Director-General of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Lt. Gen. (Retd.) S.S. Mehta and CII Principal Advisor A.C. Patankar discussed the scope for cooperation between the two institutions, especially in trying to promote Gulf-India economic engagement by co-hosting joint workshops and conducting studies.
Dr. Liam Fox, British Shadow Defence Secretary and former Chairman of the Conservative Party, and Dr. Adam Werritty.
Dr. Filippo Osella, Senior Lecturer in Social Anthropology, University of Sussex, shared his experiences on issues related to Indians, particularly from the state of Kerala, in the Gulf countries and the impact on various aspects of their society.
Afshin Molavi, Fellow at the Washington-based New America Foundation, a non-profit public policy institute, held discussions on the growing relations between the Gulf countries and Asia
A delegation of 26 students from the Centre for International Studies, Cambridge University, Britain, under the stewardship of Prof. Philip Towle, was briefed on the current developments in the Gulf
Prof. Xiaojie Xu – Director of Institute of Overseas Investment at the China National Petroleum Corporation’s Research Academy of Economics and Technology in Beijing, and the Chief Professor of the Institute of Geopolitics and Energy Economics, East China Normal University in Shanghai – discussed ways of economically and strategically improving GCC-China relations.