Europe India Centre for Business and Industry is organising India Technology Summit on 14th November, 2017 at the British Parliament in Westminster, London. This summit, supported by Sivaleen Inc and Empact Ventures, will be the 20th summit of the business meets series, with the previous ones having engaged around 2,700 delegates so far to promote trade and investment between India and UK/ Europe. This summit will be chaired by British MP Hon Virendra Sharma, who is the Chair – Indo British All Party Parliamentary Group.

“Summits like these help in bringing together various stakeholders who are keen to have a strong relationship between UK and India in one platform and since the summits do attract other members of Parliament and Members of House of Lords, it provides an opportunity for the delegates to discuss their issues with the MPs,” Sharma said.

The summit is expected to gather around 100 delegates including Members of the House of Lords and House of Commons, representatives from European companies and Indian technology companies who are interested in learning about the current business opportunities in India's technology sector.

A good concentration of technology companies participating in the summit will be pureplay technology companies working in the area of Internet of Things, Artificial intelligence, Big data, Fintech, electronic systems, communications and cyber security. The themes that will be covered during the summit include India UK Technology Partnership in Action, India - A Technology Hub, Corporate innovation, the next big thing and opportunities for UK India Tech Partnerships.

The summit is expected to attract technology experts, technology companies from UK/ Europe and India, and also meant to promote future technology collaborations between India and UK/ Europe

Some of the UK MPs who are expected to attend the summit include:
Hon Angela Rayner MP
Hon Bob Blackman MP
Hon Chi Onwurah MP
Hon Preet Kaur Gill MP
Hon Ruth Cadbury MP
Hon Stephen Timms MP
Lord Swraj Paul
Hon Tanmanjeet Singh MP
Hon Virendra Sharma MP
Lord Waverley

Detailed information regarding the summit including the organisations participating in the summit can be viewed here - http://www.eicbi.org/technology-summit

“There is a strong interest from new tech companies in the field of artificial intelligence, cyber security, big data, internet of things to explore collaboration with similar companies in other regions and through the India Technology Summit, we hope to facilitate collaborations between those companies in India and UK/ Europe. The agenda for the summit is structured in way to make these companies aware of these opportunities and to encourage them to invest in India.” said Sujit Nair, Chair of Europe India Centre for Business and Industry.