CELEBRATE 5 YEARS OF EBTC IN BRUSSELS !

A GREEN FUTURE FOR CLEANTECH IN INDIA   7th November 2013, Brussels   Dear Sir / Madam,   5 years have passed since the establishment of the European Business and Technology Centre (EBTC), which makes it the right moment to organise the first public conference in Brussels dedicated to cleantech in India in the 5 year history of EBTC, to share the achievements reached during this period, and plan for the future. We would like to take this opportunity to invite you, as well as your colleagues, to a conference on 'A Green Future for Cleantech in India' to be held in Brussels on the afternoon of Thursday 7th November. There will be speakers and over 50 participants from different Directorates-General of the European Commission, EU Member State Representations and the European business as well as research communities, including several of EBTC's partner organisations.  The conference is free of charge, and to register, please RSVP by Monday 28th October at the latest toebtc@eurochambres.eu, mentioning your name, your organisation and the title of the event you wish to attend. 'A GREEN FUTURE FOR CLEANTECH IN INDIA' 3.30pm Registration and welcome coffee  [Renaissance Brussels Hotel] 4.00pm Welcome address  –  Arnaldo ABRUZZINI,  EUROCHAMBRES Secretary-General 4.10pm Introductory speeches on EU-India trade relations –  MEP Jo Leinen, European Parliament Delegation to India (tbc) –  HE Dinkar Khullar, Ambassador of India to Belgium, Luxembourg and the European Union (tbc) –  Senior representative, European Commission (tbc) 4.30pm Presentation of publication: “Market access challenges in Indian cleantech sectors” – by EBTC Sector Experts –  IPR - Arvind Chopra –  Biotech - Geetha Swamilingiah –  Energy - Vittalkumar Dhage –  Environment - Monish Verma –  Transport - Dibyendu Sengupta 5.15pm Commentary: “Needs of Cleantech Companies going International” – by David Dornbusch, CEO of Cleantuesday, and Martin Garratt, CEO of Cambridge Cleantech 5.30pm Remarks on overcoming challenges & producing success stories (including publication on ‘5 years of EBTC achievements’) – by Poul V. Jensen, EBTC Director 5.45pm Open Discussion with stakeholders 6.00pm Networking Cocktail   We look forward to your participation, and please do contact us should you have any further questions. Please do share this invitation with interested parties in your network as well.   Kind regards,   The EBTC and EUROCHAMBRES teams