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2020 SUMMITS & CONFERENCES

Table of Contents
2020 SUMMITS & CONFERENCES – January ................................................................................................................. 3
2020 SUMMITS & CONFERENCES – February .............................................................................................................. 7
2020 SUMMITS & CONFERENCES – March ................................................................................................................. 12
2020 SUMMITS & CONFERENCES – April ................................................................................................................... 15
2020 SUMMITS & CONFERENCES – May ..................................................................................................................... 17
2020 SUMMITS & CONFERENCES – June .................................................................................................................... 18
2020 SUMMITS & CONFERENCES – July ..................................................................................................................... 19
2020 SUMMITS & CONFERENCES – August ................................................................................................................ 20
2020 SUMMITS & CONFERENCES – September ......................................................................................................... 21
2020 SUMMITS & CONFERENCES – October .............................................................................................................. 24

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2020 SUMMITS & CONFERENCES – January

SUMMITS
NAME OF SUMMITS VENUE KEY NOTES
14th Global Healthcare Visakhapatnam, The American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin
Summit (GHS) 2021 Andhra Pradesh (AAPI), a professional association for Indian American
(AP) physicians, is set to organize a 3-days long 14th Global
Healthcare Summit (GHS) in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
(AP) from January 3, 2021 for the 1st time to focus on public
health hazards, eradication of tuberculosis(TB), preventing
maternal mortality, control of Hepatitis B etc.
107th Indian Science University of Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated the
Congress (ISC) 2020 Agricultural summit, The theme of ISC for the year 2020 was “Science and
Sciences (UAS) in Technology: Rural Development”. The main objective of the
Bengaluru, summit was to bridge the gap between farmers and tech-
Karnataka. developers. The Defence Research and Development
Organization (DRDO) participated in the “Pride of India-
Science Expo- 2020” at the 107th ISC. Click here
1st Krishi Manthan 2020 Ahmedabad, From January 16-17, 2020. Which is a Food, Agri-business and
Gujarat Rural Development Summit of Asia, The event was organised
by the Food and Agribusiness Committee of the Indian
Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA).
10th World Future Abu Dhabi Hosted by Masdar renewable energy company, was held at
Energy Summit National Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre in Abu Dhabi, United
(WFES)2020 Exhibition Arab Emirates(UAE) with theme "Rethinking Global
Centre, Abu Consumption, Production, and Investment”. Alongside the
Dhabi, United World Future Energy Summit, 3rd edition of the Climate
Arab Innovations Exchange, ‘CLIX’ for short and the Future
Emirates(UAE) Sustainability Summit was also held in Abu Dhabi.
International Summit India Habitat The Department of Biotechnology under the aegis of Ministry
on Women in STEM– Centre, New of Science & Technology has organized a 2-day long
“Visualizing the Future: Delhi International Summit. Aim to increase the participation of
New Skylines” women in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math)
field for development of scientific career.

EVENTS
EVENTS VENUE KEY NOTES
Wings India 2020 Begumpet Airport Wings India 2020, the biennial event including international
in Hyderabad, exhibition and conference on civil aviation sector, held from
Telangana March 12-15, 2020 with theme “Flying for all”. It will be
inaugurated by Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. The
Ministry of Civil Aviation (MCA), Federation of Indian Chambers
of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), Airports Authority of India
(AAI) are the organizers of the event. The maiden edition of
“WINGS INDIA AWARDS” for Excellence in the Civil Aviation
Sector will also be announced.
1st Ever Session of New Delhi Based on the Terms of Reference (ToR) which was signed by India
the India- and Norway on 8th January 2019 in New Delhi at time of Norway
Norway dialogue Prime Minister Erna Solberg’s visit to India. The Foreign Direct

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on Trade & Investment (FDI) inflows to India from Norway were around
Investment (DTI) $257million during April 2000-September 2019.
28th New Delhi Pragati Maidan, From January 4-12, 2020. It was inaugurated by Union Minister of
World Book Fair New Delhi Human Resource Development (MHRD) Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal
(NDWBF )2020 ‘Nishank’. The theme of NDWBF 2020 book fair was ‘Gandhi:
TheWriters’ Writer’ celebrating 150 years of Mahatma Gandhi.
Since 2013, the NDWBF is organised by National Book Trust
(NBT) in association with India Trade Promotion Organisation
(ITPO), Ministry of Commerce (MoC). The fair saw a special photo
exhibition titled “Padhe Bharat Badhe Bharat” on NBT’s
contribution in promoting books in schools and libraries. Click
here
14th ELECRAMA India Expo Mart, Union Minister of Heavy Industries &Public Enterprises,
2020 Greater Noida, Environment, Forest and Climate Change and Information &
Uttar Pradesh Broadcasting, Prakash Javadekar and Power Minister Raj Kumar
(UP) Singh have inaugurated the 5-day long 14th edition of ELECRAMA
2020. Organised by IEEMA (Indian Electrical and Electronics
Manufacturers' Association ), apex industry association of
manufacturers of electrical, industrial electronics, the event aims
to showcase the Indian electrical industry and provide platform to
connect the world with Indian industry with respect to
technology, modern trends and innovation for future energy
transition. The ELECRAMA 2020 chairman is Anil Saboo.
3rd International Central Marine From 7 - 10 January 2020 with an aim to address the concerns of
Symposium on Fisheries marine ecosystem and will make new strategies for sustainable
Marine Research Institute utilisation of marine wealth. Organized by the Marine Biological
Ecosystems (CMFRI) in Kochi, Association of India (MBAI), The symposium also focused on the
Challenges and Kerala Sustainable Development Goal (SDG-14) of the United Nations
Opportunities (UN),which says Conserve and Sustainably use the oceans and its
(MECOS-3) 2020 resources for sustainable development.
3rd Interaction Talkatora Stadium The Prime Minister (PM), Shri Narendra Modi has attended the
programme with in New Delhi ‘Pariksha Pe Charcha 2020’, The purpose of this one-hour long
school students program was to ensure that the students relieve stress and give
Pariksha Pe upcoming board and entrance examinations. About 2,000
Charcha 2020 students, teachers and parents participated in this program from
all over India. Out of these, 1,050 students were selected through
‘short essay’ competition conducted by HRD (Human Resource
Development) Ministry in partnership with MyGov on five
different themes for students of classes 9 to 12.
International Kerala The Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIM Kozhikode),
Conclave on Kerala has hosted (GIT2020) from January 16-18, 2020. The
Globalising Indian three-day Academic conclave was inaugurated by the Hon'ble
Thought' Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi, through video conference.
(GIT2020) the valedictory function was attended by Dr. Kiran Bedi, Hon’ble
Lieutenant Governor, Puducherry, and Prof. Anil Kumar Gupta,
renowned academician and activist. PM unveiled and dedicate a
full-size statue of Swami Vivekananda, in front of the MDC
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2nd NIC Pravasi Bhartiya Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad ,the Union Minister for Law & Justice,
TechConclave Kendra, Communications and Electronics & Information Technology(IT),
2020 Chanakyapuri, has inaugurated a 2-day long 2nd edition of ‘NIC TechConclave
New Delhi 2020’based on the theme “Technologies for NextGen Governance”
held at Pravasi Bhartiya Kendra, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi.The
conclave was organized by the National Informatics Centre (NIC)
with the aim to promote the application of Information and
Communications Technology (ICT) at various levels in the
Government.
50th World Davos, Union Minister of State for Shipping Independent Charge (I/C)
Economic Forum Switzerland and Union Minister of State for Chemical and Fertilizers, Shri
(WEF) Mansukh Mandaviya participated in the High- level roundtable of
the joint United Nations Programme on HIV//AIDS (UNAIDS) on
his fourday official visit to attend the 50th World Economic Forum
(WEF) held at Davos, Switzerland. The theme of the programme
was “Access for all Leveraging Innovations, Investments and
Partnership for Health”. Click here
India’s 1st global National Science Union Minister of State Independent Charge (I/C) Ministry of
Mega Science Centre, New Delhi Development Of North Eastern Region, Minister of State (Mos)
Exhibition “Vigyan Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), Personnel, Public Grievances, and
Samagam” Pension, Minister of State for Department of Atomic Energy and
Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh inaugurated Mega Science Exhibition.
The exhibition is organized by the Department of Science and
Technology (DST) and the National Council of Science Museums
(NCSM) under the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) & will be
held from January 21, 2020, to March 20, 2020.
1st Ganga-Volga New Delhi Theme “Connectivity”, between India & Russia. The event was
Dialogue of inaugurated by India’s Minister of State for External Affairs V.
Civilizations 2020 Muraleedharan & was organised by the Ministry of External
Affairs(MEA) in association with Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee
Research Foundation. The dialogue aims to provide a platform for
enhancing the special and privileged bilateral partnership
between India & Russia. Click here
50th World Davos-Klosters in From January 21-24, 2020. The theme for the year 2020
Economic Forum Switzerland was “Stakeholders for a Cohesive and Sustainable World”. The
(WEF) summit WEF summit aims to engage world leaders to collaborate for
2020 global, regional and industrial development etc. Here are the
highlights: World Economic Forum (WEF) has announced new
internet security principles which will help nearly 1 billion
users. 1st ever public blockchain based platform launched by WEF
in collaboration with 1st movers Everledger, the International
Trade Centre (ITC) and Lenzing Group. Click here
44th Kolkata Book Central Park Mela Russia as a “Focal Theme Country”. Tyto, a category of bird
Fair (IKBF) 2020 Ground in species consisting of barn owls, grass owls and masked owls was
SaltLake, Kolkata, selected as the official Mascot of the Book Fair for the 1st time.
West Bengal Click here

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CONFERENCES
CONFERENCES VENUE KEY NOTES
2ndNational GST New Delhi 2nd Edition of the National GST Conference of the
Conference 2020 Commissioners of State Tax and Chief Commissioners of
Central Tax was held under the chairmanship of Dr Ajay
Bhushan Pandey, Revenue Secretary of the Ministry of
Finance(MoF). The conference was held to streamline the
GST (Goods and Service Tax) system and also to plug revenue
leakages. Click here
5th Biennial Pune, Maharashtra Conducted in India for the 1st time from January 6-10
conference (or) Asia in Pune, Maharashtra. Overall this is the 5th edition of the
Pacific Drosophila biennial conference and is known by the name APDRC5. It is
Research organised by Indian Institute of Science Education and
Conference (APDRC) Research (IISER). Aim: The conference aims to promote the
interaction of Drosophila researchers in the Asia-Pacific
region with the rest of the world.
5th Biennial Aamby Valley City, India Pulses and Grains Association (IPGA), the apex
conference The Lonavala, organisation of the import and export trader of pulses and
Pulses Conclave Maharashtra grains in India will host conference from February 12 – 14,
2020 2020 at the Aamby Valley City in Lonavala, Maharashtra. The
Conclave aimed at increasing domestic production and
consumption & other areas of the trade like improving
processing efficiencies, increasing consumption, exports,
value addition, post-harvest crop management, etc
23rd Persian Gulf Tehran, Iran India participated in the Tehran Dialogue Forum, During the
International forum, India supported the Hormuz Peace initiative 2020
Conference which seek stability in one of the world’s busiest and
strategically located shipping lanes i.e, Strait of Hormuz amid
escalating US-Iran tensions. The Strait of Hormuz is one of
the world’s most strategically important choke points. It has
Iran in the northern coat, UAE (United Arab Emirates) and
Musandam, an enclave of Oman in the southern coast. It acts
as an important gateway for significant amount of global oil
supplies. Click here
5th Raisina Dialogue New Delhi which is India's annual global conference on geopolitics and
2020 geo-economics, Jointly organised by the Ministry of External
Affairs (MEA) and the Observer Research Foundation (ORF),
it was attended by Narendra Modi (PM) and Subrahmanyam
Jaishankar (MEA). The dialogue witnessed the signing of MoU
between India & Finland to enhance cooperation
in defence sector. While the year 2020 marks the 20th
anniversary of the establishment of
strategic partnership between India and the
Russian Federation. Click here
25th Conference of Ottawa, Canada A parliamentary delegation headed by Lok Sabha speaker Om
Speakers and Birla has attended the Conference, from January 6 -January
Presiding Officers of 10,2020. The conference aimed at topics of parliamentary
the Commonwealth engagement. In 2022, Australia will be the host of
(CSPOC) 2020 commonwealth speakers meeting & Uganda to host 2024
Commonwealth speakers’ conference with additional CSPOC

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Standing Committee meetings to be held in Guernsey in 2021
and Trinidad and Tobago in 2023.
3rd Global Potato Gandhinagar, Gujarat Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi addressed the
Conclave 2020 video conference. The 4-day conclave from January 28-31 is
being organised by Indian Potato Association (IPA) in
collaboration with Indian Council of Agricultural
Research(ICAR), New Delhi, and ICAR-Central Potato
Research Institute, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh and
International Potato Center (CIP), Lima, Peru. The 3rd edition
of the potato conference is based on 10 themes out of which
8 themes are based on basic and applied research. The
previous two Global Potato Conferences were organized in
1999, and 2008.
Click here
12th South Asia Institute for Defence Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh addressed Conference,
Conference Studies and Analysis From January 28-29, 2020. The conference deals with issues
(IDSA) in New Delhi related to economic cooperation for development, changing
political context in India’s neighbourhood etc. The theme of
the conference was India’s "Neighbourhood First" Policy:
Regional Perceptions. All members of South Asian
Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries and
Myanmar called for cooperation to end terrorism.

2020 SUMMITS & CONFERENCES – February

SUMMITS
SUMMITS VENUE KEY POINTS
World Sustainable India Habitat Centre, Shri Prakash Javadekar, the Union Minister of
Development Summit New Delhi Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) was
(WSDS) 2020 inaugurated a 3-day long World Sustainable Development
Summit based on the theme “Towards 2030 Goals:
Making the Decade Count”. The summit was organized by
The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). Click here
33rd African Union (AU) Addis Ababa, A 2-day long Summit under the theme “Silencing the
Heads of State Summit Ethiopia Guns: Creating Conducive Conditions for Africa’s
2020 Development”. President of the Republic of South Africa,
Cyril Ramaphosa, is the newly elected Chairperson of the
African Union for one year. He replaces Egyptian
President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. The African Union (AU) is a
continental union consisting of 55 member states located
on the continent of Africa.
1st Ever Global Investors Srinagar and Jammu The Union Territory (UT) of Jammu and Kashmir’s (J&K)
Summit-2020 administration is set to host first ever Global Investors
Summit-2020 in the capital cities of Srinagar and Jammu
in the month of April 2020 with the aim to attract
investment and industries to J&K. As a part of summit,
J&K administration has decided to conduct roadshows at
an international level to attract global investors. The

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preparations are led by chief secretary of the UT of J&K
BVR Subrahmanyam with the J&K administration.
UN Climate Summit Glasgow, Scottish The 26th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP
‘COP26’ 2020 Events Campus 26) to the UNFCCC (United Nations Framework
(SEC), Scotland, UK Convention on Climate Change) is scheduled to be held
from 9-19 November 2020, at Glasgow’s Scottish Events
Campus (SEC) in Scotland under the presidency of the UK
(United Kingdom) government. Indian-origin Alok Sharma
(52) from Agra, Uttar Pradesh (UP) has been appointed as
the minister in charge of the UK’s COP26 climate change
summit.
RAISE 2020- New Delhi The Government of India announced 1st Artificial
‘Responsible Artificial intelligence summit, RAISE 2020- ‘Responsible Artificial
intelligence (AI) for intelligence (AI) for Social Empowerment’, a ‘First-of-its
Social Empowerment’ kind’ summit organized by the Government of India along
with Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
(MEITY) to be held between April 11 & 12 in New Delhi.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the
summit, which is a roadmap for social empowerment,
inclusion & transformation through AI. Apart from this,
AI-Startup Challenge will also be launched where startups
will showcase their AI solutions aimed at social
empowerment, inclusion & transformation in important
sectors.

EVENTS
EVENTS VENUE KEY POINTS
22nd India Hotel Grand Hyatt in A 3-day long event, based on the theme “Blue Revolution-
International Kochi, Kerala. Beyond Production to Value Addition”. The show is being
Seafood Show (IISS), organized jointly by the Marine Products Export Development
2020 Authority (MPEDA) under Ministry of Commerce and Industry
& the Seafood Exporters Association of India (SEAI). As India is
the second largest aquaculture producer in the world, it had set
the target of seafood export at $10 billion by this year (i.e
2020). Click here
17th Edition of Bio Hyderabad, A 3-day long Asia’s largest Biotechnology and Life Sciences
Asia 2020 Telangana Forum with the theme of ‘Today for Tomorrow’ held
in Hyderabad, Telangana. Switzerland was the partner
Country for 2020 while Assam, Kerala, Odisha and Gujarat were
the partner states. It was organized by Government of
Telangana, Federation of Asian Biotech Associations (FABA)
with event partners Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium
Enterprises (MSME), Telangana State Industrial Infrastructure
Corporation (TSIIC), and Department for Promotion of Industry
and Internal Trade (DPIIT). Click here
19th World Bengaluru Held from May 6 to May 8, 2020, WPC is the world’s largest
Productivity International convention for productivity development which promotes
Congress (WPC) Exhibition Centre, innovation and world class practices that shape future
Bengaluru, productivity growth and to be held in India after 45 years. WPC
Karnataka was held in India in 1974. Theme of 19th Productivity Congress

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2020 was “Industry 4.0 – Innovation and Productivity”. Click
here

CONFERENCE
CONFERENCE VENUE KEY POINTS
4th
EAS (East Asia Chennai , Tamil A 2-day long 4th edition of EAS (East Asia Summit) Conference on
Summit) Conference Nadu (TN) Maritime Security Cooperation 2020 was held in Chennai , Tamil
Nadu (TN) from February 6-7 2020. The conference was jointly
organised by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Government
of India (GoI) in association with the governments of Australia
and Indonesia. The knowledge partners of the Conference include
National Maritime Foundation (NMF) and the Research and
Information System for Developing Countries (RIS). EAS is the
Indo-Pacific’s premier forum for strategic dialogue.
13th Conference of Gandhinagar, The Union Cabinet Minister for the Ministry of Environment,
Parties (COP) Gujarat Forest and Climate Change and for the Ministry of Information
and Broadcasting Shri Prakash Keshav Javadekar announced that
the 13th Conference of Parties (COP) of the Convention on
the Conservation of Migratory Species (CMS) of Wild Animals, an
Environment Treaty Supported by United Nations Environment
Programme (UNEP) is going to hosted by India at Gandhinagar in
Gujarat, from 17th – 22nd February 2020. The Great Indian
Bustard (Gibi) is chosen as official Mascot. The theme for the CMS
COP 13 in India is, “Migratory species connect the planet and we
welcome them Home”. Click here
“CLIMISHCON” Le Meridian The “CLIMISHCON” is a Four-day International Conference on
International Convention changes in Hydrological cycle, Ocean ecosystem, Fisheries and
Conference center in Kochi, Food security due to Global climate change with the
Kerala theme ‘Climate Change-Effective Adaptation for a Secure Future’.
From February 11 to February 14, 2020. .The conference is
jointly organized by the Department of Fisheries, Kerala and the
CUSAT (Cochin University of Science and Technology) School of
Industries Fisheries.
BIMSTEC ‘Conference New Delhi The Union Minister for Home Affairs, Shri Amit Shah inaugurated
on Combating Drug the two-day long BIMSTEC Conference, It was organized
Trafficking’ by Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Ministry of Home Affairs.
This conference was held on the lines of the commitment made
by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the 4th BIMSTEC
summit in Nepal’s Kathmandu in 2018. As per UN’s (United
Nations) World Drug Report, over 5% of the global population
between 15-64 years of age is addicted to narcotics and use of
illicit drugs. Participants: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal,
Sri Lanka, Thailand and different State Governments of India.
23rd Edition Mumbai, A 2-day long Conference based on the theme “India 2020: Digital
of National Conference Maharashtra Transformation” with 6-sub themes from February 7-8 2020. The
on e-Governance 2020 conference was jointly organised by the Department of
Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG) along
with Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY),
Government of India, in association with Government of
Maharashtra. 1. India FinTech Festival (IFF) 2020, India’s

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1st home based global platform to promote Fintech innovation
will be held in Mumbai, Maharashtra in March 2020.
2. The National Awards for e-Governance were also presented in
the Conference to honor and promote excellence in
implementation of e-Governance initiatives. Click here
4th National Udaipur, The two-day long Review of Implementation of (PMFBY)
Conference on Rajasthan Conference held in Udaipur. It was inaugurated by Sanjay
Pradhan Mantri Fasal Agarwal, Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare.
Bima Yojana (PMFBY) Organized by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare,
the conference saw the participation of 140 members
representing different states, banks, insurance companies, RBI
(Reserve Bank of India), NABARD (National Bank for Agriculture
and Rural Development). PMFBY provides a comprehensive
insurance cover to farmers against failure of the crop.
Munich Security Hotel External Affairs minister (EAM), Subrahmanyam Jaishankar has
Conference 2020 Bayerischer attended the 3-day long Conference, the world’s leading forum for
Hof in Munich, debate on international security policy from February14 – 16
Germany 2020. On the sidelines of the security conference, Jaishankar met
several other world leaders attending the meet including his
counterparts of Georgia, Portugal, Singapore and Lithuania.
3rd Global Ministerial Stockholm, On Road Safety with theme “Achieving Global Goals 2030” was
Conference Sweden held from 19–20 February 2020. It was hosted by Government of
Sweden in collaboration with World Health Organization (WHO).
The aim of the meet was to chart future strategic directions for
global road safety and to share successes and lessons from
implementation of the Global Plan for the Decade of Action for
Road Safety 2011–2020. It should be noted that United Nations
(UN) has set a goal under the UN Decade of Action of reducing
road crashes by 2030. Indian delegation was led by Minister of
Road Transport & Highways, Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises,
Nitin Gadkari. Click here
International Judicial New Delhi Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi addressed the International
Conference 2020 Judicial Conference. The theme of the conference was “Gender
– “Judiciary and The Just World”. Chief Justice of India Sharad Arvind Bobde, Attorney
Changing World” General Kottayan Katankot Venugopal, and Law Minister Ravi
Shankar Prasad also addressed the gathering. The aim of the
conference was to facilitate cross fertilisation of ideas between
judges of India and those from abroad. The Conference
introduced the “Just World” concept in the Judicial System of
India which aims to take the judicial system of the country to
every citizen irrespective of their gender.
13th COP on Mahatma The week long Thirteenth Session of the Conference of the
Conservation of Mandir Parties (COP) to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory
Migratory Species of Convention Species of Wild Animals (CMS COP13) together with the
Wild Animals and Exhibition associated meetings of the Standing Committee was held at
Centre, Mahatma Mandir Convention and Exhibition Centre in
Gandhinagar, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India from February 15-22. Its theme
Gujarat was “Migratory species connect the planet and together we
welcome them home”. The summit was inaugurated by Prime

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Minister Shri Narendra Modi through video conferencing. Click
here
1st National Delhi The National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) organised
conference on Coastal the conference. Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri
Disaster Risk Nityanand Rai presided over the valedictory session. Its aim was
Reduction and to provide better understanding about coastal disaster risks &
Resilience (CDRR&R) effective collaborative actions by implementing Prime Minister’s
10-point agenda & Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction
to reduce risk & enhance flexibility amid the affected
stakeholders.
Ensemble Methods in Noida, Uttar The National Centre for Medium-Range Weather
Modelling and Data Pradesh (UP) Forecasting (NCMRWF) has organized a 3-day international
Assimilation (EMMDA) conference. It was inaugurated by Dr.Harsh Vardhan,the Union
2020 Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Science and Technology,
Earth Sciences. The purpose of this conference was to have
discussions on the current status of the weather forecast, future
prospects as well as the optimal use of the Ensemble Prediction
System-EPS. EPS is a numerical system of weather forecasting
that helps in forecasting the uncertainty in weather as well as the
possible outcome. India has recently introduced 2 global EPS
which has the highest resolution in the world.
Enhancing Energy Dhaka, South Asia Regional Initiative for Energy Integration (SARI/EI)
Cooperation in Bangladesh and US AID (United States Agency for International Development)
(BIMSTEC) Region organized the Two Days Conference on Enhancing Energy
Cooperation in the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral
Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) region held at
Bangladesh capital Dhaka. During the conference they released
the report “prospect of regional energy cooperation and cross-
border energy trade in the BIMSTEC region” showing that the
BIMSTEC region has 323,504 million tonnes(MT) of coal, 664
million tonnes of oil, 99 Trillion Cubic Feet(TCF) of gas, 11,346
MT of biomass, 328 Giga Watts(GW) of hydropower and 1,117
GW of renewable energy. India tops on all energy resources. Click
here
Standardisation of New Delhi The two day International Conference on February 25-26, 2020.
Diagnosis and It was organized by Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy,
Terminologies in Unani, Siddha, Sowa Rigpa and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) in
Ayurveda, Unani and association with World Health Organisation (WHO) at the
Siddha Systems- Ministerial level. The objective of this conference was to
ICoSDiTAUS-2020 of underline the power of Traditional Medicine (TM) systems and
Medicine their significance in addressing the public health challenges of the
21st century. Participants of ICoSDiTAUS-2020: 16 Countries– Sri
Lanka, Mauritius, Serbia, Curacao, Cuba, Myanmar, Equatorial
Guinea, Qatar, Ghana, Bhutan, Uzbekistan, India, Switzerland,
Iran, Jamaica and Japan. Click here

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SUMMITS
SUMMITS VENUE KEY POINTS
6thEconomic Times Taj Palace, New Delhi Held on 6th – 7th March 2020, this summit is organised by
Global business summit the heads of the government, business leaders from India
and throughout the world and by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi. The theme of the Global Business Summit
is ‘Collaborate to Create: Sustainable Growth in a
Fractured World’. External Affairs Minister S
Jaishankar conveyed that India has offered 300 Lines of
credit(LoCs) to 64 countries which involves 539
development projects.
3rd Gender Equality The Park in New UNGCNI (United Nations Global Compact Network
Summit 2020 Delhi India), a country level platform for public & private sector,
businesses to align stakeholders’ responsible practices
towards Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), has
organized the 3rd edition of its Gender Equality Summit
2020 with the theme “India Inc. For Generation Equality:
Decade of Action” at The Park in New Delhi. During the
Summit, a theme paper on “Rethinking Gender
Representation across Value Chains” was released in
association with Grant Thornton India. Click here
5th BIMSTEC Summit Colombo, Sri Lanka The 5th edition of BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for
2020 Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic
Cooperation) Summit 2020 to be held in Colombo, Sri
Lanka in the month of September 2020.This was informed
by BIMSTEC Secretary General (SG) Mohammad Shahidu
Islam during his meeting with Sri Lankan Prime Minister
(PM) Mahinda Rajapaksa. The summit will be preceded by
the 17th Ministerial Meeting and 21st Senior Officials
Meeting by the end of 2020. Sri Lanka is the Chair of
BIMSTEC between 2018 and 2020 and it will hand over
the chairmanship to Thailand by the end of 2020.
Global summit 2020 The Oberoi, in Dubai, WION (World Is One News), the India’s first International
UAE (United Arab News Channel, has organized its 3rd edition of Global
Emirates) summit 2020 based on the theme “Navigating and
negotiating global imperatives” at The Oberoi, in Dubai,
UAE (United Arab Emirates). The Summit focused on 4
key sessions namely- India and the Emerging World
focusing on the dynamics, Balancing and Recalibrating
Pakistan’s Diplomatic Strategy, Climate change & Global
Leaders forum.
World Cities Summit Sands Expo & The 7th World Cities Summit (WCS) is to be held from July
(WCS) Convention Centre, 5 to 9, 2020 at Sands Expo & Convention Centre, Marina
Marina Bay Sands, in Bay Sands, in Singapore (SG). It is organized by
Singapore (SG) Singapore’s Centre for Liveable Cities and the Urban
Redevelopment Authority. Also, the WCS was conducted

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once in 2 years since 2008. The Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi
Adityanath was invited as guest by SG government. The
theme for WCS 2020 is” Liveable and Sustainable Cities:
Adapting to a Disrupted World”.
RAISE 2020– New Delhi The Indian government announced the postponement of
Responsible Artificial the country’s 1st summit on Artificial Intelligence (AI),
intelligence (AI) for ‘RAISE 2020– Responsible Artificial intelligence (AI) for
Social Empowerment Social Empowerment’ to October 5-6, 2020 due to COVID-
19. It was priorly announced to be conducted between
April 11 & 12, 2020 in New Delhi by the Ministry of
Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).
Virtual Group of 20 Prime Minister Narendra Modi participated in an
(G20) Leaders’ Summit extraordinary “Virtual Group of 20 (G20) Leaders’
Summit” which was hosted by Saudi Arabia Crown Prince
- Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud through video conference.
It was held to discuss the challenges created by the
COVID-19 and to develop an action plan for global
coordinated response against it. Click here
World Cities Summit Singapore has rescheduled the 7th World Cities Summit
(WCS) 2020 (WCS) 2020 to 20 – 24 June 2021 due to the outbreak of
COVID-19 which includes, Singapore International Water
Week (SIWW) and CleanEnviro Summit Singapore (CESG).
- The summit is organized by Singapore’s Centre for
Liveable Cities and the Urban Redevelopment Authority.
The theme of WCS is Liveable and Sustainable Cities:
Adapting to a Disrupted World

EVENTS
EVENTS VENUE KEY POINTS
108thIndian Science Symbiosis The Indian Science Congress association (ISCA) announced that
Congress International Pune will host the annual session of Congress on January 3-7,
University’s Lavale 2021 with the theme,”Science and Technology for Sustainable
campus Development with Women Empowerment”. Dr Vijay Laxmi
Saxena elected general president of the Indian Science
Congress, 2020-21.
35th Food and Pragati A 5-day-long event was inaugurated by Union Minister of
Hospitality Maidan, New Delhi Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal. This fair aims to
fair ‘AAHAR 2020’ promote the agriculture-community as well as tourism sectors
especially hospitality companies. It is jointly organized by India
Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO) in partnership with the
Agriculture and Processed Food Products Development
Authority (APEDA), Union Ministry of Food Processing
Industries and several apex industry associations.
The Future of Work: New Delhi Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD) & the
Women in India’s World Bank organized a discussion programme on the
Workforce topic “The Future of Work: Women in India’s Workforce” at
New Delhi. It was inaugurated by Minister of WCD, Smriti Zubin
Irani & Dr. Junaid Kamal Ahmad, Country Director India, World
Bank. It is a part of a series of events to observe International
Women’s Day 2020. The WCD minister announced a diet plan

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for women & lactating mothers for the 1st time, formulated by
Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR). Click here
Week long Emporia Complex, Organized by National Handicapped Finance Development
Exhibition-cum-Fair Baba Kharak Singh Corporation (NHFDC) under Ministry of Social Justice &
1st “EKAM Fest” Marg, New Delhi Empowerment held from 2nd March to 9th March 2020.It was
inaugurated by Union Minister for Social Justice &
Empowerment Shri Thaawarchand Gehlot. EKAM, an acronym
for Entrepreneurship, Knowledge, Awareness, Marketing, was
aimed to showcase products made with extra ordinary
determination by the divyang (differently-abled) crafts persons
and entrepreneurs. Three New Initiatives for PwDs launched
during fest: NHFDC Swavalamban Kendra (NSK), Safe Cabs in
Delhi and Indore, and Safe Drinking Water E Carts. Click here
6th International day Leh, Ladakh (Union Celebrated on 21st June and a National event organized on this
of Yoga (IDY) event Territory) day. Shri Shripad Yesso Naik, Minister of Ayush announces that
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in the event held
at Leh. Programmes will be organised by industry bodies
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Federation of Indian
Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). This day is
celebrated to create awareness across the world about the
benefits of yoga and to practice yoga on a daily basis. Click here
1st Divya Kala Shakti Chennai, Tamil Shri Banwarilal Purohit, Governor of TN witnessed the
Event (Witnessing Nadu (TN) performances and V. Saroja, Minister of Social Welfare and
the Abilities in Nutritious Noon Meal programme and senior officers
Disabilities) participated in the occasion. The event was organised by the
National Institute for Empowerment of Persons with Multiple
Disabilities (NIEPMD), in association with the Department of
Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan) and
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. The Divya Kala
Shakti event aims to provide a platform for the disabled to
exhibit their talents.

CONFERENCE
CONFERENCE VENUE KEY POINTS
11thNational Krishi New Delhi A 3-day long Conference based on the theme ‘Empowering Youth
Vigyan Kendra (KVK) for Technology Led Farming’. It was inaugurated by Union
Conference -2020 Minister for Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare, Rural Development
& Panchayati Raj, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar. The conference,
organized by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR),
focused on technology-led farming and youth entrepreneurship
through agriculture.
5th India Pharma 2020 Gandhinagar, The 5th edition of India Pharma 2020 and India Medical Device
Gujarat 2020 Conference & Exhibition will be held at Gandhinagar,
Gujarat from March 5 to 7, 2020 and the 3 day conference was
inaugurated by Shri Sadananda Gowda, Chemicals and Fertilizers
(C&F) Minister & Shri Mansukh Mandviya, Minister of State (MoS
of C&F) addressed the conference. The conference was organized
5th India Medical by the Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chemicals and
Device 2020 Fertilizers in association with Federation of Indian Chambers of
Commerce & Industry (FICCI). Theme of 2020: India Pharma:

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Meeting Challenges of Affordable and Quality Healthcare. India
Medical Device (IMD): Promoting Affordable responsible and
Quality Medical Device for Universal Health Care. Click here
India Smart Utility New Delhi New Delhi based Smart Grid Forum (ISGF) has organized
Week 2020 (ISUW) India Smart Utility Week 2020 (ISUW) as an International
Conference and Exhibition on Smart Energy and Water for
Smarter Cities India in New Delhi from March 3-7, 2020. During
the event, India and European Union (EU) called upon
the Integrated Local Energy System in which they will jointly
work upon clean energy and climate. Also, India-Sweden
collaborated on industrial Research & Development (R&D)
Programme. Click here
Nano Science and Biswa Bangla The International Conference was supported by the Department
Technology Conventional of Science and Technology (DST) and organized by S.N. Bose
2020 (ICONSAT) Centre, Kolkata National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata. During the
conference, Professor Sabu Thomas, Vice Chancellor (VC),
Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala was conferred
with National Research Award in Nano Science & Technology for
his contribution in the field of nano science. Click here
National Conference New Delhi Smriti Zubin Irani, Union Minister for Women and Child
on Women in Police Development inaugurated the Conference. The Conference was
and CAPFs (Central organized by the Bureau of Police Research and Development
Armed Police Forces) (BPR & D). Smriti Irani also released a hand-out- ‘BPR & D
Mirror- Gender Bender’ and also the book titled “To Greater
Heights”, which is authored by Nitu, DIG (Deputy Inspector
General), CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force), which describes
the achievements of women police officers. Themes of the
Conference 2020 was ‘Cyber Stalking and Bullying of Women:
Steps for Protection” and ‘Challenges faced by CAPF Women in
Operational Areas”.
WINGS INDIA 2020 Begumpet A 4-day International Exhibition & Conference on Civil Aviation
Airport, sector based on the theme ‘Flying for All’. The event is organized
Hyderabad by Ministry of Civil Aviation & Airports Authority of India (AAI) &
Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
(FICCI). The purpose of the event is to aid the rapidly changing
dynamics of the sector. During the event, Spice Jet signed a
tripartite MoU with GMR Hyderabad International Airport
Limited (GHIAL)& Ras-Al-Khaimah International Airport, United
Arab Emirates (UAE).

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SUMMITS
SUMMITS VENUE KEY POINTS
Conference of the Glasgow, Scotland in The 26th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 26)
Parties (COP 26) the United Kingdom to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
(UK) Change (UNFCCC), which was planned to take place from
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Kingdom (UK) has been postponed to 2021 due to COVID-
19. The date and location for the same is unspecified. Pre-
COP and ‘Youth for the Climate’ event supposed to be held
in Italy also postponed.
Special ASEAN Summit Video Conference Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian
Nations (ASEAN) held the Special ASEAN Summit via
video conference which was chaired by Nguyen Xuan
Phuc, Prime Minister of Vietnam (ASEAN currently
chaired by Vietnam). In addition to that, virtual Special
ASEAN along with China, Japan and South Korea (ASEAN
Plus Three) Summit on COVID-19 Response was held.

EVENTS
EVENTS VENUE KEY POINTS
Petersberg Climate Prakash Javadekar, the Union Minister of Environment, Forest
Dialogue 2020 and Climate Change, participates 11th session of Petersberg
Climate Dialogue 2020 (1st time virtually) along with 30 other
countries representatives. The Dialogue has been hosted by
- Germany since 2010 to provide a forum for informal high-level
political discussions, focusing on climate negotiations and
climate action. The event was co-chaired by Germany and the
United Kingdom (UK), the incoming Presidency of the 26th
Conference of Parties (COP 26) to the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

CONFERENCE
CONFERENCE VENUE KEY POINTS
United Nation Security The United Nation Security Council (UNSC) met for the first time
Council (UNSC) met (Under the Presidency of Dominican Republic) through closed
video-conference session with UN Secretary-General Antonio
- Guterres to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on the issues that fall
under the UNSC’s mandate. During the video meet, UNSC has
supported all the efforts of UN Secretary also underlined the need
for unity and solidarity with those affected by the COVID-19.
Kharif crops 2020 The Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Narendra
Singh Tomar chaired the National Conference on Kharif crops
2020 through video conference & stated that all states should aim
- to achieve the kharif target and also the doubling of farmers
income should be taken up in mission mode. The main aim of the
conference was to discuss various issues & to list the steps with
the states on the preparedness for Kharif cultivation due to the
lockdown situation. Click here
SAARC Health India participated in the South Asian Association for Regional
Ministers Virtual Cooperation (SAARC) health ministers virtual conference hosted
Conference by Pakistan to promote great regional cooperation to tackle the
- covid-19 pandemic. The meeting was chaired by Special Assistant
to the PM of Pakistan on Health Services, Dr Zafar Mirza and
SAARC Secretary-General- Esala Ruwan Weerakoon also attended

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the virtual conference. Indian delegate for the conference is Rajiv
Garg, Director General of Health Services (DGHS).

2020 SUMMITS & CONFERENCES – May

SUMMITS
SUMMITS VENUE KEY POINTS
Non-Aligned Movement Video Conference Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi participates in the
(NAM) Contact Group online summit of Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Contact
Group on the theme “United against COVID-19” hosted by
President of Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, the
present chairman of NAM through video conference to
discuss the response to the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. It
also observes the International Day of Multilateralism and
Diplomacy for Peace (April 24).
Digital Summit on Video Conference Union Minister for Commerce & Industry and Railways,
Exports Piyush Goyal participated in the Digital Summit on Exports
organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
through a Video Conference. The institutional partner for
the summit is Export-Import (EXIM) Bank.

EVENTS
EVENTS VENUE KEY POINTS
Bamboo Conclave Video Conference Union Minister of State (I/C) Development of North Eastern
Region (DoNER) Dr Jitendra Singh participated in the Bamboo
Conclave through Video Conference. The aim of the conference
was to discuss the importance of Bamboo, which will provide an
opportunity for India to emerge as an economic power post
COVID-19. It should be noted that the northeast consists of 60%
of India’s reserve of Bamboo. Click here
Society of Indian Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh participates in Micro,
Defence Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) E-conclave, “Society of
Manufacturers Indian Defence Manufacturers (SIDM) MSME Conclave 2020“,
(SIDM) MSME - jointly organised by SIDM, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
Conclave 2020 and Department of Defence Production. The Theme of the E-
conclave is ‘Business Continuity for MSMEs in Defence &
Aerospace Sector’.

CONFERENCE
CONFERENCE VENUE KEY POINTS
Indo-Bangladesh - Minister of State (I/C) Development of North Eastern Region
‘Virtual (DoNER) Jitendra Singh, addresses the Indo-Bangladesh ‘Virtual
Conference’ Conference’ organised by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and
Industry of India (ASSOCHAM).
RESTART The Union Minister of Science & Technology Harsh Vardhan
addressed a digital conference RESTART (‘Reboot the Economy
through Science, Technology and Research Translations’) to celebrate

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- the National Technology Day on May 11, 2020. The conference is
organised by the Technology Development Board (TDB) a statutory
body of the Department of Science & Technology (DST) and
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).
SCO Foreign External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar participated in a virtual
Ministers video conference of foreign ministers hosted by Russia from Shanghai
conference - Cooperation Organisation (SCO – HQ at Beijing, China) member states
to discuss on the ongoing COVID-19 situation and insisted on the
collective action against the terrorism and the security challenges.

2020 SUMMITS & CONFERENCES – June

SUMMITS
SUMMITS VENUE KEY POINTS
India-Australia virtual The 1st ever India-Australia virtual leader’s summit was
leader’s summit held between Indian Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi
- and his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison. The focus
of the meet was to further strengthen the bilateral ties in
areas like healthcare, trade and defence. Click here
Virtual Global Vaccine Hosted by UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson from London.
Summit 2020 The Summit was organised by the Global Alliance for
- Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI). Also, PM Modi
addressed the event and pledged to support 15 million USD
to GAVI during the Virtual Summit.
Annual WEF Davos The 51st annual WEF Davos meeting to be held in January
Meeting 2021 by the World Economic Forum (WEF). WEF planned
- to adopt a new twin-summit format by bringing together
leaders from across the globe for an in-person and well as
virtual dialogues with the theme: ‘The Great Reset’.
Association of Southeast Video Conference The 36th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit was held via video conference on the theme
Summit “Cohesive and Responsive ASEAN”. The summit was
chaired by Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc
as Vietnam is ASEAN’s chair in 2020.

CONFERENCE
CONFERENCE VENUE KEY POINTS
Russia-India- Russia-India-China (RIC) Foreign Minister-level virtual conference
China (RIC) was held following the cross-border clash between Indian and
Foreign Minister- - Chinese troops in Galwan Valley in Ladakh on June 15, 2020. It was
level conference the biggest ever confrontation between the two sides after a gap of 45
years. The conference was hosted by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey
Lavrov, Moscow, Russia. From Indian side, External Affairs Minister
Subrahmanyam Jaishankar participated in the meet.
Defence Conclave Video Minister of State (MoS) of Defence, Shripad Naik inaugurated the two
2020 Conference days ‘Defence Conclave 2020’ in Gujarat through video conferencing.
The conclave was jointly organised by Confederation of Indian
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(SIDM). The Conclave is held in the defence and aerospace
manufacturing sector. Focusing in strong defence is a great economic
growth and helps in job creation in manufacturing.
Ministerial During an Extraordinary Virtual Ministerial Pledging Conference for
Pledging United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the
Conference - Near East (UNRWA), India has announced a contributing United States
(US) $10 million towards UNRWA over the coming two years. Indian
delegation in the conference has been addressed by Minister of State
(MoS) for External Affairs, V Muraleedharan.

2020 SUMMITS & CONFERENCES – July

SUMMITS
SUMMITS VENUE KEY POINTS
India and the European The 15th summit between India and the European Union
Union (EU) Summit (EU) was held virtually where India was represented by
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the EU was represented
- by Charles Michel, President of the European Council, and
Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European
Commission.India, EU adopted declaration on Resource
Efficiency and Circular Economy. India-EU endorsed
Strategic Partnership: A Roadmap to 2025. High-level
dialogue set up Piyush Goyal and Phil Hogan to address
trade issues. Click here
India Ideas Summit Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered the keynote
2020 address at the two days long (July 21-22) virtual India
Ideas Summit 2020 which was hosted by US-India
Business Council (USIBC) under the theme “Building a
- Better Future”. The year 2020 marked the 45th
anniversary of the formation of the Council. Key Points
from PM Modi Address; Target of 50th spot in WB’s Ease
of Doing Business ranking. Click here

CONFERENCE
CONFERENCE VENUE KEY POINTS
Air Force New Delhi Union Minister of Defence, Rajnath Singh, inaugurated the Air Force
Commanders Commanders Conference (AFCC) at the Air Force Headquarters (Vayu
Conference Bhawan), New Delhi. The conference chaired by Chief of the Air Staff
(AFCC) (CAS), Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria was
conducted from 22nd July 2020 to 24th July 2020. The theme of the
conference was “IAF in the Next Decade”.

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SUMMITS
SUMMITS VENUE KEY POINTS
India@75 Summit – Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Micro Small and Medium
Mission 2022 Enterprises (MSME) and Road Transport & Highways
- addressed the “India@75 Summit – Mission 2022”
organised by the confederation of Indian Industries (CII)
which was focused on ‘reinventing technology in India’.
8th East Asia Summit The 8th East Asia Summit Economic Ministers’ Meeting
Economic Ministers’ (EAS-EMM) was held virtually which was attended by
Meeting (EAS-EMM) Economic Ministers from the ten ASEAN Member States,
Australia, China, India, Japan, Republic of Korea, New
- Zealand, the Russian Federation and the United States.
The Meeting was chaired by Tran Tuan Anh, Minister of
Industry and Trade of Vietnam. From Indian side it was
attended by Piyush Goyal, Minister of Railways and
Minister of Commerce and Industry.

EVENTS
EVENTS VENUE KEY POINTS
Round Table of ASEAN - Video Conference Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) in partnership with the
India Network of Think Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand organized the two-
Tanks (AINTT) day long 6th Round Table of ASEAN (Association of
Southeast Asian Nations)-India Network of Think Tanks
(AINTT) through video conference on the theme “ASEAN-
India: Strengthening Partnership in the Post COVID Era”.
It was inaugurated by Union External Affairs Minister S
Jaishankar and the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign
Minister of Thailand Don Pramudwinai.

CONFERENCE
CONFERENCE VENUE KEY POINTS
Global Conference Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’, Union Minister for Education
inaugurated the global conference on “Reimagining and
- Transforming the University: Confluence of Ideas during and
Beyond the COVID-19 Disruption” hosted by O.P. Jindal
Global University (JGU) and International Institute for Higher
Education Research and Capacity Building (IIHEd) on 6th
and 7th August 2020.
IC-IMPACTS Annual IC-IMPACTS (The India-Canada Centre for Innovative
Research Conference Multidisciplinary Partnerships to Accelerate Community
Transformation and Sustainability) 2020 Annual Research
- Conference held Virtually on Aug 6-7, 2020 to discuss the
ways to elevate the inter-country cooperation to the next
Level by strengthening existing international connections,
sharing best practices in multiple areas, and initiating new
collaborations in government and institutions. The
Conference was organised by IC-IMPACTS.

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National Public Piyush Goyal, Union Commerce and Industry & Railways
Procurement Conclave Minister virtually inaugurated the 4th edition of 2-day
(NPPC) 2020: Digital ‘National Public Procurement Conclave (NPPC) 2020: Digital
Exhibitions and - Exhibitions and Conferences’, on August 9, 2020 under the
Conferences theme “Technology enabled Govt Procurement - Towards
efficiency, transparency, and Inclusiveness”. It is organized
by Government e-Marketplace (GeM), in association with the
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) through CII Hives
Digital Platform.
CII Public Health Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare;
Conference Science & Technology and Earth Sciences virtually addressed
the inaugural session of the two-day long CII Public Health
- Conference, where he inaugurated “India Healthcare Week”
with the theme “Redefining Healthcare Ecosystem” from
17th – 21st August 2020. The week has been initiated by
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in partnership with
the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) and the
Ministry of AYUSH.
World Conference of The 5th World Conference of Speakers of Parliament
Speakers of Parliament (5WCSP) was inaugurated virtually (1st time in virtual
mode). It was organised jointly by the Inter-Parliamentary
- Union (IPU), Geneva and the Parliament of Austria with the
support of the United Nations (UN). Lok Sabha Speaker Om
Birla attended the inaugural ceremony. The theme of the
5WCSP Conference is ‘Parliamentary leadership for more
effective multilateralism that delivers peace and sustainable
development for the people and planet’.
Naval Commanders New Delhi The Naval Commanders’ Conference 2020, a biennial
Conference 2020 conference was held in New Delhi, India from August 19 to
21, 2020. Rajnath Singh, Union Defence Minister addressed
the opening session of the conference. This is the 1st Naval
Commanders’ Conference since the institution of the
Department of Military Affairs (DMA) and Chief of Defence
Staff (CDS).

2020 SUMMITS & CONFERENCES – September

SUMMITS
SUMMITS VENUE KEY POINTS
Cycling Summit in 2021 Delhi, Mumbai and Cycling Federation of India (CFI) is set to host the first
Bengaluru ever Cycling Summit in 2021 in Delhi, Mumbai and
Bengaluru. The one-day summit is designed with an aim
to promote the culture of cycling and sharing of
knowledge between beginner and professional cyclists.
On 1st September 2020, CFI signed an MoU for the 2021
summit with Contarctica, a marketing exploration firm.
USISPF 3rd Annual The 5 days long US-India Strategic Partnership Forum
Leadership Summit - (USISPF) 3rd Annual Leadership Summit was held from

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August 31-September 3, 2020 on the theme “US-India
Navigating New Challenges”. Click here
World Solar Technology The first World Solar Technology Summit was held
Summit virtually which was organized by the International Solar
Alliance (ISA) along with Federation of Indian Chambers
of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), as the convenor of ISA
- Global Leadership Task Force on Innovation, to focus on
new Technologies and Innovations in the field of Solar.
The summit was inaugurated by Prime Minister of India
Narendra Modi. ISA inks pact to become global grid nodal
agency. Click here
US (United States)- US (United States)-India-Israel summit was held virtually
India-Israel summit to focus on trilateral partnerships in the strategic,
- technology and development arenas. There it was decided
that these trio nations will collaborate in 5G technology.
East Asia Summit (EAS) V. Muraleedharan, Minister of State(MoS) for External
Foreign Ministers’ Affairs attended the 10th East Asia Summit (EAS) Foreign
Meeting - Ministers’ Meeting. The Meeting was held over a virtual
platform. The meeting was chaired by Mr. Pham Bin
Minh, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of
Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
Global Ayurveda The 4th edition of Global Ayurveda Summit was virtually
Summit inaugurated by Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu on the
theme “Emerging Opportunities for Ayurveda during
Pandemic”. The objective of the summit is to showcase the
Ayurveda immunity model to the global level as a solution
- named ‘Health as One’ and ‘Immunity through Ayurveda’.
It is being organized by the CII (Confederation of Indian
Industry)-Kerala in partnership with Ministry of AYUSH,
and with the support of Ayurveda Medical Association of
India (AMAI), Ayurvedic Medicine Manufacturers
Organisation in India (AMMOI) and Ayurveda Hospital
Management Association (AHMA).
Sustainable From September 21-24, 2020, the World Economic
Development Impact Forum’s 4th and 1st fully virtual Sustainable Development
Summit 2020 Impact Summit 2020 was held under the banner
“Realizing a Great Reset for Sustainable Development” to
- convene 2100 leaders from government, business,
international organizations and civil society along with
experts and innovators to initiate, accelerate and scale-up
entrepreneurial solutions to tackle climate change and
advance sustainable development. The summit was based
on the five themes of Shared Prosperity, Better business,
Harnessing technology, and Liveable planet. Click here
Bilateral Summit Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sri Lankan
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa held a Virtual Bilateral
Summit. During the summit, the two leaders discussed
- bilateral relations, and mutual areas of concern in
Regional and International issues. PM Modi announced a
grant assistance of USD 15 million (approximately Rs.110

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crores) for the promotion of Buddhist ties between the
two countries.
Virtual Bilateral Summit A Virtual Bilateral Summit was held between Indian
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Prime Minister of
Denmark Mette Frederiksen which was hosted by India to
strengthen the bilateral relations between the two
countries. With this summit, Denmark became the first
European country with which India held a virtual summit.
- On the other hand, Denmark has proposed to host the
second ‘Knowledge Summit’ and if the situation
normalizes. A MOU in the field of intellectual property (IP)
cooperation between India and Denmark was signed by
the India’s Department for Promotion of Industry and
Internal Trade (DPIIT) with Danish Patent and Trademark
Office.

EVENTS
EVENTS VENUE KEY POINTS
Aero India-21 Yelahanka Air Force The 13th Edition of Aero India-21 will be held at
Base, Bengaluru Yelahanka Air Force Base, Bengaluru, Karnataka between
February 3rd-7th, 2021. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh
launched the Aero India 2021 website
https://aeroindia.gov.in at New Delhi, marking it open for
space-bookings.

CONFERENCE
CONFERENCE VENUE KEY POINTS
Indo Russian Young Eurasian Foundation organised the Indo Russian Young
Scholars International Scholars International E-conference 2020 on “India-Russia
E-conference 2020 domestic and bilateral development” from 3rd to 5th
September 2020 over a virtual platform. The year 2020
marks the 20th anniversary of the Declaration of Strategic
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Partnership between India and Russia. It also marks 75th
anniversary of victory day of Russia. The event was
organised in collaboration with Indian Centre, Institute of
Oriental studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow,
Russia and Russian Centre of Science and Culture, New Delhi.
Conference on Aerosol Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences
Air Quality, Climate (ARIES), Nainital, Uttarakhand an autonomous research
Change and Impact on institute under Department of Science and Technology and
Water Resources and Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University, a central
Livelihoods in the university in Srinagar, Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhand jointly
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Greater Himalayas organized an International Conference on ‘Aerosol Air
Quality, Climate Change and Impact on Water Resources and
Livelihoods in the Greater Himalayas’ at ARIES, Nainital from
September 14-16, 2020.

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2020 SUMMITS & CONFERENCES – October

SUMMITS
SUMMITS VENUE KEY POINTS
RAISE 2020 – Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated & addressed
‘Responsible AI for RAISE 2020 – ‘Responsible AI for Social Empowerment
Social Empowerment - 2020’ – A 5-day Global AI (Artificial Intelligence) Summit
2020’ which took place virtually from October 5-9, 2020. The
Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY)
in partnership with NITI Aayog organized the summit.
G20 Leaders Summit As a part of the Finance Track for the G20 Leaders Summit
2020 2020, the 4th G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank
Governors meeting was held virtually on October 14,
2020. It was organized under the Saudi Arabian
- Presidency where Indian side was represented by Union
Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala
Sitharaman. During this meeting, the G20 Finance
Ministers and Central Bank Governors agreed to extend
the Debt Service Suspension Initiative (DSSI) by 6 months
i.e. till June 2021.
G20 Youth 20 Summit The first-ever virtual G20 Youth 20 (Y20) Summit was
virtually hosted from Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia for
exchanging ideas and dialogues for the empowerment of
- youth Post COVID where Indian side was represented by
Union Minister Kiren Rijiju, Ministry of Youth Affairs and
Sports (MYAS). The theme of the Summit was
“Government – Youth dialogue on post-COVID-19
opportunities”.

CONFERENCE
CONFERENCE VENUE KEY POINTS
GCTC Energy Security Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Dharmendra
Conference 2020 Pradhan addressed the ‘GCTC Energy Security Conference
2020’ organized by Global Counter Terrorism Council
- (GCTC), it took place from September 29, 2020 to September
30, 2020. The Theme of ‘GCTC Energy Security Conference
2020’ is – “Energy Security Architecture in Post Covid-19
World”. India has 16% of the global population, but still uses
only 6% of the world’s primary energy (petroleum, natural
gas, coal, biomass, flowing water, wind, and solar radiation).
Fourth World Union Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Zubin
Conference on Women Irani, addressed the High-level meeting on the 25th
(FWCW) - anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women
(FWCW) – Beijing +25 virtually. The theme of the event was
“Accelerating the realisation of gender equality and the
empowerment of all women and girls”.
India-Bangladesh Union Minister of Textiles, Smriti Zubin Irani addressed the
Virtual Conference on inaugural session of ‘India-Bangladesh Virtual Conference on
Textiles and Apparel Sector’ organized by Confederation of

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Sector Chambers of commerce and Industry (FFBCCI).

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