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Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2017 LIVE News Updates: PM Modi Says Women’s Empowerment is Vital to Development

This is the first time that the summit is being hosted in South East Asia by the governments of India and the United States.

Updated: November 28, 2017 10:50 PM IST

By India.com Business Desk

(Image Credit: @GES2017, Twitter)
Ivanka Trump (Image Credit: @GES2017, Twitter)

Hyderabad, November 28: With an aim to bring together the world’s best innovators and entrepreneurs under one roof in Hyderabad, the Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2017 is being held from November 28-30. The GES 2017 will bring together the world’s best innovators and entrepreneurs under one roof, in Hyderabad. The summit will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi today at 4.30 PM at the iconic Hyderabad International Convention Centre. More than 10 countries will be represented by an all-female delegation, including from Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, and Israel. This is the eighth edition of the Global Entrepreneurship Summit and it is for the first time that the summit is being hosted in South East Asia by the governments of India and the United States.

 With the theme of “Women First, Prosperity for All,” this will be the first GES in which women are the majority, over 52.5 per cent, of the participants.  A number of leading female voices will speak at various plenaries, breakout sessions, master classes, and workshops, including tennis champion Sania Mirza, Google’s Vice President of Next Billion Users Diana Louise Patricia Layfield, and CEO of Afghan Citadel Software Company Roya Mahboob.  This year’s summit theme demonstrates the commitment of the U.S. and Indian governments to the principle that when women are economically empowered, their communities and countries thrive. Women entrepreneurs help drive innovation and job creation, as well as address the world’s greatest and most critical challenges.

Reports state that nearly 10,000 security personnel, including commandos, special police and civil police are guarding roads, hotels and the venue.  Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a tweet, said this year’s summit theme demonstrates the commitment of the US and Indian governments to the principle that when women are economically empowered, their communities and countries thrive.

On Tuesday, Ivanka Trump, adviser and daughter of United States President Donald Trump, arrived in India early for the three-day Summit. Ivanka will be leading the US delegation for an eighth of the summit. Co-hosted by the Governments of the United States and India, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi will inaugurate the summit and Advisor to the President Ivanka Trump will lead the U.S. contingent to GES.

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