The event will host concurrent industry ‘Think Tanks’, which will explore global market opportunities, insights and growth objectives in eight industry tracks across eight verticals Frost and Sullivan is once again set to organise the premier leadership event, GIL 2010: India, The Global Community of Growth, Innovation and Leadership. The event was a huge success in 2009.
It is a ‘must-attend’ event for any organisation interested to improve its performance in growth, innovation and leadership. This powerful event brings together a global network of today’s best visionaries, innovators and leaders to deliver practical innovative solutions, fresh perspectives and the required competitive intelligence, thereby assisting leaders to stay ahead of the curve.
Venue and date
The venue for GIL 2010: India has been fixed at The Leela Palace, Bengaluru. This one-day event on September 1 will commence from 9 am and would continue till late evening.
Event highlights
For 2010, GIL India will take a 360 degrees CEO’s perspective on growth, present the Top 20 Global Mega Trends and the implications of these mega trends in transforming society, business and cultures.
The event will also host a Growth Strategy Dialogue (GSD) for senior executives, where they can ask question and brainstorm with experts to evaluate and enhance their growth strategy. These exclusive onsite sessions have limited number of slots and reservations are being confirmed on a first-come, first-serve basis.
In addition, the event will host concurrent industry ‘Think Tanks’, which will explore the global market opportunities, insights and growth objectives in eight industry tracks across eight verticals. These special sessions will provide people related to the infrastructure sector the opportunity to collaborate with industry’s peers, key management team and Frost & Sullivan Growth consultants/analysts to brainstorm on how to effectively capitalise on the growth opportunities.
One of such industry track will focus on Indian Infrastructure: Riding on New Waves of Opportunities. This particular think tank session will be held from 2.15-4.30 pm.
The session will start with a 360 degrees CEO’s perspective on the Indian infrastructure sector, followed by keynotes on aspects such as financing infrastructure projects in India, concerns and ROI expectations of financing entities; innovative public-private partnership (PPP) models or PPP experiences in other emerging markets. The session would end with a roundtable discussion on overcoming challenges and business risks to capitalise on growth opportunities.
Who should attend?
The event should be attended by executives heading segments such as corporate strategy, business development, competitive intelligence, R&D, sales and finance.
Speakers
Among many, mention may be made of Aroop Zutshi, managing partner and global president at Frost & Sullivan, Sarwant Singh, partner at Frost & Sullivan, Parameswaran Sivalingam, CEO (EPC Division) at GMR Infrastructure Ltd and Vikram Pant, senior managing director at IDFC Project Equity Company.
Partners
Hewlett Packard or HP is the strategic partner, while well-known R&D firm 3M and logistics major DHL are the event partners for GIL 2010: India.
Media Partners
Times Journal of Construction & Design, ConstructionBiz360 and ConstructionWeek are some of the recognised media partners for the event.
The Wall Street Journal is the event’s official newspaper partner.
For more information and registration enquiries, please contact
Contact person: Ravinder Kaur
Corporate Communications, Frost & Sullivan
Telephone: +91 44 4204 4517
Website: www.gil-global.com/india |


