LAHORE: Some 700 or so delegates will attend the second South Asia Conclave being held under the theme ‘Innovating for Growth’ in Lahore on Nov 20.

Minister of State and Chairman of Board of Investment Muhammad Zubair will be the chairperson for the two-day conclave featuring business and corporate leaders, management gurus, marketing and advertising gurus, writers, parliamentarians, TV presenters, movers and shakers of civil society, said a release on Monday.

Prominent among the participants would be Minister for Planning, National Reforms Prof Ahsan Iqbal, Michael Foley (Telenor), Guenter Zwickl (Siemens), Amr Reda (Lafarge Cement), Shaukat Tarin (Silk Bank), Ambassador Sherry Rehman (Jinnah Institute), Ambassador Farooq Sobhan (Bangladesh Enterprise Institute), Suzanne Al Houby (Rahlaah Explorers, UAE), Manjeet Kripalani (Gateway House, India), Simeng Geng (CEO, Huawei Technologies) and Syed Tariq Husain (CEO, Emirates Investment Group, UAE).

With a successful inaugural event last year, the South Asia Conclave brought together leading minds of the region at one platform to share their knowledge, experiences and expertise in key areas.

The upcoming event is designed and managed by Nutshell Forum and is sponsored by Meezan Bank, Bank Al Falah, Teredata, Toyota, FINCA Microfinance Bank, ICI Pakistan, EFU General Insurance Hilton Pharma, in strategic partnership with ICMA-Pakistan, Marketing Association of Pakistan, and All India Management Association, official public relations partner Latitude and Technology partner P@SHA.

Published in Dawn, November 18th, 2014