divya Sharma, ASSOCHAM (Mobile: 9811889450)
Mr. Raju Singh, ASSOCHAM (Mobile: 9310280728)
Mr. Rakesh Kumar, ASSOCHAM (Mobile: 08882805165)
The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India
ASSOCHAM Corporate Office, 1, Community Centre Zamrudpur
Kailash Colony, New Delhi – 110 048
Phone: 46550555 (Hunting Line)
Fax: 46536481/46536482 46536497/46536498
Email: g.p.srivastava@assocham.com, divya.sharma@assocham.com, rsassocham@gmail.com, rakesh.kumar@assocham.com, assocham@nic.in