Over 150 delegates to attend IFCCI investment meet today

Nagpur: Over 150 delegates from various companies will attend the ‘Indo-French Investment Conclave’ hosted by Indo-French Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IFCCI) on Friday. On Thursday, many delegates including IFCCI president Guillaume Girard-Reydet, director regional Bruno Bronquard, secretary general Payal Kanwar and Benjamin Fauchier-Delavigne from Poma arrived in the city.
Chief convener Prasanna Mohile informed that they were expecting at least 10 memorandum of understandings (MOUs) with the Maharashtra Airport Development Corporation (MADC). The first of its kind event is being organized in joint collaboration with Vidarbha Industries Association (VIA) and Vidarbha Economic Development (VED) Corporation.

Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and union minister for road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari would also interact with the visitors. French ambassador Alexandre Ziegler would be leading the entire delegation.

In morning, visitors would be taken for site visits to various facilities Mihan-SEZ, followed up by a presentation from MADC officials on facilities offered to investors. Later, the visitors would meet with entrepreneurs from the region to explore opportunities for joint collaboration in various fields.

At hotel Radisson Blu, panel discussions would take place on topics like Smart mobility, logistics and aerospace and defence. “The event holds special significance as it would open many avenues for multilateral trade partnership between India and France in defence and aerospace, smart mobility and logistics and infrastructure. It would also bring together Indian national and state authorities, policymakers, top privet sector players from both countries along with multilateral agencies and industry experts,” Mohile said.