The 2010 Global India Business Meeting will be held in Madrid, 21-22 June 2010. The meeting is organized by Horasis and co-hosted by FICCI (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry) and Casa Asia - an institution under the Spanish government - with ICEX, the Municipality of Madrid, PromoMadrid (Regional Government of Madrid).

The second Horasis Meeting on India - the first edition was held in Munich in June 2009, with the participation and engagement of Anand Sharma, the Indian Minister of Industry and Commerce - comes at a crucial time for India - participants will discuss strategies to overcome the current economic crisis. The Global India Business Meeting will bring together a host of business leaders to discuss Indian firms' role in the global economy. The Global India Business Meeting is the foremost annual gathering of Indian business leaders and their global counterparts. The event is open to Chief Executive Officers of the world's leading companies.

The Global India Business Meeting will convene 300 top decision makers from business and government from India and the rest of the world. The Global India Business Meeting will provide a unique springboard for discussion as India will play a pivotal role in reviving the global economy. The Global India Business Meeting offers a unique opportunity for CEOs to gain the latest business and political insight as well as engage in informal dialogue with the Indian leaders of today and tomorrow.

The co-chairs are:

	Claude Beglé, Former Chairman, Swiss Post, Switzerland
	Yves de Chaisemartin, Chairman, Altran Technologies, France
	Antonio Escamez, Chairman, Spain-India Council Foundation, Spain
	Sunil Godhwani, Chief Executive Officer, Religare Enterprises, India
	Sanjiv Goenka, Vice-Chairman, RPG Enterprises, India
	Rajive Kaul, Chairman, Nicco Group, India
	Khater Massaad, Chief Executive Officer, RAK Investment Authority, UAE
	Rajan Bharti Mittal, Vice Chairman & Managing Director, Bharti Enterprises, India
	Lalit Modi, Chairman and Commissioner, IPL (Indian Premier League), India
	Nasser Munjee, Chairman, Development Credit Bank, India
	G V Krishna Reddy, Chairman, GVK Power & Infrastructure, India
	Ricardo Salgado, Chairman, Banco Espírito Santo, Portugal
	Dhruv M Sawhney, Chairman, Triveni Engineering & Industries, India
	Malvinder Mohan Singh, Group Chairman, Fortis Healthcare, India

co-hosts:

Casa Asia	ICEX - Invest in Spain	City of Madrid	Region of Madrid

Horasis hosts annual meetings to advance solutions to the most critical challenges facing corporations today. Two further meetings are held on an annual basis - the Global China Business Meeting and the Global Russia Business Meeting. Horasis - a global visions community committed to enact visions for a sustainable future – provides a unique platform for companies from emerging markets to globalize their organizations. The programmes are structured to provide a maximum amount of knowledge exchange and interaction in a variety of formal and informal settings.

Rahul Bajaj, Chairman, Bajaj Auto	Anand Sharma, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry

Horasis is a global visions community committed to enact visions for a sustainable future. (http://www.horasis.org)