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Meets, Summits & Conferences Held in 2011(January 1 June 30)

12th Annual Global Development Conference

12th Annual Global Development Conference was held on January 13-15, 2011in Bogot, Colombia. The central theme of the conference was Financing Developmentin a Post-Crisis World: The Need for a Fresh Look.

4th World Future Energy Summit (WFES 2011), Abu Dhabi (UAE)The 4th World Future Energy Summit (WFES 2011) was held at Abu Dhabi NationalExhibition Centre (ADNEC),United Arab Emirates from January 17 to 20, 2011.Hostedby Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar), World Future Energy Summit, themedEnabling Future Energy Solutions, focused on four key aspects of renewable energy:policy, business, technology, and finance.

Geospatial World Forum Conferernce 2011, Hyderabad (India)The Geospatial World Forum is a conference formerly known as Map World Forum.The 2011 Geospatial World Forum and industry exhibition took place at the Novoteland HICC Complex near Hitec City in Hyderabad, India on January 18-21. The themeof this years conference was Dimensions and Directions of Geospatial Industry.

Click Asia Summit 2011Click Asia Summit is Asias largest Digital & Mobile Marketing conference and expo.2011 Click Asia Summit was held at the beautiful Taj Lands End, Mumbai from 20th -22nd January 2011. It is expected to change the thinking of people to look at Digitaland Mobile marketing.

41st World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2011, Davos (Switzerland)The World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting 2011 was held in Davos,Switzerland on 26 29 January 2011. The theme for this year was Shared Norms forthe New Reality.This years Annual Meeting dealt with global risks, developed riskmitigation strategies and captured related opportunities. The World Economic Forumlaunched its Risk Response Network. The network serves as a preparatory, analyticaland highly practical framework for the global community to improve global riskmanagement.

6th World Telugu Conference, Orissa (India)

The three-day long sixth All India Telugu Conference was held for the first time atBerhampur, the southern Orissa town on February 4, 2011. The last All India Teluguconference was held in Chennai in 2007.The next world Telugu conference will be heldat Tirupati on Ugadi day on April 4.

17th Commonwealth Law Conference, Hyderabad (India)After nearly 40 years, the Commonwealth Law Conference returns to India for the firsttime since 1971.The 17th Commonwealth Law Conference (CLC) with the theme EmergingEconomies Rule of Law: Challenges and Opportunities was held at Hyderabad on 5-9February 2011.

G20 Meeting of Finance Ministers, ParisOn February 18-19, a meeting of the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors

was held in Paris, capital of France to address ongoing global financial and economic

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challenges. The meeting focused on the need to rectify large international imbalances,such as public and private debt and misalignment of exchange rates.

2011 Pacific Energy Summit, Jakarta, Indonesia

The 2011 Pacific Energy Summit was held in Jakarta, Indonesia, on February 21-23, 2011,featuring the theme Unlocking the Potential of Natural Gas in the Asia-Pacific. TheSummit explored the role of natural gas in addressing the challenges of energy securityand climate change in the region.

25th Skoch Summit, New Delhi (India)

25th Silver Jubilee Skoch Summit was held on March 25, 2011 in New Delhi, India. ABMKnowledgeware Limited was honoured with the SKOCH CHALLENGER AWARDS 2011at the summit.

World Wide Web Conference 2011, Hyderabad (India)The 20th International World Wide Web Conference (WWW 2011) was held on 28th March2011 to 1st April 2011 at Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC), Hyderabad,India.The theme for WWW 2011 is Web for All to promote the all inclusive aspect of Weband is being hosted by International IIT Bangalore in cooperation with International IITHyderabad and IIT Bombay. WWW2012 will be held in Lyon, France.

M-Commerce World Summit 2011, Singapore

M-Commerce World Summit 2011 was held in Singapore from 6 to 7 April 2011 todiscuss on strategies to profit from mobile financial services to the mass throughdeveloping strategic partnership and best business model.The summit mainly focused

on Global Mobile Payment Infrastructure and Beyond.

World Bank-IMF spring meetings 2011The Spring Meetings of the World Bank and IMF took place in Washington DC, US,from 15-17 April 2011. At the heart of the gathering are meetings of the joint WorldBank-IMF Development Committee and the IMFs International Monetary and FinancialCommittee, which discuss progress on the work of the World Bank and IMF.WorldBank-IMF Spring Meetings mainly highlight Food Security Threat and Support GreenClimate Fund.

Worlds Large Rivers Conference 2011The International Conference on the Status and Future of the Worlds Large Rivers was

held from April 11-14, 2011 in Vienna, Austria. The goal of this conference is to reflecton The Status and Future of Worlds Large Rivers and to provide a global forum fordiscussion on key issues related to this topic involving both scientists and decisionmakers.The next Worlds Large Rivers Conference will be held in. Manaus, Brazil, in 2014

2011 BRICS Summit, Sanya(China)The BRIC nations (Brazil, Russia, India and China) added South Africa in its group inFebruary, 2011 and hence BRIC is known as BRICS now.The 2011 BRICS summit washeld in Sanya, China on April 14, 2011. It called for promoting cooperation among thedevelopment banks of all the five countries of BRICS to intensify trade and economiccooperation. The summit was held under the theme Broad Vision, Shared Prosperity.The next BRICS summit will be held in India in 2012.

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ADBs 44th Annual Meeting Board of Governors , Hanoi (Vietnam)The four-day long, 44th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Asian DevelopmentBank ( ADB), was held in Hanoi (capital of Vietnam) on May 3-6, 2011.High level officialsfrom Asia and the Pacific joined other delegates to discuss means of addressing rising

concerns over food and energy prices, climate change, and the best strategies for ADB towork with the public and private sectors to reduce poverty and ensure long-term economicgrowth in Asia and the Pacific.

18th ASEAN Summit 2011, Jakarta (Indonesia)The 18th ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Summit was held on May 7-8 inJakarta capital of Indonesia. The theme of the summit was ASEAN Community in a GlobalCommunity of Nations. A range of key economic issues and political disputes were atstake. None were resolved. Overshadowing the gathering was the rising and increasinglyhostile geopolitical tensions between the United States and China.

Global Womens Summit, Istanbul (Turkey)

Women leaders and entrepreneurs from 81 countries, including China, India, Malaysia,Spain, South Africa and the United States, gathered in Istanbul on May 6 to 8, 2011fora Global Womens Summit.The three-day summit, with the theme of Women BridgingSolutions to the 21st Century, brought together more than 1,000 women leaders andentrepreneurs, including first ladies and 35 female ministers.Summit was chaired by thesummit chairwoman Irene Natividad.

Fourth UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries, Istanbul (Turkey)The Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC-IV) tookplace 9-13 May, 2011 in Istanbul,Turkey. The purpose of the conference was to assess theresults of the 10-year action plan for the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) adopted at theThird United Nations Conference on LDCs in Brussels, Belgium, in 2001.

5th GLOBAL SPA SUMMIT 2011The Global Spa Summit (GSS), the leading annual event for the Spa and Wellness Industryexecutive heads from around the globe was held on the fabled island of Bali, Indonesiafrom May 15th to 18th , 2011.Bearing the theme Engage the Change: The Customer,TheMoney, The Future, the Summit focused its spotlight on the fastest-growing global spa,hotel and tourism markets in Asia.

16th Ministerial Conference of the Non-Aligned MovementThe 16th Ministerial Conference of the Non-Aligned Movement was held in Nusa Dua, onBali island Indonesia, from 25-26 May 2011. The participants in the 16th Ministerial Conferenceand Commemorative Meeting of the 50th Anniversary of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)voiced support and solidarity with Syria and its right in restoring the occupied Syrian Golanto its sovereignty. In the closing document of the Conference, the ministers condemned thehostile Israeli practices against the Syrian captives in the Israeli prisons.The theme for the16th Ministerial Conference is Shared Vision on the Contribution of NAM for the Next50 Years.

Second Africa-India Forum Summit 2011, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)Second Africa-India Forum Summit was held at Addis Ababa from 24 to 25 May 2011 underthe theme: Enhancing Partnership: Shared Vision. Addis Ababa is the capital of Ethiopia.India was represented by Dr. Manmohan Singh.First Africa-India Summit was held in April2008 in New Delhi.

20th EU-Japan Summit, Brussels20th EU-Japan Summit was held in Brussels on 28 May 2011 for strengthening the EU-

Japan relations across a range of sectors. President of the European Council Herman

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Van Rompuy, President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso, and JapansPrime Minister Naoto Kan reaffirmed the close partnership between the EU and Japanand discussed climate change, green growth and energy at the 20th EU-Japan Summit

Fifth SAFTA Ministerial Council Meeting

The Fifth Meeting of the SAFTA Ministerial Council was hosted by Maldives in Male onJune13, 2011. All SAARC Member States participated in the meeting.The next meetingof the SAFTA Ministerial Council will be held in Islamabad, Pakistan.

Global Green Growth Summit 2011, Seoul (Korea)The Global Green Growth Summit 2011 was held on 20-21 June, 2011 in Seoul, jointlyhosted by the Korean Government and the OECD in celebration of the 50th anniversaryof the establishment of the OECD and the first anniversary of the Global Green GrowthInstitute (GGGI). The central theme for the Global Green Growth Summit 2011 was

Building a Planet-Responsible Civilization.

37th G8 Summit 2011, Deauville (France)The 37th G8 summit was held 26-27 May 2011 in the commune of Deauville in France.The three priorities of the French Presidency of the G8 Summit were the internet and greengrowth, international peace and security and partnership with Africa. The Leaders of the G8met in Deauville, to discuss, inter alia, green growth, climate change and biodiversity. TheSummit concluded with the adoption of the G8 Declaration titled Renewed Commitment forFreedom and Democracy