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2018 List of Summits & Conferences (Jan - Feb)
January
Summits& Conferences Hosts Notes
Annual DGP Conference Tekanpur,Madhya The DGPs Conference is conducted
Pradesh annually. It has participation from top
Police officials from all over India. They
discuss issues related to security matters
India, Indonesia 1st security New Delhi During the dialogue, India and Indonesia
dialogue agreed on operational cooperation in
security and counter-terrorism
International Dharma Bihar This conference has been organised by
Dhamma conference Nalanda University, in collaboration with
the India Foundation, Centre for Study of
Religion and Society, Vietnam Buddhist
University and Union Ministry of
External Affairs
5th Bilateral Meeting New Delhi The following topics were discussed in the
between India and Malaysia meeting:
1.Setting up of Ayurveda Chair in
University of UTAR, Malaysia
2.Professional training for Malaysian
experts in Panchakarma therapy, in India
4th ASEAN-India Ministerial New Delhi 5th ASEAN-India Ministerial Meeting on
Meeting on Agriculture and Agriculture and Forestry will be held in
Forestry Brunei Darussalam in 2019
First summit on ‘Createch’ Mumbai This summit held by United Kingdom’s
(UK’s) Department for International Trade
(DIT).
Objective of this summit is to celebrate and
explore the convergence of creativity and
technology, ‘Createch’ and its application
across a range of areas
Economic Democracy Thane, Maharashtra. The objective of the conclave is to serve as
Conclave a platform for young entrepreneurs and
self-employed individuals and provide
them motivation, mentoring and
networking opportunities.
International Workshop on New Delhi This workshop was organised by the
Disaster Resilient National Disaster Management Authority
Infrastructure (IWDRI) (NDMA) in collaboration with United
Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
(UNISDR)
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65th meeting of Central New Delhi Scheme to identify ‘out of school children’
Advisory Board of Education will start from September, 2018.Centre and
(CABE) State Governments have also resolved to
launch ‘Operation Digital Board’. District-
wise findings of the National Achievement
Survey (NAS) for classes III, V and VIII
were also tabled during 65th meeting of
Central Advisory Board
of Education (CABE).
14th Meeting of Special New Delhi Main topics that were taken up during the
Committee for Inter-Linking meeting included the status of clearance of
of Rivers Ken-Betwa Link Project, Damanganga-
Pinjal and Par-Tapi-Narmada Link Projects
International Dam Safety Thiruvananthapuram A software programme Dam Health and
Conference Rehabilitation Monitoring
Application(DHARMA) launched during
the conference. This programme is meant
to digitize all dam related data
International Energy Forum New Delhi This event will be hosted by Government
meet of India and co-hosted by the Government
of China and South Korea
2018 Asia Steel International Bhubaneswar This conference will be organised by Tata
Conference Steel and Indian Institute of Metals
Bengal Global Business Kolkata The theme of Bengal Global Business
Summit Summit 2018 was: “Bengal Means
Business.”
International Conference on New Delhi ECI signed MOU for cooperation in the
‘Inclusion of Persons with field of election management with Central
Disabilities in the Election Election Commission of Moldova, with
Process’ National Independent Electoral
Commission (CENI) of Guinea and also
with International Institute for Democracy
and Electoral Assistance
ASEAN-India Dialogue New Delhi Theme of this Summit was “Shared
Relations Values, Common Destiny”.A join
statement, titled ‘Delhi Declaration’ was
issued outlining the participating countries’
commitment to political, economic and
socio-cultural cooperation
Syrian National Dialogue Russia The Syrian National Congress
was organized by Russia, Iran and Turkey
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First SCO military Beijing India joined Shanghai Cooperation

cooperation meeting Organisation (SCO) in 2017. The Indian
delegation was led by Major General Ajay
Seth
International Solar Alliance Abu Dhabi Indian Government’s plans to set up $ 350
Forum at WFES million solar development fund for
financing solar projects.YES Bank
announced that it will mobilise USD 1
billion till 2023 and USD 5 billion till
2030 towards financing solar energy
projects in India
10th Global Forum for Food Berlin The theme of the 10th Global Forum for
and Agriculture (GFFA) Food and Agriculture was "Shaping the
Future of Livestock – sustainably,
responsibly, efficiently”.
World Economic Forum Davos, Switzerland Theme :“Creating a Shared Future in a
annual meeting Fractured World”.Shah Rukh
Khan received Crystal award for raising
awareness about human rights issues and
his work for acid attacks victims
FEBRUARY
Summits& Conferences Hosts Notes
Assam - Global Investors Guwahati It has been organised by the Assam State
Summit 2018 Government in association with Federation
of Indian Chambers of Commerce and
Industry (FICCI).
Third Global Procurement New Delhi Theme of Third Global Procurement
Summit Summit was ‘New Frontiers faced in the
Transformation process of Procurement
First International Solar New Delhi India is to host the first International Solar
Alliance Summit Alliance (ISA) Summit on 11th March
2018, in Delhi.
India-Russia Agriculture New Delhi India-Russia Agriculture Business Summit
Business Summit was organized by the Ministry of
Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
22nd edition of World Hyderabad Telangana is the partner state for both
Congress on Information WCIT and ILF. Nasscom is the host of
Technology (WCIT) and 26th WCIT. The 26th edition of India
edition of Nasscom India Leadership Forum (ILF) is a limited
Leadership Forum (ILF) edition
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UP Investors' Summit 2018 Lucknow Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Yogi

Adityanath has stated that 1045 agreements
worth Rs. 4.28 lakh crore have been signed
on the very first day of this summit
Economic Times Global New Delhi Theme for Global Business Summit 2018
Business Summit was ‘New Economy, New Rules’. This
year’s Summit was presented by Yes Bank
and Economic Times.
CII partnership summit Visakhapatnam This summit is being jointly organised by
the Andhra Pradesh State Government, the
CII, and the Department of Industrial
Policy and Promotion under Union
Ministry of Commerce and Industry
India-Korea Business New Delhi Theme of India-Korea Business Summit
Summit 2018 was "India-Korea: Scaling up the
Special Strategic Relationship through
Trade and Investments
6th World Government Dubai Theme:'Technology for development'.
Summit (WGS-2018)
SCO summit 2018 China's Qingdao city China announced that this year's summit of
the Shanghai Cooperation
Organisation (SCO) will be held in the city
of Qingdao
Global Digital Health Australia At the Summit, Mr. Nadda spoke on the
Partnership Summit topic: Making Digital Health Services a
Priority in Healthcare Reform.
India Energy Congress New Delhi Theme Energy 4.0: Energy Transition
Towards 2030'
International Conference on New Delhi IGNCA’s ‘Bharat Vidya Prayojana’
'Demetrios Galanos and His project, under which, attempts are being
Legacy' made to reconceive Indology from Bharat
perspective is the principle host of this
conference
South Asia Region Public New Delhi It is being held under the auspices of the
Procurement Conference South Asia Region Public Procurement
Network (SARPPN).
International Conference on New Delhi Theme of this two-day International
Unani Medicine conference on Unani
Medicine is “Integration of Unani System
of Medicine in main stream healthcare”.
12th International Bengaluru This conference was organised by Institute
Conference on corporate Of Directors (IOD), an association of
social responsibility company directors, committed to
improving the competitiveness of
businesses through development of its
leadership.
International Conference on New Delhi Theme of the Conference is
Operations and Maintenance "Technological Challenges: Risks and
Challenges in Power Generation"
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India Pharma & India Bengaluru The theme for ‘India Pharma & India
Medical Device 20180’: Medical Device 2018’ is: ‘Driving
Affordable and Quality NextGen Pharmaceuticals’.
Healthcare,
'Agricon 2018' Kanpur The conference has been organised under
the joint auspices of The Society of
Agricultural Professionals, Kanpur and
Chandra Shekhar Azad University of
Agriculture & Technology, Kanpur.
National Conference on New Delhi The main objective of this conference is to
“Agriculture 2022- Doubling build a consensus and arrive at actionable
Farmers' Income” points on measures to be taken for shaping
and sharpening Central Government’s
vision on Doubling Farmers’ Income by
2022
Commonwealth Patna The conference of CPA of India Region is
Parliamentary Association conducted for 2 days. Main subjects for
(CPA) of India Region discussion in the conference
are 'Parliament's role in the development
agenda' and 'Legislature and Judiciary'.
International R&D Conclave’ New Delhi The International R&D Conclave is a two
day conference. It is organised by Central
Electricity Authority (CEA).
Regional conference of Hyderabad It was chaired by Minister of State for
southern states on water Water Resources, River Development and
resources Ganga Rejuvenation, Arjun Ram Meghwal
International Conference on New Delhi This conference is being jointly organised
Sustainable Biofuels by Mission Innovation – India Unit and
Biofuture Platform and will be hosted by
Department of Biotechnology under Union
Ministry of Science and Technology
21st National Conference on Hyderabad The theme for this year’s Conference
e-Governance is: ‘Technology for accelerating
Development’.
Munich Security Conference Munich, Germany. The North Korean nuclear weapons
development program issue is the most
important topic to be discussed
20th Conference of Nadi, Fiji Theme of 20CCEM was “Sustainability
Commonwealth Education and Resilience: Can Education Deliver?”.
Ministers (20CCEM)
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