GLOBAL ORGANIZATION OF PEOPLE
INDIAN ORIGIN
(GOPIO), INC.
P.O. Box 1413, Stamford, CT 06904, USA
Tel: 203/329-8010, Fax: 203/322-2233
E-mail: gopio@optonline.net, Web: www.gopio.net
June
1, 2001
NEWS RELEASE
THIRD GLOBAL INDIAN ENTREPRENEURS
CONFERENCE
- PIOs –
Technology, Investment, Business and Networking Opportunities as Major Theme of
the Conference
The Global
Organization of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO) was formed at the First Global
Convention of People of Indian Origin in New York in 1989. The initial thrust
of GOPIO was fighting human rights violation of people of Indian origin (PIO).
In the early 1990s GOPIO had filed cases of such violations in Fiji and Sri
Lanka to the United Nations.
People of Indian origin constitute a global community of 20 million people. It
is bigger than many countries of Europe. According to a survey, PIOs living
outside India has a combined yearly economic output of about $400 billion, as
much as the GDP of India. GOPIO has now set its priorities in pooling PIO
resources, both financial and professional, for the benefit of PIOs, the
countries they come from and India. Toward this goal, the organization has set
up GOPIO Business Council last year to promote business and investment
opportunities between different countries having large PIO population.
THIRD GLOBAL INDIAN ENTREPRENEURS CONFERENCE
Over 500 delegates from 30 countries are expected to attend Third Global
Indian Entrepreneurs Conference to be held at Crowne Plaza Hotel in New York
city in September. The first conference was organized by the Singapore Indian
Chamber of Commerce in 1996 and the second conference was organized by
Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry in New Delhi in 1998.
Top Indian entrepreneurs and businessmen from all over the world are expected
to attend this four-day meeting. “GOPIO is very excited to organize the Third
Global Indian Entrepreneurs Conference. With the success of the earlier
conferences in Singapore and New Delhi, we are confident to make the third one
even bigger and better than the previous two,” said Dr. Thomas Abraham,
President of GOPIO.
The
conference will start on Sunday, September 23rd, with four pre-conference
workshops, Opportunities in Hospitality Industry, Rules Governing Trading,
Financing New Technology Ventures and Opportunities in Franchising. Each
workshop will be of 3 hours duration.
The conference will be officially inaugurated on the same day evening with
cocktail and
speeches by dignitaries. Mauritius Prime Minister Anerood Jugnauth has been
confirmed. GOPIO expects other heads of states from Guyana and Trinidad and
Tobago also to address the delegates. Invitations have also been sent to Finance
Minsiter Yashwant Sinha and Expternal Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh.
On Monday, September 24th, the conference will have four sessions,
Opportunities for PIOs in India and the Indian States, in Caribbean Countries
and in Africa. The evening will be a cocktail reception accompanied with a
forum on new technologies and business ideas and brief presentations from state
and country delegations. GOPIO is extending invitations to all the state chief
ministers and their delegations to speak at the conference.
On Tuesday, September 25th, we will have four sessions, starting with PIO Women
Entrepreneurs followed by PIO opportunities in North America, Europe and Asia
and Pacific Rim Countries. The evening will be filled with cocktails, banquet
and entertainment program.
The conference will conclude on Wednesday, September 26th with one-to-one
meetings for delegates with official state and country delegations followed by
a concluding session.
The
conference organizational effort along with registration kicked off was
inaugurated on June 1st at a dinner meeting in New York addressed by
Dr. L.M. Singhvi, the Chairman of the newly appointed the high level Indian
Diaspora Committee. Other committee members present at the inauguration were
R.L. Bhatia, J.R. Hiremath, Baleshwar Agrawal and NRI commissioner J.C. Sharma.
The conference effort is headed by GOPIO President Dr. Thomas Abraham. The
Conference Executive Director is Dr. Jagat Motwani. Other GOPIO officials are Ram Lakhina (Netherlands), Chairman;
Inder Singh (USA), President-Elect and Jagdish Makwana (Switzerland), Executive
Vice President. GOPIO can be contacted at 203-329-8010 or E-mail at gopio@optonline.net, or visit website, www.gopio.net