‘Theme: Leveraging Markets: Spearheading Growth’
06 December 2007: Hotel Accord Metropolitan: Chennai

Background:
Indian Commodity market is all set for a paradigm shift with sweeping changes that have been announced for this emerging sector. It is featured amongst the world’s top three bullion exchanges and top four energy exchanges. Today these markets are empowering the stakeholders associated with the primary sector of the economy, which covers 20% over of our GDP and 70% of population. It also creates new rural investment and employment opportunity through backward integration of the supply chain.

By its sheer size and turnover, the Indian commodities offers unparalleled growth opportunities and advantages to a large cross section of participants including Producers, Traders, Corporate, Regional Trading Centers, Importers, Exporters, Cooperatives, Industry Associations, amongst others – clearly, the lifeline of the Nations Economy.

As you may be aware, the underlying economic purpose of a Commodity Future Exchange as a market place is to enable commodity producers to sell their produce in advance to protect them against possible price fall for those commodities and allow consumers – traders, processors and exporters to buy in advance to protect against possible increase.

CII Tamil Nadu State Council in its efforts to foster the growth of a Competitive, Inclusive & Innovative industrial activity is organizing a TN Conference on Commodity Markets with the theme ‘Leveraging Markets: Spearheading Growth’ on 06 December 2007 in Hotel Accord Metropolitan, Chennai to enable industry and relevant stakeholders to participate and benefit from this growth phase.

The Conference would focus on the following product areas
Bullion (Gold, Silver)
Energy (Crude Oil, Natural Oil and Furnace Oil)
Base Metals (Aluminium, Copper, Lead, Nickel, Iron, Steel, Tin and Zinc)
Agro Markets and more.

Benefits to Industry from futures trading
* Hedging the price risk associated with futures contractual commitments.

* Make spaced out purchases possible rather than going for large cash purchases and its storage.
* Efficient price discovery prevents seasonal price volatility.
* Greater flexibility, certainty and transparency in procuring commodities would aid bank lending.
* Facilitate informed lending.
* Hedged positions of producers and processors would reduce the risk of default faced by banks.
* Lending for agricultural sector would go up with greater transparency in pricing and storage.
* Commodity Exchanges to act as distribution network to retail agri-finance from banks to rural households.
* Provide trading limit finance to Traders in commodities Exchanges.

Who should participate
* Industry Representatives
* Finance & Taxation Professionals
* Exporters of commodities
* Importers of commodities
* Bankers
* Commodity Advisers
* Agro related businesses
* Commodity Agents
* Warehouse Providers
* Commodity Delivery Agents
* Logistic Providers
* Retail Professionals
* Industrial Consultants
* FMCG related businesses
* Affiliated Associations & Policy Makers
* Academia & Research organizations

Eminent speakers from Forward Markets Commission (FMC), MCX India, Tanishq, Wartsila India, Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL), Godrej Agrovet Ltd, Bank of India, HDFC Bank, Ashok Leyland, Bombay Metal Exchange (BME), Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), National Bank for Agriculture & Rural Development (NABARD), ITC Ltd among other experts have been invited to address this conference.

I am writing to cordially invite you to participate/ nominate senior colleagues from your organization to this important conference on 06 December 2007, Hotel Accord Metropolitan, Chennai.

Please send in your nominations through the enclosed reply form.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Kind regards,

Gopal Srinivasan
Chairman – CII Tamil Nadu

Reply Form

TN Conference on Commodity Markets
‘Theme: Leveraging Markets; Spearheading Growth ’
06 December 2007, Hotel Accord Metropolitan, Chennai

Our organization will be represented by:

S.No Name Designation Email/ Mobile

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Delegate Fee (Per Participant)
Members:

Non Members: Rs 2000/-
MSME: Rs 1000/-

Large: Rs 1500/-

*Delegate fee is non-refundable. But, change in nomination is acceptable

Note: For three and more nominations, you can avail a discount of 10% on the total delegate fee.

The Cheque / DD for Rs ________ favouring “Confederation of Indian Industry”, payable at Chennai is enclosed / being sent.

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Company: _____________________________________
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Please complete & mail/ fax to:
Mr Rajeev Naag
Tamil Nadu State Office, Confederation of Indian Industry
98/1, Velacherry Main Road, Guindy, Chennai – 600032
M: 98409 38850, E: [email protected]
Phone: 044 – 42 444 555 (Ext 542), Fax: 044 – 42 444 510

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FSIA is launching a new Cluster Programme aimed at “SMEs BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT & Financing” for “Light Engineering and auto-component manufacturing SMEs” in collaboration with German Technical Cooperation (GTZ), officially known as Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH.

Formal signing and launch of the Cluster Programme is on 21st November 2007. The programme aims to assist Auto Component and Light Engineering manufacturing member companies of FSIA and the supply chain thereof, to develop and grow their businesses both domestically as well as internationally, to help them export their products, to promote enhanced access of financial and non-financial services by companies to achieve greater competitiveness by developing a work plan to attain objectives of the project. The interventions and support programmes include:

a. Working with the partner bank & a pool of financial advisers to enhance access to finance for the different units in the value chain.

b. Value Chain Development

c. Technology up gradation

d. Market Development & Business Linkages Programme

e. Productivity – Efficiency – Quality Improvement

f. Awareness and adoption of new IT / software products

g. Development of Market based Business Development Services where there is lack of quality or quantity

h. Attract consultants/ trainers/ mentors to provide Business Development Services to the cluster/value chain project

i. Support consultants/ trainers in developing adequate service offers and in marketing their services to the cluster members and value chain entrepreneurs

j. Assist partner banks in developing new financial products & services demanded by the cluster members

k. FSIA improve its products, reach ,service portfolio and strategic plans for the benefit of members

Formal launching of this “Business Development Cluster for Auto-component and Light Engineering SMEs” shall be as follows:

Date: 21st November 2007 (Wednesday)
Time: 4.30 pm
Venue: Hotel Millenium, Near Shubham Plaza, Neelam-Bata Road, NIT Faridabad

The Cluster shall be funded and subsidised by German Technical Cooperation (GTZ).

FSIA cordially invites you to join the programme.

With warm regards,
Rajiv Chawla
President
Faridabad Small Industries Association
Camp Off : 3-B-23, B.P., NIT Faridabad- 121001
FSIA Off : FSIA Park, Opp. Plot No.23, Sector- 24,Faridabad- 121005, Haryana, India Ph: +91-129-2414468, 2422750 Fax: +91-129-4055501

CM to Inaugurate Annual South Asia Media Summit – 2007 at Dona Paula

Hon’ble Chief Minister of Goa Shri Digambar Kamat will inaugurate the “ANNUAL SOUTH ASIA MEDIA SUMMIT 2007” organised by the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES-India), Media Information and Communication Centre of India (MICCI) and The International Centre Goa (ICG) from 16 – 18 November 2007 at the premises of ICG in Dona Paula. The theme of this year’s summit is- MEDIA AND PUBLIC INTEREST IN SOUTH ASIA. This is the third annual summit to be organized in collaboration with the ICG in Goa.

Shri. Digambar Kamat, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Goa will deliver the Keynote Address to the Summit on 16th November 2007 at 10:00 am. Hon’ble Shri Pratapsingh Rane, President, International Centre Goa will deliver the Presidential Address while Shri. Bhaskar Ghose, CEO, Lok Sabha TV will introduce the Summit. Shri. M. Rajaretnam, Director/ Chief Executive, ICG; Shri. Rajeshwar Dyal, Senior Media Advisor, FES-India; and Smt. Nandini Sahai, Director, MICCI will also speak on the occassion. The summit will be attended by over 35 senior media persons from Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and India including Goa. The Inaugural Session is open for all while interested persons will have to register in advance to attend the Summit by sending an email to Arjun Halarnkar at [email protected].

The sessions of the summit will include: Contempt of Court: Democles Sword on South Asian Press/ Electronic Media?; South Asian Broadcasting: Competitive Situation, Role of State Broadcasters, Government as Regulator of Broadcasting Content; Community Radio in South Asia: Broadcasting and Development; Media and Democracy: Mission or Mirage?; Changing Media Values in South Asia; and Recommendations and Future Course of Action: An Open Forum.
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It give us great pleasure to inform you that IPVS 2007 turned out to be one of the most successful exhibitions for 2007.

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CII Announces
Second India-Latin America and Caribbean Conclave
10-12 December 2007, Brazil
13 -14 December 2007, Argentina / Mexico

CII is happy to announce its Second India-Latin America and Caribbean Conclave 2007, to be held in Brazil from 10-12 December.

The Conclave, organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry, in cooperation with the Indian Embassy in Brazil, Indian Consulate in Sao Paulo and CII’s partners in Brazil and Latin America and Caribbean and Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce & Industry promises to bring together business participants from India and the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region, to discuss business opportunities and joint projects for both trade and investments.

The Summit will discuss business opportunities in Agri business, Bio-fuels, Chemicals, Energy (including oil and gas, hydro power and electrical equipment), Infrastructure (including mining), Transport and Logistics, Auto-Components, IT and ITES, Pharma, Biotech and Healthcare, Leather and Leather products, Textiles and Tourism.

Workshops and B2B meetings will be held in three different cities with specific sectoral focus: Belo Horizonte, 10th December 2007; Porto Alegre, 11th December 2007 and Sao Paulo, 12th December 2007.

A market of 550 million people, the LAC region provides a huge sea of opportunity to Indian industry. The success depends on the timely entry to the market to capture the growing demand of goods and services.

The Conclave provides the right opportunity to do so. We will be happy to put you in touch with our partners and the relevant business leaders for discussing business in the region.

On a first-cum-first basis, CII is happy to offer local hospitality to 30 members of the Indian Industry participating in the Conclave in Brazil and the business meetings in Argentina / Mexico.

The visa to Argentina will take atleast five days, hence members are requested to register at the earliest.

In order to avail maximum benefits from your visit to Brazil and Argentina, registered members are requested to immediately send us their product catalogue and meeting requirements.

For further details and partnership opportunities please contact:

Dr. Gunveena Chadha,

Tel: +91-11-24616423,

email: [email protected] or

Ms. Deepa Mehta, [email protected].

A brief write-up on the conclave cities along with the registration form is available at GSIA Office.

Look forward to hearing from you and to receiving you and your colleagues in Brazil.

Regards,
Supriya
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Ms Supriya Banerji
Deputy Director General
Confederation of Indian Industry
Tel: 24629994-7
Fax: 24601298
Email: [email protected]
www.cii.in

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